13 FEBRUARY 1942, page 9

It Is Encouraging To Feel That These Diseases To Which

old civilisations are prone need not be mortal diseases. China has been born again, and it may well be our privilege, as Mr. Collis suggests, to assist in her regeneration. The......

Marginal Comment

By HAROLD N1COLSON FF RIDAY, Februa 13th, 1942, is scarcely an auspicious date ry for which to write an article, yet I am consoled by the thought that tomorrow will be the Feast......

Mr. Maurice Collis Shares With The Philosophers Of The...

century a warm admiration for the principles of gentlemanlike conduct which Confucius had for two thousand years and more been able to impose. Yet he regrets bitterly that,......

* * * * A Second Study In Political Degeneration

which I have read this week is Henry Torres's flaming indictment of Pierre Laval. Here again we have an illustration of what happens when the ostensible system of a country......

Although We May Regret The Passing Of So Comely A

spring festival, although we may feel sad that the word " Valentine " should now suggest to us a tank rather than a nosegay ; yet it must be admitted that the British public......