Religion and Citizenship 1l The memorial on Christian education presented by Lord Wolmer to the Prime Minister on behalf of 72 Peers and 152 Members of Parliament gains in...

We are very glad to be able to announce that Mr. Harold Il Nicolson will resume his weekly commentary on men and things in next week's Spectator, under the general headingzl...

Labour and the Communist Party I The Labour Party and the Trades Union Congress could not be expected to adopt any other attitude to the Communist Party than that defined in...

World Economic Planning Mr. Eden has shown himself alive to the necessity of laying plans now to deal with the economic situation of the world after the war, and of organising...

Neglected Coal Supplies The country is threatened with a shortage of coal during the coming winter through the neglect of the Government to foresee a situation that was bound...

Vichy and the Africa-i Bases In view of the pressure which Germany has been applying to the Vichy Government for permission to occupy Dakar and French bases in North Africa,...

The War on Britain Hitler's War Machine and the Invasion of Britain. By William Necker. Translated by H. Leigh Farnell. (Lindsay Drummonrid. i2S. 6d.\ THIS book is the...

I BOOKS OF THE DAY | Over the Water I Jacobite Epilogue. By Henrietta Tayler. (Nelson. 15S.) ;--. know a good deal more about exiles than we did ten years a,: but it is...

Looking Back I The Forge. By Arturo Barea. (Faber and Faber. ios. 6d.) Hi Struggle for the Spanish Soul. By Arturo Barea. (Secker fl Warburg. 2S.) NEITHER of Arturo Barea's...

The Splendid Monotone Fishermen at War. By Leo Walmsley. (Collins. ios. 6d.) Sea Shepherds. By Sir Herbert Russell, K.B.E. (Murray. gs.) Hospitals Under Fire. Edited by...

Conservatory in Winter |1 Valse des Fleurs. By Sacheverell Sitwell. (Faber and Faber. f| FOR the reader who cares for this especial art there is never a: thing so exquisite...

PLANS OR PLANLESSNESS ? By J. G. LEDEBOER L AST November the Government, in its wisdom, charged the Minister of Works and Buildings with the investigation of the problems...

FAMILY CORN SIR,-Might not the problem of poultry-feed be solved-at any rate, partially-by the encouragement of corn-growing on a quite small scale? Many years ago an account...

" PRO AND CON LCRD WOOLTON " SIR,-Mr. Lchmann repeats the stale argument. - you cannot blanIe the Ministry if new potatoes were three weeks later than USua3." One does and can...

RUSSIA AND FINLAND SiR,-In The Spectator of August ist the action of Finland in breaking off diplomatic relations with Britain is discussed. Although the comment is on the...

"TALK ABOUT THE LAND " SIR,-Mr. Massingharn, like all other authors, naturally wants rci :cr and public to think as well of his book as he does himself. Unloltunately, it...

READINESS FOR RAIDS SIR,-Mr. Herbert Morrison warns us to prepare ourselves for the toughest winter any of us have ever faced. But he steadfastly refuses to release the dynamic...

A RAI IONING INJUSTICE SIR,-You are a great upholder of fair play and justice for all, and I should much tlike to hear your opinion on a curious case that has arisen in my own...

I can find little to admire in the new note in the B.B.C.'s references to Germany. The broadcast addressed to Herr von Ribbentrop last Saturday was widely reported, but abuse...

The habit of celebrating centenaries is good; whether semi- centenaries deserve it I am not quite sure (nor am I that my phraseology is right). But no one will grudge...

I am glad to see the appointments of Mr. R. J. CruiksJl editor of the Star, to be head of the American Division, a Mr. Francis Williams, late editor of the Daily Herald, X...

Great men's recreations sometimes have political repeE sions. At a public luncheon last week a well-known can speaker observed that whenever President Roosevelt on a sea-trip...

Some of Germany's Atlantic victories are won rather ell Not long ago an Allied ship sailed from somewhere in B for somewhere in Africa with passengers and a cargo of 9 planes....

More light on army petrol. "A lieutenant explained to- Bench how the men had a surplus of petrol. They end on a 'works ticket' for a lorry the period of time the was run,...

A SPECTATOR'S NOTEBOOK II pERTURBATION in various quarters has been caused by an awkward little phrase in a recent Times leader, to the effect that after the war "Leadership...

ADVANCE IN INDIA II By SIR WILLIAM BARTON II THE success of the Viceroy of India in forming a strong War Cabinet will relieve much of the anxiety felt in India and Britain,...

DEFENCE AGAINST NIGHT BOMBING SIR,-According to official announcements, waves of German nightbombers have approached Moscow, but only a few machines have been able to penetrate...

In the Garden I1 It will shortly be time to sow autumn onions and spring cabbage. Autumn-sown onions, which make large bulbs in the following surnner and are generally more...

COUNTRY LIFE Rural Workers | How many kinds of rural workers are there? A country rai:way. man recently pointed out to me the inconsistency of allowing e-x~t cheese only to...

NAZI INFLUENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA SIR,-In your issue of February 28th you refer to the possibility of Basutoland and Swaziland being transferred from Imperial control to the Union...

Scabious On roadsides, on the edges of cornfields, in corn and along fieldtracks everywhere, there is now in bloom perhaps the loveliest of late summer flowers. Pale mauve...

Drying Beans I " You will do a service to many housewives," says a correspondent, "if you publish that fresh scarlet runner-beans can be kept indefinitely if they are sliced as...

HISTORIES OF THE UNITED STATES SIR,-" Janus " refers to the Board of Education's circular about teaching the history of the United States, and it is to be hoped that books that...

THE ETHICS OF BOMBING SIR,-The German bombing of such cities as Warsaw, Rotterdam, London and Coventry was rightly execrated in this country as foul and barbarous. They then...

AN ENCOURAGING SURVEY THE war-review given to the House of Commons by Mr. Attlee on Wednesday was comprehensive and encou- raging. The chief danger, indeed, today is...

Mr. Churchill and India In its debate on India a week ago the House of Commons accurately reflected the general opinion of thc country regarding the relations between that...

American Supplies for Russia Mir. Harry Hopkins' visits to Moscow and London and the talks between American officials and the Russian Military MNI1ssion have led to an...

IONPANY MEETINGS BIKAM RUBBER ESTATE jI'E hirt -first ordinary general meeting of the Bikam Rubber Estate, I~'ej m ;s held on August 7th in London, Mr. H. Eric Miller (the...

PATALING RUBBER ESTATES : kicnrtv-first ordinary general m eting of the Pataling Rubber ' es. Limited, was held on August 7th in London, Mr. H. Eric l thc chairman) presiding....

COMPAM MEETRIG GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. INCREASED PRODUCTION THE annual general meeting of the General Electric Company, Limited, was held on Thursday, July 31st, in London, the...

HERBS AND HERBALISM By HOWARD BAYLES DURING she recent debates in the House of Commons on the Pharmacy and Medicines 14iil (which has now passed both Houses and will soon be...

Political Improbability On.' Anglo-American Nation as Basis of World Federation. A British Response to Streit. By George Catlin. (Andrew Dakers. 3s. 6d.) IN tCis period of...

And is Trelawny Dead ? Trelawny: A Man's Life. By Margaret Armstrong. (Hale. I5S), I EDWARD TRELAWNY was a Cornishman who went to sea as a boy, spent a colourful piratical...

THE BREAD ARGUMENT By MICHAEL GRAHAM RA LONDON'S wholemeal bread week is over, but it will be a pity if the subject is allowed to drop. When people started writing to the...

THE TWO FRATERNITIES IN death's unfelt fraternity the cold And horizontal dead bestrew the world. And you and I must add our little quota To the globe's veneer. What is more...

ON LUDGATE HILL By J. R. GLORNEY BOLTON ON a hot July afternoon I wandered up Ludgate Hill and heard the band of the Czechoslovak Army playing on the steps outside St. Paul's...

TRADE AFTER THE WAR SIR,-Mr. Paine sees the advantages of a universal currency in the simplification of international transactions, and asks me to develop my proposal further....

THE COAL SHORTAGE I SIR,-For some weeks past householders have been urged to fill j coal cellars to provide against a possible winter shortage and tranrsv difficulties. Early...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THE MYSTERY OF PRICES SIR,-I should be glad if you would throw some light on this problem of " fairness " in prices which seems to be the basis of the...

",THE PLIMSOLL LINE" I SIR,-Mr. James Hanley and his seafaring friend are not the o,. people gravely concerned at the raising of the Plimsoll line. ET so many dangers that are...

NO VACANCIES FOR ALLIED DOCTORS I SIR,-For several months now the case for allied and alien do: living in this country has been discussed in the medical Press newspapers. It is...

CO.4PANY NMEET.NG AMALGAMATED PRESS VERY SATISFACTORY RESULTS THE CHAIRMAN'S REPORT THE annual general meeting of the Amalgamated Press, Limited, was held on August 6th in...

Fiction This Little Hand. By Pamela Kellino. (Robert Hale. 8s.) Sapphira and the Slave Girl. By Willa Cather. (Cassell. 7s. 6d.) This Little Hand is a first novel which can...

FINANCE AND INVESTMENT || By CUSTOS II IT may be unfair to attribute this week's rise in markets entirely to a "V" buying movement, but there is no denying that the emphasis...

THE CINEMA "Lady Hamilton." At the Odeon. -High Sierra." At Warner's. A HISTORICAL film seldom contains more than an amatory situation chosen from current Hollywood stock,...

THE THEATRE In War-Time Germany ES n R since Goethe, Schiller, Kleist, ever since Nestroy, Grillpa- r and many other great playwrights, in Germany and Austria th, leading...

ASIA AND THE WAR HHE war which is blazing in Europe and is smouldering Iowards a new outbreak in Africa has not yet, apart orn the brief operations in Iraq and Syria, reached...