31 JULY 1953, page 4

Kenya And The Western Way Of Life

General Erskine's recent operations against Mau Mau have been successful, but the rebels are still active. In that sad conflagration the flames are stamped out at one point only......

Negotiating On Germany

The Russians are taking their time about replying to the Western invitation to a Foreign Ministers' meeting on Germany —presumably for the same reason that President Eisenhower......

Unfinished Business At Pankow

The East German Communist rdgime has been in so much trouble lately that disgrace had to fall on somebody. Max Fechner, Minister of Justice, a former Social Democrat and one of......

• Italy Fumes And Waits

Our Rome Correspondent writes: The failure of Signor De Gasperi to hold his short-lived Cabinet together only serves to underline the essential hope- lessness of his position.......