6 MAY 1922, page 2

"it Is," Said Mr. Lleyd George, " Just,like The Earth

boiling before its old crust had settled down. . . . You have this racial lava-surging right through.the surface of .Europe.." Referring to the Treaty between Germany and......

It Is -difficult To Comment Justly On This-speech. The...

with which Mr. Lloyd George spoke was unmistakably sincere, ,and, etit is only too Joey to •see reasons why he has eo far failed in his excellent intentions. The comparison with......

Sir Robert -home Then Announced A Every Welcome Rednetien Of

the excessive postal rates, which Mr. Kellaway was ill-advised' enough to increase last year to the grave disadvantage of the community without benefiting the revenue. Sunday......

'everything At-genoa Seems To Depend Upon• The...

concerted terms for offering to Russia. At-present the outlook is not good. France and , Belgium have-both:refused to agree to the draft so far considered. Even if agreement......

Mr. _asquith, In Commenting On The Budget, Maintained...

Chancellor had _not _got a real .surpius.out of -.which to ,remit taxation. The Supplementary :Estimates since the War' had . been wn average £100,000,000, but Sir :Robert Home......

Mr. Lloyd George Has Proposed That A Meeting-of The Supreme

Council should be held at San -Remo in order to help on the Genoa -Conference. M. Poineare has evidently no desire.'for any anoh -m.eeting, at least not for a month or two,......

In The Budget Debate On Tuesday Mr. Bonar Law Said

that the Budget was as good as could be expected. ' It would be wrong to insist on repaying so much debt every -year whether trade was good, or' bad. We had, in fact, paid off.......

Thepope Has Issued A Letter Expressing His Earnest Wishes...

the success of the Conference. The latest draft of the Memorandum setting forth the • terms for helping Russia provides for the formation of an international Con- sortium and......

The Chancellor Went On To Consider The Application Of - The

remaining 5-340309, 0 90 of his expected -surplus. As we had paid off £322,000,000 of debt in two years, and as trade was still bad, he .bad decided to suspend the Sinking Fund,......

The Chancellor Digressed From His Main Topic To...

against the hard-pressed landowners who have transferred their estates to limited companies. He announced also that land and house property would be reassessed for Schedule A of......