being " for the purposes of a further and more obvious movement of conquest in adjacent areas." Mr. Eden has spoken of it as a " potential threat " to British territories and...

hesitation which followed Germany's attack on Russia,. Japan has taken the plunge and " moved southwards." Vichy's subMissiveness to the Axis in Indo-China as elsewhere seems to...

Mr. Harry Hopkins, President Roosevelt's personal envoy, who is now in consultation with the Russian Government in Moscow, had a cheering message for British listeners last Sun-...

The treaty between Russia and Poland, signed at the Foreign Office on Wednesday, is one more impressive demonstration of the power of Hitler to unite hitherto irreconcilable...

Mr. Eden's declaration on Tuesday regarding the reception to be given to a prospective peace move by Hitler had a double significance. After repeating what he said at Leeds a...

The breach of diplomatic relations with Finland is to be regretted on many grounds. Friendship between that country and our own has been traditional, and the step taken at...

The friendly relations between Britain and Russia and their readiness to co-operate all along the line should do much to frustrate the sinister propaganda in which the Nazis...

Mr. Eden's strong statement on General Franco's recent provocative speech to the Falangist Party has rightly com- manded general approval. The Foreign Secretary pointed out...

The time has long gone by when we can look to Vichy France for any lingering remnant of the loyalty it might be expected to owe to a recent ally. Any further attempts to appease...

R. CHURCHILL did well to provide a third day for the debate on production in the House of Coco- ons. The House has not the least reason to regret the rank speeches made in the...

L AST Sunday night's air-raid on London may have its value as a reminder of future possibilities. Long immunity may very easily breed a certain laxity in precautions. Government...

is not a question of rising wages only but of rising salaries. someone sends me a list of proposed increases in the remunera• tion of various officials of Liverpool Corporation....

which unfortunately I cannot answer without more research than I have time for—how many Presidents of the Board of Educc. tion have there been since the Board was created, and...

six weeks ago Mr. P. F. Wiener, who is German master at Rugby, wrote to express astonishment that the Oxford and Cambridge Joint Examination Board should have prescribed for "...

boys (and equally of their sisters) is considerable, and it is as necessary to get the right books included in school curricula as the wrong ones excluded. It is very...

rho reputation which the army has rightly or wrongly gained fc dangerous driving, draws attention to an anomaly that wt come as a surprise to most people. Last week a...

ATTEMPTS AT DIVERSION By STRATEGICUS R. CHURCHILL spoke the other day of German moves inspired by " desperation." If it is too soon to think of e enemy in that mood it is at...

By PROFESSOR E. ALLISON PEERS c, CAN'T think," remarked the man in the train, " how you can defend those Spaniards Here we are, lending them money and giving them food, and yet...

By C. T. LEHMANN HE Ministry of Food is under constant criticism. That I is inevitable, for Lord Woolton's activities touch the average citizen's life at vital points every...

Air Fleet, by its amazing resistance, has altered the whole balance of air-power in Europe. Even were the Russian forces to collapse tomorrow that fact remains. German...

By E. L. WOODWARD IF one considers the vast amount. of " travel literature " in I English, it is remarkable how little has been written about the thousands of men and women who...

Quiet Week-End." By Esther McCracken. At Wyndham's. MR. LUrnsto's is the first musical comedy of the war, which it deserves to outlive. Here is the perfect escape: good...

THE THEATRE Chu Chin Chow." By Oscar Asche. At the Palace. DURING the last war I watched every performance of Chu Chin Chow from the stage—as a small urchin in any scene where...

Target for Tonight " At the Gaumont and the Empire. IT is not simply because Target for Tonight presents the mos tragic story of modern times—the story of scientific...

Sta,—Mr. Brendan Bracken, while he is studying the reasons why the Ministry of Information has failed to win public approval, might consider a point which, though it is only of...

FIRST-AID DURING INVASION SIR,—The unpreparedness of A.R.P. for the problems of invasion is d ,concerting. The A.R.P. services were designed to deal with air- ra:ds, i.e., the...

Sta,—The letters from Dr. Edwyn Bevan and Mr. Mander in your issue of July 18th illustrate the difficulties of discussing the subject of political warfare and war/peace aims...

sa,—Your correspondent, Driver T/000000, writes of the generous tie trnent and sympathy he received in France. We are all glad of such evidence of French goodwill even though it...

SIR,—I have read with interest the letter from Mr. Clifford Johnston in your issue of July 25th and the suggestion which he makes of a single world-currency worked through a...

SIR, —As the broadcaster of the Postscript on the evening of July 13th, I am interested to learn from the letter of M. E. Durham that I am " so doped with nicotine " that I have...

SIR, —In defending the substitution of maids and handymen by boys ranging from the ages of six to eighteen, for it is not only in the public schools, but more particularly in...

Sot,—I am not satisfied that Professor Macmillan, in his letter uncle " South Africa and Africa," answers those of us who fear colcau. prejudice, as practised in South Africa,...

Sm,—Your contributor " Janus " expresses some doubt on the weight which " should be attached to inquests like the Gallup Survey' Perhaps we may be allowed to submit some...

SIR, —In writing a brief reply to Mr. Bates's remarks on my sym- posium, England and the Farmer, I am concerned as editor, not contributor. It is not the first time that Mr....

ut,--Mr. Bates in " Country Life " is right. Our rationed eggs now e from Maidstone, and behind Maidstone from America. Heath- d is the leading market for East Sussex poultry. I...

Potato Loss Kent, though a southern county, has only a comparatively small acreage devoted to early potatoes ; Ayrshire, hundreds of miles farther north, produces an earlier and...

It is a trick of old professional gardeners to display a very large plant, covered with an enormous number of flowers, in a very small pot. The secret is mainly liquid feeding ;...

Sm,—One views with alarm the outcome of a rise in the " Plimsoll," as recorded in your issue of July r8th. I have seen steamers still " down to the mark " on arrival at their...

gardeners speculating on the possibilities of growing more of their own. August is cer- tainly not too early to begin catalogue-dreaming ; September not too early to think of...

" is whether the " 85 per cent. wholemeal " does or does not contain the germ of the wheat. The germ is only about 2 per cent. of the wheat. The official instructions to millers...

many sugges- tions. Unfortunately few improve on the methods I already knew. The secret for one is very large quantities of salt ; for another a jar per day, tied down...

STuDENrrs of social history who select the years entre les guerres as their special period will find themselves abundantly justified in their choice. For although that...

Eppur si Muove " Democracy Marches. By Julian Huxley ,Chatto and Windus. 3s. 6d.) Democracy Marches is the title of a B.B.C. series of talks to which Dr. Huxley contributed,...

Germany Possessed. By H. G. Baynes. (Cape. x6s.) SINCE Graham Wallas wrote Human Nature in Politics in 1908, t has been generally recognised by political scientists that the...

Ir is Mr. Williams's fault that one should begin a short note on Milton by talking about Dryden, because at the very end. of his admirable and original Introduction he quotes...

The Reconstruction of World Trade. By J. B. Condliffe. (George Allen and Unwin. US. 6d.) PROFESSOR CONDLIFFE has had great opportunities for the study of international trade,...

Drawn from Life. Reminiscences by Stella Bowen. (Cana 12S. 6d.) WHAT a lively, agreeable and intelligent book Miss Bowen ha written, taking us through a great variety of...

Richard Hafliburton. His Story of his Life's Adventures. (Bles. iss.) THIS is the story of a playboy of the Western world told in letters to his parents : the man who rode...

" To live without roots takes a stout heart ": these words p Remarque's novel about refugees, Flotsam. The chief chara are Ludwig Kern, a German student of twenty, born of a J...

The Catholic Church and International Order. By A . c. Beales. (Penguin. 6d.) THE war has brought home one truth to many who oth were not prepared to believe it. The attempt to...

reflective letters from France, written for the New York Herald-Tribune, apparently by a long-standing American resident in France with a French wife and a French-speaking...

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MISS COWLES looked for trouble in Spain during the Civil War, in Czecho-Slovakia during the months that preceded Munich, in Russia, in Germany just before the outbreak of war,...

[A prize of a Book Token for one guinea will be given to the sende r of the first correct solution of this week's crossword puzzle to b, opened. Envelopes should be marked with...

By CUSTOS FAR Eastern developments have put the stock markets through another test which has brought fresh proof of technical strength and resiliency. All that happened at the...

J. COMPTON, SONS AND WEBB LARGE INCREASE IN BUSINESS URDEN OF 100 PER CENT. EXCESS PROFITS TAX MR. JAMES M. TUCKER'S VIEWS HE twenty-eighth annual ordinary general meeting of...