1 HE Russians do not advance with the spectacular leaps favoured by the Germans, but their steady, relentless progress justifies the use of a term much used in the last war but...

The long running battle in the Macassar Straits which lasted for several days has given the Allies their first considerable vicr. uy in the Pacific zone. A convoy, estimated to...

A greater measure of success has been attained at the Pan- American conference at Rio de Janeiro than at an earlier stage had been anticipated. If it had not been for the...

There are few classes of workers which have been so difficult to organise as shop-assistants, and for that reason they hag lacked the advantages of collective bargaining and...

The arrival in Northern Ireland of some thousands of Anierican divisional troops, complete with equipment, is a welcome sign of the solidarity of Britain and America in the war,...

Three unobtrusive lines of small print in Tuesday's Times record the fact that on Monday the Iranian Parliament ratified the Anglo-Soviet-Iranian treaty by eighty votes to five,...

It is natural enough that a firm demand for the overhaul the machinery of production should come from the trade un -.movement. Trade unionists ,know better than anyone that o...

The American public has been justly stirred to anger by the disastrous negligence of the commanding officers in Hawaii revealed by the report of the board of inquiry. It shows...

F ACING a House critical, and rightly so, in detail but completely loyal to his personal leadership, the Prime Minister on Tuesday made a characteristically vigorous fighting...

a little perplexing. Addressing the House of Commons less than five months ago—on September 9th—he mentioned that our forces in the Middle East were then " beginning to approach...

aid they must both be passed—but licensed for commercial use only. The O.E.D. recognises coupon ; " couponed," therefore; must be

A LOT of people are calling on the Prime Minister to recon- stitute his Government, but not much has been said about how he ought to do it. Who is to be dropped and who...

The consolidation of the various Austrian organisations—pro- fessional, political, cultural and so on—in this country into the Free Austria Movement is an important step...

to hell? " is still worrying a good many people—naturally enough. I have been making some enquiries into that on my own account, and the answer really does seem to be the one...

generally expected a few months ago that since it did not happen then it had ceased to be expected now. The question naturally is, what lies behind it? The answer, I believe, is...

"The Germans had reportedly only 25 tanks when they passed through Benghazi in retreat."—Times Cairo correspondent, January 24th. The writer himself may be exonerated. The...

By STRATEGICUS T may be assumed that when the military convention between the Axis Powers was signed in Berlin a fortnight ago the times of the Spring Campaign were concerted,...

By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT T HERE are few questions in the field of foreign politics on which a clear understanding is more 'to be desired than that of the relations between...

By M. L. JACKS* I N this article an attempt is made to put forward a plan for Secondary Education after the war to which the Public Schools can make their essential...

By THE DEAN OF ST. PAUL'S T HE scene in the Convocation of Canterbury and the speeches made there are sufficient evidence of the place which the Archbishop holds in the...

in the twilight, and their crying echoes among the grey windbeaten silences of the cliffs, where once the lovers in their summer gladness walked, and now no longer walk. For...

By W. J. TURNER T HAT there is widespread dissatisfaction with the B.B.C.'s musical programmes correspondence in The Spectator shows, but war-time imposes certain restrictions...

any general rules for the pronunciation of foreign names. The French, and to some extent the Italians, being logical and insular, make few concessions to any foreign tongue, and...

be made to the fact that fqreign names are foreign, is there any general system which can be devised to increase conviction and diminish rage? . Everybody, I suppose, would...

By HAROLD NICOLSON ORACE, when one comes to think of it, was a most remarkable man. The fact that he was able, without becoming either a snob or a toady, to master his own...

symptom, since I am myself, I honestly believe, immune to the disturbance by which it is evoked. It might well occur, for instance, that some friend or announcer were to mention...

" Blood and Sand." At the Odeon.—" Hoppity Goes to Town." At the Carlton. Blood and Sand, the old Vicente Blasco Ibanez best-seller, has a theme which might have been made to...

called Post-Impressionism " spoof," and he had no word strong enough to describe what came after Post-Impressionism—was no doubt due to the feeling that he -personally, and all...

Contemporary Music at Wigmore Hall • THE series of concerts of contemporary music sponsored by Messrs. Boosey and Hawkes, at the Wigmore Hall, is, both enter- prising and...

weeklies such as yours, it has been a constant puzzle to me to account for the way in wh.ch our diplomatic and intelligence services have been hoodwinked in the last few years...

WOMEN DIPLOMATS Stu,—Unplacated by Mr. Harold Nicolson's kindly references to myself and other-women M.P.s, I scorn his reasons for not wanting women to be admitted to the...

week in The Spectator with great pleasure and improvement. I hope, how- ever, that you will allow me to refer to a categorical statement which he makes in his discussion of...

bring Captain Balfour into the grasp of " Clause 78b " are far- fetched and unconvincing. Captain Balfour probably had in mind that the Germans will never cease their...

siR.—Russia, claims Mr. Crowther in your issue of January r6th, points the moral that science can be planned. It is, however, not clear from his article what he means by the...

on Captain Balfour's broadcast? Such expressions of hate and ruthlessness always fill me with the greatest despondency and make me wonder if there is any sense in continuing the...

Snt,—Professor Gilbert Murray in your issue of January 23rd arranges his criticism of Captain Balfour's broadcast under three heads, of which at least Number 3 gives food for...

is, — Like so many of Vichy's apologists, Dr. Thomson is dogmatic Cher than •convincing. Surely it is worth remembering that it was fact Petain and Weygand who were responsible...

SIR,—Mr. Conncly states that £5o,000p0o is received in England from India as interest. He gives no authority for his statement nor does he indicate where or in what form the...

Bee-keepers are increasing within Britain at a rate entirely beyond precedent, and research-workers are unusually busy on their behalf. The new zeal is to be 'encouraged, but it...

IT is complained by some of our dwellers in the south that the climate of their Riviera grows harsher, that frosts of ten degrees or so become almost a commonplace, that the...

latest frosts, that wire guards proved as efficient a guard as glass cloches, and it is, of course, a mistake to imagine that glass as such has any very special virtue. Is there...

SIR,—Under this heading, it is interesting to observe the comments of a French writer in an article, "Angleterre," in a recent number of La France Libre. He says: " Ces...

assertion that broadcasting serious music in lie mornings or after- noons is a waste? There must be many, like myself retired lecturers, musicians, &c. too aged for war work or...

flowers in war-time? The answer given by some of those who grow them on a considerable scale is that they can hardly help themselves. Their business is enmeshed with flowery...

SIR,—It is to be hoped that neither me Dean of Lichfield not Mr. Philip Guedalla will feel gratified at the derogatory contrast drawn by one of your correspondents between Tommy...

SIR,—" Janus " is wrong in suggesting that the Master of the Rolls (Lord Greene) does little than look after the Rolls. As President of the Court of Appeal, he and the Lord...

great as ever.

English Night Life. By Thomas Burke. (Batsford. ios. 6d.) STAYING up late, so we are taught from infancy, is mingled wickedness and delight. Can you wonder at it that drink,...

Military Opinions 11'1n - ell in the Middle East. By Major - General H. Rowan - Robinson. (Hutchinson. 12s. 6d.) Tanks. By Professor A. M. Low. (Hutchinson. 9s. 6d.) HERE IS...

This is a first-class American text-book and first-class American text-books are very good indeed. But lest the word text-book frighten readeri off, it must be said that the...

The Prussian Spirit; a Survey of German Literature and Politics, 1914-1940. By S. D. Stirk. (Faber. 525. 6c1.) TOWARDS the end of this original, thought-provoking and informa-...

THIS is a good book—limpid in style, swift in narration, rich in all the qualities of an educated mind, including humour, modera- tion and poetry—a fitting memorial of that six...

No doubt the double epoch of the twenty odd years between the two world wars will, in due course, produce its masterpieces of fiction. The mere fact of having lived through the...

Endeavour. Vol. I. No. i. (Imperial Chemical Industries. 5s.) THE appearance of a new scientific quarterly review at this moment may appear to require some justification, but...

By CUSTOS AT last we are beginning to see the financial implications of partnership in a total war. Canada makes the magnificent con- tribution of r,000,000,000 dollars' worth...

WILLIAMS DEACON'S BANK LIMITED Inc view of existing conditions, and in place of his usual annual address, the following statement has been circulated by Mr. G. P. Dewhurst,...

Yorker was at one time the best comic paper in the English-speaking world. When it first found its way to England its merits were quickly recognised by the intelligent to whom...

win- , er of Crossword No. 149 is Miss HARJU S, 220 Abbey Road, Barrow-in-Furness

lA prize o, a Book Token for one guinea will be given to the sender of the first correct solution of this week's crossword puzzle to be opened. Envelopes should be marked with...

THE CHAIRMAN'S ADDRESS THE annual general meeting of Lloyds Bank, Limited, will be held on Friday, January 3oth .1942, at 71 Lombard Street, London, E.C. The address of the...