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Focuses on the French approach to its debts from the U.S. and Great Britain. Report that Great Britain has laid down the principle that she wants from the collectivity of continental debtors only sufficient payments to enable her to effect her own payments to the United States; Argument of the French that they should only be asked to pay a proper proportion of this reduced sum; Report that the French take the reduction to be absolute when in fact it is only conditional, and then urge that they are only liable, if the Soviet Union is excluded for half the amount required by Great Britain; Report that the Dawes Report is actually given an American name; View that in adopting the principle of the capacity of payment France does not adopt the principle of an impartial investigation into her finances; Information on the figures of French finances as they have been laid down by official persons for the guidance of the American Debt Funding Commission; View that France does recognize her debts and is only desirous of discussing ways and means; Report that while the currency is in a state of flux no valuation of wealth is possible and even were it possible it would be a poor guide to France's capacity, since much of the national wealth is altogether unconvertible; Report that while France protests that she could only pay something over 2,000,000,000 paper francs a year to both U.S. and Great Britain, the demands on her amount to about 4,000,000,000 which is the cost of the upkeep of her military forces; Report that Great Britain, though not protectionist in the same sense, is alarmed at commercial competition and the continued existence of unemployment and cannot favor and facilitate the transference either of German or of French wealth.

Comments on political, as well as social, developments around the world. Need to avoid discord between Great Britain and France over any question of European policy; Factors that have lead to resentment in Great Britain; Role of the U.S. in case Great Britain and France break on the question of substituting new balance of power in Europe for the present dictatorship; Refusal of U.S. President Warren Harding administration to exhibit the slightest official interest in the Silesian question; Inadequacy of the removal of obstacles to Russian trade; Discussion on the trade agreement between the Soviet Union and England; Information on accounts in British papers which have made it possible to unravel in large part the mystery of the sudden collapse of the Triple Alliance strike called to help miners.

This article presents news including the freedom and restoration of government in the capitals of France and Belgium with Greece soon to follow, the unconscious conspiracy between the United States Army censors and the publication of newspapers in the U.S., and the conclusion of the robot bombs over England, which will soon correct the blackout policy in London, Great Britain.

The article discusses the emergence of the Algerian rebellion as a major problem of the Western world and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1957. The U.S. and Great Britain are finding it difficult to support the French Algerian policy on military and diplomatic levels. The image of the two countries among the French is expected to be negatively affected by their move to pressure France to address the Algerian problem. French officials are said to be preparing for an attack on their policy at the NATO meeting.

Presents information on several social and political developments around the world. Discussion on the present disposition of the U.S. electorate; Implications of the formation of the American Labor party in New York; Comments on the views of British Prime Minister Lloyd George over the British troops at Chanak; Discussion on the proposed French expenditure on its navy; Contention between France and Germany over the payment of reparations by Germany; Discussion on the demand of Bishop James Cannon of the Methodist Episcopal Church to send the U.S. army to the Near East; Discussion on the benefits of British payment of debt to the U.S.; Reply of Captain Paxton Hibben to the allegation that he supported the Soviet Government; Implication of the order of U.S. President Warren Harding to refer to the Tariff Commission all applications for relief under the provision of the tariff law; Discussion on the protests over a visa to permit Jean Longuet, Head of French Socialist Part, to visit the U.S.; Discussion on two incidences in the U.S. where judges refused to grant citizenship papers to aliens.

Presents socio-political and economic news from the world. Report that the visit of French Premier Pierre Laval to Berlin, Germany, was important because it symbolized the desideratum of European recovery and stability--Franco-German rapprochement; Report that the Scandinavian countries which have followed Great Britain off the gold standard have done so primarily because they were in a similar situation; Report that the principal loss which Great Britain suffers as a result of the abandonment of the gold standard arises, not from the fall, but from the fluctuation in the exchange value of the pound; Efforts to bring peace and conciliation between Japan and China in the wake of the war in Manchuria, China; Cancellation of the biennial meeting of the Institute of Pacific Relations due to the Manchurian episode; Profiles U.S. educator and ichthyologist, David Starr Jordan; Speculation on Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi's visit to Lancashire, England; Report that for many weeks, the civil authorities of Harlan, Kentucky, who are openly allied with the coals mine owners against the striking miners, have exercised a press censorship; Economic situation of Detroit, Michigan and its consequences on public; Criticism of Governor of California for putting the district attorney Charles M. Fickert, on the state pay roll; Criticism of the cutting of trees in the U.S. for constructions on land.

When the Foreign Ministers of the United States, Great Britain, and France meet next month, they will have a lengthy agenda to discuss: relations with Russia, China, and Germany. On the subject of Germany, the real nerve center of European politics, differences of opinion among the Western powers have widened in recent months. Not that they have received contradictory reports as to what is going on in the former realm of Hitler. The resurgence of Nazism is unanimously recognized by the three governments. It is now accepted as normal that close collaborators of Hitler are allowed to occupy high positions both in industry and government; that the cartels, outlawed by the American Military Government three years ago, are reappearing and are more powerful than ever; that publishers of former Nazi papers, unrepentant and unchanged, are receiving facilities for printing venomous, anti-Semitic periodicals.

Focuses on the tour of former French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau to the U.S. Attitude of the press towards Clemenceau's tour; Information on the political situation of France; Prospects of Clemenceau's returning to power; Necessity of maintaining whole-souled cooperation with Great Britain; Role of Clemenceau in European and world politics.

Presents news briefs, related to socio-political developments of several nations. Prohibition of sanctions against Italy, until League Council meets on January 20; Declaration of Germany that there would be no air pact between Germany and Great Britain until Germany's lost colonies were restored and the responsibility-for-the-war clause eliminated from the Versailles Treaty; Demonstration of high-school and college students denouncing Japanese aggression and calling upon the central government for active resistance continued throughout China; Significance of the January first, for several political decisions in the U.S.; Plans of the organization National Peace Conference to continue the present embargo on actual arms and munitions to all belligerents; Comments made by journalist William Randolph Hearst, on the link of communists with kidnapping; Resignation of James G. McDonald as League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from Germany; Method used by France to dissolve armed fascist leagues within the framework of democracy; Amendments for :he confiscation of collective as well as individual armaments in France; Efforts of District Central Labor Union of Columbia to fight against reenactment of the teachers' oath law; Employment status of women graduates from the Purdue University.

Presents an update on recent political and social events in the U.S. and the world. Conditions in Europe after completion of five years of the First World War with Germany being curbed by France is on the verge of political and economic collapse; Tactics adopted by French Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré to escape from an awkward predicament of attending the conference to discuss the debt crisis in Europe with Great Britain and the U.S. by placing unacceptable conditions for his attendance; Reply to the questions on the closeness of nations placed by the New York World; Account of unaltered views of former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson on world politics; Comment on the recommendations by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Andrew William Mellon.

Reports on several socio-political events from the world. Speculation on the policies of the new U.S. President Calvin Coolidge; Report that the French reply to Great Britain's Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin's note virtually ignores the main proposal of the British and does so in terms which from one ally to another constitute an extraordinary rebuff; Issues related to the French occupation of Ruhr, Germany; Information on the Irish developments, the struggle over the Turkish-American treaty, and the Russian progress; Information on the conference on U.S. farmers and laborers conditions at Minneapolis, Minnesota; Speculation on Coolidge's policy on the American participation in the World Court; Offer made by the owners of bituminous coal mines to give their entire industry to the government in case the anthracite miners go on strike; Information on dispatch of the newspaper "The Chicago Tribune," about an agreement signed between France and England; View that nothing can swerve France from her determination never to let go her hand on Germany until that nation has totally collapsed; View that monarchists are much more likely to contribute to the separatist tendencies, which will be in evidence after the French set up their Rhineland Republic, Germany; Speculation on the automobile manufacturer Henry Ford's chance of securing the Democratic nomination for U.S. President; Information on the present political conditions of Ireland; Statement of Judge Elbert H. Gary on plans for abolition of the twelve-hour-day in the U.S. steel industry; Statement of the U.S. manufacturers that the change to the shorter day will require about 60,000 more laborers, and these will not be available unless the restrictions on immigration are relaxed; Report that the additional ballots during the past week have produced no change in the standing of the various candidates in the journal's Straw Vote; Information on the resignation of Philip Littell from the editorial board of the journal.

Reports on several socio-political developments from the world. View that the primary purpose of France is not to secure reparations but to dismember Germany. Information on the acceptance by the French Chamber of the Washington Naval Treaty, success of the Lausanne Conference and the action of the League of Nations in regard to the Saar River Valley, Germany and France; Issues related to socio-politics and economics in the Soviet Union; Report that the U.S. Coal Commission recognizes the importance of the public interest and authorizes government interference in case of emergency; Socio-political news from different states of the U.S.; Information on the adoption of a definite policy on the Ruhr crisis by the British government; View that every act of sabotage and violence in the Ruhr works to the injury of Germany and the political benefit of France; View that an excellent thumbnail likeness of American journalism may be found by observing two news events reported by the newspaper "The New York Times"; Report that of the twenty-six political prisoners whose terms of imprisonment were commuted by U.S. President Warren Harding only eight have been released; View that the Coal Commission's report marks the beginning of a new epoch in American conservative thinking; Report that the liberals are heading for a third party and the most popular candidate to head the new ticket is Senator Robert Marion La Follette; View that the sentiment in favor of the United States entering the League seems to be increasing.

Presents information on recent political and social developments in the world. Factor which strongly contributed to the calamity of the First World War; Reference to the possibility that France will demand the abandonment of passive resistance from Germany; Topics to be discussed at a meeting of the League of Nations; Issues that will occupy significant position in the U.S. budget; Discussion of the problem faced by the U.S. Congress regarding liquor on foreign ships; Comment on the invasion of the Ruhr in Germany by the French army; Details about the papal letter which has caused much indignation in France; Decision of the British government to enlarge its air forces; Purpose of the Institute for Public Service behind its conference of the members of the boards of trustees of American universities; Information on the policies of Great Britain, France and the U.S. regarding the race for armaments; Shortage of housing in New York; Details about an ordinance passed related to apartment housing in New York; Attitude of liberals toward the League of Nations.

The Geneva agreements embodied triumph and tragedy. France did not win as its representative did, the truce agreement was not so much a new loss for France as the candid acknowledgement of a loss that had already taken place for a colonial power in the political and military arena of Asia. Great Britain itself could hardly have been said to have won or lost except in the long-term sense that it might gain from peace. The position of the Soviet Union was roughly similar to that of Great Britain. For the Americans there was only tragedy. Except for the Vietnam government, the U.S. suffered the greatest loss of all.

This article presents brief information on political conditions of several nations. France has finally withdrawn its objections to the "rearmament amendment" of the Bonn constitution. Nevertheless, Washington welcomed French final acquiescence, which means that Theodor Heuss, President of the Bonn Republic, is constitutionally authorized to sign the ratification instruments of the E. D. C: and the Bonn peace contract with the Allies. The growth of Middle Eastern tension accurately reflects the deterioration in the United Nations. In this instance the difficulty arises from the unwillingness of the U.S. and Great Britain, to abandon Arab appeasement in favor of a firm policy aimed at establishing regional peace.

This article presents brief descriptions of various socio-political developments and issues. It reports developments regarding the British campaign against Syria. Henry Maitland Wilson, who commands the British and Free French forces, is anxious to restrict casualties on both sides as much as possible. But desertions from Vichy's army in France appear to have been on a smaller scale than had been expected, while the attitude of the main body of Syrian Arabs has not yet been clearly defined. The article discusses the President's action closing German consular and propaganda offices in the United States. It has long been an open secret that German consular officials have been supervising propaganda activities detrimental to the policies of U.S. government. An issue regarding the statement of the Polish cabinet in exile in London pledging equal treatment in the new Free Poland for citizens regardless of nationality, race, or religion is discussed here.

This article focuses on the military of various countries around the world during the second World War. The greatest disaster in the world would be, not the military defeat of France or even of France and Great Britain, but the acceptance by the U.S. of the myth that Nazi Germany is invincible. The terrifying union of organization and armed might with implacable aggression may overwhelm the unready European democracies. If the U.S. allows itself to be deceived by its real fifth column, American democracy will soon enjoy the privilege of choosing weapons for its own suicide. It may revoke the liberties which are its very essence order to crush those who challenge the whole idea of liberty. Exhausted by its vain efforts to hold back the endless waves of fresh Nazi troops and tanks, the French army has broken.

Focuses on the impact of conflict between France and Great Britain on minds and hearts of the American people whose loyalties were sharply split. Favor of France by the Republicans; Information that former U.S. President John Adams' Administration prepared for war with France, authorized an army of 30,000 men, began building a navy and levied a direct tax on houses, land and slaves;Provisions of the Sedition Act aimed at native American critics of the Administration and friends of France.

The article examines the global business and political outlook in April 1938. According to the author, Great Britain will probably buy war planes from the U.S. and store supplies of food for emergency purposes although they are not expecting war to break out in 1938. The author believes that the negotiations between French and British authorities in London, Great Britain could lead to a plan for close military and financial cooperation between the two countries.

The article discusses the latest developments in global business activities as of September 25, 1937. It claims that the acceptance by Italy of the bid of France and Great Britain to enter the border patrol pact has somewhat eased the tension in the Mediterranean region. In Argentina, there is a significant increase in the trading volume between the country and the U.S. in January-June 1937 compared to January-June 1936. The situations in Canada, Germany and Soviet Union, among others, are also examined.

Focuses on developments in United States and world politics, government and international relations. France's declaration of its position on the treaty to do away with war; Insistence of Great Britain that France work out some agreement with the United States; Objections to the bond-issue plan; Disappointment over the results of universal suffrage in America; Outlook for India as the Sir John Commission finishes the first stage of its task; Conditions of opponents of the Fascist regime in Italy exiled to small islands in the Mediterranean.

The article discusses the dilemma over devaluation of the French franc. The author argues that the anticipation of devaluation has caused some to lean towards abandoning the gold standard for a managed currency policy. The article discusses the effect of retaining a gold standard which other currencies have had as a source of stability in determining their own currency values. Causes of strain on the French economy, the probability of devaluation, possible advantages of devaluation, and five possible courses of action in regard to devaluation are presented. The state of the franc is largely dependent on the inflation possibilities in the U.S. and British confidence in commercial markets. In the face of this complex situation, the author suggests retention of the present gold ratio.

The article reports on the development of disarmament talks between the Western nations and Russia. It says that the talks are still far from achieving its ends until the Russians bring down its Iron Curtain. However, a further step has been taken after Russia agreed in principle on some of the mechanics of disarmament proposed by the U.S., Great Britain, France and Canada. It adds that a big disagreement between the East and the West is the setting up of a United Nations control body that will monitor disarmament reduction and enforce prohibitions.

This article focuses on the political developments in various parts of the world. Mr. William Howard Taft, in his long speech of acceptance, is, of course, enthusiastic over the policies and methods of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and the Republican party. As to corporations, Mr. Taft declares that the task of the next Administration is distinct from and a progressive development of that which has been performed by President Theodore Roosevelt. The festival at Quebec has been as much a tribute by Britain to France as by the British Canada of the present to the French Canada of the past. Great Britain may regard the present with satisfaction, if with a sigh at the difficulties that have been surmounted on the way, France cannot help looking back with a pang to what was and reflecting sadly on what might have been.

The article reports on the 1945 security conference that was to give birth to the organization that would be known as the United Nations (UN) and that would be dedicated to the proposition that peace is indivisible. The Big Five, which includes the U.S., Great Britain, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), China, and the Provisional Government of France, is reported to constitute a power block in the UN's Security Council. Topics such as security agreements, the smaller powers, suspension provision, and the issue of veto power, are discussed.

Argues against the belief that natural recovery may activate economic factors and thereby helping the U.S. economy to come out of depressed situation. Remedy to cure the depression; Competitive disadvantage suffered by Great Britain in international trade after the World War I; Reason for depression in France; View that recovery of German economy depends on the stimulation of war industries; Suggestion to the U.S. for taking measures to cure the economic evils instead of relying on the natural process of recovery.

Focuses on the history of the national establishment in the U.S. Background on the bases used by the British and the French in selecting the members of their respective national establishments, which the U.S. used; Reason behind the emergence of an industrial-financial establishment in the 1890s in the U.S.; Details of the systematization of the national establishment of the country starting from the administration of President John F. Kennedy; Types of skills considered by the administration of President Lyndon Johnson in selecting the members of the establishment.

Presents information on several social and political developments around the world. Discussion on the settlement of reparation question between France and Germany; Fear that France may take oppressive action against Germany; Suggestion that the U.S. and Great Britain should show their disapproval if France takes this step of terror; Discussion on the disadvantages of following a policy of aggression against Germany; Discussion on reasons behind opposition to proposed registration of aliens in the U.S.; Suggestion to increase wage in order to facilitate Americanization of aliens; View that U.S. government was grossly plundered by numerous contractors during the World War I; Discussion on the industrial conference plan launched under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Labor, which is intended as a platform to discuss matters of common interest to employers and employees; Account of inhuman tax collecting strategies being employed by the British in Iraq.

Focuses on American policy on the Soviet Union which will restore production and trade without interfering in any way in the internal political arrangements of the Soviet Union and the role of statesman Herbert Hoover in working out that policy. Comparison of the French and British policy with that of American policy; Expectations of French from the Soviet government; Impact of the organization of famine relief by Hoover, on the relations of the Soviet Union and the U.S.; Emphasis on creating direct relations with the agricultural populations through the cooperative organizations in the Russian policy; Conditions on which the U.S. and the Soviet Union can afford to do business.

The article presents information on several socio-political developments from across the world. The country has received with supreme satisfaction the news that the U.S. Senate has ratified, by unanimous vote, the treaty with Great Britain by which the Bering Sea dispute is referred to arbitration. The arbitrators, in addition to those appointed by the United States and Great Britain, are to be appointed by France, Italy, and Sweden. The legal precautions in France against the illicit manufacture of explosives are very minute and stringent, but the facility with which explosives can be compounded or stolen has made these precautions of little value. The manufacture is permitted only to licensed companies, giving heavy bail for obedience to the law, and submitting themselves to incessant official inspection. Any one who wishes to purchase an explosive must give his name, address, and calling, the use he proposes to make of it, the day on which he will use it, the place in which he will keep it, and the route he will follow in transporting it from the factory.

Focuses on the ambivalent attitude of Europeans towards the U.S. motion picture industry. Statement that Europeans like techniques, actors and glamour of the U.S. motion picture industry; Comment of Europeans on the content, censorship, immaturity; Reason for the inability to compete with Hollywood; The British government is subsidizing independent producers who threaten J. Arthur Rank, anti-imperialist's monopoly; Information on the sections trade union movement that is insisting on the nationalization of the entire of the British film industry; Description of the French producers found themselves fighting not only their American competitors but their own government; Urge by the French screen and radio stars for the renegotiation of the Blum-Byrnes agreement; Effect of the renaissance on the Italian film industry; Impact of the U.S. motion pictures on the Italian studios and theatres; Statement that film industries are nationalized, film expansion planned for years in advance.

Focuses on the San Francisco Conference that discussed the deadlock over the right of the Big Five to veto in the United Nations Security Council. Information on the five men who share the credit for breaking the deadlock; The paramount objective of American foreign policy must be to continue and solidify the American alliance with Great Britain, Soviet Union, China and France in the postwar era; Statement that the right to veto would not apply to the power of the Security Council to discuss or consider any dispute or situation that might threaten the peace and security of any one of its members; The devising of an operating economic structure within the world security charter may in final perspective be appraised as the principal achievement of this meeting.

This section offers world news briefs related to business. The number of employed in Great Britain dropped by 56,000 in December 1933. A new import quota policy will be implemented in France starting January 1, 1934. Chile has agreed to take full control of the government's wheat market. Representatives of wine distributing companies in the U.S. are negotiating for the purchase of a large quantity of Chilean wines.

This section offers world news briefs related to business as of January 1933. U.S. President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt's offers to talk over the war debt situation had an impact on business in Great Britain. The problem of war debts arose once again in France after the announcement of the willingness of the U.S. to open new negotiations with debtor countries that made their payments on December 15, 1932. Many home industries were kept occupied by the Japanese construction in Manchukuo.

The announced intention of the Allied Control Council in Berlin to deal with Germany's food problem on a national instead of a zonal basis focuses attention on a fundamental difficulty of the four-power administration of Germany. At the present time the defeated country and its shattered capital are divided into four zones, each under the control of one of the four Allies the U.S., Great Britain, Russia, and France. Allied Control Council was formed to coordinate policies in the different zones. Divergent policies and practices in the four zones have been inevitable, given the well-known differences of tradition, temperament, and method of the occupying powers.

Focuses on the Treaty of London, aiming for naval reduction of several countries like the U.S., Great Britain, Japan, France, etc. Failure of the treaty; Condition that limits agreed to by the three chief powers may be raised if naval building by any other power seems to threaten her interests; Probability of increase in French naval power with increase in the naval power of Italy; Need for the maintenance of parity in naval strength of all nations; Role of the reduction of naval strength in improving economic conditions of the U.S.; Plans of the U.S. to keep the proposal for the reduction of land armaments in future; Reluctance of France to moderate her existing naval program without further guarantees of security; Demand of assurance from Great Britain, by France that the British navy could be depended upon to enforce sanctions; Stand taken by the U.S. on agreements between Great Britain and France on disarmament.

In 1950 U.S., Great Britain and London agreed to maintain "a certain level and balance" in arms for the embittered nations of the Middle East. For whatever it was worth the declaration was shattered when, in 1955, the Soviets began exchanging arms for influence in the region. After that, France and Great Britain disemboweled the understanding completely by their invasion of Egypt. Another double cross has now been added to a melancholy record by the French sale of 100, or 110 Mirage jets to Libya, a country of some 1.8 million population.

This article focuses on some important events related to political developments in different countries. The Silver Bill which was forced through the U.S. House recently calls for an appropriation of $54,000,000 per annum from the Treasury as a starting point. The revenue of the Government will be composed in a larger and larger degree of silver. France and Great Britain have got into a little trouble over fishing rights on the coast of Newfoundland, reserved, or rather defined anew, by the treaty of 1783, for they were originally reserved by the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713.

The article reports on the growing production of small jet engines in the U.S. as of February 1956. The country fell behind in the development of such engines, below 3,500-pound thrust, following World War II due to the focus on producing bigger jet engines. The small jet engine field is led by Great Britain and France. Among the U.S. companies involved in the production of small jet engines are Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corp. and the Small Aircraft Engine Department of General Electric.

The article discusses the glitches that are confronted in the dissolution of the German firm IG Farbenindustrie. The company is being split among the four occupying countries, namely, the U.S., Great Britain, Russia and France. The issues that need to be resolve include the method by which the company's various German patents an trademarks will be disposed. The British-American Plan and the Russian Plan to dissolve IG Farbenindustrie are also examined.

The article presents an overview of the February 22, 1928 issue of "The Nation." People the world over are talking peace. "War with the United States is unthinkable," says Sir Austen Chamberlain, British Foreign Minister, amidst applause in the British House of Commons. M. Briand, Foreign Minister of France, is ready to outlaw war, The German Government has drawn up for a Prague conference its suggestions of methods looking to the abolition of war. American Government itself has declared its readiness to outlaw the submarine and dispatches from London, England indicate that the British Government favors the suggestion.