24 JANUARY 1941, page 2

News Of The Week

T HE capture of Tobruk—and, indeed, the success of any enterprise Sir Archibald Wave11 may set his hand to— has been so much taken for granted that the importance of the actual......

The Case Of Mr. Boothby

The findings of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the actions of Mr. Robert Boothby, Member of Parliament for East Aberdeenshire and till last Tuesday Parlia-......

Japan's Axis Policy

The speeches made in the Tokyo Parliament by the Japanese Premier, Prince Konoye, and Mr. Matsuoka, the Foreign Minister, may be read as appeals to the United States or as......

A Critical Hour For Bulgaria

The arrival at Sofia of Colonel Donovan, the trusted repre- sentative of President Roosevelt, is most timely, for the aititude of Bulgaria is now the critical point for Hitler's......

The Mysteries Of Vichy

The situation at Vichy is as potentially important as it is per- sistently obscure. Last Saturday Marshal Petain made an un- expected journey to a small station on the......