4 AUGUST 1950, page 2

Getting The Recruits

Having decided that the armed forces need strengthening, the Government is now considering what mixture of rewards and exhortations can be devised to bring about the desired......

The Persian Front

Persia is being mentioned with increasing frequency as the possible site for another Russian probe in strength if, as may well be the case, the Korean excursion is intended to......

Ill-treatment Of Children At Home

In the Commons debate last December on the ill-treatment of children in their own homes there emerged a general demand for an inquiry, and the Home Secretary promised to set Up......

Compromise By Force

Prince Myshkin, the hero of Dostoyevsky's novel, The Idiot, was seized by an alarming presentiment that at the party he was about to attend he would knock over a valuable china......

The Council Of Europe

The general verdict on the first session of the Council of Europe last year was that, in view of the imperfections of its initial organisa- tion and the vagueness of its powers,......