22 OCTOBER 1921

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When all has been said the fact remains that trade

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is suffering, and there is consequently terrible unemployment, because taxation is far too high. Taxation is far too high beciuse the Government have been wildly extravagant....

We cannot summarize the whole of Mr. Lloyd George's long

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speech. The main points, however, were : (1) That the Export Credits scheme is to be rearranged and extended. The State will guarantee 100 per cent. instead of 85 per cent....

NEWS OF THE WEEK

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T HE schemes of the Government for helping trade and reducing unemployment were described by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons on Wednesday. We do not feel inclined to...

We know perfectly well that a dissertation about the results

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of excessive taxation is not one that moves the working man, perti- nent and urgent though it is. He feels that it is remote and indi- rect. He does not appreciate the point. He...

These plans were presented by Mr. Lloyd George with a

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running commentary of sensible remarks about the futility of patent medicines and other nostrums for building up the strength of the country. Finally, he appealed eloquently to...

The Labour leaders are terrible sinners in this respect. Wo

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read the other day a letter in the Times by Mr. Clynes in which, writing of the trade collapse, he said that " it began in Japan." Nothing to do with ourselves at all ! He must...

TO OUR READERS."

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Readers experiencing difficulty in obtaining the " Spectator " regularly and promptly through the aboli- tion of the Sunday post or other causes should become yearly...

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Last Saturday Sir James Craig, the Prime Minister of Northern

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Ireland, made a speech which receives its justification—and in our opinion it was justified up to the hilt—from the fact that there have been such a vast number of breaches of...

The dispute over the portion of Western Hungary called the

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Burgenland was adjusted on Thursday, October 13th, at a conference in Venice, at which Austrian and Hungarian dele- gates met, with the Marchese dells Torretta as chairman....

The League of Nations Union held a successful meeting at

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the. Mansion House on Tuesday to enlist-the sympathy of the City. Lord Cowdray expressed his belief in the good cause by subscribing £50,000 to the funds of the Union. He at...

We are extremely glad that the Prime Minister has decided

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to attend the Washington Conference next month, unless unforeseen developments detain him at the last moment. His presence at the opening sessions will unquestionably help to...

The Cabinet Committee met the Sinn Fein delegates in conference

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on Thursday and Friday of last week and again on- Monday. Strict secrecy is preserved in regard to the discussions, but it is reported that Mr. Lloyd George and his colleagues...

When the House of Commons reassembled on Tuesday, Mr. Chamberlain

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asked for the whole time of the House for Govern- ment business. The Government would present four Bills dealing with unemployment, and the Prime Minister would make a general...

Why not ? The one and all-sufficing answer was that

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the cost of production in Britain was much too high. The average employer declared that wages must be reduced. He did not deny that wages might have to be reduced, but he...

The German mark, which before the war was worth a

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shilling, was quoted at a third of a penny on Monday. Feverish specula. tion on the Berlin Exchange sent the price of the mark down to an absurdly low level. German capitalists...

He then elaborated this warning. There had been a• great

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deal of anxiety owing to the fear that if anything went wrong with the Peace Conference an attack would- be made by Sinn Feiners upon the Protestant population of Ulster. " I...

In any case he wanted to receive the assurance of

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Ulster loyalists that when ho was engaged in most delicate negotiations —this was a plain intimation that he expects to take part in the Irish Conference in London—he would...

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In the dispute between the South Wales coalowners and the

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Mines Department about the amount of the State subsidy in aid of wages in September, Sir William Pleader, as arbitrator, decided last week that the coalowners were in the right....

Mr. Geoffrey Drage drew attention in the Times of Friday,

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October 14th, to the fact that the amount spent on " public assistance " last year was £257,500,000, according to a Govern. ment return. He himself estimates the total for...

At one time we were inclined to think that Mr.

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Lloyd George would not lose much by delay in dealing with Shin Fein, but we are bound to say in the light of these very deliberate breaches of the truce that Mr. Lloyd George...

The long-deferred resignation of Sir Eric Geddes, as Minister of

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Transport, has now taken effect. In so far as his resignation implies the demolition of the grandiose and costly Ministry which he set up it is to be heartily welcomed. The...

Sir James Craig, like .Lord Carson, has never for a

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moment attempted to dictate to the rest of Ireland. He has never denied the right of the South to obtain whatever terms it can extract from the British Government and to live in...

A tradesman in the South of Ireland appeals to us

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to make it known that he is being required by Sinn Fein to pay a definite sum to the rebel funds or, as an alternative, to suffer a boycott *which - would mean his ruin. He is,...

We are glad to learn that the Ken Wood Preservation

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Council is enlisting much public support. It would be a tragedy if Lord Mansfield's beautiful woodland estate on the Northern Heights, adjacent to Hampstead Heath, were cut up...

We have seen a record of Sinn Fein activities during

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September in one divisional area of Ireland as recorded by unimpeachable observers. The cases are described in detail and there were more than two hundred and fifty of them. It...

Bank Rate, 51 per cent., changed from 6 per cent.

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July 21, 1921 ; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 69j ; Thursday week, 891; a year ago, 84i.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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MR. LLOYD GEORGE AND WASHINGTON. I T is with the greatest possible satisfaction that we record the news that Mr. Lloyd George is, after all, to go to Washington. That this...

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11:11, MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.

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P ARLIAMENT, which met on Tuesday, has great duties before it. Will it accept these duties and carry them out, not perfunctorily and not under the auspices of the mere party...

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THE AMERICAN SOLDIER.

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T HE few words which General Pershing spoke at the memorable ceremony in Westminster Abbey on Monday went to the heart of the matter, because when he spoke of the obligation...

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TILE LEAGUE AND UPPER SILESIA. T HE Council of the League

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of Nations having had referred to it the puzzle of settling the Upper-Silesia frontier has issued a unanimous recommendation. That is a very important fact. It-is a milestone in...

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" BETTER IN HIMSELF." A FRIEND of the present writer

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who suffers from rheumatism remarked the other day to an American that, while his rheumatism was worse, he felt " better in himself." To the American the expression was new and...

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A. SOUTH DEVON VALLEY.—CHANGES IN THE BIRD LIFE. T HE last

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forty years have seen considerable alterations in the human population of our valley. The permanent residents have increased, especially in and near to our little town, and the...

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FINANCE—PUBLIC AND PRIVATE.

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DEPRESSION ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE. [To TER EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.'] SIR,—During the past week the Stock Exchange, with the one exception of high-class investment...

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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[Letters of the length of one of our leading paragraphs are often more read,and therefore more effective, than those which fill treble the space.] "FACTS NOT FICTION." (To THE...

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MR. LANSBURY AND DISTRESS.

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LTo THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] your issue of October 15th Mr. George Lansbury writes: " We find the task of relieving potterty by means of doles, medical inspection, free...

THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS ASSEMBLY.

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(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECT►TOR."] Sia,—The second assembly of the League of Nations brought its proceedings to a close on Wednesday, October 5th. The signifi- cance o' the...

MUNICIPAL REVOLUTION.

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ITo VIZ EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sia,—I have read with great interest Mr. Lansbury's letter in your issue of October 15th on the subject of "Municipal Revolution." I think...

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THE SIXTH CHELTENHAM CONFERENCE. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "

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SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—You have very kindly allowed mo to give your readers some account of the five preceding meetings of this Conference of Evangelical Churchmen at Cheltenham. The...

UNEMPLOYMENT AND THE ENGINEER.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Unemployment in this country, unfortunately, has reached unparalleled dimensions. Suggestions of palliatives and cures are numerous....

LONDON LICENSING JUSTICES AND THE EVENING CLOSING HOUR.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—I suggest to Mr. McConnell that in public controversy it is most serviceable to keep to the point actually under dis- cussion....

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WORK ON THE LAND.

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at THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.") SIR,—" Doles without work are wholly unremunerative to the community.' No truer words were written by the Spectator on September 17th. In...

THE CALIPHATE QUESTION.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—As one of those " well-meaning but indiscreet English- men " who has interested himself in the Caliphate question, permit me to venture...

THE GIRLS' DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "

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SPECTATOR.") SIR,—The Girls' Diocesan Association, which was founded by Mrs. Creighton and the Bishop of London in 1900, will keep its twenty-first anniversary on Saturday,...

POETRY.

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YOKOHAMA GARLAND. I BEGGED my young love to meet me, But she would not come. She has a jacket of blue velvet That in a dim room looks lute evening sky, There are buttons of...

THE FERN-OWL,

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sian—When I read Mr. Gordon's article I am sure that I enjoyed it as much as did any of your many readers, though I felt compelled to...

" YOUNG INDIA."

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] 8111,—Will you allow me to point out the wrong statement you have made in your last week's issue in the News of the Week column? Mr....

The Editor cannot accept responsibility for any article, poems, or

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letters submitted to him, but when stamped and addressed envelopes are sent he wilt do his best to return contributions in caw of rejection. Poems should be addressed to the...

NOTICE.—When " Correspondence" or Articles are signed with the writer's

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name or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked " Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the...

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THE THE ATRE.

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GRAND GLTIGNOL (FIFTH SERIES) AT THE LITTLE THEATRE. .THS new programme at the-Little Theatre has one quite admir- able play in it—E. and 0. E., by Mr. Crawahay-Williams. The...

" TRIAL BY JURY " AND " THE PIRATES OF

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PENZANCE " AT THE PRINCE'S THEATRE. THERE is a sort of swing about The Pirates of Penzance. The chorus has much more attractive music and words to sing than has that in The...

BOOKS.

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FROM PRIVATE TO FIELD-MARSHAL.* Six WriaLaar Ronearrson's book is necessarily unlike any other which has been written, because it describes a career to which • grow Private to...

SOME PLAYS WORTH SEEING.

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ConeT.—TIcartbreak House . . .. 8.0 —2.15 [Mr. Shaw's three-act play, produced for the first time In . this country.] ST. MARTIN'S.—A Bill of Divorcement .. . 8.30-2.30 [A...

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THE COMPLETE PEERAGE.•

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MR. VICARY GIBBS, with his collaborator Mr. H. A. Double- day, is to be congratulated on the resumption of his monu-' mental work, The Complete Peerage, which was suspended...

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JUTLAND AND ZEEBRUGGE.*

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A MOST fascinating book on the Battle of Jutland 1 has been prepared by two naval officers, Mr. Fawcett and Mr. Hooper. They have collected a number of personal narratives by...

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HOMPIS OF lath PAST.*

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WHAT reviewer, or for that matter what reader, has not experi- enced the blessed relief of suddenly deciding that some " impor- tant " book is insufferably tedious and unlikely...

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MR. LAURENCE HOUSMAN'S NEW BOOK.*

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Tuosz who have enjoyed Mr. Lytton Strachey's Eminent Victorians and The Life of Queen Victoria will find Mr. Laurence Housman's little Angela and Ministers exactly to their...

THE SECRETS OF A KUTrITE.*

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CAPTAIN MOIISLEY joined the Sixth Division soon after Ctesiphon, and fought in the brilliant rearguard action at Um-al-Tabul, which enabled General Townshend's force, retreating...

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Coquette. By Frank Swinnerton. (Methuen. 7s. 6d. net.)—It is annoying

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that Mr. Swinnerton's new novel should be nothing better than " a sound commercial article," and at that should have an unsatisfactory end. The book might so very easily have...

Eudocia. By Eden Phillpotts. (Heinemann. 7s. 6d. net.)— It is

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a far cry from nineteenth century Dartmoor to eleventh century Byzantium, but such divergencies of time and space do not appear to inconvenience Mr. Phillpotts. After all,...

FICTION.

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THE RED xmarrr.* THE tone of Mr. Brett Young's new novel is sharply contrasted with that of his last work, The Black Diamond, a dour story of life in a colliery town. There the...

READABLE NOVELS.—Wintergreen. By Janet Laing. (Hodder and Stoughton. 7s. 6d.

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net.)—Miss Julia Glenferlie, alias Jane Wintergreen, when she thought it her duty to go out as a domestic servant, achieved such an extraordinary shccess that every housewife...

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POETS AND POETRY.

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THE POETIC PROCESSION.• MR Roman - Roll's delightful essay is intended as a beginner's introduction to English poetry, and in writing it he has dealt with a subject which is to...

POEMS WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION.—Dublin Days. By L. A. Strong. (Oxford

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: Basil Blackwell. Is. 6d. net.)— For the most part realistic poems, some of them in dialect. Many of them are curiously successful in their short, incisive way. We hope that...

SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.

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[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] THE OcroBER QuArrrEarIEs.—The Edinburgh Review gives prominence to a well-informed and candid article...

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Courage in Politics, and other Essays. By Coventry Patmore. (H.

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Milford. 7s. 6d. net.)—The greater number of Patmore's articles, mostly reprinted from the St. James's Gazette of 1885-88, are concerned with literature and architecture. He was...

The Rev. H. R. L. Sheppard, Vicar of St. Martin-in-the

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Fields, and some friends have started a penny weekly paper, entitled What Next ? in which they will set out their ideas. They want " to see every fact of life from the highest...

The Hague Rules, 1921, Explained. By Sanford D. Cole. (Effingham

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Wilson. 2s. 6d. net.)—The Maritime Law Com- mittee of the International Law Association, with the co-opera- tion of shipowners, shippers, bankers and underwriters, drew up last...

The Chronicle of Muntaner. Translated from the Catalan by Lady

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Goodenough. Vol. II. (Hakluyt Society. For subscribers.)—Lady Goodenough has completed her spirited translation of Muntaner's astonishing chronicle of Arngoneso doings in the...

Good Will Toward Men. (Bible House.)—We may commend this "

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popular report " of the British and Foreign Bible Society for the past year. It is well written and contains interesting facts about the ceaseless spread of the Bible in all...

Dr. A. H. Unwin's tentative sketch of an International Forestry

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Bibliography, published by the Forest Lover's Library at Critchmere, Haskmere (2s. 6d. net), will interest many forest officers scattered through the Empire. The Indian service...

The Imperial Institute is issuing through Mr. Murray a series

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of " monographs on mineral resources with special reference to the British Empire." One is Silver Ores, by Mr. H. B. Cronahaw (6s. net), in which the sources of supply in the...

The Lost Radiance of the Christian Religion. By L P.

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Jacks. (Lindsey Press. Is. 3d. net.).—Dr. Jacks in this Essex Hall Lecture restates in a striking fashion the view that Christianity is " pre-eminently a religion of...

The Geographical Journal for October publishes a remarkable series of

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photographs taken by the Mount Everest Expedition, with some notes and a tentative diagram of the country round the mountain. Mr. Stefansson describes the important Canadian...

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Messrs. G. Bell and Sons have reissued in their "Standard

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Library " Adam Smith's classic Inquiry into the Nature and Cause of the Wealth of Nations (2 vols., 12s. net). Professor W. R. Scott contributes an interesting introduction, in...

My South African Year. By Charles Dawbarn. (Mills and Boon.

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10s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Dawbarn has written an interesting book about South Africa and its problems. He describes with sympathetic insight both the policy of General Smuts and also...