17 MAY 1940, page 6

Having Urged In This Column A Fortnight Ago That The

export from this country of the Communist Daily Worker and the Fascist Action should be prohibited, I am naturally very glad to see that Sir John Reith (what, by the way, is to......

* * * * The Repeated Announcements On Sunday And

Monday that "the British Expeditionary Force continues its successful advance through Belgium" were a testimony neither to the B.B.C.'s objectivity nor to its good sense. There......

Some Of The German Soldiers Dropped From Parachutes In...

are said to have been disguised as clergymen. This is the church militant in a new guise, particularly if these clerks in holy orders are furnished with the usual sub-machine......

The Spread Of The War Is Having Serious Effects In

Whitehall —or what may still be called for convenience Whitehall, even though it includes both Bloomsbury and Berkeley Square. The Ministry of Information finds its activities......

After Thirty-seven Years The Riddle Of The Sands Has Come

full into its own. Every page of the story of the Frisian Islands, behind whose sandbanks Germany was planning the construction of the fleet of shallow boats for the invasion of......

A Spectator's Notebook

T HE late Prime Minister's resignation broadcast will rank very high in radio history. The impression Mr. Chamber- lain made was all the deeper because he was obviously not......

As The War Moves Westward The Position In Eire Must

demand increasing attention. We have seen what internal Nazi intrigue means in countries like Norway and Holland. There are few sympathisers with Hitkrism in Eire, but there is......

British Occupation Of Iceland

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS Reykjavik, May 12th. British warships arrived at Reykjavik on Friday in a snow- storm. The streets were crowded with spectators, but there was no......

The Labour Party Makes History

HE part played by the Labour Party during the last ten days is likely to prove a decisive turning point in its history. At one stroke it appears to have released itself from all......