20 OCTOBER 1950, page 2

Parliament Resumes

The " hang - over " wind - up of i a Parliamentary session is never very exciting, and in spite of the important debate on transport on Wednesday, interest is inevitably centred......

Shall The United Nations Work ?

N OTHING more momentous has been discussed by the United Nations in its short and chequered history than Mr. Dean Acheson's proposals, under debate . at Lake Success this week,......

Disaster In Tonking

A military disaster in a remote and unpopular colonial war usually has more serious repercussions in the mother country than on the spot ; scapegoats are looked for as eagerly......

The B.b.c. In The News

It must have been most distasteful to the British Broad- casting, Corporation to find its internal affairs figuring prom- inently in its own news bulletins twice in two weeks.......