12 OCTOBER 1945, page 2

Japan's New Cabinet

General MacArthur has been extending and strengthening his hold on the situation in Japan, a process which was necessarily gradual before the Japanese forces were demobilised......

Coal—as Before

Speaking at Durham last Sunday Mr. Shinwell said that there was no actual reduction per man in output of coal, but he had to admit that there was a further decline in total......

War-time Controls

The main criticism directed in the House of Commons against the Government's Bill for the retention of war-time controls was in respect of their duration. The Home Secretary is......

The United Nations Association

The importance of the meeting held at the Albert Hall last Wednes- day to launch the United Nations Association lies in the fact that the world security organisation can only......

The Trial Of Laval

The trial of Laval has provided something in the nature of an anti- climax to the sequence of events which was to end in the downfall and just punishment of one of the most......