24 JANUARY 1947, page 2

General Marshall Takes Over

Nothing is more important to the world of tomorrow than American foreign policy unless it be Russian foreign policy—and it is with Russian foreign policy that American foreign......

U.n.o. And Albania

The only important feature about the discussion on the British complaint against Albania at the meeting of the Security Council on Monday was the Russian opposition to the......

Farce Polonaise

The Polish elections have taken their expected course. There are 444 seats in the Diet, and of these 382 have been filled by the four parties making up the Government bloc. The......

A Year's Trade

The well-known objective of exports 75 per cent. above the pre- war volume has a rather suspicious roundness. Moreover, the ex- pression " pre-war" has never been defined and it......

Coal And Industry

On Monday began a six-weeks period in which coal for industry is cut drastically. But coal crises are so frequent that they have lost their shattering effect. And although......