4 JANUARY 1975, page 2

No Reason

• for gloom The fault, Cassius told Brutus, lies in ourselves, and not in our stars, that we are underlings. So it is with Britain on the threshold of the gloomiest New Year in......

Bankruptcy Reform

The intolerable behaviour of Mr John Stonehouse is a matter for his constituents and the authorities, though his evidently self-inflicted plight draws attention to one certain......

The Darwin Disastee

Whatever the scope or extent of our own problems they cannot measure up to the sheer misery of the people of Darwin. A natural disaster has not merely hurt Darwin, but destroyed......

Bangladesh Travail

The decision of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to declare a state of emergency in Bangladesh is a wise one, provided that the time thus gained is used for the implementation of a......

African Hopes

The Foreign Secretary's African tour may give an extra twist to the process of change so recently and dramatically begun in Africa. Clearly, Mr Callaghan is full of hope that......