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Gandhi -resolution, as it was finally framed and passed by the COngress. Dominion status is, indeed, stated to be the goal; but the terms - of the request to the British...

indebtedness of Germany to the Allies. The recently appointed British experti---Sir Josiah Stamp and Lord Revelstoke—inspire confidence; - It is well known that Sir Josiah...

T HE King's long and courageous struggle against weakness—whieh is, of course, the real danger now that the disease itself is being visibly conquered—has continued in His...

his memorandum of last year that the German Budget is under the influence of " over-spending and over- borrowing." These faults are due to the great increase in official...

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indication of future events in India, we should have to admit-that the British Government have reaped a rich harvest of trouble from their honest attempt at constitutional...

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his 1929 Budget. Nevertheless, up till the last moment it was doubtful whether he would be able to keep his. Administration together ; more and more, during the past few weeks,...

'new set of Manchurian officials have been appointed by Nanking (according to the Times), and Chang Hsueh-liang (who succeeded his father Chang Tso-lin as ruler of Manchuria)...

is ready to break out again ; all the parties of the Left, including the Socialist-Radicals, think that the Budget was too much mixed up with politics, and they have not abated...

again Germany has profited by the War. Just as ruin forced her to reorganize her industry, so - the limitations imposed on her by the Treaty of Versailles have forced her to...

at which the purpose of M. Poincare was to convince himself that if he reappeared as Prime Minister in the next Session he would have a sufficient backing, at least temporarily....

the Aga Khan presided, was, above all, a gathering of the clans to decide to what extent Moslem India could co-operate with the Hindus to press for acceptance of the Nehru...

post as Offici- ating Inspector-General of the Chinese Maritime Customs, on the ground that his control has been interfered with persistently. He was appointed by the Chinese...

torn between conflicting emotions and loyalties. The decision to exclude Indian representation from the Simon Commission—inevitable in the circumstances— has alienated all...

the total of our Aberdare Fund on WedneSday was £5,576 Os. 8d. We desire, in answer to inquiries, to explain the position of our " adoption " scheme in relation to the Prime...

spite of a cut of 21 - per cent. in wages and salaries and a considerable reduction in the price of coal, - are making a new by- for prosperity. They intend to :introduce into...

a trying time for the President of the United States. It is the season of place-hunting, a form of recreation which is mercifully unknown in England. From a common-sense point...

a reduction in the supply of wave-lengths for broadcasting, and the demand for space has, of course, been steadily increasing. The "new scheme extends the principle of...

a Protocol of Conciliation for ratification by Bolivia and Paraguay. This is the first step towards a, settlement of the territorial dispute about the Chaco. When we write...

on January 13th need came no concern among the wireless enthusiasts. No change will be necessary in the existing receiving sets. On the contrary, there should be general...

from 5 per cent., on April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday . 103 ; on Thursday week 10Z11 ; a year ago 101*. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 901;...

the highest hopes that we can remember for a reasoned and settled peace in industry. Only a want of imagination, or a want of boldness wholly inappropriate to the days in which...

I T is just possible that the break-up of the Coalition Government in Jugoslavia will bring an easement to the long and sterile quarrel between the Serbs and the Croats. It is...

for Jewish Slaughter IT is a matter of regret to humane Londoners that -I- the City of London Corporation has never adopted the Ministry, of Health's Model Bye-law 9B, which...

and Hope in Aberdare .- A . GREAT deal has been said about the money sub-. -El- scribed so generously by readers of the Spectator for the 'stricken folk of Aberdare. Scarcely...

The following list represents subscriptions to the SPECTATOR Aberdare Fund received up to the first post on Tuesday, .1a - nuary 1st, 1929. * All remittances (which should be...

W HEN we look close enough, the growth of a rose is as mysterious as the birth of a planet, Indeed, great things are easier to tell than small. The facts, for instance,...

"A MERICAN women are so spoiled," is a common saying, and the usual remark in articles of which the only theme seems to be the price of their pearls; their desire for change,...

T HERE are tastes in Chinese food which are never found in any European cuisine--rich flavours, the secret of which a French chef would give his eyes to know. Some Europeans, it...

A LETTER FROM OSLO. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR. Sia,—The last few months of this year have, in a sense, been different from all similar periods before. Usually we talk...

" THE LOVES OF JEANNE NEY." AT THE PICCADILLY CINEMA. " THE PATRIOT." AT THE PLAZA. THE New Year opens with the general release of one of the best films made during 1928, The...

The Call STRANGE, that a barn, and a cow . Knee-deep in nettle-foam, Should call my ambitious thoughts So quietly home : Bow down my brain under dreams Of simple troubles, and...

It is now some weeks since we have had almost anything sub- mitted to our notice besides works of fiction : the practical evil of which is, that the sight of a novel becomes so...

Among the reforms contemplated by the French Government in the medical profession, is one, that no physician or surgeon under' thirty, or more than sixty years of age, shall be...

Health—I. (The SPECTATOR Conference offers to readers a service of advice on personal problems in which they would like impartial kelp. The Editor has appointed a committee,...

When the expenses of the International Labour Office were questioned, the criticisms elicited a magnificent speech froin its Director in reply. In logic and dialectic, in...

Sir Maurice Hankey, to whom the post was first offered, refused the then doubtful honour of captaining a ship that might have foundered on a dozen rocks, and so Sir Eric awoke...

I am told that when Sir Eric Drtanmond was asked to speak at the recent League of Nations Union meeting at the Albert Hall he refused. Twelve thousand of his countrymen had...

The Character of Sir Eric Drummond So retiring a man as the Secretary-General to the League of Nations is a difficult subject for the journalist. As a rule, the bigger the man...

In public opinion, hard work is not associated with Foreign Office officials. Sir Eric had been a Foreign Office official all his life before he was called to be a "...

He is thought to be a little " gauche," especially by the Latin races, but that is nonsense. How can a man be tactless who has managed 500 people of forty nationalities for ten...

In England, where excessive multiplication of anything is rare, we do not experience the plagues, as they may be called. which are almost commonplaces in some countries : most...

:Years ago I saw an estate book going back a good hundred years, in which the exact head of all vermin was kept, as the keeper—so-called—was given a per capita grant. The...

On the subject of bree "ng„ the Norfolk and Norwich Society have just issued ( Long, 31 Surrey Street, Norwieh), a very suggestive account of the season, especially in 'the...

A correspondent sends me a photograph of a large and flourishing bunch of mistletoe growing on a rose bush. It is remarkable that the shoot of the rose always dies above- the...

long and wide experience expressed to me his horror at the idea of anyone shooting partridges at that date. The reason, of course, was that he had seen a number of pairs. Now,...

there has proved so congenial that some of the birds have multiplied too freely. In the list is the pheasant, and the order went forth that a few must be shot. A small party...

To LOCAL NATURALISTS Will the countryman please co-operate ? Zoological authori- ties at Oxford want- information from the annals of the past, as well as.from recent observation...

A considerable controversy is arising over the nature of the trees being used to decorate our new and spacious roads. A' great 'number of specialists on trees have" pooled their...

read with interest a letter in last week's Spectator sug- gesting rabbit-keeping as one of the new industries to help distressed Aberdare. The idea is excellent, but .why start...

Sin,—In your, issue of December_ 22nd your, Special Carlo_ mission;, writing on " What we are doing at Aberdare,"_ says,. "As for Emigration . wisely and sympathetically-...

OUR ADOPTION OF -ABERDARE [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] DEAR MR. SPECTATOR,—We thank you very much for the lovely toys you sent us this Chtistmite. We had a grand Party....

from readers' letters about our- fund is appended : • James C. Nicoll, No. 1801 A venue K, Manhattan Terrace, Flatheish, - Brooklyn, New York. It is very pleasing to note...

-country is a question upon which it is thought that only a farmer, or a landlord, or (at a pinch) an agricultural T.U. delegate, is qualified. to speak. We,• therefore, get...

Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —With experience reaching back to disastrons 1879, several things wrong with agriculture seem - to me to be over- looked. With money value...

poultry farming as a way of making money is dangerous. Poultry, as an extra, should pay ; poultry farming is quite another matter. Your corre- spondents, who advocate this form...

SPECTATOR.] Sin,--L , British Industry's New Year resolution might well be - to miss no opportunity in future of increasing overseas trade. Germany has forestalled us...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,--- Having read, with great* interest, the article entitled " Great Britain and Russia," in your issue of December 8th, and the letter from...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sra,The following figures -have been extracted from the' United Kingdom Alliance Year Book, and form - remarkable' evidence of a great social...

the opening luncheon of a London Circus, Lord Lonsdale is reported to have stated that the -R.S.P.C-.A,- condenin performing animal turns on - the ground that the animals were "...

the SPECTATOR.] • , ; your review of Professor Eddington's recent work, The Nature of the Physical World, you describe Berkeley's doctrine, if I understand you aright, as...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sue,—There are two considerations, often left out of account in dealing with this most complex of subjects, and which yet, ' if given their...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—As another member of the " rising generation," may I be allowed to disagree with " Undergraduate's " letter in your issue of December...

[To the Editor of the SPEcrxroa.] have been accustomed to read your Editorial com- ments with pleasure, largely due to the moderation and fairness with which your views have...

As usual, at this season, my directors would be grateful if you would permit me to remind your readers that this society will arrange without charge - for the humane destruction...

I see in the isiueof December 22nd that Sir W. Beach Thomas quotes the beautiful passages from the Old Testament :- " As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her...

• May I offer a correction to the writer of an excellent review upon my new book, Long Forgotten Days (leading to Waterloo), which appeared in the. December 15th issue ? The...

The humorous article under the above title in your issue of December 29th must have amused many readers who have struggled with similar difficulties. In pre-War years I had been...

your issue of December 15 I read a letter from Sir Henry Page Croft, comparing the increase in the export of manufactured goods from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and...

1To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,--Your 'intelligent and sympathetic remarks on &Tr' presidential - election are a source of satisfaction to those Of us here who, like...

Thomas wrote regarding what was said of Rooks that, after the recent gales, as after many another gale, they seldom or never chose a tree for their nest if it was likely to...

paper from an address, postmark, " Dewsbury, Yorks." I dck not know from whom, but I would like to thank the sender, and at least let him know that your paper comes along so...

29th, I note that some readers have remonstrated with Mr. Lubbock for using the contemp: tuous word " windjammer," and the writer states that thiS word cannot be traced back...

containing James Mabbe's 1640 translation of three of Cervantes' stories, will delight all lovers of romance. The rough course of true love is the theme of the title story,...

DURING the past month the books most in demand at The Times Book Club have been :— FICTION :—The Case of Sergeant Grischa, by Arnold Zweig ; Jehovah's Day, by Mary Borden ;...

E. Harvey (Brentano's, 6s.). They are very loosely put together, yet the author knows how to produce a remark- able effect. The scenes he depicts are terrible ; the impression...

(Longmans, 12s. 6d.), suggests that the League of Nations has a useful function to fulfil in organizing for peace, but not in its forcible mainten- ance. •He wants, in short,...

The Real Men in Public Life, by Mr. A. P. Nicholson (Coffins, 12s. 6d.). Mr. Nicholson is very fair to Labour, and almost too kind to semi-revolu- tionaries like Mr. Wheatley....

enjoy The Bridge of San Luis Rey. According to the publisher's advertisement, Mr. Wilder finds in the " short dialogue a form which satisfies his passion for compression," but...

Lord Meath under the title of Brabazon Potpourri (Hutchin- son, 18s.) deals with a great number of philanthropic efforts. Most of them were written or spoken before the War, a...

searchlight on our penal system in all its badness. A New Way with Crime (Williams and Norgate, 7s. 6d.), by one of its editors, is simply not in the same class. Mr. A. Fenner...

Barry Island—I send in homage the topaz of my silence— Your threepennybit. The Editor offers a prize of five guineas for the most plausible explanation of this message,...

ritain and the War. -A French Indictment. By General limgyet. Translated by Captain H. Cotton Idinchin. (Cassell& 15s.) Vila Englishman, though sensitive enough in his personal...

substantial - debt for the admirable anthology which he has plucked from the poetry of the 'nineties. He has brought out of the dusk and the dust that had fallen on...

The Goodman of Paris. Translated into English by Eileen Power. (Routledge. 12s. 6d.) Miss EILEEN POWER'S readers may indeed be grateful to her for acting as interpreter between...

notify the SPECTATOR ' e BEFORE MIDDAY on MONDAY OF EACH WEEK. The- previous address to which the-paper has been sent and receipt reference. number should be .quoted. . . - .

his life of William Heinemann. Before introducing his hero whom we are to see through the eyes - of a group of friends-- and, we had almost said, enemies—he takes his readers...

Folklore in the English and Scottish Ballads; 'By L. C. Wimberly. (Chicago and Cambridge Universities' 25a.) • . • • As the greatest edition of our English and Scottish...

(Continued from page 21) In The Best Poems of 1928 (Cape, 6s.) Mr. Thomas Moult makes his " seventh yearly harvesting " of verse from periodicals in Great Britain and the...

the most unfading of these is the exquisite story of Marion Lem-aut. Suddenly written by that indifferent churchman and zealous translator of Richardson, l'Abbe Prevost des...

The Nineteenth Century opens with Mr. Neville Chamberlain's defence of his own derating scheme. He points out that equity, even more than expediency, is the aim of his Bill ; he...

THE PARTRIDGE. By Elizabeth Murray. (John Lane. 7s. 6d.)—The three dominant personalities in this book are John Moreton, successful in business but suffering from repressions...

6s.)—Miss Wakeford's new book might have been written by an earnest schoolgirl ; it is full of the sineerities, sentimentalities and assumptions of youth. It is all very well...

has read the last two books by Mr. Whitehouse will expect a high standard of detective story from this author, and Mixed Relations is from this point of view disappointing. It...

Tint in Serbia, Salonika, and Sebastopol (Williams and Norgate, 12s. (id.) is put together from letters and diaries written in the intervals of hard and often dangerous hospital...

three recent volumes written by- experts in their own subjects. They are . The Islamic' Faith, by , Sir Thomas Arnold, The English Language, by Prof. Ernest Weekley, and...

15s.) is not intended, he telli_ us, tie a description of the life and times of the iron Duke: ' No battles are described in it• ' • no political issues explained. The...

by Mr. Herbert, is .not free from some of the signs of book-making. This defect, however, need not prevent the book from winning a large public. It is opportune. It gives all...

secure the admirable Catalogue of the loan exhibition of silver plate belonging to the Oxford colleges which was held last term (Clarendon Press, 10s. 6d.). The colleges loyally...

W. V. Wood's instructive little book on Railways in the Home University Library (Thornton Butterworth, 2s.). Sir Josiah points out that the railway companies have conferred...

to a " medicine stamp " which was recently discovered, a " Golden Ointment to clear the sight " was sold by a quack called Junianus to his patients of Bath, probably much the...

1. Pope, Moral Essays (ep. ii., 1. 215).-2. Addison, Caw (act iv., se. 1).-3. Byron, Don Juan (can. v., st. 113). 4. Shakespeare, King Lear (act ii., sc. 4).-5. Byron, Don Juan...

'" I31SING - , • ALLOWING for the fact busine s s 'oh -the -Stobk Exchange has been interfered with both by the Christmas and New Year Holidays, the tone of the Stock...

- - - As regards the first of these factors, I-must; in-weighing the probabilities of the year, even at the cost of being accused of political bias, state quite plainly how the...

If, therefore, I were to sum up the financial prospects for 1929, I should be inclined to express the view that, failing a permanent and important rise in money rates here as a...

A further point to be bOrne in mind in considering the prospects for 1929 is the question of whether we are likely to see anything in the shape of a trade revival. As was the...

• Then as regards Reparations, ft must be remembered that the problem has both its political and -financial aspects, and as regards the former it may fairly be said that...

referred,•namely, the course of financial developments in the .United ' Statei and Germany, is the one, perhaps, which is likely to be the paramount influence "so far as the...

As regards the year on which we ha' e now entered, there are—quite apart from the supreme fact of the anxiety concerning the King's health—at least three main factors which...

New Year Prospects WinAm time - alone can reveal the happenings of the future, there ari/elii possible ori. - .Which at the beginning of the year it - is not POssible iO ....

The results so far announced for the past year by leading insurance companies are of a highly satisfactory character. Indeed, for the most part, it seems to be again a case of...

Interest in the City in the forthcoming consideration by the Committee of Financial Experts on the problem of Repara- tions has been quickened by the announcement of the names...

Although it is too early yet to speculate at all intelligently with regard to the outcome of the national finances for the year ending March 31st next, the revenue returns for...

Several interesting facts were revealed at the recent .meeting of the de Hayilland Aircraft Company Ltd. regarding aircraft developnient. During the year the company have...

An issue, of which the preliminary notice appears on p. 31, will be made on Monday next of 125,000 8 per cent. Cumu- lative Preference Shares of £1 each, and 62,500 Ordinary...