A PLENTIFUL shower of correspondence between Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. De Valera has followed the drought in the negotiations which we recorded last week. Explicitly, Mr. De...

had already accepted an invitation to the conference, and that he did not ask Mr. Lloyd George " to abandon any principle, even in- formally." " But, surely," he added, " you...

published in Dublin he telegraphed a letter to Mr. De Valera cancelling the proposed conference at Inverness. In this letter he pointed out that he had informed the Sinn Fein...

letter had not modified the claim that the Irish delegates should be regarded as the representatives of " a sovereign and independent State." Mr. Lloyd George called Mr. De...

letter to Mr. Lloyd George, in which he said : " I am surprised that you do not see that, if we on our side accepted the conference on the basis of your letter of September 7th...

tember 17th), when he. pointed out that it would be stile to say that a conference in which the Irish delegates appeared as representatives of an independent and sovereign State...

and then refused the one condition on which the conference was offered was published in London on Thursday evening, Septem- ber 15th. He began by saying, " We have no hesitation...

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

Sir James Craig, the Prime Minister, made a statement which was worthy of the part which the Ulster leaders have always played. It was direct, sincere, manly, and perfectly...

serious. At the end of last week 3,000 rebels were under arms in the hills, where it is difficult for troops to operate. Govern- ment buildings were burned down, and the...

Shaukat Ali, were arrested last week, with some lesser firebrands. Mr. Montagu's patience seemed inexhaustible, but Lord Reading has apparently persuaded him that the Brothers...

the dispute between Poland and Lithuania over Vilna. It persuaded Lithuania to accept the compromise devised by M. Hymens, who would make Vilna an autonomous province of...

Govern- ments have come to an agreement about the ex-German islet of Yap, in the Pacific, for which Japan received a mandate from the Allied Powers. The Americans are to have...

line of thought. If the invitation had been refused, the action of the North might have been taken as a model by the South. The South might have said : " If the North won't go...

the Bolsheviks to fulfil their promises. They seemed unable to realize, he said, that, so long as they indulged in "inflammatory invective " against British institutions and...

De Valera telegraphed yet another letter. It opened with a state- ment which, in our opinion, should be taken up by Mr. Lloyd George, for it puts on record the fact that Mr. De...

the Bolshevik Foreign Minister, for a definite assur- ance that the Bolsheviks would cease from their hostile activities, especially on the Indian frontier. Lord Curzon reminded...

though incidentally they have pointed the way to that end. With the name of the potato we must couple that of the pig. After all, all that is required is to emphasize a fact...

reported last week in favour of reversing the well-tried policy of a quarter of a century and admitting the cattle. The five commissioners, headed by Lord Finlay, were unbiased...

Mr. Luker, the chairman of the American Shipping Board, intended to propose an additional duty of 10 per cent. on goods brought from a foreign country by ships belonging to...

on Angora and retired some distance to the westward of the Saka,ria, river. The Turks hailed this retirement as a victory for them. They have, however, failed to hinder the...

- wotdd appoint a committee under the chairmanship of Lord Cave to inquire into the working of the Trade Boards. He said that while the Boards were not seriously criticized up...

Canadian cattle should introduce disease into Great Britain was imaginary, as there had been no cattle disease in Canada for thirty years. Further, they declared that " with...

put forward a tentative list of subjects for discussion at the Washington Conference in November. The limitation of naval armaments was placed first. Then came the question of...

seems to us, a very important paper about the cultivation of potatoes which was read to the British Association by Lord Bledisloe. We supported the Corn Production Acts because...

to propose to Parliament that the State should assist local authorities in providing work for the unemployed. The State should pay half the interest on local loans raised for...

21. 1921; per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 88i ; Thursday week, 882 ; a year ago, Sit.

A CONFERENCE IN ANY CASE. T HE co respondence which has been going on between Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. De Valera is of that kind which fills with despair the ordinary Englishman...

T HE Trade Boards have been getting into trouble, as we always feared that they would. Instead of helping the luckless and depressed worker " according to plan," they do him a...

— Merry Wives, Act V., Scone 5. W E have often pointed out that our home-grown food supply might be easily increased if the British farmer would turn his attention to potatoes...

W HAT the country expects from the Cabinet Com- mittee on Unemployment is not a temporary expedient for getting over the difficulty of this winter, but some appreciation at...

T O the householder of to-day the space of time between Lady Day and September 29th seems terribly short. Quarter days come round with ever-increasing celerity. Not long ago the...

of his creatures as the agent of His will. There was the case of the Purbiah, Balu syce, a docile, obedient Little automaton, barely five feet in height, of an intense ebony...

THE CITY AND UNEMPLOYMENT. [To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. " ] Sin,—I need scarcely say that the City is in sympathy with, and is prepared to give its support to, any sound...

AMERICAN AND BRITISH SHIPPING.--comPETrriox OR CO-OPERATION ? (To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] 61'4—Shall British and American shipping compete or co-operate ? Our...

[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 AGRICULTURAL WAGE AND THE...

• [To THE EDITOR 07 THE " SPZCTATOR."] Sra,—As an American who has just spent two months in Great Britain, permit me to call attention to certain facts re pro- hibition which I...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR...I Sia,—For a long time past I have read - with interest your state- ments of the argument that, if self-determination should be recognized in...

THE " SPECTATOE."] Sia,—The large and growing number of earnest workers in the cause of Temperance reform who have for sonic time resented the claim of a certain section of the...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTAT011."] have read with the very greatest interest the article " Relief for the Unemployed" published in your last issue. I sympathize with the...

[To THE EDITOR Or TIE " SPECTATOR.") Sia, — Less than twelve years ago industrial banking was unknown in the United States. The character and earning capacity of the working...

(To THE EMMA or THE "SPECTATOR.") Sta,—Having read in your issues of August 27th and Sep- tember 3rd the two letters on " Midwives and Infant Feeding," I should like to voice a...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Ste,—In order to supplement the information given in your article of September 17th, may I remind your readers that my Committee has been...

your issue of September 17th you publish a letter from Shepway, Lympne, Kent, asking for information as to an unfamiliar insect. The creature in question is the humming- bird...

been good enough to publish short corre- spondence based on the articles on natural history which are a feature of your excellent paper. The letters on badgers and weasels added...

Sia,—My observations of the nightjar, continuous for many years, have led me to conclusions different in many points from those given by Mr. Gordon. He says, for instance, that...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR." 3 Sza,—The insect described in the Spectator of last week is evidently the not uncommon humming-bird hawk-moth. The amber wings are the lower...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. " 1 Sie,—In your most interesting article on fern-owls (nightjars) the writer says : " She is said to remove her eggs or young when they have...

(To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.", SIR, —In your notes upon the Census returns, after treating of the decrease in the County of London with the countervailing increase in the...

THE HUNCHBACK OF THE TWILIGHT. I THAT fly by night, Fluttering out at the fall of darkness From the agelong twilight Of the old rafters in the barn, And circling wildly in the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIE,—Do you think any of your readers would be willing to send en their copy of the Spectator to a clergyman overseas every week? Our Guild...

HISTORY OF THE PORT OF LONDON.* A rum history of the Port of London has long been needed, and Sir Joseph Broodbank, who was formerly Chairman of the Dock and Warehouse...

[To TEL EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."' SIR,—At the house of a cottager in my parish the other clay I saw bee wine in the course of being made. The good woman had several glass...

[To THE EDITOR 07 THE " SPECTATOR."' Ste,—It is curious how little notice has been taken of what seems to me the most important provision in the new Licensing Act. At a time...

your last Saturday's issue a number of letters with " Bee Wine " for their subject-matter. The organism causally connected with the fermentation actions that produce this liquid...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " Sezertroa."3 • Sta,—The moth described by your correspondent answers fairly accurately to Macroglossa stellatarum, the humming-bird hawk-moth. It is a...

letters submitted to him, but when stamped and addressed envelopes are sent he will do kis . be!st to return contribution q in case of resection. Perms should be addressed to...

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...

Cammell, Laird, and Co., is well known as one of those far-sighted and humane employers who are trying to promote better relations between Capital and Labour. His address before...

Keynes's new- book at once attractive and difficult. In the first place, he will be repelled by pages upon pages of figures—equations hair-raising to the man who is out of...

GENERAL DYER. has written a most spirited account of his campaign against some nomad tribes on the frontier of South- East Persia and Baluchistan in 1916. As an example of what...

PURE science has always been regarded by myopic utilitarians as something insufficiently concerned with human interests, an impudent evasion of the " proper study of mankind."...

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GOOD GRAIN.• THERE is certainly no intrinsic reason why this novel should be reviewed, but a considerable external interest is given to it since it is " the £500 prize novel "...

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and seventeenth Report (Bible House, Is.), contain- ing the usual interesting accounts of the Society's work in many lands. Bolshevik Russia is at present closed to the Bible,...

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