24 FEBRUARY 1939, page 2

The Cardinals' Choice The Conclave In Rome In Which The

new Pope will be elected will begin on the evening of Wednesday, March 1st, and will be remarkable because the entire college of 62 cardinals will be present. Of the 62, 35 are......

Sir Stafford Cripps' Campaign For A Popular Front Con-...

to agitate the Labour Party ; on Monday it was re- ported that the Labour Party was to be " purged " of his followers, but not even the Labour Executive is likely to take so......

British Industries Fair It Is True, As The Duke Of

Gloucester pointed out at the opening of the British Industries Fair, that peace for our export trade, is, in Lord Burleigh's words, " the sovereign sole medicine of all." It......

The Situation In Abyssinia There Are Certain Important...

the world regard- ing which we have to depend on information that is always inadequate, and not always reliable. One of them is Abyssinia. In view of the inevitable marshalling......

The Voices Of America Several Important Voices Have Been...

across the Atlantic in the past week. Attention has naturally centred chiefly on President Roosevelt's observation to the Press last Saturday that the fortnight's holiday on......

Polish Diplomacy The Critical Nature Of The European...

reflected in the intense diplomatic activity centring on Warsaw at the present time ; whatever the issue of the crisis Poland will have a decisive role to play. This week the......

* * * * Britain's Naval Programme On Tuesday, The

' King George V,' the first battleship built by Great Britain for fourteen years, was launched on the Tyne. She is of 35,000 tons, mounting ten 4-inch guns in three' turrets,......