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Presents news briefs, related to socio-political developments of several nations. Effect of the drought on economic conditions of the U.S.; Estimation of the damage by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration; Comments of Japanese Premier Keisuke Okada on the question of naval armament; Remarks of British admiral Earl Beatty that Great Britain should restore race in naval armament and repudiate to the London Treaty; Statement of German dictator Adolf Hitler that Germany will not attack Austria; Pamphlet issued by Harry Stevens, Minister of Trade and Commerce of Canada, describing the development of an unholy alliance between big business and government for the purpose of exploiting workers, consumers and farmers; Defeat of Conservatists in recent provincial elections; Demand of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, an amalgamation of farmer, labor and socialist groups, for the socialization of the banks, public utilities and all the leading industries in Canada; Purpose of dismissal of John Donovan, head of the U.S. National Recovery Administration's Employees' Union; List of social actions which will be performed by New York State Economic Council's board of directors; Editorial published in the newspaper "The News" on radicalism and violence.

Premier William Aberhart of Alberta, head of the first Social Credit government in the world, is the central figure in a controversy that grows in bitterness as months pass. Alberta has had for eighteen months a government pledged to a program of Social Credit; but that economic theory has not yet been translated into fact. Aberhart's supporters regard him as a sincere, honest and capable leader struggling to bring about a new economic order, which shall provide "Social Credit Dividends" every month. The opponents of Social Credit call the Premier a humbug, a demagogue, a seeker after power.

Presents news briefs, related to socio-political developments in various nations. Criticism of the Canadian statesman Mackenzie King by the Soviet Union for the arrests made by his administration on the charges of espionage; Purpose of the anti-Soviet campaign to inflict political harm on the Soviet Union; Need for the establishment of an agreement in the United Nations, prohibiting all espionage activities; Reaction of the Canadian public on the political counter-attack of the Soviet Union; Plans of development of an atomic bomb by Canada, Great Britain and the U.S.; Crowning ceremony of eleven princes of the Roman Catholic Church in palace of the Holy See; Intentions of political parties of the Catholic Church, throughout Europe, to get new and vigorous bids for political power; Support of the Soviet Union to the Catholics; Need for the promotion of peace in the world, by the Catholic Church; Nomination of Edwin Pauley for Undersecretary of the U.S. Navy, suggested by President Harry S. Truman, in spite of being cautious of "votes of no confidence" from Navy Secretary Forrestal and former Undersecretary of Interior Abe Fortas before the Senate Naval Affairs Committee; Appeal of labor leader John H. Lewis for unity in the labor movement and for setting labor's house in order; Formation of the National Federation of Telephone Workers in the U.S. to fight for the rights of telephone workers; Issues of international aviation settled between Great Britain and the U.S., under the Bermuda Air Agreement; Plans of the U.S. House to pass a permanent bill to provide free lunch to school children; Nomination of former Governor O. Max Gardner of North Carolina for the position of Undersecretary of the Treasury.

The article presents some political updates as of April 13, 1905. One of the updates highlights that the relation or state of religious education, which has sorely disturbed France and England of recent years now becomes an urgent issue in Canada. The western territories of Saskatchewan and Alberta are to be erected into self-governing provinces and author Wilfrid Laurier seeks so to frame that sectarian schools shall permanently have a right to support from the public funds. Another update discusses the subordination of railroad rate regulation and the repeal of U.S. federal transportation statutes.

The article presents news related to economic and political issues around the world as of September 30, 1897. The new Canadian tariff system is very ingenious and quite in accord with U.S. President William McKinley precedent. It consists first of a general tariff, and second of an offer of a reduction of one-eighth of the duties to any country which admits Canadian products on as favorable terms as Canada offers to them. The Chicago, Illinois journal "Times-Herald" has made a curious contribution to the discussion about strike injunctions, by publishing a number of replies by "eminent jurists and prominent laymen" to questions propounded by its editor.

The article presents some political updates as of August 19, 1897. One of the updates focuses on the banking system in Canada. In the latest publication of the Gold Standard Defence Association of Great Britain, author B.E. Walker discusses the banking system of Canada and that of the U.S. Another update claims that the proposed federal Australian state is to be a government of enumerated powers, and in the draft now under discussion among the colonies, "State Insurance" will be one of the proposed powers.

The article discusses the fantasy of joining of Canada with the U.S. Following the U.S.-Canada federation, there would first be agonized attempts by the American political parties to capture the very different segments of the Canadian electorate, with the short-term prospects very doubtful. Set against the realization of this fantasy is the peculiar reality that Canada is that mysterious and holy concept, a nation firmly established and fully crystallized in the minds of most of its inhabitants. A wild inflation may have depreciated the concept of nation and this intuition would naturally have come first to the rational Canadians.

Canada, out of her enlistment of something more than 400,000 men, has suffered just about 100,000 casualties. For the Australians, with an enlistment somewhat smaller than Canada's, it may be assumed an equal number of casualties. England's total casualty lists are by now at least a million and a half. The war has proved too big for all the normal rules, calculations, and formulas. The war has swamped the strategists, the statesmen, and the economists. The forces, stresses, and angles with which people are compelled to deal are so largely new.

The article presents some economic and political updates as of June 4, 1891. One of the updates highlights that the recent election in Massachusetts resulted in the choice of a Republican House of Representatives, a Senate equally divided between two parties of the U.S. and a Democratic Governor. The political conditions are such as to invite the passage of a measure, which should be fair to both parties. Another update says that Bradstreet Co. has issued a very interesting pamphlet giving statistics about mercantile failures and their causes in 1890. It appears that there is one strictly commercial or industrial establishment in the U.S. and Canada to each seventy inhabitants.

The article discusses the political situation related to the second front strategy. The U-boat was the priority of the Casablanca conference in January 1943 and when the Quebec conference met in August 1943 the situation was so satisfactory that there was no longer need to maintain the order of precedence. Anglo-American production alone was about four times that of Germany and Allied air strength. The admission of the second front into the respectable circle of grand strategy has not come about as the normal development of Anglo-American policy. Outside circumstances of compelling character have resulted in the acceptance of a revised time-table.

The Progressive-Agrarian movement in Canada rose in 1921 with a sweeping rush from the ruck of post-war politics and placed sixty-five members in the Canadian House of Commons of 235, eclipsing in number even the historic Conservative Party. Today the Progressive Party is slipping into oblivion; it emerged from the general election of October 29, 1925 with its representation reduced to twenty-four. In 1921 it was a national party; 1925 found it a prairie farmer group. Yet, though its numbers are reduced its influence as a third party promises to be greater than ever before.

The International Joint Commission, which regulates certain arrangements between Canada and the U.S., recently gave permission for a weir to be built across a channel of the St. Lawrence River near the Long Sault Rapids to provide additional power to a company in New York State engaged in the manufacture of aluminium. The decision has been a great disappointment to Canadian advocates of public ownership and a source of great comfort to the power corporations. The month of September 1918, will be memorable in the history of British labor. Last week, at its annual meeting at Derby, England, the Trades Union Congress celebrated its jubilee.

Presents several letters to the editor on various political issues. Issues related to nationalism in Canada; Ethical problems discussed at meetings of American Anthropological Society; Rewards of anthropological work.

There was recently tabled in the Canadian House of Commons, a correspondence concerning the representation of Canada at the Peace Conference. The correspondence reflected the political status of Canada. On October 27, 1918, Lloyd George cabled to Sir Robert Borden intimating that the end of the war was in sight and urging that the Canadian Prime Minister leave for Europe as soon as possible. The cable said in part: "It is very important that you should be here in order to participate in the deliberations which will determine the line to be taken at the conference by the British delegates."

Reports on various socio-political developments from around the world. Proposals on which Joseph Mitchell, city manager of Newburgh in New York State, has called for a state-wide referendum; Comments made by Overseas Weekly reporter Siegfried Naujocks against U.S. Army General Edwin A. Walker; Conflicting reports about the political status of South Africa reported by some American dailies; Appreciation for "Canada Month," a Canadian conservative monthly that would be launched shortly.

Presents information on the approaching elections in Canada. Reports that the most significant development in the campaign has been the rising stature of Lester Pearson; Argument of Pearson in favor of nuclear weapons; View of Pearson that Canada cannot afford more welfare handouts until the economy is stabilized.