23 JUNE 1939, page 14

But We Must Be Careful Not To Attribute To The

speeches of the Nazi rulers that currency value which they would possess if uttered in the House of Lords. The weapon of overt insult is so recent an addition to the armoury of......

It Was Thus In A Mood Of Deep Despondency That

M. Duhamel crossed in the spring to England : " What of it? A Frenchman, finding himself in the midst of this spring idyll, suffers more atrociously than ever from his own cares......

People And Things

By HAROLD NICOLSON I RECEIVED this morning a letter from a citizen of one 1 of our more enlightened provincial capitals, in which he asked me to address the local branch of the......

I Distrust All Fatalists, Even As I Distrust All Optimists

and all pessimists. The lethargy of those who strive to escape from realities is not more despicable than the defeatism of those who contend that our present realities are......

The Evening Before I Had Been Discussing This Very Problem

with Monsieur van Zeeland. I had asked him to tell me frankly what defect in the British character annoyed foreigners most. Monsieur van Zeeland is a tolerant man, and he was......

I Wonder Whether My Correspondent, When He Wrote Those Happy

words, had considered the implications of the Tientsin challenge or had read the speech made in Danzig by the Fiihrer's representative on Saturday night. " We regard," said Dr.......