If That Advance Proceeds Quickly Cyprus Should Be Saved And
we should prevent the pincers the military experts tell us about from closing upon a battered and unhappy Egypt. But unless it proceeds very quickly indeed—in other words,......
That Perennially Young Man, Sir William Beveridge, Is To...
over an inter-departmental committee to work out a scheme of social security for all after the war. These two developments are more useful, in the battle against Hitler's con-......
I Wonder Whether Our Troops, Moving Up The Green Valley
of the Jordan and past the Sea of Galilee, noticed a modern- looking restaurant on its shores. Nothing very conspicuous about it in that ancient country where there are now so......
Anthony Eden's House Of Commons Statement On The Reform Of
the diplomatic service is welcome, but terribly belated. The distinction between diplomats and consuls ceased to exist years ago in most other countries, with the result that......
The Reforms, Which Mr. Eden Tried To Institute During His
former period of office, should help these able and keen young men to retain their enthusiasm, since promotion will be much less dependent upon an ability to keep out of trouble......
A Spectator's Notebook
T HE commentators so often tell us that we have reached a turning point that, to a detached observer, our progress would resemble the staggerings of a drunkard. But the Syrian......
Action. In The East
A WAVE of relief passed over the country when it was reported that British and Free French forces, strongly supported in the air, had crossed the frontier from Palestine into......
We Are, I Think, Fortunate That The First Major Test
of French recovery should come now and in Syria. General Catroux- a " five-star " general, which means that he is as exceptional as would be a similarly constellated brandy—and......
" Beauty, Like Sorrow," Wrote Dekker, " Dwelleth Every-...
But I should not have selected as very beautiful the German steel helmet, which I dislike only less than the heavy jack-boots that on two occasions have filled me with......
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