n of State is a key position i American administration, today its importance is greater han ever owing to the immense responsibilities which the United States has accepted in...

It ought now to be clear to all the world that the next step towards a satisfactory settlement in India is one that is in debate not between the Viceroy and Indians, but between...

The new Government of National Unity in Poland has come into being in an /tmosphere far more favourable than a little time ago would have appeared possible. There is not the...

It is now known that Germany's " secret weapons " had a far firmer basis than mere bluff. On the contrary, towards the end of the war she was well advanced in the preparation...

The adventure of the Spanish Government in Morocco in 1940 in seizing control of the neutralised and demilitarised zone of Tangier was doomed to failure if Germany did not win...

The British Commonwealth of Nations, said General Smuts just before leaving Canada, is the oldest and most successful regional group in the world. In finding a place for...

Whatever case may be made out for the nationalisation of British railways, none can be made—as Mr. Lyttelton was able to show last Monday—from the records of Australia or New...

HE prospect of another meeting of the Big Three after a too protracted interval has the welcome effect, among others, of i verting attention from domestic acerbities to tasks of...

contains many observations of interest about the particular . obj of her mission—to cement Anglo-Russian friendship on the basis the Red Cross Aid to Russia Fund, of £7,o0o,000....

Lyme Regis, where, it will be remembered, Louisa in Persuast fell from the Cobb, is by all accounts failing gravely in its duty the memory of its most famous inhabitant (unless,...

with Janus who a week or so ago permitted himself the expressio " rather unique." Well—" rather unique," " almost unique, " approaching the unique," what is the difference? That...

The appointment of Mr. Edward Stettinius as American repr sentative on the United Nations Security Council provokes interes ing speculations regarding the British...

their effect, and not too easy to pass judgement on them individually, for the _ simple reason that very few people, I imagine (of whom I am not one), listened to the whole lot....

T HERE may be some combative persons who have enjoyed this election, but for the vast majority, without question, the end of it all will be received with immense relief. I don't...

been in more distinguished hands than mine one or two things have happened on which I should still like to make belated comment. Among them was the issue of the Church...

By GILBERT MURRAY, O.M. HERE is such a thing as a Logic of Events, and one can see its working in the various changes which have taken place in he present plans for a...

By THE RT. REV. BISHOP HEASLETT T HERE are two expressions illustrative of one side of Japanese mentality, the side of relationship to others. They are: " Tomawashi ni iu " and...

By C. DE LA ROCHE W ITH the end of the war, a phase in Soviet cinematography is ending too. It is notable as a period when the entire film industry was concentrated on a single...

By BRIAN STUART S YRIA has a population of over three millions. The greater part of it is made up of Beduin tribes and semi-nomadic villagers, who spend eight of the twelve...

By E. L. PACKER HAT is the use of learning modern methods of teaching if we are not allowed to use them when we teach? " was the question asked by a group of training-college...

effort will be missed. In the long interval between polling-day and the count the several candidates will have had time to reconsider their own speeches and addresses and to...

NICOLSON By HAROLD B Y the time this article appears in print the election will be over, the ballot-boxes will have been gathered together and im- penetrably scaled, and the...

own experience, however, has been that this election of x945 has in many ways been superior to the last. In the first place, the attendance at meetings has been almost double...

varied from constituency to constituency: I can only record the impressions which I myself, as National candidate for West Leicester, have derived. The dominant, and I should...

by the lack of proportion displayed by the electorate in judging the relative importance of the issues involved. There appeared to be a sad indifference to, or unawareness of,...

Rodin " and " They Met in Moscow." At the Academy. Lermontov." At the Tatter. RUNNING with M.O.I.'s Our Country at the Academy are a French and a Soviet film. They Met in...

Mr. Menuhin and Senor Casaba LAST week two famous executants were to be heard at the Albert Hall. On Tuesday Mr. Menuhin played three violin concertos at a concert given to...

Comedie Frangaise." At the New Theatre.—" The New Morality." At the Embassy.—" Duet for Two Hands." At the Lyric. As a semi-official body the British Council could rightly be...

UNDER the auspices of the British Council Elgar's famous choral work, The Dream of Gerontius, has been recorded with the Huddersfield Choral Society and the Liverpool...

" by Constance Reaveley strikes deeply to the root of the unrest that is characteristic of modern industry. The late Archbishop Temple, in his book Mens Creasrix which was...

draw wide conclusion from a somewhat dusty answer I was compelled to give to a youn• Indian who was making an unbearable nuisance of himself at one of my meetings. As, however,...

World published in your issue of June 22nd, 1 945, called forth a cannonade from the Zionist batteries. May I have the hospitality of your columns to state the Arab answer...

STUDENTS IN ARMS SIR, —Not all dons are as acquiescent as " Numa Pompilius " in regard to the Government plan for the restocking of the Arts faculties at the universities. He...

SIR, —It is necessary for the public to realise that there are strong forces in the life of India which are not represented by the recognised main political parties. For one...

Sm,—Without wishing to protract a ciscussion which could never be conclusive within the limitations of a correspondence column, I am forced to reply to " Dental Surgeon." He...

SIR,—I do not think that the Leftish tendency in the Services which Mr. Barker notes is due merely to inequality of wealth ; such inequality is well known by the politically...

SIR, —Under "Country Notes" in this week's Spectator the question is asked—and a reply requested, whether Willow-herb (Epilobium augusti- folium) has only recently reached...

Civilians " you state that " The general principle laid down by the War Office pamphlet on the Army Education Scheme . . . is altogether admirable. If wisely handled the scheme...

broadcasts of Miss Ellen Wilkinson and Lady Violet Bonham-Carter—their insistence on the provision of good homes. Gcod homes, with labour-saving devices, are very desirable, of...

IT is a common thesis at the moment that farming produce should be regulated by the nutritional needs of the public. The garden presumably is in like case, but very few people...

Here is a true incident that befell last Friday as ever was. A most talkative and intelligent parrot in a country house has learnt to call the dog " Micky," and, more...

unoccupied hives has just found in one of them, for the second time this season, a hornets' nest in its early stages. The nest is a beautiful structure. Above a group of some...

gardens (incidentally a term that some experts dislike) complains of the white violet as a weed. With me it certainly multiplies inordinately, but happily in welcome places, and...

be examined in the light of previous experience. In addition to total disarmament surely the first. item in the " education " of the Germans should be the eradication of his...

Have nightingales begun to change their migrational habits? There is no doubt that this year they were much more numerous in parts of Norfolk than usual, and much rarer in parts...

SIR,—I was delighted to see the comment of "Numa Pompilius" in your issue of June 29th on the important theme of cheese. I do not know why the compressed soapy substance foisted...

Redbrick Again IN a rather childish preface to a good book about the newer univer- sities Mr. "Bruce Truscot" is pleased that no one has found out who he is. The reason why...

This book is the first of a series to be published on behalf of the Council of the New York Academy of Medicine, which has estab- lished a committee on medicine and the...

The Cookery Book for Diabetics. Compiled by the Diabetic Association. (H. K. Lewis. 4s.) MRS. BARBARA CALLOW, in her new book, Cooking and Nutritive Value, shows us concisely...

DR. BAKER, as many readers know, is Lecturer in Zoology at Oxford, and the author of several interesting books—among them " Sex in Man and Animals," and, in collaboration with...

A Gtiu. in love with a man of the wrong political colour is an old tale. It is the story of Juliet, the story of Gryseyde, and in the thrilling days of the early cinema it was...

A Distant Prospect. By Lord Berners. (Constable. 8s. 6d.) LORD BERNERS Was at Eton for little over a year, his withdrawal at sixteen being due to an ill-timed letter home with...

for one guinea will be awarded to the sender of the first correct solution of this week's crossword to be opened after noon on Tuesday week, July 17th. Envelopes should be...

'NI SOLUTION ON JULY 20th The Winner of Crossword No. 328 is D. CHELL, ESQ., 13 St. David's Road, St. Anne's on Sea.

By CUSTOS To buy now or wait until the election result is known—that is the problem confronting investors. Unfortunately, it is quite impossible to offer really convincing...

Cycling in the Lake District. By John Crowe. (Skeffington. 7s. 6d.) THE highlands of Cumberland and Westmoreland mount up to sudden heights and rush down to sudden...

SHERIDAN, sculptor, mystic, pacifist and cousin of Winston Churchill, has written a somewhat effusive book, swarming with clichés. This is a pity because she has some excellent...

CABLE AND WIRELESS, LTD. (The Operating Company) SIR EDWARD WILSHAW'S SPEECH THE following is an extract from the speech made by Sir Edward Wilshaw, chairman of Cable and...