liability for the service of the National Debt and for the payment of War pensions. No doubt the Irish will put in considerable counter- claims or set-offs, and provision is...

T HE announcement that the Government and Sinn Fein have come to terms has, of course, eclipsed all other news of the week. We believe that there is at last to be peace, if only...

It is provided that until a month has elapsed from the passing of the Act of Parliament embodying the Agreement the Act shall not apply to Northern Ireland. The 'present method...

Sinn Fein sat for four and a-half hours without coming within sight of an agreement. As " A. P. N.," of the Daily Chronicle, who is always well informed on such matters, says,...

It is headed A Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland." Ireland is to have the same constitutional status as that of any other Dominion in the British Empire and is to be...

Readers experiencing difficulty in obtaining the " Spectator " regularly and promptly through the aboli- tion of the Sunday post or other causes should become yearly...

on Tuesday, hinted that the Washington Conference was giving " growing assurances " of a durable peace. " A most gratifying world accomplishment is not improbable." He reminded...

thatemoreloformation was wanted before the Ulster Govern- ment could come to a definite conclusion. He and his colleagues hoped to go toLondon in order to discuss matters with...

appointed by the Free State, one by Ulster, and a Chairman to be appointed by the British Government. If no Address to the Crown is presented by Ulster within the month the...

Settlement, but we cannot help repeating here that the security was largely obtained by the firmness and calmness of the Ulster leaders, who, of course, greatly helped to bring...

take proceedings against a defaulting local authority. The Tyrone County Council declared its intention of acknowledging Sinn Fein —in other words, of handing over its revenues...

question of the Settlement, he has stated that " peace is probably in sight." That is exactly what we should have expected him to say. There are rumours that the Sinn - Wein...

defeated in the Canadian General Election on Tuesday, but it was thought that none of the three parties, Conservatives, Liberals and Progressives, would secure a clear majority...

a vote of confidence from the Chamber. He expressed his firm belief that Germany could pay the reparation instal- ments if she increased her taxes. " If Germany does not pay,"...

the immediate release of all persons in Ireland interned for political -offences. On Wednesday .evening Lord Midleton and other prominent Southern Unionists discussed with the...

conclusions, but the private negotiations appear to be conducted in a friendly spirit.• The Japanese and Chinese delegates are discussing the Shantung question. On Saturday, Mr....

on his courage in suing the Communist for libel and on his success in winning his case last week with £2,000 damages. He was accused by this Bolshevik organ of having betrayed...

The presence of a British garrison outside the Canal zone would, they said, constitute occupation. The High Commissioner would render Egypt's control of her foreign policy...

disposed of the rumour that he was making a separate bargain with Germany, through Dr. Rathenau. He declared that the Allies must act together in the matter of reparation. It...

the Sultan of the facts of the case. Great Britain, ho said, must keep troops in Egypt as a guarantee of order, though she did not want to continue the protectorate. "Nothing is...

towards the dangerous agitators who, thanks to Mr. Montagu, have hitherto enjoyed immunity. Lela Lajpat Rai, the notorious Sikh who was sent to gaol in 1907 for sedition and who...

Mr. Frederick Huth Jackson, director of the Bank of England, and one of the wisest and most attractive men in the City of London. He was only fifty-eight. Mr. Jackson, after...

was to reduce expenditure. He did not count on receiving anything from Germany to relieve the taxpayer ; whatever came would be a windfall. As next year's revenue would be...

so successfully until last week that its existence was almost forgotten. On Thursday, December let, however, it contrived to promote a violent riot in Vienna's West End, where...

Egyptian delegates' refusal of the offer were published on Monday. The Government offered to recognize Egypt as a sovereign State, allied to us by a perpetual treaty. The...

Nov. 3, 1921 ; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 89i ; Thursday week, 88} ; a year ago, 83.

THE IRISH SETTLEMENT. I T is the duty of all good citizens to give the proposed Irish Settlement every 'chance. For our part, we can promise that there shall be no obstruction,...

North-East Ulster being regarded, thanks to the Press campaign, as the curmudgeon in all the transactions leading up to the Settlement that we desire to say something on this...

"1 and my brother quarrel with our cousin, but we and our Cousin stand against the world."—Auku PROVERB. A S we write the decision of the Japanese, both as regards armaments...

For our part, we can write honestly as friends of Trade Unions. It seems to us obvious that as the manual workers can make their case prevail against that of the employer only...

developments in the toys which are to be seen in the shops this Christmas, but the toys were so good last year that in spite of this the " Christmas bazaars g ood still show a...

D R.TRAPROCK was fortunate, not merely in being commissioned by' his pdblisher to write of his travels before he set sail, but also in discovering a new group of islands on the...

CREATING AN ATMOSPHERE. BUOYANT MARKETS—RISE IN INVESTMENT STOCKS— THE NEW TREASURY BONDS—POLITICAL FACTORS —THE IRISH "PEACE "—" THE COMDTG BOOM " LTo THE EDITOR OP Mg...

[Letters of the length of one of our leading paragraphs are often snore read,and therefore snore effective, than those which fill treble the space.] EN-PRESIDENT WILSON AND...

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I have just received a leaflet from the "New Zealand Welfare League," which gives striking evidence of the organized efforts now...

OF THE " SPECTATOR. " ] SIR, — On the subject of the Report of the Committee appointea by the President of the Board of Education, you end up your remarks with a good...

of which you approve, rather reminds me of the letter said to have been written a good many years ago by Sir —, resident in England, to his Irish "went : " You may tell the...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Ste,—In conformity with the peace policy adopted by the British Government when the Irish truce was proclaimed last July, the Truth About...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Your policy of expelling Southern Ireland from the Empire has great attractions, but one is troubled by doubts as to whether the policy...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—I admit that " Ulsterman" is correct and that I was mistaken in identifying the "Loyalist section" with the " Protestants of the six...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—" Nobody deserves peace more than the French people, who fought for it with matchless bravery." That sentence it last Saturday's...

STS,—Having seen the letter in your issue of December 3rd signed " James R. Shankland," I feel impelled to say that I am certain that the vast majority of your readers are mort...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Through the Spectator's review of Professor Baudouin's book I first heard of the Nancy clinic, and as a direct conse- quence went there...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] Srs,—The undersigned, belonging to very different parties, or to no party, in politics, are united in the conviction that our national...

know your correspondent Mr. James It Shank- land, but I quite agree with his letter of December 3rd. I, too, think you have been very unfair in your constant pinpricks of the...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, —Allow me to disagree with your article on "Repara- tions." My feeling is that too much pressure cannot be put upon Germany to compel...

sure you have the sympathy of the great majority of your readers in the " venomous, vitriolic and scurrilous "- I cull these epithets from your Glasgow correspondent—and add...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] desire to say how emphatically I endorse every word of Mr. Shankland's letter in your last issue. Your attitude towards the Prime Minister...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—In the catalogue of the Paris furniture store quoted by " A Collector," offering as a suite " The sideboard, the shep- herd's food bag,...

SIR,—Perhaps " A Collector," who a fortnight ago gave your readers two amusing examples of Continental English, has seen some of the unofficial theatre programmes that can be...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—This was not a Trial at Bar. A Trial at Bar is of a cause or prisoner before the Court itself instead of at nisi prius and is confined...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, —In your issue of the 19th ult. you published a letter from an American lady reminding your readers that Samuel Morse, the inventor of...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—An old friend and supporter of the Spectator, a constant reader and an occasional contributor for many years, passed away last week in...

IMMORTALITY. When on the sluggish tide of time The immortal moment comes, Whose bugle-call thrills with a gleaming edge Flesh and all stuff of the material world, The...

" Yet once more, oh, ye laurels, and once more Ye myrtles brown with ivy never sere . . ." PERHAPS the most immediate thought of the visitor to the Leicester Galleries is this...

A PUPPET SHOW. Mn. GAnt Wrmetesos's Puppet Show, which the curious may see for nothing at Messrs. Heal's, is one of the moat charming little theatrical performances that I have...

letters submitted to him, but when stamped and addressed envelopes are sent he will do his best to returncontributions in case of rejection. Poems should be addressed to the...

writer's name or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked " Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the view therein expressed or with...

SUCCESS.* " It would be a base idolatry of practical life to require every man to succeed in it as far as he could, and to devote to it all his mind. The world certainly does...

NEW ONFORD.—The League of Notions .. .. 8.15-250 'Charming to the eye, tolerable to the ear, negligible to the mind.] PRINCES.—The Yeomen of the Guard . • 8.15-2.30...

LADY RHONDDA has produced a remarkable volume, but she might have made it much better if she had been a little less modest about her literary powers and had not thought it...

Irving earned a reputation as a student of crime who had a flair for finding his way through voluminous evidence and a pretty gift of exposition. The last four studies he wrote...

six German soldiers and sailors accused of atrocious cruelty to British soldiers and sailors during the War ; it found five of them guilty and condemned them to short terms of...

Tan .De Divinathme of Cicero is too little read. It is even, it appears, too little edited. For the author of a new American edition of the First Book says that practically no...

Ons of the most agreeable statements that we find in Mr. A. P. Herbert's Light Articles Only is one in five words—that the author has " a new novel in preparation." Mr. Herbert...

in about the year 1639 in Cromwell's house at Ely, and we are at once introduced to one of the most attractive characters in the piece—old Mrs. Cromwell, Oliver's mother, a...

WILES Wolfe fell on the Heights of Abraham and Quebec sur- rendered, General James Murray was appointed Governor of the city and left to defend it through the winter of 1759.60...

ALL those who have tasted the joys of camping will delight in this book. By camping we do not, of course, mean tours in wild country, organized with elaboration, personally...

PROFESSOR R. A. S. MACALISTEB, of Dublin, who has done much for the study of early Palestine, has now published the first volume of A Text-book of European Archaeology...

MR. R. H. BRAND, who is at once a trained economist and a practical banker, has reprinted from the Round Table twelve of the excellent articles which he has contributed to that...

To praise the eleventh edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannioa would be superfluous. It is a literary institution of which the English-speaking peoples may be proud. We have...

DR. PiftuiPs has written a very delightful little book on Carols, Their Origin, Music, and Connection with Mystery-Plays. (Rout- ledge. 6s. net.) The first carol, presumably,...

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SEEDS OF T13IE.* Ms. Jour DaricirwATER's new volume contains nothing that is very remarkable, though there are many pleasant pieces in it. A poem called " In the Valley,"...

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(Nonce in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] The London Mercury for December has a clever satirical poem by Mr. James Laver, describing the...

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