12 JULY 1969, page 6

America

Mr Nixon chooses sides MURRAY KEMPTON New York—Mr Nixon has commenced rather to leak in the past three weeks, al- though it would be hasty to say that the spillage has been......

Italy

All fall down P. FILO DELLA TORRE Paolo Fib o della Torre is London corres- pondent of '24 Ore', The despair of the politicians at the col- lapse of the Italian Government led......

A Hundred Years Ago

From the 'Spectator', 10 July 1869—Of all the trash provided nowadays for the amusement of the public, we hope there is not much so irre- deemable as that in the book before us......