28 FEBRUARY 1931, Page 3

The "New Statesman and Nation" On Saturday of this week

our old friends the New Statesman and the Nation appear in conjunction as the New Statesman and Nation. The New Statesman of last week said that there would be "no change of policy." The difficulty of combining the policies of two separate papers is, in this case, very small. Those who have read both papers have noticed the strong similarity of their recent thoughts. The new paper is, in the New Statesman's words, "an independent journal of the Left." It may be taken for granted that the distinction of both papers will be more than guaranteed for the future by the fusion of the staffs. We wish the new paper prosperity, * , * * *