in the French Chamber on Thursday, August 21st. lie took the bOld line that he was there not . by s.ny means as an apologist but as -the bearer of very substantial .;...

T HE Dawes scheme has already been accepted by_the French Government and is certain to be signed by the German Government, even if the Reichstag rejects it. But although we are...

debating the London. Agreement. The —feature of On Tuesday the French Senate spent the whole day in debating the London. Agreement. The —feature of the debate was the long...

'excited by_ the speech of General Desticker, who quoted Marshal Foch as having declared that the occupation of the Ruhr had nothing to do with the security of France. ' Marshal...

was continued on . Friday, August 22nd, when M. Herriot explained that Mr. MacDonald's letter about the Ruhr, which a Coth!. munist . delegate had described as a "disavowal of...

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attempted to explain their position - with regard to the London Conference, but were compelled - to postpone the debate owing to the interruptions of the Communists. Dr. Marx...

the ferocity and bitterness of the Nationalists. His ripostes were very good, and after all he had on his side the substantial fact that the London Agreement- means the...

motion for the total rejection of Ministers' salaries was carried by 68 votes to 66. This is a grave incident, though it was not unexpected. The question now is whether the...

not to be wondered at. Labour Parties all over- the world, except in Great Britain, are Protectionists. The step from protecting one's labour to protecting the results of one's...

have been familiar symptoms such -as in previous times preceded outbreaks of violence. Mr. C. R. Das, who leads the Opposition in the Bengal Legislative' Council and is Mayor of...

Michael Collins met to pay a tribute to his memory. The Times - correspondent - rightly calls the meeting significant, as all the speeches were in- the same strain-- in strong...

in the–Westminster- Gazette of Wednesday, have been- warned to bereadY for. a Possible General Election in the, first week of December. We wish we could think that; local...

the Liverpool men should continue to be a cause of heart-burning and jealousy to their fellow-worker s throughout the rest of the country, but probably it could not be helped....

.the Southern Irish were friendly and to treat them as though they were, though all the time they were stabbing us in -the back. They would have been less formidable as...

last Sunday. Work was resumed on Monday., The terms of settlement were an immediate increase of id. an hour, except in towns where there has been id. increase since September...

lately impressed the public by their progress, the reason was that they recognized that a step in the wrong direction might be-the end-of a forward movement. He advised his...

the time will come when the British Government will discover that even if the miracle of a boundary settle- ment should be perfo - rmed, nothing will have been settled after...

one of the largest brewery companies in the Midlands, said recently at the annual meeting of the company that in his opinion the temperance problem could be solved only by the...

July 5th, 1923. - 5 per cent. War Loan was on - Thursday, 1011; Thursday week, 101i ; a year ago, 102f. 31 per cent. Conversion Loan -was on Thursday, '774 r ; Thursday week,...

REPARATIONS AND INDEBTEDNESS. I N spite of grumblings, protests and threats the Agreement of the Allies is going through. The French Senate on Tuesday did not merely let it...

O NE morning early in the year 1860, forty or fifty prosperous-looking gentlemen might have been observed, mufflers or plaids round their necks and top hats pulled well down on...

BY REGINALD BERKELEY, M.P. QO much has been written and said about the leaders, or the potential leaders, or those whom this critic or that critic would prefer to see as the...

W E desire to draw attention to the excellent pamphlet—An " All-in " National Insuran64 Scheme: Security for all Workers and their Families; by T. T. Broad (M.P. 1918-22); Price...

• W E work and we eat," " si lavora e si mangia "— I heard the phrase repeated from one end of • Italy to the other : in Syracuse, Girgenti and Palermo, in Pesto, Salerno and...

Of all predatory birds in these islands, the peregrine is second to none, not even the golden eagle. The latter may be king of the air as far as size and weight go, but for...

THE "CADENZA." IF you look in that admirably laborious compilation, Grove's Dictionary of Music, under the word cadenza, you will find the following definition of the term : A...

THE CANCER PROBLEM—FURTHER EVIDENCE NEEDED. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] . SIR,—Your issue of August 0th contained an article of mine entitled "The Cancer Problem : New...

Sm,—The writer of the article entitled "The Boundary Problem " in the issue of August 23rd of your journal appears to have felt the difficulty of sustaining his dual contention...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—What is wrong with British Trade ? Is it not largely that the cost of manufacture, or rather the cost of British- made articles delivered...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Will you kindly permit me to ask a few questions in connexion with your article under the above heading ? (1) How can the Soviet be said...

strongly defended the treaty with Russia. May I call your attention to a letter in the Times last Saturday by Mr. Evelyn Hubbard ? As a very regular reader of your paper, I...

interest your article on the above subject. May I be allowed to disagree with your last para- graph? You say that there is "almost an exact analogy" between the position of...

in your issue of August 9th, under the title "Old Conservative," to my letter of the week before raises the very cogent point of the applica- tion of my "general ideas and...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Srn,—I have read a letter in your issue of August 2nd, signed "An Indian," in which a reference to Australia is made. I have lived in Australia...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] was immensely interested in the article by Mrs. Williams-Ellis in last week's Spectator. I think the Welsh— ha country districts at least—might...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sitt,—I hope that readers of the Spectator may be interested in the educational side of the British Broadcasting Company's programme for the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I have not seen any notice in your columns of what looks like an impending encroachment or disfigurement of certain at present unenclosed...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.' SIR,—Apropos of Mr. Stephen Gwynn's excellent reply to the extremely wrong-minded sentimentality expressed in Mr. G. H. Cunningham's letter...

THE SWIMMER. WHEN I had crossed the hill at last, And reached the water's brink, "For once, in all my life," thought I- " I'll swim in water fit to drink. "In this calm...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Few men will disagree with Mr. Wragg's general statement (Spectator, August 9th), "Philosophy teaches that a man's true wealth consists in...

distance from which I write, my letter is not too late, I should like to add a word to what " Piscator " has already written in your issue of June 28th. Sportsmen, on landing a...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—In your issue of August 23rd, Mr. Kiddy in his Finance article refers to "the cardinal principle of our having to discharge our own...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—Having occasion to replace a green glass lamp-shade for the ordinary suspension lamp, I applied to a well-known firm of petrol gas...

AN IMMORTAL LETTER. [COPYRIGHT IN UNITED STATES BY New York Times.] Sir Thomas Browne's Letter to a Friend, 1690. The Hasle- wood Reprints, No. 1. (Printed for Frederick...

Mn. RICRWORD'S Rimbaud, different as it is in style and substance, is an admirable companion volume to Mr. Nicol. son's Verlaine. It completes our understanding of a relation-...

THIS WEEK'S BOOKS. Ma. JOHN BUCHAN'S anthology of Scots vernacular poetry, The Northern Muse (Nelson and Sons), is sure to make a tour of the work!, partly because of the...

The Rebuilding of Rural England. By Montague Fordham, M.A., Cantab. (Hutchinson and Co. 10s. 6d.) Agricultural Tribunal of Investigation : Final Report. (H.M.'s Stationery...

The Diplomacy of Napoleon. By R. B. Mowat. (Edward Arnold. 165.) • IT is one of Sorel's theses that what led Napoleon on to dominate Europe, to crush Austria thrice, to set up...

THE reviewer always shudders with dismay when he is invited to discuss another man's volume of critical essays, for the result is likely to be such very cold mutton. All the...

THERE was a time, not so long ago, when Mr. Robert Smillie appeared to many of us as a dark and even menacing figure, The great coal strike of 1912 has been obliterated in our...

IF we are bewildered by the sketches and photographs of Herr Mendelsohn's projected and completed works, we may turn to the foreword for enlightenment and read as follows :— "...

THE BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIETY. By, Arthur Dendy, D.Sc., F.R.S. (Cassell. 7s. 6d. net.) This is an ambitious title for an unassuming and rather humdrum little book. It...

PLOT AND INCIDENT. The Little French Girl. By Anne Douglas Sedgwick. (Con- stable. 7s. 6(1.) The Link French Girl is a novel of the old style with a plot, misunderstandings,...

C. Squire). (John Lane. 7s. 6d.)—Readers of Mrs. Squire's former books will not need an introduction to this history of the Harding family. As in all narratives which con- tain...

[BY OUR CITY EDITOR.] SOME ECONOMIC FALLACIES. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Although attention at the moment happens to be concentrated upon the question of the...

A. Russan. (Simpkiia. 3s. 6d. net.) The enthusiasm shown on every page of this interesting handbook should atone for its frequent inaccuracy and naivety of conjecture. Visitors...

Scotch Highlands : so many chords of association wait in all our memories eager to respond. But Mr. Barnett plays upon them skilfully in this well-illustrated volume ; and he...

While investment stocks present a remarkably firm front, dealings undoubtedly are broadening out in the Industrial and in the semi-speculative markets. This is very well brought...