enieute, which apparently arose from resentment at the -acquittal after a long trial of. three young " Front Fighters," charged with killing a; Socialist and a child in the...

the Naval Limitation Conference. A relaxation of the long tensItm is likely to -do good. Mr. Bridgeman and Lord Cecil have come home for a few days to report to the Cabinet. The...

This is the completion of a huge scheme which Liverpool has been doggedly carrying out in spite of such obstacles and interruptions as the War, the depression in shipping and...

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chief delegates .met at the Villa of the Japanese delegation, and' afterwards issued a hopeful announcement. Japan, like the United States, fears that if Great Britain should...

the Church, preaching on Sunday at St. Giles's before the King and Queen, proclaimed his belief in the close actual presence of the spirits of the dead stirring the overwhelming...

T HE annual residence of the Court at Holyrood Palace has been memorable, not only for the usual efforts of Their Majesties to see as many of their Scottish subjects as possible...

the pollution of rivers which Bishop Welldon and others have discussed in our correspondence columns: LOrd Balfour answered in one of those speeches with which he delights...

the Committee stage in the Upper House. There were no important amendments made, but the Lord Chancellor undertook to consider the introduction in the Report stage of several...

the prospect of the action threatened by the Nanking " Government " in regard to fresh taxa- tion and interference with trade. That Government is marching to the ruin of the...

the Home Office vote and discussed the West Ham Guardians. Local Labour Members defended the. old Board and wanted to see the end of the present administrators. Mr. Chamberlain...

on Friday, July 15th,.a formal welcome from the Corpora- tion of the City of London with the City's congratulations and appreciation of their services to the Empire. His Royal...

regretted in Great Britain, where he has been popular ever since he came to court an English Princess over thirty years ago. His uncle, King Carol, whom he suc- ceeded, had done...

or rare,. the rooms. of Messrs. Christie and Messrs. Sotheby, .have been centres of special interest in the culmination of the present season. A few days ago the masterpieces...

Andrews our open Golf Championship which he won last year. His play was as near perfection as could be. His victory was as popular as any British player's could have been, and...

to follow Professor Bury as Regius. Professor of Modern History at Cambridge. He is certainly a more " modern " historian, as his earliest theme has been the age of Wycliffe,...

be deeply regretted in Europe as well as in the United States. Though he escaped appointment as United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, he was one of the...

birthday and upon the present which Lord Balfour was able to announce at a luncheon held last week to celebrate the occasion. The Government will put at the Academy's disposal...

in regard to East Africa. It is really the result of Mr. Ormesby-Gore's visit to those parts and the meetings in East Africa and London of the local Governors and chief...

cent., on April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 1011; on Wednesday week 101*; a yeaz ago 101. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday ; on Wednesday week...

research against disease and in other directions, in co-ordinating their Custom's arrangements, and in spending our money on ports, railways, and roads under the East Africa...

had sold his own collection also for a very large sum indeed, presumably for dispersal. This was a well-known collection because the owner was a generous lender to exhibitions,...

with discussions of political and commercial questions of the Empire that so little attention has been paid to the Imperial Education Conference that met nearly a month ago ?...

W E outlined pur general proposals last week and appealed frankly to two powerful emotions— pride in our country and pity for our fellow men. We may, however, repeat that we...

T HE outbreak of serious riots in Vienna last Friday -I-. need not have occasioned surprise. The wonder is that the great city has escaped such a disaster for so long, despite...

T HE report stage of the Finance Bill was concluded on Tuesday night. Clauses 31 and 33 continue to excite apprehensions amongst Unionist members and in the City, which will not...

T HE Army Estimates of the years since the War show commendable progress in the process of reducing the annual cost of the Army to reasonable proportions. In fact, the figures...

[Our valued contributor, Dr. Graves (the author of Fallvir 0' Flynn, which he wrote for the Spectator in 1872), draws attention to the festival which it is proposed to hold...

TT would seem that the old definition of advertising - 11 - as " a means of fooling the public about the goods offered for sale " is now, as one of Mr. Sean O'Casey's characters...

THOSE who were privileged to attend the annual Conference of thc Associated Booksellers of Great Britain and Ireland at Cambridge last week-end will account themselves...

I N Scotland from Shetland to the Border, in Northern England and Wales, sheep-dog trials form a village festival of great importance. Since the 'War the number of such fixtures...

[ORCHESTRAL RaconDs.] PARLOPHONE. This company has issued a very fine performance of the Rienzi Overture, played by the Berlin State Opera Orchestra and conducted by Edward...

A LETTER FROM SIAM. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] is truly a pleasure in these troubled times to be able to write from a country which is at peace with the world and at...

[" LET'S FIND ODT.1 THE British Instructional Films, Ltd., have recently made a film of the activities of the Malting House School, Cambridge, in order to place on record the...

the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—After being " dry " for six years, Stornoway voted " wet," and the public-houses opened on May 30th with a guarantee of three years without any further...

Translations from the Greek Anthology Id o - reOcipour LEONIDAS OF TARENTI131. THIS gentle ball, this spinning top, this rattle, that would never stop, - the bones of which...

A TRIAL OF TRAPS. AMONG a great number of letters on the cruelty of the steel traps comes one from a landowner and farmer who has much trouble to keep down the rabbits. They...

110W TO ABOLISH THE SLUMS [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I have read your articles on "How to Abolish the Slums" with great interest, and agree with much of it, but I...

SIR,—As one who has worked for years in the cause of better housing for the poorest working-classes and found private representations to public authorities very disappointing,...

housing will be profoundly grateful to you for your article upon the subject. But many . will greatly regret the sentences in which you suggest that a large part of the blame...

Sin,—I have read your article of July 16th, on how to abolish slums, with great interest and much sympathy ; but the question of abolishing slums is a far more intricate and...

interest the various letters on the subject of rabbit catching, and sympathize very much with those who disapprove of the steel trap. To-day I have received a description of...

the SPECTATOR.] am one of those monsters who employ steel traps for the destruction of rabbits, and, although I must admit that your correspondents have not exaggerated the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—In recent issues of the Spectator your comments on this subject appear to overlook several points of vital interest. You commiserate with...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—A correspondent in your issue of July 9th quotes Disraeli in answer to the question : " What is Conservatism ? " I venture to supplement...

SPECTATOR.] Sot,—The Spectator is apparently of opinion that the Bishops, as a body, will enforce, by legal process if necessary, the restrictive provisions of the Revised...

[To the . Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SJR,—There is now being pushed forward in Safety First and County Surveyor Committees, a patchwork plan which if adopted—as it will be if...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—On August 20th, 1852, a meeting was held in the Elphinstone Institution, Bombay. On that day was inaugu- rated the first political...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The miscellaneous contents of Joanna Southcott's Box will perhaps remind people of the fictitious millions which were believed to be...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Slit,—With reference to Miss Wrench's letter in your issue of June 25th, drawing attention to the Exhibition of European Arts and Crafts which...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The letter from Mr. E. R. B. Roberts, comparing British railway rates with those of foreign countries, must baye been of considerable...

[To the Editor of the SpEc.r.vron.] Sia,—There appears to be a great deal of misunderstanding at home regarding the origin and status of the Shanghai Settlement and Concession....

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—With the approval and assistance of the present directors of W. Heinemann, Ltd., I have for some months past been preparing a memoir of...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—With reference to your article on " The Humane Slaughter of Animals " in a recent issue, at least one regular reader would be interested...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In August last you were good enough to publish a letter„ announcing the establishment of an International College at Geneva. It may be of...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Snt,-In Mr. Michael Sadleir's delightful book about Anthony TrollOpe the following passage occurs on p. 198 :— " At one place in his book on...

Holiday Fund, administered by the Poor Clergy Relief Corporation, becomes more marked each year, and we confidently appeal to sympathetic friends to enable the poorer clergy in...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—In your issue of July 9th, under the title " Some Excite- ments of a Bird-watcher," Mr. E. W. Hendy writes : " Montagu speaks of the jay...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, I think your readers may be interested in the following incident. Noticing a certain excitement amongst the birds in the garden yesterday,...

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Is a Scarcity Impending ? By J. C. BACKHOUSE, LL.B. RECENT purchases of bullion in London by the Bank of France, with their effects on the Money Market, have brought the...

a period of contraction in banking deposits, following upon prolonged expansion, the totals are once again ascending, and the growth during the past year is fairly striking....

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convenience, and the cost of materials, and the keynote of a modern garden is " simplicity and a subtle sense of the fitness of things." It is because we understand nowadays how...

Tun average book of verses purporting t3 be for children usually • infuriates us beyond words, perhaps because our memori e s of being " talked down to " are still as vivid as...

Cranton, 6s.), by Mr. George Morland, with a short Two good hooks on motoring are Motoring without Trouble (Heath Cranton, 6s.), by Mr. George Morland, with a short preface by...

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Marjorie Bowen is more at home in the fifteenth century than in the twentieth, and her attempts at psycho- logical insight into the minds of the moderns are, to say the least of...

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In articles which appear this week we deal with the general question of the growth in banking deposits. Special mention, however, must be made of the particularly large increase...

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