22 AUGUST 1947, page 2

The French Socialists

The central distinction between the Third Republic and the Fourth is that whereas under the former the crises occurred and the Govern- ments fell, under the latter the crises......

What The Unions Think

Beset by industrial crisis and ruled by a Government whose indus- trial policy is profoundly influenced, if not entirely determined, by trade unions, the ordinary citizen may be......

The Price Of Vegetables

The attack on the arrangements for marketing fruit and vegetables was bound to begin somewhere, and it is natural that it should have begun with an exasperated improvisation.......

European Customs Union ?

The difficulties in the way of a European customs union are very great. The speeches made by the delegates at the Paris economic conference, including Sir Oliver Franks for the......

Relapse In Indonesia

The difficulty of preventing violence from taking its course is being demonstrated in the case of Indonesia. The Dutch, having begun military action on July zoth and ended it on......