was agreed upon after an extremely noisy The adjournment 'of the Senate without passing the a dam in Boulder Canon was also held over. The Wash- ington correspondent of the...

The Teapot Dome scandal was typical of the corruption which flourished under the late President Harding and was made possible by his indolence or ignorance, or both. The...

T HE decision of the United States Senate to let the Navy Bill stand over is a most significant and re- markable event, which has attracted much less comment than it deserves....

queStion of peace - Or war and -merely used the aigti;. ment that it was necessary to provide for the obvious P.R11VVIPAL CONTENTS. - - ,, " needs" of the United States. His...

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with sedition, ended on Thursday, May 24th, when Dr. Ricklin, M. Rosse, M. Schall and the ex-Abbe Fasshauer were found guilty and eleven other defendants were acquitted. - Seven...

he could not, of course, have asked for less than compensation for injury done. We trust, however, that he will not make humiliating demands. On several previous occasions he...

depends upon what happens in China." He explained that if Chang Tso-lin's troops go back peacefully to Manchuria Japan will not interfere. If there is a dis- orderly retreat and...

sequels to the proposal of the Jugoslav Government to ratify the Nettuno Conventions. Riots have occurred in Belgrade and in many other towns, particularly on the Dalmatian...

could have told the truth about the Company, but anyhow they refused to do so. • Mr. Sinclair, the lessee of Teapot Dome, handed over to Mr. Fall, of the Navy Department,- a...

says that it is impossible for China to admit that Japan would be entitled to use force to prevent the civil war spreading into Manchuria. This would be a " violation of Chinese...

side to the autonemiim of some of the defendants, for Dr. Ricklin was proved to have said that when he talked about - autohoiny "within the - Constitution of France," he used...

able to use the credit of the rate - payers to borrow at a lower rate of interest than is possible for the Co-operators. Altogether we could not wish to have the case for...

doubt very inconvenient, but its disappearance has proved the difficulty of regulating controversy. All the political parties want political speeches to be broadcast during the...

of sixty-one of Mr. C. E. Montague, who was for many years the principal leader writer of the Manchester Guardian. For the most part of his life he wrote anonymously, though...

Journalists, on Empire Day, Lord Birkenhead delivered a homily on peace .which was particularly welcome from him, and washy far- the most impressive•declaration of this sort...

been held at West Hartlepool. An important part of the business was the consideration of the Report on municipal trading. This Report does not directly raise the question of the...

in which the co-operators are engaged. Natur- ally ! Branches of the Labour Party continually pass resolutions .in favour of municipalizing milk, meat, bread and coal,. but as...

Italian airship, Italia,' manned by General Nobile and a crew of fifteen, including the scientific staff. The airship had circled round the North Pole and was on her way to her...

cent., on April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 101/ ; on Wednesday week 100/ ; a year ago 100 j. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 90} ; on...

I T seems to be almost impossible for the Belgrade -I- Government to produce a calm in the relations of Jugoslavia with Italy, and the whole story of repeated failures is a...

Before - going - abroad or away from home readers are advised to place an order for the SPEerhaolt. The journal will be forwarded to any address at the following rate* :— One...

internal problem in the country at the present time. It cuts to the very roots of the life and well-being of our land, and the evil effects which emanate therefrom are...

III.—The Dalton Plan T _AST Week we discusscd the late Charlotte Mason's Methods, as now 'Carried 'out by the Parents' National Educational Union, and expressed the hope that...

T HERE appeared in the Times the other day a moving and dignified letter from Sir Hesketh Bell, describing a new method of capturing orang-utans. Nothing can escape the...

P RIVATELY printed books are of two kinds. The first are those printed by the budding poet and essayist, or by a private individual for his own immediate circle of intimate...

1UR. MASEFIELD has the coura g e of the A g es of -kVA- Faith. His poetry is still rin g in g in the ears of the modern Canterbury Pil g rims who watched his play from the nave...

T HE Day of Doom has come, and I feel proud to belong to the human race, which, as far as I can see, is going about its trivial businesses as usual, though within a few hours...

[BARBIZON HOUSE, 9 HENRIETTA STREET, CAVENDISH SQUARE.] ADMIRERS of the paintings of Sir George Clausen, and their name must be legion, have now an opportunity of seeing a...

The piece de resistance at the French Gallery consists of fifteen pictures by Henri Fantin : Latour. With the exception of one, La Toilette, all these are flower or fruit...

[" THE ROAD TO ROME." BY ROBERT EMMET SHERWOOD. AT THE STRAND THEATRE.-" TWENTY BELOW." BY ROBERT NICHOLS AND JIM TULLY. AT THE GATE THEATRE STUDIO.] WHEN the editor of a...

The Modern English Water-Coloui Society are holding their sixth exhibition at the St. George's Gallery. What the epithet " Modern " implies is not very clear, a freedom of...

THE YOUNGER POINT OF VIEW [Under the above title we propose to publish occasionally the views of the rising generation on topics of the day.—En. Spectator.] [THE SLUMS AND THE...

SIR,- 7 -Since the beginning of the year the tranquillity of Egypt has twice been ruffled by episodes of the kind that are graphically described as " political crises," the...

Four Epitaphs HERE lies a lover—one who did not know That love is of the spirit—one who dreamed Of bodily loveliness that faintly gleamed Through mists of passion when the...

The Economic Consultative Committee [The famous editor of 1,6 Journal de Geniee sends us the follow- ing article on the recent economic discussions at the headquarters of the...

In the balcony of one of the most charming country houses I know, with a great historic past, a tray for the birds is laid every day for their own good and the pleasure of an...

The always enthralling secret, how animals find their way, has been engaging the attention of the French ; and one-of these much too logical men of science has written in a de-...

This tribute is immediately prompted by two recent experienceS, one with the Hertfordshire Institute of Agri- culture, known as " Oaklands," near St. Albans, the other with a...

On this subject a virtue in the National Farmers' Union may be quoted to put against the very unvirtuous activities i n the narrow field of politics. In co-operation with the...

THE COUNTRYMAN'S FRIEND. It is time - that someone paid proper tribute to the County Instructor, generic and particular, in rural art and science. I find a curious beast on the...

Countrymen have been warned that a new , and terrible enemy has come over from the Continent and begun to attack the elm-trees, which on the Continent fall before it like nine-...

the SPECTATOR.] Sxn,—A good deal of publicity is given in the papers both here and at home to the idea that only farmers and farm workers can tackle successfully prairie...

CRIME IN AMERICA [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sre,—I was much interested in the article appearing in the Spectator of May 19th by Mr. Atkins on Crime in America. He has...

B. Atkins, rightly says that there is no one panacea for reducing the crime wave in the United States. There is, however, one important factor which he does . not mention. Many...

Sin,—Mr. Kiddy, in his two articles under this heading, says, " During the war period the gold standard was abandoned, with the result that banking deposits were hugely...

corespondents who urge your readers to buy British goods imply, in their arguments, that when anyone buys imported goods they deprive their fellow-country- men of the employment...

Sni,—If those interested in the correspondence under the above heading will ask themselves how we pay for the goods we buy, they will find, whether they are Free Traders or Pro-...

relation to your recent review of Mr. Walpole's Trollope the occasion seems tigiely for recalling the following incident In 1883, just after the appearance of the...

my rejoinder . to " Con- science Stricken " and to Mr. Bertram Hill, and I hope I am 'not too late. Conscience Stricken " states that there is a serious flaw in my explanation...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—As I know many who are admirers of your paper chiefly because of your consistent championship of the animal's cause, I deeply regret to...

Relton's " six points " on the Prayer Book question are not only most misleading, but they contain very serious historical errors and misrepresentations. To comment shortly on...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—As an occupying owner may I thank you for your well-informed and sympathetic article on Credit for Farmers ? Is it possible that the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —At the recent meeting of the International Committee for 'the Protection of Birds, convened by Dr. Gilbert T. Pearson; the President of...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sur,—Why is it that musicians in general sit down in hopeless despair, and declare that a State or municipal • subsidy for opera is absolutely...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In last week's Spectator the writer of the " Country Life " section, dealing with the effect of frost on plant life, states that " leaves...

In the phrase " Friday's hair and Sunday's horn goes to: the dule on Monday morn," •the words hair and horn may have a reference to hair-dressing, e.g., " Here, tale how o'...

May Week O . DONS have cheer And wranglers be you glad ! Since Phyllis is come down, so gaily clad; To idle near The flowery banks of Cam, To eat asparagus and strawberry...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Srn,—I do not know when the Spectator was recommenced, but I always remember my father, William Edward Bartlett ; of Kensington, London,...

Bureaux have published The Aslib Directory under the editor- ship of Mr. G. F. Barwick, late Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum. There are introductions by Sir...

(Macmillan, 20s.) and The Annual Register (Longman, 300, both edited by Mr. Epstein ; also The Schools of England (Burrow, 3S. 6d.); which is useful to parents, and Willing's...

which was apPointed in 1924 by Mi. RaxnsaY MacDonald "to inquire into the conditions and prosperity of British industry and commerce, with special reference to the export...

scene in the• heart of a dense tropical jungle in the East, encourages the belief that the open park-like veldt of Africa will make it' clearly the star continent of screen...

International Missionary Council (2 Eaton Gate,, S.W. have published an interesting and important brochure , on The World Mission of Christianity (10 as the result of the...

Desmond MacCarthy, has no tiresome-prefatory explanation. We plunge straight into a delightful reminiscence of Mr. I3eerbohm's two meetings' with Andrew Lang and go on to a...

. , TUE counting of the votes given to those who took part in our list Competition wilt take some time and it will not be possible to publish the result until June 9th....

The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism. By Bernard Shaw. (Constable. 158.1 Tm Intelligent Woman to whom the distinguished Fabian addresses himself is a...

The Memoirs of Raymond Poincare. Vol. II. Translated and adapted by Sir George Arthur. (Heinemann. 21s.) THE second volume of M. Poincare's memoirs covers the twenty months...

The Correspondence of Spinoza. Translated and Edited by Professor A. Wolf. (Allen and Unwin. 15a.) FOR a hundred years after his death the reputation of Benedict de Spinoza was...

Charles W. Eliot : The Man and his Beliefs. (Harpers. 2 vols. : 42s.) Pz a ro taught that the laborious classes in a model common. wealth needed no education whatever. President...

Itt his preface to Mrs. Le Blond's Memoirs, Mr. E. F. Benson observes that this form of literature can he either exasperating or entrancing, placing her volume in the latter...

5s. Od.) The Oxford Book of American Verse. Edited by Bliss Carman. (Oxford University Press. 10s. 6d.) Handkerchiefs from Paul. Edited by Kenneth B. Murdock. Limited...

The India We Served. By Sir Walter R. Lawrence. With an Allahabad. Rs. 2.) . India in 1926-27. By J. Coatman. (Calcutta : Government of India Central Publication Branch. Rs. 2...

Bournville Housing. Bournville Works, Birmingham. (6d.) TWENTY-FIVE years' experience in the management of housing schemes jUstify the Bournville Village Trust in their offer...

In Three Continents IT is a tribute to the blind and tentative genius of D. H. Lawrence that one is stirred by the advent of each new book of his into a certain expectation of...

(Continued from page 830.) In The Prayer-Book Crisis (Putnamns, 2s. 6d.) Sir William Joynson-Hicks presents his case against the revised Prayer Book with force and dignity. It...

and some worse books—worse, because the incorporation of trivial ill-informed personalities within covers seems to be an added impertinence. Of all forms of gossip " Church chat...

Lawrence has here translated a number of short :stories by the famous Sicilian writer Who died in 1922. They deal, simply and baldly, with the stark realities of peasant...

leading Australian journalist, has written an en- grossing first novel. The hero, Robert Arbister, is a successful Sydney business man who, during his wife's absence on a visit...

OUR weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Miss Mary C. Ross, 3 Newington Avenue, Dunedin, for the following :- 1....

Investing in Industrials Ix another Columh_ reference is Made. to the somewhat uncertain ; tendency now characterizing the movements of public securities, and. of _Industrials...

In view of the excellent character of the recent report and also the increase-in the dividend,: the address to shareholders of the -Forestal Land Timber and -Railways Company...

High-class investment stocks are also, no doubt, benefiting ", at the moment by anticipation of the reinvestment of some - portion of the interest on the 5 per cent. War Loan...

GOLD AND INVESTMENT STOCKS. • WHEN dealing last week with the investment outlook I expressed the opinion that while for certain reasons, mainly . connected with the situation...

The first Report of the White Star Line, Limited, which, it will be remembered, was formed last year to acquire the share capital of. the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, is a...

1. Persepolis, Rubaiydt of Omar Khaypitn.-2. Sterne, Sentimental Journey. 3. Charles Lamb, Letter to Miss Hutchinson, October 19th, 1815.-4. Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I., sc. 4,...

HISTORY AND TRAVEL :- Presidential Years 1787-1890. By Meade Minnigerode. (Putnam. 15s.)-The Tragedy of the 'Trianon. By Sir Robert Donald. (Thornton Butterworth. 7s. 6d.) A...