the Prime Minister. The Committee showed . . him a statement about wages calculated in purely economic terms. The owners have estimated the wages that could be paid for a...

learn that a conference of representatives of the Euorpean' coal industry will soon - be held to discuss the possibility, of-ending the cut-throat competition in the coal...

districts and issued a critical commentary upon theReport. But they gave no precise guidance to the districts where the working miners were puzzling their heads .Over. the...

• Ar fER much unnecessary delay, which we trust will not have to be paid for in any highly incon- venient way, the two sides in the coal dispute have at last come to the point....

mining districts, has discovered a great deal of reasonableness among the men, but it cannot be said that the men's leaders have let fall a word about the possibility of...

Owing to the increase in the number of Postal Subscribers to the SPECTATOR it is necessary for notices of Changes of Address to be received by midday on Monday of each week....

habit of betting is so widespread and so deeply ingrained that it will not be eradicated or anything like it by taxation, but if it can be discouraged and the State can at the...

at the meeting of -the Executive of the Labour and Socialist International at Zurich. The I.L.P. dele- gation, headed by Mr. Fenner Brockway, proposed that the Executive should...

daughter, on Wednesday, to the Duke and Duchess of York. The new Princess is third in the line of succession to the Throne, coming after the Prince of Wales and the Duke of...

said that everything would depend upon the agreement come to about the division of the spoils between Chang Tso-lin. and Wu Pei-fu who in alliance are attacking Peking. We do...

have agreed to make a beginning with the taxation of betting in the manner recommended for many months in the Spectator. The present intention is to tax credit betting and...

defending Peking has disappeared to the North and various members of the Cabinet who had sought sanctuary have reappeared though the improvised Committee of Public Safety has...

in the . Morocco peace negotiations at Udjar. The Rini delegates are ready to- recognize the temporary and spiritual authority of the --Sultan, - but they refuse to make "...

been hoped for by the adherents of the new I.L.P. policy which is partly to secure an international " united front," and partly to damage Mr. Ramsay - MacDonald's authority and...

7,000, marched through London and held a meeting in the Albert Hall as a protest against strikes. This procession was a fairly easy target for criticism even though it'...

more wholesome public opinion. It is disappointing that newspapers which are in competition with one another have not generally been able to come to some kind of agreement....

time has come to do something to restrict by legis- lation the publication of obscene - details froni thelaw Courts was demonstrated on Friday, April 16th, when the Bill...

of degrading details - have been the outcome of trials which are not covered by this Bill at all. The Bill is thoroughly good, we think, for its particular pur- pose, though it...

House of Commons is at last intent upon doing by means of the law whatever can be done by the law., The old argument that pUblicity is essential as a deterrent was found to have...

Marquessate. He left India better. than he found it... That is • his claim to his new honour, and no one will dispute it. His title is " fairly writ " in the progress of the...

for the death of Sir Squire Bancroft. No figure . was more conspicuous— one might say, without offence because with truth, more consciously conspicuous—in the West End of London...

on December 8rd, 1925. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 102 ; on Wednesday week 101# ; a year ago 102/k. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 86} ; on Wednesday...

S OME future • Gibbon, tracing the decline and fall of our civilization, may declare that one of . the permanent institutions of Europe was " a trouble house" —a ruler whose...

THE RUSSO-GERMAN TREATY T HE alarm caused by the Treaty of Rapallo has been reproduced by the news that Russia and Germany are on the point of concluding a new Treaty ; but...

M R. A. M. SAMUEL, Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Overseas Trade, has introduced an important and interesting topic. In a recent address to the Newcastle and Gateshead...

FROM A CORRESPONDENT. T HE House returned from the Easter recess to resume the Committee Stage of the Economy Bill, the Unionists with their anxieties as to its effect upon the...

A PORTENT has loomed upon the horizon of Shepherd's Bush : the first Exhibition of British Artificial Silk has opened its doors to the general public for this one day,...

A MEMBER of the Spectator staff travelled to Bir- mingham the other day in the first all-steel train to run on an English main line. Although the coaches were all third class,...

.A HUNDRED thousand people tried to get in to see a certain football match the other week. Only half the number could be squeezed in and the half that was suc- cessful strewed...

(Late Superintendent Carlisle Municipal Abattoir.) THE feeding and watering of animals which are not -I- for immediate slaughter is a subject which has not received the...

Lord Byng's term of office as Governor-General of Canada soon comes to an end. Among those mentioned . as possible successors are Lord Cavan, formerly Chief of the Staff, Lord...

Daily Mail recently a propos of the employment of a number Of Irishmen on electrical work in North Wales to which the TreaSury has made a grant of £1,000,000. When the matter...

entering upon good times. The Government has abolished the relief grant, and during the past four months only £85 have been spent on relief for the able- bodied poor in the...

had in the triangle which warns people that the car has front wheel brakes the following notice ,you can read this you are too damn close ! " Interesting possibilities are...

- census taken from the Boston News Bureau and the United States Daily of Washington. According to these' authorities the population of the United States on July 1st next will...

on the proposed tax on betting 'signed by seven ex - Governors. The signatories are unanimous that the imposition of a betting,tax,.in the Dominions has not increased the amount...

by King Charles I. on JiilY 13th. From a hamlet of 1,400 people it has grown into a thriving town of nearly 500,000, with industries which export, amongst other things,...

and there' is great dramatic activity on all sides. By a miracle of local patriotism and devotionto a great idea, an astonish- ing achievement has taken place at...

THE HERO AS SAINT M. HENRI GnioN, whom Sir Barry Jackson has just " dis- covered," has been engaged for some years in helping to restore the Poetic Drama in France. In his...

BRITISH FILMS, THE QUOTA AND -RECIPROCITY THE first stage of the fight for a revival of British film pro- duetion is over. The Committee appointed by the film industry to...

THE Haymarket Theatre has a formula of its own—the formula of light comedy and pleasant make-believe. Mr. Levy, the newcomer, has- accepted it, and will apparently be able to...

THE experienced frequenter of picture galleries does not start at number one in his catalogue and proceed to examine each succeeding picture until he is too exhausted to obtain...

A LETTER FROM KHARTUM [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—The Mohammedan religion regards the making of wells or the provision of supplies of water as works of special merit....

Sum" a "bone-head" of a Buddha as is portrayed in The Light of Asia at the Philharmonic Hall could never have existed. The Prince who renounced the world to teach the eightfold...

THE INDUSTRIAL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP [To the Editor of the SrEerz.roa.] SIR,—In your issue dated April 1pth I notice an article on the Industrial Christian Fellowship. The...

SIR, — The letters in recent issues of the Spectator on the subject of the , dislike of Americans by Englishmen, and rice versa, seem to me to present yet another unfortunate...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The discussion of the sterilization of defectives in the columns of your journal suggests that England might not be wise to adopt the way...

American might easily reply to " An Englishman in India," whose letter appeared in your issue of March 20th, on his own ground. He might 'point out that Amerietins too dislike "...

writing in the last number of the Speciator, seems anxious to impose upon the Rev. G. A. Studdert Kennedya large share of blame for the public apathy towards the work of the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SHI,—Those mysterious people who decree Fashion's whim and steer tier capricious course, ' the designers of the dresies' we wear, on 'and off...

am sorry to have given offence by a letter which ap- peared in your columns more than two months ago, to the correspondent who calls himself " Oliver Rustic," in yOttr issue...

[To the Tditor of the SPECTATOR.] . SIR,—WC, the undersigned members of the British Colony in Florence, claiming collectively by long experience and intimate relations with...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —The figures quoted by the writer of " Spectabilia " on the fall in the number of acres under cultivation of cereals in -England and...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] . SIR, —While the people of England are considering t` the reform of the House of Lords " may a friendly foreigner. suggest that, whatever the...

[To the Editor of the St's:ern - roll] Stn,—Some months ago you made a most flattering comment on the journal of Mr. Michael Terry describing his journey from Winton to Western...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin, — Mr. Joad's seventh conclusion is as follows :—" That nevertheless eugenics in the sense of the purposive breeding of desired types is...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,"—Will you allow me as a senior member of the Indian Civil Service to make some comments on Lord Meston's interesting review of recent...

SPECTATOR.] SIR,—May I, . through the courtesy of the Spectator, request that 'any of your readers who may have interesting remini- scences of the late Rev. James Shepherd;...

APRIL RAIN The sweet breast of the brooding day Was hinting through the goWn of Spring, And giant elms threw care away For now had come the Quickening. Ah ! Days of...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—I have been interested in your correspondents' views about " walking in circles," but so far no one seems to give any explanation for...

Ma. A. C. GRIEVE, 13 The Willows, Beech Road, Liverpool, writes : " I am particularly taken with the article on Tips, as it affects the new poor of the minor county class....

SIR,—Your painful paragraph dealing with litter in your issue of April 10th places, I fear, too high a value on teaching as a means of checking it. For several years past by...

THE LURE .OF LONDON [COPYRIGHT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE New York Times.] THE publishers are spreading the Lure of London throughout the English-speaking world,...

publishing their edition of Dumas. The Vicomte de Bragalone in four volumes is just out at 4s. Od. each. What wonderful stories these d'Artagnan romances are I

Miss Nainaiaa CRANE, the baby laureate of New York, who is now thirteen years old, has rightly found a place in Messrs. Cape's revised and enlarged edition of Modern American...

methodical German way, after the will of the wisp of relativity between The Brain and Mind (Unwire. as. 6d.). He begins a little slowly in his pursuit, but gets his second wind...

the American Academy in Rome (printed in Italy), magnificently illustrated. It is a fitting memorial to _the scholarship. of the late Mr. Curtis. * * * *

ranging from St. Paul to Lao-tsze and from Solomon to Con- fucius. It is well arranged and useful for those that like that Sort of thing. The editor is Mr. Besterman, the price...

(Methuen, 10s. Od.) is the life story of a mare, a sort of versified " Black Beauty " with a touch of " Kissing Cup's Race." The sentiment is charming, the illustrations...

John Payne, with preface and annotations by Mr. Thomas Wright (Thomas Wright, Olney, near Bedford. 15s.). The pen drawings by Mr. Jones are excellent, the photographs of the...

The Editor offers a prize of £5 for a " Specimen Day" in not more than 1,000 words. _ _ If only four hundred words are used we shall be so much the happier. But we have set the...

Before going on their holidays readers are advised to place an order for the SPECTATOR. The journal will be forwarded to any address at the following rates :- One Month • . 2s....

stable. 21s.) . Tire late Mr. John Woodcock Graves, author of -the words. of the famous song, is reported to have said-on •one occasion to its Cumberland hero, whose name is...

were banned from all polite libraries and ardent youths looked upon him as the liberator of the human race, the greatest of all free spirits, redeeming poetry from the dreary...

Religion and the Rise of Capitalism. By R. H. Tawny. (John Murray. 10s. fx1.) " PRUDENCE and Piety were always very good friends. You may gain enough of both worlds if you...

Last Essays. Joseph Conrad. (Dent. 7s. 6d.) Tuts collection of essays and letters to the Press is the last gleaning from the field of Conrad's exotic genius. We have a purpose...

THE American lecture habit has brought together the. oet and his listeners in a way of which Walt Whitman, neglected in is own day, only dreamed. Mr. Vachel Lindsay has lectured...

Reminiscences. By Roma Lister. (Hutchinson. 21s.) Miss ROMA ',MEWS Reminiscences are described as social and political, but polities play but a small part. She being what used...

and small, fitting any purse and any pocket : it is adequate on the history of the city and of its monuments and does not attempt too much : notably, it is cautious to the...

(Cambridge University Press. 2s. Oci.) Tins pamphlet was the Henry Sedgwick Lecture for 1923 at Cambridge. It is a sound incursion into constructive aes- +h..+ies, and develops...

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IMPERIAL ROME. By Martin Nilsson. Translated by C. al Richards, D.D. (Bell. 21s. ) ONLY recently we had occasion to pay a tribute to Professor Nilsson's thorough-going...

Ph.D. (Allen and Unwin. 6s. 6d. = net.) Ii so far as the child is father of the man, the problem of. world peace may be ultimately solved in the schoolroom. But human nature...

Clad in Purple Mist. By Catherine Dodd. (Jarrold. 78.. 6d.) EvEwsi tenth person one . meets under the age of forty, and even so _ me considerably over, seems to harbour nsecret...

DON MARQ via, one of the best-known " columnists " of the American Press, has set out to do a brave thing, but has not liad enough courage to carry it through. In The Dark...

And a New Earth. By : C. E. Jacomb. (Routledge. 7s. 6d. net.)—This - romance, worked out with great care and in much detail, describes a New State in which a higher social level...

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MISCELLANEOLTS :-The Drama in Adult Education.. (His Majesty's Stationery Office. - 1.s.) Foundations of the Universe. By M. Luckiesh. (Chapman and Hall. 15s.)=C hemistry in...

THE BUDGET BY ARTHUR W. KIDDY. THE days seem to have passed when Budget secrets were scrupulously preserved. Speculations as to its character have, of course, always been...

LECTURES. Sunday, April 25th, 3.30 p.m. Mx POLICY FOR THE LAND. By Mr. Lloyd George. Under thil , liniapices Of the " Five Quarters." At the Guildhouse, Eceleston Square, S.W....

The completion , of the Quinquennial Valuation period in: . the Life Department of the Royal Exchange As - alliance Cdiii- pany has resulted in the announcement of a combined...

At the time"-of the announcement iouncement Of the'dividend by the - Vokohamapecie Bank, it was evident that profits had expanded, and this is' now shOWn to be the case by the...

QUIETLY CHEERFUL MARKETS. Tits: fortnightly settlement has revealed, as was expected, at sound position, and the response of prices, especially of- high-class Investment....

Only last week I referred to the prosperity which is being_ experienced just now by most of. London's big Stores, and the Annual Report of the Army , and Navy Co - operative...

After passing through a period of some severe vicissitudes, it looks as though the Dunlop Company, thanks to the drastic reorganization scheme and present sound management, is...

The sound and conservative management of the Liverpool : and London & Globe Insurance Company is now bearing fruit in increased profits, the Directors having just been able to...

The hopefulness expressed some few months_ ago by the ' Directors of Vickers Limited on the occasion of -the formation of the Capital Reconstruction plan—a hopefulness, it will...