14 JULY 1923

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That this is not too strong a statement can be

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proved by considering the state of the Ruhr and also of all Ger- many. The occupation of the Ruhr has been a tragic failure. It was to have had a disciplinary effect on the...

If the moral results of the occupation of the Ruhr

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have been disastrous, what are we to say of the economic, though economic results were the primary inducements of French action ? We expressed our belief when the troops crossed...

THE "SPECTATOR'S" HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS.

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We have this year made arrangements by which the " SPECTATOR " will be on sale in the principal holiday resorts of the Continent. Readers who are going to more remote parts or...

The effects of the policy of security, as worked out

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in the Ruhr Valley, have proved as fatal. It has made the danger to which France is exposed on her eastern frontier ten times greater. The best security for a nation rests on...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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A S we go to press Mr. Baldwin is making a statement in the House of Commons on the Reparations Question which may well prove to be the most momentous of our time. It may bring...

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At long last the Lausanne Conference between the Allies and

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the Turks came to an agreement early on Monday morning, and the Treaty of Peace may perhaps be signed next week. The Conference had sat for 157 days and might, apparently, have...

Dear money means limiting the bidders for Labour in the

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industrial -market. It means instability, and it means expensive borrowing by Governments for loan transactions and re-arrangements. • Finally, it means lower prices for...

The policy of domination—for that policy, though concealed, has had

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great influence over the French Government—has been as great a failure as the rest ; though it sounded so logical and so thorough: Had France been wise, cool, moderate, and...

On Thursday, July 5th, as we went to press, came

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the Announcement of the raising of the Bank Rate to 4 per cent. from .3 per cent., the figure to which it was reduced by slow gradations from the calamitous height which it...

It would be idle to pretend that the Treaty of

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Lausann‘ is not a sad anti-climax after the Treaty of Sevres, which seemed to offer new prospects of well-being both to Thrace and to Western Asia Minor and to terminate the...

So much for the actual situation of which Mr. Baldwin

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is speaking. What he says, be it what it may, must be a step in the right direction. He is bound to lay down (that is the whole raison d'être for his statement) what the British...

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We publish in our leading columns an article on the

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effects of Prohibition upon the younger generation in America which contains a very grave view of certain aspects of the subject. We mean to maintain the attitude of complete...

We are heartily glad to record the ratification by the

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French Chamber, on Saturday last, of the Washington Treaty limiting the numbers of capital ships in the navies of Great Britain, America, Japan, France and Italy. The step had...

The most important Parliamentary event of the week has been

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the debate in the House of Commons on the India Office Vote, which was resumed on Thursday, July 5th. It was marked by several excellent and moderate speeches from both sides of...

The Miners' Federation at its annual conference this week has

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discussed the question of ending the wages agreement made after the long and disastrous strike of 1921. When we go to press no decision has been reached, but it is clear that...

Lord Younger, speaking at Shipton last Saturday, gave the true

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explanation of Mr. Lloyd George's fall— an explanation which is an open secret to politicians but has not yet found its way into the reference books :— ' " There was very nearly...

The dockers' strike, which began last week at the East

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Coast ports and spread to London and Manchester, was from the outset a contest between the leaders of the Transport and General Workers' Union and a section of their followers....

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE OTHER SIDE AND THE REFERENDUM. W E publish elsewhere a very significant letter signed " Vindex." The writer does not wish his name to be published, but we may say that he...

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RESULTS OF THE NEW ECONOMIC POLICY IN RUSSIA.

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[COMMUNICATED.] T w°years will soon have passed since the Soviet Government introduced the so-called New Economic Policy. The distinguishing feature of the new policy is that...

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THE OTHER SIDE. m.-THE VALUE OF A LABOUR PARTY. H UMANITY

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cannot stand still. "The bright procession Of eddying forms" passes on, and if there can be no absolute guarantee of what we call "progress," there is no pause in man's effort...

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AMERICAN YOUTH AND PROHIBITION.

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[COMMUNICATED.] TN developing a favourite theme of his, namely, "The Sympathy of Comprehension," in an admirable leading article in last week's Spectator, the Editor bids us to...

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THE 'SEASON: 1923.

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" p LUS ca change, plus c'est in m.!..me chose" may well—outwardly at least—prove the epitaph of the Season of 1923, already hastening to its close. There is a tide in the...

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THE

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ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD. BY EVELYN WRENCH. N OT sufficient publicity has been given to the fact that at Portland, Oregon, officers and men from the three British warships in...

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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I read Mr. Massingham's

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first article with admiration of his political perspicuity. I share his belief that the Liberal Party, with which I was in sympathy during a great part of my life, is "at an...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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THE OTHER SIDE. [To the Editor of the Spneutron.] Bin,—It is to be feared that the well-known courtesy always annul by the Spectator to its opponents may sometimes have...

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HORACE AS A POET.

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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—A single passage, Odes IV. I. 33-40, is a sufficient refutation of Mr. St. Loe Strachey's denial to Horace of the true poetic gift ;— "...

THE OTHER SIDE-IN CLUBS.

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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Thc widespread vigour of the Extremists' propaganda leads me to urge that the periodicals of the Socialist and Communist parties should...

[To the Editor of the SrEcneron.]

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Sni,—Two questions recently discussed in your columns have arrested my attention ; the first, for the raising of which you were yourself responsible, whether Horace was a poet ;...

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NONCONFORMISTS AND THE CHURCH.

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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I suspect that not a few of your readers, besides myself, would like to know from you what ground you have in law for so often stating...

THE TRATTORIA.

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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—As a number of a firm that has been in close touch with the everyday needs of British householders for the last 200 years, I can assure "...

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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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Sia,—Your discussion of the Holiday Book Box in your last number interested me. How would the following list do, say for a maiden aunt ? Kinglake's Eothen ; Handley Cross or...

"THE COMPLETE PEERAGE."

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[To the Editor of the SrEcraroa.] Sra,—We venture to invite the attention of your readers to the memorial regarding The Complete Peerage which has been drawn up by some Members...

1HE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.

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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—Not for many years past have Wesleyan Methodists approached so thankfully and hopefully as this year their annual conference, which, next...

HOLIDAY READING.

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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sut,—May I suggest as an alternative list of Holiday Books the following ? Leaves in the Wind, by Alpha of the Plough ; Poems of To-day, second...

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THE THEATRE.

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MR. MILNE'S "SUCCESS" AT THE HAYMARKET. THE RT. HON. R. SELBY MANNOCK, M.P., owing in some measure to the fact that he had been wise enough to marry the worldly and influential...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] regret to see from

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the lists you give of books suitable for father, mother, son and daughter that father is the only one of the party who is accredited with any taste for literature. May I suggest...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—My choice would be

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as follows :—A Modern Anthology, edited by Thomas Caldwell, or An Anthology of Lyrics from Shakespeare's Time to Present Day. A volume of Jane Austen's works (that in the...

POETRY.

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A CITY SONG. fa The Bee is small among such as fly," So royal David sings, " Her fruit," however, hear David cry, " Is chief of sweet things." MR. BEE, a business man Of...

A large number of articles and poems have lately been

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sent to !Yu " Spectator " without stamped and addressed envelopes. The Pterary Editor wishes to reiterate that he can in no case return *ejected MSS. unless such envelopes are...

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BOOKS.

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THIS WEEK'S BOOKS. TIIE number of books of general interest is rapidly diminishing : soon the publisher's year will touch its summer low-tide mark. Among the novels I can find...

NOTICE.—W hen "Correspondence" or Articles are signed with the writer's

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name or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked " Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the...

(The usual "Recreations of London" will be found on p.62.)

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ART.

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THE NINETEENTH CENTURY IN FRANCE. TME French nineteenth century painters are at last having a good innings over here. The most important exhibition in the spring of 1922, that...

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THE LOVES OF CLITOPHON AND LEIJCIPPE.*

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Tars is a book rather to be read than reviewed ; but in any case the first thing to do is to express admiration for the print and general get-up. The printing is done by that...

NELLIE PTASCHKINA .*

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Suor phrases as "personal revelation " and "human docu- ment" have very much had their edge worn off by indis- criminate use for every hysterical or posturing subjective memoir...

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INTROVERT AND EXTRAVERT.*

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THE present volume, which has recently been added to that excellent series, "The International Library of Psychology, Philosophy and Scientific Method," is a translation by Dr....

THE MERCANTILE MARINE.*

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MR. KEBLE CnarrEirrosr has the air throughout this book of writing a history of merchant shipping. The periods which he has chosen, however, by no means make a history, though...

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THE LIFE OF GEORGE CADBURY.t Mn. A. G. GannostEn has

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reinforced with enthusiasm his established skill as a biographer in writing about the late Mr. George Cadbury. Mr. Cadbury was the rare combination of a mystic and a man of...

TRAVELS AND SKETCHES.*

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DR. POULSEN is not only a classical scholar of repute but a traveller who puts a great deal of sensitive and humorous observation into his reminiscences of many countries....

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A NEWCOMER.*

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Mn. DESMOND MACCARTHY, in writing a preface to this first novel, truthfully and wittily describes it. "If 'Paul Redway' were a racelmrse, it might be described as out of 'The...

Ditte : Towards the Stars. By Martin Andersen Nexii. (Heinemann.

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is. fid.) Ditte : Towards the Stars. By Martin Andersen Nexii. (Heinemann. is. fid.) This is the third and last phase of the life of Ditte, the Bona Dea, almost, of Poverty :...

FICTION.

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MR. COPPARD'S TALES, Mn. CoPRAnn is a born story-teller. He has a rich, whimsical, coloured style and one is aware of him, at the opening of many of his stories, settling down...

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The Institute of Historical Research of the University of London

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has just issued the first number of its Bulletin, containing an admirable report on the transcription and editing of historical texts, notes on recent additions to tho Documents...

Children of Men. By Eden Phillpotts. (Heinemann. 7s. 6d.) With

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Children of Men Mr. Eden Phillpotts completes his Dartmoor cycle. He explains in a foreword that his aim in writing it is to vindicate his belief in the upward trend of moral...

Scribner's.

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Dr. G. E. Hale's article on "Recent Discoveries in Egypt" gives an authoritative account of the work done by the New York Metropolitan Museum's expedition, and is well...

The Army Quarterly.

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This admirable review, which has official approval but is independent in tone, contains several notable articles, including a very unorthodox pronouncement on "Study and...

The Burlington Magazine.

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The important exhibitions of nineteenth-century French art at Messrs. Knoedler's Gallery, and of Carved Ivories at the Burlington Fine Arts Club, receive interesting notice. A...

The Slavonic Review.

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The School of Slavonic Studies at King's College has done well to produce and maintain this very able quarterly, which is revealing the Slav peoples as they really arc to...

PERIODICALS.

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The Hibbert Journal. This quarterly has completed its twenty-first year, with a circulation that has been "large from the first" and is "now solidly established." The editor,...

The World's Work.

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We would draw special attention to Mr. J. W. Robertson Scott's excellent paper on "Country People's Clubs," con- taining information which correspondents of the Spectator are...

The London Mercury.

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Dr. Bridges's Sonnet to Francis Jammes is light-hearted and deft-handed ; but the most interesting verses in the July number are in Mr. Frank Kendon's poem to a child. Perhaps...

THE ARTS.

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English Interiors in Smaller Houses, 1660-1830. By M. Jourdain. (Botsford. 24s. Gd.) Mr. Jourdain has collected a number of excellent photo- graphs and drawings, showing...

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The Great Fire of London in 1666. By Walter George

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Bell. (Lane. 10s. 6d. net.) We must congratulate both Mr. Bell and the public on the fact that his excellent account of the Great Fire of London has reached a third edition...

The first fifty pages of this excellent regimental history carry

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it on from the conclusion of Colonel Wyndham-Quin's record to the outbreak of the World War, to which the rest of the book is devoted. Although Mr. Fox did not himself serve...

HISTORY.

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Irish History from Contemporary Sources (1509-1610). By Constantia Maxwell. (G. Allen and Unwin. 15s. net.) Miss Maxwell, one of the very few competent and unbiased scholars...

This spirited new "journal," which is to appear every nine

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Months, makes a substantial quarto of about a hundred and fifty pages, with many illustrations. We are delighted to find that so serious an effort is being made to arouse...

POLITICS.

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Mr. Jeffries's presentation of the case against the Palestine Mandate unfortunately gives more heat than light. It would be well to have the facts and arguments stated clearly...

MILITARY RECORDS.

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'The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine. By Lieut.-Col. C. Guy Powles. (Auckland : Whiteombe and Tombs.) This third volume of the official New Zealand history of the War...

FINANCE-PUBLIC & PRIVATE.

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[By OUR CITY EDITOR.] A HEALTHIER POSITION. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—At the moment of writing there is a welcome if moderate rally in Stock Exchange securities....

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FINANCIAL NOTES.

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The financial developments of the week have been of a rather " mixed " character, and while at one time the outstanding feature was the slump in the Foreign Exchanges and the...

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MATERIAL REVIEW.

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POOLE POTTERY. CARTER, STABLER AND ADAMS, POOLE, ENGLAND. WERE it not for the fact that its replacement is a costly busi- ness, one might contend that the only redeeming...