and Lord Curzon made by the Times has caused no little amusement and done something towards putting Lord Northcliffe in the right in this new Iliad of wounded feelings and angry...

tire in the work of defaming Ulster, should have found pleasure in the legend and should not have cared to give publicity to the Lord Chancellor's absolute denial wo can well...

defence of his colleague's action, which dialectically is one or the ablest and most ingenious things we have ever read. As a matter of courtesy, the Times enjoyed, as do other...

N the House of Commons on Monday, Mr. Lloyd George, I in answer to a question by Mr. Clynes, who asked whether the - statement was true associating the King with the successful...

an interesting and very important communique issued by the Lord Chancellor. It corrects a mischievous story published by Colonel Repington in the first edition of his book but...

King's visit to Belfast) revived the legend in a leader, and therefore the correction was issued. One would have thought that anyone of ordinary intelligence who heard the...

believe that the statement, originally made by Mr. Garvin in the Observer, and later by the Spectator, is essentially true. Though very likely such words as " negotiations " and...

the conflict of evidence ? " " Who is in the right, you or the Prime Minister ? " we shall refuse to pursue such injudicious inquiries. We shall also refuse to' admit that we...

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

allegations of German intimidation and preparedness are true, and that there are no counter Polish preparations. Even so, is not all this a further reason for the meeting of the...

an analogous paragraph had appeared during the autumn of 1918 ? " President Wilson is understood to have decided that the Senate shall be represented on the American delegation...

way would have been for Lord Curzon to have written and published a. set of instructions to the chief official concerned with the Press, directing him and his subordinates to...

confer- ence on disarmament and on the Pacific at Washington next govember. He telegraphs from London a message to the Philadelphia Public Ledger in which he insists on the...

go to Washington in November as Colonel House desires. But they are not, as we are sure he would be the first to admit, any reason at all why we should not be able to understand...

the Duke of Northumberland v hiaa appeared in the Morning Post of Monday last. Here is the sai )st important paragraph: " If our Government will not do its plain duty and...

situation. Just as it really began to appear as if at last the question might be settled before the end of the month by the meeting of the Supreme Council, fixed for July 24th,...

of Wednesday is perhaps, both historically and actually, one of the most interesting pieces of news of recent times. The paragraph states that it is understood that President...

the Near East are about as complicated, tortuous, and futile as they can be. The Greeks have started their promised offensive and have advanced about forty miles without...

the fate of Vilna. The dispute is between Poland and Lithuania and has little to do with Russia. The Soviet Govern. ment, however, has not been able to resist the temptation to...

Party will make it clear to the Government that under no circumstances will they abandon the Southern loyalists to their fate. " These unfortunate people," he says, " are, for...

second reading to the Criminal Law Amendment Bill. The discussion turned upon what in sexual offences should be regarded as the " age of consent " in a woman, and on the...

statement from Sir Alfred Mond, who said that the number of houses to be erected by local authorities would be limited to 176,000, that being the number for which tenders had...

excess all these restrictions are, of course, annoying, but they are the price to be paid for the reduction of the amount of drunkenness which can undoubtedly be traced to legal...

of Members of Parliament, presided over by the Attorney-General, was introduced on Tuesday. The Bill will apply to the whole of Great Britain. The licensing justices will be the...

starvation wage in order to compete with Germany. We are perfectly sure, however, that British market after British market will be ruined if the workers do not produce in such a...

defeated on an amendment to the Financial Bill. The amend- ment proposed that the profits of co-operative societies derived from trading with their own members and not with the...

his reasons in the House of Commons on Thursday, July 14th. He read the letter which he had sent to the Prime Minister. After describing how the Prime Minister had urged him to...

it deserves. It is the duty of the Unionist Party to reform Mr. Lloyd George—an interesting and exciting if a formidable task. We believe, however, that it can be accomplished,...

paper how Germany is setting to work to recover her industrial position. The fact that reparation can be paid in manufactured articles is an incentive rather than an impedi-...

July 21, 1921; 6 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 814; Thursday week, 881; a year ago, 1851.

W E proved so successful in our last week's diagnosis of the attitude of Sir James Craig and the people of North Ulster that we are encouraged to make an attempt in regard to...

A LESSON IN SOUND POLITICS. W E congratulate Sir James Craig upon the wisdom and, what is even better, the admirable temper with which he has acted in the Irish peace...

1 1 "E 4 failure of the Government to denounce the Anglo- Japanese Treaty is already bearing its poisonous fruits. The situation is a perfect example of the sound- ness of the...

A LTHOUGH the whole report of the Naval Committee appointed by the American Senate to inquire into Admiral Sims's charges must be of deep interest to British readers, we shall...

" The splendour of the French nobles is confined to their town residence ; that of the English is snore usefully distributed in their country seats ; and we should be astonished...

W E are inclined to think that people talk less than they did. Monologues are out of fashion. There are a great many " rests " in conversation. The sound of three or four people...

I T was past midday and very, very hot. All the forenoon the yacht had seemed to crawl—so motion- less was the air—beneath a sky of brass over a brazen sea. The Governor (salvo...

SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT. [To ms EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR. "] Sin, As you are aware, I have been inclined for some time past to regard the Stock Exchange and mone- tary outlook...

STOWE--PAST AND FUTURE. Me THE EDITOR Or THE " EPE'CIITOR."1 Still follow sense, of every art the soul, Parts answering parts shall glide into a whole: Spontaneous beauties all...

[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.] THE PACIFIC PROBLEM. (To THE...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR, —In reading your article on " President Harding's Invita- tions " in your issue of the 16th inst. I was much surprised to some upon the...

viie " SPECTAT0a."] SIR,—In your leading article of July 9th on the Irish question you say you " are prepared to give Ireland the fullest Dominion Government compatible with...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTA.TOR."1 SIR,—" Zionism is the most stupendous fallacy in Jewish history. I assert that it is wrong in principle, and impossible of realization;...

(To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Sin,—If any business man were asked if he could conduct his business when a third party had the right at any time to compel him to pay...

THE " SPECTATOE."3 SIR,—It is doubtless true, as Lieut.-Colonel Fremantle said in the House, that many men get more out of the Pensions Act than they ought to. If imposition of...

THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Tho Bank of England was incorporated on July 27th. 1694. with a capital of £1,200,000, which sum the merchants of London subscribed and lent to William...

THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Perhaps you will allow me to supplement Mr. Foster Palmer's letter in your issue of June 25th? I think the best possible index to a race is the personal...

(To mac Ehnen or TEL " SPECTATOR.") Sia,—I have to thank you for your able and courteous review of my Fall of Feudalism in France. But in one particular I think the writer does...

LTD THE EDITOR OT THE-" SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Whilst welcoming the Dean of Durham's objection to the present recrudescence of cruel and brutal forms of sport, I should like to...

[To THZ EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—The so-called " secret papers " of Count Axel Fersen are by no means unknown to the world at large. Mr. Herbert H. Sturmer will find an...

of the community is this truer than of many of the beneficed clergy of the Church of England. Poor before the war, some are poverty-stricken to-day, unable to meet the demands...

ITO THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."3 Sia,—As - a belated but much interested reader of the series of articles on "Living in a Converted House," I cannot resist the temptation...

[To THE EDITOR Or TER " SPLCIAT01."3 Sue—Arrangements are now being made for the Annual Camps of the Boys' Brigade, and it is anticipated that no fewer than 20,000 boys of the...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."' SIR, —In reply to your correspondent's inquiry as to what the Italians do with the swallows they destroy, I can answer at once. They eat...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPEcuroft."] Sin, — How words may lose their identity may be curiously illustrated by what would appear to be the growing misuse of the word " trapeze."...

read the letter in your issue of the 16th inst. entitled " Strange Birds." Last Tuesday I saw in my rose garden four birds about the size of a missel-thrush, but with light grey...

afraid that Marlborough must be added to the long list of localities where the scarcity of swallows and martins is to be deplored. Till quite recently every autumn mighty...

THE ANTIC SHRINE. Iv she will not receive me, well, that is to bo borne ; There is basking in sunshine, And the bland comity of the grass ; The lustre of winged beetles-...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — Can your bird-loving readers inform me whether it is usual for house martins to keep a menage h troisl I have watched these little...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sta,—Can any of your readers tell me where to find the follow- ing old song? I heard it years ago when I was working in a children's...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."' Sm,—Reading your most interesting article on the "National Trust " has led me to ask you if something could not be done to awaken interest...

Sre,—From the description given of strange birds seen by two correspondents of yours, they are in all probability American robins. These birds are really members of the thrush...

THE WRONG NUMBER " AT THE DUKE OF YORK'S THEATRE. Ws—it is not fair to go to a farce alone—went to The Wrong Number full of high hopes. Here, we had read in our daily papers,...

BURKE AND HARE.* To BURRE.—To murder in the same, manner as Burke did. FIGURATIVELY, Lord George Bentinck in CROKER PAPERS : " Disraeli's last speech was altogether burked in...

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

NEW OXFORD. — League of Notions • • • • 8.15-2.30 (So much worth seeing that you may disregard the unfor- tunate sounds that from time to time reach you from the stage.]...

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...

help Dr. Claud Worth's book is sure to be reckoned in future as indispensable. It is one of the great books on the technique of yachting, full of enthusiasm and knowledge. Dr....

Erna State medical service with woman in chief control. Of course this is not openly avowed in the very interesting and excellently written manual lying before us, but almost...

Da. CLAPHAM has written a valuable and much-needed book on the economic development of France and Germany since Waterloo. The study of our own economic history is at last...

Trim belief in the Real Presence, whether in the form of Transub- stantiation or of some theory indistinguishable from it, has been so long in possession in the older Churches...

UNDER the title Vitamins Dr. Benjamin Harrow, of Columbia University, writes a very useful little book, in which he introduces the study of what is known of the above-named...

WE believe we are right in saying that a good many Americans are rather surprised at the almost respectful attitude with which Mr. Mencken's essays in criticism, Prejudices, has...

THE DRAGON IN SHALLOW WATERS.• Miss SACKVILLE- WEST'S new book is somewhat crudely, perhaps somewhat self-consciously, remarkable. It is about a small manufacturing town of the...

MR. Enirown GossE prefaces his little monographs, reprinted from the Sunday Times, with some charming pats from a velvet paw. He makes, he says, no apology for their...

an Anglo-Japanese marriage. Tho main interest of the book. lies in the vivid and terrible picture it presents of the underworld of heathen, semi-civilized Tokyo. In order to...

novel deals with the appointment of an American Ambassa- dor to Rome on political grounds, and is chiefly occupied with the effect of Rome on his romantic wife, to please whom,...

EARLY TUDOR POETRY.* Pxorxssox BERDAN has been happy in his choice of a thoroughly second-rate period for the subject of his book. For, with the beautiful instinct of scholars...

(Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] The Edinburgh Review for July has several important and timely articles. None of them is more...

Haskins gives an interesting account of the elaborate and practical treatise on falconry compiled by the Emperor Frederick II., the astonishing man whom thirteenth-century...

(H. Milford. 5s. not.)—Dr. Banerjee, of Calcutta University, is doing good work in promoting the study of Indian history. In this interesting essay he summarizes what is known...

6d. not.)—This admirable little biography of a great man— the peaceful conqueror of Baluchistan, as the title-page calls him—deservedly forms part of a series of " Empire...

Hearnshaw. (Harrap. 10s. 6d. net.)—This very readable book contains a series of lectures delivered last year at King's College by highly competent scholars on various aspects of...

Edited by Elsboth Dimsdale. (Cambridge : Helen 7s. 6d. net.)—This little book contains ten pleasant essays, with a memoir of the author. a well-known and popular Fellow and...

King, for the London County Council. 21s. net.)The London County Council and the London Survey Committee have resumed their admirable task of publishing a Survey of London. The...

Missionary Education. 58. net.)—Mr. Balme, who is the Dean of the School of Medicine at the Shantung Christian University at Tsinan, has written a highly interesting book about...

Ltd., 3s. Bd.) is a very able discussion of the art and science of oarsmanship. It is not written for those who have never tried to row ; it assumes a knowledge of elementary...

Chase. (S.P.C.K. Is. 6d. net.)—The Bishop of Ely replies in this learned pamphlet to Archdeacon Charles's Teaching of the New Testament on Divorce, which wo reviewed at length...

quarterly, The Organ (Musical Opinion, 2s.). Dr. Eaglefield "Hull writes on the organ in the Church of St. Gervais, which was actually Played by Couperin the Great, and there is...