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3 APRIL 1925

New schemes of emigration and Empire settlement were referred to in the House of Commons by the Under Secretary for the Colonies. The Home Government, he said, attached great importance to the emigration of juveniles under proper safeguards, and looked with favour on a proposal that British schoolboys should be allowed to visit Australia.

Speaking at Windsor, the Earl of Birkenhead said that the Labour party was not yet fit for the responsibility of government, and that it had most plainly demonstrated its unfitness during the months it was in power.

Speaking at Durham to the National Conservative League, whose activities he had gone to inspect, the Hon. F. S. Jackson, the Unionist organiser, said that the country was up against serious difficulties, but he was justified in feeling that if they faced the facts they would be able to recover their position and hold their own as in the past. He was not at all sure that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was not so full of ingenuity as to find something that would relieve the burden of taxation they were suffering from. They must not gamble on that; he did not know for a certainty.

Vice-Admiral Sir Walter H. Cowan, Bart., has been appointed Commanding Officer, Coast of Scotland, in succession to Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald T. Tyrwhitt. The appointment dates from 30th June 1925.

The death is announced of Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour.

2 APRIL 1925

Lord Salisbury stated in the House of Lords, in reply to a question by Lord Parmoor, that the defaults in disarmament alleged against the German Government included matters for which a time limit was prescribed in Article 203 of the Treaty of Versailles. While a great deal had been done by way of disarmament in Germany, there were substantial instances of unfulfilled obligations.

A socialist demand for the abolition of the death penalty in the Army, which took the form of an amendment on the Army and Air Force Annual Bill in Committee, was rejected by 320 to 136.

Replying to Sir Samuel Chapman in the House of Commons, the Under Secretary for Home Affairs, said the First Commissioner of Works was satisfied, after considering the evidence sent to him, that the execution of the Marquess of Montrose in 1650 took place in the High Street, Edinburgh, and had given instructions that the inscription should be altered accordingly.

Viscount Grey and Mr Austen Chamberlain referred to the problems of international peace and security in speeches in London.

A Cape Town correspondent understands that the majority of the South African Cabinet favour abolition of Preference to British goods.

Jerusalem University was opened by Lord Balfour, who declared that the opening of the University marked an epoch in the history of the Jewish race.

The death-roll in the German pontoon disaster is put at 84.

A New York banking syndicate is reported to have purchased the Dodge Motors Company for 175,000,000 dollars in cash.

1 APRIL 1925

Students of Paris University demonstrated against the appointment of Professor Georges Scelle to the Chair of Law, preventing the Professor from lecturing, and eventually coming into conflict with the police. Twenty policemen were injured and 36 students arrested.

Polling takes place in the Northern Ireland General Election on Friday. The situation is reviewed by a special correspondent.

Mr Joseph Devlin, who is standing as a Nationalist candidate for one of the Belfast divisions in the Ulster election, referred to the necessity for dealing with social problems. He declared that he would do what lay in his power to bring North and South closer together. Force was no remedy.

Mr Wheatley, speaking in Glasgow, referred to the “approaching industrial crisis,” and said he thought the Labour movement was not in a fit state to fight or negotiate successfully. He appealed for co-operation between the ILP. and the Trade Unions.

Ten thousand employees of Co-operative Societies in North-West England have been locked out because of inability to reach an agreement upon a wage question.

Socialist proposals for the devolution of Parliamentary work on Departmental Committees are advanced in two reports to be submitted to the conference of the Independent Labour Party. The first report advocates Responsible Committees, but the second report insists on the retention of the Cabinet’s collective responsibility, and argues for Advisory Committees only.

Among the subjects discussed at the Conference of the University Labour Federation, held at Oxford, were the nationalisation of banking, the currency question, and taxation.

31 MARCH 1925

Thirty-two miners are entombed in the Montague Pit, Scotswood-on-Tyne, as the result of an inrush of water. Rescue work is proceeding, but it is feared that eight of the miners have already perished.

Dr Jarres, the Nationalist candidate, heads the first poll in the German presidential election. But the aggregate vote of the parties of the right has decreased by 3,163,000 compared with the Reichstag elections in May of last year, whereas the Republican vote has risen by 1,641,000. Dr Jarres will probably be the right’s candidate in the second ballot, but it is not clear who will be the nominee of the Republican parties.

The Roads Improvement Bill was read a second time in the House of Commons. A second reading was given to the Administration of Justice Bill.

Mr Massey, the New Zealand Premier, underwent an operation. His illness is stated to be serious.

A bulletin regarding the Earl of Ypres reports “disquieting symptoms,” which give rise to increased anxiety.

The King, in a message of sympathy to Lady Rawlinson, says that by the death of Lord Rawlinson the Army is deprived of one of its most distinguished commanders, who in peace and war displayed the highest qualities of administration and leadership.

The first application under the new government regulations for the safeguarding of industries was the subject of inquiry by a Board of Trade Committee, when the Federation of Lace Embroidery Employers’ Associations asked for the imposition of an import duty on machine-made lace and embroideries.

30 MARCH 1925

Students of Paris University demonstrated against the appointment of Professor Georges Scelle to the Chair of Law, preventing the Professor from lecturing, and eventually coming into conflict with the police. Twenty policemen were injured and 36 students arrested.

Polling takes place in the Northern Ireland General Election on Friday. The situation is reviewed by a special correspondent.

Mr Joseph Devlin, who is standing as a Nationalist candidate for one of the Belfast divisions in the Ulster election, referred to the necessity for dealing with social problems. He declared that he would do what lay in his power to bring North and South closer together. Force was no remedy.

Mr Wheatley, speaking in Glasgow, referred to the “approaching industrial crisis,” and said he thought the Labour movement was not in a fit state to fight or negotiate successfully. He appealed for co-operation between the ILP. and the Trade Unions.

Ten thousand employees of Co-operative Societies in North-West England have been locked out because of inability to reach an agreement upon a wage question.

Socialist proposals for the devolution of Parliamentary work on Departmental Committees are advanced in two reports to be submitted to the conference of the Independent Labour Party. The first report advocates Responsible Committees, but the second report insists on the retention of the Cabinet’s collective responsibility, and argues for Advisory Committees only.

Among the subjects discussed at the Conference of the University Labour Federation, held at Oxford, were the nationalisation of banking, the currency question, and taxation.

29 MARCH 1925

The condition of the Earl of Ypres was reported to have improved.

London County Council recommended the purchase of Hornsey-rise Training College for £12,000 to allow for the erection of block dwellings for 1,000 people.