P UBLIC attention during the past week has been focused on the Conference, first of the Prime Ministers and then of the experts, called to consider German reparations, German...

sense easy to France by telling her that, if our plan for reducing repara- tions is allowed to prevail, we will wipe out, or, at any rate, greatly reduce, the sum owed to us by...

cerned most anxious not to do anything in a hurry, and not to break even the thinnest thread, if such a thread is still preventing complete severance. We may therefore feel sure...

us last week, Lord Grey laid down specifically four very sound principles in regard to the settlement of the debt question " No one contemplates that we should give up that...

the very short breathing space which is allowed us—action of some kind cannot be long postponed—is to think out some plan for giving France that sense of security which alone...

getting anything out of Germany unless we first put Germany on her feet and enable her to become prosperous enough to pay France and the rest of the Allies what she owes them....

Oxford which shows that his judgment, his reasonableness, and his instinct for the middle course and the moderate course is still as strong as ever. Lord Grey began his speech...

inability of the French Government and French people to believe that " half a loaf is better than no bread." They keep on insisting that they have got it. down in black and...

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about the repayment of private debts by professing an inability to pay even £500,000 a month in place of the £2,000,000 due under the agreement. M. Folmar!) therefore announced...

to be slight, there are some things, says Mr. Bell, of which she is fully aware. She knows that the general European idea that she got rich in the War is a delusion. The War, so...

Nations. We are anxious to see Germany inside the League of Nations, but one of the conditions must be that she keeps her Treaty obligations; and one of these obligations is to...

made public. It seems, however, that he would have the Allies appropriate the levy on German exports, valued at £62,000,000, the revenue of the German Customs in the Rhine-...

the Allies had suffered greatly and not France alone. He q uoted an American estimate showing that the War had cost us 49,000,000,000 dollars—almost as much as it cost France...

autumn recess, the Prime Minister made an important statement on the Near East. He ridiculed the suggestion that we had alienated a friendly Turkey, and reminded the House that...

Italian Foreign Minister, the Belgian Premier and the Japanese Ambassador at Downing Street to consider once again the interminable question of German reparations. According to...

Chicago Daily News, in his letter to the Times of August 8th, gives a clear statement of what is bound to be America's attitude toward the Balfour Note and to the whole question...

the good friend of Great Britain and his own country, but as chief liaison officer to the English-speaking world. We only wish that Mr. Bell had mentioned, in support of these...

on Thursday, August 3rd, said that we recognized to the full our obligation to America and did not mean to evade it. He pointed out at the same time that our burden of debt was...

the Prime Minister announced last week that the Air Force would be strengthened by the provision of five hundred aero- planes for home defence at a cost of £2,000,000 a year. He...

dealing with the pay and hours of work of Civil Servants, The result of their inquiries is astonishing. The Civil Service Whitley Council has arranged a working week of...

not unduly favouring the Greeks. But for our interference the Greeks could occupy Constantinople and blockade the Asiatic coast to prevent Mustapha Kernel from getting arms from...

mission on the Honours question would include—under the chairmanship of Lord Dunedin—Lord Denman, Sir Evelyn Cecil, Sir Samuel Hoare, Sir G. Croydon Marks and Mr. Henderson. The...

of the general strike proclaimed by the Socialists unfortunately failed to restore domestic peace in Italy last week. The anti-Socialist body, who wear black shirts and are...

the "compleat elephant trainer":— "You must be gentle and faithful and tender to your elephant. Above all, you must -have a very great deal of patience ; you must love your...

to Cork from the north and the east. A detachment sent by sea landed at Fenit, in County Kerry, and occupied Tralee. On Tuesday other detachments were landed near Cork and at...

at the Zoo who has been shaming her sex by refusing to work. A mahout was cabled for, and a few days after his arrival proceeded to tame the shrewish creature by a combined...

July 13, 1922 ; 6 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 1001; Thursday week, 1001 ; a year ago, 88.

MR. LLOYD GEORGE AND THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY. T HINGS are moving in the underworld of politics— strange and ominous things. Up till now the general public has not noticed them,...

T HE sermon which the Dean of St. Paul's preached before the members of the International Peace Conference a fortnight ago is still causing a good deal of controversy. Though we...

[COMMUNICATED.] C OMING in through Cologne and Westphalia, even though it was Sunday, one could not help seeing how much work the Germans are doing, in industry and, as one got...

T HE examples of Honours-Brokerage given by the Duke of Northumberland in the National Review have led me to think that a certain experience of my own about twelve or thirteen...

A GOOD deal has been done of late to encourage the practice of adoption, which Dr. Henry Chapin, of New York, describes succinctly as " putting the homeless child in the...

ig CLASS of rhetorical chemists," says Hatch, " would be thought of only to be ridiculed ; a class of rhetorical religionists is only less anomalous because we are accustomed...

heart than there used to be. " A good thing too," say all those whose verbal memory is poor and who still resent the unjust handicap of their childhood. Indeed, it does seem a...

FIRM MARKETS. CONFERENCE UNCERTAINTIES—WILL ACTIVE TRADE MAKE STOCKS DECLINE i—HOME RAILWAY YIELDS—SPECULATIVE MARKETS BETTER. [To THE EDITOR 07 THE " SPECTATOR."]...

[Letters of the length of on3 of our leading paragraphs are often more read, and therefore more effective, than those which fill treble the space.] SCHOOL TEACHERS' FIVE PER...

AND TO SIT IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. (To Tag EDITOR OY THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR, I have carefully read the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act of December 23rd, 1919, 9 and 10 Geo.V....

SPECTATOR.") Sin,—The Spectator is the only paper I am acquainted with in the London Press which gives a fair hearing to the unfortunate landlord now being slowly ruined by the...

ITO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Sta.—Will you allow me to draw attention to the importance of the House of Commons' division on the cattle embargo question as a...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR ."] SIR,—The Spectator has been so good a friend to the P.R. movement that I am emboldened to write to you to see if I can get help from your...

THE " SPECTATOrt."] Sin,—In arriving at a right judgment upon this subject, it must not be forgotten that as far back as December, 1919, Archbishop Walsh gave his official...

" SPECrATOR."] Sin,—With reference to your comments on the costs in the Russell case I may offer a few remarks, as I have been nearly fifty years in the profession. In the last...

[To THE EDITOR OF TUE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Our Parliamentary campaign for the prohibition of public performances by trained animals has received such welcome support from your...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] Sre,—In the article thus headed (Spectator, July 22nd), the writer says it seems incredible that anyone should mind making the small demand...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR...I Sri, —The recent efforts to assist the inhabitants of this lonely South Atlantic island have brought about a widened public interest in...

[To THE EDITOR OP TEl " SPECTATOR."] SIE,—Teachers of the people proclaim from the columns of our newspapers and from Hyde Park platforms that nationalism is the main source of...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sia,—On reading your interesting article on the postcard reproductions issued by the British Museum it occurred to me that all your readers...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") Sra,—In your article on the British Museum picture cards you mention the saying of a Somersetshire man about Compton. Dando. This interests...

[To rns Enrroa OP THE " Specrseoe."] Sia,—In your review of Professor Ekwall's book you refer to Boggart Hole Clough and ghosts. I am sorry to have to upset this little bit of...

SPECTATOR.") Sin,—Mr. Douglas Gordon's article on the moor-hen reminded me of an incident I saw in one of the side streams at Cookham in 1911. The stream is about six yards...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—The account of the refractory elephant and the mahout at the Zoo, published in your issue of July 22nd, influences me in sending 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 " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I have not seen the lines about "Dick Martin," to which you allude in your footnote to Mr. Bayne's letter, for something like half a century, but to the...

(To THE EDITOR or THE " Sercreroa."l Ent, —In common, I suspect, with every reader of the Spectator who has turned the vital pages of The Teaching of English in England—sent...

THOUGH the Spectator Fund is now closed, subscriptions sent to us will be forwarded at once to the C.O.S. Last week cheques for £1 Is. each were received by us from A. E. L....

THE DROWNED LOVER.* L HERE, by the lonely shore I have pitched my tent ; Only a slant of shingle, and sometimes sand, Severs us, bed from bed ; And the waves that roar Over...

" THE MAN IN DRESS CLOTHES " AT THE GARRICK THEATRE. The Man in Dress Clothes is something of a theatrical curiosity. When its run began it was apparently doomed to failure—...

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...

NEW.—lane Clegg and Rounding the Triangle . 8.30-2 .30 [A good tragedy and a good comedy ; both well acted.] WYNDILAM'S.—Dear Brutus .. .. .. 8.30-2.30 [Sir James Barrie's...

THE POMP OF POWER.* THIS is a very amusing, cleverly written book, with a great air of actuality about it and many hints in the " I could an I would " style. It is not, however,...

previous exhibition of drawings. Two exquisite Matisse landscapes ; two Marchands, which compare favourably with any that were at the Independent Gallery ; an Othon Frleaz still...

.. [The usual popular opening night, with Berlioz and Gluck to counteract the pretty music.] August 13th.—Q'UEEN'S HALL .. .• • • • • [Selections from The Flying Dutchman. A...

Tam first sensation of the reasonable lover of poetry on receiving another book on Dante is one of oppression ; he feels that yet another foot has been added to the wall of...

IT is almost inevitable that one should compare a new book dealing with insects with the work of the great Fabre, and : it is almost as inevitable that, from the literary and...

Dr. Newbigin has done with geography what Professor Thomson has done with biology. From the mass of science accumulated by him and by other specialists he has selected material...

Tim energetic Navy Records Society, which is helping to put the study of our naval history on a new and firmer basis by publishing original documents, has just issued two more...

fright given in literary circles by the ease with which Macpherson, Chatterton, Ireland, and to a certain extent Bishop Percy, had imposed their forgeries, impious or pious, on...

war books are not now popular, we must mention this narrative by the late Brigadier- General Hanway Cumming (which has two brief introductions by Sir William Robertson and Sir...

of the human heart will find in this brief fragment of autobiography by Countess Tolstoi considerable matter for reflection. We do not here get a picture of Tolstoi like the...

HUMANITY is always curious about the private foibles of its gods. We are delighted when Max reveals the dinner-table idiosyncrasies of the Swinburne-Watts-Dunton menage. So we...

THIS FREEDOM.* A GIRL grows up in the straitened household of a country parson, where everything is sacrificed to the interests and caprices of not very agreeable male...

Two interesting expositions of the Canadian attitude towards Imperial questions have just been published. Both are series of lectures delivered at the University of Toronto last...

Mn. CIINITINGRAME GRAHAM writes so well that any new book of his is welcome, irrespective of the theme. But in his latest work, The Conquest of New Granada (Heinemann, 15s....

Barwell. (George Allen and Unwin. 7s. 6d. net.)—As its title conveys, this is a war novel about the sorrows and sufferings of German women in war time. Its main interest for the...

as the title-page seems to indicate, this book is a first novel, it is a very promising piece of work. Its faults are the faults of youth—for the author takes life with almost...

BY-WAYS ROUND HELICON.* Ma. Imo Wrra - rams's By-Ways Bound Helicon is the offspring of an agreeable erudition. It is an anthology with a running commentary, and concerns itself...

Mitchell Kennerley.) Second April. (Same author and publisher. $2.00.)—Miss Millay writes with a sim- plicity worthy of the great tradition she follows. She is not a...

an introduction by Robert Bridges, M.B., F.R.C.P., S.P.E. Tract No. IX. (Clarendon Press. 2s. 6d. net.)— Scientific nomenclature lies outside the province of common speech, and...

Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent reviete.1 The Western Question in Turkey and Greece. By Arnold J. Toynbee. (Constable. 18s. net.)—Professor...

Sunavala. (Cambridge University Press. 5s. net.)—This short biography of the learned and pious Indian monk who has brought about a revival among the Jains is curiously...

systematically with the main biological problems of the sea-shore, such as the incessant change that is going on, the continual warfare between animals, their movements, their...

Unwin. 12s. 6d. net.)—The two most important works of Emile Gebhart are Les Origin's de la Renaissance en Italie, published in 1879, and L'Italie Mystique, which appeared eleven...

6d. net.)—Mr. Russell has attempted too much in trying to explain the law of copyright in sixty pages of large type. The Act of 1911, like most consolidating measures, has left...

L (Methuen. 25s. net.)—Professor Holdsworth has rewritten his well known and valuable history of English law to 1485, in three volumes, and is continuing the work to 1700 in...

(Longmans. 7s. 6d. net.)—The late Archdeacon of Port Elizabeth left these unpretentious memoirs of a long and useful career in South Africa. He went to Port Elizabeth as Rector...

A. C. Pearson. (Cambridge. 2s. 6d. net.)—The new Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge devoted his inaugural lecture to a defence of pure scholarship with special reference to...

developed into a learned periodical of great interest and value, contains in its July issue (Longmans, 2s. net) the hitherto unpublished text of eleven letters written by the...

under the title of The Eggs of British Wild Birds and the Collector, some correspondence arising out of a recent speech in which Lord Buxton commented on the large numbers of...

Rogers. Series IV. (S.P.C.K. 9d. net.)—Professor Rogers not only teaches theological students at King's College but also expounds Christianity to the crowd in Hyde Park. We are...

Alwyn Pride. (Forster Groom. ls. 6d.)—This spirited little guide does not pretend to be exhaustive, but it should be very helpful to visitors from overseas who want to see as...