18 FEBRUARY 1955, page 5

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PINEAU WITHOUT THE PRINCE Through the Socialist leader, M. Christian Pineau has agreed to try to form a new French Government, it remains to be seen whether he will be able to......

Quemoy And Matsu

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The Drama (and Perplexity) Surrounding Last Week's...

Kremlin should not distract attention from the hard facts embodied in the new Soviet 'defence' budget. These facts are very hard indeed. The crucial point is that Soviet......

The German Social Democrats' Campaign Against The Ratifi-...

the Paris Treaties is not based on any hope of success in the Bundestag. Few of them believe that the merging Of West Germany into NATO can be prevented; but they are anxious to......

Peace And War

In most newspapers on Wednesday morning the two uses of nuclear power were strikingly contrasted in adjacent columns. On the one hand there was the White Paper setting out the......

One For The Road

on drunken drivers, either. If he is right, then surely the logi- cal deduction is that it is a waste of time increasing the length of prison sentences that such offenders can......