con- gratulate Sir Austen Chamberlain on his Garter. He thoroughly deserves it and the public regards his honour with evident . approval. So many Garters, relatively to the...

LIF hope does not become the dupe of fear ,Tuesday, in this week will be held in high honour for ever. It will be regarded as the beginning of a new age of more friendly,...

open diplomacy—to use the phrase in its reasonable Sense—we must mention: thelarge number of journalists and photographers who attended the ceremony of signing the Treaty....

with befitting dignity. The service at Sandringham was Olthe quiet nature suitable to a country village. The Comniittal'at Windsor Milne small Memorial Chapel was kept almost....

With which M. *land leaned across the table, addressed himself particularly to the German delegates and invited them to collaborate in a common labour of peace. He. asked for "...

London, W.C.2.—A Subscription to the " Spsetator " costs Thirty Shillings per annum, includutg postage, to any part of the world. The Postage on this Mite is : Inland, lid.,...

length into the debate in the House of Commons on Tuesday about the Communist trial. Our first leading article deals with it - 'and our Parliamentary- correspondent has also...

Free State's obligation to pay a quota towards the reduction of the National Debt. Hitherto, the Free State has paid nothing: As the prospects of getting . a considerable -...

Wednesday in the Chamber his financial projects were explained and the deputies were astounded by their s everity. The awakening of a nation which, year after year, has failed...

of a peaceful solution is growing. It acknowledged on all hands that it would be the bare fulfilment of a statu- tory obligation if the Award of Mr. Justice Feetham and Mr. J....

a French Government, failed to get the promise of support that he sought from the Socialists. They demanded stricter guarantees against inflation than he felt able_ to give.....

own - -homehold: Sir James Craig can be trusted to behave with dignity. and can indeed afford to do so. It is impossible to believe that, as the Six Counties are stilt plunged...

of. the House by frankly admitting that in 1912 he had used intemperate language, and that he regretted it. How strange it is that so -few speakers -and-writers • can bring...

of Commonsoir Thursday, November 26th, was almost as unreal as the debate on the Communist trial, for everybOdy knew that the Labour Government did nothing practical for the...

for the Queen Mother, Canon Westlake., di - 2d from a heart attack at the, early age of forty-six. He and West- minster Abbey were most happily associated and his appointment as...

about the General Medical Council and its powers. Here we desire to add a few words on the same subject. We think that if the reform which we have suggested elsewhere is...

come for the immediate abolition of the cotton excise duty. It will be remembered that this was 'imposed in 1894 to countervail the import duty at the demand of Lancashire, and...

the PreSident of the Board in regard to financial"changes. Lord Eustace Percy has come to the conclusion that grants should no longer be made in pro- portion to the expenditure...

up the'question of the Daily' Herald van case. Lord Charnwood took the iriew, which We' have taken in the Spectator, that the Fascist's were let off much too easily and that...

Bury St. Edmund's . Division, Mr. Walter Guinness, the new Minister of Agriculture, has handsomely beaten his opponent by a majority of 5,987 on a considerably smaller poll...

from 4-} per cent. on October 1st, 1925. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 100* : on_ Thursday week 1001 ; a year ago 101f, Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 86i...

THE LIMITS OF FREE SPEECH T HE Labour Party in the House of Commons on Tuesday was really censuring itself. It is clear that if Labour had been in office it would have been...

of the doctors and the public, as the latest action of the General Medical Council makes this necessary. Two more doctors have been struck off the Register for " infamous...

BY MAJOR-GENERAL SIR ROBERT HUTCHISON, K.C.M.G. A FTER cloSe association with the Army of the Rhine for over three years, I feel a: certain sense of sadness at the departure...

BY NEW MEMBER. T HE _Rating Bill has ploughed its weary way through the House of Commons. The Report stage was begun on November 23rd, and the end was reached . on Monday this...

BY SIR STANLEY REED, FORMERLY EDITOR- OF The Times of India. The following article wav written before Lonl fleofney's anwnnie.e. meat that the Cotton Excise May is to be...

BY BISHOP GORE. N O reasonable person can doubt the exceeding impor- tance of promoting education for grown-up people. It is equally important from the point of view of the...

W HEN - is the turn of the year? A New Year's Day in - January rn has no better claim to mark it than the ancient New Year's Day in March. The shortest day and even St....

to spend a few weeks of the spring of 1922 in what was then the decaying city of Vienna. The streets were empty of traffic, but full of beggars. The Kroner fell daily, and with...

the most unpleasant, remaining pungent on the memory, is the reek of burning flesh, spread over a whole county by holo- causts of slaughtered cattle. Our farmers- and breeders,...

WAR WITHOUT ARMAMENTS IT must be nearly seventeen years since we saw Diana of Dobson's, under Miss Lena Ashwell's management, at the theatre—now the Kingsway—where Sir ....

Mn. Mn.Es MALLESON, widely known as a comic actor of genius, is less well-known as a dramatist of great imaginative power. In Conflict, which is a " political " play only in the...

THE PROPOSED RAID ON THE ROAD FUND [Our motoring correspondent in the following article undoubtedly represents the opinion of the vast majority of motorists. Although nobody...

A LETTER FROM CONSTANTINOPLE [To the Editor of The SPECTATOR.] Sin,—The papers announce that the Monte Carlo Casino, or somebody acting on its behalf, has bought the Palaces...

QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S METHODS OF CHARITY [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin.--The following may prove of interest to your traders. It has been said and often repeated that Queen...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—" A layman " from the shelter of his anonymity accuses me of an " unfair," statement concerning osteopaths, because I said that they...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Siu,—In view of the ever-increasing interest displayed in the coming together " of Capital and Labour, of employers and employed, may I, as...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—When dealing with the matter of scientific research, in the past, I have so often praised certain features in medical training that I...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—TO see that America benefits by free exchange between Maine and California but is injured by the same freedom between Canada and America...

tooth extracted by a dentist' a registered medical practitioner gives me an anaesthetic. Why may he slot do the same if I have a 'dislocated shoulder put right by an osteopath ?...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —Your correspondent, "M," who writes of the Peking Tariff Conference, is striking a very badly needed note for England's welfare, and,...

impression, Sir H. Perry Robinson makes the astonishing assertion :- " The Dominions would agree to Free Trade within the Empire when they are—when the Empire as a unit...

your most encouraging article on p. 863 of the Spectator entitled " Homecrofting in India," may I be allowed to say that it is the main feature of Capt. Petavel's plan to...

the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] St11,—Mr. Bausman in his letter upon the American attitude towards the War seems to show himself, I think, to be a little 'deficient in the...

SPEcritiron.] Sin,—May I express through the Spectator my grateful thanks to those Fellows of the Zoological Society who in sending me tickets omitted to give any address to...

view of certain recent happenings and of the urgent importance of more scientific and economical methods for the use of coal in Great Britain, I suggest that it is high time...

American correspondent, Mr. S. J. Fisher, seems to blame me for not knowing, or not stating, in my letter of September 26th, what was the trouble in the Thackeray family. I was...

AN American reader of the Spectator, Mr. Gabriel Wells, has generously . offered a prize of £100 for • an essay on "Unemployment : Its Cause and Remedy." The maximum length...

PRIMITIVE MAN (LUCRETIUS - V., 925-94k) THE men that lived unhouleil Iii'those far dayS Were hardier, as beseemed an earth-born race. Their bones were big and solid, and their...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] . . . Sur„—The stock argument used -by the-opponents of State- Aid is tilt of the danger of State-Control. ,Confusion is too often...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, ----R will interest many of your readers to knOW that the £1,200 Gas Essay ',Competition, which was annonneed . is your advertisement;...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —Some years ago a writer in the Nineteenth Century asserted that most people were left-legged. We arc right= handed, but we are...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—May I again venture to bring before the notice of your readers our annual Christmas appeal for help in our work of relieving the wants...

TO No. 5084.] WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1925. [GRATIS.

FROM THE TALE OF K. S. STAMSLAYSKY (CONTINUED). WE, of course, used every possible occasion to make him talk about Uncle Vanya, but to all our questions Anton Tchekhov replied...

LONDON: DECEMBER 7 , 5!h,

'ILIAINLY FOR GIRLS * THERE is much to be said in _defence of the difficult " unnatural " little girl who won't play with dolls, but insists on golliwogs and woolly bears and...

PEOPLE who wish to keep up the custom of sending Christmas cards or calendars to their - friends, and are at their wits' ends to know how they can do it with decency and...

STILL the notion persists that the only desirable ingredients for any adventure book that is designed for boys are battle, and murder, and sudden death. For, after all, what are...

Sinall children that has appeared this year . * by an American:, N T Ce.Ceo, 1 by Mrs. Bianco (mother of Pamela Bianco, the artist), has for its hero a wooden dog who is full of...

Tales from English History. Compiled by W. H. L. Watson. (Allan. 6s. net.) Bygone England. Selected by W. H. Cornish. (Harrap. 3s. 61. net.) . . . . TEE folly of pounding at a...

the SPECTATOR, costing only 30e., niakoa an ideal present for.an absent friend. For this nun the payer will ‘ he' :forwarded to any address in the world. Apply Manager, the...

6d.) A PLEASANTLY written fairy tale of twin Princesses who were as like as peas outside and remarkably unlike in character. It is fantastic, yet gravely plausible.

formula of The Treasure Seekers and The Would-be-Goods. One of a type of book that has delighted generations of children from seven, to fourteen.

THE CAT, THE DOG, AND THE DORMOUSE. By Alice Hall. (Blackie. 6s.) PARTICULARLY attractive fairy "stories; the first of which is told from the point of view of a beautiful:...

girls, between, WE should suppose, the ages of six and ten. It is what used to be called " a pretty book," a little - old- fashioned in tone—made up of pleasant stories and...

rimasArrr book which gives the legends of the COnStellaiions. It is illustrated with excellent and decorative charts and several line-drawings.

lOw. - 13d.) - Tax twentieth volume consists of over a thousand closely printed pages and innumerable illustrations. There -is a " Cub's Corner," making the letterpress suitable...

to have by them. It gives excellent advice on many subjects. For instance, how best to give a young people's garden party in a small garden, how to do the most fashionable kind...

boys and girls of ten or twelve.

the possible, if not quite probable, adventures • that befell a large family of children at the seaside. It is a pity that the book is not printed in better type. If it were,...

Palmer. Price 6s.) How to play imaginative games out-of-doors is something well worth teaching. In this very original children's book it is, we think, well taught and...

of reading aloud school stories in mild imitation of detective novels and impossible adventures with wild men and beasts in the Colonies. Really well-illustrated and...

for the money. Hair's-breadth escapes and great doings by juvenile heroes are related and strikingly illustrated.

THE strange. tory of an imaginary country,Still more strangely illustrated by exceedingly elaborate drawings. A picture book that is likely to foster imagination in a practical...

herein deseribed will be to English boys a little strange and therefore a little more interesting to read of than the familiar possibilities and impossibilities of everyday life...

Bouverie Street. Price 12s. 6d.) . _ The fortY-seventh volume of The Roy's Own Annual contains much, 1pesides the regulation stories. Under the heading " When I leave School,"...

in reality a magaiine for women. It is in no sense a children's book. It contains articles and stories by well-known writers, and in the present volume are two long serial...

printed in gay colours and are almost indestrUctible. They would delight a toddling child.

costing only 3s. 6d. be more acceptable to a big boy ? A really practical illustrated manual explains the installation of wireless in a way that would - delight' any boy already...

FIELD AND FOREST. By Unc13 Robert s (Black. ls. 6d. each.) . Two unusually pleasant little books about the children of remote countries, illustrated with drawings and...

This would make a delightful present for any girl between the ages of ten and fifteen. Many of the stories and articles are quite charming, notably " Behind the -Scenes at the...

by THE LAIRD. •f rrHE man who can tell a good story is always sure of a HE ; and if he has the ability to tell his story hr print, he is rewarded as well as applauded....

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SIR RENNELL RODD'S MEMORIES Social and Diplomatic Memories. By Sir Rennell Rodd. ' (Arnold. 218.) Tim third (and perhaps the most delightful) series of Sir Rennell Rodd's...

Sin ARTHL7R QUILLER-COUCH has chosen and edited The Oxford Book of English PrOse (Clarendon Press). Anthologists of verse are always denounced for their taste ; each critic...

" of creative writing. Too much stress, Mr. Forster thinks, is laid upon the " personality " of works of art. The Ancient Mariner is not -primarily a poem by S. T. Coleridge :...

Stoughton) argues powerful!' for a non-literary view of Cobbett. ' " Cobbett was not merely a wrong-headed fellow with a knack of saying the right word about the wrong thing....

Short View of Russia. In it Mr. Keynes extends the kindly tolerance of a foreigner, from another civilization and culttire, to the oppressive vigour and idealism of the...

The Editor offered two prizes of £10 each, the first for an inscrip- tion for a sundial, in prose or verse, the second for an- epigram on woman, in four lines of verse: A •...

The Writing of Fiction. By Edith Wharton. (Scribners. 7s. 6d. ) As a subject for criticism, fiction is still a gigantic virgin continent, compared with which other forms of...

WHEN an artist begins to concern himself with his art, it to often happens that his art' for the moment ceases to Concern itself with him. I am not so besotted as to urge...

Conyers Read (Clarendon Press), is a complete and detailed study, in three volumes, of the second greatest of Elizabeth's ministers. It is written, however, in a decent and...

Timotheus—The Future of the Theatre. By Bonamy Dobree. (Kogan Paul. 2s. 6d. net.) All God's Chillun got Wings, Desire -under the:Elms, and 5s. cloth.) THE remote future of...

(Oliver and Boyd. 3s.) A GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF MEDICINE. By A. Miles. (Oliver and Boyd. 3s.) THE choice of a profession, seldom quite an easy problem, is more difficult than...

D. Hambly, B.Sc. (Oxon).' (Witherby. 25s. net.) . . TIM is an exhaustive work, in one large volume, written with patience and studious accuracy in gathering and, collating...

net.) FEW countries are less well known than Colombia; and few possess equal charm. The chapters of this book, in which.Mrs. Niles reveals to us its beauty, all romantically...

MOUNT SINAI. By A. M. R. Dobson. (Methuen. 68. net.) De. RENDET. lImuus, the well-known patristic and Oriental scholar, who in 1889 visited the Convent of St. Katharine in...

thirty architects. In a brief Introduction the editors observe that domestic architecture must now respond to the need for economy owing to the high cost of building, and to...

MR. MOORE'S " ligLOISE " Hdloise and Abdlard. By George Moore. (Heinemann. 10s. 6d. net.) IT is not often that a reviewer turns the last page of a contem- porary novel and...

others. (Allen and Unwin. 10s. 6d. net.) THE value of aerial photography for the purpose of map- 'making, is described lucidly by experts in this account, trans- lated from the...

collection of macabre short stories, a little reminiscent of Barbey d'Aurevilly, and written .with a good deal of effectiveness, though sometimes had the author been more...

• Suburb. By Allan Monkhousc. (A. H. Philpott, Ltd. Ss. tet.)—Brilliant and delightful short stories. Many of them handle whimsically the little absurdities of everyday...

MARKET TENDENCIES . _ By ARTHUR W. KIDDY. FINANCIALLY,, as well as politically, the event of the past week has been the of the Locarno Pact. - For al- though this and that...

is closing with the signing of the Locarno Pact be regarded as other than favourable in character. It is seldom that a year fulfils all the rosy anticipations formed in advance,...

Ltd. Os. net.)—The simple and dignified story of a head gardener who, because of his wife's insistence, considers resigning his post and emigrating . to Canada, where their...

This view was based on nothing more nor less than a consideration of probable political and monetary develop= ments. Following upon the adoption of the DaweS Report, the outlook...

At the end of the month_ it .will be possible:to milks something like an exhaustive examination of the general trend of securities during the - current year, but brief mention...

FILMS _Cinema tie Paris; Leicester Square (continuous programme). This icture-house is reviving an old Chaplin comedy each week, beginning with the oldest in existence and...

BRITISH NORTH BORNEO DISSENSIONS. Shareholders of the British North Borneo Company will do well to attend the meeting which is called for the 8th inst., inasmuch"as a sharp...

The recent activity in . textile : shares is being justified, for the most part, by the results -pUbliihed by , leading companies, and during the past week Messrs; J. & P.:...

There is, however, no doubt a tendency to take somewhat extravagant views as to the future price of rubber, and con- sequently those who insist strongly upon the increased...

THE market for rubber shares continues to hold pride of place on the Stock Exchange—so far, at all events, as the volume of dealings is concerned, though some of the favourite...

The Stock Exchange has suffered a severe loss in the death, which occurred last week, of Mr. John Scrimgeour. Three weeks ago Mr. Scrimgeour was in his usual place in the City....

It would seem, mdeed, to be the great combines which are walking off with the big profits nowadays, for; as in the teictile industry,' so in fabaceb, -- weTget some...