15 APRIL 1949, page 2

Dirty Work At County Hall

The writer of an article on the L.C.C. elections which appeared in the Spectator three weeks ago suggested that the government of London would be healthily stimulated if......

The County Weathercock

There was a time when it was very difficult to judge from county council elections which way the political wind was blowing, since local issues and personalities were often......

Verdict Against Albania

The Corfu Channel Case was a tough test of the competence and integrity of the International Court of Justice at The Hague and the Court must be held to have done well in the......

On The Yangtse

As a military problem, the crossing of the Yangtse increases in difficulty as the river rises, a seasonal process which normally begins about this time of year when the Tibetan......

Italy's Colonial Claims

Count Sforza, in his reasoned argument for the return to Italy of her former colonies, talked of his country's "colonial mission" in Africa. He is so far the only interested......

Illyrian Spring

Marshal Tito's speech of last Saturday, in which he condemned the Soviet Union for its campaign of lies against Yugoslavia and the West for vulgar stupidity in thinking that......