15 MAY 1941, page 2

News Of The Week

T HE situation in Iraq has improved considerably, but it can- not yet be regarded as satisfactory. Basra remains quiet, and there are no doubt enough Imperial troops there to......

A Plan For India

In an important article on a later page Sir George Schuster, who was for six years a very successful Finance Member of the Viceroy's Executive Council, makes definite proposals......

The European Chess-board

Admiral Darlan has had an interview with Hitler, and there are rumours that Hitler is to have an interview with Stalin. The Vichy Cabinet has approved some agreement, the terms......

Haile Selassie's Plan

The Emperor Haile Selassie has given to a Times special correspondent a notable statement of the ambitions he entertains for the development of Ethiopia, which shows how much......

A Month's Losses At Sea

That the battle of the Atlantic is now being fought in its utmost intensity, and that our counter-attack has a long war to go before we can begin to speak of victory, is shown......