He assured the House that the British part in the White Paper was approved by the whole Cabinet, which no one had seriously doubted. He further claimed that it was an effort to...

Treaty of Mutual Assistance upon which Lord Cecil spent so much devoted labour first opened the eyes of the British public to the extent of the under- takings given for them in...

B EFORE Mr. Chamberlain spoke on Wednesday we were taken a step further into the confidence of the British and French Governments by the issue of a White Paper giving the text...

lines, arises froth French commitments over the eastern frontier of Germany, especially her commit- ments towards Poland. These underlie also the diffi- culties over...

while his heart was evidently in sympathy with Mr. Chamberlain's hopes and only sore over the dis- appearance of the Protocol. Mr. Lloyd George too had little criticism to make...

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is clear that Abdel Krim is still attacking vigorously and that the French have their hands .pretty full. The usual official communiques speak only of . attacks repelled with...

on . China. He was firm and reasonable, though not cheerful. He considered that the Labour Party took a very superficial view in attributing the trouble to factory conditions in...

Commemoration Day, and all that the University lacked to complete its glory was a Chancellor. Honorary degrees were conferred upon the Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the...

people to have encouraged other Orientals to agitate for complete restoration of their sovereignty. It is becoming evident that they will never be satsified unless they can...

the mine-owners will give notice that they intent to terminate the agreement by which wages in the mines are now fixed. If this notice is given or received in anger it might'...

there is no stable Chinese government with which we can deal, and government in China means less than it does in other parts of the world. It is said that the Chinese feel a...

second reading of the Tithe Bill. The War and subsequent fluctuations of prices brought out the dis- content of many people with the system based on the septennial average. of...

state of emergency " has been declared. It is clear that the agitation is deep-seated and general. No such local events as the Shanghai incidents could be sufficient cause for...

we want to remind the more reasonable and far- seeing of those engaged in the Trade of the risks of the future. Some day there will be a demand to take over the Trade without...

lose a striking figure in their political world. His State of Wisconsin followed him devotedly, but lie never greatly influenced the whole country. Although he would not support...

the adventurous Norwegian explorer, Captain Amundsen, and his companions, was relieved by the news of their return to Spitzbergen on Thursday, June 18th, four weeks after he set...

High Commissioner in Egypt, resulted last week in the return of another Unionist, Sir Reginald Hall, who so greatly distinguished himself as Director of Naval Intelligence...

as its Secretary. . It is still. however, able to draw upon the band of Lord Milner's pupils or contributors to the Round Table; and has found a new secretary in Mr. Philip...

on March 5th, 1925. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Thursday 991; on Thursday week 9911; a year ago 100. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Thursday 851; on Thursday week 861 ; a...

South African farmers are again visiting Great Britain. Pre- sumably they have not come to learn what to avoid in a country which has been said (and denied) to be the worst...

THE DRINK QUESTION 1 AM one of those people who are very strongly opposed to Prohibition for the nation as a whole, though I have no objection to special areas deciding that...

W HEN Stambuliski, the Bulgarian peasant Premier (vanquished and killed by those who now govern the country), was returning home from the Genoa Con- ference, he was met at...

N O sooner is the Finance Bill disposed of than the Pensions Bill is upon us with an amendment list almost as formidable. The general opinion seems to be that the session will...

T HE English are probably the least cruel of all tI4 Western races. England may be called the spiritual home of societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to all animals from the...

BY THE MASTER OF CHRIST'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. T HE little town of Dayton, capital of the County of Rhea, in the State of Tennessee, is likely tc attract a good deal of...

NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS HARMFUL TO NATIONAL WELFARE CAN BE CHANGED. BY NORMAN ANGELL. V HEN it is pointed out that the horse power used by the workman in American industry...

greatest disappointments of our generation has been to find that electric trains and motor-cars have brought the country no nearer to the town. Here we have the exact tortures...

II.—BLOCKS VERSUS BLOCKHEADS BY GERTRUDE KINGSTON. ONCE upon a time a young American—it stands . - to reason he . was a business man as all young :Americans are that—was...

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THE MAN IN THE. WHITE SPATS HE trod on my toes, th's Man with the White Spats (" white, very white, so fair were they, - as Michael Arlen would put it), in order to reach his...

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THE INSPIRATION OF GEORGE FOX [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sut,—Your article of June 13th, on Fox's " Short Journal," is of deep interest, and I venture to attempt an...

delight to one who has been trying to awake public opinion for twenty-five years to the danger of waste of coal to read your excellent article in last week's number. It has yet...

THE DRINK QUESTION [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—Lord Plumer has drawn attention to the increase in the industrial, the social and consequently the moral losses due to...

Snt,—It is to be hoped that all who, like Lord Plumer, believe that existing efforts towards counteracting intemperance can be accelerated, will consider his suggestion to try...

SIR,—The Bodleian Library needs a fund by means of which its collections may be enriched by the timely purchase of rare books, historical documents, illuminated manuscripts, and...

of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Not the least of the " woes of the middle classes " is the dread of expensive illness and of operations. Would it be practicable for the difficulty to...

ask me for a brief letter about Arthur Benson, and I cannot refuse. I called him once, nearly a quarter of a century ago, Friend, of the liberal and the loving mind," and...

MONSIEUR L'EnrrEurt,—A propos de " May," le proverbe suivant interesserait-il vos lecteurs ? :— " En Avril, ne to decouvres pas d'un fil. En Mai, Otos tout ce to plait."...

laity are genuinely averse from any alternate use. It would only lead to ecclesiastical strife. Surely the three schools of thought in our Ecclesia Anglicana might agree,...

Sllt,—Will you allow me to remind your readers that this annual event occurs for the fifty-third time next Sunday ? Since its inception in 1872 the Hospital Sunday Fund has...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] But,—I think it may interest your readers to know that in the course of restoring the Lady Chapel we have discovered a beautiful tiled...

the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —Your readers are probably familiar with the general outlines of the Borstal System, which is the State's attempt to reform lads and girls who, between the...

THE SOLITARY VISION (CORNWALL. AUGUST, 1922) I CAME to-day by hedges where the wind Lingers at ease, and dallies with the rose, The country dog-rose, honeysuckle-twined ; I...

The Editor has offered a prize of £5 for a Reminiscence of not more than 500 words of prose. The result will be announced in next week's issue. WE have really received very few...

Our Book Section is devoted this week to a choice of Books for Holiday Reading. LITERARY ADVICE TO HOLIDAY MAKERS WanN the immortal Mr. Dooley was asked whether in illness it...

CLARISSA : I was going to ask you if you could recommend me any of the spring season novels. But I should only be wasting your time, and, what is more important, my own. FRANK...

The Unknown Goddess. By Humbert Wolfe. (Methuen. 5s. net.) CLEVERNESS is so much too often a veil becomingly thrown over vacancy that we rather suspect it. The reader of...

(1) Nature Studies of a Boy Naturalist. By C. T. Astley Maberley. Illustrated. (Fisher Unwin. 9s.) (2) A Practical Guide to Nature Study. By J. H. Crabtree, . F.R.P.S....

New York Times.] H.W.M. A Selection from the Writings of H. W. Massing- ham. Edited with a Preface and Notes by H. J. Massingham. (Jonathan Cape. 12s. 6d. net.) THIS book can...

the Elizabethan Home. Discovered in Two Dialogues by Claudius Hollyband and Peter Erondell. Edited by M. St. . Clare Byrne. (Fredk. Etchells and Hugh Macdonald. The Haslewood...

ONCE more we hope to earn our readers' gratitude by giving them a kind of lightning review of the publications of the year which are specially fitted for holiday reading. If we...

Coles he would,not haVe returned from his adventurous cruise in safety . or in such high spirits. But Dibdin's sweet little cherub that sits up aloft seems to be invested with a...

travellers. For the lingering tourist, however, it needs supplementing with the Ordnance Survey maps and with local guides. But as a guide to the general anatomy of our country...

Tms is a very earnest and vigorously written plea for alms- giving. The writer urges that we return to the custom of tithe-giving ; that the tithe should be paid regularly by...

Richet. (Werner Laurie. 7s. 6d.) Tins book ought to be depressing, being a catalogue of human ineptitudes ; but it is, in fact, rather stimulating. This is because Professor...

this handsome volume in celebration of the First Folio Tercentenary. It is an important addition to Shakespearean inquiries, and forms the first extended monument to the new...

CHARMS OF THE CONSULAR CAREER. By H. M. Villiers, M.V.O. (Hutchinson and Co. 12s. 6d. net ) THE author of this book has held posts in H.M.'s Consular Service in North and South...

and Hall. 15s.) LIFE for a newspaper correspondent is full of entertainment, pnd Sir William Beach Thomas knows how to set down his adventures in such a manner as to hold his...

STOCK EXCHANGE DEPRESSION By ARTHUR W. KIDDY. VERY early in the present year, attention was called in these columns to the tendency on the Stock Exchange to over-emphasize the...

Sin WILLIAM TEELOAII founded the great Hospital for Crippled Children at Alton—" The Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Hospital and College." Much the most interesting part of the...

R FACTION Ix STOCKS. TN dealing this week at some length with financial matters, and more especially with the Stock Exchange position, I have duly recorded the depression of...