26 JANUARY 1968, page 4

Chairman Canute

CHINA DICK WILSON Recent reports from Hong Kong that Peking has now officially admitted that China is in a state of civil war are, like the report of Mark Twain's death,......

Spare The Whip, Spoil The Child

POLITICAL COMMENTARY AUBERON WAUGH One of the joys in writing about politicians is that one can catch them whichever way they jump. Thus when Mr Wilson presented a re- silient......

Dispirited Band

AMERICA MURRAY KEMPTON Los Angeles—The polls show Mr Johnson win- ning California. Why then do the senses keep insisting that this isn't going to happen? For one thing, there is......