11 OCTOBER 1940, page 2

News Of The Week

T HE progress and prospects of the air-war were discussed by the Prime Minister in a particularly sober and measured passage of his speech in the House this week. The great......

The Burma Road

The opening of the Burma Road into China, announced by the Prime Minister on Tuesday, is in accordance both with general expectation and with general desire. The decision to......

The Dakar Misfortune

Any lingering hope that when the Prime Minister came to explain the Dakar episode he would be able to put some better complexion on it was dispelled by his words in the House of......

Germanised Rumania

The arrest., or rather the seizure, of British employees of the oil companies in Rumania and the " third degree " methods to which they have been subjected in order to secure......

The Rebuilding Of England

It is to be hoped that.Sir John Reith, who is to be head of the new Ministry of Public Works and Buildings, will realise that his task involves much more than vigorous......