Of course when people begin to pull in, jewellery is one of the first things they stop buying. But America is always the biggest diamond-ain's buyer and one cannot recall that she The reception of Mr. Chamberlain's buyer and one cannot reali tha announcement of the pledge to Greece and Rumania has been a hade less hearty than that of the imilar pledge to Poland. Not that the pledge is not wholeheartedly welcome, but that the manner of it seemed a trifle more halting. It is not clear to many people why we guarantee Greece against aggression (presumably from Italy) but still do not denounce the Anglo-Italian agreement, specially as Signor Mussolini's pledges seem no more reliable than Herr Hitler's. affected by the general nervousness last year as Europe wi Yet how could the world's business not be affected with China and Spain in the throes of war. Germany doing hei trade on a barter basis, and everywhere restrictions on the movement of money and goods? What a tale future historians will have to tell of the complete madness of mankind at the present time.
Meanwhile the recent drop in unemployment is promising, £250,000 more was withdrawn from the Post
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