11 AUGUST 1939, page 3

Mr. Chamberlain, One Imagines, Reviews The Session With...

Controversy tends to centre on Munich, but in fact Munich was a logical step on the path of appeasement as a peace-policy. March r5th is the crucial date. When Hitler marched......

No One Should Underestimate What Has Been Done Since March.

But the Prime Minister is his own worst enemy. He seems incapable of the generous gesture. His treatment of the Opposition, of Mr. Churchill and Mr. Eden is a real......

There Was Nearly A Revolt In The Government Ranks. Mr.

Chamberlain was made aware of it. Two days later he made a speech in Birmingham of quite different tone and temper and in tune with popular feeling. The satisfaction with Munich......

The Past Session

Our Parliamentary correspondent writes: A very few days will suffice to finish the outstanding work of the session, and an election is not unlikely immediately prior to the......

Humanising Industry

The appearance of the latest annual report of the Miners' Welfare Fund draws attention to steady progress in the humanisation of industry in a field in which it is much needed.......

Mobilising The Fleet

The Reserve Fleet of 130 vessels, which the King reviewed in Weymouth Bay, was in itself a formidable navy, com- prising good fighting examples of nearly all the main surface......

Playing At Black-outs

It was a little odd last Tuesday evening to hear the B.B.C. announcer, in relation to the coming black-out, humbly en- treating householders to curtain their windows and conceal......