15 MAY 1941, page 3

What, Then, Is The Remedy? Is Our Ancient System Of

proce- dure out of date and out of touch with modern demands? The people are interested in subjects, not departments, and Parlia- ment must somehow vary its procedure, so that......

It Would Be Idle To Deny The Staggering And Stunning

effect of this almost melodramatic episode in this strangest of all wars. On the same night that the buildings of Westminster are bombed by the enemy, the deputy-Fiihrer lands......

At Last Mr. Herbert Morrison Has Decided To Reorganise The

fire-fighting service. This is grossly overdue, and even now appears to be a half-measure. After months of letters and articles, after a preliminary appointment of Mr. W. S.......

K Pool Of Seamen It,: Monthly Returns Of Losses At

sea are the bare statistical ou tlille of a situation whose human realities will never for a moment be forgotten. Life at sea for all the seamen of the friercdntile marine is......

The Week In Parliament

Our Parliamentary correspondent writes : —The great debate is over, the real debates have not begun, nor have the inquests into many questions which are agitating Parliament. I......

Remittances To American Hosts

The Chancellor of the Exchequer will surely see the necessity of saying yes to the question which Mrs. J. R. Rathbone is addressing to him in the House of Commons. She is asking......

Educational Advance

Following the notable example set by Mr. H. A. L. Fisher of formulating in war-time a long-term programme of educa- tional advance, the President of the Board of Education, Mr.......

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