are, however, by no means the only mischief. There is the nuisance of passports and the excessive officiousness of the police who dog the footsteps of the envoys of trade as...

unfor- tunate moment—when the Imperial Conference is about to consider the future development of the Empire by means of Imperial Preference. With regard to that subject we will...

T HE 'manifesto by distinguished bankers and business men of several European nations and of America which was published in the papers of Wednesday is a very _welcome and very...

mere coincidence that when addressing that admirable body, the International. Chamber of Commerce, in Paris, on Wednesday Sir Alan Anderson, formerly Deputy-Governor of the Bank...

is a larger number of separate nations than before .the War. Each nation has its frontier ; each puts op a Hadrian's wall in the attempt to prevent the intrusion of mercantile...

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at 10 Downing Street. Mr. Baldwin declared that the problem before the Conference was to reconcile the principle of self-government with a general Imperial policy in foreign...

of. the House of Hohenzollern seems to have died down since the Prussian Diet, on Friday,October 15th, passed the Settlement Bill by a large majority. Sonic of the Democrats and...

problem created by the increased taxes levied on Hong Kong by the Cantonese Government. The Cantonese example is being followed elsewhere. The explanation of the complacency of...

says that the Cantonese in despair of defeating Sun Chuan-fang in Kiangtsi, organized . a revolutionary plot . in Shanghai. A. monster meeting of students, called together...

New Zealand and Newfoundland feel with the Empire as it is. General Hcrtzog definitely raised the question of Dominion status. He assured the Conference that the." British...

October 15th, what was perhaps the worst of its long series of foolish acts. It formed itself into what it calls a " Central Council of War " and decided (though all this sounds...

taken on Prohibition. It was known that dislike of the Prohibition Act had greatly increased, but nobody foresaw that there would be, as there was, a decisive anti-Pro-...

but obligatory in all important matters. We must have no repetition of the methods followed at Locarno, where the unity of the Empire was threatened by the impossibility of...

ordinary razor which has satisfied the civilized shavers of past centuries must be grateful to American • inventors and manufacturers, but they need not now buy an American...

question of postmark advertising. We understand that the Postmaster-General had already entered into certain contracts with commercial firms when protests began to be made. No...

in a farewell speech, announced his resignation of the Liberal leadership. The speech did not contain one allusion to his dispute with Mr. Lloyd George, but the peculiar and...

as ignorant . of the real objections as of the need and'desire of every stockman to be housed near his stock. Security of s the farmer's tenure was discussed without solving the...

Division was unveiled at the Horse Guards by the Duke of Connaught. The Guards' Division had earned a position for their memorial on the edge of the most famous parade ground in...

Labour Party campaign in rural constituencies which 'have so far resisted the party's blandishments, and the aim is to get votes which will inevitably be used in. the interests...

Party Conference are townsmen almost to a man. The party provided a Minister of Agriculture from its intelligentsia, but the ordinary member, who consumes imported wheat,...

on December 3rd, 1925. , War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 1011; on Wednesday week 1011 ; a year ago 1021. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 841; on Wednesday...

to salute Lord Oxford on his retirement from the leadership of the Liberal Party and to express their deep appreciation of his services to the nation. Fin. these services are in...

T HE doctors are moving. It is evident that recent criticism of the rules and etiquette of the medical profession has had its effect. Doctors generally are admitting that more...

I T canseldom have happened that a policy has been -I- so generally approved and yet has suffered from such a diversity of views on the manner of its application as migration...

M OST people who live outside Lancashire and adjacent counties have very little idea of the importance of cotton. Althou g h there are only about half a million operatives...

A SHORT time ago there appeared in the Spectator an admirably persua s ive article on publicity. It had only one lack : while ar g uin g the merits of the art on general...

[FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] rrHE South Downs are almost everywhere rich in A - vestiges of early pre-historic man. These high, bare summits which look out on one side to the waters...

S EEN from Whitehall the new monument on the Horseguards' Parade looks like one of the treasures of London ; and gratitude goes out to whoever had the idea of placing it there,...

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B ELLA is the third daughter of Iida by his chief wife Masabere. " Bella " is not actually her name, which happens to be Ubuhlalu, or Jewel. It is an appropriate name, as she is...

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AT Drury Lane on Tuesday afternoon, November 9th, there is to be a special matinee in aid of the Stratford Memorial Theatre Building Fund. Their Majesties the King and Queen are...

Rousseau, le Douanier TILE most "exciting of the autumn exhibitions s6 far is that of paintings by Henri Rousseau, lc Douanier," at Messrs. Lefevrc's Gallery. I can remember...

Time Out of Joint j•‘ BEIUMLEY SQUARE." By JOIIN B. BALDERSTON. . • ST. MARTIN'S.] Ti n : faithful chronicler will, one hopes, record to posterity that amongst the minor...

A Letter from Madrid [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—While the air is thick with peace talk among nations, the individuals of one country continue with undiminished...

Editor of the SPECTATOR.] isneiirly twenty years since I first wrote to the Press, and during that time I have come to the conclusion that an erudite and versatile journalist...

SIR,—The ex-Kaiser is right and your correspondent wrong. The pictures of the Wallace Collection were at • that time on view at Bethnal Green waiting the building of the...

SPECTATOR.] Sua, Will you permit me to comment briefly upon what I think to be a misleading and indeed a quite inaccurate suggestion in the article on " Equity in Life Policy...

articles by the German ex-Emperor arc exceed: , ingly interesting, but may I be permitted to ask (as a French- woman, who probably carries logic too far !) whether it should be...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—From " The Scot versus the Englishman," in your issue of October 9th, " God's sillie Vassal " is attributed to Knox, but Andrew Melville,...

Sra,—The old problem of the reconciliation of science' and religion, on which much has lately lieen said or Written, seems never to be discussed in the light of the most...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] . . Sia,—Mr. J. L. N. Roche is amusingly -inaccurate in his reference to Dr. John Brown as a Scot who, " in very poor circumstances, managed...

makes - an error in his statement, pub- lished in the story of his Early Life, in No. 5,128 Spectator of October 9th, to the effect that the " little Crown Prince was the only...

[To the Editor of the Segee_vron.1 SIR,—The following is part of a speech made by the. lion. James Beck, .ex-Assistant Attorney-General of the. United States, in April, 1918...

S1R,—The suggestion by Dr. Wells, on retiring from the Vice-Chancellorship at Oxford, that more colleges are wanted there, was, we may safely assume, then made for the first...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—I have just returned from Budapest—almost all that is left of Hungary. Once numbering eighteen millions, now only six, nearly all her land...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Two years ago an appeal was launched under the patronage of H.R.H. The Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, for £80,000 to build a...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In your issue of October 16th, you print an article by Mr. F. A. Mackenzie under the heading " The Durham Miners' Stand," and whilst part...

Ballade of the Pit Ponies SOME were foaled near for or combe, Where the Channel's silver spray Jewels every golden broom Springtime wields to sweep away Morning mists when...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sut,—Your correspondent is, I think, incorrect in ascribing the abolition of tipping to the Duce. In 1920 a strike of waiters achieved this on...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,----The Mediaeval Academy of America has just been incorporated, with the purpose of conducting and encouraging research and instruction...

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MOTOR AND WINTER TRAVEL SUPPLEMENT No. 5,130.] WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23. 1926. GRATIS.

EVER since the War the successive Motor Shows have each been hailed, in advance, as marking an important step forward in the development of motor design and construction. It is...

THE chief features of the Motor Show at Olympia, which opened on the 22nd, and closes on October 30th, are quality and price. Twelve months ago it was commonly supposed that...

'HY BUY Now ? There fs one salient question with regard to the autumn that should be met and answered at once. Why buy a new car now Y Why not wait until the " rains and ruins...

Tin: more effectively a car is sprung the greater the comfort Of the driver and his passengers, the less wear and tear upon the engine and the various working parts, and the...

'racer; is no section of the Motor Show which possesses a ' greater attraction than that devoted to accessories. It interests everyone who owns or who would like to own a car....

Sir Richard Burton, who spoke seventeen languages with fluency, took only three' weeks to acquire a new speech. He studied in short, intense snatches of not more than a quarter...

in the matter of languages : half a sentence is incomparably superior to no speech among foreigners. A vocabulary, however small, is essential in order to enjoy the human...

1 . , OND experience in travelling over Europe has convinced me of this : that English people do not realize the value—indeed the necessity, if they would be comfortable--of...

in the spirit rather than in the flesh : he has come with the justice and government of Caesar, with the Christianity of St. Augustine, with the piety' and learning of Lanfranc...

Yeoward Line, but it is really a winter trip. The charm of- Lisbon, Madeira, Las Palmas, Teneriffe, Santa Cruz and Oratava need not be described to Spectator readers, but...

the object of all the delightful cruises that are planned for . us - by the Shipping Companies. Soirie of the best are the Mediterranean' cruises of the Cunard line. The 17,000...

Why do not the hotel proprietors o1 England adopt this sensible plan ? It should be put in the forefront of the " Come to Britain " movement. The travelling public is becoming...

traveller the rates charged . at every hotel throughout Italy.

about the ten per cent: tipping system, as regards hotels in Italy and France. I spent iome very pleasant days at Bertolini's Hotel in Naples recently (surely there is no more...

accommodation. A transcontinental sleeping berth is really Very uncomfortable compared to the excellent single " state rooms " of, for instance, the night train to - Perth of...

How often must the English traveller' be reininded- that- he shoUld take his own soap and writing Paper with - hail' . on the Continent ? Even the best hotels do not provide...

be heartily recoitunended at this season to travellers who re- meinher, as I di), the exquisite cirque of hills that rings Algiers, and the flush of evening light on the Sahara....

following from Vevey :- "Vevey is not as gay as Montreux : it's one hope of fast living, the Casino, has been spoilt by a law forbidding gambling. Some of the Swiss papers have...

English is well spoken and where the cooking is plain but really first: class are recommended to' try the 'Hotel Britannia, which is central, convenient and clean. Full board...

My tongue would never have twisted round its ghains • and Khesand quafs without the help of an Arab employed by this excellent institution. _Then there is the Pelman method, of...

Come to Britain " movement, stating that the delights and attraetiens of the South of France are well advertised in the United States, whereas the spring beauties of England are...

addressed to him at the Spectator regarding hotels, roads, travel conditions or the planning of itineraries. , . THE TRAYEL . EDITOR..

Lancastria ' will again leave for the Mediterranean, calling at all the ports touched in the first cruise, and in addition at such places as Lisbon, Tangiers, Malta, Syracuse...

Generally speaking, travelling facilities in Greece are as good as those existing in any other country east of Switzerland and Northern Italy, while the numerous places of...

£200 and of the second cruise from £65 to £210, while the third is pro- portionately less. During the stop at Naples there will be opportunity for visiting Vesuvius, and...

and most of its hotels arc not yet up to British standards it is nevertheless equally true that many thousands of British and American tourists annually enjoy the motor tours...

in this Supplement to tell of the places I would wish mention. " The world is so full of a number of things " that the best advice I can give in my remaining inch of space, is...

58.) Tnn last twenty years have witnessed the birth of a a new school of philosophy, and the eminence of its chief exponents; Signore Croce and Giovanni Gentile, has conferred...

LIBERTY is not gained by many and is not kept by all those who gain it. A price has to be paid for it and the price is eternal vigilance. Such, in a sentence, is Don Sturzo's...

Encyclopaedia Britannica is £6 9s. 6d. in cloth, and not as given in our issue of October 2nd. * * * *

'pamphlet published by The Foundling Estat e Protection 'Association putting forward a powerful plea for the preservation , of that magnificent site against . the " powers of...

Nicwr clubs now are simply spas," sings Mr. A. P. Herbert, "_ for our young Methuselahs, so don't let's go to the dogs to-night, in_ case my granny's there. When I see the...

the hero - (or perhaps Christopher Robin is really the hero) of Mr. A. A. Milne's delightful Winnie-the-Pooh (Methuen, •• 7S. 6d. net) may be carefully studied :-" ' And if...

by Lady Grey of Fallodon on " The Rook." " The Worker as Capitalist," by Messrs. Austin and Lloyd, is a series of articles which deserve the attention of every business man in...

a dozen pages in his Preface to " Sald's " When William Came (Lane. 3s. 6d.). He speaks of the spiritual danger of forgetting that in our halls is hung Armoury of the invincible...

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(1) All entries from readers in the United Kingdom and Irish Free State must be received on or before November 5th: all entries from other parts of the world on or before April...

The Editor offers a prize of 15 for a list of The. Seven Wonders of the Modern World (20th Century). . EACH list should be of definite, concrete " Wonders." It would not be...

The Functions of the Body. By V. H. Mottram. (Nisbet. is. 6d. net.) Diseases of Animals : In Relation to Man. By E. T. Burke. (Faber and Gwyer. 3s. 6d. net.) IF anyone wishes...

The Love Affairs of Mary Queen of Scots. By Martin Hume. New, Edition. (Nash and Grayson. 12s. 6d. net.) THE title of Mr. Hume's book might lead us to, believe; that it was...

Tax application of- the principles of Christianity to social, industrial, and even international relations is receiving par- ticular and detailed attention at the present day....

enry Chaplin : A Memoir. By the Marchioness of London- derry. (Macmillan. 21s.) 1-:RM1T'S Derby was one of the most romantic horse-races the history of the TUrf ; but the core...

nehanted Days with. Rod and Gun. By Captain Alban F. L. Bacon. (Seeley, Service and Co. 12e. 6d.) ITIT very many sportsmen to-day the rod comes before the n, as in Captain...

The Autobiography of Sir Felix Semon. (Jarrolds. 21s.) Two new biographies, really interesting books, both of them: certainly show us to ourselves as a doctor-ridden...

R. 'Brimley Jolm (John Lane. 6s.) People and Books. By W. Robertson Nicoll. . (Hodder and The Little Room-. By Guy Pocock. (Dent: 6s4 WE are already under obligation to Mr....

THE widespread belief that the Industrial Revolution was a period of unrelieved misery for the masses is 'seriously questioned by Miss M. C. Buer in her very able and...

The New Republic suggests that all may not be well with the Ford industry. " No one else can yet sell a car quite so cheaply as Ford. But others can sell as good a car so close...

HARMER JOHN. By Hugh Walpole. (Macmillan. 7s. Gd. net.)—Anyone who has read The Passing of the Third Floor Back or any of its numerous offspring will fear the worst when a...

16s. net.)—Glorious things have been written of the British Turf. Nobody minds the scorn of the deliberate, i.e., affected, " highbrow " and the real intellectual is as likely...

G.C.M.G. (Putnams. 7s. 6d. net.)—The Colonial Office, as we are accustomed to call it, has now its volume in these publishers' useful series of Departmental histories. Sir...

A PENSIONER'S GARDEN. By Lord Darling. (Hodder and Stoughton. 10s. 6d.)" Crescit in orbe doles ; or, to speak English, the dole augments daily . . . . " that is an example of...

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Abbott. (Routledge. 7s. 6d. net.)-:---Mr. Abbott's elever and thoughtful essay on Thucydides is much to be commended. Macaulay said long ago that the Greek his- torian could not...

story of ultra-modern courtship and age-long problems of marriage. The married pair, the Pendrooks, part because the novelist-husband is unfaithful. There has been lack of...

of the bigger and older and more characteristic houses remote from Town and the towns ? The cost of keeping them up is too high. The cost of destroying them is too high. - I...

full of good nature and fine observation, - this story of it London boarding-house, its inmates and its proprietress is distinctly refreshing and readable. It has something of...

In respect of the deserted- country houses near towns, one wonders whether we shall not in the sequel adopt the country club, as established in the United States or Canada. One...

M. VALENTINE WILLIAms gives us three hours' exciting reading in his new novel, The Pigeon House (Hodder and Stoughton, 7s. 6d. net), the distinguishing feature of which is a...

NT.... The end; the final. - dissolution, of a great country house is proclaimed . . for_a; date . in the. folloWing_week.; and some of us see in_the. event also the end, the...

dismantled and destroyed—not by fire, but by deliberate purpose. -They are worth more as scrap wood and brick, and stone than as homes, than as little hubsof culture, little...

is something quite. peculiar about the stories of the late Mr. Edmund Candler. He adopted an, unhurried, confidential manner, and in fact told one a great deal about. a story...

A charming old French gardener was fond of saying (to those who lived in a certain Château during the War) that if only politicians were like gardeners there would have been no...

A suggestion put out in this place some weeks ago has been followed out by some of the technical papers. They, too, are asking why we neglect Holland in Lincolnshire and almost...

European Trade Barriers.—A Remarkable Manifesto BY ARTHUR W. KIDDY, DURING the past week there has appeared a very remark. able Manifesto in the shape of a plea for the removal...

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CHEERFUL MARKETS. ANXIETY with regard to the coal situation has checked activity in some departments of the Stock Exchange, but, speaking generally, the firmness of high-class...

I cannot too strongly endorse the comments made by Mr. R. J. Hose at this week's meeting of the Anglo-South American Bank concerning our industrial problems. " I do not...

As is customary on the occasion of the annual meetings of the Anglo-South American Bank, Mr. Hose gave a very in- structive resume of economic conditions in the countries in...

If only by reason of its eminent authorship, the small work on banking, by Mr. Walter Leaf, the Chairman of the West- minster Bank, which has just been published, is sure of a...

The annual financial statement of the Entre Rios Railways is a good one and confirms the favourable impression pro- duced by the recent final dividend,' making 6 per cent. for...

In Chile improvements in many directions, including the Government finances, have been offset by the depression in the nitrate industry, and the Chairman of the Anglo-South...