31 MARCH 1950, page 2

Ate Government's Defeat

The Government has suffered an earlier and a heavier defeat than anyone seriously expected. It is not, of course, a resignation matter. The Conservatives are not to be credited......

Outrages In Bengal

The effective suppression by the Pakistani authorities in East Bengal of the communal disturbances which flared up in February contrasts unfavourably with the failure of their......

Blackmail Or Bargaining ?

The Minister of Food's use of the word blackmail to describe the Argentine Government's methods of negotiation was justifiable if not tactful. The immediate consequence of his......

The European Constitution

There is no sense in keeping the constitution of the Council of Europe exactly as it is now, and it is to be hoped—rather against the bulk of the evidence—that the Committee of......

Whitehall And Seretse

Nothing Government spokesmen say, and they do little but say the same things over again, is calculated to rally public opinion in support of their action in regard to Seretse......