17 FEBRUARY 1939, page 1

News Of The Week

T HERE has been little change in the Spanish situation in the past week either internally or externally. Cata- lonia has been cleared ; active hostilities, except for an......

He Price Of Defence

The White Paper on Defence issued on Wednesday em- bodies staggering figures. In the House on that day the Chancellor of the Exchequer gave notice that he would move for power......

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Pope Pius XI The death of the Pope took place too late for mention in last week's Spectator. With his funeral on Tuesday one chapter closes and another opens ; on a later page......