Boscawen announced—though the public had already learned the news in advance through the newspapers—that the Govern- ment had decided to decontrol agriculture. The Agriculture...

constituencies in the land there is an overwhelming feeling that economy simply must be forced upon the Government if the nation is to be saved 'trim bankruptcy. The thinking...

strike was settled if the Government had not felt that the time had come to save every penny even at some public risk. Another sign is the reduction of the unemployment doles...

a good case, and one can imagine how convincing it would seem when garnished with Mr, Lloyd George's skill in Presentation. He would point out that although the Government had...

T HEdaY of reckoning is upon the Government. During the past few days the whole nation, as never before, has become aware of the extraordinary gravity of the financial situation...

cannot be another great war for many years owing to the exhaustion of the world, it is safe to avoid spending money on national security, why do they go on with this key...

in danger of sinking. It is true we have signed a contract to carry this cargo. If we do not jettison it, however, the ship herself will be lost with everybody on board." So far...

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to their conference on Thursday, explaining why the . " Triple Alliance " strike arranged for April 15th was cancelled at the last moment. They said that the miners' leaders...

week. On June 1st at Clonmore, Kerry, four policemen were killed and three badly wounded. On June 2nd, near Westport, Mayo, six policemen were killed and four fatally injured,...

he had nothing further to propose. Moreover, the proposed State dole of £10,000,000, " to ease the difficulties of the men in the districts most hardly hit by the great fall in...

last persuaded Germany that they are in earnest about the fulfilment of the Peace Treaty. Bavaria last month was stoutly professing that she could not and would not disarm. But...

seized the opportunity afforded by the Prime Minister's warning, and invited the miners' leaders to meet the coal-owners on Monday. The meeting was duly held, and the two...

on Monday because employers and employed could not agree on the percentage by which wages should be reduced. The employers asked for a reduction of 80 per cent. in the piece...

Minister that the districts—that is, casual meetings of miners—had all rejected the Government terms for the settle. ment of the strike. The coal-owners on the same day put...

this country made a concerted attack on the telegraph wires outside London and Liverpool on Tuesday night. Many wires were out on the roads and railways. At Harlington, on the...

British public underrated the strength of their friends in America. The Sulgrave Institute and similar societies, with 18,000,000 members — " all Americans " —were working for...

the City Hall, Belfast, on Tuesday, in the presence of the Viceroy, Lord FitzAlan. Major Hugh O'Neill was elected Speaker, and Sir James Craig entered upon his duties as Prime...

June 2nd, moved that the regulations under the Emergency Powers Act should continue in force. The Labour Party objected on the ground that " sedition " might be variously...

in this week's issue, as in our last, is signed with the name of Mr. Kiddy. In the case of persons in the world of Finance and Commerce it is wholly unnecessary to dwell upon...

Apr. 28, 1921; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 87k; Thursday week, 88; a year ago, 84i.

promotions in the peerage. Lord Curzon becomes a Mar- quess and Lord Birkenhead a Viscount. Three new peers were created—Sir Ailwyn Fellowes, the chairman of the Agricultural...

Commons on Monday for the second reading. Sir Donald Maclean moved its rejection, on the ground that Free Trade alone could restore the depressed exchanges and enable European...

Kenworthy's Bill to prohibit public performances by trained animals was defeated. It is a subject of regret that the Bill should have lent itself at numerous points to very easy...

sized the danger of competition from Germany, where the mark had been deliberately depreciated so as to help her export trade. Mr. Fisher admitted his natural bias for Free...

economy, defeated Sir H. M. Jesse!, the Coalition Unionist candidate, in the by-election at St. George's, Westminster, on Tuesday. Mr. Erskine polled 7,241 votes and Sir H. M....

Crooks last Sunday. There was no more popular figure in Poplar. MI Poplar, indeed, is in mourning. Often though we disagreed with Mr. Crooks in the days of his activity as a...

A LEAGUE OF CITIZENS. The Will of the Majority—The Law of the Constitution—The Spirit of Free Democracy. T HE letters received in regard to our article on the League of Good...

by torrents of words and waterspouts of statistics, real and imaginary, in regard to the coal strike, has become utterly confused. Men ask, and no wonder, why it is and how it...

confusion of language' among those who keep asking themselves the all-important question whether America is " coming in " to the League. Some people will tell you with complete...

T HE war has left a legacy of many difficult problems to be tackled by the Imperial Conference which is about to meet in London. Fortunately, the delegates, being all of British...

O NEof the great expenses which constantly come as surprises both to individuals and communities is the expense of repairs. It is difficult to realize the unceasing process of...

passed on his first twilight round ; a lone glow- worm showed a pale green spark on the edge of the swamp, and shadowy night-jars flitted over the heath, with their peculiar...

THE OUTLOOK. (To THE EDITOR 01 THE " SPECTATOE."] Sis, In considering the financial outlook at the present moment, it is very necessary to distinguish between what may be termed...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " ancroroz."] Six,—The correspondence following your article on " A League of Good Citizens " has provided very excellent food for thought, and I have...

[Letters of the length of one of our leading paragraphs are often more read,and therefore more effective, than those which fill treble the space.] PROTECTING THE NATIONAL...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, —I see from your columns that other people beside myself are dissatisfied with the attitude of various well-meaning persons, including...

Sra,—We have repeatedly notified the Governments of the Allies that the Jewish immigrants are introducing and spreading in Palestine the spirit and principles of Bolshevism, but...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Ste,—The following quotations—one from an article in the Times of April 28th, 1921, the others from actual conversations held during the...

Sezerrroa."1 Stn.,—In your leading article on North-East Ireland of June 4th you say :— " One would have naturally supposed that the cruelties practised upon the Protestants of...

or THE " SPECTATOR.") Stn.,—I enclose a document which may interest your readers.— "Brief of an Address of George L. Fox against recognizing the Bastard and Pickayune Irish...

[To inc EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") Stn,—In your issue of June 4th you make a comparison between the population of Ulster and other places. It would be interesting to compare...

" SPECTATOR."] Sru,—As a miner I was somewhat puzzled by the letters of " Ifidlander " and C. J. Eyres in your issue of May 28th. What exactly are they aiming at? Am I to...

Or THE " SPECTATOR."] 8m,—Warren Hastings illustrated in his life and conversa- tion the mens aequa rebus in arduis, and Mark Tapley was renowned for maintaining a cheerful...

THE " SPECTATOR.") Six,—There has been an election in this county for the Ulster Parliament, and it has had its humours. There are so many traps and gins for the unwary in...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") have read with much interest the letter from " Ignotus " on the art of inscription in your issue of April 16th. He quotes with deserved...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " Seeeraros."] Sin,—The valuable article in your issue of May 28th on the troubles in Egypt leads me to submit the following remarks. The trouble is...

Sts,—As an inscription for a War Memorial I suggest the phrase from the King's letter to the relatives of the fallen: " They passed from the eight of men by the path of duty and...

OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Would you kindly allow me to draw attention to the existence of English boys in India whose educational needs an not, I think, fully understood in...

CULTRAM ABBEY.) SIR, —The inscription on the memorial to those of the parish of Holme Cultram, Cumberland, who fell in the Great War is as follows :- "They gave their bodies to...

Sra,—The lines quoted in the last issue of the Spectator by one of your correspondents :— "He died the noblest death a man may die, Fighting for God, and Right, and Liberty— And...

that stayed behind," expresses to many, more poignantly than any other phrase, what they feel about the " glorious dead."—

THE " SPECTATOR.”1 Sia,—The accompanying copy of a letter from an English- speaking Hindu schoolmaster received by me whilst encamped, upwards of fifty-five years ago, near a...

(To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—Much correspondence has appeared of late in the Press upon the various phases of cruelty to animals, and nothing but good results can...

[To TN& Earroa OFT= " SPECTITOR."] Sta,—May we draw the attention of the public to the fact that the Report of the Committee on Child Adoption has been pub- lished, and copies...

(To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Some fifteen years ago Admiral Sir A. K. Wilson com- manded the Channel Fleet- and took them on a Baltic cruise. At Copenhagen they met...

(To sex Burros or rat "SPECTATOR."1 Su,—For some time past I have been engaged upon an edition of the writings, in prose and poetry, of George Darley (179,5- 1846), to be...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sin; —This year and last there have been hardly any birds of the swallow tribes round here, where there used to be plenty. I should much...

FUND. [To THE EDITOR OF TH3 " Ser.crtroa.") Snr,—Your readers may be interested to hear that a sum of money has been granted by the United Services Fund for the benefit of...

" IF," BY LORD DUNSANY, AT THE AMBASSADORS THEATRE. PERHAPS I was in a heavy mood, but anyhow I experienced the sensation of constantly falling through If. John Beal of The...

THE RUIN. CONE are the coloured princes : gone echo : gone laughter. Drips the blank roof : and the moss creeps after. Dead is the crumbled chimney ; all mellowed to rotting...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Under the new fanciful method oL assessing the Income Tax, and allowances upon it, I pay between £30 and 240 more than I did last...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") Sta,—Knowing your interest in bird life I write you of the curious experience I have had with a cuckoo. On May 28th, on approaching my...

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

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

THE LIFE OF WHITELAW REID.* WE dealt last week with A Cycle of Adams Letters, which are primarily Civil War memoirs. Now comes The Life of Whitelaw Reid to make yet another...

ALDWYCIL—The First and the Last and Matiniec only, 2.80 The New Morality .. , Mon., Tues., Wed. [The Reandean Company, including Miss Maggie Albsuiesi, in two good short plays....

AVIII0IIGH Mr. Bywater hopes and believes that there will not be a war between Japan and America, he has written this treatise on naval power in the Pacific to show what may...

IT is, we think, generally realized that until the delicate fabric of international credit, shattered by the war, is in some measure restored, international commerce cannot...

at the Universities during the past twenty years is beginning to have its effect. There is a marked increase in the number of English readers who care for the French classics as...

1915, had some devoted admirers, notably Dr. Dillon, who have seen in him a great Russian statesman. Inasmuch as he was trusted neither by the Court nor by any political party,...

Shakespeare from Betterton to Irving contain an extraordinary mass of fact and should prove valuable to the student of the drama. The author is particularly interesting on the...

Tan influence of the M.C.C. on cricket has never been greater than it is to-day. Its authority on the revision of laws and in the selection of teams for the great matches of the...

6s. net.)—A cheerful story by the author who used to write under the name of " Platoon Commander." The early chapters concerning the lives of three very young men at Sandhurst...

ADAM AND EVE AND PINCH ME.t Go out on any winter day and capture the frosted web upon a gorse bush. Bring it home and show it to your friend. The spidery filaments will cling...

[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] The London Mercury for June contains a spirited article by the late Mr. E. W. Hornung on Charles Reade,...

DOMESDAY BOOK.• MR. EDGAR LEE MASTERS, the author of the Spoon River Anthology, has written a portentous poem. There are 396 pages to the book and an average of twenty-soven...

by Dr. A. S. Russell (Murray, ls. net monthly), has in its June number an article on " Colour Photography " by Dr. R. A. Houstoun, who explains with unusual lucidity the...

By A. G. Bradley. (R. Scott. 10s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Bradley has written an attractive book, well illustrated by Mr. F. Adcock, to supplement his Old Gate of England. There he dealt...

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C. S. S. Higham. (Cambridge University Press. 20s. net.) This able essay shows how interesting our early colonial history may be when it is worked out in detail from State...

By Kathleen Lambley. (Manchester University Press : Longman. 14s. net.)—Miss Lambley has written a remarkably interesting book on the history of the teaching and use of French...

By Commander Rudolf Verner, R.N. Edited by Colonel Willoughby Verner. (John Bale, Sons, and Danielsson. 42s. net.)—This highly interesting volume contains by far the beat...

net.)—Mr. Dobson has reprinted in this engaging little volume half a dozen essays on eighteenth-century worthies— Thomas Edwards, who in his Canons of Criticism attacked the...

Corwin. (Princeton University Press and H. Milford. Os. 6d. net.)—Professor Corwin's admirable little edition of the American Constittition appears in a revised form. It is...

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London Mercury, and will interest collectors.

Sato. (Putnam. 15s. net.)—Two Japanese graduates of Chicago University explain in this interesting book the facts concerning the Japanese in California. There were last year...

(Homeland Association. 12s. 6d. net.)—Those who know Sussex will be interested in Mr. Summers's pen and pencil drawings of picturesque churches, houses, and bridges in the towns...