19 DECEMBER 1941, page 2

Defence Of Airfields

After Crete, Malaya ; and after each of these demonstrations, one of them disastrous, of the supreme necessity of provision for the strong defence of airfields, there has been......

Balancing The Budget

In asking the House of Commons for the fourth vote of credit for the current financial year last Tuesday Sir Kingsley Wood pointed out that the total probable expenditure of......

Russia And Japan

Journalists interviewing M. Litvinov at Washington asked one of the questions which have often occurred to Britons and Americans during the last few days. Was it likely that......

The New Farm Call-up

Mr. Hudson stated last week that agriculture would have to lose the xo,000 young men (under 25 at the time of their regis- tration) who had already been selected for release to......

Reserved Occupations

The time has now come when persons in " reserved occupa- tions " have to be examined more closely, and examined, individual by individual, to ascertain whether their work is of......

The Nazis, Vichy And Madrid

An Admiralty communiqué issued on Tuesday shows how the Germans are seeking deliberately to stir up trouble between the British and French navies and between Britain and Spain......

Eire And America

The. question has naturally been asked whether the entry of the United States into the war would modify the policy of Eire. Mr. de Valera stated last Sunday that there would be......