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synonym for aggression— whenever British sailors or soldiers are landed in a foreign country will look on with interest (and, we may hope, with a rather more sympathetic...

E VENTS in Central America arc moving to a climax. Not often has the United States had so many difficult problems on her hands which affect her relations not only with the...

by the Central American Republics is easily explained. The League has suddenly become a conveni- ent barrier against particular expressions of the Monroe Doctrine. The Republics...

she wants to bring matters to a head without exposing herself to the charge of being merely militaristic or aggressive. She would like more excuses than are provided by either...

and Panama. The small Republic of Panama has placed herself absolutely at the disposal of the United States for the purposes of war. No doubt the Treaty pro- viding for this is...

London, W.C. 2.—A Subscription to the SPEcrATOR costs Thirty Shillings per annum, including postage, to any part of the world. The SpEcreTon is registered as a Newspaper. The...

exert any influence the late Emperor was alway's on the side of prudence and of loyalty to international obligations. As a young man lie showed much intellectual promise. He was...

himself Borodin, is really Michael Grusenberg, and is possibly, the Times says, of Lettish origin. In 1919 he was sent to Spain by the Communist Inter- national to conduct...

a highly important and enlightened document. We have discussed it in our first leading article, and here we need only say that from a practical point of view the object of Great...

Trade Union Congress says that though there arc over a million unemployed registered at the labour exchanges, the number of unemployed is really about two millions. The Report...

co-operation of Borodin, alias Brown, alias Grusen- berg, with Mr. A. J. Cook. Mr. Cook was not at that time the Secretary of the Miners' Federation :- " Terribly grave as all...

of Japan on Christmas Day. For many days large crowds had been praying in time streets for the Emperor's recovery. It is a curious indication of the persistence of tradition in...

one-sided that there is general satisfaction at their cancellation. The trial arose out of an affray at Ger- mersheim, in the Rhineland, between Germans and Frenchmen, in which...

value if not exactly a satirical intention. Nobody will ever forget the hoax perpetrated upon the dull militaristic spirit of pre-War Germany by the shoemaker who called himself...

hopes that the incidents of the Smethwick election will not be repeated elsewhere. There was not only vilification, rowdyism and suppression of free speech, but on the part of...

of Brandon at the age of seventy-seven. Lord Monteaglc was as fine a type as it is possible to imagine of the resident landlord in Ireland. He helped all the causes in which he...

Mosley ,himself inclines to belong at present to the left wing, This prospect is not altered by the fact that Mr. Mosley ,himself inclines to belong at present to the left wing,...

on December 3rd, 1925. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 100* ; on Wednesday week 1001 ; a year ago 1004. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 841 ; on Wednesday...

America at the rate of £5 a minute. One fancies that conversation at this rate will make people feel that their words are distilled gold. Probably new methods of talking will...

of view, there is no reason why persons who are comfortably provided with this world's goods should not belong to the Party. The test is not one of wealth or position, but of an...

Mr. J. Marshall Pike (Unionist) Mr. E. Bayliss (Lib.) • • Labour majority The result of the 1924 election was :- Mr. J. E. Davison (Lab.) .. Mr. J. M. Pike (Unionist) .....

T HE Memorandum which the British Government have circulated among the Powers in regard to policy in China is large in understanding and courageous in presentment. The...

T HE Pope has embarked upon one of those periodical conflicts as to the moral aspects of women's clothes, and the wickedness of fashions, in which throughout History the honours...

rr iE real successes which have been achieved by the Government during the session which is now over have been completely overshadowed by the industrial strife which has...

[Mr. J. Murray Allison, whose " First Essays in Advertising" we reviewed a few nuinths ago, is one of the chief experts on" publicity " in England.—ED. SPECTATOR.] T HE...

VIII.—Food Habits. Land Taxation I T has to be admitted that, though cautious steps towards giving sheltered markets for the British farmer by restrictions on imports need not...

T was when I was reading the Spectator's review of Miss Iris Barry's book, Let's go to the Pictures, that I recalled James. I wish Miss Barry knew James, and that he knew her....

KOVNO : THE NEWEST CAPITAL. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin, — Lithuanians will only admit that Kovno is their pro- vitiional capital ; their historic and rightful...

TOTIIING I saw at the Vatican, on a recent visit, -LI • interested me more than the office of the Congrega- tion of the Index of Forbidden Books; and a look through the Index...

THEY are all here again—the trained horses and the clowns, the lions and the trapezists. None of the turns are the same as last year except the Rivels trio with its No. 3 so...

(" MACBETH," BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, AT THE PRINCE'S THEATRE.] WE must not believe that Macbeth is really such a bad play as it was rather loudly declared to be by several of...

number of suitable areas. It seems not improbable that the cryptomeria, which most of us regard as a merely ornamental gardea tree, may become commercially valuable. The world...

Roman poet argued that it " ought to have been begun in young spring " ; but though January is the coldest and most wintry month of the year, it is amazing in this northern,...

NEW FORESTRY EXPERIMENTS. Within twenty-five miles of London has recently been estab- lished a small farm, which would be worth a pilgrimage of landowners and farmers. Perhaps...

A query on a problem in natural history reached me all the way from America. It seems that an American entomologist has been gauging the speed of flight in various South...

The Government, of course, is doing a good deal. The new fir forests at Thetford are a cheery sight ; and the subsidiary small holdings connected with them are almost as...

Which is the most sagacious of beasts is an old controversy that found its way even into the Latin grammars. But the subject is not yet worked out to a conclusion. A new point...

; and so far as my experience goes I should say that the Shire is as much cleverer than the race-horse—though the perfect patient mentioned above is thoroughbred—as the...

MODERN ELECTION ABUSES AND THEIR REMEDY [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—I understand that the Government proposes to intro- duce ' a measure to restore the freedom of...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Mr. G. F. Bridge charges me with dividing Public Schools above the elementary class into two groups—(a) the " great Public Schools,"...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Sir Frank Fox in his article says that British farming cannot be made to pay without putting a tariff on food stuffs, but that it need...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Mr. Kiddy, in your issue of December 18th, draws timely attention to the financial position of our railways. The coal stoppage is the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—In his article, " China and the Missionaries," that appeared in your issue of December 18th last, Dr. Hu Shih attributes the present...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Sir Robert Hadfield's remarkablearticle on Good 11111 in Industry " should attract widespread attention to a crying need of the moment....

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In a recent conversation with a friend, who like myself approaches seventy years of age, the books which had influenced us most in our...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—As a reader of the Spectator, and generally an apprecia- tive one, for at least twenty-five years, and one who from time to time has...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] should be interested to hear what is the authority of Mr. E. T. Brown for stating that the old custom of " Wassailing the Apple-trees " takes...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, I suggest that many of our institutions which must rely on charity for their existence could do worse than take a lesson from Holland....

Earth and Her Daughter CHILD of mine, close to me, What is it you dream ?- I would I were a willow-tree By a still stream. Child of mine, tell your need, Speak to me, my...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The question as to whether we are playing golf as correctly and as well as we can might be described as of national as well as of...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—On shore a flag is a mere ornament, whereas at sea a flag is a legal document. Therefore, until South Africa flies a flag on board a...

Edition) is an esoteric work which will be resorted to by masons of high degree and correspondingly keen enthusiasm. To establish his theory that Masonry roots deep into...

(Palmer, 12s. 6d.) than that it is eminently fitted to adorn a drawing-room table ? " Byron may have had blemishes in his character," but parts of him were excellent, and parts...

Buddha, translated by Lord Chalmers (Oxford University Press, 12s. 6d.) has more " human interest " than the former had. But both books are of great and particular importance to...

" STORY ? God bless you, I have none to tell, Sir," pleaded the Needy Knifegrinder, and his predicament is much the same as that of Mr. Pelham Edgar in presenting to us Henry...

domestic animals everybody has been doing it Mr. Allan Dunn in Gone Wild (Duckworth, 8s. 6d.) has done it quite successfully for those who like this kind of thing : the story is...

2Is.) has dipped the pen of liveliness in the ink of wanderlust. This is a rattling, breezy miscellany of knockabout life and orange-growing in Florida ; of sport—especially...

Ova next competition is a very simple one and will be judged strictly by popular vote. We ask our readers to give us the names of the ten most popular characters in fiction of...

WE feel our readers will be interested in an example of an entry for the "Ideal Friend" Competition of a more personal nature than those already published. THE CHARACTER OF AN...

Iritis promises to be a most attractive edition of Lord Beaconsfield's contributions to fiction. The print and paper and general layout of the pages are excellent, and when the...

Ix less than two hundred pages Dr. Macpherson has given us a concise history of proper astronomy—unfortunately not 'touching Greek speculation. Sugaring this with biographical...

The Narratives of the Resurrection. By P. Gardner - Smith, M.A. (Methuen. Cs.) Mn. GARDNER-SW][31 has given us a frank and most capable revision of the evidences for the...

The Life of Jenny Lind. Mrs. Raymond Maude, O.B.E. (Cassell. 10s. 6d.) MftS. IlAvmoNn MAUDE had to surmount two difficulties in writing the intimate Life of her mother, Jenny...

KELLY's handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes for 1927 need hardly be recommended to our readers. We make no invidious comparison when we say that this is one of...

THE SAINT-SIMONIAN RELIGION IN GERMANY : A STUDY OF THE YOUNG GERMAN MOVEMENT. By E. M. Butler. (Cambridge University Press. 21s. net.)— Probably few English readers know that...

Illustrated by the Author. (John Lane. 8s. 6d. net.)—A yachtsman who can write and sketch is certain to produce an attractive book, no matter what part of the world he is...

(Stanley Paul. 16s.).—" Dear Little Burney," as Dr. Johnson affectionately called the young darling of the literary 1770's, had an unfailing memory in which to enshrine her...

Press. 7s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Burkitt, who ranks among the ablest of our younger prehistorians, has now produced a concise and useful introduction to the study of the Mesolithic,...

NEW GOVERNMENT LOAN. IN view of the fact that over £250,000,000 in Government Bonds will mature during the coming year the Authorities have probably been well advised in...

Quite apart from the Government Conversion Loan, I anticipate considerable activity in the matter of capital creations during the early weeks of the new year. As noted...