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as the British handling of Parity. The Admiralty said, in effect, " We "quite agree to equality of strength with the United States. We must point out, however, that the United...

Power Conference, but we think that the British delegates gave innumerable signs (for instance, in their proposals for reducing the size of ships, reducing the power of gnus and...

at Geneva a little more in the wrong, puts them a little more in the right, for it cannot Possibly be denied that the immense and intricate geographical construction of the...

VOR British people by far the most interesting part of President Coolidge's Message to Congress on Tues- day was that which dealt with sea power. We Wish that it were pleasant...

to cause the United States "to build either more or 'less than she would otherwise have done," and that in the absence of any agreement the question of what the size of the...

an award which were satisfactory to -thern,• and violating those which were not. It need not be supposed, however, that even on the employers' side there is - unwavering belief...

workers. About 35,000 were " out " and about 130 ships were affected: The cause of dispute was the old trouble of overtime. In the strike of 1924, the Waterside Workers'...

the Labour Party's Vote of Censure on the Prime Minister. His opening accusation, that Mr. Baldwin (on the occasion- when the Labour Party shouted down the President of the...

put that astonishingly perverse interpretation on the British decision to delay building. If moderation in building is to be called " propaganda " we want much more of such...

emphasize the immense wealth of the United States, which now "possesses the greatest treasure ever bestowed upon any people." Americans have, of course, been particularly...

the Treaty and waved it ecstatically in the 'face of Italy. - Italy's reply: was to rush through a Treaty with. Albania..for_ common defence._ This new Treaty, which was...

of last week. lie hurriedly negotiated an agreement with the Italian Ambassador for guaranteeing the position of Italian citizens in France and of French citizens in Italy. This...

the Carlisle district are being invited to pass resolutions for the abolition of the Carlisle experiment in Temperance reform. He even expresses the belief that the Associations...

calumny " and "cowardly slander" which have been "spread insidiously and privately by men and women of the baser sort" against his honesty. "Not a penny of this fund," he...

else to be grateful for the Carlisle experiment as some- thing that can be pointed to as a proof and a test. For the purpose of comparison with private enterprise, however, the...

Mr. MacDonald was re-elected unopposed as Chairman of the Party and Mr. J. R. Clynes as Deputy- Chairman. The day before the meeting a careful state- ment had been issued about...

of 1923 his fund was administered by the Whips without any reference to him. Then a Committee consisting of Mr. McCurdy, Sir William Edge and Major Gwilym Lloyd George was...

on April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 101j; on Wednesday week 101 1 1 , ; a year ago 09 if. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wedne s day 86; on Wednesday...

have made a fortnight ago. The situation was not so bad as in 1925. Production and export of coal were both up ; 24,000 more miners were employed. The Government preferred the...

Irr HE visit of the Soviet delegation to Geneva has produced an intensely interesting and malleable situation which ought to be plied with the hammer of common sense. The...

T HE nation may be congratulated on having Sir George Newman as Chief Medical Officer to the Board of Education. His Report for 1926 on the health of children in the State...

A REPRESENTATIVE of the Spectator, while travelling through Northern Europe last , summer, was much struck with the advantages of a new method of pig-killing, which is more...

guillotine, the Unemployment Insurance Bill has now reached its final stages.. A desultory and somewhat unsatisfactory discussion about training centres took place on an amend-...

red-plush curtains that screen the end of the Hall of Glass at Geneva from the lake- side and its passers-by, M. Litvinoff's tawny mane stood out distinct, dishevelled,...

IHE subject of Reincarnation is very much "in the 1. air" at present ; but it is a curious fact that many people still look on it as an exclusively Eastern belief, forgetting...

I N several parts . of London thousands of working- class dwellings are being reconditioned by private enterprise without any assistance whatsoever from public funds. This...

W E published on October 2211d a symposium of some of the best minds of the day on the subject of what books had been of the greatest value to them. We would repeat what we then...

notify The SPECTATOR Office BEFORE MIDDAY ON MONDAY OF EACH WEEK. The previous address to which the paper has been sent and receipt number should be quoted..

[TIIE LEICESTER GALLERIES.] SO much interest was aroused by Mrs. Dod Procter's picture Morning in last year's Academy—where it was bought by the Chantrey Bequest for the...

tree, not under a tree, but in it, away up amon g its topmost branches like a rock-a-bye baby, or shelterin g in its hallow trunk, you must have realized how very much alive the...

A LETTER PROM ATHENS. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Athens to-day consists of two cities that dwell inter- mingled and yet singularly independent of each other. There...

How the Russians Fared at Geneva TROUGH the week in which this article is being written and will be read is occupied at Geneva with the usual . December meeting of the League...

COUNTRYMEN AND FAT, STOCK. More countrymen visit London during the week of the Smithfield Fat Stock Show than at any date in the Year (unless a Wembley is in being), excusing...

Sin,—You interpret the Litvinoff disarmament proposal as a suggestion "that the keepers of civilization should destroy every means of defence and discipline, and that only, the...

ANGLO-SAXON PATRIOTISM [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] • • Sin,—In a recent communication to the Press Lord Cecil, after discussing anti-British feeling in America, added ....

SIR,—Sir William Beach Thomas in your issue of December 3rd declares that :-- "The success of the N.F.U. in its proper work of collective bargaining has not been great. One...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sue,—The comments of Prof. Relton on Sir William Joynson- Hicks's Memorandum on the Deposited Prayer Book seem singularly inappropriate. The...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—May I suggest that your comment on the Soviet plan for disarmament in the News of the Week was not a helpful one ? At the outset let me say...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Now that the proposed revision of the Prayer Book is to come before the. Houses of Parliament, perhaps your readers would care to have...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Even after the presidential gavel has' declared the termination of a discussion, it is not unusual to allow a vote of thanks to the chair....

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—In your issue of November 12th Mr. Emanuel traverses my statement that "it is natural to assume that when eminent scientists visit...

already corrected the error into Which both he and I, following him, by inadvertence fell. But hope I may be permitted to say what precisely happened at the recent St. Albans...

the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—.-Neither Dr. Dearmer nor Mr. Williamson give complete details. They make a brave show of the votes and percentages of votes in favour, but say nothing...

Mr. Townroe's account of Glasgow slums in your issue of December 3rd, it seems to me that he over-emphasizes the importance of "Mrs. McLusIde "—the woman content to sit down...

cannot grieve as deeply as you imagine most of us do in this country over the acts and utterances of Mayor Thompson of Chicago. In the first place I can't see why any of us here...

of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I was surprised to find no reference in Mr. Curnock's article to the fact that the story of Martin Guerre forms the theme of one of Alexandre Dumas'...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—May I add to your correspondence on the fox the point of view of the teacher ? How are we in hunting districts to inculcate in our...

wrote to the Spectator, November 26th, saying : "Does any dog understand as many as a dozen or half-a-dozen words if isolated from a particular Inflection of voice ? " I have a...

W. Beach Thomas ' in his article on "Country . . . . . Life " asks, " Does any dog understand as Many is half-a- dozen words if isolated from a particular inflection of voice...

1927, the Spectator published a letter from Mr. A. G. Grenfell, on the subject of "A Good Cup of Coffee." In the course of Mr. Grenfell's letter, reference was made to a certain...

The New Clock THE family next door have bought a clock. A little extra work, a little cash, Has raised for them this small domestic god Who with his golden gonging now will...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—It would be easy to answer Major Oppenheim's letter from the twelfth chapter of St. John's Gospel, and many would he sorry to see the...

[To the Editor of the ScEeTivroa.] Sul,—Your correspondent "T. W. H." will &mi." a good deal about Great TOUR in my book Wren and Tom Tower (chap. vii., p. 67), published at...

to my letter of last week, I would suggest that, besides each contributor being provided by the hospital with a specially printed card on which, pre- sumably, could appear the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] IR,—For many years British people from all parts of the Empire have known of Leysin and gone there to enjoy its quiet seclusion and to obtain...

we share. But in Archon, or The Future of Government (Kegan Paul, 2s. 6d.), he displays an addiction to capitals which is rather trying ; . we read much of. People's Rule, the...

report on the growth of County Libraries, which it began to finance in 1915 and to which it has contributed in all over £400,000, apart from its grants to the Central Library....

Anyone who reads Mr. Ellis Barker's large book on Chronic' Constipation (Murray, 7s. 6d.) cannot fail to' be impressed' by the importance of the subject and the general...

of the Week MISS DOROTHY UNA. RADCLIFFE -presents the strong poetie prose-sketches -and the wistful—rather sombre—verse con- tained in Dale Folk (John Lane, illustrated, 10s....

Pearson, was given in last week's Spectator as 5s. It should be-10s. 6d.

lovingly enthusiastic guide to what is best in book-printing. and book-binding, we have it in Mr. William Dana Orcutt's superb Kingdom of Books (Murray, illustrated, 21s.). The...

and namantic hero, Maurice de Balincourt, is now revealed in her .copious Memoirs edited . . by Robert Chant- 'nesse (Jonathan Cape. Price 16s.). Her love letters are now_...

when cattle-rustlers were busy, when Geronimo and his Apaches were on the war trail, and when most men went " heeled" with the rexultant crop of homicides, ought to furnish an...

WE have pleasure in announcing a new and somewhat difficult competition for those of our readers wherhave_a literary turn of mind. The Editor offers a prize of twenty guineas...

of Contemporary British Dramatists (3s. 6d. in paper or 5s. in cloth). In Boadicea, Mr. Laurence Binyon gives us a fine historical play in the old tradition. Written partly in...

papers which Surtee& wrote for the Sporting Magazine, and later his own publication, the New Sporting Magazine. The book is illustrated in 'colourby Mr. Armour (the wise will...

Adventure. By B. H. Streeter, C. M. Chileott, J. Maemurray, and A. S. Russell. (Macmillan. 7s. 6d.). Should Such a Faith Offend ? By E. W. Barnes, D.D., Bishop of Birmingham....

Valmer Castle and its Lords Warden. By the Marquis Curzon of Kedleston. (Macmillan. 288.) was characteristic of the late Lord Curzon that on his Appointment as Lord Warden of...

In the Green Jungle. By Lieut.-Colonel Gordon Casserly. (Ward, Lock. 58.) The Golden Book of Animal Stories. By H. Mortimer Batten. (Blaclde. 5s.) Fire Fighting by Land, Sea...

Tun problem of the differences between men and women is. always being reopened. Indeed, it seems to be one of those problems which, to use M. Bergson's word, are ‘7 exasperated"...

THOSE laudatares temporis acti who can find no virtue in this age might turn with profit to the back volumes of Punch and compare even the best of Du Maurier or the wittiest...

Nineteenth Century on '" Public Spending and Private Saving" contains statistics 'of quite extraordinary interest. "The wills recorded in 1897 represent the type of fortune that...

Memories of the Old College of Glasgow. By David Murray. (Jackson, Wylie. Illustrated. 42s.) 'THERE is, alas a fast dwindling band of old Glasgow Univer- sity men who can say...

novel by the author of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse follows in leisurely fashion the development of a Spanish youth, Isidro Maltrana. Born into poverty and trained at an...

Publishers.)—This is a story of Canada, but not the Canada of the "movies." Mr. Griffin has written, in the manner of the Victorian novelists, a long, quiet, discursive...

somewhat slow in getting into its stride, but, once well going, it remains exciting and amusing till the end. Sir Isidore Benassen, the Jewish oil king, is known to Mihill...

Diary of a Young Lady of Fashion deceived even the elect into the belief that it was a genuine document. The author's new book—being The Random Recollections of Sir Wickham...

a quiet novel of English country life, somewhat in the Trollope vein. Mrs. Valiant and Diana Leslie are the respective ladies of two neighbouring manors. Into the secluded and...

Great Short Novels of the World. Chosen by Barrett H. Clark. (Heinemann. 8s. 6d.). Select Tales from Tchehov. Translated by Constance Garnett. (Matto and Windus. 7s. 6d.) Tax...

. the • little terra-cottas _ made at Tanagra reflect the domestic life of ancient Greece, so Mr. Hubbard 's vivid and graceful sketches recall Greek society With its mingling...

(Nisbet and Co. 8s. (ld.)-In writing his own reminis- cences Sir Arthur Yapp writes incidentally the history of the Y.M.C.A. Brought up in an evangelical household, he tells us...

CLASSICAL :-Locb Classical Library.-Josephus. Trans- lated by H. St. J. Thackeray.-Cicero. Translated by W. Glynn Williams.-Isneus. Translated by E. S. Forster.-Dio's Roman...

1. From v, hat bird does one obtain marabou feathers ? 2. Which part of England is forever Scotland ? -3. When was the first known pianoforte made ? 4. Who said of his .wife...

is a strong, vigorous, picturesque story of East Africa. "Tiger' Finch, a District Resident; is an illegitimate son, his mother having been Ann Kingsley, a nursery governess...

VIGNETTES OF MEMORY. -By Lady Violet - Creville. (Hutchinson. 18s.)-Some of Lady Violet Greville's " nettes " are charming ! We like best the furthest back memories-those which...

Dickinson Illustrated. (Witherby. 12s: 6d.)-It might be thought that a quarter whence Messrs. Lever Bros. procure their materials for soap was a placid and a peaceful region,...

• THE SECURITY OF LIFE ASSURANCE. WnEN an investment yields a high rate of interest there is generally something lacking in the way of security, and in return for unimpeachable...

(Longmans. Zs. 6.04— The Royal Colonial Institute is promoting,, under the,Jcom- petent editorship of Professor Newton, a series of " Imperial Studies" by historians under...

and Margaret I. Walker. (Published by the authors at East Hagbourne, Didcot. 42s.)—Mr. and Mrs. Walker have done a good piece of work in describing all the church plate...

five feet in height and a native of India.-2. The centre court at Wimbledon—the turf being brought from the banks of the Solway Firth.-3. Beginning of the eighteenth century...

Stoughton. 20s.)—Sir Vincent Corbett tells us in the Preface to his Reminiscences that he has been advised by an expert to "write naturally as it came into my head." Ile has had...

Before, however, dealing with the why and the where- fore of the amalgamation, it may be " well to set out briefly the actual facts. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank, which is...

These are days 'wheir shnrt titles are preferred by the banks.. A few years agowe had.titles like "Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, Ransom,- BouVerie and Co.," now known as Barclays...

The paid-up capital of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank is £1,207,872 in shares of 120 each, with £12 paid, and the Reserve Fund is equal to the paid-up capital. Shareholders...

An Interesting Banking Fusion THERE are certain points connected with the impending fusion of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank with the Bank of Liverpool and Martins which...

It is, indeed, this circumstance which lends exceptional interest to the latest banking amalgamation and Conceiv- ably explains the readiness with which Treasury ,eonsent...

RISE IN TiE AMERICAN EXCHANGE. CLOSELY linked with the continued firmness of the Stock Markets is the rise- which has taken place in the American exchange. I say 'clokely...

Many explanations might be given of the rise in the Britishi pound as expressed in the American exchange on London, and foremost among them must be the large loans made by th...

A further indication of more satisfactory industrial condi- tiOns in the North is furnished by the annual Report of the Commercial Bank of Scotland, which is a good one. The nit...

_ _ The general strength and cheerfulness of markets is, how- ever, all the more noteworthy in view of the continued flOw Of fresh capital issues. Already the flotations have...