7 JULY 1950, page 6

Panama Sea-dogs

The statement that shipping under the flag of Panama (the total population of that estimable republic at the last census was 622,576) now occupies fourth place in world......

The Striker's Not For Burning

There was a time when Smithfield was the place where th citizens of London watched the burning of martyrs. Now it the place where market employees devise tortures for Londoner......

West Indian Federation

The larger West Indian territories have for some time been moving in the direction of self-government. The whole question of co-operation under the guidance of the Colonial......

Wage Exhortation Again

The Trades Union Congress, which has never liked the idea of a national wages policy, dropped even the pretence of having one last week, when the standstill arrangement which......

Fu-manchu Diplomacy

Plenty of fatuous accusations have been bandied backwards and, forwards in the course of the cold war, but usually they are unofficial and can be ignored. Some notice, however,......