16 JULY 1948, page 2

France Heading For Trouble -

Ostensibly the crisis which is at present working up in France is due to a dispute over the re-grading of civil servants and the distribution of 30 milliard francs of additional......

Coal Without Profit Whcn An Industry As Big And As

important as British coal-minini gives, through the National Coal Board, an account of the most important year in its history, then the full significance of the story told will......

Burma Boiling Up

There is probably no Asiatic nation for whom, as individuals, the British have a more genuine liking than the Burmese, and the pro- gressive decline in their fortunes since they......

Yugoslavia Stands Firm

Important as it is to form some accurate assessment of the conse- quences of Yugoslavia's defiance of the Cominform, almost all the reliable information on that country's......

Democratic Depression

With General Eisenhower adamant against accepting nomination, the Democrats have been meeting at Philadelphia with no better prospect before them than minimising defeat.......