THE MAY,. MAGAZINES
LORD LOTIIIAN-in the Nineteenth-Century writes on "England and Germany." It is still possible, he thinks, to arrive at an understanding and avert the division of Europe into alliances of the old and fatal type if Germany can respect nationality as we do and "build up a free associa- tion of nations in Central Europe" similar to the British Empire and the Pan-American Union. Mr. L. G. _ Wickham Legg contributes a learned and somewhat controversial "-History of the Coronation Service," and Mr. H. V. Pennington describes "Coronation Medals" from the time of James I onwards.
In the Fortnightly Mr. Wickham Steed deals-with " Stresles in Central Europe" in a somewhat hopeful spirit ; Germany • and Italy, he thinks, hesitate to produce a new crisis, and " the knowledge that
British rearmament will support a determined policy of peace" might stabilise- the situation. Lord Sempill,
under the title of "-Atlantic Airway,"
warns us not to expect "all-the-year- round passenger services in. the next year or two by North Atlantic flying - boats," though there may be mail services by way of experiment.
Mr. Wedgwood Benn, in the Con- temporary, deals with "The Indian Problem." He is inclined to blame the Government for making the instructions to - Provincial Governors =amendable save by Parliament, and thus too rigid, but he admits that he does not under- stand Mr. Gandhi's latest proposal for a compromise with the Congress party.
In the National Review Mr. L. S. Amery deals with "The Future of Imperial Preference." It does not mean, he says, that "we should set up a Chinese Wall round the Empire and think that we can do without foreign trade." But he is prepared to impose "really effective duties against foreign wheat, so as to help the Dominion wheat-growers. He regards tariff pre- ference as a first step towards "co- operative economic development in the Empire," including that "active policy" of Empire migration which the Domin- ions are unable to adopt.
Blacktvood's has the usual varied batch of travel articles and stories. Treasure hunting in Nova Scotia, amateur flying in New Zealand, a nautical adventure off a little harbour in Burma by "Shalimar," and an account of Rollo Gillespie who served in the British expedition to Java , in au, are among the notable items in a
good number. • • -
The Cornhill has had the good fortune to find and print an account of the Coronation of Queen Victoria, which was written at the time by a young lady from the country, Miss Beaty-Pownall. She and her friend had two seats in the north transept gallery of the Abbey, and she describes what she saw with intelligence and humour. After the ceremony she went on the leads to see the pro-
cession. .
Chambers's Journal devotes much of its space to fiction. Mr. Reginald Hargreaves's account of the evolution of the British naval uniform, "Navy Blue," and Mr. G. R. Yarham's paper on bathing through the ages, "The Order of the Bath," are among the miscellaneous items in a nadablc issue.
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