the three political parties are now, in Substance, before the electors. The electoral addresses of the leaders may fill in small gaps, but the range and sense of the policies...

all his attention to unemployment. He spoke of the dark shadow which rested on about 10 per cent. of the people in varying degrees, but begged his audience not to forget the 90...

digest of it. Voters will do well, therefore, to remember that he is - trying to accredit himself to the - nation with two different documents in his hand. If the occasion...

cure was the improvement of trade, and this was being helped by Rationalization. Unfortunately Rationalization involved a certain temporary` displacement of labour, though it...

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nationalization of the mines A Labour majority would nationalize the mines and minerals as the only condition for satisfactory working." What does this mean ? Labour is...

Tuesday Mr. Amery explained at length the character of the proposed deve- lopment in the Colonies. The Opposition were inclined at first to receive his remarks ironically, but...

is promised in the Labour Programme, plus a complete scheme of slum clearance. Farmers are offered security of tenure, fair rents, capital - and credit assistance, organized...

own excitements Englishmen would be taking much more interest in the South African election campaign, which is full swing. General Hertzog has burnt his boats on the question of...

expressed, with the emphasis of special type, in three sentences The Labour Party is neither Bolshevik nor Communist. It is opposed to force, revolution, and confiscation as...

challenged Mr. Baldwin to say whether, in the event of a stalemate at the General Election, he would " put Labour into office." Mr. Baldwin may remain, and no doubt does remain,...

Commission to pass over M. Litvinov's impracticable proposals without at the same time , giving Soviet Russia a handle against the League. The Russian delegates, however, have...

of the Chinese tragi-comedy has • concluded' with the complete disctimfiture of the - Wuhan Generals, many of whom have decided to accept a small gratuity and " pursue their...

act in close co-operation with the National Radium Fund. The Times appeal is for the two funds. The general work of the hospitals will gain, but no improve- ment can possibly be...

Britain and the Dominions (the Canadian delegate himself spoke for Canada) have resolved to ratify the Geneva Protocol of 1925 prohibiting the use of asphyxiating and poisonous...

iiscount rate from 64 to 74 per cent., a move which was foreshadowed in its statement last January, and was thought by many of us highly probable in view of the high rates...

appeals of recent times was made to the nation, through the Times, for the institution of a Thank-Offering Fund for the recovery of the King. We recorded recently the...

on February 7th, 1929. War Loin (5 per cent.) was on Tuesday 1001 x.d. ; on Tuesday weelc 103 ; a year ago, 101x.d. Funding Loan; 1(4.- per cent.) was on Tuesday 88f ; on...

T HE return of Sir John Simon's Commission after their second, and last, 'tour of India, is an obvious occasion for reviewing what has happened since their appointment. They...

a magic wand to Geneva. He waved it first over the Naval problems and transformed_ a dead- lock into a smiling prospect. Then he waved it over the deadlock in the discussions...

notify the SPECTATOR O f fice BEFORE MIDDAY on .1110N1J AY OF EACH WEEK. The previous address to which the paper has been sent and receipt reference number should be quoted.

The Spirit- of Catholic Devotion [The writer of " The Spirit of Catholic Devoiion," the Rev. Martin D'Arcy, is 'one of the leaders of the Roman Catholic community which has for...

[We hesitated before accepting this article. The public is too ready to ignore and forget what is out of sight—especially when the subject is a painful one. We have been told...

not merely moribund. For all practical purposes it is dead. The Finance Bill slipped through its Committee stage without a division after an hour or two of desultory discussion....

T HE whirligigs of time, whatever they may be, bring round their revenges, and Mr. Bernard Shaw, who was formerly and frequently accused of writing plays that were not plays,...

O NEof the most tragic incidents in the history of science is associated with such an eclipse of the sun as astronomers have congregated in the Far East to watch next Thursday...

aye even a single tree, may be the focussing point of what. we know as ".home." When we are leagues away, it . is pictured in our thoughts. When back again in the...

IThe _writer .is one of our _oldest contributors. Articles by her appeared frequently in the Spectator during the editorships of Hutton and Townsend and of Strachey„ After a gap...

Before going abroad or away from home readers are advised to place an order for the SPEcreToa. The journal will be forwarded to any address at the following rates :— .„ 2e. 6d....

the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—On the heights of Morningside, overlooking the centre of New York, there is rising gradually one of the largest Cathedrals in the world....

A: LETTER FROM Moscow. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The news that a contract has been signed in London to put an end to the petrol rate war was received here with...

[" /WIPE." BY PATRICK HAMILTON. AT THE AMBASSADORS THEATRE. " THE IVORY DOOR. BY A. A. MII1sTE. AT THE HAYMARKET. " LA VIE PARISIENNE." (OFFENBACH.) Boox nv A. P. HERBERT. AT...

The Academy [FIRST IMPRESSION.] THE Royal Academy opens its exhibition this year under the leadership of a new President. Those who expected that this change might have some...

The diplomatic correspondence growing out of the I'm Alone affair is seen here to illustrate in a remarkable way the develop. ment of Dominion status into absolute sovereign...

Mr. Charles Evans Hughes' recent address to the American Society of International Law was a telling contribution to the case for fhe entry, of the United States into the World...

The mania for the collection of early American furniture reached a high point in the sale by auction on Saturday of the famous Van Pelt Chippendale carved mahogany " High- boy...

(By Cable) [The SPECTATOR hopes to publish week by week a survey of flews and opinion in America, cabled from New York by our American correspondent.] THE DISARMAMENT...

Secretary of State Stimson chose his language .care- fully when, in answer to a letter from the chief American propagandist against the recognition of Soviet Russia he stated...

Professor Albert Einstein has cabled an avowal of his religious faith in response to a question from a New York Rabbi anxious to defend Einstein against the recent attack on him...

The telephone, telegraph and typestriter and all our time-saving, distance-killing devices are demanding their price of us, it appears, as Samuel Butler said they would. Still,...

" The Things of Martha and the Things of Mary " ONE of the few generalizations which may safely be applied to all thinking men and women to-day is that the compass of their...

better to produce. flowers than food. Daffodils are a safer crop than potatoes, and much more valuable than corn. or beet.. Fruit takes a . middle place. In .Cambridgeshire , —...

The pillagers - our wild flowers have been admirably pilloried by the 3ishop of Gloucester in a letter to the Times ;. and strong prohibitive action is likely to result. The...

A Gm TO' RURAL ENGLAND. • It is to-be-hoped that - the thoughtful and generous offer made by-Mr. Penrose to the Council for the Preservation of , Rural England will be...

In regard to English bulbs, a special feature in some seed catalogues was made a year ago of Lincolnshire bulbs, and is likely to be made next of Cornish bulbs, especially...

The infltiencei of the long drought and frost in conjunction are observable in a great number '45f Minor and unexpected details. 'It is a wonder: how plants have 'maintained'...

Britain, I saw and heard, in a familiar district, many things new to me. The colony of small holders is to be increased considerably by the taking in of another large farm ; and...

visit as 'Haarlem itself. Both small and big farmers grow daffodils, narcissi, and tulips, and the Dutch themselves have taken a hand, both personally and by their capital, just...

a model of what a seed bed should be, the surface of the farms has a polish rarely possible in England. The potatoes are in the ground, ridged with the regularity of the born...

general improvement in the social condition of the community havingtaken place, some revision of the Licensing Laws cannot long be delayed. The system of Licensing Justices,...

calculated to retard the im- provement of public houses, surely it is the Bishop of Oxtoid. Bill. What ,licensee would put money into his premises if the licence were so...

Sia,—The Bishop of Liverpool, in the letter which you published last week, said that he was ready " by all means in his power " to encourage the brewers to reform their public...

the SrEcraxon.] gm,—Youir Contributor, Prudeni Futuri," claims to be an experienced student of temperance. As one whose experience is probably as great may I make some comments?...

Sin,—Your correspondent, Mr.- B. B. Williams, would. I am sure, be doing a service to many of your readers if he would say what, in his opinion, constitutes an " improved "...

SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Mr. Selfridge does not attempt to appraise the value of private enterprise but merely seeks to defend it ; •and that not from " A Younger Point of View," but...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I should like to endorse the view expressed by E. C. Oppenheim as to the need for distinguishing between the cruelties of Nature...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sic,—While I fail to follow Mr. Emanuel in his letter of April 13th, I am in full agreement with Mr. Weinberg's claim that a real test of the...

[To the Editor of the . SPECTATOR.] SIR,—AS one who writes from intimate knowledge of the novelist Flora Annie Steel, may I draw your attention to the fact that she valued...

Sur,—In a few more weeks the Council of the League of Nations „will. meet . to consider the Report which the Committee of Three have been called upon to draft on the Grievances...

made by-Mr. E. R.43. Roberts in a. letter in your journal, April -20th, - are inaccurate, unfair, and mis- leading. For example, he says that " many shillings a ton would be...

the SPECTATOR.] Srrt,—Your correspondent's criticism of my review of Miss Mayo's book, which you published last week, .endeayoured to make my opinion ridiculous by taking two...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —Mr. Hamilton Fyfe asks the question, " What is life to people who shut their eyes to its inibiite variety and beauty and delight ? " He...

of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In your issue of March 9th you published a short story by Ann Shepherd entitled " The Viper : a Tuscan Tale." It may be of interest to you to know that...

of view of the naturalist and lover of wild life upon Exmoor has received little or no attention. Many who oppose stag hunting do not realize that its suppression would probably...

SIR,—That charming and humorous missionary tale, Daughters of India, which came out not long after Miss Mayo's first book, incidentally and with lightness of touch corroborates...

It has been estimated that upwards of two thousand persons in Colne have only about 2id. a day each to live upon, including parish relief. A public meeting of the inhabitants...

THE SPECTATOR, MAY 2ND, 1829. NEWS OF THE WEEK. Both Houses of Parliament met on Tuesday after the Easter recess. On that day, the Duke of Norfolk and Lords Dormer and...

As an old reader since 1870, I am pleased to see you are putting headings to the " News of the Week " paragraphs.—X.

I should also like to add my protest against the practice of dumping tin-cans and unburnable refuse' on open spaces. We have here in Somerset, near our village, a pretty heath,...

the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—Frederick Denison Maurice is so much " in the air" just now, that possibly the following little anecdote may interest your readers. Mr. Maurice was not only...

It , appeared from the report, read at the annual meeting on Wednesday, that the receipts of the last year amounted to 12,3581, and the expensei to about 10,0441. Tho number of...

In your issue of 20th inst., under the heading " The Budget," tea is referred to as a " universal necessity," and again in the same paper, "Watchman " calls tea " a necessity of...

Reflections THE pigeons coo and flutter On cornice and on nest ; My presence does not trouble Their sun-warmed peace and rest. Above the quiet water The ancient ruin stands...

I have read with interest the review in the Spectator, March lfith, - page 427,- of George M. Wrong's book, Rise and Fall of Nero France, and I take exception to the reviewer...

this book In the Spectator of April 27th some doubt appears to exist as to the authenticity of the - RetrospectiOns. May I say at once that the original MS/ is in the hands of...

your next issue ? In a review of my translation of Henri Boguet's An Examen of Witches in your number of April 13th last my name appears as the Rev. Henry Montague Summers. My...

TO qiht Spectator No. 5,262.1 WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1929. [GRATIS

Les Quinze "Joyes de •Mariage. • Edited by F. P. Wilson. (Oxford : The Clarendon Prom. 7s. 6d.) MISOGYNY as a literary theme -began in. the Garden of -Eden, when Adam, making...

The Merchant Navy. Vol. III. By Sir Archibald Hurd. ' (John Murray. 21s.) To this, the third and last, volume of Sir Archibald Hurd's -Iiistory of the Merchant Navy in the War...

but "somewhat unsatisfying-book becie - kieheNii allowed • himself to be_unduly dominated by the materialistic concep- tions of current. psychology., He sets out to diseiiVer...

The Reading Room of the British Museum. By G. F. Barwick. (Berm. 10s. 6d.) TIM writer of this " chronical history " 'of the Reading Room of the British Museum 'describes its...

Field-Marshal Earl Haig. By Brigadier.General John Charteris. (Cassell. 25s.) - • Foch Talks. By Commandant Bugnet. (Gollancz. 7s. 6d.) " A magma, narrative of how Lord Haig...

Mist. By Miguel de Unamuno. Translated by Warner Fite. (Knopf. 7s. 6d.). The Tree of Knowledge: By Pio Baroja. Translated by Aubrey Bell. (Knopf. 7s. 6d.). THE enormous...

About Love—More or Less Living. By Henry Green. (Dent. 7s. 6d.) WHEN Mr. David Garnett leaves the form he has created, the form of elegant yet preposterous fable, in which a...

Our Face from Fish to Man. By William K. Gregory. (Putnams. 18s.) EVERYIIIING depends on the countenance, says Cicero : Mile face is the image of the mind. Shakespeare, on the...

Prather.)—This American story, printed in English but published in Brussels, does not conform to any of the ready-made classifications into which most modern novels fall. It has...

detective tale opens with a country house- party, where a number of ebullient young people are assembled., During dinner, Maurice Strang, the host, is called to the telephone,...

who made a promising start as a novelist of Indian adventure, must beware of working his vein , of humour too thin. His new story describes a pilgrimage through Kent undertaken...

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to change, was laid once and for all. No one but a true blue' an can only conclude that some of his finer shades of matter d style have been lost in translation. Liberal could...

read with a translation, for anyone who knows the modern the Inferno into English rhyme as well as it could be rendered, but needless to say it is very far from the Italian of...

organizations and sources of sociological infor- tables relating to world economic and social conditions which monograph on " The Dawes Plan in Operation," and VA editors, Mr....

13s.) has received a great deal of attention and praise in Russia where its author is hailed as one of the most remarkable writers of the Post-Revolution School. His stories are...

their Pepys . Partially digested for them, and such may enjoy Miss Marjorie, Astin's Mrs. Pepys Her Book (Noel Douglas), which is Pepys'. Portrait of his wife as copied by the...

volume (Books VII-IX) of The Aeneid of Virgil in English Verse (5s.),and Messrs. Macmillan pledged to publish it before they knew of the two other English verse translations of...

A ijnenuAL broadening out of the basis on which modern; psyc hology rests, and a rediscovery of the once notorious . fact that the ape and tiger do not tell all the truth about...

Polar Adventure (Gollancz, 12s. 6d.) his experiences and diffi- culties in obtaining news about the ill-fated and ill-managed ' Italia ' flight. General Nobile has already been...

Ramon LuU : a Biography. By E, Allison . Peers, M.A. (S.P.C.K. 1 88.) IT is strange that, in spite of the interest now taken in the great personalities especially the religious...

The Next Ten Years in British Social and Economic Policy. By - G. D. H. Cole. (Macmillan. 15s.). AN author commends himself when he has the grace to say that he has been wrong...

30s.) M. Rol-LAND has devoted the first volume of his Beethoven the Creator to the period covering the Eroica to the Appassionata, " the period of combat." The author has...

The Mysterious Baronne de Feucheres. By Louis And r e . (Hutchinson. 12s. 6d.) -Detective and Secret Service Days. By E. T. Woodhall. Tax collective price of the five volumes...

Algernon Cecil's " The Catholic Church and Literature " is passed his infancy, till he died, as ' Greville said, the most the best of the essays, and Mr. Chesterton's, of...

W. A. , Brown. (P. S. King and Son. 158:)—Survivals and New Arrivals. By Hilaire Bello° (Sheed - and Ward: 7i. 6d.)---A History of Christian in China. By Kenneth Scott...

by Wilbur C. Whitehead (Victor Gollanez, 3s. 6d.), that this is a book for the beginner, and doubt whether the system which it advocates will, at any rate in this country, meet...

composed of articles which have already appeared in periodicals, and Biblical Anthropology, by H. J. D. Astley (Oxford University Press, 12s. 6d.), is not an exception. The...

AN exceedingly interesting article by Sir Charles Hobhouse in the Contemporary Review weighs the chances of the conflicting political parties in the coming Election. "...

(Continued from page 709.) A Geography of Western Europe, edited by E. D. Labo r d e (University of London Press, 8s. 6d.), has been written by five public-school masters to...

Oun weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Lady Laura Ridding Wouston, Sutton-Scotney, Hants. for the following :—...

In some quarters the point has been made. that the Reparations Conference was a little premature in. the sense of it being difficult, so long as Germany was meeting her...

For some few years German Reparations have been worked under what is known as the DavieS Nan. Started a few years ago with Reparations on an ascending scale, that plan provided...

Until the full Reports have been issued of the Repar• ations agreement, it is impossible, of course, to know precisely what has happened at Paris; and in the • City there are...

Rparations Crisis THERE are two main factors tending at the present time to restrict activity on the Stock. Exchange and also more or less to obscure the outlook. One of these...

The explanation of this phenomenon in one respect is Simple, though, as will be seen, it has been attended with a new Complication. Germany was able to meet these remittances...

In view of the fact that at the commencement of the operation of the Dawes Plan the trade balance was against . Germany, it was feared that these powers of the Transfer...

A further important feature of the Dawes Scheme was the plan. for preventing, as far as possible, the German Reparation payments breaking the German exchange. A moment's thought...

- For some weeks previous to this deadlock being reached in the Reparations . Conference, Germany had begun to feel a strain from the stringency in New York, leading to less...

At the twentieth annual meeting of Godfrey Phillips, the Chairman (Mr. Arthur I. Phillips) was able to show that the company had increased its net trading profit for the year by...

Allowing for the fact that the past year has been one of difficulty by reason of the volume of unemployment, the report of the Royal London Mutual Insurance Society may be...

From the statements made at the annual meeting of Henry Chive, Limited, it will seem that both turnover and profits are steadily increasing. For the past year a full 10 per...

HESITATING MARKETS. NATURALLY, the effect of the uncertainty about Reparations has been chiefly felt in_ Foreign Government Securities, but all markets hatre been slightly...

Last week's meeting of the Army and Navy Co-operative Society occurred too late for me to make any comment in the last issue of the Spectator upon the Chairman's speech. I am...

general state of markets and the price of copper, Rio Tinto shares were favourably affected both by the general statements at the recent meeting with regard to the company's...

Insurance Company is in most respects a good one, thou g h there has been another large transfer to the Marine Fund. In spite of that transfer, however, the Marine Fund still...

At the recent meeting of the Corporation and General Securities, the Chairman, the Marquess of Winchester, was able to present a very satisfactory report, showing not only...