26 JULY 1940, page 2

News Of The Week

111HE importance of the Pan-American Conference which 1 opened at Havana on Monday may be very great or very small. If the United States has its way it will be the former; if......

Japan's New Cabinet

The full implications of the change of Government in Japan have still to be revealed. While the new Cabinet is described as more pro-Axis than its predecessor, and military......

Balkan Ministers In Germany

M. Gigurtu, the Rumanian Prime Minister, and the Ger- man Minister in Bucharest spent last week-end together;cloubt- less discussing the situation which will come to a head......

Russia And The Baltic States

Russia is actively consolidating her outposts. The occupa- tion of Bessarabia in the south is followed by the assimilation of the republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in......

Appeals From Special Courts

The value of Parliament as a safeguard against the undue surrender of liberties which cannot be completely sacrificed even in war-time was shown in the concessions forced on the......