on Friday, January 6th, Mr. Lloyd George proposed that all the European Powers, including Germany and Russia, should be summoned to an economic and financial conference, in...

to put in writing the promise to do what everybody knows we should have to do in any case—that is to say, help France if Germany again attacks her wantonly. We are very glad...

towards France. It affirms that Great Britain fully recognizes France's ground for anxiety and expresso the desire to do " all in her power to allay it." It remarks that Germany...

prejudice against the Bolsheviks. " But there is much greater danger from Bolshevism if we fail in the task of reconstruction than there is from propaganda which the Bolsheviks...

French security. It provides that we should help France with our whole naval and military forces in the event of direct and unprovoked aggression by Germany against France. It...

T HE promising forward movement of Mr. Lloyd George's ideas for composing international relations and for reviving the trade of the world has suffered a check, though we hope...

Readers experiencing difficulty in obtaining the " Spectator " regularly and promptly through the abolition of the Sunday post or other causes should become yearly subscribers,...

" profound uneasiness " at the ".fresh infringement of French lights " which.appeared to be threatened by the Cannes Conference, and reminded the Government of " its undertaking...

last been accepted by the Dail Eireann, said that Mr. Griffith has been elected in the place of Mr. De Valera as President. Prepar- ations, are now going on-to form the...

the five Powers not to use " asphyxiating, poisonous, and other -gases and all analogous liquids, materials and-devices " in war among themselves and inviting other nations-to...

Mr. De Valera was carried. Mr. De Valera then walked out of the Chamber followed by all his supporters. On Thtusday, the with- drawal of the British forces in Ireland began and...

that they have not left England, as we were misled into saying last week. They have, it seems, growing hopes that the case whioh they have presented so ably and temperately in...

the Coalition Libemkrraised a sharp - controversy between the two patties supporting the Government. Sir George Younger, the chairman of the National Unionist Association, who...

concerning -submarines, which were moved by Mr. Root and enlarged by 'Mr. Balfour. The five naval' - Powers reaffirmed the international law requiring sub- marine commanders to...

Lloyd George. It declared that the develop- ment of the resources of all countries was necessary to increase employment and relieve the widespread suffering of Europe. All...

Embassy, said that France could not continue hostilities with the Turks and had therefore to conclude " an arrangement of local signifi- cance," by which she evacuated Cilicia....

French Government about the Angora agreement concluded by M. .Franklin-Bouillon with --Mustaphs, Kemal. Lord Curzon, on November 5th last, expressed his .surprise and dismay at...

very briefly indeed. Last Saturday the wearisome debate in the Dail, full of cross purposes and bitterness, came-to a head, and the motion for approving the Treaty was carried...

Mr. Lloyd George, invited Germany to send representatives to Cannes. It is stated that the Allied experts agreed to reduce the payment to be made by Germany this year, fixing it...

during the War was issued on Friday; January 6th. The Committee said that they were satisfied that Sir Edgar Speyer " had ceased to entertain any feeling of loyalty to His...

reply to the report. The sense of his defence was that the charges were trivial and grotesque ; that his accusers evidently did not understand the elements of international...

a list of desirable families, however valuable it might be at first, would tend to become conventional or professional. The Pecksniffs and the " good Christian homes " might...

anciently administered to every Privy Councillor. Among the obligations which the Privy Councillor accepted were the following : "To forward and help the execution of whatsoever...

31st we published a letter from " An -Anglo-Indian Mother," who asked whether it would be possible to get into touch with "kind, jolly, well-bred people " in England, who would...

the effect of this very touching letter has been astonishing. We have already received some ninety answers and they still come. We have forwarded many of them to the writer of...

has appointed a small committee to inquire into the charges against our pauper asylums - brought by Dr. Lomax in his book The Experiences of an Asylum Doctor. They are to have...

is not surprising to find the Ministry of Health. expressing concern about the water supply. The wonder is that the supply for the great towns has been maintained for so' long'...

cent. Nov. 3, 1921 ; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 92i; Thursday week, 91i ; a year ago, 831.

MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S ACHIEVEMENTS AND THE OPPORTUNITY THEY AFFORD HIM. W E have often had to express in plain terms strong disapproval of Mr. Lloyd George's actions—actions which...

AMERICA ? W E recently noted that the editor of a distinguished American newspaper, the Baltimore Sun, had received protests in regard to the London Spectator. The writers...

passed through the ordeal of coming under fire for the first time and have emerged from the test with their ranks unbroken and with steady nerves. This fact gives us real hope...

W HEN Mr. Maynard Keynes- published his first book about the Peace settlement, entitled The Economic Consequences of the Peace, he startled the world and made a great name. He...

unknown artist " which lights the small room in which it hangs like a flame," says Michelet. The dark face, kindly and thoughtful, with the full lips, the rather thick nose, the...

N O one not a criminal is lawless in any large sense, but a great many excellent folk are lawless in a small way. They give in on principle to the moral precepts and...

■ •■■41111.■ NEW LOAN SUCCESSES. INVESTMENT STOCKS STRONG — REAPPEARANCE Olr THE " STAG "—TRADE IN 1921—INCOME-TAX CONSIDERATIONS—MAKING HISTORY AT CANNES. [To rur ERITOR or...

THE DISILLUSIONMENT OF FRANCE. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] STA.—Loyal to its high traditions of courageous impartiality, the Spectator has repeatedly set before its...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sra,—The prime need of the country at present is to cut down expenses. If every reduction suggested by the Geddes Com- mittee is to be...

TIM " Bnernoa."] Seta,—In an article headed " An Imperial Democratic Party," in your issue of December 31st, reference was made to the circum- stances under which the right of...

[To THE EDITOR OF TER " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—The Spectator's scheme of compensating Southern loyalists who might wish to leave the country is simply impossible. Who would...

[Letters of the length of one of our leading paragraphs are often more rcad,and therefore more effective, than those which fill treble the space.] THE " SPECTATOR " AND ITS...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—" Exile of Erin's " letter on the above subject encourages me to draw attention, through you, to another current historical myth...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") enclose a copy of a letter which the sister Universities of Birmingham, Durham, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield have addressed...

Sin,—You say that, according to the Burnham Scale, there was to be an increase of about fifty per cent. in teachers' salaries. Here are the figures for a non-provided village...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") Sia,—Looking at the course of events, from the constitution of the League of Nations to the Conference at Washington, as tending to ensure...

School of Aberdeen deserves to be mentioned a small private school, the " Gymnasium," or " Chanonry House School," in old Aberdeen, familiarly known as the "Gym." It was founded...

letters on dew ponds with much interest. The method of making these ponds in Wiltshire is as 'follows. The site is first excavated and the soil taken out thrown up as a 'bank so...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, It is with no intention to belittle Mr. Pirie's list of famous Aberdonians that I pan this note, still less to minimize the deduction...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—How do those who assert that dew-ponds obtain their supply from rain alone account for the fact that •many of them have retained their...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—Through the Spectator might I offer a suggestion to those engaged in the training of youth to speak well, i.e., the employ- ment of...

" SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Many are bound to appreciate your admirable support to the friendly relations between Britain and America. In these fateful days of international politics it...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—There is one prominent contemporary English writer who so far has had scant notice in your columns; he is serious, moral,...

SPECTATOR."] Sin,—May I suggest that one of the most effective items in the campaign against this form of anarchy would be to send adequate reinforcements to all Christian and...

" SPECTATOR."] SIR,—As a supporter of the British Empire Fund for the restoration of Reims Cathedral I should like to be allowed to tell your readers about a recital which is...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—A few dates known to me are more remote than those of your correspondent "J. G. B." My paternal grandfather was born in 1722, died...

[To THE EDITOR OP TILE " SPECTATOR."] Sur,—Two or three years ago you mentioned in your columns some unusual instances of Ibilgevity. On September 3rd, 1921; the last of two...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sur,—Perhaps your recent correspondents are delicate people. If so, they have my sincere sympathy. These are great days for all manner of...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECT/ITOR."] SIR,—Most readers will agree with your reviewer that certain features of the Freudian theory, always unwholesome, become poisonous when...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In the review of Callimachus there is in the quotation of Cory's translation a slight error—perhaps hardly worth noticing. " With...

Sra„—In this week's issue of the Spectator I read that a "red admiral was. seen in Pembrokeshire on Christmas Day. Curiously enough, I found a very beautiful one the Sunday...

THE JEALOUS GODDESS. Idn.Exus left the mainland On a floating barrel of wine, His sail was plaited from peach-leaves, and The loaves of the fig and the vine. Small waves...

CAMILLE SAINT-SAINS.* STPaNGELY enough, the first English biography of the late M Saint-Salina was published a few weeks before he died. Mr. nervey, who has written it,...

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 STORY OF JOB.* THE -Hebrew school of Wisdom writers reached the highest expression of its poetical genius in the Book of Job. -But the Book is much more than great poetry ;...

writer on group psychology, draws an alarming picture of the racial suicide which he says is going on in England, France and America. The nations are breeding, he says, from the...

Tns revolution in Russia, with all its appalling consequences, has imparted a fresh interest to the study of the French Revolu- tion, the painful lessons of which have been...

Ma. STEPHEN GRAHAM'S book of letters from the capitals of Europe, which he visited in 1921, has plenty of good reading in it, whether we judge it by its observation or its...

the late War may be counted that variety of esprit de corps which is known as esprit de division. To the majority of infantry officers and men, indeed, the division in which...

a second volume of the English version of Professor Pribram's remarkable work on The Secret Treaties of Austria-Hungary, made between the years 1879 and 1914, which will be...

over-use of technical terms in his serious books, Mr. C. A. Strong has written ten philosophical fables, in which he seeks to make honourable amends. His arguments, put into the...

" Encyclopaedia of Religions the Deities, Sacred Books, Rites and Ceremonies, Institutions, Sects, &c., among the ancient Babylonians, Egyptians, Hebrews, Greeks, Romans and...

VOCATIONS.* THE reader, on closing Mr. O'Donovan's book, will probably feel, so far as the work as " a thing in itself " is concerned, astonish. ment at Mr. O'Donovan's...

Iar the Annual Report of the Director-General of Archaeology in India for 1918-19 (Calcutta : Superintendent of Government Printing, 2 rupees), Sir John Marshall is once again...

THE Dngdale Society, formed two years ago to promote the study of Warwickshire history by printing MS. records, has its home at Shakespeare's Birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon. It...

PSYCHOLOGISTS can supply an unattractive, if not actually repellent, explanation of the motives at the back of the amateur collector's mind when he genially displays his...

WHEELS, 1921.* I DO not think that this Sixth Cycle of Wheels is as attractive as usual. Mr. Aldous Huxley's " Picture by Goya "—a scene of murder elegant as some Dejeuner Sur...

net.)—Poems by the well-known critio. NEw EnrrroNs.—Moral Erabkrna. By Robert Louis Stevenson. (Chatto and Windus. 5s. net.)—Four Plays for Dancers. By W. B. Yeats. (Macmillan...

Paul is a country chronicle. It describes a few months in the life of an English village, and as a book it has many characteristics in common with the men and things of which it...

7s. 6d. net.)—For some reason the supernatural appears to be considered appropriate reading for long, dark evenings. This book of stories is very unequal and the author's powers...

vols. 64s. net.)—Professor Grabau's substantial treatise is well written and very fully illustrated, with special reference to America. The first volume deals with general...

most useful quarterly review of scientific work and thought. In the January number (Murray, 6s. net) we find an article entitled " Scientific Politics. I. Self-Determination,"...

stone : South-Eastern Gazette. 3s. 6d. net.)—The late Canon Horsley wrote this little book; he tells us, because he found that there was no work dealing with Kentish...

books on the provinces of Ireland, beginning with Ulster and Munster (Cambridge University Press; 6s. 6d. net each). He interprets geography in the widest sense, and includes...

Turner, of Michigan University, has produced an uncommonly readable sketch of European history. Viewing our affairs frcm across the Atlantic, he is more dispassionate, perhaps,...

[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] The Army Quarterly for January (Cloves, 7s. 6d. net) contains several important articles on the history...

the Historical Association (Macmillan, 2s. net), contains the concluding part of a valuable paper by Miss E. Jeffries Davis on " London and its Records." " No city in the world,...

Education as a Mission which he gave to the Educational Associations on December 28th last (University of London Press, ls. net). He put the claims of education very high...

and Stoughton. 7s. 6d. net.)—The editor of the British IV eekly has collected from its pages thirty-four of his attractive essays on notable divines, including Newman, Liddon,...

new volume in the Imperial Institute's monographs on mineral resources, with special reference to the British Empire, gives a concise account of the oil shale deposits...

Sir Alexander Kennedy has collected a large number of photographs of the war areas in France and Flanders that will bring back grim memories to many of us, though his pictures...

21s. net).—Mr. Trowbridge's book is not exactly a model bio. graphy, but it will have many readers because it deals with a most popular and universally respected lady. It...

is the forty-ninth issue of this compact and useful book, which gives first an alphabetical list of journals, then a classified list, and finally a newspaper gazetteer.— The...

York : F. F. Sherman. London : Bromhead, Cutts and Co. 7 dollars 50 c.)—Mr. Bolton's dictionary of Ameri- can miniaturists up to 1850 is a scholarly and useful work. It includes...

net.)—Mr. Bailey has reprinted from the Times Literary Supplement some interesting articles on Disraeli, the elder Fox, Lord Grey of the Reform Bill, Lord Randolph Churchill,...