Book Chapter

ENGLISH HISTORY: CHAPTER I. THE COAL BILL AND THE NAVAL CONFERENCE

1930

Overview

Position of the Government (pg. 1). Mr. Lloyd George and the Coal Bill (pg. 1). Lord Grey's attack on Mr. Lloyd George (pg. 1-2). Mr. George's Speech (pg. 2). The Liberal Party and the Government (pg. 2). State of Trade (pg. 2-3). The Government's Plans (pg. 3). Mr. Thomas's Message (pg. 3). Mr. Thomas and the Banks (pg. 3). Mr. Snowden on the Hague Reparations Conference (pg. 3-4). Preparations for the Naval Conference (pg. 4). British Policy (pg. 4-5). Opening of the Conference (pg. 5-6). Mr. MacDonald's Broadcast (pg. 6). Conference on Agriculture (pg. 6). Parliament and Unemployment (pg. 6-7). The Sugar-beet Subsidy (pg. 7). Blasphemy Bill (pg. 7). Ratification of the Optional Clause (pg. 7). Protest of House of Lords (pg. 7-8). Lords and Unemployment Bill (pg. 8). The Economic Council (pg. 8-9). Alterations in the Coal Bill (pg. 9-10). Cost of new provisions (pg. 10). Coal Bill in Committee (pg. 10-11). Debate on Amalgamations (pg. 11). Debate on the Quota System (pg. 11-12). Government Victory (pg. 13). Further Debate on Coal Bill (pg. 13). Crisis in Liberal Party (pg. 13). Mr. Lloyd George's Unemployment Motion (pg. 13-14). Passage of the Coal Bill (pg. 14-15). Mr. MacDonald and the I.L.P. (pg. 15-16). The “Empire Free Trade” Movement (pg. 16). Repudiated by Mr. Baldwin (pg. 16). Lord Beaverbrook's Secession (pg. 16). Mr. Baldwin's Appeal (pg. 16-17). His “Referendum” Promise (pg. 17). Conservatives and Russian Propaganda (pg. 17-18). Agitation against Soviet Persecution of Religion (pg. 18). Lord Birkenhead's Speech (pg. 18). Government Reply (pg. 18-19). The “Day of Prayer” (pg. 19). Archbishop of Canterbury's Inquiry (pg. 19-20). Government's Policy (pg. 20). Conservatives and the Post Office (pg. 20). Government and Wireless Telephone Service (pg. 20-21). Road Traffic Bill (pg. 21). Britain and Geneva Tariff Truce (pg. 21-22). Rural Amenities Bill (pg. 22). The Estimates (pg. 22). Debate on Naval Estimates (pg. 22-23). On Air Estimates (pg. 23-24). Pacifist Motions (pg. 24). Cadet Corps Grant withdrawn (pg. 24-25). Abolition of Death Penalty for Cowardice (pg. 25). Uses of Air Force (pg. 25). Trade Uncertainty (pg. 25-26). Channel Tunnel Committee Report (pg. 26). Government and Colonial Sugar (pg. 26). Plight of Lancashire Cotton Industry (pg. 26-27). New Loan for Unemployment Insurance (pg. 27). Mr. Churchill's Speech (pg. 27-28). Slum Clearance Bill (pg. 28). Problems of the Naval Conference (pg. 28-29). Proceedings of the Conference (pg. 29). Agreement between Britain, U.S., and Japan (pg. 29). Franco-Italian Discussions (pg. 29-30). Failure to reach Five-Power Agreement (pg. 30). Results of Conference (pg. 30-31). Conclusion of Conference (pg. 31). Woollen Trade Dispute (pg. 32).

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• Subject: AIR Estimates / AIR Force / Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V / Amery, Rt. Hon. L. S / Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley / Beaverbrook, Lord / Beet Sugar / Bevan, Mr / Birkenhead, Earl of / Bondfield, Rt. Hon. Margaret / Briand, M. Aristide / Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel / Canterbury, Archbishop of / Carson, Lord / Chamberlain, RT. HON. SIR AUSTEN / Channel Tunnel, The / Chatterjee, Sir Atul (India) / Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S / Civil Research Committee / Coal industry / Coal Mines (Bill) Act / CUNLIFFE-LISTER, Sir P / Cushendun, Lord / Darling, Lord / Davies, Mr. C / Ebbisham, Lord / Fenton, Mr. (Australia) / George, Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd / Graham, Rt. Hon. W / Grandi, Signor (Italy) / Greenwood, RT. HON. ARTHUR / Grey, Lord / Hague Reparations Conference / Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. V / Henderson, Rt. Hon. Arthur / Hilton Young, Sir E / Hoare, Sir S / Horne, Sir Robert / Hutchinson, Sir R / Italy / Japan / Jowitt, Sir W. A / King, the: H.M. King George V / LEES-Smith, Mr. H. B / London Naval Treaty / Macdonald, Rt. Hon. J. Ramsay / Macmillan, Lord / Maxton, Mr / Montague, Mr. F / Morrison, Mr. Herbert / Newton, Lord / Olivier, Lord / Palmer, John / Parliamentary Session / Parmoor, Lord / Ponsonby, Lord / Rothermere, Lord / Runciman, Mr / Samuel, Sir H / Sassoon, Sir Philip / Shaw, Rt. Hon. T / Smiddy, Professor (Irish Free State) / Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip / Stimson, Mr. (U.S.A.) / Tardieu, M. André (France) / Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H / Thomson, Lord / Trenchard, Lord / Unemployment Insurance (Bill) Act / Unemployment Insurance Fund / Unemployment returns / United States of America (USA) / Wakatsuki, Mr. (Japan) / Wireless telephone services / Woollen industry / WORTHINGTON-EVANS, Sir L / Yorkshire, England / Young scheme / Young, Sir E. Hilton