22 SEPTEMBER 1944, page 4

Opinions Differ As To When The War Will End, But

a very authorita- tive opinion on when the war was won has just been published— so far I have seen, in one paper only, the Daily Mail, which reports an address given in Belgium,......

I Only Realised A Day Or Two Ago How Much

Lord Portal matters to Major Lloyd George. If Lord Portal can patch up enough bombed houses in London efficiently enough to keep the cold out London can manage on normal coal......

Now That France Is Herself Again Obvious Questions Are...

regarding the future of two admirable publications which in the past four years have secured a recognised place in the journalistic life of London—the daily France, edited by M.......

The Leading Article In Last Week's Spectator Suggested...

of propaganda which might now with advantage be directed towards Germany. My own suggestion—perfectly serious--would be to drop millions of leaflets bearing simply the classic......

The Presence In The House Of Commons Of Sir William

Beveridge, whose adoption and return for Berwick-on-Tweed seems assured, is likely to affect the relative weight (as distinct from numerical strength) of parties more than any......

With The American Presidential Election Less Than Two...

Englishmen permanently perplexed about the difference between the Republican and Democratic parties should welcome warmly a timely pamphlet, Political Parties in the United......

A Spectator 's Notebook

T HE list of moderates, or trimmers, whom Himmler is systemati- cally arresting, makes interesting reading. One is Baron von Neurath, German Ambassador in London just before......

Stages To Peace

THE path to peace is defining itself before our eyes, and it is I plain already that it bristles with obstacles as formidable and as subtle—for some of them are conspicuous and......