proposals, which the Cabinet has now under immediate consideration, find a close parallel in the public works and recon- struction programme for the United States outlined by...

and Geneva resolutions is in many respects unsatisfactory, but without Stresa it would have been more unsatis- factory still. Whether the same can be said of Geneva is more...

resolution it is obvious that it went to the furthest length that could be considered desirable or wise. It might perhaps have been toned down. To have added emphasis to it...

1721. Entered as second-class Mail Matter at the New York, N.Y. Post Office, Dec. 23rd, 1896. Postal subscription 308. per annum, to any part of the world. Postage on this issue...

her claim to fortify the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus in the rearmament of Germany and the proposed grant of military equality to Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria. Her Foreign...

many factors making politics in Egypt a complicated affair; and the turn of events in the past week leaves the situation more complex still. General and quite unjustified...

" to consider the constitution, control and finance of the broadcasting service in this country," and its probable future develop- ments is in accordance with expectation, in...

policy of restriction is causing the drying up of world trade is shown in the annual report of the London Chamber of Commerce. It calls attention to the fact that in 1933 world...

presidential address to the National Union of Teachers at Scarborough last Saturday, Mr. J. W. H. Brown pleaded for a " new deal " for education. He was right when he said that...

Japanese trade competition is shown in a cogent memorandum prepared by Dr. T. E. Gregory, obtainable from the Association of British Chambers of Commerce. The existence of lower...

how quickly the fortunes of Governments change, and they fully appreciate the nuisance value of Mr. Lloyd George if he is ranged against them. His recent speech at the Scottish...

Government being given a new lease of power after the election. The Perth by-election further confirmed the belief that Labour is not substantially improving its position on its...

Lloyd George's conversations with the Cabinet Committee on his New Deal proposals, which began last week, appear to have been most cordial. I understand that he was agreeably...

opportunity for private members to raise the individual grievances of their constituents. In this Parliament it has been too often used to stage a full-dress debate on some...

Hospital Information that the voluntary hospitals last year had to spend £43,000 more on milk owing to the new control scheme, is a serious fact, to which Sir Hilton Young might...

largely with the Silver Jubilee. Next week we shall publish an article by General Smuts on " Three Kings," and character studies of King George and Queen Mary, while Mr. E. F....

up of Trade Boards to fix minimum wages for shop assistants, in his presidential address to the National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants last Sunday. The speaker was well...

Secretary to the Ministry of Health, would have inspired more confidence about the prospects of the water supplies this year if he had been less satisfied about the condi- tions...

Journalists, an association which exists to protect -the' interests of working journalists, is necessarily interested in all matters affecting the rights, including what is...

" . ; Since, however, on review of all the facts put before us we are unable to find positive justification for the expenditure of a sum of several millions per annum on an...

let a few come creeping back) is abolishing " Rule Britannia," at any rate so far as border cities, likely to be largely frequented by visitors from the United States, are...

there is obviously not the smallest prospect of the dis- appearance of the horse from these islands. Diminution in numbers is quite a different thing from disappearance. The...

A MONG the myriad articles poured out already on the Silver Jubilee there is one conspicuously absent— on " How to Celebrate a Jubilee." It is too late for it now, but it was...

in the House of Commons on August 3rd, -1914, is interesting for two reasons: Ail eye- witnesses are unanimous in testifying that Sir Edward Grey was listened to in tense,...

Westminster Abbey on May 7th, as part of the Jubilee celebrations, so far as I know sets a precedent, for this is something quite different from the short speeches laymen have...

pre- sumably has, the case for the abolition' of the 20 - mile limit is strong. To permit 30 miles in Whitehall and Picca- dilly and allow only 20 in the Mall and Constitution...

HIS FAMILY By E. F. BENSON W HEN King George at the age of forty-five succeeded to the throne of England, his people in general knew comparatively little about him. What they...

By MAJOR B. T. REYNOLDS T HIS week I want to give a close-up picture of a group of unemployed men in London whom I know personally. The setting is the Borough of St. Pancras,...

By MAJOR JOHN W. HILLS, M.P. U NPREPOSSESSING in appearance, often looked on with disgust, eels have a history of romance. They have crossed the Atlantic from Europe to the...

By GODFREY BARRASS T HE New Germany is, above all else, a State for the people; but its outlook must be- national as well as socialistic. That is the object behind many of the...

By the REV. E. N. PORTER GOFF C HRISTIANITY is more than a religion, it is a way of life. Jesus called men to live in a new way. He brought the worship of God out of the...

By AUBREY JONES L INGUISTICALLY, it is notorious, England has left her imprint on France in the shape of an enriched Sporting vocabulary ; socially, it is lesS well known, she...

By ROSE MACAULAY W HAT does one do when challenged ? Merely chal- lenged at large, I mean ; not to a specific contest or game, or to prove an assertion. I have often wondered,...

notify THE SPECTATOR office BEFORE MIDDAY on MONDAY OF EACH WEEK. The previous address to which the paper has been sent and receipt reference number should be quoted.

" Imitation of Life." At the Capitol Imitation of Life could' have been made only in America, where it has had great success. It is about problems of colour and problems of...

The Stratford Festival M. KOMISARJEVSKY startled Stratford last year with his Macbeth in a chromium-plated castle, and the year before with his Merchant of Venice, when the...

1910-1935 As a part of the Jubilee celebrations, the King has commanded his Master of Musick to arrange a concert in the Albert Hall, at which works by English composers from...

britannique tout entier a déjà entrepris de celebrer, dans l'enthousiasme d'un loyalisme intimement sincere, les fetes grandioses du Jubile de son Roi, it cut etc surprenant que...

Early Cubs Sir William Beach Thomas's recent note on March cubs and his reference to The Times report of the Oakley hunt having been interrupted by the appearance of a vixen and...

bitter April spell of weather that comes every year as surely as the primrose and the cuckoo, occurred this year on April 2nd. . The wind was strong. and like ice, and the sky...

to plant potatoes before April 18th is to fly in the face of the Almighty. Being Midland born I therefore kept secret the heresy of planting five rows of Epicure in Kent on...

in the world, and of that number more than half are grown in Russia. This is one of many extremely interesting facts taken from a paper by J. M. Bukasov, some extracts from...

than all other wild things. Yet as I sit here in the spring sunshine, at a time when I ought to be enjoying the rewards of much autumn horticultural sweat, I am nursing for the...

for banners, I regarded with a little scorn the invitation of my own parish council to attend a meeting called " in order to discuss the most appropriate way of celebrating,"...

letters as brief as is reasonably possible. The most suitable length is that of one of our " News of the Week " paragraphs. Signed letters are given a preference over those...

SIR,—I am afraid that the letter of Sir Frederick Maurice in your issue of April 12th does not entirely meet the difficulties of the Rev. P. M. Gedge and of other Christian...

ridicule heaped by 'Mr. Robert Bernays upon the book The Secret War for Oil. This book has, I think, been withdrawn ; I have not read it, but I feel some sympathy for its main...

SIR,—A summary of the situation in Britain, caused by the imposition of tariffs in 1931, was made in your issue of April 12th " from the standpoint of an observer in France."...

your note on the Abyssinian frontier dispute (The Spectator, April 19th) you state that " conciliation would have a much better prospect of success if all such movements (of...

word is rightly spelt by Dr. Selbie ; but I have never discovered why it should not be spelt accidia, and I should therefore be grateful for exact information. I should not...

in his letter on Peace and War criticizes the Archbishop of Canterbury for " approving the method of bombing and killing " in certain circumstances. He continues, " If bombing...

SPECTATOR.] SIR,— Professor Jones, in enumerating the criticisms of present-day banking, omitted the most important, which is the obstruction offered to suggestions for...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sia,—In your " News of the Week " of April -5th, a writer deals with " Rivals in Motherhood " from the point of view of Child Psychology. So he...

. [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sia,—This being Animal Year I want to make a special effort with my campaign, if readers of The Spectator will only help me. It is nearly six...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR, — Janus is wrong in stating that Shelley's heart is buried in the English cemetery at Rome. That statement has been made a great many...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR_.] Sin,—I am, like Janus, a frequent visitor to Trust Houses, and until the last few days should gratefully have agreed with him in all that he...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Allow me to enter a mild protest against a paragraph in last week's issue under the heading A Spectator's Note- book," where Janus says,...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR, — There arc three considerations not always taken into account by critics of expenditure on " luxuries " : (1) that many thousands of...

writers and as members of the Council for Civil Liberties, a non-party body, we view with concern the new threat to freedom revealed in the recent prosecution of Mr. James...

[To the Editor of TIIE SPECTATOR.] Sin,– -The opponents of the Peace Ballot have always walked a slippery ground. But few of them have performed such remarkable skids as your...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In the review of my book, Africa Dances, your reviewer in several places calls my accuracy into question ; he has, of course, a perfect...

By L. A. G. STRONG Ores is an age which honours the prizefighter. His money rewards are dazzling, and there are few distinctions to which he may not aspire. We have known boxers...

'The Art of the Novel. By Henry James. With an Introduction by Richard P. Blackmun (Scribner's. 10s. 6d.) No writer has been the victim of more misleading criticism than Henry...

Warren Haitings : Maker of British India. By A. Mervyn Davies. (Ivor Nicholson and Watson. 25s.) WE arc part of that " long, long posterity " to whose judge- ment Burke appealed...

Tins very interesting book belongs to that rapidly increasing class of works which make great play with sweeping historical generalizations and lead the reader after an exciting...

Studies in Anglo-French History during the Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Edited by Alfred Coville and Harold Temperley. (Cambridge university Press. 8s. 6d.)...

MR. DOWLING'S book is not only an account of the rise and growth of the Hedge Schools in Ireland, it is also an account of their passing. So much glamour, national history, and...

No one nowadays speaks affectionately of Tully. No one even calls him Tully, except Mr. Yeats, who uses the name in his poems, presumably= as an incantation. The greater...

The Memoirs of Count Apponyl. (Heinemann. 16s.) Robert Somervell : Chapters of Autobiography (Faber and Collections and Recollections. By James Henry Duveen. (Jarrolds. 18s.)...

(Allen and Ctiwin. 5s.) WHEN Jewish Christians were . urging upon his converts the necessity of accepting the moral discipline of the Mosaic law, St. Paul reminded them that...

. 20 francs.) Branwen. By Ll. Wyn-Griffith. (Dent. 2s. 6d.) Parton Bookshop. 3s. :6d.) . Miss Mmti.t.N.NE Moop.E:is a writer less known in this country than many other...

I3y WILLIAM PLOMER Minstrels' Gallery. By Raymond Burns. (Constable. 7s. 6d.) IT is of course a mistake to suppose that a novelist's only business is to tell a story, and•that...

. By A. R. Glen This book (Faber and Faber, .15s.) is the story of the. Oxford University Arctic Expedition of 1933 told by Mr. A; R. Glen, the leader. The expedition was to...

THE ENJOYMENT OF LITERATURE By Elizabeth • Drew Miss Drew's new book (Cambridge University Press, 8s. 6d.) may not be a very important or a very original critical work, but it...

By Marie, Queen of Roumania The third volume (Cassell, 18s.) of Queen Marie of Rou- mania's autobiography stands in some contrast to the two earlier volumes. As it deals almost...

biography of her distinguished father is a much more interesting and snore attractive piece of work than most documentary expressions of filial piety of today. In parts, it is...

• . By J. H. Pollock This book (Duckworth, 2s. 6d.) is the fourth of a series of " Noted Irish Lives," which has already included Sarsfield, John Mitchel,Mxt'ThemaaDavia, and...

By Cicely Hamilton Miss Hamilton is a practised writer on contemporary Europe. She has already dealt with Russia, Italy, France, and what she calls " Modern Germanies " before...

the latest forms of easy- change gear-boxes it looks as* if the troubles of the clumsy, the ignorant, the unteachable and the insensitive driver (if you would rather refer to...

The Investment Outlook Ix taking any short view of the investment outlook I Should feel bound to regard the prospects as moderately favourable for a further rise in high-class...

The General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation is signalizing its Jubilee year by issuing accounts for the year nded December last showing further advance in the...

SOME INSURANCE RESULTS DURING the past week excellent reports have been published by some of the Insurance Companies, and among others the report of the London and Lancashire...

The report of the Caledonian Insurance Company marks the rust year of a new valuation period, and the figures are in 'very way excellent and are promising for the valuation...

that there was a general expansion in business last year. The net new life and sinking fund assurances increased to £16,063,498 compared with £13,111,703. Annuity business was...

One point made by Sir Frederick seems to me of particular interest, and is one which I fancy will be appreciated by all concerned in retail business. Sir Frederick was referring...

As usual, the Annual Meeting of the Army and Navy Stores was rendered of particular interest by the excellent character of the Speech delivered by the Chairman,...

The report of Babcock and Wilcox Limited thoroughly justifies the recent declaration of a dividend of 8 per cent. for last year against 6 per cent. for the net manufacturing...

In these days of shipping depression it is encouraging to note that the Union Castle Mail Steamship Company presents a very satisfactory report for last year, the profits...

One of the features of the past week has been the publication of the report of the Lancashire Steel Corporation covering the year ending December 31 last. It is a most...

MONEY MARKET. The English Funds have risen slightly since our last report. With the removal of the fear of political agitation, that confidence so necessary to the development...

BY ZENO 1.1 prize of one guinea will be given to the sender of the first correct solution of this week's crossword puzzle to be opened. Envelopes should be marked " Crossword...

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