23 DECEMBER 1938, page 2

Italy's Budget Italy Has Conquered Abyssinia, Poured...

into Spain, and, in one form or another, conscripted the entire nation. Something, though not all, of the cost is shown in the deficit of £54,000,000 on the budget of......

A Nice Point Was Raised By Labour Speakers In The

further debate on National Service in the House of Commons on Tuesday, when, in commenting on Mr. Ernest Brown'' statement that in the hypothetical next war more men might be......

Plots In Spain General Franco's Offensive, Intended As A...

blow against Catalonia, was expected to begin on December r5th ; last week, however, it was announced that it had been held up by floods. It now appears that " floods " is a......

What We Owe America In The House Of Commons This

week Mr. Chamberlain stated that, after the Anglo-American trade agreement, there is not the slightest " source of difficulty or difference " with America. Mr. Chamberlain......

The Declaration Of Lima Continental Solidarity Would Seem...

so desirable an objective for the Americas that it is not surprising that the United States delegation should have circulated to the Pan- American Conference a draft the object......

Standard Prices For Agriculture The Pressure Exercised On...

by its agricul- tural supporters, by now hardly to be distinguished from opponents, becomes increasingly stronger, and their demands increasingly ambitious. On Tuesday the......

Elections In Poland The Results Of The Municipal...

in Poland last Sunday are too varied to allow any precise conclusion to be drawn ; the Government, certainly, prefers to regard them as an expression of " local " opinion and to......