THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 1926. -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER : A REVIEW OF PUBLIC EVENT, 1926. -- CONTENTS. -- PREFATORY NOTE. -- MR. BALDWIN'S SECOND CONSERVATIVE MINISTRY. -- ANNUAL REGISTER, 1926. -- PART I. -- ENGLISH HISTORY. -- CHAPTER I. -- THE ECONOMY CAMPAIGN. -- CHAPTER II. -- THE GENERAL STRIKE. -- CHAPTER III. -- THE COAL STOPPAGE. -- CHAPTER IV. -- THE RETURN TO WORK. -- CHAPTER V. -- END OP THE COAL STOPPAGE. -- FOREIGN AND IMPERIAL HISTORY. -- CHAPTER I. -- LEAGUE OF NATIONS. -- CHAPTER II. -- IRELAND. -- NORTHERN IRELAND. -- IRISH FREE STATE. -- CHAPTER III. -- FRANCE AND ITALY. -- FRANCE. -- ITALY. -- CHAPTER IV. -- GERMANY AND AUSTRIA. -- GERMANY. -- AUSTRIA. -- CHAPTER V. -- THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS. -- LATVIA. -- LITHUANIA. -- POLAND. -- CZECHOSLOVAKIA. -- HUNGARY. -- RUMANIA. -- THE KINGDOM OF THE SERBS, CROATS, AND SLOVENES. -- TURKEY. -- GREECE. -- ALBANIA. -- BULGARIA. -- CHAPTER VI. -- BELGIUM. -- THE NETHERLANDS. -- SWITZERLAND. -- SPAIN. -- PORTUGAL. -- DENMARK. -- SWEDEN. -- NORWAY. -- FINLAND. -- CHAPTER VII. -- PERSIA. -- AFGHANISTAN. -- IRAQ. -- PALESTINE. -- SYRIA. -- ARABIA. -- INDIA. -- CHAPTER VIII. -- CHINA. -- JAPAN. -- NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. -- CHAPTER IX. -- SOUTH AFRICA. -- SOUTH-WEST PROTECTORATE. -- SOUTHERN RHODESIA. -- BELGIAN CONGO. -- MOROCCO. -- EGYPT. -- CHAPTER X. -- THE UNITED STATES. -- CANADA. -- ARGENTINA. -- BRAZIL. -- CHILE. -- MEXICO. -- OTHER LATIN-AMERICAN COUNTRIES. -- CHAPTER XI. -- THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. -- NEW ZEALAND. -- PART II. -- CHRONICLE OF EVENTS IN 1926. -- JANUARY. -- FEBRUARY. -- MARCH. -- APRIL. -- MAY. -- JUNE. -- JULY. -- AUGUST. -- SEPTEMBER. -- OCTOBER. -- NOVEMBER. -- DECEMBER. -- RETROSPECT OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART IN 1926. -- LITERATURE. -- GENERAL LITERATURE. -- FICTION. -- SCIENCE OF THE YEAR. -- THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES.

THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES. -- ART, DRAMA, CINEMA, AND MUSIC. -- I. ART. -- II. DRAMA. -- III. THE CINEMA. -- IV. MUSIC. -- FINANCE AND COMMERCE IN 1926. -- LAW. -- PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.1 -- I. -- REPORT OF INTER-IMPERIAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE -- I.-INTRODUCTION. -- II.-STATUS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE DOMINIONS. -- III.-SPECIAL POSITION OF INDIA. -- IV.-RELATIONS BETWEEN THE VARIOUS PARTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. -- V.-RELATIONS WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES. -- VI.-SYSTEM OP COMMUNICATION AND CONSULTATION. -- VII.-PARTICULAR ASPECTS OF FOREIGN RELATIONS DISCUSSED BY COMMITTEE. -- APPENDIX. -- II. -- TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRAQ AND TURKEY. -- CHAPTER I. -- CHAPTER II. -- CHAPTER III. -- III. -- THE RUSSO-GERMAN TREATY. -- THE GERMAN NOTE. -- THE SOVIET NOTE. -- OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS. -- JANUARY. -- FEBRUARY. -- MARCH. -- APRIL. -- MAY. -- JUNE. -- JULY. -- AUGUST. -- SEPTEMBER. -- OCTOBER. -- NOVEMBER. -- DECEMBER. -- INDEX.