10 per cent. of their " total wealth " to. a perpetual_ loan- bearing 3 per cent. interest. All those who. fail to :pay the levy voluntarily. will become liable to an "...

Clemente], the Minister of Finance, announced in the Senate on April 2nd that the Government intended to authorize an extraordinary issue of notes by the Banque de France for...

A T last some attempt is being made in France, in the presence of the crashing franc, to take in hand yery seriously the question of taxation. The most Unwilling admit that "...

became clear that lie had aggravated rather than decreased the general anxiety about the finances Of the country. M. Francois-Marsal declared that the real cause of the...

points of disagreement between him and M. Herriot. M. Clementel wanted to raise more revenue by fresh . forrhS of indirect taxation; but M. Herriot had- other and more drastic...

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Birkenhead, who professed to speak for himself and not for the Government, sketched a scheme for reform of the Upper House. From our point of view the whole debate was...

in a gain for the Socialists at the expense of the Liberals, though the Catholics remain the largest party. Apparently the Catholics have returned about 83 deputies, the...

south of the Equator for several months, has started auspiciously. When two days out from home H.M.S. ' Repulse ' met the British fleets, fresh from manoeuvres off Majorca, and...

who are controlling or trying to control the second election for the German Presidency. The possibilities are th wider since the Constitution does not preclude entirely new...

Government must have proper represen- tation in the Upper House—otherwise the danger will be much greater for other parties than for Labour itself. Lord Birkenhead would like to...

" Fear broods over Europe, the fear of war breaking out again, not to-day, not to-morrow, not, as I think, in my time ; but unless we can alter the outlook, relieve these fears,...

We wish they were not. Their aim in life is to make trouble, whether by substituting revolutionary action generally for evolution, or in smaller matters of tactics : and we...

publicist who was acknowledged as a high authority on railway economics. Having been a schoolmaster and, oddly enough, tutor to the ex-Kaiser and Prince Henry of Prussia, he...

likely to give good advice on the subject. Its Report was unanimous, yet the evidence has never been published. It is not encouraging to busy public men when all their laborious...

on March 5th, 1925. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on 'Wednes- day 10216; on Thursday week 1011; a year ago 102 t r Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 881; on Thursday week...

Geoffrey Butler introduced a Bill to regulate the adoption of children. We need not go now into the details, as the Government held out no hope that time could be found for an...

has of late practically confined itself to keeping alive many thousands of the Christian Refugees from Turkish territory who are now in Greece. Though there will be need for...

LORD BALFOUR AND PALESTINE rr HERE comes a time in all political movements when onlookers have to admit that a new stage has been reached and that the policy of the future must...

W HAT does Credit mean to the ordinary citizen ? The belief—(Credo, I believe)—that a promise to pay him in yellow metal, if he should insist on it, is so sure to be kept that...

FROM A LEGAL CORRESPONDENT T HE strong feeling which has bcen aroused by the reports of certain recent trials which have appeared at great length in various newspapers is amply...

BY LORD BEARSTRD I T is impossible to overrate the changes that are taking place under our very eyes, which have needed, to open them, the dismay caused by the revelation that...

• " T HE reckless driver is the kernel of the present accident problem." These are not words from the " scare-head " Press. They were uttered recently by the United States...

BY MRS. HALDANE OF CLOAN [It is a pleasure to be able to celebrate in an unusual manner the birthday of Mrs. Haldane (the mother of Lord Haldane) who was born a hundred years...

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BY STEPHEN GRAHAM W ITH the Russians Easter is a greater festival than Christmas. It is celebrated more elaborately in the Church, but it is also understood and enjoyed more by...

T HE spring migration of birds into Great Britain lasts from mid-February until the first days of June, and during that time fifty species arrive regularly to spend the summer...

NEW YEAR BELLS Tarnish, Mr. Gilbert Emery's play at the Vaudeville Theatre, is vigorous, and noisily effective. It might have been more expressively named, perhaps, by some...

APROPOS OF I)ELIUS • " ALL true, all original music is a swan's song of the period which it celebrates." Thus Nietzsche ; and this remarkable dictum came into my mind while...

RACIALISM IN SOUTH AFRICA [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—May I as an ex-South African Civil Servant of thirty. two years' standing be permitted to offer some remarks on...

FAREWELL TO GRIFFITH UNTIL last week my belief in D. W. Griffith had never wavered, in spite of his bad films like One Exciting Night and Love and Sacrifice. It still seemed to...

SIR,—Unemployment is, I venture to state, the question of the day. There is no one remedy for it, but peace abroad and industrial peace at home, economy in administration, sound...

my mind, the crux of the situation in India lies in the attempt to solve the complex Indian problems by political remedies. In India we are carried away by our belief that our...

SIR, —As an old subscriber to your paper I was interested to read the letter you published under the above heading, and would like to make a few comments thereon. I should be...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,--The issue raised by Sir A. Mond, and made much clearer to many of us by Mr. Bryan, is so enormously important that perhaps you will...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—You may be interested to hear of the birth of a new theatrical project in Leeds—devoted to the presentation of an intelligent drama. It is...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The lack of adequate recreation grounds for the great majority of our young people is a matter which for many years past has occupied the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—May I venture to ask Mr. C. B. Marshall three questions ? (1) Is he aware that before it was known publicly that Canon Barnes had been...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Mr. Joad represents Bergson as holding that matter is an illusion, and that the universe is one indivisible and homogeneous flow of life,"...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Snt,—The letter of Mr. Francis Hughesdon in your issue of February 14th under the above heading clearly expresses the state of uncertainty...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Now that Easter Vestries are almost due, I should like once more to plead, if you will spare me the necessary space, that the great silent...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,--T have read in the Spectator of March 14th Mr. Lari- more's letter about Mr. Julian Huxley's article on " American Prohibition." Mr....

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I do not know whether Mr. Alan Porter meant the opening sentence of his review (Spectator, March 21gr) seriously, or whether it was a joke...

REVERIE OFTEN I shall long to go Where the water buffalo Resting quiet stands beside Fresh sown rice fields wet and wide. There below the hill-side sleep Fields of water,...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—According to Vice-Admiral Philip Dumas' gardener, autumn kittens are slow, and spring ones quick, in catching mice. The latter remark...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Cannot the system be altered by which we encourage, rather than discourage, the broadcasting of betting news ? I understand it is...

SIR HORACE SMITH-DORRIEN Memories of Forty-eight Years' Service. General Sir Hum.° Smith-Dorrien, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O. (John Murray, 25s.) SIR HORACE SMITII-DORRIEN'S...

and at most newsagents, and, except for a few isolated and distant areas, should be available on Friday. The Publisher would be grateful if readers would bring to his notice...

Dead, and this book, too, is compiled by Mr. Bickley and published by Mr. Guy Chapman. These dialogues are historical conversa- tions as poignant and illuminating , as any...

FOURTH COMPETITION THE EDITOR OFFERS A PRIZE OF £5 FOR A NEW NURSERY RHYME. AGAIN there are no restrictions upon length or form ; but again we ask to be mercifully treated....

MR. FRANCIS BICKLEY'S An English Letter Book (Guy Chap. man) is drawn from the papers of the Royal Historical Manu- scripts Commission, and most of the letters are little...

The Editor offered a prize of £5 for an Epitaph in Advance upon Henry Ford, Jack Hobbs, or Professor Albert Einstein. WE printed most of the best entries in last week's issue,...

Studio ") is a book of over a hundred plates of ships, storms, pirates, maps, and such things, well reproduced and excellently . selected. Mr. Basil Lubbock writes a very lively...

of John Jones, an old family butler. There was not much to be said for the verses themselves, and it was Sotithey's kindliness that made him see merit in them. But Southey...

B1ALIK was born in 1872, in a village of South Russia, one of a despised and persecuted people. He grew up to the dreary life of the eastern Ghetto, a life without courage or...

Lord John Manners and his Friends. By Charles Whibley. With Illustrations. 2 vols. (Blackwood. 30s.) MIL WHIBLET is so good a writer that prepossessions not perhaps admirable in...

ALMOST any travel book is readable, and some few are very good. The Arctic Forests is among the best. It tells us about the Indians and about the white men in Yukon and Alaska....

The Lady Julian : a Psychological Study. By R. H. Thouless. (S.P.C.K. 4s. 6d.) THE Lady Julian lived in a tiny cell built up against the church in Norwich. She had no part in...

A VERY varied and interesting number of the Nineteenth Century opens with an article on " President Ebert and HjalMan Branting," by Mr. Ramsay MacDonald. It is a somewhat...

ABOUT eighteen months ago we reviewed a book, The Saar Question, written by Mr. Sidney Osborne. We agreed with most of the views expressed and only regretted that it seemed to...

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CATALOGUE OF FIRST EDITIONS, PROOF COPIES, AND MANUSCRIPTS OF BOOKS BY LORD BYRON. (First Edition Club.) The Bibliographical Catalogue of First Editions, Proof...

THE " Modern World " series, in which Dr. Gooch's volume appears, is described as " a survey of historical forces." His book answers to the description, for it brings out very...

Miss FRANCES PITT, whose work will be familiar to readers of the Spectator, has written sixteen charming chapters descriptive of the haunts and habits of our waterside birds...

6d. net.)—A man hunt is always interesting reading, and this account of the hunting of a French ex- convict is no exception to the rule. The book reads like a translation, but,...

HEALING THE SICK Shepherd Easton's Daughter. By Mary J. H. Skrine. (Arnolds. 7s. lid. act.) WE enter into the atmosphere of Shepherd Easton's Daughter as into a country where...

for the past year, although revealing a small realized surplus, has had a sobering effect upon those who have been proclaiming huge surpluses in the forthcoming Budget. There is...

such factors as the disturbing financial situation in France, Budget un- certainties and the approach of the Easter holidays, the general tone of markets during the past week...