rimiE challenge of the London strikers to the superior -I- interests of the public has caused an extremely threatening situation. When we write on Thursday, the tramway and...

it clear in his statement in the House of Commons on Wednesday night that he is alive to the significance of events. He announced that an Emergency Committee had been set up. A...

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article on the whole problem of London traffic, of which the present strike is only a particular aspect, but here we must briefly describe the character of the Government's...

broke down late on Tuesday night. In response to the demand of the tramway men for an increase of 8s. a week, the employers offered 5s. a week to the uniformed men, with...

Minister from time to time, and will have power to hold inquiries. Power is conferred on the Minister to require the various authorities to submit to him details of such work as...

feeling and point about unemployment. He referred to the prosperous condition of the banks and insurance companies, and said that when such prosperity coincided with the...

shape rapidly. We cannot call to mind any political idea which has appealed to so many people of different shades of thought, and has won not only their assent but their active...

The Government's policy of making every attempt to keep the affair out of politics is still maintained, The owners' offer, which was a sort of halfway house between the present...

and now ominously meagre. The Army mutiny which we described last week is not settled. A severe Cabinet crisis has developed which may yet mean the fall of the Cosgrove...

the French Chamber on Wednesday on a purely domestic issue and he immediately resigned. This looks, on the face of it, an event of first-rate European importance, but when we...

men are demanding a high minimum wage which the owners cannot agree to if they preserve the present principle of profit sharing. For if they did so they would be in the position...

was to embroil the Free State with this country. It is obviously the work of that party in Ireland which is almost incredibly reckless of human life—and of every- thing...

between Socialist principles and the principles of such a scheme of " All-in " insurance as Unionists could accept. Any unified scheme must, in his opinion, be contributory,...

full debate on the question of Singapore. As we have written at length on this subject in a leading article, we shall say little of the debate. Sir Robert Horne made out as good...

a Republic. Only a few weeks ago the same Assembly passed an exactly contrary resolution. That the men of modern Greece can change their minds not only quickly, but...

a Republic. The New Year is being celebrated out there, and the present Government, which is of a decidedly progressive character, had decided to make this national festival an...

July 5, 1923 ; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 1011 ; Thursday week, 100* ; a year ago,. 1.0111.

more than £4,000 from the funds of the Liquor Control Department through the medium of Mr. Meaney, who was then Liquor Controller. The Commissioner adds that Sir Richard...

Italian financial and currency policy by Mr. George Manzi Fe at the annual meeting of the British Italian Banking Corporation. He pointed out that Italy was not attempting to...

of hope that the irreconcilable elements have overreached themselves by this crime. If only Mr. Cosgrave's Govern- ment can succeed in catching the criminals there is real hope...

Sir Richard Squires (who was Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1919 until July, 1923) and some of his colleagues has issued his Report. It is very painful reading. Mr. Warren,...

FRANCE AND MR. MACDONALD. W E are approaching what we fear is going to prove one of the supreme danger points in the history of mankind. If things go well, if, that is, we can...

TRAFFIC. A SOLUTION of the traffic problem in London is long overdue, but it now seems that we arc likely to get one in a hurry. The London tramway and omnibus strike is...

W HAT is the position now with regard to Singapore ? The Government has decided not to proceed with the construction of a battle-fleet base, but to complete the fuelling...

(AND SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE TOWN OF LEICESTER). By A. WILLIAMS-ELLIS. " IP ZIP ZENITH ! " cried Mr. George F. Babbitt LJ through his megaphone as he whirled his- rattle and...

T HERE is a Bill before Parliament in which powers are sought to prohibit the coursing or chasing of released captive animals. It is aimed more particularly at the coursing of...

throughout the world, there is not so much reference to the White Man's Burden, but the burden is there just as much as when Kipling wrote his lines : " Take up the white man's...

the great tasks which are being carried on by the rank and file of our Colonial Service Under tropic skies ! Merely because our idea of our Imperial responsibilities has...

keep in close touch, I should like to endorse what the editor of the British Weekly says. In one of the most important American magazines lying on his table he finds not one...

ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD. BY EVELYN WRENCH. A S April 23rd, the opening day of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, draws near, the affairs of that great enterprise occupy...

address- of Sir Hugh Clifford, the Governor of Nigeria, to his Legislative Council delivered at Lagos early in February. Perhaps in the year of the Wembley Exhibition the...

5 The subscription rates of the Spectator post free to any part of the world are as follows :- One Year .. .. .. .. 80s. Od. Six Months .. • • .. .. 15s. Od. Three Months...

criticism of the administration of Nigeria as being " extravagant and inefficient," and it would certainly appear that the Governor of Nigeria is more than able to hold his own...

A CIVIC SENSE IN ENGLAND ? [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia, — Since I see that, to the interest of your readers, you are seeking to increase the amenities of our...

best one from the immigration standpoint which Canada . has experienced since 1914. A feature of the immigration this year is the number of domestic servants going from the...

who has just returned from the Caribbean, has fallen a victim to the delights of the pawpaw, which enjoys a widespread popularity in tropical countries by reason of its...

THE SECOND EXHIBITION OF THE ARCHITECTURE CLUB, GROSVENOR HOUSE. IT is a most healthy sign when one generation feels perfectly sure that it is doing better work than its...

not indifferent to the welfare of the British Common- wealth, which it certainly is not, why does it not invite all ' the Members of Parliament throughout the British...

South Africa this autumn, thanks to the initiative of the Empire Parliamentary Association. Among the visiting British delegates will be Mr. J, H. Thomas, the Colonial...

1 1[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—It is not for me to intervene between the Dean of St. Paul's and his critics, but as a fellow-member of the Eugenics Education...

should have done so, perhaps you will allow me to suggest a few necessary qualifications of the arguments put forward with such assurance by your correspondent, " Homo Sapiens"...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] &a—As regards the composition of the proposed Royal Commission which is, we hope, shortly to be appointed to inquire into defects in lunacy...

with your article in the Spectator of March 8th, " The Shut Door Stands Ajar," I consider the safety of the sane individual is of vital interest to the public. The Times of...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In discussing the present position of industry it is well to differentiate carefully between the export and home trade. In the matter...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Sir J. A. R. Marriott, M.P., in his informative article in your current issue, invites criticism of his scheme. You were good enough to...

(To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Lord Astor, at a meeting of the Cambridge Union held on March 4th, is reported to have said, " Later, when with the Ministry of Food, he...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I observe from your last issue that we are both of us in a scrape over Byron. I fear, indeed, that your own plight, Sir, is even more...

Mr. Shanks that the ordinary employer who has to sell his wares against unlimited competition, must continually strive to increase output in order to reduce cost, but what about...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—There is a vexed passage in Cymbeline (Act III., Scene 4, 134-137) about which I should like to express a view. I quote it here from the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—I have read with much interest in your Architectural Notes of this week the remarks of Lord Gerald Wellesley on the new building which...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I have just read a letter from C. B. Wingate, of Durham, California, which I am sure is an exaggeration of conditions on the Pacific...

SPECTATOR.] SIR,—For some time now I have been trying, in vain, to obtain any concrete knowledge as to the minimum internal temperature of trees and shrubs. This, in view of...

of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In your issue of March 15th, which has only just reached me, you speak of " The French quickness to discover an unfriendly motive 'where none is...

COULD SPEKE RETURN.—" Scipio Africanus " writes " The article ' Could Speke Return,' in your issue of March 15th, shows rather clearly the rapidity with which things in...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —I have not suggested anything so foolish as the notion that the subjective and objective methods in literature can be entirely...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Reading " The Last Crusade " in Mr. Asquith's Studies and Sketches, I find the following statement :—" The conqueror of...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—On Monday of last week, March 17th, I saw a flock of redwings in St. James's Park. This is the latest date onwhich I have ever seen...

MADEMOISELLE RICHARDE. BESIDE the haunted lake where Nereids seem Court ladies in a dark transfigured dream, Who were perfected in their glacial chill By Mademoiselle...

THE LETTERS OF CHARLES GREVILLE AND HENRY REEVE. The Letters of Charles Greville and Henry Reeve. Edited by A. H. Johnson. (London : T. Fisher Unwin. 21s. net.) THIS is a book...

THIS WEEK'S BOOKS. MEssas. T. FISHER UNWIN tell us that in Poincare Mr. Sisley Huddleston states the case for and against the French occupa- tion of the Ruhr so cleverly and...

Corincriotsrs of modern letters can at their best make a double appeal. They arc the most human and companionable of biographies, drawing us by countless unpretentious threads...

Tolstoy and Modern Consciousness. By Janko Lavrin. (Collins. 6s. net.) MODERN criticism is a game easy to play. Mr. Janko Lavrin plays very well : he keeps all the rules, he is...

Ma. LASKI made his name as one of the modern school of political theorists, who can see little good in sovereignty. They search in the writings of Maitland and Gierke for a...

The Chilswell Book of English Poetry. Compiled by Robert Bridges. (Longman. 68. 6d. net.) THE ground of poetry is love, not wisdom. This is true in ultimates, in the most...

CONTRASTS. Tony. By Stephen Hudson. (Constable. Os.) No one who finds pleasure in a vivid contrast could better satisfy his craving than by reading, successively, Mr. Stephen...

The Right Place. By C. E. Montague. (Chatto and Windus. 7s.) Mu. MONTAGUE'S last book of essays, it will be remembered, -was called Disenchantment, and was a troubled, stinging...

for the Bibliographical Society at the Oxford University Press.) It hardly seems credible that four years have now elapsed since the death of Sir William Osier. Such a stream...

possessed by very few writers ; but Mr. Hartley Withers is certainly among that number, and his latest work may be recommended to all who would obtain an insight into present -...

7s. 6d. net.)—The illicit but very profitable traffic in cocaine provides the motive for a series of adventures and mysteries which the reader will find both entertaining and...

STAINED GLASS TOURS IN SPAIN AND FLANDERS. By Charles Hitchcock Sherrill. (John Lane. 12s. 6d. Oat.) Mr. Sherrill quotes, with evident relish, the words of a visitor to Leon :...

Series." Edited by Albert Rutherston. (Ernest Benn, Ltd. 8i5. 6d. not each.) These two volumes, like the John, Nash, Orpen, Nicholson and Rothenstein- published last year, in...

[BY OUR CITY EDITOR.] MARKETS HESITATING. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, — Most of the influences operating upon the Stock Markets during the past week have been...

The latest figures of Public Income and Expenditure all tend to heighten expectations of the present financial year ending with a surplus in the National Revenue over...