24 NOVEMBER 1939, page 3

The Best Investment For Small Savings

Sir John Simon's announcement of the new plans for enlisting the savings of small investors as a contribution to war finance comes at a moment when much attention has been give......

Russia And Japan

It can no longer be regarded as extraordinary that with one hand Russia is extending support to China and with the other endeavouring to reach an understanding with Japan. The......

The Army's Progress

A survey by the War Minister of the military situation when the military situation is comparatively static gives no great scope for descriptive eloquence. In such circumstances......

A Balkan Peace Bloc?

Count Csaky, the Hungarian Foreign Minister, speaking in the Hungarian Parliament last Tuesday, spoke of a realistic reconstruction of Danubian questions. The shadow of possible......

Men For Home Defence

The War Office announcement that 20,000 men are urgently required for Home Defence Battalions gives an opportunity for men between 35 and 5o to perform military service, mainly......

Turkish Trade

M. Numan Menemenjoglu, the Turkish Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, is now on his way to London for economic talks. It is of the utmost importance for this country no less......