speech attributed to Admiral Plunkett, - Commandant of the New York Navy Yard. He was reported as saying that war was not only inevitable but was near at hand. In answer to the...

hesitate to say that the programme is the direct result. of the breakdown at Geneva. If our own Government had immediately produced an expansionist policy the result of - the...

I T is by no means certain that the United States Congress Will - irk* the huge naval - progranime which the Secretary for the - Navy has prodiiCed. - But— let us make no...

by the resignation of Lord Cecil and took it to mean that there had been a " change of heart " in the British Government—in other words, a desire to water down the friendly...

raised in America, but the Washington correspondent of the Times - says that Congress in its present mood is definitely favouring the Big Navy party. Evidently something has...

London, W.C. 2.—A Subscription to the SPECTATOR costs Thirty Shillings per annum, including postage, to any part of the world.. The SPECTATOR is registered as a Newspaper. The...

-the December number of the Scientific American* indicates the range and intensity of the Big Navy propaganda in America. Mr. Walker points out that as the- result of the War...

British Navy, but does • hold a brief for incontrovertible truth. The propaganda against other navies, and notably against Japan and Britain, he says, has been " utterly...

considering the relations of the Reich with:the different States has appointed a committee to inquire into the whole subject. The question, therefore; whether Germany is to be...

War. The Weimar Constitution contemplated a Unitary State ; inside that constitution there is not the material of a Federation in the ordinary sense. Circumstances, however,...

force is that he knows how to apply force boldly where only force can avail. Other rulers have tried to destroy the - Mafia conspiracy, which has long-been'the curse of Sicily,...

in a speech on the same day Lord Birkenhead suggested that the members of the Coin- . missio n who are members of the House of Common s ought not to be allowed to suffer any...

to entail a pause in the negotiations. M. Briand says in effect that it would be easy and agreeable to enter into a unilateral Peace Treaty with the United States, but that...

the Fleet Sir John de Robeck. He unexpectedly succeeded Admiral Carderi (who fell ill) in command of the Dardanelles Fleet early in 1915. The great naval attack on the Straits...

able to find room for the Factories Bill and the Poor Law Bill in their programme for the approaching session. If these Bills are not brought in this session they are not lively...

face it did not quite know what it was looking at. However, even if the level of American prices is indepen- dent of gold, this unforeseen arrangement has turned out quite well...

stroke. He is resourceful as well as honest, and the reports show that he is making a SUCCe% of his speeches in American cities. , The truth about the Free State has not pene-...

Register is important evidence ' . of industrial revival. Out of 2,285,697 tons which were launched from the shipyards of the world last year 1,225,878 tons were built in...

account of the trial, and we learn that the prisoners ranged from well-to-do educated persons down to ragged paupers. Long established brigandage always has some code of...

McKenna said that the industrial promise of 1927 had been fulfilled. He had been hopeful last year, but he was more hopeful this year, though there was no justification for "...

Book Measure in the House of Commons has, of course-, brought Disestablishment nearer. It is commonly as- sumed that Disestablishment would set the Church free, but a...

on April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 10111 ; on Wednesday week 1011 ; a year ago 1011. Funding Loan (4 per cent) was on Wednesday 801; on Wednesday week...

TN considering the present controversy between the -11- railway companies and those who speak for the roads it is necessary above all things to remember that there is room, and...

T HE Bishops have handsomely fulfilled their promise to explain the Prayer Book Measure at points where further explanation seemed necessary. There is now a definiteness on...

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S T CE the middle of last century the older Universities have been trying to meet the needs of a new learning. The resources of Oxford and Cambridge, supplemented by wise...

pedigrees—only a few of hundreds traced- 1 quoted in my last article show beyond reasonable doubt the hereditary character of pauperism, and its connexion with the still more...

T HE popularity of ocean travel, a renewed desire for which is awakened in many of us with the coming of spring, is evident when we consider how many people have already...

Swift, while he was supping with some friends at the Deanery, received from a servant the message that he had been awaiting. At length, when his guests - had left him, he sat...

C ALL your child " Three Farthings," " Rubbish,' or " Beggar," and the Evil Eye is not likely to be cast on such a worthless creature. So say some of the tribesmen of Northern...

T HIRTY years ago, C. J. Cornish, writing in the Spectator on " The Cat About Town," quoted a statement made by some unofficial cat-census authority, in which it was estimated...

(" THE DANCE OF DEATH." By AUGUST STRINDBERG. AT THE APOLLO THEATRE. " REGATTA:' BY SUTTON VANE. AT THE PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE.] IN his Dissertation on Tragedy, David Hume...

[A DUBLIN SCHOOL OF STAINED GLASS] Ax appreciable number of people even outside Ireland know that in the period of political disillusion which followed the Parnell split,...

came. Many units of the Chinese Expeditionary Force have gone away and there are still more to go. Five battalions are to stay—two here and three in Shanghai, but as we see...

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S1R,—To the average Englishman Mendoza, though a city of seventy thousand inhabitants, is merely a name. It is a flourishing town of the Argentine, the centre of a rich wine-...

Captain Noah OLD Noah, trailing plummets, found Green harbours on the heights— As from his deck he watched The showers spill Their gospels of the rainbow round An arch of seven...

phase of the China puzzle has produced a striking anomaly. For a long time Marshal Chang Tso-lin has been proclaiming to the world that his whole efforts have been directed...

Great Britain's Views on Arbitration THE GOVERNMENT NOTES. What is described officially as " Observations of His Majesty's Government in Great Britain on the Suggested...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —I have been a careful reader of your distinguished and impartial columns for many years, but I cannot recall ever before having seen...

HOUSING AND THE FLOODS [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] sift,—The leading article in the Spectator of January 14th, and the letter from Mr. Robert Street, are welcome...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—Without wishing to trespass upon your space with a discussion upon the many points raised in your last two issues, may I be allowed to...

the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—It appears desirable to draw the attention of all who are concerned for the proper custody of historical documents to the danger that is now threatening the...

Sin,—Having very recently returned from two years' residence in the interior of Shantung Province, North China, I was especially interested in the Chinese references contained...

tides, floods, and frosts, but, since I started my Diary in 1870, I have taken great interest in them, and recorded a good many obser- vations. May I question the statement in...

SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The following extracts from Stow's Survey of London, 1633 edition, may be of interest. Describing the tides in the Thames, he says :- " Sometimes also they rise...

Siu,—Mr. Goodenough, in his annual speech as chairman of Barclays Bank, refers to the League of Nations' proposals for promoting European Free Trade by the reduction or removal...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Will you allow me space for a few words in reply to the objections raised by your correspondent Mr. E. K. C. Hamilton to my letter in your...

K. C. Hamilton, in your last issue says that it is inaccurate to say that Reserva. tion is illegal, and that " the old Prayer Book makes no pro- vision for the practice, but...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sni,—The writer on this subject in your issue of January 14th confesses to a somewhat sombre view in regard to English Railway Stocks, whereas...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—May I please make one or two observations in reference to your reviewer's remarks on my book ? If R.100 or R.101 fail and lives are lost,...

[To the Editor of the - SPECTATOR.] Sui,—In your issue of January 14th you assist in perpetuating the legend that St. Kilda sheep have four horns. They have only the usual...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—The following epitaph is of more than local interest. It is on the grave, in this churchyard, of John Jarvis, of this parish, who was...

(To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—"Under the above heading Mr. Borrett calls attention to the terrible destruction of wild life that is proceeding in every part of the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In his crusade for posters which do not offend against the proprieties, Mr. Walter Bayes, let me assure him, will have the support of all...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sit,—Mr. Basil Maine knows as well as I do that it is not a question whether Delius's compositions are good or bad. But Delius is by no means...

title of " The Builders' Neglect," deploring the non- participation of the building trade in the Conference on Industrial Relations. The Operatives, however, if not the Master...

series of lectures delivered last year to the University of Glasgow. The author quotes the inscription of an Indian artificer—" Mechanic and mathematician and Servant of the...

Life, £3 3s.) to the rising generation.. This is a very delightful gift book. With eighteen coloured plates, which are detachable for framing if desired, this is a very pleasant...

in some cases actually producing it. Dr. Hopewell-Ash's book, On Middle Age and Keeping Young (Mills and Boons 3s. 6d. net) should encourage sufferers from undue appre- hension....

a success both in films and print, recently travelled twenty-five thousand miles by air over twenty-nine countries of Europe. We have just received the American edition of this...

The Times Book Club have been :-- FicTiox :—Iron and Smoke, by Sheila Kaye-Smith ; Novem- ber Night, by the author of The House Made With Hands ; The Unburied Dead, by Stephen...

Sir Samuel Tuke (Holden, 7s. 6d,), we should have ridded that Mr. B. van Thal edited the play. . .

and Vanzetti. by a Mr. Lyons (whom the publishers describe as a distinguished American journalist) would be difficult to emulate and impossible to surpass. Two young atheists...

General Liman von Sanders tells the story of his frequent quarrels with Enver Pasha and of his difficulties in " reform- ing " the Turkish Army, both before and during the War....

Tim prize of one guinea offered weekly for the thirteen best General Knowledge questions is awarded this week to the Rev. H. E. Ruddy, Scarthoe Rectork, Grimsby; for the...

OWING to the very large number of entries received for the twenty guinea Short Story Competition, it is impossible to publish the result until February 4th. Will competitors be...

SIR WILLIAM BEACH THOMAS is away until February - 25th, when he will resume his " Country Life " page. ' * * s' *

guineas each for the most practicable programme for the next Unionist Government. One prize will be given to women of under twenty-five years of age and the other to men of...

Conversations de Matinee 1921-1925). (Humphrey Milford. 2s. 6d.) WHAT is the " One Catholic and Apostolic Church ? " Two apparently contradictory, though really complementary,...

Living Machinery. By A. V. Hill. (Bell. Is. 6d.) PROFESSOR HELL'S book consists of lectures delivered before " a juvenile auditory " at the Royal Institution during the...

Studies of an Imperialist. By Lord Sydenham of Combe. (Chapman and Hall. 18s.) Olives of Endless Age. By H. N. Brailsford. (Harpers. IN. Ild.) FORTY to forty-five years ago...

E ACH new edition of the Morte d'Arthur must raise again the perplexing question : how has it come about that a formless mediaeval compilation about fantastic characters bent on...

Beethoven : A Critical Study. By J. W. N. Sullivan. (Cape, 7s. rid.) FEW men are better qualified to write a study of Beethoven than Mr. J. W. N. Sullivan. He is a curious blend...

Hdtv the Soviets Work. By H. N. Brailsford. (New York: Vanguard Press. Obtainable in England from the New Leader. 14 Great George Street S.W. 1. 2s. 6d.) • WE find Mr....

A Diverse Trio Islanders. By Peadar O'Donnell. (Cape. 6s.) THESE three novels are almost as diverse as any trio of stories could be ; and, since the critic's function is to...

-Whether the play of this name is less crude than the novel is not known to the present writer, who comes to the book unprejudiced by the glamour of the theatre. The portrait of...

TRAVEL AND BIOGRAPHY :-Wanderers. By Mrs. Henry Cust. (Jonathan Cape. 12s. 6d.)-To the Foot of the Rainbow. By .Clyde Kluckhohn. (Nash and Grayson. 12s. 6d.)- .The Life and...

An Economic Banquet ONE could

The directors of the Gas Light and Coke Company may be congratulated upon the financial results for the past year. After paying a dividend making £5 Os. 8d. per cent. for the...

. The City has suffered a severe loss through the sudden death, which occurred last Friday morning as the result of a motor accident, of Mr. Michael Seymour Speneer-Smith; a...

There is little doubt that the next few weeks will see con- siderabla.activity in the matter of capital flotations. Not only did great success attend the recent flotation of the...

MONETARY CONDITIONS. Tim strength of high-class investment securities has been well maintained during the past week, a circumstance due both to the great success of the...