12 JANUARY 1940, page 2

News Of The Week

T HE battles in Finland, which have revealed the magni- ficent leadership and fighting capacities of the Finns, have at the same time exposed weaknesses in every part of the......

Finland's Need Of Help

Brilliant as the Finnish victories have been, it would be a delusion to suppose that a nation of four millions could stand out indefinitely against armies drawn from I8o......

Germany And The Neutrals

Some time ago concerted newspaper attacks in Germany on a particular State were a danger-signal which no one could afford to ignore. Such attacks on Czecho-Slovakia and Poland......

Japan's Peace Efforts

The efforts of the Japanese to bolster up a Central Government in China with which they can make peace have now reached the point where " peace " conditions have been agreed......

Goering As Economic Dictator

In assuming a new office as supreme controller of the whole war economy of the Reich, Field-Marshal Goering extends and rounds off the sphere of authority which he already held......