VIEWS OF THE WEEK Algiers: Outline of a Revolution T ni:. Ali.Ics CO LI) (1c tat s ttI 'C] by tile T ililary faction headed by Colonel H-Iaoui ri ou'lloiedienne has fJallen...

INCOAIIMS POLICY 'No' to Mr. Brown Mt. (GEORGEI 3ROWNS N pcs of tiaflslhlti1lg hllis t.)ls policy froml 1.1letoric to falct have never lookel worse. Tlhe outlight rejection of...

Political Commentary The Revolt at No. 1-0 By' AL. AN WATKIN S B RINUING, ,Is is my habit, tidings of chccr and joy to the most unlikely places, I hal\e good Jiews for...

Lines to a Fast Bowler Who is Accused of Putting on Weight Thil' eth' i S Welilljty f/tIl', by II/I I/c l il/,,(0/15 (I (It1'....1he'y hic hC('Il Cue/ii/U,' t/l' 1(/0/h (It...

Failure of a Mission By WILLIAM WARBEY, NIP Toll so-czialcd CorimimonweulIth Victiln:li, MisTsion was born as a deiani in the mind of Hlarold Wilson. After three euphoric...

Midsummer Madness | U r out l AURAItAY KFlMPT'IO N I NLV YORK I A tc news froml) WIshington teils wNith 11he A stale ofl tile prlesidient's so)vereign1ty, wh~iChI is...

Caged Bird I lIe Diary of Alice James. Edited by Leon Eldel. I (-lart-Davis, 35s.) IMAGCNIN an American spinster of' about forty, an invalid, of a highly intellectual mandarin...

Death of a Tsar SIR,---1 ant doing research on (lie captivity and death of Tsar Nicholas 11 and his family at Ekaterinberg in July, 1918. 1 wish to contact mniembers of the...

Darwin's Captain SIlt,--With the pcrmission of his dcsccndants, I am writing the biography of Robert FitzRoy, Captain of IIMS Beagle, the ship made famous by Charles Darwin's...

Sexual Freedom Smi,---Your reviewcr Simon Raven in the Spectalor of June 25 praises Wayland Young for his consideration of' opposing a1gIumCnltS and his lack of rarnCOUr. Why...

Time Regained B Y *1 O EI N I) A V' VN PO RT I1r was impossible to expect that Mr. Painter's second volume* should be as good as his first one. In a golden daze, one must say...

Quite a dlay T'herCe wits n111 extJadldmninarily illCpt Pel-F0ornia ne1CO by the Government front bench at arOUnd 1.30 a m. following Ithe tirst two Government defeats. Iirst...

Muddle It was Blackl TuLIeSda1y for the Government. They were defeated three times on the Finance Bill. Twice the Tories had to help the lGovernment to carry their own motions....

I)on Cook B~rita.iin has been very fortunate since the war ill the quality of the Americaln newspaper correspondelits in 1 ondon. Perhaps the two who are remembered with most...

Wooing As I imagine I shall not be invited to the dinilels the Governor of the Bank of' England is to give to tilc Primc Minmister and Chancellor of Ihe ExcheClLuer, I can only...

Spectator's Notebook A G(OOD week tor. CinldeelClaL. MIiss LlIlltln A looked at MI anre (Smith) and thoLughi ( iikcev how lit she looks.' The story was thought mu1LICh1 1moteC...

T'ailpiece Commentil o the (allaghian privilege case must await the verdict. Comment on Mr. Michael Foot necd not. The views of thle Spectator are indeed well known. They are...

President Frei IThe State Visit of President I'rei of Chile next week promises to be a great SUCCCSS. It is nearly a year now since his impressive victory over the...

Another 'Non!' P RESIDIFNT )L GAtJl.1,] ,I has done it again. A's at. his fa.mInOUS J.anuary 1963 press Conference when hie efectively closcd thle door on Britlain's entry to...

r Portrait of the Week --I IN itJUNIlj l nial to triuLimU ph nit IMlV c Ics Of (it, Mit,' thle (ivnllmllenlt 1\,,,S (jCfCILtC(j 11 ctilincs (11 tlhe ilnm;ice Bill in thle...

SuLpporting Mr. Wilson Si., Ni y i1tlitllin has been drawn to Alan Watklins's comllillmlni ill tl. SpL ( etalr conllcelllilg Illy sign tolre of a lctcl SIIi) pOtindl th.e Prime...

New Left, Old Right SIR,--f It;r. Wir atkiii w;s Is slack in his treatniletit of the Bow Groop's latest symposium aS le was ill his parallel review of the New Left book /o...

Wild West Wales SIR., -Your correspondent (J1uly 2) Mr. Keidrych Rhys raliSes f1il;1y interCsting poinlts, SOme of them of Such ilii esoteric. solipsist illt itlu is to be...

Ameri canlsills Si it, II thle concl uding paragraph of hiis criticism of ( /oremnhlt! zL'vsas by tDiana Tr-illing, youri reViCwe'Cr IcCIses tle ;author of being guilty (it' a...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR i0Z1: Philip .S'Asc's'v, Ken C(,oate., A rihur J. A4rt,, jj, ('u/inl J /, 1Is.o, All', Jo4,l . I,/,,,,A. A. Ad. (-,oujj/,, t)rj,,,il/u, .SotI, Da vid...

The Crisis of 1915 SiRt, MIr. Rhodes lallmcs's lettCr brois our discusSion to a nCw Phase. HeC has every right to be Iprolounid1(lly sceptical' aIbOlut any thing 1, or anyone...

Critic on the Hearth By A. ALVAREZ I N One Of the most intriguing essays in an immensely intriguingL_ collectiofl* Norman Podhoretz sets out to defend 'The Article As Art':...

The Quest for Sorge Bly JOHN 1,RICKSON IN its search for secrets, Soviet intelligence has Prom time to time commanded the services of particular men who passed from the class...

Inv estment Notes It y C a S1' S w'i is itinigl,' like . good board-room K'\ To liveni up1 a jgloomlly Stock Tfxi.l In po)wCZr (f ifl\ CCive thler is nothing rlllih :) choose...

CINEMA Return of the Prodigal 7'1h' Dlisore/c'rly Orderly. (Cartonll; 1J centtifiCat C.) A '' s assurecd me I wou~ld .somel day see tlec buLt since it was a a la iatter of...

ART At the Bottom of the Garden EETIING with impatience. I settled in my seat Lat Covent Garden the other evening to await the opening ploys of the orgy scene around the...

The Great Tradition The Reign of Wonder: Naively and Reality in American literature. By Tony 'Tanner. (C.U.P., 47s. 6d.) ON a quick; inspection Mr. Tanner's book looks...

Old Europe tile Euiropean Powers 1900-1945. By Martin G ilbert. (Weidenfeld aid Nicolson, 42s.) \ 1lI N lHitler ordered his troops to invade Poland, the author of this book...

Brass Band in the Park, South London Siberian winds and their detonations )eflow~eri thle rhododendrons. F'ven the pigeons take flight. 13ut lobr thiec muflied ladies, One...

FOOTBALL Substitute Rule e A she CuIt;Iinl went down on Wimbledon, r thouLghtfuIl milids turned back and forward to a more complex game: the Football Association's summer...

SUMMER BOOKS The Return of the Native 11 I). W. BIt I G A N P :LRIIAI'S the most draniatic moimient in this flascinat ingi collection,* thle puLblication of WVhich is nvw...

Landscapes, People I For Wa"'t of a Nail. By Melvyn Bragg. (Secker I and XWarburg, 25s.) I If Morning Ever Comes. By Anne Tyler. (Chat to I land Windus, 25s.) I Don't...

End of the Line? British Biranchi lines. By H-. A. Valiance. (Bats- I ford, 35s.) [he Future of' Brilain's Rail~ways. 1' Roger I Calvert. (Allen and Ulnw'in, 3Is.)...

Company N otes It y 1, OT II It U It Y T I I slight frll in net profits from £119,755 To £102,136 Ifron] Edger Investments is due to the f'act that there is no redlction ill...

Frocks and Brass-Hats I British Strategy and Politics, 1914 to 1918. By IPauI GLiill l. (O.U.P., 45s.) I Soldier front the Wars Returning. By Charles Carrington....

LONDON AIRPORT The Monster at Heathrow By JIILARKY SPAIJLING T tl IIR has been, of la1te, a strange turn in travellers to be displeased,' as Dr. Johnson once said...