Govern- ment. Hence ho naturally undertook a critical survey of their recent relations with Ireland. He expressed himself as being by no means out of sympathy with the position...

the misunder- standing between the American military forces in Europe and our own War Office and Foreign Office, except that we are glad that an incident which ought never to...

but very sound. He said :- " There remains the one other difficulty in the Irish question, that of Ulster. I will only say a word about it. The rest of Ireland, the Sinn Fein...

we regard as the ideal Irish policy, we realize that our duty is now to do nothing which may interfere with a solution, even if it is a solution on wrong lines. Provided that...

9111E conference between the Cabinet and the Sinn Fein JL delegates began at Downing Street on Tuesday. Mr. Lloyd George had with him Lord Birkenhead, Mr. Churchill, Sir Hamar...

unfortunately, how tardy a discovery:! If Lord Grey had only known all this seven years ago ! He talked very little then of " the consent of Ulster having to be won by the rest...

speech at Berwick on Monday night in support of the prospective candidature of Mr. Walter Runciman at the next election. By far the most important part of his speech was that...

Readers experiencing difficulty in obtaining the " Spectator ' regularly and promptly through the aboli- tion of the Sunday post or other causes should become yearly...

Saturday, urged the Governments to assist the various private organizations in their relief work, especially among the Russian children. The Commission proposed that the...

the British Government's Note of September 7th. He declared that Lord Curzon had been wholly misinformed, and that all his charges against the Bolsheviks were based on "...

chester last Saturday, emphasized the supreme importance of foreign trade to Great Britain. He said :- "Your staple industry derives all its raw material from abroad and looks...

to allow the Indian Government to prosecute him. The brothers All have been committed for trial on a charge of sedition, as the result of their efforts to persuade the sepoys to...

6th, that Mr. Lloyd George had pressed him to go to the Washington Conference as a member of the British Empire delegation, or to send a representative. The Commonwealth House...

by the Germans, and Herr Rathenau, the German Minister of Reconstruction, concluded an agreement at Wies- baden last week for the making of reparation in kind. Germany is to...

approaching trade revival, without any very definite symptoms to back it up. But at last it does begin to appear that there is a very gradual improvement in the export trade,...

27, a Bill to exempt from tolls American coasting vessels which passed through the Panama CanaL Senator Lodge warmly opposed the Bill, on the ground that it openly conflicted...

to restore Shantung on certain terms. They took the line that the German lease of Shantung expired when China declared war upon Germany—on August 14th, 1917—and that Japan had...

this year with the discovery of a possible way up. After every approach to the mountain except one had been exhaustively examined and found impassable, the expedition moved on...

is for wise control. In fact, he has had the courage to say what so many men and women have long come to believe. But remember always that children are the best things in the...

by Lord Dawson, the well-known physician, to the Church Con- gress at Birmingham on Tuesday last was printed in full in the Evening Standard of Wednesday. It was wise, bold, and...

opportunity on Thursday next, October 20th, of voting for a very reasonable compromise on the question of degrees for women. The Senate rejected last December a proposal to...

of British Industries at Glasgow on Tuesday, declared that the Government had been too hasty in paying off debt by means of crushing taxation. Industry would regain confidence...

a ballot of their members on the employers' demand for the abolition of the war bonus of 121 per cent. which was granted to skilled workmen by Mr. Churchill. The employers...

Birth control has come to stay, and no attempt to disestablish its hold on the civilized races could be successful. The sub- stitution of abstention was neither practical nor...

against celibacy as the higher and nobler state are, of course, entirely consistent with the Puritan view of Love and Marriage. Did not Mrs. Hutchinson speak of " the ungodly...

the Prime Minister to discuss practical measures of unemploy- ment relief with the Cabinet did not jump at the opportunity of being useful. They summoned a conference to...

July 21, 1921; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, h91 ; Thursday week, 891; a year ago, 841.

A S our steamer wound its way up the Belfast Lough on a fine morning at the end of September, I must confess to having experienced a certain perturbation of mind. Was I going to...

THE WOMAN'S ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION. T HE women of America are doing a notable and appro- priate thing. Tney have formed an Association to perpetuate the memory and...

of my visit. We are told that the Belfast men are to be upbraided for having formed the Volunteers and so set a bad example to their neighbours. But can anybody show a single...

nor one group of nations, but the whole world is commercially in stays." We want to move, but our power has vanished. We want to trade, but we cannot use the mechanism of...

Hugh Cecil in an eloquent letter in Monday's Times, is " the main source of all the sufferings and mischiefs which the people of Europe arc now enduring." It caused the war and...

W E all sigh for new pleasures—we are using the word, of course, in its restricted sense, and mean new recreations. So many of the old pleasures are out of fashion, and so many...

THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE TANGLE. [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR ") SIR,—A cartoonist—I think it was Foy—recently depicted John Bull with a quantity of luggage (" exports '')...

[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.] THE WOMAN'S ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL...

THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—The second yearly Assembly of the League of Nations completed on October 1st the fourth week of its sittings. To have watched it is to discover features...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") am thankful to see that you are fully aware of the critical situation in India which the public in general fails to realize. As you justly...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] 8m—A friend has sent me a copy of your paper dated Sep- tember 3rd. You will, I hope, forgive this belated reply to your leader entitled "...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") Sue,—Denuded of its verbiage the letter of the Rev. Henry Carter under the above title amounts to this : The Licensing Justices would be...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") • SIR,—Mr. Mark Scott has a letter in your issue of last week which purports to be a reply to an article in the Spectator of September 17th...

[To Tits EDITOR Oi THE " SPECTATOR.") Sia,s-While the present acute distress among the unemployed must demand the sympathetic consideration not only of the Government but of...

THE LIZARDS. THE great broad-headed sleeping beast lies prone, Scarce heaving her thin flanks ; her breasts are hid In mists and shallow dolls enridged with gray. Is it the air...

" THE GONDOLIERS " AT THE PRINCES THEATRE ; " DIFF'RENT " AND " SUPPRESSED DESIRES " AT THE EVERYMAN THEATRE. EVEN if they were not delightful in themselves, the Gilbert and...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIB,—Lieut.-Colonel F. E. Whitton, C.M.G., author of The Marne Campaign, desires us to state, and we wish to empha- size, that the reprint...

THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I spend more or loss of my time in Europe. When I am in England I buy the Spectator; when at home W. H. Smith and Son send it to me, but in both ca se s...

writer's 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...

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...

MISCELLANIES LITERARY AND HISTORICAL.* ALL lovers of literature and history should be extremely grateful to Mr. John Buchan for having induced Lord Rosebery to collect his...

AmBASSADORS.—/f . . • • • • • • .. 8.30-2.30 [Last weeks. Lord Dunsany's pleasantly fantastic play, well acted. The decor is by the late Mr. Lovat Fraser.] LtrrLE.—London's...

for political ends by Trotsky, the Russian Jew who is the mainspring of the Red Terror, the Labour Publishing Company—which, we take it, represents the Labour Party—has...

of the elaborate history of the Peace Conference prepared under the auspices of the Institute of International Affairs are of great interest and value. The first three volumes...

THE book which forms the subject of this notice gives an inter- esting and sincerely written account of modern Ulster, its character, customs, politics, and industries. It does...

TWO EGOISTS-t Miss Srxci..tre and the writer whom we delight to name " Elizabeth " have chosen for their new novels an identical theme treated with a difference. Miss...

is a quarterly of great value to students of natural science. The compact statements of " Recent Advances in Science" are especially useful. Among the articles in the October...

the Historical Association (Macmillan, 2s. net), contains several of the papers read before the Anglo-American Historical Conference in July and a notable lecture by Miss...

[Notice in this column doer not necessarily preclude subsequent review.) The London Mercury for October has a long and lively poem, in free verse, by Mr. J. C. Squire on " The...

THE FORMATION OF TENNYSON'S STYLE.* As Professor Pyre remarks in his introductory note, Tennyson is a poet whose works afford a particularly profitable subject for technical...

7s. 6d. not.)—An interesting book, embracing the story of four generations of a North Country mill-owning family. It is a case of " the sins of the fathers," but the fourth...

Vols. I. and II. (Gresham Publishing Company. 16s. net each.)—In this new edition of a popular and useful book, Mr. Hope Moncrieff has revised his historical references so as to...

Harold Child's Love and Unlove is, as we might expect from this writer, a little sentimental. It is another book by " the general public " upon how to make married life a...

Eland. (Aylesbury : G. T. De Fraine ; and Simpkin, Marshall. 2s. net.)—Lord Lee, in a friendly preface, commends this little book " because the hope of the future is built upon...

Jules Castier and Ronald Boswell. (John Lane. 6s. net.)—This is exactly what one would expect as a sequel to The Silence of Colonel Bramble. Taking it altogether, one may say,...

(Lane. Os. net.)—Miss Ward's little book on a motor-tour in Algeria and Tunis in 1919-20, with many photographs by Lord Leigh, is somewhat tantalizing in its brevity. The tour...

Ancient Buildings (A. R. Powys, 20 Buckingham Street, Adelphi, 2s.) is, as usual, highly interesting and charmingly illustrated. The society has been successful during the past...

Taylor, M.C. (Cambridge University Press. 12s. 6d. net.)—This able and instructive essay throws new light on a famous series of cam- paigns, partly, we are sure, because the...

St. Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate. (Black. 12s. 6d. net.)— This dictionary of saints is a scholarly piece of work which historical students as well as theologians will find...

a good piece of work, serving to illustrate the problems which will have to be faced at the Washington Conference. It shows the land masses round the Pacific, from Behring...