17 MARCH 1950, page 2

America In The Middle East

Fifty American diplomats have just dispersed after a conference In Cairo to consider the problems of their territory—the Middle East. The term on this occasion was used in its......

Islands In The China Sea

Nationalist air-raids on Shanghai from bases in Formosa and other Chinese cities continue, and so does the blockade of the China coast, which is having so disastrous an effect......

The Punishment Of Violence

Whether or not there is currently an increase in the number of crimes of violence (or, as one judge has maintained, an increase in the degree of violence, if not in its extent),......

The Decline In House-building

For the rise of its majority to 25 on the Conservative amend- ment on housing on Monday, the Government was mainly indebted to the Liberals, six of whom opposed the amendment on......

King Leopold's Conscience

There is only one question worth asking about the possible return of King Leopold to Belgium, or about last Sunday's referendum in which the Belgian people expressed their views......

A Chance In Kashmir

After more than six months of stalemate there is now the flicker of hope that the Kashmir deadlock may be broken by peaceful agreement and not, as has seemed increasingly......