INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 1925 VOLUME II BY C. A. MACARTNEY AND OTHERS A Locarno.. nous avons parlé européen. ARISTIDE BRIAND, 27th February, 1926 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORD Issued under the auspices of the Royal Institute 1928 Su 7 1925 PREFACE THIS volume is the second part of the Survey of International Affairs, 1925. In the first volume, which was published last summer, Professor Toynbee recorded the affairs of the Islamic World since the Peace Settlement. As was explained in the Preface to that volume, the work of preparing two volumes instead of one in the year was more than any one writer could undertake. The Council, therefore, were compelled to enlist the services of other writers for the compilation of the second volume. They were fortunate in securing the co-operation of Mr. C. A. Macartney, the author of The Social Revolution in Austria, for the preparation of the sections dealing with the events during 1925 in Europe (Parts I. a, II. A–D) and during the period 1919–25 in the American Continent (Part IV), while Miss V. M. Boulter, Professor Toynbee's assistant at the Institute, wrote the section on South-Eastern Europe (Part II. E). The Council are also indebted to well-informed contributors, who prefer to remain anonymous, for the section on Opium (Part I. B (vi)), and for the chapter on the Far East (Part III). The remaining subjects discussed in Part I. B were prepared for an earlier volume by Professor Toynbee, but omitted owing to lack of space, and the record has accordingly been continued by Miss Boulter to the end of the year 1925. The Council wish to acknowledge once again their obligation and gratitude to the members of the Institute who have generously given the writers the benefit of their special knowledge in various fields. Simultaneously with and as a Supplement to this volume, the Oxford University Press will publish a 825265 |