28 JUNE 1924

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These official announcements were followed on Tuesday by a presentation

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of a joint Note from the British and French Governments to the German Government on the Allied Control of German Armaments. The Note is couched in language different from that...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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B Y far the most important event of the week was M. Herriot's meeting with Mr. MacDonald at Chequers on Saturday and Sunday last. An official communiqué was issued from the...

Mr. Lloyd George then asked Mr. MacDonald whether Germany was

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to be invited to the Conference. Mr. MacDonald practically refused to answer this question, as evidently he did not want to prejudice any future negotiations with France. In...

This is unquestionably a statement of the first im- 1048

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portance. But when Mr. MacDonald says that " it is felt " that the obligations of the Dawes Report are outside those imposed upon Germany by the Versailles Treaty, he does not...

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Let us say at once that this is by far

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the most helpful way of approaching the question of the security, not only of France, but of every country, that has yet been attempted. Mr. Angell went on to tell M. Herriot...

This is indeed an important declaration. Mr. Angell naturally wished

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to place M. Herriot's meaning beyond doubt. He asked him whether he simply meant that Germany was to be asked to join the League of Nations. M. Herriot replied :— " Not merely a...

The American Democratic Convention opened on Tuesday amid an excitement

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which was the natural reflection- of the unparalleled doubt and confusion. The nomination must be made by a two-thirds majority, but though somebody will in the end get that...

The situation in Italy is developing slowly. By the murder

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of Signor Matteotti Fascismo as a whole, and Signor Mussolini in particular, have been shaken to a degree almost incredible when one remembers their position but a month ago. On...

In South Africa General Smuts has resigned as the inevitable

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result of the General Elections, and General Hertzog is forming a Government. General Hertzog freely admits that, though the actual agreement between the Nationalists and Labour...

With this amount of official material, rumour has run riot

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in the French Press. There is a general tendency to talk of a Franco-Anglo-Belgian Pact having been concluded. As a matter of fact, the only basis of this seems to be that Mr....

How utterly the situation has changed since the crime was

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demonstrated in Signor Mussolini's speech to the Senate on. Monday. For the first time (the Times correspondent tells us) he did not get a good reception. But more striking...

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ing of the draft proposals. * * * * *

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In the House of Lords on Tuesday the Bishop of

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Oxford moved the Second 'Reading of his Liquor Bill. week, 101-* ; a year ago, 101*. The debate, which was interesting and important, was ,31 per cent. Conversion Loan was on...

recess ! " " No grouse ! " It is

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most satisfactory that a Royal Commission has Mr. Wheatley has made a considerable reputation in its terms of reference the Commission will examine the 'present session by his...

that the Bill should be considered by a Committee of

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the * * * * whole House. In our opinion this motion was thoroughly Lord Banbury described the Bill as the worst he had justified. The -expenditure proposed in the Bill is enor-...

* * * * of the message or the courage

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of the man who wrote it.

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Bank Rate, 4 per cent., changed from 3 per cent.

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July 5th. 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 100 ; Thursday

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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WHAT OF AMERICA ? fl OW can we, the people of the British Empire, best serve the world ? By placing a clear and definite policy before mankind, by showing ourselves willing to...

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AN IMPENDING NATIONAL CALAMITY.

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T HE City article in the Times of Tuesday, following Mr. Walter Leaf's article in the June number of the Westminster Bank's Review, leaves little doubt that once again we are...

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WHAT DOES MR. LLOYD GEORGE STAND FOR ?

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I - N the House of Commons on Thursday of last week there was a curious debate on the state of trade, Mr. Sidney Webb in effect declaring that all was for the best in the best...

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ORGANIZED LAND SETTLEMENT - VERSUS SMALL-HOLDINGS.

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I IFIHE first article reviewed the working of the Small- 1 Holdings Act, 1908. It was seen that little had been achieved, and that no attempt was made to improve the conditions...

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THE ART OF ATHENE SEYLER.

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M R. NIGEL PLAYFAIR said of our contemporary drama in last week's Spectator that plays badly written, badly acted, and badly produced were able to succeed, while good plays,...

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LETTERS TO . THE EDITOR.

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HOW EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY: WORKS. . [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—As an Englishman who has lived for sixteen years in Australia, I should like to offer a few...

THE THEATRE,

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"THE RAT" AT - THE PRINCE OF WALES'S. IT is a dreary thought that wickedness should be as hard to maintain as goodness. I hate to think that the enter- prising burglar or the...

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• " REVOLUTION AND COUNTER-REVOLUTION IN HUNGARY."

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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—As Count Michael Karolyi's party is appealing, just now for sympathetic support in this country, it is important that a few statements...

RUSSIAN TRADE: THE KEY TO • EMPLOYMENT.

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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR] SIR,—Your article in the Spectator of June 21st is thought- provoking ; we must not neglect any remedy which may contribute, however slightly,...

SECURITY FOR A RUSSIAN LOAN.

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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—Not long ago Messrs. Rothschild negotiated most successfully a Brazil (Coffee) Loan under the following circumstances. A large quantity of...

"A SCRAP OF PAPER."

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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I have just seen the paragraph in your issue of June 7th dealing with my part in the recent discussion in the Times as to the origin of...

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PRAYER-BOOK REVISION. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Snt,—In view

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of the refusal of the Ecclesiastical Committee to revise the Winchester Diocese Division Measure on the ground that the National Assembly represents the Church, the...

MUSIC AND ART GALLERIES.

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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,--It was in the Spectator that I first read the recom- mendation that the two arts of music and painting should be combined by the...

IRISH LOYALISTS AND GREAT BRITAIN. [To the Editor of the

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SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Your sympathy with the Irish loyalists and your persistent advocacy of their cause induces me, a constant reader of the Spectator, to send you a brief account...

EMPLOYERS AND REDUCED OUTPUT. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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SIR,—In your issue of June 7th is an extract of a letter from " South African " professing to quote the statement of a large British firm that British manufacturers found it...

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POETRY.

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CREATION. ALONG sleep's edges Take your way. Brush the sedges .Where its water .Spreads away. From opaque and Twisted light Let thought take and Airward usher Green's cold...

CRUELTY IN SPORT.

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,[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sra,—There is one point not •touched upon by Mr. Gwynn in his interesting essay on this subject, which to my mind affords a complete answer to...

LONDON TRAFFIC.

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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In the Spectator for 'June 21st, " Worker " suggests that surface congestion could be relieved by the more extended use of the...

AN AUTHOR WANTED.

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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Mr. Fraser is surely mistaken. The eighteenth-century poets were too much absorbed with classical mythology to condescend—that they would...

"SHOCKING" WORDS.

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[To the Editor Of the- SPECTATOR.] SIR, —As an addition to Mr. Stephen Gwynn's survey of "• shocking " words, it may sunrise your readers to learn that in a large part of -the...

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HOLIDAY SUPPLEMENT.

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Our Book Section is devoted this week to a choice of books for Holiday Reading, that is, of the kind read for pleasure and not for information. TWO SHORT STORIES. BY FRANK'....

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BOOKS.

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THIS WEEK'S BOOKS. 'ThE whole literary side of the Spectator is devoted this week to holiday reading. Mr. Penn Smith's stories arc the first of a series of short stories by...

RECENT POETRY.

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THE season has 'given us many books of verse, and there have been several notable. works among them. Anyone who wishes to keep informed of modern tendencies should possess at...

TRAVELLERS' JOY.

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ONCE more the old problem : What shall we take to read ?— in the train,' on the boat - , in the mountains, at 'the seaside, on the Broads, in the Is.larroWs, by the Midnight...

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TIME SHALL GO QUICKLY.

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The Week-End Book. (The Nonesuch . Press. 6s. net.) HERE is another care for those who are off on a holiday-- for a week-end or a year : they must never forget to pack up The...

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NOVELS FOR CLARISSA.

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CLARISSA Are there. any new novels worth reading ? Any later than Christmas, I mean ? FRANK : If you are fond of novels, I can give you the names of about fifty. If you aren't,...

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NOVELS FOR THE LIGHTHEAtTED.

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A HOLIDAY is not a holiday unless a sauce to pleasant,idlcness is provided by a quantity of amusing lightfiction, We following classified. list is given, therefore, to help the...

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THE . FORTU ATE DIARIST.

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• (Macmillan. 8s. 6d.) INTROSPECTION is very well when it leads to something, hilt when it is only self-pity_ and egoism, when it encourages dis- satisfaction and morbid...

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BURLEIGH'S NOD.

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Tolstoi's Dramas. Translated by N. I. Dole. (Harrap. 10s. ed.) SCANDAL says that when Mr. Shaw .was asked- why , he wrote St. Joan- he- answered, " Purely in order to save her...

WE SPEAK A. WE CAN.

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The Man Who Died Twice. By Edwin Arlington Robinson. (Cecil Palmer. 5s. net.) bp Hill and Down Dale. By Kenneth Ashley. (John Lane. 5s.) PRESUMP 1LX there is a Choice...

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A FAMOUS FRIENDSHIP.

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William Bentinck and William III.: being the Life of Bentinek, Earl of Portland, from the Welbeck Col-res- pondence. By Marion E. Grew. (John Murray. 218.) - " IT was a...

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MR. E. M. VORSTER'S NEW NOVEL.

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A Passage to India. By E. M. - Forster. (Arnold. 7s. 6d.) OF all the novels that have appeared in England this year, Mr. Forster's is probably the most considerable.. If it had...

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SHORTER NOTICES. •

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THE PILGRIMS' WAY IN WEST SURREY. By Charles White. (Published by the Underground Railways and London General Omnibus Co.). The Guide Book- of London, issued by the Underground...

OTHER NOVELS. Be Good, Sweet Maid. By Anthony Wharton. -

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-(T. Fisher Unwin. - 7s. 6d. net.)—Mr; Anthony Wharton takes Kingsley's most superfluous advice as his title, but it is impossible to help wondering whether the Laura Strong, of...

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THE A B C OF XIX. CENTURY ENGLISH CERAMIC ART.

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By J. F. Blacker. (Stanley Paul. 15s. net.) This volume, by the author of many handbooks of a similar kind on divers subjects, gives a very comprehensive survey not only of the...

HAUNTED HOUSES. By Camille Flammarion. (T. Fisher Unwin. 12s. 6d.

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net.) Certain people are so constituted that they are unable to accept positive evidence of the ultra - normal, however reliable and fully documented it may be. Personal experi-...

FINANCE—PUBLIC & PRIVATE. IBY OUlt crry EDITOR.] -

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CURREN - CZ WAGES AND PRICES. .[To -the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, — It looks as though the famous academic problem of :whether the hen or the egg came first in order of •...

Last year Dr. Percy Buck became the first " Cramb

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Lecturer " in Glasgow University. His duties consisted in delivering ten -lectures on some aspect of •the art of rhusic, and it was characteristic that he chose to deal with all...

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FINANCIAL NOTES.

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The outstanding feature in the financial situation continues to be the steady stream of capital flotations. During the past week there has been a successful flotation of about...