R EPORTS from Spain continue to be confused and chaotic, but it is possible to see roughly the distri- bution of forces. The Army is with the rebels ; the Navy and Civil Guard...

anxious to " save Spain from Marxism, Freemasonry and all international Red influences " at the cost of deluging it in . blood. Political .conditions _in Europe make it possible...

the,British,- the French and the Canadian, between two of which the third has long stood as an enduring link already, for French-speaking CanadialiS from Quebec share eternal...

leisureliness which would be disturbing if there were not signs that real progress was being achieved. It is a considerable achievement to have got agreement on mili- tary...

Governor Landon's speech of acceptance as Republican candidate came rather late in the summer. As a conse- quence it marks the opening of the vacation rather than that of the...

Italy will both accept the invitation issued by Britain, France and Belgium last week to a new conference of the Locarno Powers, but what conditions they will impose, where and...

Grinstead by- elections confirm what was said in these columns regarding the Derby result. A number of factors, both personal and general, secured Mr. Noel Baker his impres-...

much evidence of the high cost of living in France, for which M. Blum's Government cannot be held responsible. Thus, in the prices officially quoted at the Mlles Centrales,...

very favourable impression in the House. Though refusing to yield to the pressure of Mr. Lloyd George and to state what the Government proposals were with regard to the reform...

has been even more protracted than usual. Miss Rathbone pointed out to the Prime Minister early in the week that in the debate on the Unemployment Regulations 80 Members...

rapidly improved as a speaker, should be so easily rattled by interruptions. On at least two occasions he was stung by some mildly offensive remark from the Opposition to weakly...

and Co., of Glasgow, who built the Queen Mary,' are to build the sister ship, was Announced in the House of Commons on 'Monday. The _financial arrangements between the...

Birmingham during last week-end, when an audience of 15,000, drawn not only from the city itself but from a wide district round, packed the Industrial Fair Building, provide...

the Foreign Affairs debate on Monday Mr. Lloyd George spoke of the disastrous quarrel of Gaul and Teuton. " If you go through the pages of history," he said, " I do not know...

Sir George Newman described decay of the teeth as " one of the great diseases of modern times." As former chief medical officer of the Ministry of Health and Board of Education,...

the British Cabinet _has shaped in its own mind any clear and con- structive foreign policy the Foreign Secretary's speech in the House of Commons on Monday threw little light....

T HERE is a certain monotony in the frequent attacks on the degeneracy of the age. Those who are not conscious of sin become somewhat irritated by having their vices enumerated...

able Commission to report on the situation in Palestine distinctly more weighty than any of the various bodies that have already held inquest on that unhappy country. It might...

By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT [This is the second of three articles on the situation in Italy written by a special commissioner of THE SPECTATOR. Next week's article is on "...

By A. L. ROWSE [This is the second of a series of articles on the conditions under which military action by this country would be justified. Next week's article is by Lord...

KENNEDY A VISITOR returning to Berlin for the first time after the Nail Revolution, during which he read (perfectly true) accounts of riot and bloodshed, might reasonably expect...

By ROGER B. LLOYD I N 1753 the Rev. L. Howard, D.D., Rector of St. George's, Southwark, and Chaplain to her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales, suffered a grievous...

By SIR ROBERT GREIG T HE flocks that seem to us as permanent as the everlasting hills on which they graze are passing away. The black-faced sheep of the Highlands, the...

By RAN.TEE SHAHANI T HE Lahore Express started in great style, but after a day's rolling in the desert it looked as though it were gathering more sand than it could carry. It...

By E. L. WOODWARD IF you read local newspapers, you will have noticed that among a section" of the Anglican clergy there is a certain timid and judicious nibbling at the cult...

Commonwealth and Foreign By WILLIAM HENRY CHAMBERLIN July. JAPAN today is fighting a desperate battle to maintain her place in the industrial and commercial sun. Two recent...

Russian Ballet at Covent Garden AT the rehearsals of Massine's new Symphonic Fantastique to the music of Berlioz I could sec the movement in a clear light. The impression then...

can unreservedly praise. How pleasant for that stubborn grain of national feeling which would, I suppose, endure for centuries, like the embryo tail, even in a bright Genevan...

July Crops The English climate—when it is good, it is very very good— has compensations even at its worst. July has been frankly abominable, and may involve very heavy losses....

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actual position of the Lebow Party with its position as it might be or ought to be must have read the communication from Sir Stafford Cripps with feelings akin to despair....

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR, —The Spectator (which cannot be suspected of bias against the present Government) is setting a good example of moral courage to the Press...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Your comments on Far Eastern Prospects in last week's issue prompt me to make one or two observations based on recent information...

have just , returned from spending three weeks in Carlisle, to be met with the latest and record figures of tuvidents and death's on the roads, and I was reminded of the •...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,--I wish to draw attention to the showing of my docu- mentary film Shipyard at the Monseigneur News Theatre, Piccadilly, London, on July...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—As a member of the public with moderate views, and a dislike of those of extremists in all matters, I admire your paper for the moderation...

[To the Editor Of THE SPECTATOR.] - SIR,—It is with great pleasure that I pass to you a special vote of thanks and appreciation, resolved recently by the Arab Supreme Committee...

[To the Editor of TILE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Mr. William Blumberg, in the article in your issue of the 17th inst., seems to expect that the Zionists should assume the major share of...

July 24th, Mr. Ashbee paid me a certain compliment. I' hate to appear ungrateful, but I see no reason at all in the argument by which he tries to invalidate my thesis with...

myself beaten, but the effort to bring Mr. Jeffries' version of the history of British rule in Palestine into line with facts is becoming too great by comparison with the...

[D'un correspondant parisien] A VIMY les Francais ont acclame le roi Edouard VIII avec In cordialite la plus sincere ; ils sont contristes du renvoi de son sejour sur la Cote...

[To the Editor of DIE SPECTATOR.] SIR, —While herrings are thrown back into the sea and British beer is so abominably overtaxed that it is now almost dele- terious in quality, I...

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