28 NOVEMBER 1947, page 5

Others Besides Myself No Doubt Were Interested To Note The

instruction to " all Parsons, Vicars and Curates within this Realm " to include the name of the Duke of Edinburgh in the prayer for the Royal Family. What, specifically, is a......

The Future Of Europe

I T would be hard to imagine conditions more unpropitious for a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers than those existing today. The gulf between Russia on the one hand......

Mr. Marshall, The American Secretary Of State, Is Not Yet

a familiar figure to most people in this country, in spite of the part the plan that bears his name plays in every political or economic discussion. Some measure of his calibre......

A Change Of The Editorship Of One Of The Six

principal London dailies is a matter of some importance. Mr. Gerald Barry (who is a brother of the Bishop of Southwell) has been editor of the News Chronicle since 1936, and it......

A Spectator 's Notebook

T WO people attended morning service in Romsey Abbey last Sun- day for the purpose for which that ancient and noble pile was raised—the worship of God. It was the first Sunday......

The Mace Is A Traditional Symbol Of Authority. Unless The

mace is in its place the House of Commons cannot sit. Not only in the Dominion Parliaments but in many colonial Assemblies the mace plays its accustomed part. A high authority......

With Great Respect To The Minister Of Works, I Wish

he would appoint a small committee to consult with him about the disposition of London statues. The future of two of them, General Gordon and James II, is being......