28 JANUARY 1966, Page 3

MR. IAN SMITH showed his love of old England by

writing an article for Punch and Sir Hugh Beadle, the Rhodesian Chief Justice, mysteri- ously visited London for talks. Mr. Wilson in consequence delayed his plan for further sanctions and announced instead only his plans for a fresh constitutional start. The Ben Barka affair became more and more of a French national scandal with the dubious suicide of a principal witness, M. George Figon, just as the police were about to arrest him. President Johnson introduced his 1966 budget to Congress and discussed the resump- tion of the bombing of North Vietnam.