25 MAY 1974, page 3

Terrorism The Inescapable Answer

The calibre of the reaction of our western civilisation to organised violence has yet to be fully tested. Until the spate of outrages last week — from the renewal of terrorism......

Giscard's Burden

by the narrowest of majorities the French People have decided to avoid national selfu estruction, and M. Giscard d'Estaing has Proceeded with grace to the leadership of his e......

Australian Setback

The electoral news from Australia is far less cheering than that from France. Mr Whitlam has, in as close run a race as that in which M. Giscard triumphed, prolonged his......

India's Bomb

Predictable outrage greeted the news of India's experimental explosion of her first nuclear bomb. Predictably, too, the Indian government issued a sanctimoniously......