17 AUGUST 1956, page 6

Portrait Of The Week

0 NCE again the Suez issue has overshadowed all other international news. As the Suez conference opens, it seems likely that a compromise solution will be reached which will......

Nasser Intelligence

President Nasser . . . was calm, informal, and chatty.—Daily Herald, August 13. Desperately worried, the Dictator of Egypt hummed and hawed, hesitated and evaded . . his face......

Political Commentary

BY CHARLES CURRAN T HE Government has not had a good week. When Sir Anthony Eden made his Parliamentary statement on Suez, the critics were almost inaudible. Now there are more......