of the institution of a naval patrol off the Spanish coasts have been dis- posed of by the Non-Intervention Committee (all but one— the question of how Germany shall pay her...

Lio5,000,000, by which the Treasury's financial needs will be covered, is a successful attempt to meet the attacks of the Right and a critical financial emergency. M. Blum's...

The speech on Japan's foreign policy delivered by Mr. Sato, the new Foreign Minister, before the House of Peers on Monday is reassuring. So is the fact that it was made by Mr....

nationalism the Oslo Powers—Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Luxembourg, Finland, Holland and Belgium—whose conference at the Hague ended on Saturday, seem to form a small but...

industry generally and the question of the limitation of the expansion of London in particular, the Government promises a Royal Commission; but Royal Commissions too regularly...

South Wales, carried out by Professor Marquand and a staff of assistants at University College, Cardiff, is a remarkably comprehensive and practical piece of work. The Survey is...

a year, a statement was made of the gold reserves and holdings of foreign curren- cies by the Bank of Italy, no doubt in the desire to re-establish Italy's credit abroad. It is...

on one vital point in his announcement of the appointment of a Tribunal to determine the value of the mining royalties which the Government proposes to acquire. The Tribunal,...

of the new League of Nations Committee on access to raw materials is to demon- strate the complexity of the subject. Sir Frederick Leith- Ross, for Great Britain, and Sir Henry...

of a Special Minister for the distressed areas. Nobody questions the zeal and energy of the Commissioners. But there is a widespread feeling that to entrust administrative tasks...

Ernest Brown's appearance at the despatch box on Tuesday. Labour back-benchers were clearly resolved to stage a demonstration. For a time it almost seemed as if the sitting...

excels on occasions of this kind, failed to allay the discontent of many of his own followers. He drew a dis- tinction between Bills founded on a Money Resolution and Bills...

against the detail with which Money Resolutions are drawn. Once such a resolution is passed no amendment which is inconsistent with its terms may be moved to the Bill which...

country is not comparable with the rabbit scourge in Australia, but it is serious enough none the less. The Report on " Damage by Rabbits " published by the Select Committee of...

but himself to thank for the construction that was put on the words he was reported as having used at the annual dinner of the Institution of Chartered Surveyors on March 2nd....

is frequently observed in the House of Commons that the best debates are those which are confined within a fairly narrow compass. This has certainly been true during the present...

T HE Labour Party is making no visible political progress, so far at any rate as representation in the House of Commons is concerned. In the election of 1932 it secured 191...

A CCORDING to the Lavoro Fascista last week, " the birth-rate problem is a cause of justified dissatisfaction to Signor Mussolini, and the Duce's dissatisfaction is like a sharp...

T HE professional rumourists who are now hard at work on the Prime Minister and Mr. Ramsay MacDonald leave it to be inferred that there is a definite obstacle to the elevation...

By G. L. STEER I Addis Ababa there are 25,000 soldiers of Italy, Savoy 1 Grenadiers, Blackshirts and Eritrean Askaris. There are many aeroplanes at Akaki, on the tawny plain...

By F. SHERWOOD TAYLOR T HE discovery of a new class of material is a great event in human history. The use of wood, leather, bone, ivory, pottery, brick, plaster and metal...

ELIZABETH MONROE By Fez, March Ist. A STAY of any length in Morocco brings to light a lot of small facts which prove that German propaganda is being skilfully managed in both...

By MARY BUTTS A T the end of one of his recent books Mr. T. S. Eliot has printed an appendix, containing his suggestions for an interesting new game. I have not the book beside...

By LADY ALLEN OF HURTWOOD T HE Coronation gives an occasion, long needed and long desired, for concentrating attention on restoring some of the corporate village life that is...

By SYLVIA STEVENSON "ChNE word is too often profaned," sang Shelley, in an J age when " love " included sex appeal. Nowadays, the word most frequently misapplied (and...

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MY brother Jamie lost me all, Fell cleverly to make me fall, And with a sure reluctant hand Reft my life and took my land. It was jealousy of the womb That let me in and shut...

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"Camille." At the Empire—" Crack-Up." At the Tivon THE Dumas part was a necessary adjunct to Miss Garbo's career, for La Dame aux Camilias has become one of the accredited...

THE THEATRE "The Revenger's Tragedy." By Cyril Tonmeur. A.D.C. and Marlowe Society, Cambridge Tire cunning complicated plot twists and turns and knots and unravels itself and...

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The French Again THE exhibition at M. Rosenberg's galleries in Bruton Street covers the usual ground " From Ingres to —," the blank in this cast being filled in with the name...

Country Crafts We live in an age of vanishing country crafts, and no institution has done more than the Rural Industries Bureau to save such country arts and their exponents...

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Part II of the current Report of the (Lunacy and Mental Deficiency) Board of Control. It is sorry reading, both from the social and the medical points of view. One does not know...

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have read with appreciation Mr. Castle's article in The Spectator. He will, I am sure, forgive a friendly critic. In-the first- place, most young people I know hate being...

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precisely what the composition of his 7,53o votes was " ; but Janus is wrong. The secrecy of the ballot, so jealously preserved in all other Parliamentary elections, does not...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—You speak of Germany's commercial debt of 40 millions to this country as " continuing " to be used to finance rearma- ment, and of the...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—NOW that the Ministry of Transport is being empowered to take over trunk roads can we not at last adopt a bold policy and really tackle...

To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Sir Arthur Salter must not let his modesty mislead him into thinking that the significance of his victory " is obviously political and not...

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[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sit,—It may be true, as your " Notebook " says, that few people know the origin of the King's title Fidel Defensor, but I think still fewer...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Snt,—In your last issue the Rev. F. Stone points out quite rightly that the point in the new Soviet Constitution that " he who will not work...

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METAL SHARES FINANCE HOLDERS of securities, and especially holders of British Funds and other high-class investments, may be excused for expressing concern and even surprise...

INVESTMENTS LOWER. DEPRESSED conditions in the markets for investment securities and buoyancy in some of the speculative sections, such as rubber shares and the shares of base...

" THE SPECTATOR," MARCH I ITH, 1837. On the close division on the Disjunction Bill, in the French Chamber, on Tuesday last, Mr. Goldberry, a Deputy who had been confined to his...

HE ZENO. [A prize of one guinea will be given to the sender of the first correct solution of this week's crossword puzzle to be opened. Envelopes should be marked " Crossword...

The winner of Crossword No. 232 is Miss Thompson, The Old Farmhouse, Alveston, Gloucestershire.