15 DECEMBER 1950, page 2

Western Defence

The three main strands in the complicated subject of West Euro- pean defence are at last beginning to run together. First, the dis- cussions between American, British and French......

The Holy Places

The status of Jerusalem is back on the agenda of the U.N. General Assembly. Just a year ago, in a moment of enthusiasm, the Assembly passed a resolution approving an......

A Luu In Korea Mr. Attlee's Guarded Expression Of Confidence

in the United Nations' forces ability to "maintain themselves in Korea" is symptomatic of a return to realism. Like similar statements made a few days ago by General MacArthur,......

The Singapore Riots

A large oriental city, such as Singapore, which contains a popu- lation of mixed and often antagonistic races, is always liable to explode in rioting on an apparently trivial......

The Cost Of Living ,

Everybody knows that the rise in the cost of living is a real hardship, but it is taking a long time for discussion of the subject to reach the point at which real remedies can......