6 AUGUST 1948, page 6

Opening The Iron Gates ?

By NORMAN KIRBY T HE narrows of the Iron Gates have long ceased to be a serious obstacle to Danube navigation, but the Iron Curtain has effectively taken their place. The......

Sword Or Scabbard ?

By EDWARD HODGKIN I N July, 1880, the British Consul General in Beirut reported to the Foreign Office that revolutionary placards in Arabic, attacking Turkish rule, had appeared......