26 JULY 1940, page 6

An Austrian, Rudolf Schenk, Who Was A Gymnastic-teada In...

came to England precisely a year ago—on July 26 1939—with the help of the Society of Friends. Though never a politician, he had always been strongly anti-Nazi, and he was......

A Spectator's Notebook

I T was George II, I think, who said of his generals that he didn't know what effect they had on the enemy, but they frightened him. In a very different way the Prime Minister......

We Are Naturally And Rightly Told Little Of The Actual

figures of aircraft production in this country. Considerable interest, therefore attaches to an article by the Sunday Times air corre- spondent stating that Germany's present......

A Letter Has Just Reached Me From The United States

fr Inke d by three to cent stamps bearing the head of Jane AddanA the well-known social worker who was so long the head of House, Chicago. Is this the first time any woman's......

The Decision To Deprive Air Raid Wardens Of Their Unitonss

seems to me utterly unimaginative and shortsighted. The economic gain must be trifling compared with the psycho- logical loss. Not only do the uniforms give the wearers certain......

The Relegation Of The Silent Column Campaign To...

and dexterous though the Prime Minister's con- duct of that operation was, obviously puts the Minister for In- formation in a difficult position, for it was Mr. Duff Cooper......

The Internment Scandal

IR JOHN AND'IRSON'S statement last Tuesday about the treatment of aliens in this country is profoundly sappointing. He promises to extend the exemptions and re- ove the abuses......