17 DECEMBER 1948, page 7

The New Tide In China

By PETER TOWNSEND Shanghai, December 7th. P ANIC is seizing the cities of the Yangste valley as the Com- munist armies draw near Nanking, Chiang Kai-shek's capital, and some......

The Army We Need

By BRIGADIER A. H. HEAD, M.P. I T has become increasingly apparent that little justification for National Service is to be found in its long-term effect on the shape and size of......