29 DECEMBER 1939, page 3

Western And Eastern Democracy

The letter in which on December loth Lord Halifax gave formal recognition to the Czecho-Slovak National Committee as " qualified to represent the Czecho-Slovak peoples, and, in......

Belgium's Weakest Point

Both Belgium and Holland adhere firmly to their neutrality and their determination to defend it ; but it appears to be their fixed intention to stand together, not......

Rumanian-german Trade

The Rumanian-German trade convention which was signed at Bucharest last week appears to have given the Ger- mans a good deal less than they had hoped for, particularly in......

The Barrier Against Mine-layers

It is possible that we shall not know till the war is over all the devices which the Government is using to counter the danger of mines indiscriminately laid by the Germans in......

Railway Accidents In Germany

The two railway accidents in Germany last week brought the total number of serious accidents in that country since the war to seven, with no fewer than 396 persons killed and......

The American Safety-zone

The protest voiced by twenty-one American republics, headed by the United States, against the activities of belligerent warships in the so-called safety-zone of 30o miles round......

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of news- papers and other journals supplied to newsagents on the usual sale-or-return basis has now to be seriously restricted. Readers of The Spectator are therefore urged to......