31 MAY 1940, page 6

A Spectator's Notebook

F ROM everywhere, north and south, city and town and village, comes the same story, of places of worship crowded to the doors last Sunday, and in some cases of the doors them-......

The Fall Of Boulogne Has Brought The War Closer To

this country than anything else so far. It is not so much that Boulogne is actually lost, while the fate of Calais, a mile or two nearer still to our shores, is still (as I......

Sir Stafford Cripps, Who Will Act As Special Envoy In

Moscow to discuss a trade agreement with Russia if the Soviet Govern- ment agrees, returned about a month ago from a world tour of 45,000 miles, 32,000 of them by air, in the......

At The Beginning Of The War It Was Observed, In

this column and elsewhere, that some of the best brains in the country were regarded as superfluous in the hour of the country's need. Four men in particular were mentioned—Sir......

I Can Testify, On The Basis Of A Private Letter

from an officer serving in Flanders, to the truth of the semi-official statement circulated on Wednesday that British troops are filled with irrepressible anger at the brutal......

In Both Matter And Manner King George's Empire Day Broadcast

was much the best he has ever delivered. The ex- planation as regards manner is, I believe, the King's patience and assiduity in rehearsal. He was not, I imagine, consciously......

I Have Been Glad To See An Official Mention In

the past week of the successes of Czecho-Slovak airmen in France. We are laying too little stress on our friendship and unity of purpose with the Czechs. Because they are not......

The Psychology Of Quislings

SHORTSHORT LY after Herr Hitler had thrown out his hint LY a secret weapon against which there was no defence the Allies came to the conclusion that he was referring to the......