with the Bill unless a pledge was forthcoming that the Boundary question should be eliminated, or that any decision of the Boundary Commission should not take effect until the...

Churchill introduced the Irish Free State Bill. He admitted that the state of affairs in Ireland was very serious. But was it not the best thing to clothe the Provisional...

Convention is to adjourn for three months ; that in the meantime Dail Eireann will carry on SA before, but no vote in the Dail is to be regarded as a party vote requiring the...

rpHERE is less violence in Ireland than there was when we wrote last week, but the situation as a whole is as doubtful as ever, and we are inclined to think that it is more...

and Mr. Collins will remember that they can never form a stable Government unless they give ample consideration to the rights of the minority. The Southern Unionists have far...

at least three months of vigorous political campaigning before the Irish people are asked to decide between the Free State and a Republic. We wish that it had been possible to...

turned ; it was now not Britain but Ireland which was on her trial before the nations of the world. As regards the movements on the Ulster frontier he believed that the...

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from - Mareh '8th to March - 23rd,- and -may' be postpone,' again. Signor - Bonomi, the: Italian' Premier, .definitely resigned Office last week, and . no one has yet been found...

in a. ppeeeh. at Lyeras.on „Monday, said -that France wou]dneverbe-able to gstry.a halt-penny of her American..debts. . She America 15,000,000,000'francs—or-about f-300,000,000...

in _settlement. The terms. of the Cabinet's new offer are to be 'published next week. Meanwhile the Manchester Guardian has stated that Egypt is to be given her independence by...

by Sir Benjamin Robertson, the well-known expert in Indian famine relief, who- has- just-visited the famine areas of Russia. His account of the, famine corresponds closely to...

sure is the wisest policy, though in a sense it is a policy of despair—that of concentrating on certain districts in order to make sure of saving the people in them. It is an...

-in the House of Commons on Friday, :February 17th. Mr. Moles tried to extract 'from the: Government a - definite statement as to What had been said to SirJames Craigand Mr....

at heart when they listen to the type of speech on behalf of the Government . to .which..they are treated day by day. Ministers ,quote one anether's speeches and pledges as...

to Mr. Gandhi's belated discovery that "civil disobedience" would lead to bloodshed. There have, however, been serious riots—promoted by non-co-operators—in Assam and in the...

that Mr. Gandhi will be arrested if he once- again advocates "civil . disobedience." We trust that this - is an accurate reading of the position, for it would' imply that Mr....

built in Jtaly :1 - or the 'American War .atepartanent, came to -grief over ; Hampton .Roads, .Virginia,,,..aon :Tuesday. Like the - 'B. , which when -flying over .Hull: :last...

He told the .womeres branch of the National Unionist Association - that -the Coalition as such- need not exist after the next election: "I do not. think Mr. Chamberlain made-the...

Sheffield on - Sunday that the - Communists were trying to capture and break' up. the trade union - movement. They - were,- he -said, directed and paid by Moscow. He was...

1(1; 1922; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursdays 961; Thursday- week, 9411 a year ago, Sq.

Association. on Tuesday, said that the War and the increase of the electorate from seven, and a half millions to twenty millions had upset the old party traditions and , made...

last, in the. Clayton division. of Manchester, Mr. J. R Sutton, a well-known Manchester , -Labour leader, was returned by a majority-of 3,624 over Mr. Flanagan, the Conservative...

parties except the Labour men strongly objected to a Supplementary Estimate giving retired Civil servants pensions calculated on their War bonus as _well as on their salary. ....

servants' pensions, members were still angry-and-suspicious; because they felt that the officials had taken an unfair advantage of the temporary War bonus. Mr. Hilton' Young had...

that he had found .the . country "in a most unhappy condition." He said that. "as an, old supporter of Zionist ideals" he.- was profoundly disappointed . to find the Zionists...

of beer, not because the- union officials are allies - of "Mr Pussyfoot," but because they- think' that the beer is too weak and too dear. There is :a conflict of .-evidence as...

the members that he had begun life as a- jeurnalist, to provide for" the rvulgar necessaries of existence." He spoke of the influence of the- Press during the War when, after...

WHAT THE NATION WOULD LIKE. T HE confusion in national affairs grows greater and greater. No man knows where we stand, either at home or abroad, or can say whether the unrest,...

T HE remarkable victories of the Labour candidates in the Clayton and Camberwell elections are messages sent direct to the address of the Government, no mater what allowances we...

I F Mr. Balfour , could possibly add to the invaluable services which he rendered . not only to the British Empire but to all humanity by his leadership of the British...

effort to see the .1.11 - ridiculous side of _things. The power . of 'doing- so i which-we have acquired; is mixed up with all our virtues, with . our tolerance, our courage,...

rpHEY are , closely related these -two little brown - birds, , IL yet they do- not oftelesee.or even hear one another. The wood tasks -of South Devon rarelycome-down from the...

BOOM IN SECURITIES. BANK RATE REDUCED—BUDGET PROSPECTS—RISE IN RAILWAY STOCKS—ACTIVITY SPREADING. [To nu EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Snt,—The reduction in the Bank Rate to 41...

[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 CHARITY (YEGANIZATION...

(To THE EDITOR OP THE IT SPECTATOR."1 Sin,—The interest of readers of the Spectator in natural history and in all wild life is well known. I am certain, therefore, that they...

zaz " Sescriron."1 Sta,—Truth sheuld be stronger-than fiction, and in the interests of the former would it not seem- appropriate to lay before the public the facts about which...

THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Would you kindly allow me to say a few words on this euhject? The English railway staff in India contains many old soldiers, and is doing work of which...

[To EDITOR Or 'THZ " SPECTATOR.") Sin,—May I draw attention to the extraordinary - nature of a reply made by Mr. Winston 'Churchill in -the House of Commonseto Lord Henry...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sra,—To those of us who remember Gladstone's magnificent appeals in favour of the Bulgarians some fifty years ago—and I am one of them, for I...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] am an old subscriber to your paper, which I find com- forting, as it tends to condense my own opinions when they become nebulous, and...

[To TEM EDITOR Or THE "'SPECTATOR.") wish devoutly I could share the satisfaction which you express at Mr. Lloyd George's assurances - that "in no circum- stances do we propose...

Rector's Wife," complains that her daughter, who has been to a university, cannot earn by private teaching or in private schools as much as a teacher in elementary schools. Is...

[To rite EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR."] SU1, — With reference to your weighty leader on the subject of the temporal power of the Pope, it may interest your readers to hear the view...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIE,—In your issue of February 11th Mr. G. W. Kent, writing on the question of teachers' salaries under the Burnham Scales, instances a -...

Sin,—I would call attention to a point which I have not seen noticed in criticisms of the proposed cut in the Board of Edu- cation. The entry of children at six years of age,...

begin to perceive that a bureaucracy can be more tyrannical than the most autocratic sovereign. A very kindly and capable friend of mine took into her household as a servant a...

of Barrie's Little White Bird will recall the frail little mother of David who, when love was the urge, became terribly brave" with that strangely pathetic fierceness of the...

write to you on this subject, but have waited for some one (" Anti-Extravagance" in the issue of the Spectator of February 11th) to challenge your footnote that Lord Burnham had...

have been interested in the various examples of links with the past which have been appearing in the columns of the Spectator recently.. I think my link is as unique as any. I...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."3 Sia,—In reply to the Messrs. Hubbard, my assurance that the rainfall accounts for the maintenance of the so-called dew- ponds is based upon...

this heading in your issue of February 11th seems to me to be conclusive upon the points in controversy. The authors of Neolithic Dew - ponds and Cattleways constructed a pond...

[To THE. EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In reference to your article under the heading of "Household Prestige—II.," published in your imS110 of January 28th, I venture to...

(To THE EDITOR OP TEl " SPECTATOR.") SIR ,—Having perused your correspondent's interesting letter regarding the habits of that rara avis, the hawfinch (or common grosbeak),...

[To THE EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR."] Stn,—In your notice of M. Flammaribn's book you happen to say, "But the soul is not a part of the brain, or irrevocably tied to it." This is...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sia,—I send you a record which you can use if you wish. My grandmother was born in 1755, died in 1843, aged eighty-eight. My father, the...

[To THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, —In your first notice of Death and Its Mystery you ask if any reader can say who was the first person to use this admirable, if somewhat...

THE COSMOPOLITAN. (To EDITH Srrwer.L.) LEARN, all Time's vagrants, where to look ; And more, learn what to see— Hard ground in a pale, drudging brook, Light in the substance of...

"MIXED MARRIAGE,,' BY ST. JOHN ERVINE, AT THE AMBASSADORS THEATRE.—" ENTER MADAM," BY GILDA VARESI AND DOLLY BYRNE,, AT. THE ROYALTY THEATRE. Mixed Marriage is the most...

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PART-SINGING.* A Few Hints on Part-Singing will be of inestimable use to secular and Church choir& Within the space of one of our leading articles " S. P. B." has managed to...

THE NEW BYRON LETTERS.* THE reading public cannot fail to be delighted with Mr. Murray's two volumes of new Byron letters. In the first place, they ani a real contribution to...

Lan week I sketched in outline M. Flammarion's attempt to overthrow the doctrine of the materialists. I must now proceed to deal with the witnesses which he calls to make good...

Mt. WRITTNG WII.T.TAMS, the author of this book, is an American student of sociological and industrial -problems who, with the ardour of youth, has examined his problems by...

Greek studies in Western Europe with the fall of Constantinople in 1453, when the Byzantine scholars who were fortunate enough to escape massacre fled to Italy, bearing with...

CHELSEA is Tort:I:late . in many things—fortunate in having a past so eminently worth recording and fortunate, again, in finding so sympathetic and engaging a chronicler as Mr....

IN Ad Quadralum Mr. Fredrik Macody Lund has produced t■ truly monumental treatise on the geometrical bases of classic and mediaeval religious architecture. Publication has been...

PROFESSOR SLATER of Liverpool, in the inaugural lecture printed under the title of Series V ergilianae ; or, V ergil and To-day (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 2s. net), has shown...

is the form which Dogmatic Theology is taking, and that history supplies the key, both to the particular dogmas of religion and to the notion of dogma as such, is being brought...

Tire high esteem in which the Professor of Arabic at Cambridge is held by his fellow-scholars has been shown by the preparation of A Volume of Oriental Studies (Cambridge...

A 'CONTRAST IN FJ.RST ,NOVELS.* To read these two slim volumes, one directly after the- other,! is to enjoy a study in oontrest, made ; piquant .13y a certain: similarity in...

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French Press, which was started last autumn especially for the benefit of young people desiring to read good French and to know- more about French affairs, has, we are glad to...

HYMEN.* WHEN the history of the Imagist movement comes to _be writter4 I believe we shall all have to acknowledge that it teaches very emphatically certain rather unpalatable...

XIV., Part I. (University of Chicago Press, 2 dollars), the President, Mr. George Watson Cole, has an instructive essay, entitled" Bibliography—a Forecast," showing how much...

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Page's Address, given in Charterhouse Chapel, London, at the Founder's Day service of last year has been printed (Godalming: A. C. Curtis, 6d.). Dr. Page, while admitting that...

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Lord Ullswater says in his introduction to this entertaining and useful book, Mr. Clapham has chosen the right moment to explain the possibilities of the modest shooting which...