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The article discusses the debates regarding Great Britain's entry into European Common Market. All the political parties of Britain have endorsed joining the Market but a poll shows that only 26 percent electorate are in favor of joining. A White paper published by the Prime Minister Harold Wilson's government describe cost of living will go up by 4-5 percent and this has increased the opposition. The opposition accused Wilson of backing away from his promise to join the Market.

This article attempts to find Great Britain's opinion on the Suez canal purchase. Up to the present time, both foreign and domestic critics have approved it. "The Times" set the example in this country, and the smaller papers generally follow the lead of the leviathan of the press upon any grave subject of foreign policy. Excellent and independent as these papers are in. their criticism of domestic affairs, they are hesitating and uncertain when. they come to handle foreign affairs. They have no knowledge, and they grope about in the dark. With the exception of the "Economist," which is well informed and judicially-minded, the whole London press has simply rung the changes on the articles in the Times.

This article presents information on the attitude of the British press towards the United States. Although reporting must be designed to sell newspapers and appeal to large segments of the population, some of the material seems strangely selected. In the "American Column" that appears daily in the "Daily Express," the emphasis is on the odd pieces of news, insignificant happenings, human interest anecdotes. The pattern is similar, there is an initial case of misinformation or distortion of information, followed by reactions from outraged citizens and somewhere along the line, facts of the story are lost, misplaced or obscured.

This article focuses on Earl of Derby, Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, known as Lord Derby. The article describes his life, which with all his shortcomings enjoyed to the last a singular degree of popularity. Both parties regret his loss, and there is not a paper without some words of regret for the gallant old statesman whom people of Great Britain have lost. People are popular for widely different reasons, but the popularity of Lord Derby is a rather curious phenomenon. His last words in the House of Lords were a protest against the irresistible advance of the reforming spirit.

Propaganda in Germany appears to be a thing of the past. It no longer has any effect. This is amply shown by the total failure of the attempt to use Royal Air Force bombings to stir up a fury of hate against the English. In recent months thousands of letters from Germany have fallen into the hands of the Allies with the capture of the prisoners to whom they were written. Many were from the bombed regions. In most of them the bombings and their effects were described more or less fully. Not two in a thousand contained a word of hatred for the English. Obviously the Germans realize that the English are justified in making these attacks, that their course of action is perfectly normal.

The article focuses on several political and economic issues. The state of public opinion, both in the United States and in Great Britain, on the Isthmian Canal question is much more placid than it was at the expiration of the last session of the U.S. Congress. The U.S. Senate in three particulars had amended the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, and while these amendments did not seem objectionable to Great Britain in substance, they were objectionable in form. The chief objection was that one of these amendments bluntly declared the Clayton-Bulwer treaty abrogated. Recent economic developments have perhaps furnished no surprises greater than that caused by the appearance of American capital in foreign fields of investment. During the past twelve month, large transportation interests in London, England have been acquired, by one American capitalist, and an important British steamship line has passed under the control of another.

This article presents information related to politics and literature. Government by label has justly been called one of the leading political vices of modern times. Really intelligent opinions cannot be formed, much less can a discriminating vote be cast, on the basis of adjectives or epithets, whether they be applied by friends or enemies of any bill or project or party. An amusing but instructive example of this was given in the recent set debate in the Great Britain House of Commons on the woman suffrage bill. The defects and vices of municipal governments have been acknowledged, by the common consent of all thinking persons, as the one worst exhibit of the great American experiment with democracy.

The recent rearming of Great Britain is the cause of the greatest boom in the armament business since the World War I. The cause of the rearming, however, does not seem to be entirely the widely publicized menace across the Rhine river. The desire of the armament makers to boom their own business apparently has had much to do with it. Certainly the press and the friends of the armament makers in the government have employed all the devices for manipulating public opinion, including exploitation of the monarchy, to build up an atmosphere of alarm and war excitement.

Focuses on the struggle between progressivism and conservatism. Discussion of challenges faced by Progressives in moulding public opinion in favor of them; View that conservative propagandist enjoys permanent advantage over his radical opponent so far as public discussion in the U.S. is concerned; Opinion that people are more timid and less radical on economic issues than on political issues; Details of how conservatives have used this timidity of ordinary voter for their benefit in the U.S. and Great Britain; Implications of an amendment to the constitution, introduced by Senator James Wadsworth, proposing the ratification of future amendments by popular vote instead of by the legislature; View that the proposed amendment enables the like of Senator Wadsworth to place obstacles in the path of progressive legislation; Discussion of demerits in the progressives responsible for their defeat in the hands of conservatives; Discussion of ways to brighten the prospect of success of progressivism.

Nobody in Britain was very much surprised that only 45 per cent of the electors bothered to turn out for the latest by-election. The political temperature is low at Westminster and lower still in the country. Both parties labor and conservative seem to be suffering from a crisis in leadership,. It is a reflection of the fact that neither seems to know where it is going, or, indeed, where it wishes to go. The stock of prime minister Mr. Macmillan, who enjoyed a brief hour of glory at least among his own supporters has fallen again according to latest public opinion polls

Focuses on several socio-political issues around the world. Dispute between the Soviet Union and China regarding the control over railways; Views that the League of Nations hesitates to intervene in affairs involving any major power; Analysis of the decision of the British Labor government to resume its relations with the Soviet Union; Beginning of unionization in the textile industry in Southern states as result of problems of textile workers leading to strikes; Information about court case against fifteen textile striking worker for murder of Gastonia's chief of police; Comments on views of the Radicals regarding the public opinion issue; Concerns regarding death of twenty-three people due to collision of two British submarines.

The drift of British politics continues to afford the student of mass opinion much food for reflection. The year ended with a most remarkable series of by-elections, culminating in the decisive labor gain secured in Spen Valley by a candidate who throughout the war has been a sturdy champion of the Independent Labor party. The effect upon public opinion of Independent Labor party speakers in particular is very great. In Great Britain there is a sound political instinct that governments can be too strong, and that the adequate representation of minorities is one of the conditions of real parliamentary government and of ordered and orderly progress.

The problem of forming a workable federation for the British Commonwealth of Nations is the problem of forming a workable league of peace for all English-speaking nations. The latest proposal of an imperial organization, the most carefully elaborated that has ever been presented, and based upon a very wide collection of opinions, insists upon the necessity of an imperial parliament. The control of the executive by the legislature through a cabinet of responsible ministers is so successful in practice and so thoroughly democratic, allowing the quickest action of public opinion upon the central government of any political machinery yet devised, that it may well seem that no British government can exist without it.

The article focuses on the international leadership issue of the U.S. over other nations in the world. It mentions that the said country has took the seat of leadership after the termination of the British Empire in the West. However, it denotes the issues engulfing the nation's leadership, which caused series of debates and different opinions. Moreover, the condition of the global opinion is also cited.

The article focuses on the political conditions in Great Britain as of July 11, 1934. The formation of the national government in Great Britain has led to the political stagnation. The leading members of the Cabinet are getting anxious about the future. They know there is nothing worse for a government than the mistake of overstaying its welcome, and they realize that the general election may come within twelve months. None of the by-elections so far has given a clear indication of public opinion. A review of the by-election results would not lead a supporter to the National Government to fear a coming victory for Labor Party. Any government starting with a huge parliamentary majority expects to lose seats.

Reports on the question of foreign policy and aid from the administration to France and England by the United States. Information on the survey conducted by the Institute of Public Opinion on this question; Report that the public has endorsed the Neutrality Act, and favored amendments which would give the President less discretion in applying it only against aggressors; Public opinion on the question of the United States' involvement in the European war; View that the upper income group was in favor of American aid to England and France, as compared to the lower income group; View that the argument of those who favor collective security is that readiness to form a common front against the Fascist dictators will avoid the outbreak of war; Need for a more positive foreign policy, which will express the United States better and will leave it less at the mercy of others; Provisions of the Neutrality Act; View that if the public opinion is in favor of these provisions, let the President negotiate and the Senate confirm a definite understanding with Great Britain and France.

Geographically, economically and psychologically Great Britain lends itself far less easily than France to any kind of "neutralism." For better or worse, England is destined to be an outpost of "English-speaking" defense. But the very fact that it is American's "unsinkable aircraft carrier" and therefore the most obvious target for either Soviet Union attack or Soviet Union retaliation has made public opinion here extremely distrustful of the more hotheaded elements in the U.S. The sense of disquiet, though less intense now, is nevertheless ever present and is likely to continue as long as any kind of war goes on in the Far East.

Presents several letters to the editor. Effects of civil war on China; Expression of public opinion in Russia; Review of a book on labor conditions in Great Britain.

This article describes the reaction of the public in Great Britain after the invasion of Western Europe by allied forces in World War II. in Britain no one can forget the impact of the news of invasion ever. People seemed to walk about the street with a new spring in their steps. There was a light in their eyes that had not shone for almost four years. In Frenchmen, Polish, Czechs, Russians, Norwegians, Belgians, even the stolid Dutch-in all of them one could see a new radiance.

Focuses on the criticism of the work of the American delegation at the London Conference in England who failed to reduce naval armament of several countries. Statement of a journalist that Washington should not discourage all discussion of the war aims of the Allies and the United States; Need for the maintenance of parity in the naval strength of all the nations; Statement that the reduction in the naval armament depends on tenor and power of public opinion in the United States on specific issues before the conference; Requirement for the reduction of battleships; Attitudes of the U.S., Japan and Great Britain on the abolition of capital ships; Willingness of France to reduce her cruise building program to maintain parity with Great Britain and the U.S.; Role of public opinion to check the natural tendency of national armaments to keep on growing without limit.

Presents information on articles published in various journals. Tribute paid by Field Marshal Viscount Alexander to the part that the old school tie played in Britain's victory from the New York Times; Public opinion presented at a rally in support of the Patman housing-stabilization bill from Detroit News; Request of U.S. President Harry S. Truman for the conservation of vital foods rather than its elimination during world emergency.

The article discusses the political recovery of Great Britain's Laborite Prime Minister Harold Wilson. After a huge victory of the Labor Party in 1966, the Laborites suffered an almost unrelieved series of setbacks. They lost one by-election after another to the Conservatives, and Labor's rating in the public opinion polls plummeted to a historic low. However, two of Britain's major public opinion polls now show the Laborites as having edged slightly ahead of the Conservatives.

Focuses on international relations of Rhodesia with Great Britain. Proof of the human sorrow which accompanies the liquidation of empires; Suggestion that Rhodesia's declaration of independence has been a shock; Request to send British troops into Rhodesia to protect the Kariba Dam; Observation that virtual unanimity does not represent British public opinion; View that economic sanctions have never had much effect on any country except to toughen its resolution and increase its self-reliance.

Presents information on several socio-political developments that have taken place in the United States and around the world. Re-election of I.W. Abel as Steelworkers president; Decision to stage mobilization against the military in Washington in March and a national student strike in May; Resignation of Warren Hinckle III, the editor-publisher of the periodical "Ramparts"; Results of British Opinion Research poll regarding the popularity of political parties.