John Humphreys Was One Of The Most Effective...
his day. He was advocate for a cause—proportional repre- sentation—which had other able supporters, some weighty and distinguished in public life, but essentially he was the......
The Facts Concerning King Zog's Wardrobe—if They Matter A...
to anyone—are being straightened out. The Times, it will be remembered, stated unequivocally one day last week that this former sovereign, who had just left England, had ordered......
Great Britain And The World
I T was full time for another debate on foreign affairs in the House of Commons, though the preoccupations of the Foreign Secretary and the Minister of State at the U.N.O.......
No One Can Feel Quite Happy At The News That
Sir Arthur Harris, " Bomber Harris," has left this country, apparently for ever, to settle in South Africa, without any public recognition of the immense work he organised so......
A Spectator's Notebook
T HE new batch of diplomatic appointments, added to others I announced in the past month, marks a pretty extensive series of changes. The chief feature of them is the toughness......
The Opposition Was Disappointed In A Hopeful Little...
Wednesday night. Word had gone round that in spite of the important foreign affairs debate the Foreign Secretary was diverting himself at the ballet. The debate was to close at......
The Question I Raised Last Week About The Position Of
clergy and Free Church ministers under the new Insurance Bill has been answered in the House of Commons. Clergy and ministers, it seems, are not " under a contract of service,"......
The Selection By The Secretary-general Of The First...
his new staff is in a sense a test case. It must be said at once that Mr. Lie comes out of the test well. The choice of a Russian member is of particular importance, and in M.......
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