16 APRIL 1948, page 5

I Like The Idea, Which Emerged During Last Week's Debate

in the House of Lords on National Parks, of a country code, aiming at encouraging decent conduct in the countryside as the Highway Code encourages—and I think......

Corner-stone Of Peace

A NNIVERSARIES are empty things in themselves, but they can sometimes be singularly opportune: Nothing could be more consonant with the scheme of things than the fact that the......

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I am glad that Mr. Strachey expressed himself emphatically in the House of Commons on Monday when he was questioned about the action of Rules' Restaurant in Maiden Lane in......

The Arrangements For The Debate On Capital Punishment In The

House of Commons on Wednesday caused serious dissatisfaction both inside and outside the Labour Party—particularly inside it. A clear undertaking had been given by the......

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Dr. toad and his unpaid railway fare are almost subject for a psychological study. What on earth could have induced him to declare four times that he had only travelled from......

It Looks As Though The Difficulties Between Mr. Bevan And

the doctors are on the way to settlement. The Minister's statement on basic salary and other points has changed the whole atmosphere, and the interview between him and the......

A Spectator's Notebook

HAVE rarely attended a ceremony that turned out so unqualified I a success as the unveiling of the Roosevelt statue on Monday. The weather, of course, made an immense......