22 AUGUST 1947, page 16

" Czech Choice "

Stn,—Margot Wood, in her article " Czech Choice," would have one believe that the recent withdrawal of Czechoslovakia from the discussion of the Marshall Plan was not due to......

Sir,—though The Article On Czechoslovakia In Your Issue...

25th bears the heading " Czech Choice," the writer of it shows that in fact the Czechs had no choice, saying that the Press does not criticise Russia because of the " vital......

Dun's The Mouse

Stn,—Having much enjoyed Mr. Hotson's article last week, I should like to put forward an alternative theory. The old phrase " Mum as a mouse " is well known. Shakespeare, I......

Land Of Plenty

SIR,—I have just read with appreciation the article entitled " Land of Plenty " in your issue of August 8th. The " lavishness " referred to is not general, however, and is the......

General Von Falkenhausen

SIR,—I read with keen interest Mr. Witham's letter in your columns about the case of General von Falkenhausen, the anti-Nazi officer who, having been condemned to Dachau and......

The Anglo-indians' Case

Sta,—There is an analogy between the European domiciled communities (Creoles) of Bolivia, Peru and Chile prior to their throwing off the Spanish yoke circa 1820, and " the......

Sir,—in His Interesting Article On Modern Switzerland,...

Postbridge, has much to say of Swiss contentment and tran- quillity, and contrasts this with the strain and stress in England. How is it then that, despite this apparent outward......

Privilege Procedure

SIR,—Your correspondent on " At Westminster " describes the recent ceremony in connection with two journalists at the Bar of the House as " a piece of Parliamentary procedure......