2 AUGUST 1940, page 14

The Surrender Of France

Sna,—Some extracts from a letter received from a French friend who has taken refuge in the South of France may perhaps interest your readers. The letter is dated June 29th. My......

Fertilizer Fallacies Sia,—in Viscount Samuel's Review Of...

"Science In War," he says: "The scope for the increase of home production by scientific methods is immense. Note, for example, the single fact: the consumption of nitrogenous......

The Communal Meal

SIR,—I should like to endorse the importance of the experiments mentioned by Kenneth Lindsay, M.P., in his article of July 26th, viz., the establishment of canteens and......

Seniority In The Army

Sla,—In August and September last numbers of men between the ages of 28 and 38, many through the Officers' Emergency Reserve, were gazetted to commissions in the army. Many of......

An Answer To Hitler Sir,—surely Every Briton At Home Or

oversea who listened to, or read, Lord Halifax's speech a few days ago must have felt a thrill of pleasure and of pride at his noble words. Nevertheless, one wonders whether the......

Sni,—speaking (for Once) On Behalf Of The British Army, I

say ditto to Daniel George. If I am permitted to say more, I will add that although I have never been a patient in a field hospital, I have been a soldier long enough, and am......

Liquor In War-time Sir,—it Is True, As Mr. R. C.

Chance states in your last issue, that the British people will respond to any reasonable war-time restrictions, but they would resent the setting up of a Liquor Control Board,......