10 NOVEMBER 1939, page 6

Some Of The Terms Commonly Used In Connexion With The

war and its sequel would be a good deal the better for defining. We are constantly being told that there must be not a dictated but a negotiated peace." What does, or can, " a......

At One Particularly Loud Clap Of Thunder A Lady Involun-

tarily and visibly starts. Passing urchin: "It's all right, lidy. It ain't 'Itler, it's Gawd." JANUS.......

Burgomaster Max Dead

COLLAPSE AFTER QUEEN'S VISIT according to the Daily Telegraph. I don't know that I should have put it quite like that. * * * *......

Anything Shabbier Than The Behaviour Of The Ministry Of...

in the matter of its " butter for Goering " story—to which I have referred in its earlier stages—is difficult to imagine. The Ministry, it will be remembered, circulated to the......

Billeting Negotiations Lead Sometimes To Slight Misunder-...

were recently sought for a certain Cabinet Minister and his personal staff, in the event of the Department leaving London. The choice, so the story goes, fell on a conveniently......

A Spectator's Notebook

A CURIOUS and unintentional but most unfortunate ban on freedom of expression is resulting from the process whereby in the last few weeks almost every authority of any......

So Field-marshal Goering Did Not Make His Journey To Rome

after all. There seems little doubt that the journey was definitely intended. It is fully in keeping with Herr Hitler's recognised methods. If something goes wrong, send someone......

The Role Of Parliament

W HEN Parliament adjourned for the summer holiday the Prime Minister promised that it would be recalled if the situation became more threatening. The holiday proved a short one.......