A GRAVE and wholly unnecessary disturbance has been caused in the progress of the Irish negotiations, which could not have been very placid in any case, by a message sent by Mr....

Readers experiencing difficulty in obtaining the -' Spectator " regularly and promptly through the aboli- tion of the Sunday post or other causes should become yearly...

:- " The people of Ireland have read tho message sent by your Holiness to the King of Great Britain, and appreciate your kindly interest in their welfare and the paternal...

has already approached the subject of Ulster. Whether it comes sooner or later, that is bound to be the crux. It is supposed that the Sinn Fein delegates are at the very least...

De Valera simply " butted in " with a comment, and he did so at a time when custom, not to say decency and fairness, should have kept him silent, because Irish affairs are now...

his lost Hungarian throne and failed again. He had promised to give the Swiss Government three days' notice whenever he intended to leave Switzerland. He broke his word, for ho...

to his Holiness knew well that the phrase ` the troubles in Ireland' was a dishonest description of the British war on Irish liberties. The phrase suggested that the troubles in...

ground railways of London, and of incidentally providing work for the unemployed, was propounded on Wednesday by Lord Aihfield. He stated that work could' be found for 20,000...

to set trade going again. There is no question of a subsidy from the Government or of any Government intervention or extrava- gance. All the same, we must confess that we do not...

interview with Lord Newton, who had just returned from a visit to Hungary and Transylvania. He said that in his opinion the effect of the Trianon Treaty was disastrous. " The...

most careful consideration, told a meeting of American bankers at Chicago on Tuesday that, if he had the power, he would cancel all our loans to our Allies. The amount of those...

of Hungary was.his supreme object. On Sunday, he sent troops whom he could trust to stop the ex-Emperor at a place twelve miles west of the capital. On Monday, after a slight...

he described as a " reign of terror." The Rumanian secret police wore the real Government, and they imprisoned and flogged without trial. Landowners were expropriated and the...

a protest against - the decision of the League of Nations con- cerning the partition of Upper Silesia. An attempt was made to form a new Cabinet with the help of the German...

Wednesday on his long tour to India and Japan. The good wishes of all will go with him in a journey which should be pro. foundly interesting and which should strengthen the...

19th. Colonel Coelho, with the help of Republican officers, overthrew the Government and installed himself in office. The late Premier, Senhor Granjo, with Admiral Machado dos...

warned the Chauvinists that if they had their way France would be left without a friend in the world. He acknowledged that he had made concessions in order to preserve the unity...

moved the second reading of the Trade Facilities Bill, under which the State will guarantee loans for approved undertakings in any part of the world, provided that the money is...

to the action of the other Dominions in sending delegates to the Washington Conference without having received a direct invitation from America. Thies, he said, would give " a...

second reading of the Unemployed Workers' Dependents Bill, under which workmen would contribute an additional twopence a week, employers twopence and the State threepence, for...

on Sunday, at tho ago of eighty-one, will go down to posterity as the inventor of the Dunlop pneumatic tyro, which has made bicycling enjoyable and motoring possible. Mr. Dunlop...

of Lords on Tuesday, will be remembered by those who back horses. For the Law Lords were agreed that the Gaming Act of 1835, and earlier statutes, applied to cheques paid in...

Prime Minister in the House of Commons on Thursday, October 20th, when the resolution granting £25,000,000 for the promotion of trade was considered at the report stage. The...

of Cambridge on Thursday, October 20th, rejected the Grace admitting women to most of the privileges of membership in the University. There were (394 votes for the Grace and 008...

deliberately organized in the spring has disorganized the industry and that thousands of minors are out of work, has asked the Government for a fresh subsidy so that, while...

July 21, 1921 ; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, h7 is ; Thursday week, 894; a year ago,

IRELAND AND CONSTITUTIONAL REALITIES. R. h a D s E V d A d L e n E l y R A b ' S r u a g m h a t zing us telegram o t t o h e t h l e a n Pope f tealit s. It has made us see...

therefore, in the last resort, the only sound way of getting rid of unemployment is to improve trade. That is another way of saying obtain a larger interchange of goods, and...

think, the proper comment of most people who have followed the farcical attempts of the. ex-King Charles to recover the Crown of Hungary was probably, " This kind of thing...

TN rejecting last week the sensible compromise set forth .1 in Grace I., the Cambridge Senate, in our judgment, made a serious mistake. The compromise, as we believe, would have...

I N three months there have been four attempts at escape and one suicide at the Borstal institution for boys, which is lodged in the building which was formerly Portland Prison....

[The Implacable,' the only remaining two-decker of the old sailing Navy, is the last survivor of the prizes captured as a result of Nelson's victory at Trafalgar. She lies now...

ITS- CAUSE—HEAVY GOVERNMENT BORROWING— EFFECT. ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE—HANK RATE PROSPECTS—UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF SCHEMES—BANKING AND INSURANCE SHARES. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "...

[utters of the length of one .of our leading paragraphs arc often more read,and therefore snore effective, than those which fill treble the space.) AVQZ•LEN AND THE WASHINGTON...

ere THE Einrroe OF THE ".SPECTATOR."] Sia,—I am reluctantly compelled to crave the hospitality of your valuable -columns once again for the purpose of ,replying to Mr. Leslie...

endorse, in a general way, the opinions of your correspondent, Mr..Leslie Hore-Belisha. as to the use- lessness and waste of the so-called Employment Exchanges. I know Selby...

SPECTATOR.") Sin,—As one who has greatly suffered in Ireland and whose house has been burnt by Sinn Fein, may I give you what I honestly believe to be the Southern loyalist...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—The article in the Spectator of October 1st is interesting in many respects, but it is doubtful if the writer has proved his ease...

[To vas EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, It seems to me grievous that the Spectator has never made any stand against the Coalition Government's deplorable Irish policy. To say,...

Mr. J. W. Poynter, presses his case about self-determination, but does he make all the points upon it? And does not this affect his views? He will allow me to pass over various...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sta,—Recently I found myself in a railway carriage with a well-informed Irishman; and, as we were both reading Miss Somerville's Enthusiast,...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] Ste,—In your article of October 8th with the above title yeu ask " whether it is not an intolerable thing to ask the good men and true of...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECIATOR."] Sia,—Your article under the above heading is, if I may say co, an excellent exposition of the raison d'être of the Anglo-Indian Empire....

[To THE EDITOR OP THZ " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—May I add my plea to that of your Parkstone correspon- dent re the " English Stromboli" and this beautiful region in general? It is...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sne—The kinema business appears to be run by men whose sole object is to make big profits at all cost regardless of the moral harm they are...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—Mr. Carter asserts,- as if it were the conclusion of the -whole matter, that " the- later the hoar of evening sale of drink the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] 3ne—Afx. Lanshury (October leth). raises many disputable pints. May I centre on ono? He says-: " You cannot point to s word I. have• ever...

to year review' (September 24th) of Vol. VI. of the ancient monument series of inventories issued by the Welsh Commission, may I mil attention to one defect, among the mane...

LTO THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOH."3 Sut,--The writer of the article which appeared under the above heading in the Spectator on August 27th last is wrong in sup- posing that "...

" HEARTBREAK HOUSE " AT THE COURT THEATRE. Ix discussing the present production of Mr. Shaw's Heartbreak House, I propose to assume that neither I nor the reader had read the...

A BALLADE OF THE LAST NIGHT. TY 0 be recited as an epilogue at th e,ktst performance of Lord Dunsany's play " If;" 'Saturday, October 29th.] :Few: where the turquoise rivers...

or initia4a, or with a pseudonym, or are marked " Communicated," the Editor must not -necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode of...

letters submitted to him. but-when stamped and addressed envelopes are sent he wilt do hie- best tareturn contributions in case of resection. Poems should be addressed :to the...

GABRIEL DUPONT. SIGNS are not wanting that music in France has entered upon a second Grand Sack. At any rate, French musicians have rediscovered the true genius of France,...

are so much the most interest. ing thing happening in the world of the London theatre just now that there is no question of an apology for again returning to them. The company...

ALHAMBRA.—Tlie Sleeping Princess .. . . 8.15 —2.30 [Mr. Serge Dlaghlleff '0 Russian ballet In The Sleeping Princess. On the first night—i.e., Monday—the ballet begins at 8....

THE NEW WORLD OF ISLAM.* [FIRST Noma.] THE NEW WORLD OF ISLAM.* [FIRST Noma.] " Our survey of the Near and Middle East is at an end. What is the outstanding feature of that...

Mr. W. A. Appleton, Secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions, is well worth reading, and his new book is packed with good sense. We have no doubt that if he had been...

IF an adequate history of modern journalism is ever attempted, its author will derive much help from three interesting books lately published. The recent centenary celebration...

Sin JULIAN COBBEIT, In the second volume of his Official History of the war at sea, deals with the period from the end of November, 1914, to May, 1915, and is thus mainly...

In a delightful essay, entitled " The Spirit of London," that forms the final chapter to the London Society's important book, Lord Crewe really does the reviewer's work for him,...

Szs HENny l!•;Ewnora has published a book which is both ambitious and entertaining. He has endeavoured " to show the main stream of English literature through six centuries,"...

ROSE AND ROSE.* MB. E. V. Lreas's incursions into fiction never err on the side of prolixity, and Rose and Rose, compared with most Victorian romances, is no more than a...

IT is to be noted that of three Punch artists who are now pub- lishing collections of drawings, only Mr. Morrow's book is without an introduction by a well-known writer. Mr....

net.)—Mr. Morgan's book is an essay in the style of Mr. Stephen McKenna. It is very markedly less well written than Sonia, for instance, and its febrileness is more exaggerated....

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THE first thing which will strike the reader about Mr. Knox's book of parodies will probably be what I might call its lack of aesthetic didacticism. I have always maintained...

net.)—To bo entirely successful these minute studies should each have so poignant or striking a point that the absence of background would be unnoticeable. Mr. Robert...

Neale has a valuable paper on " Parliament and the Succession Question in 1562-3 and 1566," illustrating Queen Elizabeth's methods of dealing with her faithful Commons. He...

J. E. Mercer. (S.P.C.K. 9s. net.)—Bishop Mercer has written an interesting sketch of the history of alchemy from the mystics of Alexandria under the early Roman Empire down to...

[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] Treaties and Agreements with and Concerning China, 1894-1919. Compiled and edited by John V. A....

volumes of Everyman's Library, edited by Mr. Ernest Rhys (Dent, 2s. 6d. net each), an invaluable series of good books, at a moderate Price, for which many a reader is grateful...

H. W. Brewer, with descriptive notes by Herbert A. Cox. (Builder. 3s. Od. net.)—The proprietors of tho Builder have been happily inspired in reprinting from their pages ten of...

of poems with no very obvious faults. A monologue entitled, " Euripides at Salamis," opens with some effective lines.—Ten Sonnets. By G. H. Johnstone. (Same publisher. ls....

Dodgson (Dent, 20s. a year), has noteworthy articles on Besnard, by M. Jamin, and on the late Sir J. C. Robinson's etchings, by Mr. E. L. Allhusen. The editor contributes a...

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17s. 6d. net), is the thirty-second yearly issue of an invaluable book, which has been drastically revised and seems more trustworthy than ever. The opening chapters are of...

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