T HE sense of standing on the verge of what, with the Russian campaign, will constitute the greatest military operations in the history of the world is both impressive and...

One of Mr. Churchill's outstanding talents is his capacity to see the multitudinous aspects of a world war as a single whole and to show them in perspective. In his impressive...

The conversations between General Giraud and General de Gaulle and their respective followers have ended much better than they began, and the newly-formed French Committee of...

A good purpose will have been served by the Lords debate on the threatened decrease in the population, initiated by Earl de la Warr, last Tuesday, if it leads the Government to...

The arbitrary regime of Dr. Castillo, late President of Argentina, has been brought to an end by a coup d'etat in which troops led by General Rawson and General Ramirez played...

In considering plans for educational reform it is too seldom realised that the problem in rural areas is not the same as that in the towns. This fact is pressed on our attention...

Mr. Henry Wallace, Vice-President of the United States, in a speech last Sunday, said that in the prevention of world war no. 3 much will depend on how we handle the German...

For the Nazis propaganda has always been so important an element in war that- we are justified in finding some significance in its recent somersaults and confusing...

B Y his broadcast of Monday evening President Roosevelt drew the attention of the world to the importance of the United Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture, which ended...

Tuesday has been rather differently appraised inside the House and out of it. By the average citizen, who read it in the papers or heard it summarised on the wireless, it was...

By STRATEGICUS IC TT is evident," said Mr. Churchill, " that amphibidus operations 1 of peculiar complexity and hazard .on a large scale are approaching." The peculiar...

By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT T HE relations between Great Britain and Argentina for the past century and a quarter have been so close and friendly that the attitude adopted by...

By COL. L. W. HARRISON * " What various chances in Life, what seeds conveyed this strange disease, unknown of any through long centuries, which, in our own day, has raged...

A virgin who long has lived to herself alone, Sleeps in the garden Minerva Waterstone. Fiercely her June flowers blaze ; but her world is bees. She has lulled them asleep with...

By WACLAW SOLSKI J AN WOLSKI, a pilot in the Polish Air Force, came to London on leave and called on his friends, the Krupinskis. It was 8 o'clock in the evening. The...

By HAROLD NICOLSON T is seldom that one reads a fully satisfactory account of any I military operation. Men of action are rarely men of letters, nor are they often able to...

" Hangmen Also Die." At the Tivoli.—" The Silent Village." At the Regal and the Empire.—" When We Are Married " and " Brains Trust No. 3." At the New Gallery. Hangmen Also Die...

" Parisienne." At St. James's.—" Hi-de-Hi." At the Palace.— "Magic Carpet." At Princes. HENRI BECQUE'S famous comedy, La Parisienne, is being given a series of matinee...

Stn,—Lord Perth's letter in your issue of May 28th reminds me of a report which was current after the Conference at Stresa to the effect that Mussolini, in bringing the...

Plan a critic feared that the annual cost to the country of over £500 million could not be carried. The chairman, an eminent engineer, advised that the problem be con- sidered...

seriousness of the task which lies ahead of us in marshalling our forces for an attack on Italy. An invasion of Italy is by no means a walk-over. The Italians fought in Africa...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Sta,—At the present critical juncture it might not come amiss to remind the Italian nation of a certain incident which occurred 83 years ago. As an...

Sm,—Under this heading it is stated in your May 28th issue that room has been found once more for private property in Russia, and that this means a fFdamental change in the...

SIR,—As a footnote to Professor Tansley's admirable article on Nature Reserves, will you allow me to mention that there exists a very active Society for the Promotion of Nature...

Sta,—Mr. Napier Bell's contention that the Disruption might have been avoided if Dr. Chalmers and the majority of the Church of Scotland had been content with the liberty of...

Sm,—It was not shyness that prevented at least one correspondent from mentioning the Lord Chancellor's ecclesiastical patronage, to which Mr. Athelstan Rendall has made suitable...

SIR,—Mr. Gates' letter in your issue of June 4th is evidence of some confusion of thought as to how unconditional surrender can be applied to the Axis Powers. When an enemy of...

SIR,—As one who served abroad for the whole of the last war, and was on two of the most active fronts for much of it, I can most heartily endorse Mr. Peter Matthews' letter of...

SIR GEORGE STAPLEDON'S latest book could scarcely have come at a more opportune moment Now, when the agricultural policy of this country is concentrated upon production, and...

A World Problem The Political Economy of Population. By Radhakamal Mukerjee. (Longdans. 78. 6d.) A BOOK of first rate interest, this. The reader should not be deterred by...

Challenge. By Wilfrid Gibson. (Oxford University Press. 3s. 6d.) The Flawless Stone. By Frank Kendon. (Cambridge University Press. is.) Lost Planet, and Other Poems. By Dorothy...

Half a Life. By Major C. S. Jarvis, C.M.G., O.B.E. (Murray. 155.) 1T is perhaps no handicap that this picture of a lost world—as Major Jarvis calls his account of his life...

Scene for Death. By Norah Hoult. (Heinemann. 8s. 6d.) Upside Down. By Denis Mackail. (Hutchinson. 8s. 6d.) A Matter of Duty. By Edward Cranston. (Longmans. 6s.) IF versatility,...

England is Here. Selected Speeches and Writings of the Prime Ministers of England, 1721-1943. Edited by W. L. Hanchant. (John Lane. los. 6d.) THIS anthology, as the introduction...

SOLUTION ON JUNE 25th The winner of Crossword No. 220 is SYDNEY Cuarrr, "Cranford," 19, Effingham Road, Surbiton.

IA Book Token for one guinea will be awarded to the sender of the first correct J41;4110 . 41 of this week's crossword to be opened after noon on Tuesday week, Tune 22nd....

leadership in this regard has been given by the example of Americans who have set up branch factories in this country, as Mr. Ford has industries themselves feel some desire to...

Scotland's Housing and Planning Problems. By Sir William Whyte. (Dent. 6d.) PROFESSOR MACKINTOSH, who holds the chair of Preventive Medicine at Glasgow, is concerned in this...