16 MAY 1969, page 7

Now That The Ball Is Over

CZECHOSLOVAKIA TIBOR SZAMUELY 'Order reigns in Warsaw.' With these exultant words the Rusian ambassador to Paris announced, 138 years ago, that yet another attempt by an east......

Spectator's Notebook

J. W. M. THOMPSON General de Gaulle's ability to act in a way that is both surprising and logical evidently con- tinues undiminished in his retirement. His descent upon County......