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The ' Europa ' The New North-german Lloyd Liner '

Europa' on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic has beaten the per- formance of her sister ship the ' Bremen,' although the weather was by no means favourable. The German......

The American Tariff Bill The Senate; On March 24th, Passed

the revised Tariff Bill by 53 votes to 31. The Bill will do anything but achieve its original object, which was to close the famous " scissors," and correlate the prices of......

The New Tokyo On Monday The Emperor Of Japan Inspected

the new Tokyo which has been built on the 850 acres devastated by the 'earthquake. According to all accounts the new town, in spite of some imperfections and a departure from......

The Situation In Spain The Times Has Done A Useful

service in publishing in four articles the late General Primo de Rivera's own story of his Dictatorship. Opinions will differ as to the efficacy of some of his measures,......

China It Seems That The Expected Clash Between The Central

Government and the North is coming at last. Yen Hsi- shan, firmly posted in Peking, has been joined, at least for the moment, by Feng Yu-hsiang, who has apparently not......

Local Tariffs In Italy For Some Time It Has Been

Signor Mussolini's purpose, which is in ironical . contrast with the Italian attitude at the Tariffs Conference, .to break down the local tariffS, or octrois, levied on produce......

*. * * * The Convention Contains - A. Special 'proviso'

'whereby any State may denounce the Convention sheilld one of its eo-signatories make " excessive or a,ggresSive increases in tariff duties. This may be, indeed; 'a. verl......

Mr. Gandhi Is Obtaining Little Support For " Civil...

The All-India Congress Committee left the decision about starting disobedience to Provincial committees and it is poisible that this involves another postponement of the......

The Greek Centenary On Tuesday Greece Celebrated Her...

of freedom. It is pleasant to remember the part played by Great Britain in assisting her to gain and to maintain that freedom. The establishment of the League of Nations in......

Bank Rate, 81 Per Cent.,, Changed From 4 Per Cent.

on March 20th, 1930. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 1031 ; on Wednesday week, 102 11 ; a year ago, 10111; Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on WednesdaY 911x.d.; on......