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It was inevitable that the Second World War should reopen the issue of Anglo-Egyptian relations. It is difficult, however, to see why Great Britain should now feel any concern about the canal obviously air power makes it virtually useless for shipping if the enemy can attack in serious strength. The problem of the Sudan is far more complex. There is a theoretical Egyptian sovereignty. There is no satisfactory evidence either way of what the inhibitors of the Sudan would themselves prefer.

This article presents information on foreign relations, between the U.S. and the Philippines. The comparative cost and profit of holding them as a colony, can be got at by an estimate of the expenses of a military occupation. Every soldier receives about $200 a year in pay. His subsistence cannot be provided for less than 300; consequently, every soldier sent out to police the Philippines will cost at least $500 a year, and every thousand men will cost $500,000. Exports for the year ending June 30, 1897, $94,597, imports into the United States, $4,383,740. There would be a large annual expense for a naval establishment.

The article presents information about various political developments taking place around the world. The fortress of Lithuania, was part of the system of the Polish defenses, but it lies across the River Bug in Russian, as distinguished from Polish, territory. Except for isolated positions on the Niemen and west of the river, like Grodno, all of the nine provinces of Poland are in the hands of the enemy. In addition, the greater part of the Polish provinces of Courland and Kovno have been overrun, and the Austro-German armies are now pressing forward into the Polish provinces of Volhynia and Grodno. Secretary William L. Garrison's rebuke of General Leonard Wood for inviting and allowing politician Franklin D. Roosevelt. Roosevelt's violent harangue at the Plattsburgh, New York, camp naturally pains the Colonel.

A few minutes after Congress declared war against Germany and Italy, WRUL in Boston, WGY in Schenectady, and BBC in London flashed the word to the occupied countries by short-wave radio. These powerful illegal radios rebroadcast the news to hundreds of mobile stations throughout the Continent. Special editions of newspapers, pamphlets, news sheets, letters, and slogans soon flooded the countryside. From the underground press the Allies obtain strategic information, military and civilian, that could not be obtained in any other way. As the war lengthens, as suffering increases, nationalistic differences are breaking down more and more into the realization that democracy, mutual aid, and cooperation are essentials for any future peaceful Europe. This is the basic principle of Europe's underground press.

This article presents tactics of German dictator Adolf Hitler, in the World War II. Hitler's next step after he has achieved his objectives on the Russian front will most probably be a peace offensive of a definitely new and very dangerous type. It will not be just another "peace offer" of the kind made to England after the Polish campaign and after Dunkirk, but a long and sustained peace maneuver. Its primary aim will be to induce a negotiated peace, because that is Hitler's best short-cut to world dominion. Maintenance of a peculiar--state of armed truce, not unlike the "phony war" which prevailed between September, 1939, and May, 1940, is the preferred Nazi method for breaking the will to war of the democracies.

Comments on several political and socio-economic issues from around the world. Consequences of the U.S. Supreme Court decision invalidating the gold clause in private contracts; Assessment of the reply made by the German government to the proposal of the Franco-British London Conference; Reaction to the proposal made by U.S. Senator William E. Borah, calling for U.S. intervention on the quarrel between the Mexican government and the Catholic Church; Evaluation of the creation of a neutral zone between the Italian and Abyssinian forces in Africa.

The article presents an overview of several literary publications. "Initials and Pseudonyms," is a good example of devotion to one subject is given by Mr. William Cushing. Henry Bradley has made a useful addition to the series of which his volume, "The Story of the Goths," forms a part. The great desideratum for the study of the politics and history of the U.S. is a brief, lucid, systematic account of the form of the Government. The introduction of Handbook of Republican Institutions in the United States of America, based upon Federal and State laws, and other reliable sources of information by Dugald J. Bannatyne, contains a rambling account of the social condition of the United States, and the confusion of the narrative may be seen from the subjects touched upon in three consecutive pages.

Examines the role of agriculture in the industrial revival of the United States. Farmers' argument that business cannot revive until the farmer's condition is improved and his purchasing power increased; Case for the independence of agricultural prices and manufacturing prosperity; Finding that agricultural products led the fall in prices; Prospect for a curtailed output of manufactured goods in Europe; Cooperative nature of the economic order.

At the present moment, the whole world is interested in the establishment of a League of Nations. Although there is nothing novel in this perennial topic of discussion, illustrious support for the project has now been obtained. In the midst of the tragic events of the war, many philosophers and philanthropists are looking forward to the realization of this League of Nations, as in the nature of an atonement for the degradation of carnage into which we have been plunged. It is interesting to compare their hopes and prophecies with an important proposal made by a philosopher of Massachusetts in the year 1840.

The article reports that government of Great Britain has relaxed its tight monetary policy in a bid to allow economic expansion. Under the new policy the government cut the bank rate to five percent which were earlier seven. The Conservative government is making both political and economic expansion in a bid to benefit the country's industry. The Conservative party is facing an election in the year 1959 so it is trying to appease the country's businessmen.

The article focuses on the Frobisher Bay in Gander, Newfoundland. The place was designated as a refueling stop with the opening of a new West Coast to Europe route through the polar region. The airport for the mean time has only a hangar, no waiting room, no running water or toilets within a quarter-mile. Initial commercial airline customers of the airfield will be Pan American World Airways and Trans World Airlines. Efforts are being made by the Canadian government to convert the place into a usable, commercial airport.

The article discusses the obstacles to linking West Germany with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the keystone of U.S.-European policy. It reveals that efforts to enlist West Germany with NATO has been slowed down because of Russia's German tactics, combined with the political and economic climate of the Federal Republic itself. The article examines the political and economic conditions in West Germany, and its relations with other countries, as of May 1952.

This article presents information regarding domestic policies and foreign relations of the U.S. Washington observers consider the resumption of nuclear testing almost a certainty. The record shows that no proposed step in the direction of total nuclear war has ever failed of adoption and, with the exception of the test ban, no step back from the brink has ever been made. Germany has become the chief battleground of the East-West war of nerves. It is being conducted with a heavy hand on both sides. Witness the spectacle of Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev, who resembles a soldier about as much as he resembles an acrobat, arraying himself in a lieutenant, general's uniform to warn the West not to push him too far.

The article focuses on the "private citizen" device which is a convenience for both Russians and American officialdom. Anastas Mikoyan, a Russian citizen has been granted the U.S. visa to visit his old friend Mikhail Menshikov. Mikoyan can talk to anyone he wants to see without the exchange becoming a "conversation," if anything useful comes from his visit, it can be officially acknowledged, but if his time proves wasted, he was officially never here. This new fashion of international exchange of views is an American discovery, that it will substitute communication for protocol and that Citizen Mikoyan will enjoy at least a cordial and instructive afternoon at the White House.