A SPECTATOR'S NOTEBOOK I LAY clainm to no special information on the contents of the report of the Select Committee on India, but if I were asked to give a line on the subject...

Some idea of the effect the Saar question is having iII certain quarters in France is conveyed by a private letter from Paris, from which I am allowed to quote. The writer,...

Lord llewart's remark in the Mosley-Star libel trial that " thirty veal's agto the Star was a paper of sonmc political imn)ortanee' has not quite the piquancy which somc...

I can understand some of the B.B.C.'s hesitations ab)out Professor Halda ne's broadcast, but whoever was deputizing for Sir John Reith took a quite indefensible decision. It is...

* * * * A. R. Oragc was an entirely original pcrsoiiality and, I should say, as strange an editor in the province of the weeklies as our time has seen. IHe was a surprisingly...

It must call for a certain amount of what is conimmoly called " nerve " to stand up in the House of Conmnons at this time of day and advocate public executions, even so far...

Current Literature THE DYAVID COLLECTION By R. L. Hobson If a forei-ner was to maintain to me that the English uere l)a(l at. the art of b)ook production I milght well agree...

THE GERMAN LANGUAGE By R. Priebsch and W. E. Collinson The series entitled Great Languages, which so far consists of volumes on Greek and French, is now enlarged by a new...

SECRETS OF SIBERIA By Pierre Dominique M. Dominique has written of Russia and Europe before. Nowl he has extended his travels to Siberia, which, in contrast to the few other...

THE CRAFT OF FORGERY By.Henry Rhodes (rime is a subject in which we are all interested and for those of us who have a tendency to be squeamish the crime of forgery, as a...

MODERN PUBLICITY Edited by F. A. Mercer The history of the Poster is the history of painting with all the dates changed to a few years later. Each style of painting gradually...

THE STUDY OF ART By R. H. Wllenski If a public discussion was arranged to determine by vote w-hich branch of learning had had most nonsense written about it, the competition...

* * * * An Emu Record One of the great hopes of the makers of the Whipsnade Zoi) was that it should provide animals of all sorts with congenial breeding quarters. Birds,...

COUNTRY LIFE 'Ware Barberry A warning, derived from a very ancient discoverv, Ihas just I)een reissued by the Ministry of Agriculture. All and stlidry are advised to see to...

The Virtuous Parent In our two warm dry summers these heaps have ljt ;ttj satisfactorily, and in all eleven youngsters have been sueles>. fully brought up. A few more than this...

The Turkey's Triumph Itf the great experiment of the WWhipsnade Zoo needed justification it could find it completely in thc small wood that is kept as a bird sanctuary. Within...

Garden Sorts 'T'he hybrid berberis (now seldom, called barberry) has grown in favour with gardeners more steadily than perhaps any other bush; but happily these varieties as...

Host Plants It would be a welcome attention onl the part of the R.H.S. or the Ministry of Agriculture to issue a warninlg list of the plants that harbour insect or fungus...

The Two Squirrels A much disputed point of native natural history has been as good as proved this year at WNhipsnadc. A certain number of English brown squirrels have been...

The Bloody Turk Discovered A vanished apple, long since sought in vain by a westcrn specialist in cider apples, has been discovered by a correspondent of The Spectator. lie...

TE INDIAN OUTLOOK By C. F. ANDREWS ON the eve of the publication of the report of the < Select Committec on India no question is of more P111liwdiate importance than the...

JAPAN AND THE WORLD-IV: POLITICS AND T[IE NAVAL QUESTION By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENr Too tlo, October. I F there is any country in the world where patriotism is a constant,...

HOTEL PROFITS. Although our hotels are still suffering from the smaller number of foreign visitors, it is satisfactory to note that the latest Report of the Carlton Hotel shows...

A PROSPEROUS CON-CERN. I notice that the Directors of WVall Paper Manufacturers are now able to announce profits for the past financial year of £742,468, compared with £635,036...

MOTOR PROFITS. The motor industry continues to prosper, and S. Smnitih & Sons (Motor Accessories), who manufacture aircraft initrliments, have had a good year, the profit...

A SATISFACTORY PREPORT. If wc remcmnber the depreciation in certain of the nmetals$ in which the Imperial Smelting Corporation is interested, the latest Report of that company...

TRINIDAD LE ASLUOLDS. By those who know the price-cutting in the oil industry, the recent dividend announcement by Trinidad Leaseholds of 121, per cent. for the past year,...

E.MI.I. The latest Report of Electric and Musical Industries, Lt(l., shows that for the year ending September 30th last there was a good recovery. The company is, of course, a...

IMPF AL FAIRWYS ;r BI3PE.1RIAL AIRWAYsES. I fancy that there will be few who will be disposed to challenge the conservative policy adopted by the Board of Imperial Airvays in...

Financial Notes INN-rESTM1EN-T STOCKS FiRm. Tii'r outstanding feature in the- Stock Markets is the one to which I have made further reference in an adjoining article, namely,...

Periodicals IF is significant of the trend of serious opinion in this country that the Monthly Reviews contemplate with less and less indignation the principle of dictatorship,...

Finance Securities Still Soaring WHEN writing a week ago on the subject of the ris( in Investment Stockcs I felt bound to express the opilni,,yj that, in spite of the...

The Courts and Domestic Disputes The high authority and experience of Lord Merrivale lies behind the Matrimonial Causes (Amended Procedure) Bill wlhieh has been given a...

1NIr. C'huzrchill arrived IIun(xI)p(ctedly to lafld the rel)els, and in a five mnintes' sp)(<(,chl contrived wvith his uisunI impishiiess to ilAkc the (Governmeit appear...

The opposition to thie IBt iing Bill, which apl1)ecared so formidable iiI th)C St ;:imlillg (ComiImjittee, hIas shrunk to small prop)ortionIs now t hat the Comimnuittee stage...

Steel Magnates Ask for More Not content with seeking asstiranCeC that the present import duties of 833 per cent. on imported steel will be perpetuated, representativcs of the...

The Order Papei'r has beeii p)acked each (lday ith questions to the Boar(d of Trad(c on thc volume ot imports, 'which in spite of the tariff still obstinately find their way...

The Welsh Mines Award FThe award of the arbitrators whichl masters and men in the South Wales coalfield agreed to accept has nlow l)enC made. Though it gives the men a smaller...

The Week in Parliament Our Parlianmentary (Con ,sp)ondent vrites: All thle stars wvere at the top) of tilt-iH form for the Third Rleading of thc Incitement to 1)iiffeetion...

The Depressed Area Reports The reports of the Commissioners for the Depressed Areas reach us too late for any extended comment. They are competent but not strikingly...

The Latest from Sir Stafford I Sir Stafford Cripps is rapidly becoming the Lal)our Partv's chief liability-as the Daily Herald sees as clearly as anyone. In the congenial...

Disarmament by Inches It is a valuable trait in Mr. Henderson-that as President of the Disarmament Conference he refuses to admit complete defeat. His proposal for the...

A Seven Days' Mail to Australia In announcing plans for a seven days' air mail service to Australia Sir Eric Geddes said that Imperial Airways could operate any kind of...

Increasing Maternal Mortality Ten years have passed, as Lady Denniian pointed out at a meeting of women last Tuesday, since attention was first drawn to the high maternal...

Dr. Muller's Retreat The latest (deelopmdenlts in the German Chureh coniflict remain in certain respects obscure. In particular it is byh no means certain yet-vital though the...

NOY EMBRE [D'UN CORRESPONDANT FRAN's:XAISI P AR ces tepl)s dt dcl uittristt, oil l'autollne s'efft uilhe P sous (des rac'.lts chziag't's de bruinei. Ics premlel'ls jours d(e...

WHAT DOES THE CHURCH STAND FOR? By R. H. S. CROSSMAN It IT is iiiiiosiible to answer the question " What does tI e Church stalml for ? " without asking another (jtiolo " Wh1at...

Murdering our Aunts The Murder of My Aunt. By Rlichard Hull. (Faber and Faber. 7s. 6i.) 2 O'Clock Courage. Bx Ctelett Burgess. (Nicholson and Watson. 7s. 64l.) Arsenic in...

PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND NOVELS [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sin,---I am sorry if your correspondent "Librarian" has the imupression that I fail to understand the difficulties...

" BELISHA BEACONS " [To the Editor of TilE SPECTATOR.] SIR,-I disagree with the rather foolish and flippant note 1y " Janus " in last week's Spectator, on Mr. Hore-Belishli s...

SLUM CLEARANCE I T1 the Editor of Tim SPECTATOR.] Sni. Air. Paaul Springinanls suggestion, contained in his letter in The S1;pectator of October 26th last, that the great bulk...

ARMISTICE DAY [To the Editor of Tmi SPECTATOR.] SIR,-Witli the approach of Armnistice Day, I feel tj to make a few observations, which, I feel sure, are all the minds of many...

COUNTIES AND SHIRES [To the Editor of TilE SPECTATOR.] Siw,-It is with satisfaction that I notice that Sir WV. 13. Thomas, writing in your issue of November 2nd, criticizes...

MR. ROOSEVELT'S SECOND TRIUM11PH By S. K. RATCLIFFE T IIE 1Presidential election is tlkc. personal triulmpl)h or lFranklin D. Roosevelt, and in the striet sense of iiw wor(l...

CIVILIZATION AND HEALTH [To th1 Editor of TIlE SPECTATOR}.] Sin,- Referring to ! your articles on health and civilization, and to the army-recruitilng correspondence, the...

SMOKING IN THEATRES [To the Editor of TiuE SPEC tATOR.] Sirm,--Tlhc chief objection to the practice of smoking at the (ld 1Vie. is, I consider, that, on account of the...

THE GUNPOWDER PLOT [To talc Editor of T1ni11 SPELCT TOll.I Siit,-.Ir. John Sparrow tells your readers that the iuxt of the proceedings in m- Trial of Gmy Fawkes awl Otl1 ,1s...

Ex-Service DERISION from the dead Mocks arinamental madnes. Redeem (each Ruler said) Manmkind. Men died to do it. And some with glorying gladness Bore arms for earth and bled:...

[To the Edifor of THIE SPECTATOR.] Sin,--'lihc eorrespon(ldene you are kindly publishing in s-our columns on this subjeet wvill be indeed useful if it succeeds in showving...

Mr. Wells Dissects Himself Experiment in Autobiography. By H. G. Wells. Vol. II. (Gollanez and the Cresset Press. lOs. Od.) MR. WELLS'S first volume covered about...

Some Galsworthy Letters Letters from John Galsworthy: 1900-1932. Edited by Edward Garnett. (t'Capx. 7s. 61.) WI is T lIt rank Galsworthy may take as an artist-a matter...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR rCorrespondents are reqtested to keep their letters as brief as is reasonabs l )osviblbe. Thle most suitable length is that of one of our " News of the...

THE HIDDEN FEAR [To the Editor of Tiu-l SI'ECTATOR.] Sni,-I should be grateful if. in the interests of doctors and patients in mental hospitals, you would permit me to...

[To t/hc Editor {4f I'J'i: SPE.:CTAxTOIR.] SIR,-In your issue of Octolhr l2tl,. Sir Robert ArmstrongJones stated that the sti Illv of ilnsanity is compulsory i the medical...

THE MYTH OF THE MYSTIC EAST [To the Editor (of 1'il-l SPrCTiATOR.] SIR,-I am most reluctant to coninnent in any way on Major Yeats-Brown s all too kind rev iew of niiv book,...

"HISTORY WITH A PURPOSE" [To the Editor of Tiur SPECTATOR.] SiiR-In his notice of my Brief History of Our Own Times, Mr. Frank Pakenham has given an interesting example of one...

JAPAN AND THE WORLD [To the Editor of THlE SPECTATOR.] ln -W ith reference to your special correspondent's illuminatiiw article on " Japan and the World," in last week's issue...

STAGE AND SCREEN The Theatre " Swect Aloes." BD Jay Mallory. At Wyndham's Theatre Tils play, though l1o (loubt it will be seen by many, will l)e believed only by those of an...

The Cinema "Le Dernicr Milliardaire." At the Academy IN Ren6. Clair's A Nous la Libertt a comparison was suggCrtcd between life in prison and life .in a mass-production...

" The Last Gentlcman." At the Leicester Square Theatre TiIIs is the last film made by Mr. George Arliss at Hollywood before he came over here to act in The Iron Duke, now soon...

Music Busoni's Pianoforte Concerto X id: the Post Oflice and other public institutions, the B.B.C. is considered fair game for criticism. Half a guinea buys the ringhlt to...

Second Attempts Vienna. By Steplhen Spender. (Faber and Faber. 3s. 6d.) Open the Sky. By John Pudnev. (Boriswood. 5s.) The Noise of History. By Jolni Lelhmann. (Hogarthl '...

An African Eccentric The White Monk of Timbuctoo. By Williaim Seabrook. ( Harrnp. Sis. te. ) Ix a )0ook pul)lishe(l some years ago,, called .Jungle Days, Mr. Seal)rook...

The Development of China Empire in the East. Edited by Joseph Barnes. (Kegati Padl. l0s. id.) Enpire in tfle East is the most comprehensive work on China that has been...

The Crisis In France France in Ferment. By Alexander Werth. (Jarrolds. 12s. 6d.) Tmt: history that often most needs writing is the history of th1e day before yesterday. What...

The Poet Ishmael Poet in Exile: The Life of Heinrich Heine. By Antonina Vallentin. (Collancz. 10s. 6d.) TiiERE is a slight difference between the universal conception of...

Chamberlain and the Empire By LORD EUSTACE PERCY uiE third volume of Mr. Garvin's Life of Chamnbe)rlain (liffers inevitably from tile other tvo. 'Mr. Garvin the b)iographer...

THE CRISIS IN FRANCE HONVE VER the political crisis in France may end, 1 it is necessary, for an understanding of it. to r(alizc 'iow it began. M1. Doumergue's Government of...

India and the Report The Report of thcle Scet (Coummittec oi india will be issued in less than a fortnight now, sijimiiltaiieons publication in this count ry iiiid Inflia...

NEWS OF THE WEEK TILE sixteenth anniversary of the Armistice impels reflections in which disillusilmnent almost inc-it- ably predominates. The contrast between the world as...

Mr. Roosevelt's Victory The latest figures show Presideint Roosevelt's triump)h to be even more sweeping than tihe returns available when Mr. S. K. Ratcliffe wrote his article...

GEORGE MEREDITH TRANSLATES By HELEN SIMPSON IHIAV E a habit of buying pigs in pokes, iteims from the infrequent catalogues of remote booksellers. I buy, not for association,...

German Rearmament Hitler Rearms. EI(lteil i,\ Wutliv \\ootdman. it With ill lili - ( lo(ll b1) t he Ead rfi and 25 illustnitiolus irui OrIiginatl Sotl't(S,., ( . ,,, J.I...

Motoring Our Better Cars TmLE annual gush beingf now over, praise beyond tie limits of commonwoa seinse given to quite ordinary Mtars, prophecies uittcre(l aol)out thie New...

THEIR WORSHIPS THE MAYORS By E. L. WOODWARD ISUPPOSE moAt Englishmen who went to school in the City of London (at the beginning of the present century there were four large...

Fiction By WILLIANI PLOMER Claudius the God and his Wife Messalina. By Robert C.'ravcs. (Barker. lOWs. 6d.) Joseph Kerkhoven's Third Existence. By Jamob Wa.,sermnann. 'I...

LABOUR AND THE COUNCILS TIIREE years ago, both in Parliamentary and T municipal elections, the strength. of the Labour Party fell to the lowest point since the War. This vear...