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a friendly understanding with other nations and harboured "no thought, : - ot s jevenge." We trust that tiiis incidentally ...:means", an end' of the sterile demand for a...

of the Rhineland and the Saar. He asked for an immediate freeing of the territories. He suggested that if the problems were to be solved merely by the lapse of time a great...

received more votes than any other party at the General Election, yet not enough to give them a working majority, was to try to form a " Grand Coalition." It was thought that he...

they will so impress their parties that in the autumn the Grand Coalition, with all the dignity of that title formally bestowed on it, will come into being. Yet the composition...

rr HE satisfactory side of the tedious and huckstering labours at the end of which Herr Muller has suc- ceeded in forming a new German Government is that all the uncertainties...

London, W.C.2.—A SuI,acription to the SPECTATOR costs Thirty Shillings per annum, including postage, to any part of the world. The SPECTATOR is registered .as. a Newspaper. The...

Houston have proved that if the Republicans can choose a Presidential candidate at the first ballot so can they. Mr. Hoover, the Republican, and Mr. Al. Smith, the Democrat, now...

companies has not kept pace with the never ceasing growth of the open-air habits of the people. Have the companies reckoned exactly what addition they have in effect made to the...

wet," but though these facts would have told decisively against any other man in a Democratic Convention, they were consumed in the blaze of Mr. Smith's popularity. It is hardly...

good news that the Railway Bills have been approved by the Joint Select Committee, and the bad news that the revenues of the railway companies are so disappointing that railway...

Bristol on Tuesday a resolution approving of the negotiations between the employers led by Lord Melchett and the General Council of the Trades Union Congress was carried by 64...

withhold the scheme for a Native Land Trust until he has heard the opinions of the Commission which recently visited Kenya. In these circumstances we are not inclined to come to...

Chairman of the Independent Labour Party, and Mr. A. J. Cook have produced a joint manifesto, in which they condemn the conduct of the Parliamentary Labour Party and declare a...

have not considered the obvious policy of attracting more passengers by cheaper " week-end fares and by more various holiday facilities. No doubt they have talked all this over...

new Government. The present Parliament is to be dissolved and M. Venizelos's Government will hold a General Election. The attacks made by M, Venizelos on the financial policy of...

was published. We thus complete a hundred years this week. It has long been in our mind how we should mark this happy occasion and . after due reflection we decided that it...

personal grounds, then, except that Lord Byng is already sixty-five years of age. That the Home Secretary desperately wanted Lord Byng is proved by the fact that he accepted...

fifty-three of Professor H. W. C. Davis, Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford. His England under the Normans and Angevins is as delightful as it is learned, and his...

House by surprise by announcing that Sir William Horwood, the Chief Commissioner of the Metro- politan Police, would retire in the autumn and would be succeeded by Lord Byng. It...

mula. In the case of Counties and County Boroughs the formula will be based on : (1) The rateable value per head of the population, (2) the number of children under five years...

showed by many Unionist Members in the House of Commons at his Surtax proposals. When he promised simplification of the Income Tax and Supertax, nobody dreamed that he meant—in...

explaining the Local Government reform which is made necessary by the Budget. From April 1st, 1930, the duty of administering the Poor Law will be trans- ferred to County...

on April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 101* ; on Wednesday week 1011 ; a year ago 101. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 901 ; on Wednesday week...

T HE co-ordination of rail and road transport, which is the essential condition of a perfect service -for the nation, has been brought a stage nearer by the approval bestowed...

of Canterbury seem more 4- 1 worthy of respect, trust and affection than when he spoke to the .Church Assembly on Monday about the policy of the Church in view of the rejection...

Before going abroad or away from home readers are advised to place an order for the SPECTATOR. The journal will be forwarded to any address at the following rates :- One Month •...

I T is clear that • a revolution is necessary in these days, if the people of Great Britain are to be galvanized into some sort of political activity. Mere threats are not of...

M UCH interest and hope will be aroused by the meeting in London of an International Conference on Cancer a few days hence, and the British Empire Cancer Campaign is to be...

I T has long been a debated question whether there is any use in teaching Greek and Latin to boys at public schools. Should such teaching be abolished, it would, of course,...

ly HEN the King of Ur was buried between five and six thousand years ago, the civilization of Sumeria was already old and complex. Caravans set out for Asia Minor and Egypt....

come down in the world. When my father died in Italy leavin g my mother with some capital and two small babies, she considered herself q uite fairly well-off. I ou g ht not to...

THE YOUNGER POINT OF VIEW. [VVIIAT INTERESTS YOUTH ?1 Sta,—The Spectator undoubtedly initiated an interesting series of articles when it began to publish contributions from...

[COVENT GARDEN OPERA.] Miss EvA TURNER is an English singer. Her success, there- fore, has reflected more than ordinary glamour. Howbeit, in the workings of the Covent Garden...

A CORRECTION FROM OUR CONTRIBUTOR. I regret that, as I did not happen to see the proof of my article on " Books for Holiday Reading," the name of Mr. Compton Mackenzie's...

The Fountain Concealed THE myrtle guards its heavy wall of shade No slits of sunlight through its lattice pierce. The flickering flame of broom Goes out, quenched by the...

British Reply - THE publication, in April last, of Mr. Kellogg's suggested Peace Pact has definitely lifted the American proposals out of the sphere of the academic into that...

almost entirely to the handiwork of a woman whose husband had another job—the general conclusion of the last eight years' accumulated experience is that the holdings were too...

Some six thousand acres of this rich land was bought by the Government in 1919. The last of the leases owned by bigger farmers are now falling in ; and the whole (except a piece...

A FAMOUS FARMER. " Todgers's can do it when it likes "—and if anyone wishes to see how productive English farming may be at its best he should visit the land that encloses the...

On the subject of British products, a tour was taken this week, under the Norfolk branch of the National Farmers' Union, to see some of the crops, especially barley crops, of...

Great numbers of bulbs are now grown in Britain ; and not only in Lincolnshire ; and they are not nearly well enough known or widely enough advertised. Personally I have...

success, even in the worst years, of the two small-holding communities at Holbeach and Sutton Bridge, though not everything is ideal. Rents are high, the railways have been...

it must be con- fessed, at all characteristic, but is of peculiar interest. It consists only of five acres and is farmed by a carpenter. He grows an astonishing variety of...

One has to answer the question, how this community of small-holders compares economically with the two or three farms and farmers they supplanted. The act of transference has...

A Crusade for Clean Food," in your issue of June 23rd should make each one of us realize our personal responsibility in the matter. As Mrs. Allhusen has frequently pointed out,...

SIR,—There is no more potent cause of disease, sickness, and ill-health than unclean germ-laden food. The way the chief daily foods such as meat, fish, milk, bread, vegetables,...

THE EXTERNAL RELATIONS OF JUGOSLAVIA [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sta,—In your issue of June 2nd, commenting upon Italo- Jugoslav relations and the Conventions of Nettuno,...

episode in connexion with the campaign for cleaner food. The other day I went into a crowded sandwich bar in the West End, where the chef behind the counter was busily engaged...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Lest the letter of Dr. Lyttelton, a former head-master, should be held to represent the views of head-masters generally, I feel impelled...

issue of June 23rd states that " it should be forbidden by law to expose sweets, groceries, and fruit in such a position that customers can cough or breathe over them." May I...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—The interesting article on " Real People in Books " . by Mr. Bassett Digby in the Spectator calls attention to one of the most noteworthy...

[To the' Editor of the SPECTATOR." SIRS Mr. Massingham began by forgetting Thucydides : he has gone on to forget himself. Let me remind him what it was he wrote : " Mr. Porter...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Even at this distance of time and space I should like to comment upon the letter from the editor -of the Wall Street Journal on...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—There was living at Weybridge only a few years ago an old lady, Mrs. C—, who was the daughter of Serjeant Cox who served under Wellington...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—The brief annual general meeting of the R.S.P.C.A. last ThurSday comprised relatively few constitutionally minded members. For both the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Sir Robert Donald's reply, in your issue for June 80th, to your reviewer's remarks on his book, The Tragedy of Trianon, begs the main...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Apropos of your recent review of Mr. Barton's book, What Can a Man Believe? and of other recent comments on faith, I am reminded of a...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—I enclose herewith a photograph showing an example of the disfigurement of rural scenes in Wirral by ugly tin posters issued for the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sui.,—The New Health Society's inquiry into the effect of tin foods on health, showing as it does that no evil effects can be traced to the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,— Though not scheduled as an " ancient monument," the parish pound or pinfold is an interesting relic of an England which has passed away....

a twenty years' residence in Egypt I saw . Musa perform three times. On the last occasion he caught snakes within the locked confines of Karnak Temple, which puts " salting "...

The Cow THROUGH the deep hayfield Where tall grasses bow, In and out And round about Roamed the happy Cow. Nibbling the sorrel leaves, - Plucking at the clover, Happiest of...

Methodism, by Dr. W. Bardsley Brash (Methuen, 5s.), contributed to Dr. L. P. Jacks's excellent series of " The Faiths," will provide an account of that great movement admirably...

vigorous advances of physical science has set Mr. Leon Roth thinking. In an extremely brilliant essay, The Science of Morals, he suggests that the moral philosophers have not...

better book of its kind could be desired than Mr. Charles G. Harper's The Bunyan Country (Cecil Palmer, 12s. 6d.). Mr. Harper is the most assiduous of our topo- graphers. But he...

; he imparts his wisdom to us very pleasantly in Bridge for Beginners (Lane, 5s.). If a thing is worth doing at all it is worth doing well, especially if doing it badly affects...

Wrruour Lady Gregory could there have been an Irish Theatre at all ? Hers was the essential talent and the essential personality which carried the venture through. If her Three...

The Statist commemorates its fiftieth anniversary this week by publishing a big Jubilee number, which includes special articles by Lord Melchett, who writes on " The Growth of...

book about his experiences in the Arctic, in Policing the Top of the World, (The Bodley Head, 8s. 6d.). The author's was one of the most northerly of the posts where those...

Press, 10s. 6d.), deals with the discussions at the Peace Conference which, after the rejection of various alter- native proposals, led to the adoption of the League Covenant in...

thinks Mr. J. Leslie Mitchell in Hanno (Kegan Paul. 2s. 6d.). Not only on the surface of our globe (which we are told is not round) but in its hollow (?) core, and in...

detail of its comment and apparatus ; and there is "much to be said for so concentrated an attention to Shakespeare's words as Coriolanus, edited by Howard Furness, Junr....

THE Editor offers a prize of five guineas for the best inscription for a bust of either Miss Earhart, Signor Mussolini, Mr. Coolidge, Mr. G. Bernard Shaw, Mr. H. G. Wells, at...

Rene Guenon. Translated by Charles Whitby. (Rider. 10s. 6d.) TriosE of us who are interested in the political aspirations ' of India and Egypt and of that vast revulsion against...

historical documents are Almost always worth reading. The present collection from the archives of the Hapsburg family is no exception. It consists mainly of reports and letters...

notify the SPECTATOR Office BEFORE MIDDAY OH 2VONDAY OF EACH WEEK. The previous address to which the paper has been sent and receipt reference number should be quoted.

The Life and Times of Colley Cibber. By Dorothy Senior, (Constable. 18s.) COLLEY CIBBER was fair game for any satirist. There have been worse Poet Laureates than he, perhaps ;...

Letters from Conrad, 1895-1924. Edited with Introduction and Notes by Edward Garnett. (Nonesuch Press. 25s.) THIS book is another example of the excellent work done by this...

The Paganism in our Christianity. By Arthur Weigall. (Hutchinson. 7a. 6d.) MR. WEIGALL puts together a mass of data to point out the resemblances, some of them confessedly very...

The Station : Athos : Treasures and Men. By Robert Byron. (Duckworth. 18s.) MR. BYRON has found a subject entirely worth while and has brought to it a deal of hard work and...

THE Bishop of Southwark, writing in the Nineteenth Century, writes out of wide knowledge about " The Problem of the Slums." He dreads aa easy optimism trusting to the million...

Dreiser and Others 7s. 6d.) Judgment Day. By Norman Davey. (Constable. 78. 6d.) The Financier began the history of Frank Algernon Cowperwood, the hero of Dreiser's " trilogy of...

be carried about anywhere. We congratulate Messrs. Cassell on theft Pocket Library (3s. 6d. a volume), a new venture in this dired- tion. The binding, printing and paper used...

to public health of flies, how to avoid rheumatism and whooping cough, also sonic hints on dietetics, have been published by the Wesleyan and General Assurance Society and may...

a young poet. He is the son of a Bishop, but is descended on his mother's side from the French troubadours. Visiting Paris, he falls in love with a girl whom he mistakes for...

(Continued from page 20.) In a brief preface Mr. Compton Mackenzie sums up the spirit of Mr. Basil Maine's Behold These Daniels (H. and W. Brown) as one of disinterested...

When West was West. By Owen Wister. (Macmillan. 7s. 6d.) THESE new tales of Mr. Owen Wister show us an 'America now far in the past, the America of the 'eighty's. He writes of...

Thibet and China, 1844-46, by Hue and Gabet. It is brought out again in scholarly fashion at a price moderate for the bulk. (Translated by William Hazlitt. Edited with an...

aggravating overtones 61 superior knowledge in How to Keep Young (Heinemann's - Medical Books, 8s. 6d.). He tells us that a medical practitioner in Birmingham claims to have...

things in the course of a well-spent life, and not the least remarkable of them is the terse and compact volume in which he gives his Reminiscences . (Constable. 14s.). Here he...

Competition Mn. R. V. H. BURNE meant well when he proposed the competition for the best suggestion as to how one should act if one had £50,000 to give away. But the many...

not merely by reason of its subject but also by reason of the author's qualifications. The success of his .treatment is due to the fact that he has admitted the diffi- culties...

Lock, 3s. 6d.) is wonderful value for the money. As the publishers say in their preface, good servants are hard to get and keep and the mistress of to-day must be capable of -...

Questions on London in Literature OUR weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Miss Phoebe Fenwick Gaye, Devon Cottage,...

The Half-Year in Public Securities THE first six months of the present year have pretty fairly fulfilled the expectations formed last December with regard to prospects for...

There used to be published, I believe, and perhaps is still published, a volume of household information under the title of Enquire Within upon Everything. It is a title which,...

CHEERFUL MARKETS. PRESSURE for loans in Lombard Street at the end of the half- year was even more pronounced than usual, and it will be rather interesting to note how far this...

The annual report of Lipton Limited for the past year is a depressing document showing a loss, even before meeting debenture interest amounting to £56,000, of £32,538. A year...

At first the market was disposed to be disappointed at the absence of any increase ,in the dividend on the shares of Distillers Limited, the distribution remaining at the rate...