11 NOVEMBER 1932, page 28

Guaranteeing Peace.

Many, no doubt, have been the causes of the failure to re-establish confidence after the Great War, but I think that underneath most of them will be found the cardinal fact that......

Broadcast Minds By Ronald Knox

The principal " broadcast minds " with which Father Knox deals in this often entertaining, and always vivacious, book (Sliced and Ward, 7s. 6d.) are Professor Julian Huxley,......

Finance—public & Private

The World Economic Conferenc e IF, as is currently reported, the World Economic ference- is unlikely to meet until the spring of year I should not be inclined to regard that......

The Cambridge History Of English Literature Edited By Sir A.

W. Ward and A. R. Waller Originally available only in a large and justifiably expensive edition, The Cambridge History of English Literature can now be purchased, in portable......

Three Essentials.

The problems to be discussed at the Conference will be numerous and varied, and I doubt not there will even be divergence of opinion as to causes of the depression and the need......

Attitude Of The U.s.

It is very difficult to determine the right moment and the right conditions for a World Conference, but—and the point serves to show how Party politics may be an imp e di. ment......

War Debts.

Human' nature, however, "being what. it is, a genuine desire for peace must be backed by a determination on the part of all the nations to secure as far as may be - possible'......

Current Literature

BACK TO THE COAL STANDARD By Captain Bernard Acworth Our coal industry would benefit if the drift from coal to oil could be checked. But it may be questioned whether in his Back......