5 FEBRUARY 1943

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HAT the Prime Minister's spectacular visit to Turkey has achieved

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and what it portends is a matter of speculation. NEWS OF THE WEEK th o. of of he a If othing more is known, nor is it probable that more will e disclosed, than what the...

General Tojo's Claims

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Some of the claims made by General Tojo, the Japanese Prime Minister, in a review of the war before the Japanese Diet, are true, and cannot be ignored by the Allies. It is a...

Hitler's Celebration

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The tenth anniversary of Hitler's accession to power was an occasion on which the leaders of the Nazi party did not conceal their gloom. Hitler himself made a lame excuse for...

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The Catering Bill

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Mr. Bevin's Catering Bill has provoked a good deal of oppositio in the House of Commons, and some zoo members are said to against it. But some better reason must be found for...

Post-War Trade

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Sir Kingsley Wood's statement on post-war trade and employment in the House of Commons last Tuesday showed how carefully he has been studying the economic problems, domestic and...

Twenty-five Years of Women's Suffrage

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Twenty-five years ago, on February 6th, 1918, the Royal Assent was given to the first Women's Suffrage Bill. What fifty years of constitutional advocacy, and three or four years...

A National Health Service

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A valuable contribution towards solving the problem of the health services is made in a report by the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Its recommendations are entirely in...

Local Government Reform

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Many of the major schemes of social reconstruction—concerning, for instance, planning, housing, education, and health—depend in one way or another upon action to be taken by...

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THE ALLIES AND FRANCE

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HE title of this article is a misnomer in so far as it suggests any fundamental distinction between France and the rest Le the United Nations. There is, indeed, a distinction in...

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A SPECTATOR'S NOTEBOOK

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T HE importance of the arrival of M. Rene Massigli in London may be very great indeed. Attention has rather been focussed on the fact that M. Massigli's last post was that of...

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THE STAKE IN THE CAUCASUS

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By STRATEGICUS OW that the battle of Stalingrad has at length closed it begins to be possible to form an estimate of the nature and dimen- ns of the German defeat. It could...

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BRITAIN AND RUSSIA

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By HAMILTON KERR, M.P.* W HO can doubt that the Soviet Union will enjoy an enormous influence in post-war Europe? The Russian Army will be the largest land force on the...

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TUNISIAN BACKGROUND

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By W. M. COUSINS " HE railway-junction'of Graiba in Southern Tunisia, between " We are all Frenchmen," cried a young Moslem, " French, Tunisian, it is the same thing " ; and...

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THE CONQUERING TONGUE

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By D. W. BROGAN E VERY few years someone sounds the clarion and fills the fife, calling on us to man the breaches and repel the assailing hordes or Americanisms that threaten...

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STALINGRAD : 1942

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The broken sandstone slabs litter the shore Like gingerbread ; the shingle, pink and grey, Slants to the runnels of the rocky floor Where seaweed greens the red edge of the...

BACK FROM THE SERVICES

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By MAJOR R. A. C. RADCLIFFE ng GREAT deal is being written and said today (and quite he A rightly) about the problem of finding suitable work for the of de en and women at...

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MARGINAL COMMENT

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By HAROLD NICOLSON T HE White Paper upon the Reform of the Foreign Service is a document of importance.. For more than thirty years there have been many of us (both inside and...

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THE THEATRE

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She Stoops to Conquer." At the Mercury.---" Sleeping Out." At the Piccadilly. HE C.E.M.A. production of She Stoops to Conquer at the Mercury eatre is prior to an extensive tour...

THE CINEMA

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The Thirteen, a pre-war Russian film about the Red Army, is remarkably similar in broad outline to Harry Watt's Nine Men, which I reviewed on this page last week. In both films...

ENORMITY

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CONSIDERING the cold profundity of space, The million light-years star revolves from star, Travelling immutable before time was, Aeons before a stirring in the primal slime ;...

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THE 18 B PRISONERS

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Snt,—The Howard League is shortly to hold a lunch meeting at which the Chairman of the Prison Commission has promised to speak on " What are Prisons for?...

THE COST OF BEVERIDGE

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SIR, —The Beveridge Report has received a good Press, which is not surprising, for if The benefits that it promises can be provided by the State without creating other more...

COLLEGES FOR THE PEOPLE

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Slit,—I have read Sir Richard Livingstone's article on "Colleges for the People " with great interest. It has been my privilege to teach at two Swedish Folk High Schools and to...

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Stn,—Will you allow a working schoolmaster a word in defence

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of the London County Council's attitude towards the Fleming Committee? A great outcry has been raised, as usual, in defence an•1 praise of the public schools and much abuse has...

L.C.C. AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS SIR,-Mr. Harold Nicolson gives as three

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of the virtues of the Public School boy humility, tolerance and a sense of responsibility " towards those who are less fortunately situated than himself." I believe a boy who...

CHINESE HISTORY Sta,—Mr. Tsui, in his reply to my review

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of his Short History of Chinese Civilisation, might have paid more scrupulous regard to some of the elementary rules of discussion. To prove his points, he resorted to the...

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THE POST-WAR HOME

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SIR,—Mrs. Carter, writing on " The Post-War Home " in your issue of January 8th, seems to imply that pre-fabrication and standardisation are much the same, and suggests that...

THE LAST BLOCKADE

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Sut,—" W. K.," in his letter about the alleged harsh and vindictive blockade of Germany after the Armistice of 1918, appeals to the " plain language of statistics." He asserts...

SUNDAY THEATRES

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SIR,—Mr. St. J. Ervine asks how the demand for Sunday cinemas became known in the absence of any organised demand? Does he really think that commercial interests only supply...

COUNTRY LIFE

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Too many partridges perhaps were killed on the last or penultimate day of the open season. These fond and faithful birds—the most perfect both as spouses and parents—paired in...

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BOOKS OF THE DAY

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The Decline of Law The Judicial Office and Other Matters. By the Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Slesser. (Hutchinson. 15s.) THERE is disappointment in store for those who, attracted by...

The Later Life and Letters of Sir Henry Newbolt. (Faber

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and Faber. Out of the Past "You believe in the ' Great Age' in rare moments, but your heart is with Clifton and the accidents of your own life. . . . Your thought is...

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Finding Oneself

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Cruises and Caravans. By Ella Maillart. (Dent. 7s. 6d.) ELLA MAILLART'S new book is one of the publisher's series of " Travellers' Tales," which appears to be intended mainly...

South America and the U.S.A.

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Latin America and the War. By Vera Micheles Dean. (Oxford University Press. 25.) ALTHOUGH by her own admission not an expert on the matter, Vera Micheles Dean has written...

The Spread of Freedom

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HERE is a just, impartial and learned book on the British Empire by a citizen of the United States, of Norwegian origin, who is at present Professor of History at the University...

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Fiction

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The Edge of the Sword. By Vladimir Pozner. Translated from the French by Haakon M. Chevalier. (Heinemann. 9s. 6d.) Wife to Mr. Milton. By Robert Graves. (Cassell. ma. 6d.)...

Shorter Notices

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THE letters written by Fanny Boscawen during her husband's life- time were published in 1940, under the title Admiral's Wife. Admiral's Widow continues the series, mainly from...

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SOLUTION TO

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CROSSWORD No 202 SOLUTION ON FEBRUARY 19th The winner of Crossword No. 202 is Miss E. 7 Murrayfield Avenue, Edinburgh, 12. C. PATERSON,

tt THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 204 (.4 Book Token

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for one guinea will be awarded to the sender of the first correct solution of this week's crossword to be opened after noon on Tuesday week. Envelopes should be received not...

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Fire and Water. An N.F.S. Anthology. (Lindsay Drummond. los.)

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THE N.F.S. offers one of the best solutions for a brave man wishing to continue his art. This book, including descriptions of blitzes, boredom, Dunkirk, fire-fighting in...

FINANCE AND INVESTMENT

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By CUSTOS IN spite of good news from the war fronts, markets have failed to develop any real activity. There is no longer room for doubt that the great step taken by the Stock...

The Philippines. By Joseph Ralston Hayden. (Macmillan. 13s. 6d.)

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IT is difficult, in a short review, to give an adequate account of this large and exhaustive book. Mr. Hayden deals with almost even- conceivable aspect of Philippine life, with...