21 OCTOBER 1949, page 2

Queuille, Moch, Mayer ?

Frenchmen are themselves uneasily conscious that the traditional method of reshuffling a Cabinet leaves a lot to be desired, since the working basis of every government must......

The Fourth Freedom The Conviction Of Eleven Leaders Of The

American Communist Party on a charge of criminal conspiracy restates in its simplest form the oldest dilemma of democratic government : to what extent can the right of free......

The Reds Reach Hongkong

The tide of Chinese Communism now laps the borders of Hong- kong, and so far nobody seems any the worse off. Canton gave itself up without a murmur, and the Nationalists have......

Profitless Past-raking

King Leopold's Memorandum on the Belgian Surrender, first- fruits of the great German offensive in 1940, is presumably addressed mainly to the Belgian people, and 'it is,......

Arab Differences

The Council of the Arab League, which has been meeting at Alexandria this week for discussions, is not at the moment in a happy state. Several knotty problems require solution ;......