24 APRIL 1926, page 2

It Ought To Be Taxed In No Uncertain Way. The

habit of betting is so widespread and so deeply ingrained that it will not be eradicated or anything like it by taxation, but if it can be discouraged and the State can at the......

The Independent Labour Party Met With A Rebuff Last Week

at the meeting of -the Executive of the Labour and Socialist International at Zurich. The I.L.P. dele- gation, headed by Mr. Fenner Brockway, proposed that the Executive should......

Universal Pleasure Has Been Caused By The Birth Of A

daughter, on Wednesday, to the Duke and Duchess of York. The new Princess is third in the line of succession to the Throne, coming after the Prince of Wales and the Duke of......

The Situation In China Is No Clearer. Last Week We

said that everything would depend upon the agreement come to about the division of the spoils between Chang Tso-lin. and Wu Pei-fu who in alliance are attacking Peking. We do......

In Connexion With The Coal Dispute It Is Interesting To

learn that a conference of representatives of the Euorpean' coal industry will soon - be held to discuss the possibility, of-ending the cut-throat competition in the coal......

With Much Satisfaction We Read The Statement That The...

have agreed to make a beginning with the taxation of betting in the manner recommended for many months in the Spectator. The present intention is to tax credit betting and......

Meanwhile Most Of The So-called National Army Which Had Been

defending Peking has disappeared to the North and various members of the Cabinet who had sought sanctuary have reappeared though the improvised Committee of Public Safety has......

When We Write On Thursday Morning There Is A Hitch

in the . Morocco peace negotiations at Udjar. The Rini delegates are ready to- recognize the temporary and spiritual authority of the --Sultan, - but they refuse to make "......

This Reverse To The I.l.p. Is Significant, For Much Hid

been hoped for by the adherents of the new I.L.P. policy which is partly to secure an international " united front," and partly to damage Mr. Ramsay - MacDonald's authority and......