20 APRIL 1951, page 2

Aftermath In Abadan

The Persians are undoubtedly right in maintaining that the idea of nationalising their oil industry owed little or nothing to Communist inspiration. On the other hand the unrest......

The Coloured Franchise

The battle joined over the South African Representation of Non-Europeans Bill may or may not be long, but it will certainly be bitter. Any hope that the Bill might be declared......

Quibblers' Diary

The humiliating and discreditable proceedings of the Foreign Ministers' deputies in Paris are, to all appearance, as far from any conclusion as ever. They could have been......

The Treaty With Japan It Has Always Been Reasonably Clear

that if Australian and New Zealand fears of a revived and militaristic Japan were to be set at rest, the Japanese treaty which the Americans are so earnestly seeking would have......

Bad News From The Board Of Trade •

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has never tried to conceal that both the difficulties of his present task and the uncertainties of his future policy have been accentuated by the......

The Nationalised Spiral

The Ministry of Fuel and Power has lost no time in announc- ing the increase in the price of coal due to the recently announced rise in rail freight charges. The Railway......