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Introduces the book "Public Opinion," by Walter Lippman which describes political history and relations among the governments of England, France and Germany. History of war and peace; Popularity of military figures and officers; Symbols of public opinion; Author's opinion on politics, society and culture.

The article presents political updates of the world, as of October 20, 1881. England and France are now both desirous to work harmoniously in Egypt, but a new administration in either country may have other desires. England might be tempted to secure for herself a better position in Egypt; France might be obliged to lean more on Egyptian interests and to return to her old policy. In another update, a curious fatality seems to follow the Greeks in all their attempts to assume the position in the political world to which their intelligence and capacity for progress really entitle them.

Focuses on a conference attended by American delegates, held in London, England with an objective to persuade France to reduce her naval program under consultation pact. Argument that the success of the conference depends the U.S. to assuring her military aid against a future enemy; Reluctance of Great Britain to promise military security to France due to the uncertainty about the attitude of the U.S.; Political significance of the consultation pact; View that the decision of the American delegates to consider a consultation pact with an open mind removes one British objection to strengthening the League machinery of sanctions.

The article reports that the English and the French have reached an agreement according to which France will apparently withdraw its support from Italy. In return, the British will abstain from further independent negotiations with Adolph Hitler, the chancellor of Germany. It is reported that a German-Polish-Hungarian alliance is in prospect.

The article reviews the essay "That Sweet Enemy: The French and the British From the Sun King to the Present," by Robert Tombs and Isabelle Tombs.

Comments on the benefit of the war on the relations of France and England. Capability of mutual attachment because of centuries of negotiation, intercourse, commerce, rivalry and warfare; Establishment of a condition under which France and England could live together as good neighbors; Result of the conquest of England by an army of Norman-French marauders.

This article presents the author's views on the issue of hatred against Americans. They are sporadic and local, and not yet serious probably provoked in many cases by over-stimulated and bad-mannered Americans. But no observer can truthfully report that the situation, either in England or France, is satisfactory for those Americans who ardently desire that their country shall riot only live in amity with the leading European nations but shall have their good-will and regard as well. In England there is an increased dislike of the Americans particularly among the privileged Tory classes, but also among many plain people who come in contact with the rowdy American tourists who appear whenever one of the great liners discharges its cargo at Southampton or Plymouth.

This period of the U.S. history would be a bad time for it to get into another war, for they have not a friend among the nations of the earth. In England, the U.S.'s assertion that they won the war have rankled deep, and the rivalry in trade and in fleets, both naval and merchant, is doing much harm. Ireland is, of course a most serious menace to the friendship of the two countries. On the Continent there is feeling that they have profited enormously by the war and have borne few of its pains. In France the vexation is not concealed, there the feeling is that they have not stood by their ally as they should have done.

Evaluates an exhibition at the Museum of London until February 2000 entitled `London Eats Out,' on the long-standing debate over beef between France and Great Britain.

Comments on the instruction of King George III of England to the boys at Eton in Windsor to hate the French. Sources of resentment to the British; Number of journeys from England to France every year.

Argues about the British dispute with France. Views on Englishness; Comparison between the British and the Europeans; Greatest asset of England.

When a personal bodyguard to visiting French President Francois Mitterrand last week admitted planting explosives on the grounds of the French ambassador's residence in London as a test of British security, the incident became a test of international relations. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher described the incident as `most regrettable' but refused to allow the furor to mar an otherwise successful state visit.

Reports on the talks between French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur and British Prime Minister John Major in London, England. Conflict in the former Yugoslavia; European construction; General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade negotiations.

Focuses on Anglo-French relations. Observation that a pseudo-Palmerstonian British gunboat vainly attempted to stop a French oil tanker from reaching Beira by pardon the melodrama, firing a shot across her bows; Argument of Frangois Mitterand, the Left's able candidate to succeed French President Charles de Gaulle, that in New York de Gaulle's zanier outbursts drew attention to a genuine problem.

Discusses the significance of French General Charles de Gaulle against the Anglo-Saxon powers. View that de Gaulle must make impossible any political and military integration of Europe that would deprive the French stale of its absolute autonomy and its separate nuclear force; Wishes of de Gaulle regarding England; Perception of de Gaulle as a man obsessed with the necessity of transcending the East-West quarrel, by developing a third force, dominated by himself; Predictions made by the journalist Jacques Soustelle regarding the actions of France and de Gaulle.