the chief way of w ell :all . our difficulties,; Of curing unemployment' w as ell as of securing our national - safety—since one of the most iMportant means of defence: is the...

a compromise and even a new form of economy. It will be said that what is to be spent on cruisers—" vital to our safety be saved on scrapping superfluous dockyards and in other...

on its minimum programme of seven cruisers in the next two years. The case " on paper " for the Admiralty can, of course, be made to look overwhelming: Such :cases always can....

by far 1-- 1 the most -iirgent problem' of our home politics. We• put it in this- way, meaning only that the' public mind has -again become alarmed by the unnecessary...

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leader, although he has all the prestige of his meteoric' career and inspires devoted service among the tribesmen, really supposes that he can prevail against the might . of...

the Eastern frontiers of France as inviolable, but wants to be assured that if there were disputes about the other frontiers her interests would be in the keeping of the League...

there. must be a proper judicial inquiry into the encounter between the police and the students at Shanghai on May 31st, when several students were killed. In a valuable letter...

M. Painleve has pointed out, she is conducting " a real war." On Tuesday, General Naulin, the new Commander-in-Chief in the field (though Marshal Lyautey remains nominally...

end. He begins by saying " I have such and such an amount to spend. I must apportion that sum, and not a penny more, under the various headings of my expenditure." He dismisses...

Security Pact has been received in Paris. It is friendly and reasonable in tone and though it raises various difficulties it makes it distinctly easy for regular negotia- tions...

admit that there is a good deal in them. She points out that under Article XVI. of the Covenant she might become involved in the wars of other nations. This is a serious matter...

on what are called " the recent massacres of Chinese citizens by British and Japanese police in Shanghai." The authorities of the University assume British and Japanese guilt....

was charged with teaching evolution in a State- . supported school, was found guilty and fined 100 dollars. Leave to appeal was given. We publish elsewhere an article on the...

in the schools, by advertisement, by Press campaigns and by the formation of societies for spreading particular ideas. If it is to come quickly, however, it must be made easy....

the King' performed what was evidently to him the• very pleasant task of making the public free of this magnificent addition to its open spaces. A striking passage in the King's...

mining dispute, will be due to the foolish insistence upon a punctilio. The miners insist that the owners should withdraw their proposals before they consent to meet them for...

Summer Time Bill after many vicissitudes passed its third reading without a division. The opposition to the principle of summer time did not relax, but the mal- contents were...

American readers, Mr. Gabriel Wells, who most generously offers a prize of £100 for the best plan for the cure of un- employment. Mr. Wells has accepted our condition that the...

one bright spot in industry." That is the sugar beet growing and refining processes which we are developing in this country, an industry which is really promising well. Five...

on March 5th, 1925. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Thursday 1001 ; on Thursday week 100* ; a year ago 101*. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Thursday 88/ ; on Thursday week 881...

NAVAL DEFENCE, PEACE AND ECONOMY D URING the past week the problem of Naval expen- diture—the question whether we are to have a new ship-building programme and more cruisers at...

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T HERE seems no room for the most cautious to 1 • doubt that a minute parasite has been well and truly found, which, under certain conditions of super- lative importance, may...

T HERE is no doubt that public opinion has become agitated by the series of causes celebres which have recently passed through the Law Courts and, what is more, through the...

BY NEW MEMBER. A T the time of writing the cruiser controversy is in full swing, although when these words appear in print, the matter will almost certainly have been resolved...

BY ST. JOIIN ERVINE. N O one will deny that serious attempts are being made all over this country to solve the problem of traffic. There is a fever of road-making about...

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MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL. [Our readers will be interested in a matter of British Medical History. They have heard of the present straits of the Middle- Sex Hospital,...

BY THE BISIIOP OF NORWICH. A T the last meeting of the House of Laity a resolution was passed to the effect that " While this House • believes that the great majority of the...

BY ARTHUR W. PAGE, EDITOR OF THE World's Work OF AMERICA. T IE trial of Mr. Scopes at Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching evolution contrary to a statute of that State has its...

[The writer of the reminiscence below was moved to send it to us by reading the true story, called " Does my Sister live here still ? : an Echo of the '45," published in the...

T HE laughing-jackass, though less frequently seen than of yore, is distributed over the greater part of Australia. His squat, dumpy figure is now familiar to most people in the...

A WELCOME RETURN ELEVEN years, eleven hard tragic years which dissipated, memory, have passed since Miss Kitty- Cheatham sang negro melodies to us and charmed London by her...

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—When the problem of post-War unemployment was first discussed it was understood that the Coalition Government was...

£100 FOR AN ESSAY ON UNEMPLOYMENT [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] have been deeply impressed during my stay in England with the steady growth of unemployment, and the danger...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—The Minister of Health is shortly to promulgate a scheme for a new Poor Law. It is therefore important that as many people as possible...

SIR,—I am obliged to you for helping forward Professor Scott's proposed experiment in Homecrofting. I am not yet convinced that in our climate it can do all that is hoped from...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—We are much interested in Professor Scott's plan. We deplore the necessity for putting it on a capitalist, interest- bearing basis, but...

to read that Prof. Scott is starting a " Homecroft Settlement," and I congratulate the Spectator on supporting his policy. I hope that the capital will be forthcoming. Under...

enclosing cheque for £50 as a free gift towards Professor Scott's Homecrofting Fund. With all good wishes for the success of his most interesting experiment.—I am, Sir, &c.,...

SIR,—An American lady, writing to you some years ago, said that of all the wonderful impressions of London that she had carried back with her to the United States, she thought...

letter in the Spectator of July 4th appeal to the sympathy of its readers upon the vital subject of Child Welfare which rarely fails to receive ready response ; but the question...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—Mrs. Davies rightly considers that a baby's advent into this troublesome world should receive more specializedl attention than it did...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—Some time ago I had to undergo an operation of a rather serious character. A Harley Street doctor offered to do it for one hundred guineas...

Sm,—I was very much interested in the Rev. H. G. Latham's letter on this subject. I have little doubt that the scheme he outlines is practical and, if sufficiently explained to...

drawn to the letter of the Rev. H. G. D. Latham in your issue of June 27th on the subject of medical treatment—or perhaps it would be more correct to say hospital treatment—for...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Srn,—Mr. St. Loe Strachey, in his admirable article on the Drink Question in your issue of June 27th, arrives at the con-, elusion that, while...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I was very glad indeed to see (in your paper of June 27th) the excellent article on " The Slaughter of Animals." May I suggest that all...

the Union Cold Storage Company, I sent to one of the directors your article on the slaughter of animals. He replied that he had already read it with interest, and that I can...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—One turns hopefully to any well-thought-out scheme whose object is to reduce the crushing burden of taxation, and I have read with great...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] 'SIR,—The extraordinary misstatements contained in the letter to the Spectator of June 20 from the " Citizens' Com- mittee of One Thousand,"...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, I have just read the letter from your correspondent on the Rating and Valuation Bill, and I think that in justice to the authors of this...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —On a recent visit to Wembley I with many others enjoyed the spectacle of, happy children playing among the delights of " Treasure...

SERVANT [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I suppose there are not many people now living who can remember the days when a negro servant was a not uncommon feature of an...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —With dramatic and awful suddenness death has called the tribune of Bengal. It was common knowledge that Mr. C. R. Das was in feeble...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—What Mr. Angell says at the close of his most interesting article in the Spectator of June 27th is only too true. I think it is little...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—I should be grateful if you would allow me to comment on an amazing statement made by Professor J. W. Graham in his interesting letter...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] . SIR,—The Association of Lowland Scots, of which I am Chs.ir. man, is in •course of publishing a History of the 17 Battalions of the Royal...

. THE PATH So sweet to walk Doves in the trees The print of Spring, Flings a hot scent And lip to lip Now rapture dies So still they 'could hear And on the heart . And they...

should be very grateful if either you or any of yours readers could give me some information concerning " a ha-ha " or ha-ha fence so beloved by A. Trollope and other Victorian'...

been neglected, I do not know the difference between a wasp and a hornet, except that the latter is reputed to be more virulent. In my country garden here, on the edge of...

the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Your critic, " R.J.," reviewing my comedy We Moderns at the . New Theatre, says that he cannot find the parents 1 more charming morally than their children....

SIR,—Mr. E. M. Tozer qualifies as a " gross exaggeration 54 the statement " that venereal disease is rampant in the 'Colony among natives and Europeans." The report of the...

FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT 13ANKING AND INSURANCE No. 5065.] WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1925. [GRATIS.

I. THE PERIOD OF DEPRESSION. AT a moment when trade depression is the outstanding feature of the situation, when the total number of the unemployed is steadily rising, and when...

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set about gauging the strength of a bank, would say " From its balance sheet." The tenth man would be wiser. He, too, would require to look closely into the balance sheet, but...

EVIDENCE of the manner in which banking activities and banking _interests - have extended during the past half-century abounds. I doubt, however, if more striking proof of the...

WHICH IS THE BEST INVESTMENT ? THE WITH PROFIT POLICY OR THE NON PROFIT POLICY ? THERE are many good arguments to be used for both classes of policy, and to a certain extent...

BY SCRITTATOR. THE stupendous growth during the last decade of the insurance companies, as disclosed by the annual accounts published, are a sure indication of the increasing...

[Although we are glad to publish this article we keep an open land on the views expressed by our contributor.—En. Spectator.] - Tula important branch of Insurance business is at...

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THE Cuala Press have sent us a copy of their latest book The Bounty of Sweden : A Meditation and a Lecture, delivered by W. B. Yeats. Mr. Yeats seems to have turned his mind to...

The Writers of Greece, by Professor Gilbert Norwood, and The Writers of Rome, by Mr. J. Wight bUff. Both books are valuable and both are vivacious ; neither writer comes to his...

Mr. James Lloyd, who writes hiS autobiography in My Circus Life (Noel Douglas), has been one of the greatest of itinerants. He was circus proprietor when the circus was still an...

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• The Editor has offered a prize of £5 for an Outline of History in not more than 100 words of prose. IT was plain from the first that we had set a most difficult competition....

ANTHOLOGIES make uneasy reading ; the conscience is troubled constantly by the thought of the labour to which the editor has gone. so that we can have the undeserved pleasure of...

Religions of the Empire : A Conference on Some Living Religions Within the Empire. Held at the Imperial Institute, London, September 22nd to October 3rd, 1924, under the...

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" Grimdlegung " in the book before us. The method that he has adopted is to take the text section by section, para- phrasing it in the clearest language, and to follow up each...

with the passing of time as that of the author of these letters. In the ten years that preceded his appointment as Prime Minister he was regarded by great numbers of his...

TRANSLATIONS FROM HEINE. By Monica Peveril Turnbull. (A. L. Humphreks. No pride.) SOME- twenty years ago a little book called .4 Short Day's Work was published, following the...

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IMPROVED MONETARY OUTLOOK. ' There is no feature of the financial situation which is more striking than the great change which has come over the monetary situation. Earlier in...

A week ago I referred to the tendency on the part of the public to extend their activities to speculative descriptions and during the past week the feature has been the revival...

Indeed, but kir the period of the year, such a movement would seem to be probable, and if gold should continue to pour into the country I should not like to say that a decline...