15 MARCH 1940, page 6

When Mr. Sumner Welles Told A Questioner, Who Asked Whether

it was true that he emerged from his interview with Hitler looking gloomier than ever, that " one of my great defects is that I can't see my own face," I imagine he was being......

" Oh, Didn't You Know? They Heard Walter Elliot Say

in a broadcast that every cloud has a silver lining." JANUS.......

The Letter From All The Five Canons Residentiary Of Can-

terbury Cathedral dissociating themselves from the public political utterances of their Dean has drawn attention once more to Dr. Hewlett Johnson, and many people are asking in......

The Talk About The Banned Area Of Scotland Is Being

a good deal overdone, which is a pity just when people are beginning to consider their summer holidays (if any). There is, in fact, no ban in any ordinary sense. What the......

I Have Tried In Vain To Find Any Reasonable Explanation

for the decision to ration meat by value instead of weight. On the face of it there is everything to be said against the decision. If weight were the criterion people who could......

I Have Heard Some Misgivings Expressed About The Result Of

the Kettering by-election, on the ground that the " Stop the War " candidate polled more than a quarter of the votes cast. I don't think there is much need for worry. In the......

Trade Unions In The War

T HE first of a series of talks on " Trade Unions in War-time " was broadcast last Monday by Mr. George Hicks, secretary of the Building Trade Workers. Mr. Hicks reminded an......

A Spectator's Notebook

PEAKERS are often misjudged on the strength of con- densed reports of their speeches, but when The Times reports that Lord Ponsonby said on Stinday that " dictators had no......