19 MARCH 1948, page 5

Building Security "t He Fate Of Europe And The World,"

said Mr. Bevin at the Sixteen Nation Conference on Tuesday, " will be decided by our work in the next few months." That is profoundly true, though it is not the whole truth.......

Much Too Little Attention Has Been Paid To An Almost

incredible statement made in the course of the court-martial at Hanover at which a British officer is being tried on charges respecting the treatment of German prisoners.......

The Decision Of Convocation At Oxford To Rescind A Decision

already taken to send an address of congratulation to the Charles IV University at Prague on its 600th anniversary will, I imagine, be universally approved. The Southampton......

The North Croydon Election Is Old News By Now, Though

it came too late for me to refer to it last week. All I need do now is to quote the headline which appeared in the Daily Herald on the morning of polling-day: TORIES PANIC ON......

The Coal Production Figures For The Last Two Weeks Have

been interesting. The output for the first week was equal to just over, for the second week to just under, an annual total of 220 million tons. To achieve that would be of......

* * A Distinguished British Soldier Who Knows Russia Well

is said to have expressed his views recently on the prospects of war with that country. "I will bet all I have," he said, " that there won't be war with Russia in the next five......

A Spectator 's Notebook

W HEN a prominent American journalist appraises the British Press at length in the columns of the New York Times his assessment deserves some attention. The writer, Mr. Walter......