19 JANUARY 1940, page 2

The War In Finland

The return of severe Arctic weather on the Finnish eastern front has destroyed any hopes the Russians may have had that a thaw would come to deny the Finns the use of their......

Japan's New Government

The political crisis in Japan has led to the formation of a new Government under Admiral Yonai, whose task it is to remove the causes of social discontent at home and find a way......

Record Road Carnage

The return of road accidents for the month of December is in the literal sense shocking. The number of persons killed, 1,155, is the highest total ever recorded, in spite of the......

The End Of A Controversy

The controversy, such as it was, about the change of Ministers at the War Office ended on Tuesday as it might have been hoped and expected that it would end. Mr. Hore-Belisha,......

Evacuated Businesses And Civil Servants

Out of 3,600 business concerns which left London last September 600 have now returned, and many others are weighing up the pros and cons in situations which in every case have......

The "safety Zone" Question

The British Government have addressed a conciliatory but firm reply to the declaration of a "300-mile safety zone" around American coasts made at the Panama Congress, and to the......

Bulgaria's Neutrality

The Turkish Secretary-General for Foreign Affairs has returned home after a journey which may prove to be of historic importance. In his visits to Paris and London his......