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CONTENTS.

PART I.

ENGLISH HISTORY.

CHAPTER I.

THE GOVERNMENT AND ITS PROBLEMS.

The Government's Problems, [1]. Mr. Baldwin's Position, [1]. Proposed Agricultural

Conference, [2]. Railwaymen and the Supplementary Reserve, [2]. Consulta

tion of the Dominions, [3]. Mr. Churchill in Paris, [3]. Memorandum on the

French Debt, [3]. Liberal Party Convention, [4]. Mr. Asquith's Leadership, [5].

White Paper on Safeguarding of Industries, [5]. Reassembling of Parliament, [6].

Building Trade and Weir Houses, [6]. Labour Party and the Prince of Wales's

Tour, [7]. Debate on Safeguarding of Industries White Paper, [7]. Labour Party

and Imports of Sweated Goods, [8]. Women's Franchise Bill, [8]. Empire

Exhibition Guarantee, [9]. Estimates for 1926, [10] Debates on Air Estimates

[10, 11, 12]. Motion for Cancelling Air Force, [12]. Debate on Army Estimates,

[12]. Motion to Abolish the Death Penalty in the Army, [13]. Debate on Navy

Estimates, [13]. Debate on Singapore, [14]. Government and Aliens, [15].

Government and Communistic Propaganda, [16]. Conservatives and Trade Union

Levy, [16]. Premier's Speech in the House, [17]. Ministry of Labour and Unem-

ployed, [18]. Conferences of Employers and Employed, [19]. State of Export

Trade, [19]. Opposition between Employers and Employed, [20]. Scheme of an

Industrial Alliance, [21]. British a Russian Trade Unions, [22]. Mr. A.

Chamberlain on Foreign Policy, [22. Government and the Protocol, [23]. Lord

Oxford on Foreign Policy, [23]. Lord Curzon's Reply, [24]. Mr. Fisher on

Security, [24]. Mr. A. Chamberlain's Reply, [25]. Labour Scene in the House

of Commons, [26]. Mr. Chamberlain's Speech at Geneva on the Protocol, [27, 28].

Mr. Chamberlain in Paris, [29]. Labour Party and the Foreign Office, [29]. Mr.

Baldwin on "Secret Diplomacy."30]. Debate on the Rejection of the Protocol,

[30, 31]. Bill for Prolonging Rent Control, [32]. Summer Time Bill, [33]. The

King's Mediterranean Cruise, [33]. Death of Lords Curzon and Milner, [33].

Debate on House of Lords' Reform, [33, 34]. Debate on Unemployment, [35].

Sir A. Mond's Scheme, [35]. Miners' Minimum Wage Bill, [36]. Indian Civil

Services Bill, [36]. Government and Emigration, [37]. New Reparations Pro-

cedure, [37]. Debate on Socialism, [37]. Rising of Parliament, [38]. I.L.P.

Conference, [38]. Colonial Secretary and Palestine, [39].

CHAPTER II.

MR. CHURCHILL'S BUDGET.

Reassembling of Parliament, [39]. Mr. Churchill's Budget Speech, [39]. Decision

to Restore the Gold Standard, [40]. The Surplus, [41]. Mr. Snowden and

Sir A. Mond on the Budget, [42]. Debates on the Gold Standard, [43]. Objection

to the McKenna Duties, [43]. To the Silk Tax, [44]. Second Reading of Finance

Bill, [44, 45]. Motion to Censure the Speaker, [46]. Import Duty on Lace, [46].

Imperial Preference in Committee, [46]. Ground of Labour Support, [47]. Third

Reading of Finance Bill, [47]. Forestalling of Imports, [48]. Bill for Forty-eight

Hour Week, [48]. Labour Party and Mr. Churchill, [48]. Joint Coal Enquiry

Result, [49]. Engineers and the Premier, [50]. Trade Union and Workers'

Industrial Alliance Scheme, [50]. Motion for a National Employment Board

[50]. Opening of British Empire Exhibition, [51]. Report of Food Prices Com-

mission, [51]. Rating and Valuation Bill, [51]. The State and Building Materials

Prices, [52]. Widows' Pensions Bill, [52, 53]. Debate, [54]. Reduction of

Unemployment Contributions, [55]. Treatment of Kenya Natives, [56]. Insti-

tution of Committee of Civil Research, [56]. Treatment of ex-Service Men, [56,

57]. Prime Minister on Government's Policy, [57]. Negotiations with France,

[58]. Debate on Proposed Pact of Guarantee, [59]. Lord Balfour on the Ar-

rangement, [59]. Allied Note on Cologne, [60]. Britain and China, [60]. Britain

and Russia, [61]. Secretaryship of State for Dominion Affairs, [62]. Ministers

and Journalism, [62]. Trade Unions and the Premier, [62]. Unemployment

Demonstration and Debate, [63] End of Coal Conference, [64]. Prime Minister

Interviewed, [64]. Mineowners' terms, [64]. Rejection by Miners, [65]. Mr.

Bridgeman as Mediator, [65]. Owners and Court of Inquiry, [66]. Mr. H. Smith

on the Situation, [66]. Miners reject Court of Inquiry, [66]. Railway and

Engineering Negotiations, [67]. Debate on State of Trade, [67, 68]. On

Mining Industry, [68]. Mr. George's attack on the Government, [69]. Mr.

Churchill's Rejoinder, [69, 70]. Debate on Navy Estimates, [70, 71]. Admiralty

Crisis, [71]. Debate on New Naval Programme, [72, 73]. Lord Birkenhead on

India, [73]. Debate in the Commons, [74]. Summer Time Bill, [75]. Food

Council appointed, [75]. Labour Alliance Negotiations, [75]. Labour and the

Miners, [76]. Threats of a Coal Stoppage, [76]. Trade Union Congress and the

Crisis, [77]. Mr. Baldwin on the Situation, [77]. Court of Inquiry's Report,

[77, 78]. Premier's Efforts, [78]. Labour Conference Decision, [78, 79].

mier's offer of a Subsidy, [79]. Terms of Subsidy, [80]. Debate on the Subsidy

[80, 81]. Miners and the Subsidy, [82]. Dispute in Yorkshire Woollen Industry,

[82]. Supply Votes on Colonial Office, [82] and Agriculture, [83]. Mr. Churchill

on the Restoration of the Gold Standard, [83], on Economy, [83]. Britain and

the Far East, [84]. Labour Party Committee's Report on Sweated Imports, [84].

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CHAPTER III.

SCARBOROUGH AND LOCARNO.

French Debt Negotiations, [85]. Mr. Chamberlain on German Note, [85]. M. Briand

in London, [86]. New British Debt Offer, [86]. M. Caillaux in London, [86].

Provisional Settlement, [87]. Conference of Jurists to draft Pact, [88]. Re-

sumption of Diplomatic Relations with Mexico, [88]. Appointment of Coal

Commission, [88]. Threatened rupture of Coal Truce, [89]. Closing of Naval

Dockyards, [89]. League of Nations and Mosul, [89]. British and Turkish

Views and Charges, [90, 91]. Mr. A. Chamberlain on British Policy in China,

[91] Trade Union Sectionalism, [91]. Scarborough Congress: President's

Address, [91, 92]. Proceedings of the Congress, [93, 94]. Character of the

Congress, [94, 95]. Mr. Churchill on the Government's Record, [95]. Com-

munists and the Labour Party Conference, [96]. Middle Classes and the Strike

Menace, [96]. Conservatives and Mr. Saklatvala, [96]. Labour Party Conference

[97]. Rout of the Communists, [98]. Demand for Free Speech, [98]. Britain

and the Shipping Strike, [99]. Mr. Lloyd George's Land Policy, [99]. West Ham

Guardians and the Ministry of Health, [100]. Mr. A. Chamberlain leaves for

Locarno, [100]. Conservative Party Conference, [101]. Premier's Speech, [101].

Arrest of Twelve Communists, [102]. Conservatives and Trade Unions, [103].

Prince of Wales's Return, [103]. Treaties of Locarno, [103]. Mr. A. Chamber-

lain's Popularity, [104]. Government Economies, [104]. Raising of Embargo

on Foreign Loans, [104]. Guildhall Banquet: Speeches of Mr. Baldwin, Mr. A.

Chamberlain, and Lord Beatty, [105, 106]. New Committees, [106]. Govern-

ment and Foreign Hours of Labour, [106]. Boilermakers' Subsidy Scheme, [107].

New Viceroy of India, [107]. Daily Herald Van Case, [107].

CHAPTER IV.

CLOSE OF THE SESSION.

Business of the Session, [108]. Britain's Continental Debtors, [108]. Government's

Alleged Class Bias, [109]. Maintenance of Public Services Circular, [109]. Debate

on Locarno Treaties, [109, 110]. Question of Dominion Participation, [111, 112.]

Government and Disarmament, [112]. Trial and Conviction of the Twelve Com-

munists, [112]. Impression on Labour Circles, [112]. Unemployment Vote of

Censure, [113]. Communist Trial Vote of Censure, [114]. Labour Agitation for

Release of the Twelve, [114]. Signing of Locarno Treaties, [114]. Repudiation

of Corpse Factory" Story, [115]. Irish Boundary Commission Crisis, [115].

New Agreement signed, [116]. Bill in Parliament, [116, 117]. Trade Union

Congress Council and the I.F.T.U., [117, 118]. Withdrawal of the N.U.R. from

the Alliance Scheme, [118]. Liberal Dissensions on Land Policy, [119]. Labour

Differences, [119]. New Safeguarding Proposals, [120]. Debates in Parliament.

[120, 121]. Iron and Steel Trades and Safeguarding, [121]. Rating and Valuation

Bill passed, [121]. Supplementary Estimate for Coal Subsidy, [122]. Closing of

Dockyards Upheld, [122]. Education Circular 1371, [122]. Debates in Parlia-

ment, [122, 123]. League of Nations Decision on Mosul, [123]. Acceptance by

Britain, [124]. Questions in Parliament, [124]. Labour Party's Protest, [124].

Speeches of Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Amery, [124, 125]. The Housing Situation,

[125, 126]. Other Bills, [126]. England in 1925, [126]. Mr. Baldwin's position,

[127]. Break-up of Liberal Party, [127].

SOVIET RUSSIA-ESTONIA-LATVIA LITHUANIA [by M. Vishnitzer, Ph.D.]—

POLAND [by F. B. Czarnomski]-CZECHOSLOVAKIA [by Dr. Joseph

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CHAPTER VI.

LESSER STATES OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN EUROPE: BELGIUM [by Adolphe

van Glabbeke]-NETHERLANDS [by A. E. Mendell]-SWITZERLAND [by

Kurt Lessing, Ph.D.]—SPAIN [by Harold Sunderland]—PORTUGAL [by

Aubrey F. G. Bell]—DENMARK-SWEDEN-NORWAY [by Arne Giverholt]

-FINLAND

CHAPTER VII.

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THE MIDDLE EAST AND INDIA: PERSIA-AFGHANISTAN [by M. Simon, M.A.]

-IRAQ-PALESTINE-SYRIA-ARABIA-INDIA.

CHAPTER VIII.

THE FAR EAST: CHINA-JAPAN [by D. C. H. d'Avigdor]—THE DUTCH EAST

INDIES [by A. E. Mendell]

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CHAPTER IX.

AFRICA: THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA-THE NATIVE TERRITORIES-SOUTH-

WEST PROTECTORATE-RHODESIA-MOZAMBIQUE AND ANGOLA [by C. J.

Saywell]-BELGIAN CONGO-MOROCCO [by M. Simon, M.A.]—EGYPT

CHAPTER X.

AMERICA: THE UNITED STATES [by C. T. Hallinan]-CANADA-ARGENTINA—
BRAZIL-CHILE-MEXICO-PERU-OTHER LATIN-AMERICAN COUNTRIES

CHAPTER XI.

AUSTRALASIA: THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA [by E. Short]-NEW Zea-

LAND [by P. Granger] .

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