6 JANUARY 1933, page 32

Forthcoming Econo3iic Conference.

In Europe, especially, there has been a drawing closer together of the various countries, and there is little doubt that there is now an eager desire on the part of most of the......

The Jairhaty .116tiews .

The Nineteenth Century opens with a critical but not un- hopeful article by Lord Iddesleigh on " The Second Session" —the tasks that lie before the Government in 19.33—and with......

In The Fortnightly Mr. C. Henry Warren And Lord Ponsonby

debate " Culture on the Air," Mr. Warren desiring less in- struction from the B.B.C. and Lord Ponsonby desiring more. Lord Meston discusses "Round Table Difficulties," with......

Lord Davies In The Contemporary Explains "the French Plan "

of disarmament, and makes a strong appeal for its serious consideration, especially by our own Government. Lord Passfield picks his words with care in an article on "Freedom in......

Empire Review By Mr. D. Wilson Macarthur, Who Is Distinctly

more optimistic than the underwriters about the sea route by Hudson Strait. Sir Henry F. Dickens, the novelist's only surviving son, contributes a pleasant paper on " Advocacy.'......

To The Celebration Of The Centenary Of The Oxford Movement."

The writer reminds us that the Evangelical movement, so far from being spent when the Tractarians took the field, was actually most vigorous, especially in London and the great......

The Testing Point.

This mention of War Debts brings me at once to a consideration of what promises to be one of the greatest testing points in the New Year. There can, I think, be little question......

America's Predicament.

There is little doubt that the American people are beginning to realize the serious conditions as regards their own country, but it is impossible to tell what may be the effect......

Blackwood's Publishes, Under The Title Of" The Lost City Of

My Quest," an article by Colonel P. H. Fawcett, who dis- appeared in Central Brazil in 1925. In this article, written not long before he left England, Colonel Fawcett sets out......

Origins Of The War—on The Whole The Most Complete And

dis- passionate survey of a hotly disputed matter. Miss G. D. Stevenson writes attractively on Canada and the Depres- sion," and" Ingles " discusses what is being done to solve......

Finance—public & Private

New Year Prospects IN commenting elsewhere upon market tendencies during the past week, I refer to the fact that the occasions are few when optimism is lacking at the......