26 SEPTEMBER 1941, page 10

It May Well Be That My First Judgement Was Correct

and that France succumbed, not to any mortal illness, but to an accident which proved almost fatal. It may be that she is only now recovering from shock and only now coming to......

The Importance Of Suspending Judgement Upon Actions And...

which calm evidence is not available has been brought home to me by the publication this week by the Belgian Government of an account of- what really happened to Belgium between......

It Is A Healthy Habit To Forget When One Was

right and to remember carefully those frequent occasions when one's opinion has been falsified by events. I have been re-reading this week my diary for 1940, and especially......

I Can Detect Four Symptoms. First, There Was The Undue

reliance upon the Maginot Line, which a young officer who drove me from Lyons to Besancon described as " dangerous and perhaps fatal." Secondly, there was the disgraceful vin-......

Marginal Comment

By HAROLD NICOLSON TT would be an interesting and indeed a salutary task to .i. compile an anthology of false judgements. The wise do not readily commit themselves to prophecy,......

The Belgian Publication Is Notable Also In That It Records

what is perhaps the most satisfactory snub in diplomatic history. It will be remembered that on October 13th, 1937, the German Ambassador in Brussels. under instructions from......