P • ARLIAMENT met on Monday for the autumn session in a spirit very,different from that in which it ended the last session. The Opposition in its attempts to be indignant,...

as we were. The Fascists committed a very serious act, and in dropping the case against them a bad blunder was committed. If the charge of larceny could not be Sustained (and we...

these movements have thealielp of all political parties so, much the better, of aourse—are• always more valuable than schemes T•wliieli are imposed from theontside. • We cannot...

Monday about the course of business, the Report stage of the Administration of Justice Bill was taken. The most interesting arguments turned upon the question whether Grand...

that an Italian Debt Commission would soon visit this country. The United States has already reached a settlement with Italy, and it is satisfactory to know that a Similar...

the withdrawal of the charge against the Fascists who seized and damaged a Daily Herald van on October 17th. We described the incident and commented on it at length last week....

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Bill in time for its presentation to the Chamber on Tuesday, when the draft text was pub- lished. There it is likely to be discussed -for several days. It is evidently a...

1 ' with all hands. The nation has been profoundly moved by this calamity.. On Thursday, November 12th, M 1 ' was going through exercises fifteen miles south of Start Point when...

majority-375 to 13--decided to ratify the Locarno Pact. This volume of approval deprived the amendments, dealing with the admission of Russia to the League and with disarmament,...

policies that cover them. The plans for consolidating debt and creating a sinking fund are very elaborate and entail the appointment of a board of twenty-three deputies and...

throw in advising a dissolution of the Federal Parlia- ment in Australia. He wanted a direct mandate from the electorate to take a firm line against the small but vigorous...

to the effect that the - rebel forees are trying to seize the important seaport 'and base of Beirut. That, of course, would mean cutting the, Beirut-Damascus railway. OnTuesday...

have captured Hasbeiya, and this success has increased "their confidence and energy. Another bad sign is the intensive activity of the bandits. The special eorrespondent of the...

Labour Party, led by 'Mr. Charlton, as " Communist," but the party has only itself and its leaders to thank if it has suffered in this way. As soon as the election was, in view...

The Report of the Food Council to the President of the Board of Trade on the price of bread was issued this week. It gives a scale of maximum prices for the quartern loaf which...

supports the proposal that when Signor Mussolini comes to London to sign the Locarno Pact, Labour leaders should cold- shoulder him and that locomotive drivers should even...

so effectually muzzled by the Directory that it is hard to gauge the importance of a rumoured attempt at revolution. It is alleged that military plotters, perhaps hankering...

its work with rumours of the civil war all round it. A surprising change has come over the intentions of two of the rival leaders in the war. The Times correspondent says that...

for the evacuation of Cologne. The withdrawal of the Army of Occupation will thus begin on the day fixed for the signing of the Locarno Pact in London.. The Ambas- sadors'...

delivered a hot attack on what he called the menda- cities of humanitarian societies, with particular reference to the campaign of the R.S.P.C.A. against the exportation of...

there has been no hint of incom- petence as yet, are hard at work in the tomb of Tutankh- amen. They have reached the mummy itself. The golden mask upon the face has not yet...

on October 1st, 1925. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 1901 : on Thursday week 100 ; a year ago 1011, Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 861 ; on Thursday week...

T HE Parliamentary Session will be a very full one ; the programme is already overflowing with Bills and days allotted for various discussions, and everyone seems to be properly...

THE ABOLITION OF SUBMARINES tragic fate of the M 1 ' has revived the original British proposal that submarines should be abolished. This is the only consolation in the...

BY NEW MEMBER P ARLIAMENT has reassembled after a three months' recess in an atmosphere strangely at variance with that which prevailed last August. Then the situation was...

The Coal Commission has been taking evidence on the possible development of Water Power. T HE idea of employing the ebb and flow of the tides to generate power is very old ;...

PLANNING BLOCKED BY THE FEAR OF WORDS • [1%.*43 do not publish these articles in the hope, or even with the desire, that our readers will agree with all that " Economist "...

II.-RELIGION AND THE UNOFFICIAL VISITORS [These two articles cannot be read without a sense of the honour due to our prison reformers, both inside the Home Office and outside...

A FTER five successful years in office, Lord Forster, the seventh Governor-General of Australia, will reach England this month. A retrospect may explain why he and Lady Forster...

the SrEcre'ron, costing only 30s., makes an ideal present for an absent friend. For this sum the paper will be forwarded to any address in the world. Apply Manager, the...

I HAVE lately returned to London after two or three -1-• years in the wilderness. - The wilderness was not very far away, only in the Chilterns. An hour and a half in the train...

1 HE time has come when we should put an end to the degrading traffic in our old and worn-out horses. The report of a Departmental Committee, compared with reports by many...

A NEW HUSH DRAMATIST WHAT would an Irish play be if it were stripped of its atoms. phere and " local colour 7 and natiye idiom An unfair, an impossible ,question ; a test we...

A LETTER FROM OXFORD [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,- -The death of Dr. A. D. Godley,sOmetimepublic Orate?, and an eminent wit and scholar, loved, as he was admired, has...

(THE LEFEVRE GALLERIES.) Foie slime reason or other M. Maurice Utrillo was, until recently, unknown in England, although the best work he has produced was that done beforc...

THE MEDICAL PROFESSION AND THE PUBLIC [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—As a retired member of the medical profession who has been intimate with its interests, intensive...

Axham has revived a very considerable public interest, and for that reason statements in regard to it should be accurate. Mr. Joseph Griffiths, in your recent issue, states that...

possesses an intimate knowledge of Sir Herbert Barker's great work for many years past, I am sure that it is no exaggeration to say that t housinillibf people the wide world...

greatest interest and importance to the general public in this correspondence is touched upon by Mr. John Murray in your issue of the 14th inst. It is whether the technique of...

of all Sir Herbert Barker himself, that he has had an orthodox general training in medicine and surgery. But anyone who knows anything of his career and record must acknowledge...

have just read Mr. Norman Angell's article. I write because I like England, having been there, and wish to warn the British against the New American or Babbitt movement in the...

SIR,—I would like to add a word in favour of the restoration of the name of Dr. Axham to the Medical Register. When Dr. AxImm administered anaesthetics to patients desiring the...

Sin,—Will you allow me, as a medical practioner, to express my approval of the way the public are asking for the re- installation of Dr. Axham ? I admire the pioneer work Sir...

Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sfa,—The sensational headings in certain of the daily papers about the middlemen and coal merchants have caused much discussion and uneasiness. Sir...

Sus,—The influence of the Spectator is so great—its attitude on such a question as that of our Imperial fiscal policy is so important—that I am writing to plead with you to go...

to call attention to one valuable agency by which the clergy can be helped to answer the call of the Archbishop to read more, in order that they may improve the quality: of...

the SPECTATOR.] Sta,—I have read with great interest the very valuable article, "A Way Out for the Mines," in your issue of November 7th. I enclose copies of letters that we...

SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I would recommend the following ideas as helpful for the clergy to be of greater service as preachers : The estab- lishment of a clerical library within reach...

of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,--At a time when so much is being said about the relation- ship of Capital and Labour, I think the following may well be considered. Lately, one of our...

SIR, — In his first article " Economist " omits to mention that Government control in the War was based on the oft-repeated phrase, " money no object," a temporary necessity...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Sir W. Beach Thomas does well to criticize Mr. Will Ogilvie's incomplete description of our . Australian birds, especially of our song...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Since I have been in England, I have had the oppor- tunity of meeting a great many of Britain's leading manu- facturers—mostly those whose...

Sue,—Criticism of the Zoo is much to the fore. Those of us who happen to be Fellows of long standing appreciate the pre- sent Gardens in view of the past, and look forward to a...

Sin, — I have just had an invitation to subscribe to the Spectator, and one thing I like about the Spectator is that it is fair-minded. It is not High Church, but it allows High...

Sin,—I have been waiting to this length for some Australian ornithologist to point out the omission from the contributions of Messrs. Ogilvie and Ramsay of what every " dinkum...

you have a little space to spare in your paper, " M. N. B." may be interested to hear that I also have a young rook that plays ball and tug-of-war, and sits on my shoulder or...

SPECTATOR.] Sra„—Will you kindly allow me a little space to thank the unknown person who sends me out a copy of the Spectator every week ? It is very much appreciated by us...

THE FLYING FISH THE silver fish that skims the wave Believes that he could fly, And, him the swallow, wheel and turn And mount up to the sky. Small silver fish, above whose...

Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —I desire to make an urgent appeal, more especially to your London readers, on behalf of the funds of the above Society dealing with the important...

Sta,—In view of the great risks undertaken by men in sub- marines, would it not be possible to equip such boats with a form of life-saving appliance ? I suggest that each...

SIR,—I suppose that one really shouldn't be surprised to find snobs amongst musical people any more than amongst doctors, clergymen, artists, stockbrokers, lawyers, authors or...

BENITO. MUSSOLINI SIGNOR MUSSOLINI says of Signora Sarfatti's Life of himself, " This book pleases me." We may take the book, therefore, to be substantially true. As a record...

THE EDITOR OFFERS TWO PRIZES OF £10 EACH, THE FIRST FOR AN INSCRIPTION FOR A SUNDIAL IN PROSE OR VERSE, THE SECOND FOR AN EPIGRAM • ON WOMAN IN FOUR LINES OF VERSE. THERE is...

Kabuki: The Popular Stage of Japan. By Zo5 Kincaid (Macmillan. 42s. net.) MANT of those who read Mrs. Irmeaid's book on the Japanese popular stage will perhaps remind themselves...

Mr. Nigel Play - lair's lively new book, The Slaty of the Lyric . Theatre, Hammersmith, as Messrs._ Constable. The book is published by Messrs." Chatto and Windus, to whom we...

THE packers' strike has delayed the publication of many books ; the table looks bare and uninteresting. It is the strike that has compelled us to cancel the Literary Supple-...

upon Olympia : History and Remains, by Professor E. Norman aaidiner. There are many excellent photo- graphs of the site and of the works of art found there. Another .book from...

. nineteenth century. In his Critical Essays (Faber and Gwyer)_ he does not show the lucidity and easy friendship with critical standards that mark Mr. Dobree ; he has a mind...

as when . a critic. said recently, without hesitation and pre- sume* without thought, that Shelley was undeniably one among the three or four greatest lyric poets the world has...

F. G. Bell's Contemporary Spanish Literature - (Knopf). There are approximately one hundred authors criticised in this survey, most of them still living. • * *

The Works of Tobias Smollett. Edited by George Saintsbury. (The Nivarre Society. 12 vols. £2 2s.) A CERTAIN amount of zest and willin g ness to be pleased must be brou g ht to a...

,The Letters of Hannah More. Selected with an introduction by R. Brimley Johnson. (Bodley Head. 6s.) Ma. BRUMLEY JOHNSON has followed his charming selection from Miss Mitford's...

Henry Montagu Butler : Master of Trinity College, Cam- bridge, 1886-1918. A Memoir by his son, J. R. M. Butler. With eight illustrations. " (Longmans. 12s. 6d. net.) THE...

Miniatures of French History. By Hilaire Belloc. (Nelson. 7s. 6d. net.) . TELESE thirty-one pieces have the grace and delicacy proper to miniatures, as Mr. Belloc aptly calls...

Reminiscences of a Maynooth Professor. By Walter McDonald (Cape. 18s.) Reminiscences of a Maynooth Professor. By Walter McDonald (Cape. 18s.) VERY many hard things were said of...

Tim hidden world of State seems to resemble the subconscious': regions of the mind exploited by the Freudian school : the ordinary citizen may lead an admirable life without...

The Pilgrim of Eternity : Byron—a Conflict. By John Drink- water. (Hodder and Stoughton. 18s.) " For several months in the writing of this book," says Mr. Drinkwater, " I have...

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(Burns, Oates and Co. 6s.) THE COMING OF THE MOON. Compiled by E. M. Liddell. (Burns, Oates and Co. 6s.) IN a whimsical foreword to this " anthology of quiet poetry," Mr. Martin...

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M. Philips Price. (Labour Publishing Company. 2s. 6d. net.) THIS new volume of the " Studies in Labour and Capital " produced by the " Labour Research Department " is a fairly...

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Tins story of a lion originally appeared in a previous book by Mr. Glanville dealing with the animal life of the African veld and jungle. It proved so popular that it 'is now...

THE ENGLISH FACTORIES IN INDIA, 1665-1667. By Sir William Foster, C.I.E. (Clarendon Press. 18s. net.) THE new volume of Sir William Foster's elaborate calendar of the East India...

' land. (Cambridge University Press. les. net.) SnycE . Professor Buckland published his masterly Teit Book of Roman Laze, we have always hoped that he would produce a manual...

MATTER AND MANNER sia HARRY JouNsrores novel Relations is delightful. The distinguished author, in thoroughly familiarizing us with the fortunes of two large families over a...

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At the recent meeting of the English. Scottish and A ust ration Bank, the Chairman, Mr. Andrew Williamson, was able to make a very satisfactory statement with regard to the...

In view of his multifarious interests in the shipping world, it was scarcely with surprise that the City learned that Sir Alan Anderson, the present Deputy- Governor, was not...

GOVERNORSIUP or. THE -BANK.. OF ENGLAND. General satisfaction has been expressed iniinancial circle , * at the announcement made last week that the Court of Directors of the...

OPTIMISTIC MARKETS BY ARTHUR W. KIDDY. S i rOTWITIISTANDING certain untoward circumstances, such, for example, as the continued weakness of the franc, the failure of the...

There are few experts whose views concerning the won position command greater attention than those of Mr. William. son, audit , is therefore satisfactory to know that after a...

Loan KYLSANT ON TRADE. A sound financial position was disclosed by Lord Kylsant at the recent General Meeting of the London Maritime Invest- ment Company, Limited. The net...

Optimism, restrained by a sound conservative policy, : characterized the speech of Sir Charles Greenway, delivered to shareholders of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. Trading...

Despite modifications of the restrictions of rubber output in territories in the Empire, and notwithstanding the talk of America acquiring huge tracts to develop her own rubber...

- Yet another Scottish- Rank has been added to the number of those who have enlarged their sphere Of operations in this country by opening establishments in the West End of...