suppose, because they wanted to prove that they have become more efficient in opposing as t he result of their recent internal recriminations and search- ings of heart, and...

we find satisfaction in the indignant and scornful reproofs which were scattered through the debate of those newspapers which for months have encouraged Turkey to believe that...

T HE Government came very well out of the .Mosul debate': in the House of Commons on Monday.• The Prime,-Minister showed . conclusively that lie had been neither: inconsistent...

was when we wrote last week, though nothing has happened to justify a substantial change of feeling. M. Doumcr, the new Minister of Finance, is proceeding cautiously and has...

their credit as 'security for a loan of teii milliard francs (about £77,000,000) in order to enable the Govern.: ment to stabilize the franc. The Government has been considering...

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him. The chief facts in the confusion seem to be that the conflict between Chang Tso-lin and Ku Sung-lin is not yet settled. But the star of Chang seems to be waning, partly, it...

Englishman who is farming in France. When his income tax form reached him he filled it up as carefully and fairly as he would. have .filled up such a paper in England. Shortly...

of the local - authorities whom he seems to have persuaded somewhat unwillingly to do their best so to adapt their programmes and estimates for a period of three years from 1927...

what results may flow from this move. Japan explains that it was absolutely necessary as there was no Chinese authority who could protect either. the lives or the property of...

diScussed in both Houses of Parliament last week. We cannot say that we extracted from the debates much in- formation that justifies panic or increases satisfaction. Two...

other advantages and assistance given to emigrants or, as we now say, overseas settlers, a passage from this country and up the St. Lawrence to Quebec will be given for £3. We...

could enforce the income tax there would be no need for such proposals as that which came from the textile industry. We mentioned last week the preposterous disparity between...

of Commons, and the Prime 'Minister took everyone' by surprise by announcing that the Govern- ment had decided to shoulder the responsibility of building two thousand house§ in...

was tried by Mr. Justice Avory at Lewes Assizes last week. We approved of the Bill introduced by Sir Evelyn Cecil to regulate the Press reports of indecent evidence after two...

Vinogradoff, a notable example of the great gains that occasionally come to our open shores. Oxford did well to secure this ex-Russian professor as Corpus Professor of...

must have been convinced that it has been conducted with great ability. It is not surprising to hear that the- work will be finished sooner than at one time seemed possible. It...

on his schemes for the political treatment of urban land. He was vague, rhetorical, abusive and sentimental by turns. We see his difficulty in putting forward just now a more...

hold carefully to their plan of building by mass production within defined areas and added that the Scottish National Housing Company should be allowed great latitude in regard...

" strike " of the Ulster Special Constabulary. Everyone rejoices that the need of their services should have come to an end. Everyone sympathizes with men dismissed on to a...

and Cheshire as " Monkey " Hornby, will be lamented among all who care for what is best in sport. He was well known with the Cheshire Hounds, a fine Rugby football player and in...

on December 8rd, 1925. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Tuesday 1C0 its ; on Thursday week 100 ; a year ago 1011. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Tuesday 851 ; on Thursday week...

T HE new Rating and Valuation Act seems on the whole a useful measure. Whether the present system is quite so " obsolete, cumbersome, illogical and unjust " as Mr. Neville...

THE NEED FOR A TAX ON BETTING T HE Chancellor of the Exchequer is said to be urging economy with a more minatory iteration every day and to be ransacking the trades,...

N EARLY two months have passed since the Treaty of London was agreed upon at Locarno by the dele. gates of seven nations. We have had time, therefore, to reflect upon the full...

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B Y NEW MEMBER. Then, suddenly, everything went to pieces. An in- tolerable depression gripped not only Parliament but the country. The Finance and Pensions Bills were bundled...

1917 CHRISTMAS 1925 [The following article is by an exceptionally well-informed eorrespondent who is resident in Palestine.] L'anima mia si volse indietro a remirar to passo....

IThe favourable impressions which the writer of this article brought away from Moscow will probably surprise most people. The writer's good faith, however, cannot be questioned....

The truth is, then, that while I cannot keep away from parties, I cannot enjoy them. If I summon up my courage and refuse an invitation, I always regret it when the evening...

'T HE obvious and concerted movement throughout the world to abate drunkenness and the waste of national energy that it entails has begun to influence " the Trade " as well as...

By WILLIAM T. HORNADAY, Director of the New York Zoological Park. T perfect Zoo has not yet arrived, but surely there- is is no harm in anticipating its arrival. We must( not,...

THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT Wiru what a deep sigh of relief must tired theatrical managers welcome the arrival of Christmas ! The search for new plays— concern, they tell us, of their...

A LETTER FROM CAMBRIDGE [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—WC have had an interesting term, if not an exciting one. Most unusually there has been a spell of skating and...

• Many persons have reported during the past few weeks that they have been unable to buy a copy of the SPECTATOR at the 'bookstalls or newsagents owing to the stock being sold...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin, I think " Layman " must be convinced by the letters in your columns from Mr. Streeter and Mr. Cooper that osteopaths (if these gentlemen...

THE CASE OF DR. AXHAM [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—First of all let me thank you for allowing the sad case of Dr. Axham to be so freely discussed in your columns....

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is a critical time, even if it is of Something less than a Homeerofting Scheme. And it is in certain ways a pity for me to be writing to you at this moment. • But I feel I must...

the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —There are four different aspects of this question with which I wish to deal. These are transit by boat, rail, float or cart, and road. In regard to the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Considerable prominence has been given lately to the origin of the Tank. Perhaps the most interesting revela- tion is Lord Kitchener's...

SIR,—Will you allow me to offer a few comments on your article on the subject of a tax on betting ? You say that the view of those who argue that the State should not recognize...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR,] SIR, I can't help writing just a note on a letter weitten to you from the Carlton Club stigmatizing Prohibition as an interference with...

the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The article in your issue of September 12th on the Colour Problem in South Africa gives, as far as it goes, a very fair view of the question, but does not...

SIR, --I see in the Spectator of December 12th the subject of walking in circles continued in the correspondence column, with the implicat ion that the right-handed person is...

THE STAR I smv a star shine in bare trees That stood in their dark effigies ; With voice so clear and close it sang That like a bird it seemed to hang Within the branches, not...

Sm,—Magnificent work is being done by the prison authorities and other co-ordinating bodies for the moral and spiritual welfare of the prisoners under their charge. This is...

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ONLY a poet or an artist can give fitting praise of a garden, thinks the editor of the latest anthology on the loveliest of man's properties, and it is true that nobody can have...

IF economics are indeed " the gloomy science," then life is a gloomy thing. For the life of modern man is more and more dominated by his economic activities. To those who are...

The Story of the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. By Nigel Playfair. (Chatto and Windus. 16s. net.) ArryosE anxious to prove that London theatre audiences are . not quite so black as...

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which make up this volume, Dr. Hardman announces in his editorial preface, are designed to " treat of the application of psychology to the whole range of the life and worship "...

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he is always seeking truth rather than arguing a case, The essays in this volume deal with vexed questions, but are invariably dispassionate. In one of them the author discusses...

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A YEAR OF PROGRESS By ARTHUR W. KIDDY. NEXT week I• shall endeavour to give a general con- sensus of City views with regard to the prospects fOr 1926, but, inasmuch as those...

Marriott. (Harrap. 3s. 6d.) IT must be admitted that the second volume of these selections is far richer in good work than the first, but Mr. Marriott's taste is still...

There has been a slight improvement in general feeling in the Stock Markets during the past week, more especially as regards investments descriptions, British Funds and kindred...

Not the least interesting feature of markets has been the better tendency displayed in some of the shares of the iron and steel companies. It not infrequently happens that when...

From the interesting review of conditions in South America which was given by Mr. Beaumont Pease to shareholders at the recent meeting of the Bank of London and South America,...