2 MARCH 1929, page 2

A Reuter's Telegram Reports The Settlethent Of The...

'dispute by direct negotiations between the Governments of Peru and Chile. The decisive factor in cutting the Gordian knot seems to have been the subtle proposal made some......

When .we Write Herr Stresemann Is About To Leave Berlin

for Geneva, and he has made desperate efforts to compose the long-standing political disputes within the German Government before he goes, for naturally it is desirable that......

Civil War Threatens In Afghanistan With The Melting Of The

snows, and no one will question the wisdom of the British Government'i decision to withdraw our official representatives. On Monday Sir Francis Humphrys and his staff arrived in......

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The storm that has blown up between France and Spain concerns the compensation claimed by French firms which have suffered by the Spanish Oil Monopoly: When the claims of the......

* * * * Public Attention Is Still Focussed On

the Spanish stale- mate. King Alfonso, despite the many rumours, is not at all likely to. drop the pilot," for the very good reason that he himself had sinned against the......

* * The Centre Refused Point-blaiik To Agree To The

claim of the GerMan People'S Party to two MiniStries in the Prussian Diet. Moreover, the Centre itself wanted three Ministries in the Reich instead of the one with which it had......

As Had Been Expected. General Hertzog's Native...

only a bare- majority at the ' joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament. It is consequently dead. The Prime Minister has given notice that the related Coloured Persons Bill......

* * * * The Decrees Authorizing Members Of The

Patriotic Union and loyal Spanish citizens to indulge in espionage and tale-bearing are, on the face of them, absurd. Poli- tical chatter in the cafés is second nature to the......