27 DECEMBER 1946, page 2

Conversations With Burma

Mr. Churchill, who once declared that he would never preside over the liquidation of the British Empire, accuses Mr. Attlee of doing precisely that in connection with the......

Trouble In Indo-china

The fighting between Annamese and French forces grows uglier each day, but the very elements of the process by which order can be firmly restored are still unknown. All that is......

The Choice For China

President Truman's recent statement on American policy in China contained nothing new, but the firm reiteration of what was already well known seems to have had a salutary......

The Agriculture Bill

There was once a time when British agriculture could be divided into three sectors ; an economic sector which paid its way, a strategic sector which had to be maintained for......

Parliament And Church

That so large a' minority as 74 (against a majority of 86) should have gone into the lobby against the Incumbents' (Discipline) Measure, 1946, is very much to be regretted. The......

[owing To Printing Requirements Due To The Christmas...

issue of The Spectator has had to be passed for press on Monday evening. The next issue will appear as usual on January 3rd.]......