30 JUNE 1939, page 14

There Were, I Added, Other Bright Spots In The Otherwise

gloomy landscape. In the first place France had suddenly regained her position as a vital factor in the European balance of power. They agreed that France's recovery had in fact......

I Was Distressed By This Advice, Knowing How Impossible It

would be to convince the Inner Cabinet of its wisdom. I suggested that our vast rearmament programme and our introduction of conscription must surely have impressed German and......

A Third Point Upon Which These Three Europeans Agreed Was

that Herr Hitler's personal supremacy within the Third Reich had been enormously enhanced since September. At the time of Munich there was still a possibility that the General......

People And Things

By HAROLD NICOLSON D URING the past week I have met three elderly and experienced Europeans. The first was the son of one of Franz Joseph's Ministers and has since childhood......