27 JANUARY 1939, page 5

The Shadow Of Crisis

IN the past week the situation in Europe, bad enough already, has visibly deteriorated ; nothing is gained by disguising that. The dismissal of Dr. Schacht may be variously......

The Call To Self-defence

N his foreword to the National Service handbook, Sir John Anderson has emphasised that the Government's call to the nation " is to peace and not to war." The same emphasis......