T HE situation in the Mediterranean has become charged with alarming possibilities. The torpedo attack on Havock ' on Tuesday night, the torpedo in this case being launched from...

progress at Shanghai for the past week the actual situation shows little change. The Japanese have been intent on landing fresh troops, w hich they have accomplished in the face...

Tokyo and Berlin by the non-aggression pact between Russia and China, whose terms were published on Monday. On the face of it the agreement is unobjectionable enough. The two...

The church conflict in Germany may be regarded as a permanent feature of the National Socialist regime ; but the manifesto read in all the Evangelical churches in Germany last...

of the fall of Santander to the insurgents was accompanied by news of Government victories both on the Aragon and the Granada fronts. In the Beichite sector, south of Saragossa,...

truth there is in recent rumours of the difficulties which Italy has encountered in her self-appointed task of civilising Abyssinia. It has been alleged, for instance, that the...

of a Cabinet crisis in Belgium, as a result of a disagreement between M. van Zeeland, the Prime Minister, and M. de Man, his Finance Minister, appears to have diminished ; but...

set for a visit to Berlin by Signor Mussolini before the end of the present month. There is nothing surprising about that. The visit paid by Herr Hitler to the Duce at Venice in...

has been held this week at Sinaia in Rumania gained in interest, and perhaps in importance, through the contacts established during its session between various of its members...

in Mines Research Board gives some extremely interesting information on the use of protective clothing among coalminers. In recent years it has increased because such things as...

Mr. Mackenzie King, the Prime Minister of Canada, now accuse each other of acting ultra wires ; Mr. Mackenzie King refuses to allow Mr. Aberhart's banking legislation, Mr....

aroused considerable controversy during the last week by stating the case against a national theatre. The case seems to rest on several miscon- ceptions which are more likely to...

in Galicia last week have once more emphasised the fact that without some change in policy, internal and external, Marshal Smigly-Rydz' Government will be exposed to attack both...

variety of the themes which the British Association for the Advancement of Science handles at its annual meetings, and even more perhaps by the erudition with which they are...

W HAT we seek " President Wilson once said, in an utterance in which all the world concurred, " is the reign of law, based on the consent of the governed and sustained by the...

T HE President of the British Association, Sir Edward Poulton, took as the subject for his Presidential address on Wednesday the History of Evolutionary Thought as recorded in...

remarkable man than his recent conflict with Mr. Louis of Detroit would suggest. Even from his boxing one can see his quickness of mind, and still more his adaptability to...

G REAT BRITAIN is apparently one of the countries in which Germany desires to appoint a cultural attaché. No one, of course, knows yet precisely what a cultural attaché is and...

architects of the Anglo-American debt settlement in 1923. (The other is nursing arthritis at Aix-les-Bains.) The story of how the final terms were arrived at has been told in...

make itself champion county, and even Yorkshiremen, I imagine, would have hailed that result with the same sort of indulgent acquiescence with which Cambridge men receive an...

I could, if necessary, develop at some length. And I believe in removing all unnecessary obstacles to attendance. Those vicars who encourage hikers to come to a service in...

By WILSON HARRIS A PRESIDENTIAL address by Mr. H. G. Wells to the Educational Section of the British Association is something of an event. Mr. Wells last year frequented the...

By E. J. GOWDEY [The writer of this article has completed his term at a Borstal Institution within the past month. Except for slight abbreviation the article is printed as...

By Dr. J. D. JONES [THE SPECTATOR will publish next week " A Defence of Welsh Nationalism," by Goronwy Rees.] I T is, at any rate, an arguable proposition that when Presi- dent...

By TOM HARRISSON T HERE is one industry in Blackpool : pleasure. Pleasure supports IIo,00o residents, more than in industrial Bury or Wigan. In Bank Holiday week this year...

By LIEUTENANT-COLONEL E. N. MOZLEY, D.S.O. I F a middle-aged middle-class man casts his memory back a generation it must inevitably occur to him that he is today much more a...

By JOHN RAY NOR I WAS eleven years old when we went to live in the country; and, in spite of the passage of time, the night before we left London stands out in my mind with...

By E. L. WOODWARD N OT very long ago I met an Irish farmer in the glens of Antrim. We talked about the world in general. He was drunk ; so very drunk that he thought I was a...

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF JAPAN By GUENTHER STEIN PUBLIC opinion in Japan, at bottom always_ rather fatalistic towards the vicissitudes of what it tends to. regard as political...

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CHINA By E. M. GULL WHILE everyone now sees that neither of the two incidents which immediately preceded the undeclared war between China and Japan—the clash...

• ' For You Alone." At the Tivoli OPERA. stars taking to the screen present many a problem to their inoducers. The conditions under which they normally work tend to separate...

THE THEATRE I , Time and the Conways." By J. B. Priestley. At the Duchess FEW accomplishments are so generally suspect in this country as versatility. Mr. Priestley was...

[Von einem deutschen Korrespondenten] EINE alte knorrige Eiche, ragend aus dem Unterholz seiner Zeit, war der alte Elard von Oldenburg bis zum Tode ein Sinnbild langst...

Modern Primitives Les Maitres Populaires de la Rialiti is the title of one of the most interesting exhibitions at present on view in Paris. The -painters whose works are to be...

discouragement of the London pigeon, which it is said could be reduced in number if food were less freely distributed and suitable nesting places protected. It is hardly likely...

surrirher heat, to wallow in December snows ; but the Christma bulb bowl is best prepared in August. Soine quaint advice on the subject is given in a very practical book (Room...

has dared to maintain' that the Darwin tulip—which is much the most popular of all—is ugly. He finds other faults : -it is liable to disease; it is short-lived except in a...

reported of some Indian pigeons, is common to the tribe. A keeper of fantails and wrens in Durham is almost mobbed by his birds when he and others begin to smoke cigarettes in...

the Norwegians are lamenting the paucity of seagulls (as indeed of other more desirable birds) while our seaside folk are distressed at their multitude. A very strange reason is...

Close Seasons The close connexion between agriculture and shooting is bringing back into favour the First of September. The date has often been too early, since the fields are...

. quality, though not immense quantity, had been gatherel in be- fore August was over, and a good many fields are already ploughed. Peripatetic tractors and ploughs have seldom...

A definite change in the date for the open season has been suggested for Scotland. The black game have diminished in almost all districts and have clean vanished in some. The...

SIR,—I am sorry to bother you with a second letter on the situation in the Far East so soon after my previous one. In it, you will remember I tried to explain the internal...

[Correspondents are requested to keep their letters as brief as is reasonably possible. The most suitable length is that of one of our " News of the Week " paragraphs. Signed...

B. Jones, pleads so admirably fol a better understanding between ourselves and Fascist Italy that it seems a pity to controvert his argument. Far be it from me, in any case, to...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Your correspondent, Mr. J. B. Jones, states that " when Italy joined the Allies they were on the verge of defeat." Italy declared war—on...

[To 'the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Major Thacker's letter shows, surely, a rather captiously partisan spirit. Why should he call it " naive " of Miss Rosamond Lehmann to...

[To the Edi tor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR, —Will you allow me to correct a mistake in a lett& in your issue of July 3oth, on the removal of the Bisque children from Bilbao, in ....

Sm,—It was, one supposes, in mere charity and on no pelitiad , motive that the Basque children were rescued from the perils and horrors of the civil war in their province. But...

do not wish to trespass on your space by unduly pro- longing this . correspondence bin, since we have so nearly reached a basis - of agreenient, may I further assure Mr. Wood...

SM,—One sometimes _ wonders what would happen if a speaker at a political debate, or a disputant in a newspaper corre- spondence, were to announce, in the course of either, his...

the compliment of being classed by Mr. R. P. Ashe, in your last issue, with the Archbishop of Westminster as a " fervent Catholic," please permit me to say that I was born and...

of THE SPECTATOR.] Sta,—From what Mr. L. G. Godwin, of the Monabarie tea estate, Assam, says in your issue of August zoth, about the untruth of my statements about plantation...

SIR,—Gardeners in their criticism of gardeners can be scathing ; none more so. Curious that men so gifted in fostering the flowers of nature that positively enrapture our souls...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sut,—I have read with pleasure (and a certain amusement) the excellent article on camping by Mr. Richard Freund in your issue of August 27th....

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—May I offer you our warm thanks for the article in last week's Spectator entitled " Colonising England " ? It contains one slip. There are...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sut,—Dr. Copeman's article in The Spectator of August jsth is well described by your correspondent, Mr. Charles Macquarie. But, naturally, it...

Choosing a Trade (C. Delisle Bums) .. Early Russian Liberals (G. A. Birkett) Youth in British Industry (R. F. Scott) .. .. Managed Money (Prof. Lionel Robbins) .. The Making...

IN this interesting book Mr. Gollan sets out to disclose what he justly considers to be one of the most serious economic and social problems of today; namely, the appalling...

THE true significance of the Russian Revolution can only be understood if it is considered as the climax of a struggle continued both on and under the surface of Russia...

THE subject of this essay is less formidable than its title. Major Hills has made no attempt to write a treatise on the theory of monetary policy. He has confined his attention...

The Making of American Civilisation. By Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard. (Macmillan. 12s. 6d.) Tins book is published at a time when the question of the study of American...

Ordeal in England. By Sir Philip Gibbs. (Heinemann. 8s. 6d.) A HABIT has grown up in recent years among well-known writers of going on a journalistic Grand Tour of this country...

Catalan Art. By Christian Zervos. (Heinemann. 42s ) THIS is a companion volume to those which M. Zervos has already published on Greek and Mesopotamian art, though in this case...

Invitation to the Ballet. By Ninette de Valois. (Lane. 12s. 6d.) THE revival of interest in Ballet has provoked a number of books, of which many are merely compilations of...

Letters from Iceland. By W. H. Auden and Louis MsesTeice. (Faber and Faber. cis.) ICELAND, the ostensible subject of this book, is to the authors not a country but an excuse. It...

By F()RREST REID 7s. 6d.) She Painted Her Face. By Dornford Yates. (Ward, Lock. 7s. 6d.) THE essential difference between romanticism and realism in fiction is easier to feel...

Mr. Gessler's account of his three- months' stay on a remote Pacific island is better than most books of a popular type on this subject. The Dangerous Islands (Michael Joseph,...

At Grips With Everest (The Percy Press, .3s. 6d.) should find its way into many school libraries. Mr. Snaith retells the story of the five Everest expeditions, and of the...

The French book, of which this is a translation (Hodder and Stoughton, I2S. 6d.), appeared a little more than a year ago, and was reviewed in these columns. Like all M. Morand's...

Miss Board is a bright young newsgirl of twenty who stayed some months in Palestine picking up the varied assort- ment of impressions and facts which make up this book (Michael...

sum total of exploration work achieved since Iwo is surprisingly large, including as it does discoveries in every continent, from the Poles to Ruwenzori. Mr. Key's book (Harrap,...

THE NATIONAL ROAD BOOK, VOL. II. By R. T. Lang' On one page of Mr. Lang's most admirable and original guide to the roads and scenery of East Anglia (Methuen, r5s.), opened...

a true crime story as fascinating and exciting as fiction—which in these days is saying a lot. InMan-Hunters (Robert Hale, 2 s 6c1.) he retells some. of the most celebrated...

In his latest book (Hurst and Blackett, its. 6d.) Mr. C.hatterton completes the trilogy of the voyage of his yacht, Charmina,' from England to Genoa and back. In his last book...

of the Imperial Conference somewhat critically. " Verbal generali- ties are useless in these dangerous days ; " it is a time for decision and action." An article on " The New...

scale which = redixes stockbrokers' super-tax payments and has scarcely any appreciable effect on prices is still the dreary story of Thtogmorton Street. Investors and...

It is good to see Lancashire cotton spinners standing shoulder to shoulder and defending their hardly-won margins of profit. In the American section the Lancashire Cotton...

venture- some investor, one of which has already got -back into the dividend-paying list, and the other steadily approaching this position. Braithwaite & Company, Engineers,...

as length of purse and strength of nerve. Those who can afford without financial strain to lock away their purchases and who do not worry unduly over minor setbacks in prices,...

About- the middle of the month the annual accounts will appear of E. W. Tarry & Co., the old-established mining and agricultural machinery makers in South Africa. I do not know...

TOMORROW'S CARS THOSE who are still convinced that they can forecast the design of that evanescent machine known as the Car of the Future may find food for thought in the two...

Yet another explanation of the lack of complete confidence in business circles, more especially, perhaps, in this country, is to be found in the knowledge that a considerable...

STATE CONTROL By common consent, there is considerable trade activity both in this country and in the United States, while in both countries, too, there has been a considerable...

For a long period, trade in the United States was so slow in reviving that the banks were hard put to it to employ their money and were glad to take all the masses of new...

There is also a further point of similarity, namely, the con- trol which the Governments of both countries have obtained over the monetary _situation and monetary policy, with...

It may, for instance, have been necessary, in view of the chaotic condition of currency and exchanges in many coun- tries, for the leading countries to form Exchange...

This company, which was formed some two years ago to acquire the shares of John Ismay and Sons and develop other local and allied interests, is making good progress, and during...

The Australian Budget for 1937-8 and the results for the past financial year make a pleasant contrast with the conditions of some five or six years ago, when Australia was...

(Holdings), Limited, the Chairman, Mr. F. L. Blow, gave the shareholders a cheerful report of the company's progress, stating that on the commercial side of the business...

PATERSON ENGINEERING INCREASED TURNOVER AND PROFIT THE thirty-sixth annual general meeting of the Paterson Engineering Company, Limited, was held on September 1st at Windsor...

SILVER AND THE CHINESE WAR. Art hit many months of comparative inactivity, silver has suffered some violent fluctuations through indirect effects of the Sino-Japanese War. For...

ISMAY INDUSTRIES FURTHER PROGRESS THE second ordinary general meeting of Ismay Industries, Ltd., was held on August 26th, at Southern House, Cannon Street, London, E.C. Mr....

A SATISFACTORY YEAR THE first ordinary general meeting of Trojan (Holdings), Ltd., was held on August 27th at Winchester House, London, E.G. Mr. F. L. Blow, J.P. (the...

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