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This article offers world news briefs. The U.S., Great Britain, and France conferred about a response to Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev's block of access to Berlin, Germany. U.S. Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Paul R. Butler recommended Los Angeles, California as the site of the 1960 Democratic Convention. Additionally, U.S. relations with Communist China are discussed.

This article discusses the destruction of Hitlerism, its meaning, and what is to follow. Rumors surrounding cooperation between the governments of Great Britain and France to end the war and render it impossible for Germany to fight are discussed. Additionally, important changes have taken place in Italy's foreign policy.

Discusses that the French are opposed to the outlawing of the submarine. Argument of France that the submarine, if used under a humane code of naval warfare, is just as legitimate a weapon as the capital ship; Reason of Englishmen to denounce the French plans of submarine development; differences between the two nations in respect to the collection of the indemnity; Fear of the British about French submarines and military power; Argument that the political party now in power in France is likely to draw African forces for her defense; View that French submarine policy is aimed against England.

Presents the author's views on England's defenses and her international outlook in the face of World War II. Discussion that along the entire eastern coast of Great Britain the navy is laying down a permanent and continuous mine field; Comment on the foreign and diplomatic relation between Great Britain and France; Argument pertaining to the Fabian strategies of Great Britain, which, according to the author, turn the war into a trial of endurance; War threat by leader of Communist Party in Soviet Union Joseph Stalin to Rumania and Turkey.

The article comments on the decision of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower to call Great Britain, France and the U.S. together in Bermuda. The meeting is considered necessary to halt the drift and division that threaten the free nations. To Bermuda, Sir Winston Churchill will bring a firm basis for Western policy toward Russia and China, a grasp of the use and limits of diplomacy and the will and authority to govern the country that elected him as its leader. The trouble is, as Churchill well knows, that neither Eisenhower nor the spokesman for France (whoever he may be) meet these tests.

Assesses the possible impact of the British entry into the European Common Market on the European Community. Importance of mutual trust and friendship among member countries for the community to improve; Efforts of Great Britain to be admitted to the Common Market; Fears of France concerning the British entry; Benefit of the British entry for the U.S.

Discusses the submarine policy of France, which is opposed by Great Britain. Fight of the British government to abolish submarines; Argument against the French classification of the submarine; Threat to the British security due to the demand for a large submarine tonnage by France; Analysis that if Great Britain were involved in a war with France, she would have the right under her recent practice to seal the whole of the Continent against imports to France and to supervise the commerce of any neutral which traded with France; View that the French demand for submarines is the appropriate military retort to the British right entirely to destroy the over-sea trade of a European enemy; Argument that the Washington Conference will not be able to reach an agreement about the limitation or abolition of submarines.

Focuses on the signature of the alliance between Turkey on the one hand and Great Britain and France on the other. Information that the treaty is a victory for Great Britain and France; The Soviet government has issued a defiant statement to prove it has lost nothing, which makes one suspicious that it believes it has; Discussion of the main text of the treaty that reveals the cause for these attitudes; Statement that Turkey agrees to help France and Great Britain in any hostilities in the Mediterranean area caused by an act of aggression by any European power; Report that Turkey also agrees to consult, and at the least to maintain benevolent neutrality, in the case of any other aggression against France or Great Britain by a European power; Statement that Turkey will consult, too, in the case of aggression against any other European nation guaranteed by France or Great Britain, or against any nation not guaranteed, if any of the contracting parties believes such aggression a menace to itself; Effect of the treaty on Germany; Obligation under taken by Turkey in virtue of the treaty cannot compel that country to take action having as its effect or involving as its consequence entry into armed conflict with the Soviet Union.

The article focuses on the dispute between West Germany and the governments of great Britain and France over financial supports. It states that West German Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss refused to pay its bill in 1958 for Great Britain, insisting that the money is needed for establishing their own defense forces. It says that Strauss also warned that France will also get no money from them, despite the intervention of North Atlantic Organization (NATO) Secretary General Paul-Henri Spaak.

Focuses on several political developments related to Spain. Action taken by Spanish Prime Minister Senor Negrin to improve Spain's foreign relations with Great Britain and France; Steps taken by him to safeguard his government's position in the country; Information that the International Brigade played a vital part in the defense of Madrid, Spain; Result of the departure of the International Brigade from Spain.

The editorial focuses on the strengthening of the military alliance between Great Britain and France against the threat posed by Nazi Germany and its Axis allies in Europe. Doubts on the commitment of Great Britain in case of a German aggression towards Czechoslovakia or France; Claim of the author that the policy of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain successfully isolated Germany; Assistance that Adolf Hitler can offer to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini to preserve the Rome-Berlin axis; Negative outlook by the author on the status of the balance of power in Europe due to existing conflict of interest among nations.