5 JANUARY 1968, page 2

Portrait Of The Week

The New Year received a quiet welcome in Trafal- • gar Square. In Vietnam it tended to be widely ignored: in spite of the truce thirty-five men were killed in the first ten......

Arms And The Axe

It is a long time since this country has had a coherent and comprehensible defence policy : one which makes the safeguarding of our national territory to the fullest extent......

Once Again, General De Gaulle, By Breaking All The Rules,

has succeeded in making his point. The latest French onslaught on the dollar, in favour of gold, has at last panicked the Americans into recognising—and acting upon—what Europe......