23 NOVEMBER 1962, page 4

Inquisitors And Gladiators

By R. A. CLINE N OT even the rule that comment on the Vassall affair should be suspended while proceedings arc pendin g has stopped commenta- tors from voicing their uneasiness......

Learning From Capitalism

K HRUSHCHEV'S latest speech to the Central Committee marks a striking trend in the Soviet economy. For it makes official what has hitherto only been hinted at by economists and......

The New Africa

It is, in the first place, important-to realise that ness, finds her resources strained; Nigeria, with Certain facts have also emerged about the of capital. Here also is a vital......

Chinese Puzzle

rritae Chinese offer of a cease-fire along the I Indian border, coupled with a withdrawal twenty kilometres behind the positions occupied prior to November 7, 1959, raises a......

Cautious Optimism

From Our 'Common Market Correspondent E started this meeting with "cautious pessimism" and end it with "cautious optimism." ' This characteristically deadpan CO° 1 " ment on the......