29 DECEMBER 1944, page 4

* * * * I Hope The Passion For The

restoration of our liberties will not break the bounds of reason. There 'are signs of a revolt against the idea of continuing the system of identity cards after the war. I......

The London Underground Railway Workers' Christmas Day Strike

is about the most heartless piece of selfishness I have heard of for some time. Justification for it was nil. The union leaders con- demned it. Railwaymen on the main lines......

The New Year's Honours Will Be Appearing In A Day

or two, and one award which .ought to be included will not be, because the Prime Minister, who is responsible for these lists, cannot put it there. That is the award of the......

* * * * I Happened One Day This Week

to be turning over a volume of Colonel Repington's diaries—covering the year 1921. It included a record of a visit to Greece ; one or two sentences would be no bad guide to......

A Spectator's Notebook

I SUPPOSE that some day, when the position on the western front has been restored, some of the questions that present themselves so insistently will be answered. A healthy......

A Christmas Anthology (from A Certain Weekly).

"Mr. Churchill is attempting to destroy E.A.M., which un- doubtedly represents the main part of the national movement of Greece, because he fears Communist influence in an area......

As To Malta. In Response To More Than One Request,

I desire to make it clear that the object of the fund, which, at the request of the Bishop of Gibraltar, has been opened in this column, is the erection in the restored Anglican......

Mr. Churchill's Journey .

T HE British public heard with mingled feelings during their newspaperless week-end the surprising news that Mr. Churchill and Mr. Eden were in Athens. There can be nothing but......