20 SEPTEMBER 1946, page 2

Prisoners Of War

The decision of the Cabinet to repatriate German prisoners of war at the initial rate of 15,000 a month is a step to be welcomed as far as it goes. But it is very far from......

Coal And Current

Mr. Shinwell's quarrel with the electricity supply companies seems to be entirely of his own seeking, and it is singularly hard to see how it can serve the general good. A......

A Good Agreement With France

It is fortunately not necessary to have agreements between this country and France formally set out and signed before they can be regarded as safe. Consequently the agreement in......

German Elections

The local elections held in the British zone on Sunday were only a beginning of the democratic process which is to substitute elected councils for those nominated by the......

The French Political Shake-up

General de Gaulle has lately been both an asset and a liability to the M.R.P., the largest party in France. On the one hand, the widespread impression that he was closer to that......

The Battle Of Buenos Aires

Anyone acquainted with the vocabulary of hard bargaining will have discounted the forecasts current from time to time in the past eleven weeks that the Anglo-Argentine trade......