6 MAY 1949, page 1

News Of The Week

N OBODY can yet say whether May 5th, 1949, will turn out to be one of the dates which European schoolboys of the future will have to learn and celebrate. The date is that of the......

Yugoslavia Marks Time

The practice whereby the head of a State answers a set of questions posted to him by a correspondent is poor journalism and worse diplomacy ; as a rule it only serves to give......

Shanghai Cut Off

The Communist armies moving on Hangchow are meeting, as was to be expected, with the minimum of effective opposition. There are so far no signs of an impending assault on the......