Wednesday repre- sents a triumph for the statesmanship of Dr. Weizmann at the end of what has been perhaps the greatest fight of his great career. By 300 to r58, established...

L ET no one suppose for a moment that there is any kind of parallel between the action of the British Government in declining to renew the permits of three of the eighty German...

in North China is no longer of a kind to inspire hopes of peace ; it is more like the lull that precedes a peculiarly catastrophic storm. This impres- sion is strengthened by a...

Spain and the Non-intervention Committee have both relapsed into a state of deadlock. The last meeting of the committee only clarified the conflict which the British plan had...

Cracow on Sunday has, after the recent attempt on the life of Colonel Koc, again emphasised the political dissensions which are agitating Poland. From this great national...

Government's Concordat with the Vatican has once more broken out with violence. At Bjelina in Bosnia on Monday, Dr. Janitch, an expelled member of the Government Party, said...

the Railway Staff National Tribunal, presided over by Sir Arthur Salter, appear to rest on a just estimate of the various factors involved on either side. The history of the...

Berlin last week, with costs against the State, is unquestionably a victory for the Confessional Church and a severe and public rebuff to Reichsminister Kerrl. Dr. Dibelius had...

co-operation of the Federal Government of Australia, is to resume immigra- tion into the State on a strictly limited scale is of considerable importance, for it means that so...

of disappointment when Mr. Hore- Belisha's proposals for improving recruiting are examined it is due more to the hopes kindled by advance advertising than to the defects of the...

Great Britain, which were taken over by the Ministry of Transport last year, is already bearing satisfactory fruit. The fact that uniform methods can now be adopted lends...

thinking while Parliament is in session; but the Secretary for Scotland, in spite of a fairly crowded recess, will, it may be hoped, find it possible now to give some...

performed a useful service by investigating the various misdemeanours attributed to the Basque children at present in this country, and putting events that have been unduly...

London are too recent for any final conclusions to be reached as to the vulnerability of the capital. On a fine night, definitely favourable to the defence, 20 per cent. of the...

W ITH the publication last week of M. Bonnet's latest series of decrees, it may be assumed that the first part of his task has been achieved ; he has to his credit a...

B ROADLY speaking the task of the Board of Trade Departmental Committee on Share-Pushing, whose report was published on Thursday, was to find means of protecting the fool from...

took from it at once Lady Tree and Miss Horniman. Of the two losses the latter is the greater. Lady Tree was a great actress—very much more than merely Sir Herbert's wife— but...

T SEE that a new branch of the German-English Friendship 1 Association, the Deutsch-Englische Gesellschaft, corre- sponding to the Anglo-German Fellowship in this country, has...

announcement is more intelligible when it is remembered that Wroxeter is the Roman Uriconium (Housman has made it familiar : " The wind it blew through holt and hanger When...

the latest good story going the rounds in that capital. President Roosevelt's last words to the French Finance Minister, so the legend ran, were " Whatever else you do, balance...

the world by a Caesarean operation after its mother's death should have died. Such cases are rare, though most of the papers have recalled the successful operation performed ten...

as a suitable member of either organisation is another interesting question. But there are few other circles where it would not be regarded as an honour to do honour to Mr....

By W. V. EMANUEL IT the Non-Intervention Committee should devise some alternative to the Naval Patrol Scheme in Spanish waters, there is one body of men which will not mourn...

B; JAMES FERGUSSON K IRKWALL, the capital of the Orkneys, celebrated a fortnight ago the eight hundredth anniversary of the founding of St. Magnus Cathedral. It was a...

By E. M. FORSTER L AST -month about thirty men of letters, some of them eminent, met in Paris for a four days' entretien or conversation. They were convened under the League of...

By DR. W. S. C. COPEMAN "E ARL BALDWIN . . . said that he was unable to walk for any length of time owing to rheumatism." This announcement in the daily papers last week must...

By Dr. W. B. SELBIE T HE summer of 1937 is likely to prove a landmark in the movement for the reunion of Christendom. The two great conferences at Oxford and Edinburgh,...

By EDMUND 'VALE I DON'T think that the collector of the picture-postcard has ever been taken seriously enough to be given a classical name, although, if he should lift the...

By E. L. WOODWARD I WENT to the tattoo at Tidworth. A queer thing ; so 1. much physical dexterity and finish, diversion after diversion arranged with art, to the sound of proud...

" THE SPECTATOR," AUGUST 12TH, 1837. It is rumoured that a commercial treaty is on the point of being concluded between England and Austria. This is not unlikely, as Austria...

THE REDISCOVERY OF INDIA By IQBAL SINGH IT is a hopeful augury that the suggestion of holding an exhibition of Indian art at the Burlington House has had an unusually...

"Easy Living." At the Plaza--" The Show Goes On." At the London Hippodrome THE advertisements for Easy Living deliberately invite us to compare it with Mr. Deeds Goes to Town....

market Theatre WHAT is there left to say about this ever-welcome play ? Twelve years and seven or eight visits, even a lamentable film version, have not staled its infinite...

THE THEATRE " The First Legion." A Drama of the Soziety of Jesus. By Emmet Lavery. At Daly's Theatre Tins is a sincere and straightforward play. It raises a number of deeply...

[D'un correspondant parisien] C'EST cette armee qu'on aurait dri pouvoir se rendre compte de la portee de la loi sur les conges payes. L'an dernier ils vinrent un peu a...

begun with Die Zauberflote. Is not " Soisburg " the home-town of Papageno, whose humour and tunefulness are as native as the leather breeches he would wear had not Nature...

To readers on holiday, who normally receive THE SPECTATOR through a newsagent, we shall be glad to forward a copy of the paper each week to any part of the world, post free, at...

The defenders of our realm have graciously allowed them- selves the luxury of some regard for our birds and our sanctuaries. The Council for the Preservation of Rural England,...

Grouse and Gull Keepers of grouse moors and pursuers of the red grouse are not a little concerned with the ravages of gulls, and will be interested in a particular experience on...

What is the effect of noise on wild life, is a question about which we know very little. It would be well worth the while of the editors of that pleasing little magazine Quiet...

Kirkcudbright —red squirrels playing in the garden; and I am inclined to think that they are increasing in districts which have not yet been reached by the grey squirrel. They...

The variety of annual flowers with which we may make our garden blaze is constantly increasing, and many sorts are continually improving ; but most of us are content with just a...

infliction of ideas that were bred in towns and from urban psychology. A good many villagers feel that the automatic telephone is one example. The telephone was a friendly...

A rather surprising difficulty has confronted some of those who wish to increase the stock of grouse by immigra- tion. There are moors which are much too heavily stocked. There...

is in an unsatisfactory condition, as Mr. Frank Pakenham himself admits, surely the main cause is to be found in the embarrassing fervour of recent converts like himself....

SIR,—The letter headed " The Impotent Opposition," from Mr. Frank Pakenham, was built up as a reply to a leading article with the same title ; and as a reply may be smart or...

[Correspondents are requested to keep their letters. as brief as is reasonably possible. The most suitable length is that of one of our " News of the Week" paragraphs. Signed...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sta,—Mr. Williamson in his last letter wrote : " . . . twice Labour has . . . undertaken office without power. The result, on both occasions,...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I have read with great appreciation and interest the reply of Miss MacManus to my recent articles in The Spectator, and am gratified that...

SIR,—In the earlier years of this century the Liberal League ,with its imperialistic outlook did unquestionable damage to the Liberal Party, but this was to a considerable...

SPECTATOR.] SIR, —Captain Macnamara's article, in your issue of July 16th, is of value in that it urges greater recognition of the onerous and valuable services rendered by the...

review in a recent Spectator of a biography of a celebrated bull-fighter contains no single hint of condemnation of his pastime. The one faint suggestion that such a book may...

privations in - food and comfort imposed on many who are living on the Means Test are well known. Of more gravity is the gradual dehumanisation whose consequences are seen both...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—With reference to a question asked by Miss Rathbone, M.P., in the House of Commons lately, may I be allowed space in your valuable paper...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—There is a phrase in your editorial note on " Crime in 1935 " which should not be allowed to pass entirely unchal- lenged. You state that...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In your issue of the 6th inst. there appears a short story called " A Wedding." The method or style adopted by the author savours of...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Snt,—I read with interest the " German Impressions " in your issue of July 3oth, and would like to say how my own impressions after six months...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The present state of emergency has produced a shortage of metals for armaments. There are large quantities of metal in the shape of tanks...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Mr. Blunt's opening sentences about the Paris Exhibition suggest that he visited it at least six weeks ago. It is quite untrue that " in...

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The War in Spain. By Ramon Sender. (Faber and Faber. - - I2S. 6d.) IT is becoming fashionable in England now.to . affect a boredom with Spain : why can't Franco win quickly...

Rude Letters to Youth, from Bill Back-Bench, M. P. (Pearson. 2S. 6d.) " FOG in the channel. Continent isolated." The announcement which recently headed a paragraph in a leading...

The Men I Killed. By Brigadier-General F. P. Crozier. (Michael Joseph. 8s. 6d.) GE%ERAL CROZIER, who is a whole-hogger, chiefly admires two types of men : the soldier who will...

Together Stand. 'By Leonard Reid. (Cassell. 5s.) THE countries which Mr. Reid prOclaimi should stand,tOgether are the United States, Great Britain and the Dominions. Their...

was reviewed in The Spectator of July 3oth, are Messrs. Blackie & Son, Ltd., and not, as stated in the review, Messrs. A. & C. Black, Ltd.

THE Institute of Historical Research, which now owns the Victoria County History, is to be congratulated on having reached, with its latest instalments, the hundredth volume of...

Health and a Day. By Lord Horder. (Dent. 7s. 6d.) IN this book Lord Horder has assembled twelve addresses to very different audiences ; and most readers of them will probably...

Py E. B. C. JONES They Came Like Swallows. By William Maxwell. (Michael Joseph. 7s. 6d.) Swastika Night. By Murrzy Constantine. (Gollancz. 75. 6d.) Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. By...

David Chale (an assumed name), ex-district officer in Sarawak, over lunch at Quaglino's, asked Mr. Rutter to write for him the story of his pil- grimage to Mecca. He explained,...

R. Glover and D. D. Calvin Kingston, Ontario, the seat of Queen's University, stands on the site of the French Fort Frontenac, where the St. Lawrence leaves Lake Ontario. It...

Mr. MacGregor claims that " the great bulk " of his collection of Highland folk-tales (Moray Press, rzs. 6d.) " con- sists of fresh, unpublished material " ; any reader familiar...

THE WAYFARER'S COMPANION By Arnold Fellows In The Wayfarer's Companion (Oxford University Press, 6s.) Mr. Fellows pro- vides holiday-makers " whose interests lead them farther...

Russian Hazard (Robert Hale,' 'us.) might be classed as - ." just another of those Secret Service yarns," but it has one or two redeeming features. Mr. Blair, whose mother was...

Miss Murdoch, an Australian journal- ist, is the author of several bright books about European countries. Vagrant in Summer (Harrap, 8s. 6d.) is the brightest so far, and •...

Mr. Fyfe has written a superficial little book (Nisbet, 3s. 6d.), which is neverthe- less not without interest ; it is a good illustration of the attempts to reconcile Communism...

may be scratching their heads at the slump in the price of raw cotton, need not alarm themselves. The news from Manchester, so far from being depressing, is full of...

THE best advice one can give to investors just now is : Don't rush to buy, an injunction which fortunately has a heat-wave on its side. Even a cursory glance at the Stock...

that I hesitate to advise readers to take profits either on Furness Withy, now 3os., or British Oil Shipping, which have risen from 9s. 6d. to 12s. 3d. since they were...

the reports recently issued by the investment trusts. For the past three years the trusts have seen the capital values of their portfolios improving, but now they are reaping...

It is unusual in these days to find the shares of any company in the steel trade quoted well below their par value, but the current price of Sheffield Steel Products ordinary is...

SPEED—SAFE AND DANGEROUS THE County Surveyor of Oxfordshire, Mr. G. T. Bennett, made an interesting statement last week. In the course of his report on a four-year-long inquiry...

TAMPERING WITH CREDIT THE Dominion Government of Canada has had to handle many difficult problems in its time, but it is doubtful whether any more difficult or delicate...

In view of the reported findings and recommendations of the Committee appointed in Mexico by the Board of Arbitra- tion to investigate the economic conditions of the petroleum...

MOST MARKETS FIRM. UP to the present the conditions on the Stock Exchange continue to belie the reputation of August being an idle month. Dealings have been fairly active and,...

Among the favourable features of the past week, though it is one which, perhaps, suggests a limit to the upward move- ment in gilt-edged securities, was the publication of the...

If evidence of a continuance of trade activity were required, it is certainly to be found in the rise in Home Railway traffics and in the continued expansion of the Bank of...

ASSOCIATED BRITISH PICTURE CORPORATION, LIMITED PROSPERITY IN ALL BRANCHES THE annual general meeting of Associated British Picture Corporation, Limited, was held on August...

CAMBUHY COFFEE AND COTTON ESTATES GOOD PROFIT FROM COTTON THE twelfth annual general meeting of the Cambuhy Coffee and Cotton Estates, Limited, was held on August 9th at...

Once again the public will have become accustomed to the almost regular announcement that this and that new issue of capital, including new Corporation Loans, have been over-...

Interest in the recent annual meeting of the Associated British Picture Corporation extended beyond the actual shareholders of the company by reason of the comments of the...

There would seem to be little doubt that cotton-growing in Brazil is steadily increasing with profitable results, a cir- cumstance the more to be welcomed in view of the decline...

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