5 MAY 1928, page 2

In The House Of Commons On Wednesday Sir Austen Chamberlain

announced that the Government regarded this reply as satisfactory enough to justify them in recalling the ships which were on their way to Alexandria. They had, however, warned......

Here Is An Addendum To The Subject Of Kerosene Which

is trifling but perhaps not without interest. The Times in solitary grandeur writes " kerosine " instead of " kerosene." The Oxford Dictionary says that the name kerosene was......

An Important New Fact Is The Appearance *of Japanese Troops

in Shantung. At present they nifinber about 1,600, - and both Northerners and Southerners have protested against the incursion. The Southerners, in particular, complain that......

The Egyptian Trouble Is For All Practical Purposes Ended,...

not by complete satisfaction of the British ultimatum. As the Egyptian Government had, in effect, announced their intention of proceeding with the Public Assemblies Bill, the......

The News From China Is As Perplexing As Ever. Evidently

the heart of the fighting between the Southerners and the Northerners is round about Tsinanfu, the capital of Shantung. It is impossible to say when we write who has the mastery......

The Second Ballots Of The French Elections Last Sunday...

the character of the voting on the previou# Sunday. M. Poimcare has gained a decisive victory. In the last Chamber the Democratic Republican Union; composed of M. Poincare's......

On Tuesday In The House Of Lords The Government Withdrew

Clause 4 of the Rating and Valuation Bill. This Clause , provided an opportunity for recourse to the High . Court for . an authoritative opinion in cases where rating practice......

Last Saturday, Mr. Kellogg, The American Secretary Of...

his peace proposal before the American Society of International Law. In general his address was a defence of his method of ruling out all definitions and reservations as a......

As For The Danger Of A Clash Between The American

pact and the obligations of the League, or between it and the commitments of France to her various allies, Mr. Kellogg said that it was obvious that if all parties signed the......