about Allied debts and the Balfour Note. has rambled and rumbled during - the week. There seems to be no intention, however, in any party to seize upon Mi. Snowden's cretiOn to...

it remains for-rational - people - turn into practice, all the . appeals to the electors at the coming General Election are of secondary importance because they are fugitive....

been more important tokens of .peace abroad and at home than those of the past few days. Ffrat there was Mr. Hugh Gibson's address to the Preparatory CommissiOn of the...

think of repudiation, but that Mr. - . Snowden would be hovering on their flank, constantly' Making it difficult Mr them to observe continuity'of policy. Frankly we do not...

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(the National Confederation of Employers' Organizations and the Federation of British Industries) and the General Council of the Trades Union Congress decided on Tuesday to set...

a letter from Lord Balfour about the Note which bears his name. He pointed out that the Government of the day did not regard the policy of the Note as " ideal . " but thought it...

Unionist Party on Thurs- day, April 18th, proved his positive determination not to emulate other parties in making promises which he did not feel sure of fulfilling. His critics...

our Correspondent throws some light on President Hoover's difficulties with the farmers. Their real position appears to be mutatis mutandis that of British farmers on the eve of...

course of frankly recognizing the employers' difficulties, and then of appealing to them on general grounds not to shut a door which it might be extremely difficult, if not...

,Day, dwelling gratefully on his recovery from his long illness, and thanking his people for their " loving solicitude," was noble in language and beautiful in thought. The...

said exactly what was in his mind, and if his party had failed to support him would have resigned. The Labour way is a menace to Parliamentary methods as they have always been...

Deficiency CoMmittee, published last Saturday, resides especially - in its emphasis on man-in-society. After five years' diligent examination the Committee do not hesitate to...

in Paris and was, it may be believed, partly due to the strain of his unsparing work as one of the delegation of experts, takes from the City a man of fine character and very...

more humane methods of casting cattle for Jewish slaughter. We are glad to hear that the trial carried out at Leeds last week in the presence of a committee of experts was...

the prohi- bition of all wild deer hunting with hounds has resulted in a majority in favour of action by the Society of 1,988. 4,267 members recorded their votes. We...

in an able speech, reviewed the Government's educational policy. His three main lines of reform were giving pupils the entry to central institutions, collabora- tion with the...

that Cornish broccoli was finding a market on the Continent. " What a contribution to the unemployment question ! " it is said. No one who grows or sells vegetables, however,...

other Ministers to stand forward as better political sales- men than himself. Mr. Neville Chamberlain, for example, leaves us in no doubt that he has planned a thorough- going...

on February7th, 1929. WarLoan (5per cent.) was on Wednesday 108* ; on Wednesday week 1021 ; a year ago, 108. Fund• ing Loan (4 per cent. )was on Wednesday 881 ; on Wednesday...

Gibson, the American repre- sentative, to the Preparatory Commission of the Disarmament Conference on Monday will be remembered, we believe, as the turning-point in the work of...

T HE high hopes which were raised when the Committee of Experts met in Paris to discuss a " complete and final settlement " of Reparations, and when it was announced that the...

The Meaning of Sacraments [The writer of this article, Canon Oliver Quick of Carlisle is well known as the author of " The Christian Sacraments." He is a member of the...

an explanation of his remarks about the Balfour Note, Mr. Snowden astonished the House of Commons last Wednesday week by asserting that . he withdrew nothing of what he had...

F ' publications from H.M.'s Stationery Office have been as interesting as Street Cleansing (15s.)—a report by Mr. J. C. Dawes, the Inspector of Public Cleansing at the...

[This article is the result of a dinner table discussion. With much that Mr. Fyfe says we agree, but surely he over-emphasizes the need for change, and we think that the slogan...

TN the issue of June 7th, 1924, the Spectator reviewed -I- the first exhibition of talking films, as we know them to-day, ever given in London. They included a little film of...

" \TOUR saint is a strange saint, 0 Portofinesi," said a Cardinal Archbishop a few years ago, when preaching to the villagers of Portofino, where the remains of England's patron...

[This is the second article giving expression to " The Younger. Point of View," This is an opportunity for our readers under thirty to express their views, which are not...

Listen ! Do you remember a day, an April day, when we walked into the heart of a forest ? We have known many April days—for God is very good—and many forests, but I think...

[" THE SACREFICE." AT THE MARBLE ARCH PAVILION.] WHATEVER success The Pelican enjoyed as a play, the Mm adaptation will hardly rank as first-class,. or linger long in the...

According to an analysis issued by the United States Chamber of Commerce, the value of the trade between the United States and Canada in 1928 reached a record total of...

Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, a member of Congress from Illinois and daughter of the late Senator Mark Hanna (known as the " Warwick " of President McKinley), announces the...

Amazing success has greeted the publication here a few days ago of A Life of Henry VIII, by Francis Hackett. The Book of the Month Club has distributed 85,000 copies to its sub-...

(By Cable) [The SPECTATOR hopes to publish week by week a survey of 13e11.8 and opinion in America, cabled from New York by our American correspondent.] LAW AND CITIZENSHIP....

In his pre-election campaign President Hoover promised that as one of his first official acts he would assemble Congress in extraordinary session to enact legislation giving...

After a long succession of legal hearings the Supreme Court of the United States has finally declined to permit any further appeals in the effort of Harry F. Sinclair, the oil...

The breakdown of the Paris Experts Conference, though in Well-informed Wall Street circles not entirely unexpected, is deeply regretted. Many competent observers felt that it...

In my neighbourhood has been chronicled this week a quaint event indicating how easily birds, and the cleverest species of birds. may be gulled by human art. It suggests that...

A naturalist who now dwells in a country cottage has for years taken exact notes of the arrival of the swallows in her garden. Last year a pair distinguished itself, as was...

A particular request was broadcast by Mr. Keen asking for information on local vestiges of ancient agriculture and he obtained—perhaps to his surprise—a number of...

A definite crisis has arrived in the campaign for saving or salving England's scenery. All the societies that concern themselves with this work support the Council for the...

egg-stealing and are coming to be regarded as little less destructive than the carrion crow. On one estate they are now making a clean sweep of the pheasant's nests. This...

VILLAGE CRAFTS. Do you want teazels or cocoa-nut fibre ? a pattern fora bell- pull or fire-irons or lamp or iron gate ? Do you want to know where rushes (Scirpus Lacustris) are...

Is the paucity of nesting sites also the cause of an unusual example of co-partnership ? One nest was found with a mixture of partridge and pheasant eggs. It will be amusing to...

Intellectual achievements by the English villages have surprised and delighted at least one of the speakers who have broadcast to the rural schools. At the same time a B.B.C....

very many letters with suggestions on temperance reform following the interesting article by " Pruden Futuri." There is no reason why various ways of reducing the evil effects...

SIR,—" Pruden Futuri " has the right vision of temperance reform inasmuch as he sees the improved public house as the medium through which such reform can best be effected....

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—" Prudens Futuri " thinks that Temperance Reform is losing ground, and quotes the defeat of the Oxford Bill two years ago by an...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —Mr. P. H. C. Prentice, writing to you on behalf of the " pure worship of all ages," and desiring " the true worship of the heart," is...

THE LORD MAYOR THANKS THE READERS OF THE " SPECTATOR" [To - the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—I gratefully acknowledge the receipt of the sum of 13,351 7s. lid. which...

SIR,—The claim to possess dead certainty in matters of religion, made by Father Woodlock, seems to me to destroy the nature of faith, as the Roman doctrine of...

Sin, -Five years ago we built a small house in the West of England, and planned the usual garden and orchard. The land was bounded on two sides by old hedges honeycombed with...

to many of us that the Spectator is directing attention to the fouling of pavements by dogs as " a nuisance which should not be tolerated in any civilized eduntry." • The...

your recent annotation on the fouling of .the footway by dogs there is a slight confusion in the wording which does not make clear the actual positions in the City of...

- After reading A. H. A.'s article on new verse forms in your issue of February 16th, in which he explains the Rhymbel and her kindred, I spent an idle half-hour experimenting...

of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—Under the above somewhat misleading title Mr. Roberts continues his attack upon the private ownership of railway wagons in your issue of April 20th. If...

[To the Editor of the Sracreron.] Sm,—I cannot agree with Mr. Simon's statement in his letter in the Spectator of April 6th that cruelty is to be judged from the point of view...

the SPECTATOR.] an unsigned review of Miss Mayo's recent book Slaves of the Gods, which appeared in the Spectator of April 6th, the social evils dealt with in the book are...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,--Commander Windham advocates spending money on roads and preferably on air transport rather than on a Channel Tunnel " so that we can...

In the business affairs of many large firms, it is the custom to consult the shareholders, before any important matter likely to affect their interests is carried out. This is...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] hope I may be allowed to congratulate the great Society in Jermyn Street on its fine determination to go forward with its formidable powers and...

more qualified to speak of stag hunting has written about the point made in a letter on this subject by Mr. J. B. Paget in your issue of March 23rd, and I therefore venture, as...

SIR,—On April 17th there appeared the report of a highly successful trial held at Leeds on March 27th, of the Weinberg Cisting pen, a machine which has several tunes been...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia, 7 --In_ the interest, of world peace may I ask for a small space in your journal? I have a grandson of twelve,who is a scout and also a...

Referring to the present discussion of the removal, and probable sale, of the famous " Portland Vase," I have a replica made by " Wedgwood " over sixty years ago, and wonder if...

From Bartlett's Concordance it appears that Shakespeare uses the word " darling " only eight times in his , works. In four of the eight cases human beings are clearly referred...

I suggest that before Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Churchill go to the country with criticisms of Mr. Snowden, they should pluck up courage and make a formal request to the American...

Fortified with the cheque for £1,000 which we have just received from the Prince of . Wales, may we take adVantage of the sympathy and interest you have shown in our cause to...

Last week I visited the remains of Vents. Silurum, at Caerwent. Might I suggest in your columns that it is high time something was done to make these important ruins accessible...

To an Orchard Near London ('' This Land to be Sold in Building Plots.") Broom passionately, 0 apple-trees, this spring ; - Drink deep of the April sun, the April rain, That...

The statesmanlike ruling " of the President of the Indian Legislative Assembly in respect of the discussion of the Public Safety Bill inspired reflections as to what would be...

For a simple soiree, I recommend some sandwiches of fowl, of ham, of veal, of tongue, &c., some plates of pastry, and here and there on the table some baskets of fruit. These,...

of the Wild, gave us a particularly charming blend of autobiography and Nature study. The book dealt with the Lake District, and was aptly described by one critic as a prose...

THE growth of a serious interest in the history of the British Empire is much to be commended. The Royal Empire Society has done a great deal to further the movement by endowing...

to us now in a cheaper edition {Butterworth, 3s. 6d.). It is good value with its excellent illustrations and vivid accounts of adventures in Russia and China. Mrs. Tweedie does...

easily the best book on the subject up to date. Indeed, we can say with confidence that it is the only book that deals methodically and simply with all the problems that...

M. Schiumberger and others have long ago shown that the ordinary view. of the Byzantine Empire as a - Miserable failure is both unjust and untrue. Mr. Robert Byron, whose...

will appeal to readers who favour the personal touch and an anecdotal style. Among the Forest Dwarfs of Malaya (Hutchinson, 21s.) is certainly not dull, and Herr Schebesta...

TnE Editor offers a prize of five guineas for the best account of one or more " narrow shaves " in the experience of coin: petitors or their friends. Stories shoold be true,...

Peel and the Conservative Party : A Study in Party Polities, Jim instincts were for the settlement of problems lest worse should befall." Thus pithily does Mr. Clark give the...

Military Operations—Gallipoli. Official History of the War. c o mpiled 137 Brig.-Gen. C. F. Aspinall-Oglander, C.B., C.M.G., NE first volume on the Gallipoli campaign in the...

English Poor Law History. Part II. The Last Hundred y ear By Sidney and Beat . riee Webb. 2 Vols. (Longmans. 36 6 4 IT goes without saying that Mr. and Mrs. Webb's substantial...

Growing Old Gracefully. By Leonard Williams. (Jarrolds. Is.) Jr we took all the good advice we were given on health, there would be centenarians on every gooseberry bush. That...

" WHO Dorothea Herbert was will sufficiently appear in the early chapters of her book, which has been awaiting publication for more than a hundred years "—so runs the...

The Gospel according to Judas Iscariot. By Ernest Suther. land Bates. (Heinemann. is. tkl.) Tins remarkable. book will certainly displease and probably distress many of its...

Carries could, and doubtless will, produce a score of arguments , against the publication . of another volume of Old Testament • stories. They could say : " The Bible is good...

Tim April nitmber of the Edinburgh Review contains a timely and lucid article on " The Revision of the Dawes Plan," the execution of which, it suggests, for the moment has...

Studies in the Napoleonic Wars. By Sir Charles Oman. (Methuen. 8s. ed.) IN writing his great history of the Peninsular War Sir Charles Oman came upon some stories of personal...

Deeps and Shallows The Mountain Tavern and other Stories. By Liam O'Flaherty. (Jonathan Cape. 7s. 6d.) Destinies. By Francois Mauriae. (Seeker. 7s. 6d.) *. LIAM O'FLAirererv,...

volume contains a selection of short stories, with a sprinkling of poems, by Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, and South African authors. Mr. Bolitho includes writers, like...

novel Shipmates is hardly a success : it is too disjointed and rambling. The flimsiest of plots merely serves as a pretext for a series of vivid scenes in the careers of three...

from the German, is a romance of the Tyrol in the days of Napoleon. Peter Storck is a young Austrian, who, hearing that his uncle has died in his Tyrolese hermitage, suspects...

one bright moment in this gloomy " chronicle of a woman's life " : truth there may be, but there is no single glimmer of beauty. We meet Theresa at the age of sixteen, just...

OUR weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to F. K. Fell, Holy Trinity Vicarage, Whitehaven, for the following :- Questions on...

Even with productions made in big quantities and where the price is necessarily cut as low as possible a n appreciable amount -of trial and running-in are nom d one. Such...

348 c.c. Dunelt motor cycle on the Montlhery . track, Paris. A notable long-distance record was made last month by a 348 c.c. Dunelt motor cycle on the Montlhery . track, Paris....

Automatic Tyre Pumping. Efficient Car Testing. 15.7 h.p. Crossley. IfAND-111ANKING of the engine of a motor-car died a :natural death, but not before it was time: The grease...

it is satisfactory to note that a new British boat—the Dunelt, and made by the manufacturers of the - Dunelt motor. cycle—is now-available and at a modest price. . The boat...

Ainencan Council on Foreign Relations, which . corresponds more or less to our Royal Institute of International Affairs, has done well to publish a Political Handbook of the...

from the Agent 'of the Hog-hunters Annual, With- ington Manor, Andoversford, Glos, 78. 6d.) is a- production which reflects great credit on its editors, Captains Nugent, Head...

and safety glass all round at an extra charge of £12 10s. to their 15.7 h.p. eoachbuilt saloon de luxe: Both additions are well worth having. The 15.7 h.p. chassis has a six-...

is realized - by the average motorist or even the com- mercial vehicle user to whom -the reduction Of`a penny per vehicle mile in the, annual' running of a fleet may well mean a...

financial scheme for, fire nation's good being - frustrated because of - frict ion between those who should be working in harmony ? Time and again was Lord Revelstoke the means...

It was my privilege as a very young journalist to enjoy the friendship of the late Lord Revelstoke when he was still the Hon. John Baring and not long after he entered actively...

• Possessed with very high ideals, it is probable that under almost any conditions Lord Revelstoke would have become a great figure in the financial world. Personally,...

The Late Lord Revelstoke Tim occasion has never arisen before—and I doubt if it will again—when my weekly financial article has taken the form of an obituary notice. With...

His knowledge of men and of affairs in the City was unique. He loved the - City and all that it stood for and there were few men who occupied any position at all in the City...

Doubtless the suddenness of Lord Revelstoke's passing, at a moment when he was performing arduous services for the country, has accentuated the feelings of grief and expressions...

Some days before the announcement was made of Lord Revelstoke's appointment as British representative at the Reparations Conference together with Sir Josiah Stamp, he told...

At all times in the past those concerned with the chemical industry have had excellent opportunities for forming an opinion with regard to the trade outlook, and now that...

MARKETS QUIETLY FIRM. EASIER monetary conditions, satisfaction with the Budget, and the belief that the chances of Labour at the Election may have been weakened by Mr....

At the recent statutory meeting of the Anglo-Foreign Newspapers, Ltd., the chairman, Mr. H. S. Horne, without disclosing the precise details, conveyed the impression that the...

Press with regard to his infinite generosity, and it was a generosity which owed its origin not to an ostentatious display of benevolence but to the kindliest heart and to a...

Having dealt with the terms of the new issue of capital, Lord Melehett made some very interesting remarks with regard to industry in general, including the much discussed...