was introduced from outside by the outrageous intrusion of some fanatical women who showed no respect for peace of any kind. We fear that there were one or two British among...

or Kellogg Pact, was signed with due ceremony at the Quai d'Orsay on Monday by representatives of fifteen leading nations of the world, including Great Britain, Canada,...

in the Presidential election known as " making his acceptance speech." We have dealt with this in a leading article. We admire the courage with which he declared his desire to...

world to sign. Eight of them had done so on Wednesday, and many others are hastening to follow their example. We must not be discouraged by the small objections and the...

He was duly complimentary to the United States, and Mr. Kellogg. His rneed of praise to Herr Stresemann was excellently chosen, and he spoke with real feeling of Sir Austen...

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

of " Warsaw rules " to be added to the old " York-Antwerp rules." The law of extra- dition was another important subject. It was resolved to stick to the British principle that...

of absence which should help international understanding, especially in showing backward nations how their more fortunate neighbours are governed or govern themselves. This was...

lock between Poland and Lithuania. The Polish delega- tion will be a strong one headed by the Foreign Minister. We have said many times that Poland seized Vilna wrongly and...

as a possible candidate for the Vice-Presidency, Dr. Murray Butler of Columbia University, has cast a stone at Mr. Hoover with some violence. He said nothing about supporting...

the suppression of Parliamentary Govern- ment, and their King and his Ministers will doubtless hear of it. The German Chancellor made an excellent speech of warm welcome and of...

instrument for settling their disputes or their problems for which no other solution has in the past been found, the more urgent is it to find the substitute for the discarded...

the high-born Moslem, Ahmed Beg Zogu, who has ruled the country since he put Monseigneur Fan Noli to flight. He will probably be proclaimed as Mpret (Imperator) on Saturday with...

on April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 102 -re on Wednesday week 102ft; a year ago 101i. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 891 ; on Wednesday...

the bed of the Baltic where she has lain for nine years. Naturally it has been desired to bring the remains of the crew to - this country. 'It is not a matter on which wrangling...

Racecourse Betting Control Board, and some of our readers may hope to see the totalisator installed at Lincoln when the next flat racing season begins in the spring. The Home...

Nationalist Government at Nanking being able to carry out any reforms. The so-called branch councils still exist in the provinces. Taxation is still rapaciously collected by...

hopes for the missing men there. Two American flyers are also lost in Greenland, but their case is not yet desper- ate. The loss of another machine off the Pacific Coast of...

Moslem, it will come as something of a shock to some Though the majority of the population is said to be Moslem, it will come as something of a shock to some people to find a...

of the Anglo-French " compromise " over the preliminaries for another Conference on Naval Limitation. Apparently the terms have been communicated to the Japanese Government,...

A MID the prayers and thanksgivings of the Christian Churches, which we would re-echo here, the world passed another milestone on the road of civilization when the Pacte...

I T is long since a Presidential election campaign excited so much interest outside America as the fight-between Mr. Herbert Hoover and Governor Alfred Smith. For seldom have...

T HE subject of literary censorship has been brought prominently before our attention as a result of the Home Secretary's request to Mr. Jonathan Cape, the publisher, to...

as their greatest prose writer, though he was not in sympathy with anything resembling the regime now prevailing in that country. There is in England no similarly decisive...

A CENTURY has gone by since Lord Brougham, descending from his carriage at the fishing village of Cannes, found it a pleasant enough place to make it his headquarters for the...

H ALTON Camp, where three thousand aircraft apprentices are trained, is the biggest educational experiment in the world. I write " experiment " because although the Camp has...

E VERYONE was on his best behaviour, and of the nine of us who sat in the sunlit little bar of the ' Peacock Inn ' no fewer than six wore collars and ties. Of these Sabbath...

The Spring Returns Now that the bird of passage wings his way to tropic lovely things, Your rainbow colours one by one slip through my hands to seek the sun. Yet Spring...

of the river by boat he must land and pull his craft over land, it may be trespassing in the process. No provision of any sort is made. There are no rollers, as on the Thames....

What is the reason for blocking the course of a river that might be very popular and presumably useful ? Doubt- less one of the reasons why river traffic for commercial purposes...

' The river in question—and others suffer similarly—is the Huntingdonshire Ouse, especially that part of it which separates the little old historic county town of Huntingdon...

What may be the plans, policy, principles or ideas of the present owner I do not know. His dwelling-place or personality are unknown to me. Even those who live on the banks of...

ENGLISH RIVERS. Daily for the last week or two I have seen a succession of really pitiful illustrations of the neglect of our English rivers ; and not even the mildest protest...

The Ouse is a river of great national importance on many accounts. It matters much more to farmers than to fisher- men. Extensive areas, reclaimed at the cost of millions by...

The general neglect is not confined to the locks. Not sn many years ago the weeds were cut regularly, and the mill- owners did much to keep the current clear and unencumbered....

September the First begins a new sort of year. Football, as well as partridges, comes into the picture, ploughs supplant cutters-and-binders, and starlings swallows. But the day...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Amid all the debates . and correspondence anent the Church during recent years, I cannot recollect any serious attempt to discover the...

A REMEDY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Following upon the Report issued by the Industrial Transference Board comes the announcement that Lord Lovat is...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—Mr. A. M. Crosfield in his critical letter says that he read mine with surprise. This is not easy to under- stand in regard to my statement...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—The daily Press has lately afforded sad reading for lovers of animals. On the one hand we find reported " scenes of wild disorder " at an...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —What on earth does M. William Martin mean in his article on Geneva and the Kellogg Pact," when he says, “ We at Geneva cannot but...

have read, with great interest, the articles and correspondence which have recently appeared in your paper, in connexion with the Society for the Preservation of Rural England....

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—Like others I have been deeply interested in the article on " A Mine of Wealth," in the current issue of the Spectator, outlining so...

SPECTATOR.] Sia,—As .one who has just returned from a short holiday in Killarney, I feel I must criticize your " Dublin Correspon- dent's " letter in your issue of August 4th....

WilEx little Jan was five years old She fixed me with a thoughtful eye Above her Quaker oats, And, while her food was getting cold, She asked, and waited my reply : " Why are...

In reply to Mr. A. G. Mullins, Cheyne Walk takes its name from Chayney, the one-time owner of the property thereabout. It retains the phonetic pronunciation of Chayney. There...

Sm,—I cannot claim a long, intimate knowledge of farm cottages in Dumfriesshire such as your correspondent, Mr, Dinwiddie, has, but I live in one. • It does not differ in any...

letter on this subject, though apparently, as you point out, an appeal for even more money, is at least deserving of consideration ; and as Hon. Sec. of an Association that has...

The Strike SMALL Chloe heard her Mummy say, " Now, Nurse, be careful of the light ! This dreadful strike has come to stay And we must save both day and night. Turn down the...

an English student of Racine courageous enough to publish a translation of his delightful comedy Les Plaideurs—and a translation in rhymed anapaests which reproduce much more...

Nations article is held over this week. Our Geneva corre- spondent will send us his usual resume of events from the headquarters of the League for September 8th. * * * *

guide-book to Paris in Introducing Paris (Methuen, 2s. 6d.). He shows himself a strong but discerning Francophile, and there are few visitors who will not appreciate what Mr....

A SHORT line of houses, just over a mile long, links Edinburgh Castle with the Abbey and House of Holyrood—a length which Lockhart (Scott's Lockhart) thought the most " im-...

teristically Danish school for smallholders at Odense, writes A Danish View of British Farming (John Lane, 1s.) to emphasize two definite and distinct points. Negatively, he...

author of Hudibras as Bishop Butler in a note last week. The first Samuel Butler was far from being a Bishop * * *

while unfriendly critics have maintained that they are anything but a Latin race. To the highly contro- versial literature on this subject the late Professor Vasile Parvan's...

and Hilbre : a Parochial History by Mr. John Brownhill (Liverpool : Henry Young and Sons, 10s. 6d.), for the famous links are in the quiet Wirral parish and Mr. Bernard Darwin...

published monthly from 33 Wust Forty-ninth Street, New York City, at 40 cents a copy, or £1 a year to England. It has an individual note which is rather rare in these days of...

Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island. By H. G. Wells. (Benn. 7s. 6d.) HERE is Mr. Wells at his best, working to a theme so accom- modating that he can display the savagery of...

Fon fifteen years William Jennings Bryan led the Democratic Party to defeat. Three times he was adopted as candidate for the Presidency of the United States and three times he...

A Liturgical Study of the Psalter. By C. C. Keet, Ph.D. (Allen and Unwin. 10s. 6d.) The Revision of the Liturgy. By G. F. Pollard. (Stockwell. 2s. 6d.) THE Regius Professor of...

Design in Modern Printing. Edited by Joseph Thorp. (Benn. 10s. 6d.) THAT excellent body, the Design and Industries Association, if they had not a perfectly good motto of their...

The Life of Sir Peter-Paul Rubens. By Anthony Bertram. (Peter Davies. 8s. 6d.) The Life of Sir Peter-Paul Rubens. By Anthony Bertram. (Peter Davies. 8s. 6d.) MR. BERTRAM has...

Youth Rides Out. By Beatrice Kean Seymour. (Chapman and Hall. 7s. 6d.) Yours rides out to adventure, but disillusionment lurks around the corner. It is a familiar enough theme,...

Women and Bureaucrats We Sing Diana is a title that rouses expectation of a study of modern women remembering Artemis. But, though the divisions of the novel bear headings like...

by F. M. Atkinson. (Heinemann. 7s. 6d.) —This admirably and inexpensively produced edition of Mr. Atkinson's translation of de Coster's great historic romance is meant to...

(Continued from page 268.) The majority of Russians to-day feel that there can never be a return to the old regime if the present Soviets should be subverscd. A somewhat shadowy...

politics, and has represented his country very ably, both as Minister at various capitals and as delegate at Geneva, where he has presided over the Assembly of the League....

IF we had not suspected beforehand that English seaside resorts all look and sound very much alike at midday on August Bank Holiday, the result of the competition for the best...

is the son of the proprietor of an Oxford Street store. Just down from Oxford, he visits a ' Mediterranean resort, where he selects from among the bathing beauties an American...

AT some time or another everybody has lost something which they value and found it again, sometimes in an odd and interesting way. The Editor offers a prize of three guineas for...

The Modem Motor Car- IV.—Some Special Features A NUMBER of special features of the modern motor car which will be found to be included in many up-to-date specifications have...

OUR weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Miss E. F. Chawner and Miss V. N. Solly, Thatched Holme, Wargrave, Berks, for...

C C AMONG the wills recently published in the newspapers was one which attracted attention by the fact that the testator used the opportunity to make a protest - in two...

Although the cash dividend and bonus of Singer & Co. for the past year of 20 per cent. compares with 25 per cent. for the previous year the reduction is entirely due to the...

In view of the extent to which shareholders of the Great Western of Brazil Railway have suffered through depreciation in the milreis and certain other developments in Brazil,...

FIRM MARKETS. FAIRLY active conditions for the month of August continue to characterize the Stock Markets, and most of the price move- ments during the month have been in the...

For the guidance of those who may be unfamiliar with the precise meaning of the term " Central Banks," it may be useful perhaps to explain that it is the description usually...