determination of France to keep troops in the Ruhr for another year if she shOuld so- please. As we have frequently said, the acceptance of the Dawes scheme obviously implies...

HE success of the Allied Conference, which came to an end last Saturday, is the most important event which has happened since the signing of the Armistice. As has been justly...

the Conference with regard to two decisions in particular. He could not accept as satisfactory the arrangement by which, if Germany were unable to ensure from her industrialists...

necessary to reiterate that the British Government had never recognized the legality of the occupation of the Ruhr, and though the Conference had agreed to the time limit" of a...

him to consent to M. Herriot's proposal that the question of evacuation should not be mentioned at the Conference. Thus there is the undoubted paradox that the French may remain...

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the Foreign Office to present the Egyptian protest, he was informed " in the most. explicit manner ". that the British -Government regarded themselves. as respon- sible for the...

last week of the prosecution of Mr. J. R. Campbell, the Editor of the Workers' Weekly, was almost incredibly stupid. On July 25th the Workers' Weekly published an appeal to...

of the Communists is that the -Government " surrendered " alder severe pressure from several well-known' 'Labour Members of 'Parliament. It is also - suggested that Cabinet...

safety valve, we cannot see why the prosecution was dropped. The attempt to turn the Armyor theNa-vy into a political agency, inspired by class-consciousness and false to that...

on the outbreaks in the Sudan -which we recorded 'last week. The Council demanded .that the Governor-General of the Sudan should publish a full report of . the outbreaks, their...

has'been differing from the Prime Minister. " A. P. N." tells us that during the Conference with the Soviet Delega- tion,'Mr. Snowden, with the Treasury at his back, strongly...

wage market that the Covent Garden porters are already being paid con- siderably more than is earned by skilled engineers. There is a steady flow of skilled men from the...

Friday, August 15th. The• figures were :— Sir Alfred Mond (L.) .. 12,760 Rev. E. T. Owen (Lab.). 8,351 Sir Alfred Stephens (C.) .. • .. 7,896 Majority .. • • .. 4,409-...

the proposed St. Paul's Bridge. They dis- approve of the proposal because the bridge would not serve any adequate purpose in a better traffic scheme, and because architecturally...

Covent Garden Market was unexpectedly declared. For some time the men had been demanding a guaranteed minimum wage of £4 5s. a week all the year round, as well as overtime rates...

Trust on their twenty-ninth annual report. There have been nine new acquisitions to the Trast's great National Gallery of Natural Pictures.- In October, 1923, the Trust got its...

In Norfolk thirty acres of woodland near West Runton, known as the " Roman Camp," have been acquired by the Trust. FUrther acquisitions this year are the ancient Norman castle...

July 5th, 1923. 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 101t ; Thursday week, 101 i f ; a year ago,. 101 k. al per cent. Conversion Loan was on Thursday, 78f; Thursday week, 77{...

THE LONDON CONFERENCE. T HFE optimism with which we wrote as to the outcome. of the London Conference has, we are glad to say, been justified. Though we have to admit that our...

returns from the Employment Exchanges. Indeed, according to the report of the recent abortive Select Committee appointed to consider the question of imposing a duty on betting,...

W E wish we could feel that it was safe, and therefore wise, to say nothing more about the Boundary problem till Parliament meets. Unfortunately, we cannot solace ourselves with...

B ELOW is printed the 'diary of two adventurous youths of British stock who were allured by the pure lust of adventure to hazard more than the crew of the ' Argo' hazarded for...

I MET Richard Yockney in Winton, Western Queensland, and we decided to try to cross to the West Coast in a motor-car. We bought an old Ford for £50, and during two months we...

IF in England or Australia you saw a town with its streets hung with bunting and crowded with . thousands of people, if you saw tents and stands in an open space and heard of a...

THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY AND THE WORKING MAN. [To 17w Editor of the SPECTATOR.] was very much interested in the letter of A Would-be Conservative Candidate " in the Spectator of...

[To the Editor of the Siterkron.] Sm,—May I say a word about Lord Winterton's article in a recent issue on" The Real Bar to Indian Self-Government" ? I dOuht if the position he...

is being written in the London Press about the situation in India there is so much camouflage and ignoring of the hard facts, on both sides, that I venture to. hope you will...

- - . [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—It was Very , interesting to see the letter on the above subject from Mr. W. Allen Young in your issue of August 9th. I take it that...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] is impossible not to admire the spirit and idealism of Miss Maude Royden's article on " Sex Education " that appeared in your issue of August...

SIR,—May I presume to ask Miss Maude Royden, whose admirable article on " Sex Education " appears in your issue of August 16th, to amplify a little for the .benefit of at least...

• [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sta,—The suggestion in your issue of August_ 9th under the above title is most valuable, but the BritiSh manufaeturer who wants to produce...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—At the recent Congress in London our recommendation that the token value of the penny should be increased by twenty per cent. aroused...

[To the Editor of the SeEcrAron.] Siu,—A Memorial, of which a proof copy is enclosed, has been signed by 303,421 adult communicants, of whom 2,627 are clergy. Its value can...

SIR,—As a County Galway doctor and one Who knows " J. C. T." I wish to point out what is known to Protestants • and Catholics alike who are able and are free to form critical...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR1 SIR,—I have undertaken to help in the collection of material for a biography of Mary Everest. Boole, the writer upon psychology and education,...

[To the Editor of she SPECTATOR.] . 511t,—I am anxious to bring to the notice of any persons who may be described. as gentlefolk in poor circumstances the benefits which are...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—Your reviewer of Col. Wedgwood's book; Essays and Adventures of -a Labour M.P., in his reference , to the Primrose League scarcely does...

SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I see the Spectator late, so can only now express my regret to the present Rector of. Waltham for my inadvertent misstatement. Since, it appears, the glebe is...

AN UNPUBLISHED POEM BY JOHN CLARE. RELEASE. Tim sheds are cleaned and littered down before The drapsipg cow comes from the weary moor ; Upon the hovel-beams the fowl perch...

. , [To the Editor of the SpE,crAToa.] Sia,—Miss 1VIontresor's reference to the Y.W.C.A. Forward Movement, in her letter in the Spectator of August 9th, is most kind. When the...

who was in love with the " shy-come nightingale," the yellowhammer, " fluttering in short fears," the white-no - sed bee and Its " never absent couien, black as coal," the "...

THIS WEEK'S BOOKS. I was afraid that there would be no books worth reporting this week ; but at the last moment some quite important books came in. Messrs. Constable send two...

International Social Progress. By G. A. Johnston. (George Allen and jlnwin. 10s. 6d. net.) The Economic Illusion. By Arthtir . Bertram. (Leonard Parsons. ' 7s. 6d. net.)...

Through Central France to the Pyrenees. By Maude Speed. With sketches by the Author. (Longman. 10s. 6d.) Hilltowns of the Pyrenees. By Amy Oakley. Illustrated by Thornton...

Among the Broad-Arrow Men. By B.2.15. (Black. 5s.) LORD DARLING'S Bill might in practice have worked out well or ill ; it is hard for the layman to have an opinion of much...

TIIESE two books, more particularly that of Professor Morgan, are of special interest to the increasing number of students of German affairs and conditions. ' They deal with the...

Tins useful work contains "the speeches of the Introducers of Reports and Recommendations, practically in. extenso ; with those at the Sunday Afternoon Meeting ; a complete...

Egypt and the Army. By Lieut.-dol. P. 0. ELGOOD: C.M.G. (0iford Uniersity Press. 16s. iiet.) COLONEL ELGOOD, whose large experience in the country has rendered him thoroughly...

Great Meddow. By Helen Hamilton. (Blackwell. 4s. 6d.) THIS pleasant little book is somewhat in Mrs. Gaskell's vein of gentle irony. The author writes in the first person plural,...

CHRISTIANITY AND THE RACE PROBLEM. By J. H. Oldham, M.A. (Student Christian Movement. 7s. 6d.) Kipling's phrase,. " The White Man's Burden," has been parodied by the...

The History of the Great War which appears by direction of the Committee of Imperial Defence. Those who read the first volumes followed the account of the agonies of the...

by William Page and the Rev. P. H. Ditch- field, assisted by J. H. Cope. Vol. III. (St. Catherine Press. 63s. net.) That magnificent enterprise, the Victoria County History, has...

By Percy A. Scholes. (Oxford University Press. 3s. (id. not.) Mr. Percy Scholes continues to throw the light of his understanding upon the dirk places of our musical life. His...

Warren. (Grant. Richards. 2s. 6d,) This collection is to be recommended for use in schools, as it is sensibly compiled to appeal to children of all ages of school life. It...

[BY OUR CITY ED/TOR.] A . NEW ERA ?• • [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] . SIR,—It must not be supposed that because there have been no sensational movements in securities...

Although British funds and gilt-edged securities have shared in the generally firm tendency of markets during recent weeks, there has been an _unmistakable tendency, to acquire...