ning that we accepted the responsibility for Iraq, but the heavy part of the expenditure is ended and in the mean- time we have undoubtedly become responsible for the unhappy...

THE decision of the League of Nations on the Iraq -I- Boundary is unanimously in faVour of the British claim. The NOrthern frontier" of Iraq is to be the Brussels line ; in...

that the - Angora Government will continue to denounce the whoM principle of an arbitral award. There is little "doul4t - that the Council of. the League was swayed in its...

work - in settling the incident between Greece and Bulgaria. The whole affair has been- admirably Managed. In the days before the Great War there was no knowing what might be...

General Laidoner says that the state- ments were confirmed by the ". absolutely pitiable state" of the depOried people, whom he interviewed after they had made their way into...

1Y.C.2.—A Subscription to the "Spectator" costs - .Thirty Shillings per annum, including Postage, to any part of the world. The Postage on this issue is : Inland, Foreign, lid.

text of a remarkable telegram sent by the Governor-General, General Leonard Wood, to the Secretary of: War in Washington: We have often regretted the refusal of the United...

has resigned, and this, no doubt, is only another way of saying that he has been dismissed at the suggestion of Lord Lloyd. We may hope now for less complicated • times in...

Egyptian and Italian Governments have - conic to an agreement about Jarabub. Egypt 'recognizes • Italian sovereignty over that oasis and in compensation Egypt receives 'a piece...

destroy- ing the present structure of society in other nations and proves that this is not mere talk by creating " cells " to spread disturbance and perversion in the Services...

by.no means encouraging. It says that Sir Austen Chamberlain is convinced that he has " en- ' circled " Russia at- Locarno. It .adds, " but we are encircling him and...

in France and therefore it is no good prophesying. It is becoming common form for Finance Minister after Finance Minister to he dismissed as soon as he has pro- duced his...

-who said that though the Soviet . Government was quite ready . to come to an arrangement with Great Britain, Russia was emphatically not prepared to enter the League. The...

view of 'the dangerous poSition of France, but the Manchester "Guardian correspondent pointS out that " even on this - common ground a divergence has arisen." When - the members...

Persia for some time, was proclaimed Shah in place of the deposed sovereign. He hasuot taken long to make up his mind that he would rather found a dynasty than rule as President...

industry cannot decide what to do he will produce a plan for helping the industry by imposing a quota of British films on the cinemas. We arc among those who earnestly desire...

much abused circular lately. issued from the Board of Education by Lord Eustace Percy. In our opinion I he circular has been considerably misrepresented owing to the unfortunate...

the coal industry and confessed that the subsidy had been unexpectedly expensive. There had been two terribly bad months—June and August-- which had been only partly atoned for...

ask the Government to set up a Technical Commission of Inquiry into the proposed underpinning of Waterloo Bridge. An amendment in favour of the reconstruction of the bridge was...

ample 'vote for the Boundary Pact. The threatened fusion between the Republicans and the Labour group has so far come to nothing. The Repub- licans would not have taken their...

on December 3rd, 1925. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 1001 ; on Thursday week 100 4; a year ago 1011. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday . 85: ; on Thursday...

THE DANGER IN FRANCE T HE perils which beset a nation that refuses to put its hand in its pocket and pay its bills have reached a very dramatic stage in France. There is...

an order for the SPECTATOR. The journal will be forwarded to any address at the following rates : One Month, 2e. 6d. ; Two Months, 5s. Three Months, 7s. 6d.—The Publisher, the...

T HE circular in regard to grants and other matters which has been sent to Local Education Authorities by the Minister, and received with dismay, though we see points to regret...

BY NEW MEMBER. - 1 - 1HE safegnarding duties . have turn . ed the House into a kind of protracted nightmare - . If the Govern- ment has any desire to safeguard: the sanity of...

T HE - Report of the Development Commissioners for the year ending March 31st, 1925, has recently been issued. This Commission is curiously named, for its work is not concerned,...

By The Rt. Hon. Sir Cu:um - Es HonnotrsE. T HE veil which the French and Spanish authorities have drawn across events in Morocco conceals a realm of mingled shams and stern...

T ATELY there has been so much ineffectual talk about establishing English opera " on a permanent basis " that one is tempted to let the subject rest. After all, if the whole...

[This article by another ex-prisoner is an answer to tir, artiolos Nye published recently, entitled " Wormwood Scrubs fro n the Inside.' —ED. Spectator.] T O a fellow...

. R OUGHLY half-way-between- Cley Hill on the Wilt- shire-Somerset border and - Dolebury Camp above Churchill on western Mendip . lies . Maesbury Ring, at the - foot of which...

Many persons have reported during the past few weeks that they have been unable to buy a copy of the SPECTATOR at the bookstalls or newsagents - owing- to the stock being sold...

A FRIEND of mine is in the act of changing his face. Its whole hirsute arrangement has been trans- formed, or, rather, is in the process of being transformed. Had the change...

ought to explain why the news of my retirement (not indeed from the Spectator, but from its control and governing proprietorship) did not appear first in these pages. It was...

PLAYS FOR - THE. PRODUCER HERR ERNST . TOLLER, "the dramatist of the German Revolu- tion," lias been with us in England ; visiting our theatres and saying very kind things about...

CHRISTMAS FILMS THERE will be rejoicings, at any rate all over London this Christmas, because Chaplin's The Kid is to be revived at the Capitol, Haymarket, on December 28th,...

THE LIGHTING EQUIPMENT ELECTRICITY is now employed on every modern motor-car, but upon many of the older models acetylene and oil lamps are still to be found. The oil lamps...

A LETTER FROM MOSCOW [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—The eighth anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution— curiously enough still called here the October revolution,...

THE OSTEOPATHS [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—I shall be obliged if you will allow me space to answer the letter on osteopathy by Dr. Graham Little, M.1'., in the...

of Sir Herbert Barker (a knee operatiori more than 14 years ago) may I add my plea for the removal of the - undeserved stigma (as so many of us deem it) from the name of Dr....

from experience, may I endorse what others have said and written of the value of osteopathy ? I gradually lost the use of my hands, my arms, . my feet, and my legs, and in time...

who go through the - training instituted by Dr. Still, the founder of osteopathy, himself a . fully qualified medical man, have urgent need to have their practice safeguarded so...

the subject of osteopathy, mostly laudatory, which have been appearing in the Spectator, would suggest to your readers that a large section of the public are taking a...

SPECTATOR.] Sig,— During recent years thousands of women, who before the War would never have thotight of this mode of gambling, now bet almost daily on horse races. Go into any...

SPECTATOR.] Slli;—NO one will, I think, disagree with the medical law which forbids a qualified man to " cover," i.e., assist or pro- fessionally associate with an unqualified...

[To the Editor of the timer:vine.] a letter appearing in your issue of November 28th, on tariffs, Mr. James II. ‘‘'eager maintains that the protective policy of America has...

Sut,--Every argument adduced by your correspondents against " Free Trade " is exactly the same in substance as those advanced in the great controversy in the first decade of...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sra,—In his most interesting article Mr. Casson makes sonic observations on modern Greek life, which are erroneous. He considers that the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR] • you allow me a word on Bishop Gore's article on " Adult Education" ? The article omits to mention a very important fact regarding the Scheme...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In Mr. Christopher Tumor's view Peasant Pf6prietorship is the true bulwark against Nationalization. He says : "The only possible effective...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—Your championship of the safety of our country roads tempts me to write of another danger which we who live in the country, and who are...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—May I ask the hospitality of your columns to inform your readers that I resigned from the British, Housewives' Association on October 19th...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—British residents in America have been much annoyed for some time past by the foolish speeches made on this side by their countrymen....

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] S111,—T am desired by my Committee to send you the expres- sions of their sincerest thanks for your kind action in reference to our Christmas...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,--I see in the Competition for Children's Tales a unique opportunity foi the publication of a valuable story book— or books--for children,...

1819, Sir Cuthbert Sharp printed privately at Dur- ham twenty-five copies of Jacob Bee's diary from 1682 to 1706. We are anxious to procure a copy for our local history. There...

grateful for any assistance which may be offered. —I am, Sir, &c., STANLEY T. WILLIAMS. 595 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, Conn., U.S.A.

THE BARGAIN THE stable door was open wide : I heard voices, looked inside. Six candle-yellow birds were set In a cage of silver net, Shaking wing, preening feather, Whistling...

EASTERN CIVILIZATIONS Jahangir's India. The Remoustrantie of Francisco Pelsaert, . translated from the Dutch by W. H. Moreland and P. Oeyl. (Heifer and Bons. Cambridge. 8s....

Human Shows, Far Fantasies, Songs and Trifles (MacMillan), has now reached us. At the first glance we should say that perhaps half a dozen poems arc among Mr. Hardy's best. The...

POETRY plays the largest part in this week's publications and especially modern poetry. Mr. L. A. G. Strong's anthology, The Best Poems of 1925 (Boston : Small, Maynard and...

for some time is the Gregynog Press edition, Poems by henry Vaughan. There is an introduction by Mr. Ernest Rhys, illustrated by clean and pleasant wood-engravings of the...

first volume of the History of the Black Watch in the Great War is now published. Prof. W. P. Paterson's Gifford Lectures for 1924 and 1925 are collected in a volume on The...

been credited in anthologies with the authorship of a very charming set of verses, of much interest in the history Of poetry ; of much interest because, apparently, they set a...

The Editor offers two prizes of £5 each :- 1. For a new Tale for Children in not more than six hundred words of prose or silty lines of verse : 2. For a netO " BiOgraphy - for...

The Works., of Mark Twain. Florida Edition. 16 volumes. (C.hottb find Whidus. Gs. each.) . . IT has been argued with more force than - charity that Mark Twain would have been a...

England's Green_ and Pleasant Land. (Jonathan Cape. 6s.) " WHAT do they know of England who only England know ? " says Mr. Wilding._ But the - anonymous author of a new book...

Thirteenth Century to the Present Day. Chosen and translated by Romilda Bernie!. (John Lane. Os. net.) Ir we may believe the English novelists of the early nineteenth century, a...

PEOPLE of whatever political colour must allow that this book puts a very steady finger on the weak spot of competitive capitalism as we now know it—its apparent impotence to...

FEasinsrr," " explosion," " movement," upheaval," " tidal- wave " : these are the words which are being used to-day to describe events in the Moslem world ; and used not simply...

Wellington " Major- General Beatson has written this book, which is illustrated by a number of eicellent photographs, to " giVe an example of how that _General applied his...

THE-GLUTTON'S MIRROR. By William Caine. (T. Fisher Unwin. 7s. 6d. net.) ." THE late Mr. William Caine, so well known as a novelist and hurimrous writer; possessed an...

6d. net.) Ix this concise and energetic study, new facts. discovered by General Meredith Read and others, which throw a new light upon the character of the great historian,...

The Round Table, as always, is full of interest., and of impartial wisdom. "The Irish Free State : An Ex-Unionist View" is a real help to clear thinking about present conditions...

on sex questions, which H. W. Massingham described as having " a dangerous innocence," has touched life on many sides, having been, in his own words, poet, musician, office boy,...

Tuts work is the fruit of an exhaustive research into the details of Schumann's life, and is therefore welcome as an authoritative contribution to musical biographies.

THE DAMAGED ANGEL The Big House of Inver. By E. CE. Somerville and Martin Ross. (Heinemann. 7s. 6d. net.) IT is a relief and a joy to read this novel ; for in it we have the...

follows up a discussion of the state of British musical life to-day with a c:llection of his opinions upon some of our leading composers. It is unfortunate that he allows...

Broomsticks. By Walter De la Mare. Designs by Bold. (Constable. 10s. 6d.) Ix Broomsticks, Mr. De la Mare has written one of the best books of short stories that have appeared...

- Cuckoo. By Douglas . Goldring. (Chapman and Hall. 7s. 6d. net.)--The dust cover of this novel shows a young Iady in a long full skirt displaying her knees. The novel itself is...

Ward. (Hutehinson. 7s. 6d. net.)—Mrs. Wilfrid Ward writes with knowledge of that post-War world which, by amusing itself, endeavours to recover the irrecoverable, and when she...

PESSIMISM AS A STIMULUS - By ARTHUR W. BIDDY. . Tur.ui; is a pessimism which is demoralizing, and we are all ••familiar with it. It leads nowhere ; indeed, by its paralysing...

net.)—A light novel about a rather Arnold' Bennett-like young provincial in Paris. He meets temptation, and after the temptress and her setting have been described in detail the...

How much America gained in her prosperity and trade by her three years of neutrality during the Great War is a matter of histom; I3oi2 itreatly her national revenues arc being...

" THE time draws near the birth of Christ." It is the season of happy family reunions at home, for those who have homes to welcome them. And it is the season, in every Christian...

LIQUIDATION. THE mood on the Stock Exchange may be said to have changed during the past week from optimism to a modified pessimism, and at the moment it looks as though the...

Once again the half-yearly accounts of the Yokohama Specie Bank are of a satisfactory character. Despite the difficult times through which Japan has been passing, the net...

• Rubber shares have by no means escaped the general influences affecting • markets, - though considerable resisting power has been shown. At one time, indeed, the price of...

There are few men in the London Discount Market who are better known, and none more highly esteemed, than Mr. Philip H. Wade, Director and Manager of the National Dis- count...