T HE twenty-fifth anniversary of the foundation of the Red Army 1 has occurred during a period of swift successive triumphs which have aroused the admiration of the world....

While the military situation in North Africa has taken a turn for the better as a result of the Anglo-American counter- attacks at the Kasserine Pass political difficulties...

Mr. Gandhi, as this is written, has achieved fifteen out of the twenty-one days of his self-imposed fast, and there seems some ground for hoping that he may survive the ordeal...

More than once schemes for the development of the water-power of the Highlands by private industry have been rejected by Parlia- ment ; but the far more grandiose scheme for...

Critics of the British Empire, not excluding friendly Americans, should note that in the middle of a great war this country has found time to introduce important reforms in...

President Roosevelt made a statement of great importance to his Press Conference on Tuesday, when he spoke of the prospect of a United Nations conference to be held in the near...

A step of the first importance towards the stabilisation of condi- tions in the coal industry is indicated by the announcement that the miners have by a large majority accepted...

It is a good thing that Mr. Bevin has realised that domestic service is not always a luxury which can be lightly dispensed with. He is right if he holds, as doubtless he does,...

T HERE is no great profit in raking over the embers of last week's debate on the Beveridge Report in the House of Commons (this week's debate in the Lords is in progress as we...

I F there was ever any truth in the statement of the German wire- less that Mr. Eden was contemplating a visit to America it is clear that the intention could not be carried out...

By STRATEGICUS T is impossible completely to dissociate the Tunisian battlefield ei from the Russian theatre, not only because the developments form striking a contrast, but...

By R. W. SETON-WATSON A FTER a spell of unexampled over-confidence the Nazi leaders have been driven by the Russian victories into an opposite extreme of gloom, and are...

By R. A. L. SMITH 93HE great attention that is naturally given in war literature and I propaganda to British political democracy has perhaps served to throw one very...

By W. M. COUSINS Madame beamed and prophesied bonheur ; Medenine was a charming place, and the bride was lucky to be stationed there, for all French wives found it delightful....

By OUR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT A T a recent session of the B.B.C. Brains Trust, the perennial question was once more raised as to whether, in this country, undue attention is...

By HAROLD NICOLSON N OW that the sediment stirred up by the debate upon the Beveridge Report has to some extent subsided, it is possible to examine the shape and colour of the...

It's That Man Again." At the Tivoli and the Marble Arch Pavilion. —" The Circus." At the Tatler.—" Algiers." At the London Pavilion. COMEDY has never been the strong suit of...

The Merchant of Venice." At the New Theatre.—" Old Chelsea." At Princes Theatre. THOSE humanitarian critics who have found in Shakespeare's Mer- chant of Venice an enlightened...

OF the new February discs there is a good recording of Mozart's Sonata in F for Violin and Piano (K376), by Jehudi Menuhin and his sister, Hephzibah (H.M.V. DB3551-3). Two...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SIR, —It is a pity that so much of the correspondence on this subject should be written with a partisan feeling, for the arguments on both sides are well...

Stn, — Leaving it to others to speak for the elementary schools, I would like to emphasise Miss Nesbitt's statement that all is not well with the maintained secondary schools....

Sta,—Mr. E. E. Reynolds in his striking article on " Teaching Christianity," published in your issue of February 12th, asks questions which seem to demand a reply. He wants...

in your issue of February 12th, the writer implies that teachers have no real opportunity of making known their ideas as to improving the existing system of education. I cannot...

Sm,—What Sir William Beveridge is trying to achieve in his Report is simply another word for national prosperity, a word, the meaning of which even the least intellectual of us...

of the words pre-fabrication and standardisation. - Bricks, the earliest unit of building construction, are both' pre-fabricated and standardised. They were pre-fabricated...

SIR, —The tribute to the influence exercised by women through the vote, in your as usual excellent " News of the Week " columns in February 5th issue of The Spectator, will, I...

SIR, —We have just had a radio talk by Mr. McCorquodale telling us how vital is women's work in this war. Five weeks ago the factory where I work was visited by two strapping...

Sta,—I, too, disagree with - your 'correspondent, Mrs. Carter, that pre- fabrication and standardisation are much - the same, and agree with your correspondent, Sebastian...

SIR,—Mr. Fairfield is pleased to treat my figures with ribaldry. He should, however, transfer his statistical talent to Hasbach, from whose History of the English Agricultural...

AN old agricultural labourer, who developed a talent for carpentry, is now chief repairer of all implements on the farm. -Last week a land girl took him an almost moribund broom...

SIR,—Does not the title of Emeritus Professor properly applied to Drs. - Gilbert Murray and Ernest Barker indicate that they should retain the title "Professor " ? The analogy...

Ste,—As one who believes that a truly democratic way of life calls for greater awareness from people generally, may I suggest that some way be found of making the official...

A Philosopher of Democracy The Modern Democratic State. Volume I. By A. D. Lindsay. (Oxford University Press, issued under the auspices of the Royal Insti- tute of...

The Polderoy Papers. By C. E. Vulliamy. (Michael Joseph. ios. 6d.) "Mv thanks," writes Mr. Vulliamy " are due to the kindly and informative shades." But our thanks seem rather...

The Great O'Neill. By Sean O'Faolain. (Longmans. 15s.) " His life proves once again that, to be intelligible, history must be taken on a lower key than patriotism," says Mr....

Women in War Factories. By Amabel Williams-Ellis, with a foreword by Lady Cripps. (Gollancz. is.) SOMEWHERE in this country there must be a whole class of readers whose Bible...

Day of the Trumpet. By David Comet De Jong. (Gollancz. 9s. 6d.) The Last Inspection. By Alun Lewis. (Allen and Unwin. 75. 6d.) In the Forests of the Night. By Kenneth S. Davis....

[A Book Token for one guinea will be awarded to the sender of the first correct of this week's crossword to be opened after noon on Tuesday week, blank 9th. Envelopes should be...

SOLUTION ON MARCH 12th The winner of Crossword No. 205 is MRS. WATKINS, Clovers, uickly Lane, Chorley Wood, Herts. ty

By CUSTOS As so often happens in the home rail market, good dividen announcements have not prevented a relapse in quotations. there be no misunderstanding: with the exception...

and Stoughton. 21s.) AFTER twenty years in the Shansi Province of China, Miss Calle and her two companions took the old trade-route past the Great Wall into the desert, and...

Talks in a Free Country. By W. R. Inge. (Putnam. 8s. 6d.) THERE are a few interesting ideas in Dr. Inge's latest book, and the first talk on "Escape " is good. It is doubtful...

the best of these essays by seventeen writers are those that begin by describing and analysing some definite aspect of the situation in Scotland today. Dennis Macintosh on...