M R. BEVIN'S statement on demobilisation in the House of Commons on Wednesday demonstrates that in this department as in so many others the mistakes that marked the end of the...

Mr. Eden, Mr. Attlee, Mr. Molotov and the French Foreign Minister, M. Georges Bidault, have left San Francisco, agreement in principle having been reached on major questions...

General Eisenhower has done well to address a sharp reprimand to senior American officers who have been treating high German officials as " friendly enemies." Reports of genial...

Mr. De Valera's reply to Mr. Churchill's passing observations on the attitude of Eire during the war might have been deliberately polemic. Instead it was deliberately mild....

The question of King Leopold's retention of the Belgium throne is hanging in the balance. That appears to be the outcome of a visit of a Belgian Government delegation, including...

In Committee on the Family Allowances Bill last week the Government wisely yielded to the general opinion of the House of Commons, and agreed that payments should be made to the...

It is among the graver social evils of war that moral standards are loosened by the separation of members of families and the uprooting of the population, and also by the...

It would be nothing less than a disaster to London, and indeed to the nation, if Sir Patrick Abercrombie's report on the town plan- ning of Greater London were put into cold...

HE state of Europe must inevitably cause concern; some aspects of it cannot but cause alarm; but there is no need as yet to take too tragic a view. The very suddenness of the...

T IRED though he sounded through the first half of his address, the Prime Minister in his broadcast on Sunday night demon- strated as signally as ever his unique power to...

By STRATEGIGUS This may seem. very .mtch like a commonplace ; and so, indeed, it is. But there is something in the Germans' character that prevents them from seeing, or at all...

By JAN NOWAK I SPENT the greater part of this war under German occupation as a member of the Polish Underground Movement. For several years my only source of news from the free...

By A. S. WALLACE The Motherwell by-election returned the first Scottish Nationalist after some thirty contests spread over seventeen years. Allowance must be made for the known...

By JOHN BAIRSTOW Women washing might indeed stand as a symbol of the country. They can be seen in winter standing in the snow, slapping the clothes on the sides of ice-fringed...

By PAMELA HINKSON First vision of the boats and the size of them opens the civilian eyes to the size of this epic of courage. The absence of protection, the exposed gun turrets...

By HAROLD NICOLSON HAVE witnessed two victory celebrations and have read in I sonic detail about a third. F-arh of them differs from the others in the extent and nature of the...

THE CINEMA MR. WALT DISNEY'S versatility sometimes suggests genius, some-: times an ultimate uncertainty of purpose. There were the humble days of the Mickey Mouse cartoons,...

AMONG the new recordings of the month my first personal choice goes to " Gigues " and " Rondes de Printemps " from Debussy's Images for Orchestra, played by the San Francisco...

ART MR. SACHEVERELL SrrwELL's introduction to the lavish catalogue of this elegantly conceived exhibition, voices contempt for the use of distemper and colour wash as wall...

Sts,—Under the above heading, Mr. Roland D. Lloyd writes in your issue of May 4th a very English letter, just the sort of letter to engender that very spirit which he deplores...

S1R,—Referring to Field-Marshal von Rundstedt's alleged remarks about Germany's surrender, mentioned by " Janus." Attempts by German generals to exonerate the Army at the...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SIR,—One of the first legislative acts of the Third Reich was to issue fin Animal Protection Law dated November 24th, 1933, and signed by Hitler himself....

SIR, —In connection with your brief remarks about Germany in subjection and a central Control Commission for that country, may I, since all plans hitherto - published mention...

SIB,—May I reply briefly to the more important criticisms of my article , made by Mr. J. A. Ajibolal He regards my statement that the African's " lack of judgement . . . is a...

Stn,—On the outbreak of the war in Europe now brought to a victorious conclusion, Russia and Germany attacked Poland as allies and captured Warsaw before the end of September,...

Sia,—Future historians will probaby agree that the Third German Reich was the direct outcome of - Bismarck's policy, which first led to war on the part of Germany in i866, and...

Sts,—The symbolism of the picture of the U-boat in front of the Houses of Parliament which I saw in a little house in Hersfeld must not be allowed to be eclipsed by the 1916...

SIR, —I recall that Prof. Murray just ten years ago, in a letter to the Manchester Guardian, declared that what particularly dismayed and revolted him about Nazism was the...

sm,—Many plans are being made for the return of our men from the Front. There is one point of view that seems to have been overlooked. It is that of the Toddler. Thousands of...

SIR,—" As terminologically inexact as an Eyewitness's Account " bids fair to replace the Napoleonic cynicism " As lying as a Bulletin." In The Spectator of May 4th Mrs. Tate,...

SIR,—It may be that in the last decade the most striking development of the Fine Arts has been the public desire for music of the first quality. For this we are largely indebted...

in your journal has been severely shaken by the publication of such absurdly untrue statements as those made about veterinary surgeons in this country in the article " Dear Milk...

THE English country did its best to join in the celebrations for victory. During a thunderstorm on one evening and during a marvellous display of searchlights and fireworks on...

SIR,—I' feel sure that many people in this country must be relieved that at last we and our American allies seem to be taking a firmer stand over the Polish question. As a...

Sta,—Following the appeal in this paper I have received a whole-hearted response and I should_ like to thank you all for your great generosity. There is however one thing which...

A Literary Quartet Four Portraits : Studies of the Eighteenth Century. By Peter Quennell. (Collins. 12s. 6d.) THIS is a very agreeable exercise in the lighter form of popular...

" ALL gone. Alas! Alas! " wrote Mrs. Percy Wyndham when h Wiltshire house, " Clouds," was burnt to the ground. Miss Olivier contemplating the leisured but active ladies of the...

Thrice Against England. By Kurt Stechert. (Cape. 12s. 6d.) WAR between a great land power and a great sea power has often been compared to a struggle between an elephant and a...

Lapses from Full Employment. By Professor A. C. Pigou. (Macmillan 4s. 6d.) PROFESSOR PIGOU's preface states that he is broadly in sympathy with the White Paper on Unemployment...

Japan Fights for Asia. By John Goette. (Macmillan. 10s. 6d.) China's Wartime Politics. By Lawrence K. Rosinger. (Princeton University Press. $2.00.1 " THE Japanese," says Mr....

Household in Athens. By Glenway Wescott. (Hamish Hamilton. 8s. 6d.) The Laughter of My Father. By Carlos Bulosan. (Michael Joseph. 7s. 6d.) - The Eighth Champion of...

Gordon Holmes. (Hollis and Carter. 155.) THE sub-title of Miss Gordon Holmes' autobiography is "A pioneer career woman's story," and an exciting adventure story it is for any...

Esq., 39, Bird- SOLUTION ON The winner of Crossword No. 32t is 1 hurst Road, South Croydon, Surrey.

t. Ian is obviously a Cambridge (a.) 5. " And all that's beat of dark and bright Meet in her and her eyes." (Byron.) (6.) s. They may be relied on to give a balanced...

7s. 6d.) ALDERMAN NORMAN TivrAFr has been a member of Birmingham City Council for twenty-five years. He was chairman of the Civil Defence Committee from 1938-41, Lord Mayor...

present war—Wavell in the Middle East and Auchinleck to Alexander. This, the third in the series, conforms to the same general plan. He takes up the story in the winter ,of 1942...

by CUSTOS • • JUDGED as a whole the stock markets are standing up well to the political uncertainties, domestic and international, which now obscure the investment prospect....