13 AUGUST 1948, page 2

Danube Discussions

The Belgrade discussions on control of Danube navigation are pursuing their intolerable course—intolerable because Russia is plainly disposed to exploit to the utmost the......

Count Bernadotte's Labours

Is an ill-kept truce in Palestine better than spasmodic war ; or is there any real difference between the two ? Presumably, the present nominal truce is to be preferred, since......

Hyderabad Dangers

It is not surprising that the Nizam of Hyderabad should have protested sharply on Wednesday against the occupation of two villages in his territory by Indian troops. The......

Washington Spy Stories

Though Congress has adjourned, the House Sub-Committee on un-American activities is continuing its labours undeterred by the temperature of a Washington August. If it were not......

Canadian Cross Currents

The complications of Canadian politics are a closed book to most Englishmen. It is therefore hardly surprising that comment on the election of Mr. Louis St. Laurent to be the......