their preparations. These preparations are of the most perfect kind. There is plenty of food, and there is adequate means for distri. buting it. No one will starve—not even the...

A S we write on Thursday the question of the strike still hangs in the balance. It is practically certain that nothing definite will be announced before we go to press in regard...

ticular eserve the gratitude of the British people. They have acted with firmness and with good temper, and the Prime Minister has shown a capacity in his handling of his...

the past week. Here we will say something as to the essential issues, though it shall be as short as possible. When matters so grave are in suspense, no responsible person will...

understood, a sign of weakness. The Triple Alliance was first used as a bogy-man. When that failed, the general strike was brought into the field. That must fail even more...

the wages question tends to disappear. They will not discuss that. In effect, if not always in appearance, the only thing they will discuss is the pooling of profits. A National...

Readers experiencing difficulty in obtaining the " Spectator " regularly and promptly should become yearly subscribers. The yearly subscription, including Postage to any address...

that the miners were justified in refusing to accept the coal-owners' terms, which " would only be the beginning of a general attack on working-class conditions and an attempt...

feeling, superstitious or foolish if you will, that somehow or other the inherent goodwill, good heart, and good sense of the British people, whether employers or employed,...

declaring that " unless an offer is made to the miners which their colleagues in the Triple Alliance can feel justified in recommending them to accept, a stoppage of railwaymen...

and declared once again that the Government could not agree to " a national pool of profits." It would involve State control, and it would deprive all concerned of any incentive...

the coal-owners and miners. The Government, he said, was perfectly impartial as between them, but must safeguard the interests of the taxpayer. For the coal trade it was now a...

leaders to meet the coal-owners, on the understanding that they should first discuss the means of saving the mines from destruc- tion. The miners again replied that they would...

to discuss the question of wages. They appealed to the public for help and sympathy on the ground that some miners would have their minimum wages unduly reduced. But in the con-...

leaders and invited them to confer with the coal-owners about wages, subject to the condition that the pumpmen should return to work at the pits. The miners rejected the...

the leaders of the " Triple Alliance " and between the leaders of the railwaymen and transport workers and the Prime Minister. Late at night it was announced by Mr. J. H. Thomas...

lawless spirit shown in South Wales. in Lanarkshire, and in Fife, acted with good sense. Troops and police were sent to South Wake, and the pumps were set going at the pits. At...

England. He is known as a sound lawyer and an efficient judge, though at the age of seventy-eight he was not expected to remain much longer on the Bench or to gain promotion....

finance at the annual meetings of their companies are now among the most important of public addresses. The vast amount of . stook now held in small amounts by the general...

into their minds all over the world principles which are " quite inconsistent with economic progress." " They have been taught," ho goes on, " and now sincerely believe, that...

in the House of Commons. We are extremely glad that it has thus a new chance of becoming law. We greatly !egret, how- ever, to see that the Government have refused to give an...

heart disease. She was one of the most colourless and uninteresting women who ever sat on a throne. She does not even seem to have been able to make very much of her dreary role...

space for a line of congratulation to a very old friend and very old contributor to the Spectator, Mr. D. C. Lathbury. On Monday last he reached his ninetieth year, and reached...

third strike threat, asked him why he and Mr. Williams had determined " to inflict such a serious blow " on their fellow- countrymen. To this pertinent question the " Triple...

Taunton in the by-election on Friday, April 8th. Colonel Boles, the Unionist member, had resigned the seat to make room for the new Minister, who was defeated when he stood for...

a week, declared that the railwaymen and transport workers would strike. They would begin at ten o'clock on Friday night. This time he offered no alternative. He added that "...

Apr. 15, 1920 ; a per cent. War LJan was on Thursday, 861; Thursday week, o7; a year ago, tri

THE LESSONS OF THE STRIKE. T HE first lesson of the strike for the Government and for those who, like the mine-owners, are bound to resist the demands of the Labour...

T HE first view of President Harding's message to Congress delivered on Tuesday will probably have a depressing effect on the friends and supporters of the League of Nations. In...

UTHILE a few paid agitators invite the British V i' workman to follow the example of Russia and try Bolshevism as a cure for all ills, the state of Bolshevik Russia is steadily...

Perfidious or Neglecting Friends, as if those wrongs were unpardonable : You shall reside (saith he) that we are commanded to forgive our Enemies ; But you never read, that wee...

T DESCRIBED in the ast chapter how we had con- trived trived to be very comfortable, nay luxurious, in our single living-room. Contrary to general usage, on the next floor we...

all conscious of a certain irritation as we " fill it in." It is necessary, we understand, to explain again an f again to simple people that the Government really desires all...

.111.0 OUTLOOK. [To THE EDITOR OF THE " spEcuros. - ] Sau,—With that touch of genius which frequently cha- racterizes our great cartoonists, the current issue of Punch...

to be generally assumed that as soon •as episcopacy and non-episcopacy are proved to be equally right, and all forms of ordination to be equally valid, the path is clear for...

[Letters of the length of one of our leading paragraphs are often more read, and therefore more effective, than those which jilt treble the space..I LORD HUGH. CECIL ON...

or letters submitted to him, but when stamped and addressed envelopes are sent he will .do his bast to return contributions en case of rejection. Poems should be addressed to...

ITO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR, —In your issue of the Spectator of March 5th, which has just reached this country, on p. 301 you have an article entitled " The...

THE " SPECTATOR.") Sill,—Having just seen an article on this subject in your issue of the 2nd inst., I ask you to give space for a brief letter from one who has had experience...

(To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—So far from its being the case, ae has been asserted, that the situation in Ireland is bringing the name of England into disrepute all...

(To Pus EDITOE or THE " SPECTATOR.") SIB,—In your issue of last week " A Looker-on," alluding to the aims of the Sinn Feiners in Ireland, says: "I was struck with the consensus...

• [To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECILTOR."] SIR,—I am amongst the number of your readers who have carried out the tests proposed by Mr. W. W. Reid in the Spectator of March 12th. On...

SPECTLT011."] Sin,—A correspondent has sent me the enclosed cutting from an American newspaper. Knowing the importance which you have always attached to war inscriptions, and to...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin, — Lady Glenconner is mistaken in thinking either that I am prejudiced against her book or that I am a " baffled ration- alist." As a...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sni,—I see a Northern miners' leader has followed Messrs. Hodges and Smillie on the above , question. Mr. Peter Lee, miners' agent and...

[To THE. EDITOR OF THE " SPECTLTOR."I do not propose to follow your arguments in " The Limits of Tariff Legislation," even though I may. be in dis- agreement with many of your...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The visit next week of M. Poincare and the representatives of the city of Verdun to London will be a fresh reminder to England of our...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] . SIR,—In your issue of March 213th you publish a review of Mr. Moss's book with the above title, and say that it is a serious situation if...

EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") ihn,—The next meeting of the John Payne Society will be held on April 21st- at Hendon, N.W., and the next meeting of the Blake Society at - Bedford...

" VICTORIA ; OR, THE FORCE OF CHARACTER."• Jr the recorder of her life from the personal side had written in her own epoch he might well have called his book in the fashion of...

Holed through and through with 'shot, A sabre sweep had hacked him deep Twist neck and shoulderknot The potman cannot well recall, The ostler never knew, Whether his day was...

THE GRAND GUIGNOL AT THE LITTLE THEATRE (THIRD SERIES). SomEnow this third series of plays of the Grand Guignol is not, as a whole, as effective as was the fiist, in spite of...

or initials. or with a pseudonym, or are -marked " Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the Mews therein expressed or with the mode of...

HAYM ARRET.—T he Circle . . . . 8.39—.2.30 [Mr. Somerset MaRgham's compete nt. unsatisfactory comedy. exceedingly well aeted.1 Nsw Oaroan.—The League of Notions . . 8.16-2.80...

Tim late Sir Clements Markham, who devoted his long life to the cause of geographical research, was the very man to write a history of Polar exploration. He had taken part in...

WIMN Bismarck's memoirs were published after his death in 1898, the concluding-chapters on his relations with the Emperor William H. were withheld. It -was to be expected -that,...

THIS stately and fascinating volume is modestly described on its title-page as " a regimental' record written and illustrated for the most part by artillerymen while serving in...

THE arguments in favour of the use of intelligence tests by employers and school teachers are sufficiently well known to need but the shortest restatement. At the moment, in the...

MILTON'S prosody is a fascinating subject, and Mr. Robert Bridges is an expert in the measuring of verses. It does not, however, follow from these premises that it is easy to...

H2L0i§E AND ABELARD.* THE present writer, if he is to be as candid as a reviewer ought to be, must confess that he approached Mr. Moore's book with a considerable amount of...

By J. Bruce Gleaner. (Longman& 68. 6d. net.)—There was nothing of the hard and bitter Bolshevik temper in the Socialism of Morris or of his friend the late Mr. Bruoe Glazier....

[Notice in this column doss not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] The April number of the Geographical Journal prints the interesting addresses recently given by members...

Danelaw. Edited by F. M. Stenton. (H. Milford for the British Academy. 31s. 6d. net.)—The British Academy, with a modest State grant, is printing some of the more important...

report by Mr. A. J. Connor on The Temperature and Precipitation of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, with a set of sixteen well-executed maps showing the normal mean daily...

second volume of a trilogy. The Russian Jew hero of The Mask is taken another stage on his journey, and when we leave him at the age of thirty-one he appears to be at last about...

FLAT POETRY.° WE do not know whether the early Italian _painters of-frescoes made their pictures look flat deliberately„or not. The Byzan- tines almost certainly did ; And also...

net.)—This is a long and detailed biography of Abner Fellows, who begins by being a miner, continues as a navvy, and finally -ends by enlisting in a fit of drunken...

fantasy describing drinking bouts and competitive lying between an Athenian and some Sicilians. It is amusingly written and resembles in parts an expurgated translation of the...

excellent Government Survey map of the Gold Coast on a scale of about two miles to an inch. It is a notable achievement. Seccondee, the railway port, and Cape Coast are among...

" by Miss E. M. Delf, D.Sc., appears in the April number of Science Progress, edited by Sir Ronald Ross (Murray, 6s. net). Miss Deli sums up the results of recent research,...

ford- 664—These sketches, that describe the doings of erudite bishops with advanced views on social. and educational reform, are delightful.; in parts they remind one of Mr.....

an attractive and interesting Dorset Year-Book for 1920-21, edited by Mr. Stanley L Galpin (W. Watkins, 91 Bishopsgate, E.C. 2, 2s. 6d.). Mr. Hardy contributes a poem. Mr. J. S....

Humphreys. 2s. net.)—The Principal of University College, Reading, in this well-written and timely pamphlet, sketches the history of universities in order to show that " they...

30s. net.) —We may seem to be guilty of a contradiction in terms when we describe this as a readable text-book. Nevertheless, Mr. Ealand, while treating his subject...