On February 27th Last, M. Daladier Gave Orders That "
complete freedom of political opinion " should be permitted in the French Press. In so far as concerns French news- papers this promise has been more or less observed. Within......
Anglo-french Relations Can Only Be Maintained In A...
if we are absolutely frank with each other and air • those grievances which, if suppressed, might become septic. The French have many grievances against us which they are too......
The French Contend (and They May Be Right) That They
are never incompetent about important things. They contend (and in this they are certainly right) that there is no incom- petence about their armed forces. They assert that,......
Let Me Provide An Instance. The Paris Correspondent Of One
of our leading daily newspapers wrote a report in which the following sentence occurred: "Not since the beginning of the war has criticism of the Government and of Allied policy......
People And Things
By HAROLD NICOLSON T . WONDER sometimes whether extreme efficiency be not I the sign of a second-class mind. For, whereas I myself seldom miss trains, confuse appointments or......
I Feel Ashamed When They Tell Me These Things, Or
when I compare the twilight dignity of Paris with the midnight frivolity of London. I quite understand that they, in their deep seriousness, should be shocked by our conception......
An Example Of Unintelligent Censorship Was Furnished This...
the treatment accorded to the reports sent home by British correspondents in Paris regarding the effect upon French opinion of the Finnish capitulation. The French public (which......