the reform of the Supreme Court falls into the category of those projects regarding which almost infinitely much can be said on either side. To the proposals for expediting...

mass of procedure through which only three or four Powers, notably Great Britain and France, are seriously anxious to cut a way. When Italy and Germany accepted the principle of...

T HE chan ge in the military situation in Spain in the past wee k has been swift and important. Most spectacular is the fall of Malaga, of which the insurgent forces gained...

of roads issued by the Minister of Transport on Tuesday calls for nothing but praise. Mr. Hore-Belisha shows himself fully conscious of the fact that the main factor in...

which was published last week, contained no surprises ; but, welcome though it is, it will disappoint those who had hoped for more recognition of the close connexion between...

been pursuing their course, and are passing almost unnoticed here, important though they manifestly are. The Congress Party is in most provinces reaping the benefit of...

learning very largely depends on the response to the appeal made by the University this week for financial assistance in undertaking certain new projects which can no longer be...

on Tuesday for the renewal of Germany's " standstill " agreement with her foreign creditors throw an interesting light on Germany's financial methods. Germany's short-term...

Bills was admirably shown on Friday when Mr. Petherick's Summary Procedure Bill was read for a second time. Based on certain recommenda- tions of the Departmental Committee on...

has the capacity to speak without notes, a gift which is exceedingly rare on the Front Bench, where the presence of the despatch box provides a constant temptation to Ministers...

be congratulated on the emergence of his Marriage Bill (more commonly known as his Divorce Bill) from the Committee stage, not indeed unscathed, if the revised version is...

at Ministers. On Tuesday Mr. Maxton was suspicious that " casual savings " achieved by the Office of Works should reach so large a total as £5,5oo and Mr. Kelly felt alarm at an...

absenteeism at Westminster. Their criticisms have certainly been justified in the last three weeks. Many Government supporters seem only to be interested in la haute politique...

Whenever by an unfortunate concurrence of circumstances an Opposi- tion is compelled to support the Government," said Lord Randolph Churchill, " the support should be given with...

perhaps all Europe, may depend on the relations between the German-speaking population of Czechoslovakia and the Government of that country, considerable importance attaches to...

conscious of certain changes in typography in this week's issue. The antique lettering of the title, both on the cover and on the first page of matter, has been changed, as in...

Parliament for Oxford University is arousing more than ordinary interest. - For that there are several - reasons. It is a full seven months since Lord Hugh Cecil accepted a...

TT is to be hoped that Parliament will be fully I conscious of its responsibilities in the debate which has been arranged on the Report of the Commission of Enquiry into the...

W HY, I wonder, (1) do the more extreme left-wing pacifists constitute themselves ipso facto scientific authorities on the value or valuelessness of the Government's anti-air...

BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT F OR every citizen of London and other great cities of this country the next European War, if there be one, in which Great Britain is engaged will...

By THOMAS MANN [A second article by Herr Mann will be published next week.] I T is only honest to say that the author of this article is in his sixty-first year. The old are so...

By J. T. CHRISTIE (Headmaster of Repton) I N the hearts of many who " profess and call themselves I Christians " the Archbishop's Recall to Religion at the end of the Old Year...

By G. V. JACKS T HE catastrophic floods in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys were an act not of God, but of man. They were the direct result of soil erosion, caused by ruthless...

By Dr. J. H. SHACKLETON BAILEY (Headmaster of Lancaster Grammar School) I the eyes of schoolmasters the Burnham Scale had the 1 supreme merit of assuring to every teacher in...

By CARL A. MARZANI T HE rendezvous was at Perpignan. Perpignan of Langue- doc : the name has a Cyranoesque fragrance of musty chivalry and quixotic pride, an aroma of worn...

The Brighton Palace is as dull as usual. In the morning the King rides out with General Thornton or the Countess of Mayo ; and a few military officers occasionally dine with him...

By E. E. KELLETT I N reading the reports of Herr Hitler's recent broadcast I was struck by one feature of it. It may be that the translators had been merciful to our British...

Commonwealth and Foreign By WILLIAM HENRY CHAMBERLIN [The important manoeuvres which took place off Singapore last week proved definitely in the opinion of the umpires that the...

THE THEATRE " Uncle Vanya." By Anton Chekhov. At the Westminster IF one has not known Russia before the revolution, perhaps one has to have lived in Ireland to be able fully...

" The Plainsman." At the Plaza " The Great Barrier." At the Gaumont MR. CECIL B. DE MILLE : there has always been a touch of genius as well as absurdity in this warm-hearted...

concert of seventeenth- and eighteenth-cen- tury music was given the other day by Miss Alice Ehlers and some other musicians. It was a very pleasant concert, with some good...

The Reynolds Exhibition . Or all serious artists Reynolds is perhaps the most remote from being a live wire. Moreover, though he has all the com- pensating qualities of...

A Winter Fungus The winter has been notable for many fungi, and there was nothing brighter in the rain-blackened January hedgerows than a small fiery scarlet little species...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR, —Your correspondent's enquiry in your issue of the 5th instant raises the most difficult question of the relations of British and Dominion...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR [Correspondents are requested to keep their letters as brief as is reasonably possible. The most suitable length is that of one of our " News of the Week"...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sia,—I find myself so much in agreement with the interesting article you publish on Czechoslovakia that perhaps I may be permitted to take...

a wide and well-intentioned con- spiracy to believe that Spain, in your own words, " is not at present seriously accentuating the international tension." May I suggest that this...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—First let me heartily agree with Mr. Beesly that it does seem rather " wicked " not to be able to sell milk to very poor people at less...

Sut,—In reply to Mr. W; E. J. Lindfield's letter on Rationalism and Reason, I should say that " human ideals," which happily for humanity are not static but progressive, have...

SIR,—Your Parliamentary Correspondent has this week somewhat surprised me by his remarks about the Labour resolution in favour of Free Meals for all children. He said " the...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sta,—Referring to the letter of Mr. A. R. Cripps, Worthing, in last week's Spectator on the subject of " Did England starve Germany," may I, a...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—While perusing a copy of The Spectator in my dentist's office recently (it was dated October 23rd, 1936, which is considered very recent...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sm,—Dr. Joad holds up to ridicule, among many others, an examination question for which I am in part responsible. I am prepared to defend it. "...

Sm,—Mr. Lawson's letter is based on insufficient information. Perhaps I misled him by saying that Ossietiky was " still a captive." What I said was true but it - is "also true...

gives the impression that I am contemptuous of Lassus and his contemporaries. As a matter of fact their music is described as " in its way supreme."' 'Nowhere is Monteverdi...

consider it deplorable that a periodical of the standing of The Spectator should say that " Italy appears to be still sending men to Spain and Germany material," and yet ignore...

THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Of all those who suffer unnecessary poverty through the benighted monetary system our statesmen decline to reform, none are more to be pitied than the...

[D'un correspondent parisien] WILLIAM BLAKE et J. M. W. Turner—c'est un debut prometteur. It s'agit d'une exposition a la Bibliotheque nationale, premiere manifestation a Paris...

SIR,—I am co-operating with Lady Clarke Hall in the production of a Memoir of the late Sir William Clarke Hall, well known for his work as a London magistrate and pioneer of...

BOOKS OF THE DAY By H. V. HODSON M. ANDRE SIEGFRIED brings to the task of writing about Canada no greater technical qualifications than a score of men might possess : wide...

A Portrait of Thomas More : Scholar, Statesman, Saint. By Algernon Cecil. (Eyre and Spottiswoode. As.) IT should be impossible for any man, however long he may have been...

Tins book is aptly described by its sub-title as "a study in human relations, based on an analysis of present-day industrial civilisation." It has the merit, which is all too...

Book of the Hitler Terror." (Gollancz. 5s.) . • - Spain in • ReVolt. By Hairy Gannes -and Thttodore • (Gollancz. 5S.) THE unsatisfactory nature of most works about the present...

Baskerville. (Cape. t5s.) THE FALL OF THE MONASTERIES English Monks and the Suppression of the Monasteries. By Geoffrey Baskerville. (Cape. t5s.) AT last Mr. Baskerville has...

A Case of Conscience and Other Tales. By Martin Armstrong. (Gollancz. 7s• 6d.) Mr. White, the hed Barn, Hell and Bridewater. By Booth Tarkington. (Heinemann. 6s.) . . . AND...

By WILLIAM PLOMER Plague in Bombay. By Nora Stevenson. (Cape. 75. 6d.) Green Margins. By E. P. O'Donnell. - (Eyre and Spottiswoode. 75. 6d.) Burmese Silver. By Edward Thompson....

CURRENT LITERATURE By Nicholas Mansergh The purpose of Dr. Mansergh's book (Allen and Unwin, I2S. 6d.) is to examine the method of government established in Northern Ireland...

in his autobio- graphy (Cape, I2S. 6d.) are the world before the Great War, the world of the War and its sequels, and the world in which we are now living and which we are...

Ireland reside some of the most primitive communities in Western Europe. In the course of some years Mr. Mason has visited most of them, and in this book (Batsford, los. 6d.) he...

The number of this annual for 1936- X937 (Cosmopolitan Press, 2ts.) contains over i,000 reproductions of photographs, divided into twenty-three sections according to their...

On the occasions when the kings of Hollywood and Wardour Street emerge from their fortresses to make a public pronouncement, as often as not it is to speak of the crowds of...

PERHAPS the most impressive feature of the current trade re- covery is its tendency to broaden out, embracing one industry after another. First, the capital constructional...

Motoring THE main impression left on me by my trial of the latest " los " Talbot and .the 2-litre Triumph is one of travelling comfort of the kind you must have on...

FINANCE IN the adjoining column of Financial Notes will be found a reference to the recent profit statement by the Southern Railway, and before this article appears in print...

GOVERNMENT STOCKS WEAK. AFTER a fairly substantial rally British GovernmeAt -stocks have again fallen away rather sharply, but though the contributing causes may be many, I...

from the U.S.A. cannot be accepted.] week's crossword puzzle to be opened. Envelopes should be marked " Crossword Puzzle," and should be received not later than first post on...

The winner of Crossword No. 228 is Miss A. E. Lloyd, Anoush, Everton, Lymington, Hampshire.