10 FEBRUARY 1956, page 4

No New Light

By RICHARD H. ROVERE I T can surely be said that, from the American viewpoint , no harm was done by the Washington conference of the Prime Minister and the President. In this......

From The Pigeon Hole

NA-a. MACMILLAN made a very bad start in his first pro- nouncement as Chancellor last week. This turned out to be the kind of impeccable, though superficial, diagnosis of the......

Poor Man's Atlantic Charter

A s was expected, the communique issued after the Washington talks between Sir Anthony Eden and President Eisenhower did not contain any very concrete policy decisions, and the......

Burke Or Gallup?

I T can fairly be claimed,' stated the Daily Telegraph this week, 'that public opinion is by no means ready for the abolition of the death penalty.' That many people still......