5 JULY 1940, page 16

Japan's Petrol Supply

SIR, —Japan is taking advantage of the situation in Western Europe to make more active advances against the possessions and interests of various Powers in the East. This action......

Oliver Cromwell

Sta,—Mr. Hilaire Belloc objects to my reference to Cromwell as "this Cambridgeshire farmer." He was a farmer just as Mr. Belloc is a writer and I am a lawyer. Mr. Belloc tells......

[in View Of The Paper Shortage It Is Essential That

letters on these pages should be brief. We are anxious not to reduce the number of letters, but unless they are shorter they must be fewer. Writers are urged to study the art of......

These "los T Leaders"

Stit,—W. R. M.'s epigram in your issue of June 21st impels me to ask whether there could not now be a close time for snarling at absent intellectuals. About half a dozen of......

Invasion And Tanks

SIR,—I agree with the general views of Major-General Fuller expressed in his interesting article published in your issue of June 28th as to the possibility of amphibious tanks......