13 JANUARY 1925
Details are given of the settlement effected at Paris by the delegates of the major Allied Powers and recommended for final endorsement by the full session of the Conference today. Satisfaction was expressed at Washington’s acceptance of the agreement between Colonel Logan and Mr. Winston Churchill for the collection of war claims.
There is much speculation in Washington as to the cause of Mr Hughes’s resignation. It is suggested that Mr Coolidge and Mr Hughes have differed on some major issue in foreign policy—possibly the recognition of the Soviet.
Dr Luther’s efforts to form a Cabinet have failed through the reluctance of the Centre party to alter their standpoint.
Proposals for the expansion of the Royal Air Force are announced.
Statistics issued by the Commissioners of Prisons show decreased admissions in 1924. On the question of the habitual petty offender, especially elderly women, it is suggested that some kind of detention home would be the most appropriate treatment.
Lord Weir, in a broadcast talk from Glasgow, referred to the question of steel houses, and replied to recent criticism.
Railwaymen at a meeting at Chester resolved that 24 hours’ notice be given to the Railway Companies demanding the withdrawal of the Army Order relating to the Supplementary Reserve so far as it affects railwaymen.
A Bill forbidding Government officials to belong to secret societies has been introduced in the Italian Chamber.