THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 1928. -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER A REVIEW OF PUBLIC EVENTS, 1928. -- CONTENTS. -- PREFATORY NOTE. -- MR. BALDWIN'S SECOND CONSERVATIVE MINISTRY. -- ANNUAL REGISTER, 1928. -- PART I. -- ENGLISH HISTORY. -- CHAPTER I. -- THE STATE OF INDUSTRY. -- CHAPTER II. -- THE BUDGET AND THE RELIEF OF INDUSTRY. -- CHAPTER III. -- THE ANGLO-FRENCH NAVAL COMPROMISE. -- CHAPTER IV. -- THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL. -- FOREIGN AND IMPERIAL HISTORY. -- CHAPTER I. -- THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. -- GENERAL. -- ARBITRATION, SECURITY, DISARMAMENT. -- ECONOMIC WORK. -- TRANSIT AND COMMUNICATIONS. -- THE HEALTH ORGANISATION -- OPIUM AND DANGEROUS DRUGS. -- THE PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE -- THE PROGRESSIVE CODIFICATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. -- POLITICAL DISPUTES. -- CHAPTER II. -- IRELAND. -- NORTHERN IRELAND. -- THE IRISH FREE STATE. -- CHAPTER III. -- FRANCE AND ITALY. -- FRANCE. -- ITALY. -- CHAPTER IV. -- GERMANY AND AUSTRIA. -- GERMANY. -- AUSTRIA. -- CHAPTER V. -- THE SOVIET UNION. -- BALTIC STATES. -- POLAND. -- CZECHOSLOVAKIA. -- HUNGARY. -- RUMANIA. -- YUGOSLAVIA. -- 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. -- MOZAMBIQUE. -- MOROCCO. -- EGYPT. -- CHAPTER X. -- THE UNITED STATES. -- CANADA. -- THE PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE. -- ARGENTINA. -- BOLIVIA. -- BRAZIL. -- CHILE. -- MEXICO. -- NICARAGUA. -- OTHER AMERICAN STATES. -- CHAPTER XI. -- THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. -- NEW ZEALAND. -- PART II. -- CHRONICLE OF EVENTS IN 1928. -- JANUARY. -- FEBRUARY. -- MARCH. -- APRIL.

MAY. -- JUNE. -- JULY. -- AUGUST. -- SEPTEMBER. -- OCTOBER. -- NOVEMBER. -- DECEMBER. -- RETROSPECT OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART IN 1928. -- 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 1928. -- LAW. -- PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. -- I. THE GENERAL PACT FOR THE RENUNCIATION OF WAR. -- II. CONVENTION OP THE PAN-AMERICAN UNION. -- III. AGREEMENT BETWEEN HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY AND HIS HIGHNESS THE AMIR OF TRANS-JORDAN. -- IV. ANGLO-CHINESE TREATY. -- OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS. -- JANUARY. -- FEBRUARY. -- MARCH. -- APRIL. -- MAY. -- JUNE. -- JULY. -- AUGUST. -- SEPTEMBER. -- OCTOBER. -- NOVEMBER. -- DECEMBER. -- INDEX.