17 OCTOBER 1952, page 2

Waters Of The Nile '

Whoever rules in Cairo or Khartoum the distribution of the waters of the Nile is the one question about which they cannot afford to disagree. The news that the Governments of......

Purifying The Party

The Communist Party of the Soviet Union is soon to feel the edge of the pruning-knife. In his angry speech at the Congress of the All-Union Communist Par, Mr. Nikita Khrushchev......

Silence Over The Pacific

Until the present Government took office it was compara- tively easy to see the reason why the United Kingdom was not directly associated with the Pacific Defence Pact between......

Flare-up In Korea

On the Korean front a limited Communist offensive appears to have been in progress for some days. When it started, General Van Fleet's headquarters spoke of determined attacks......

Dusty Answer

It is clear that the British Government's attitude to the question of Persian oil has hardened as a result of the exchange of Notes that has followed the proposals made by Mr.......