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... The Silence of King Zog An Inexplicable Aspect of Italy's Annexation of Albania NOTHING has been more surprising in the story of the sudden seizure of Albania by Italy than the silence of King Zog. From the moment the Italian warships arrived off the coast of his little country, King Zog seems to have faded away, as if he had never held power at all. There is a report that he sent out a ...
... Spain, Northern Africa, and the Axis Germany and Italy Realise What General Franco's Support Would Mean in Mediterranean Affairs in the Event of a European Conflict By Ferdinand Tuohy ALL was very quiet when I left the Straits of Gibraltar. On the best of local authority, the Spaniards were up to nothing in particular round and about. I never saw fewer vessels in harbour, or in the Bay of ...
... Parachute Nurses of France: Run by Private Enterprise IN France there is at the present time no government organisation for the requisition of the services of women in time of war. There are, however, many private concerns actively employed in training and enrolling women for national defence in many branches. One of the most unusual and interesting these is the corps of women parachute Refi ...
... All Eyes Are on Balkan Where the Axis Is Maying Its Supreme Bid for Power and Danger To World Peace Ever Threatens THERE will be trouble in the Balkans in the spring has been for many years almost a proverb. And this year there has certainly been trouble. There is much more trouble to come. On Good Friday, as all the world knows, an overwhelming Italian expeditionary force was suddenly ...
... Napoleon's Stables, St. Maximin From the Water=CoIour Drawing by W. Russell Flint, R.A. Recently exhibited at the Royal Water Colour Society, Conduit Street, VV. This picture by Mr. Russell Flint conjures up an early episode in the me ot Napoleon. It appears that Joseph, elder brother of Napoleon ponaparte, married Julie, elder daughter of M. Clary, the well-to-do innkeeper at St. Maximin, in ...
... People Who Entertain Us THE WHIMPLE WAY Actress Valerie Hobson, just back from her honeymoon, wore this striking headgear when she went out on the Great West Road to watch the start of the R.A.C. Rally. On the first lap entrants covered the 168 miles to Llandrindod thHPISnI SALL,Y GRAY, star of The Lambeth Walk, Me ,iJ!5 the successful musical show The P,cture had its woHd ere at the Empire, ...
... ACADEMY ARTISTS DEPICT CONSTABLE'S COUNTRY Two Outstanding Landscapes in the Newly^opened Summer Exhibition at Burlington House The Beauties of Suffolk THE RIVER STOUR A notable contribution to the 1939 Royal Academy is this painting of the Stour, near Sudbury, by Algernon Newton, A.R.A. Mr, Newton is one of our foremost landscapists and is particularly skilled in portraying cloud and ...
... AN OPERATIC FEAST FOR MUSIC-LOVING LONDON Fifteen Productions in Covent Garden's 1939 Programme By NOEL THOMPSON LET us not blind ourselves to the fact that opera in this country does not pay its way. We less fortunate beings owe a great deal to music-lovers who are able and willing to cover possible deficits. Nevertheless, thanks to the almost truculent enthusiasm of Sir Thomas Beecham, last ...
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... Silence for thi p --pp. The German Chancellor Speaks to H I H IX r Ix a Hushecl Germany and Replies Ly I I IX I-- I jQ R00sevelt Peace Appeal HERR HITLER ADDRESSES HIS AITHFUL REICHSTAG The Fuhrer making i expres- sive gesture during his speech o April 28 when, in reply to President Roose\ t's peace appeal, he denounced the ten-ye pact of non-aggression with Poland, signed January, 1934, and ...
... The Weather in the News.. Photographed by Douglas Went a few days ago THE RAIN IT RAINETH EVERY DAY: Sunshine amid e heavily- laden storm clouds. A typical scene in the Esse lowlands during these past ten days of uncertain weather. i London last week end rain was almost continuous from Saturd; afternoon up to a late hour on Sunday night, and by 6 p.m. 1 on Sunday *55 ins. had actually fallen ...
... CONSCRIPTION COMES AT LAST And Territorial Army Recruiting Goes Ahead by Leaps and Bounds IT HAD TO HAPPEN Four young Londoners read the news that Britain has at last introduced conscription and that the Government has decided to call up for compulsory military service all men of twenty years of age, thus increasing Britain's army by 200,000. The conscripts will be given six months' intensive ...