30 MARCH 1951, page 2

The Americas

The present meeting of twenty-one American Foreign Ministers, which opened in Washington on Monday, is the fourth of its kind. The first three meetings, held in 1939, 1940 and......

Treasury And B.b.c.

The proposal to make a small cut in the allocation for the foreign services of the B.B.C. raises a difficult question. It will not do to be demanding insistently (as good......

The Primates On Divorce

In their comments on the Matrimonial Causes Bill now before Parliament as a Private Member's measure the Archbishops of Canterbury and York have done rather more than voice......

Pause In Persia

There has been singularly little news from Persia in the last ten days, and this silence may be due as much to censorship as to the calming effects of martial law. Both the Shah......

Free Advice For Mr. Gaitskell

The various interested bodies who, in the weeks preceding Budget day, present their fiscal suggestions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, are not normally regarded as settling......