13 DECEMBER 1940, page 5

The Criticisms Which Have Been Directed In Some Quarters...

Sir Robert Vansittart's Empire broadcasts on Germany seem to me unjustified. It is satisfactory in any case that scope is being found somewhere for the undeniably great......

A Spectator's Notebook

W E are unconsciously doing Herr Adolf Hitler too much honour these days by taking him—naturally and con- vincingly—as the personification of all Germany. He is a great deal,......

Deals In Property Present Some Aspects Of Interest In These

days. Here is a case I have had carefully authenticated. A business concern, deciding that removal of its head offices from London was desirable, began negotiations for a par-......

Having Once Embarked On The Incredible Story Of The...

to Canada, and internment there, of Mr. F. G. Friedlander, Fellow of Trinity, I must pursue it to the end— if an end ever comes. The mystery of why, when the Home Secretary......

The Mission Of Colonel Donovan From Washington To...

instance apparently of Colonel Knox, the Secretary of the Navy—inevitably recalls similar missions by Colonel House in the last war. But there is one substantial difference.......

Is Boxing Day This Year A Bank Holiday Or Not?

The Government, I thought, had definitely declared not. I Argo sections of workers, however, with or without the agreement of their employers, have declared otherwise. There......

The Failure Of Fascism

" y TALY knew she had difficult moments in store when -I- she entered the present war." Such was the under- statement with which reverses were admitted in a special communiqué......