23 FEBRUARY 1934, page 6

. The Case Of The Eighteen Fascists Who Were Arrested

on Saturday in consequence of their activities at an East Anglian farm, where a tithe dispute was in progress, is at present sub judice and I therefore, of course, make no......

The Reappointment Of Mr. John Buchan As Lord High...

to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is most essentially a recognition of services rendered. Appointment for a second year is not unusual in itself, but it is......

A Spectator's Notebook

S IR JOHN SIMON did well to take the opportunity a week ago to drive home the fact that the Government does nothing to inspire the B.B.C.'s talks on foreign affairs, and to add......

Britain And Russia —a New Start

A DISMAL period in the history of Anglo-Soviet rela- tions appears to be now closed by the signing of the new Temporary Commercial Agreement. It has taken long to negotiate, but......

The Sudden Death Of Mr. Harold Wright, The Former Editor

of The Nation, is tragically premature. He was only 51 and though he had given up his regular profes- sional work he was devoting his energies to various valuable causes,......

I Am Astonished To See The London And Home Counties

Traffic Advisory Committee opposing a by-law forbidding motorists to pass stationary tram-cars while passengers are getting in or out. Washington and other American cities have......

In His Admirably Phrased Wireless Tribute To King Albert On

Sunday, Sir John Simon—I wonder how many of his hearers noticed it—made one minor slip. Quoting, most appropriately, Shirley's well-known lines, he made a singular word plural,......