Reichstag elections are to be held within the prescribed period, but their result matters little to anyone, except perhaps to Herr Hitler, whose prestige will be seriously...

carry out his declared intentions—it is difficult not to write his threat, for threat it unquestion- ably is in view of the certain consequences the execution of the intention...

but not inevitable. If the attempted coalition between Nazis and Centre had taken a constructive turn, and sufficiently adroit Parliamentarians had framed its tactics in the...

T HE wisest comment on Mr. Gandhi's announcement of " a fast to a finish," failing the withdrawal of the British Government's proposals (in the Communal Settlement plan) giving...

Subscription to the SPECTATOR CO8i8 Thirty Shillings per annum, including postage, to any part of the world. The SPECTATOR is registered as a Newspaper. The Postage on this...

a town of Manchukuo, by bandits, followed by two massed attacks on trains, is an instructive comment on Japan's repeated assurances that her action of last September, which...

total sum of £130,000,000 borrowed a year ago from the United States and France is evidence to the world of the sound- ness of British finances, particularly since a right of...

to find means to set Central and South-Eastern Europe on its feet are making halting progress. That is not surprising in view of the complexity of the problem. The fundamental...

dry Maine goes wet the change passing over the face of America is demonstrated dramatically. Maine, it may be argued, is not the whole Union. It in fact contributes only six...

the Lancashire cotton dispute had at any rate reached agreement about something, even if it was only regarding the agenda for Thursday's conference. The reinstatement issue is...

one of our greatest ship- building firms, Messrs. Harland and Wolff, showing a loss for last year of over £280,000, synchronizes almost tragically with the announcement that...

were in Queen Anne's reign supported by our Whigs and deserted by our Tories. To-day we can all agree in hoping that the Catalan Statute, passed by the Cortes last week and...

the Ministry of Health, is on the whole encouraging in his annual report, except in regard to maternal mortality. In the last half-century the death-rate has fallen from 21 to...

disappointed by the failure of schemes for popularizing this form of art in England that they may well view with some reserve the Daily Telegraph's confident announcement that...

Hertzog telling the old Stellenbosch students that democracy is played out in Europe, but will make its last stand in South Africa. Some of us at times have wondered whether his...

Mr. H. Wilson Harris has been appointed Editor of the " Spectator." Sir Evelyn Wrench, as chief proprietor, remains Chairman of the Company, and, while relinquishing active...

I T is proper and necessary at this crisis in the affairs of Europe and the world to ask what the foreign policy of this country is, and how and by what means it is intended to...

IN a book which appeared some ten days ago* the Master of Selwyn sets himself to combat the ideas on sexual morality expounded by Mr. Bertrand Russell— as the present Earl...

BY 0. R . HOBSON. I F I am to answer this question literally and cate gorically the answer must be " No." Economic recovery clearly implies an increase in production and...

By C. BELISLE BURNS. G ERMANY is facing a problem which lies deeper down than political programmes or economic plans can reach. Social changes have occurred during the past...

BY DR. W. F. LOFTROUSE. S OME weeks ago Dr. J. Scott Lidgett describel in these columns the steps which have been taken to the reuniting of the three largest Methodist...

BY JOHN BERESFORD. C ERTAIN words have a spell-binding power. They are all sufficient. They convey in their compacted integrity of sound the profound experience of a state of...

THE two hundred and twelfth meeting of the Three Choirs at Worcester- was remarkable chiefly for the admirable perform- ances of Elgar's works. Indeed, it left the impression of...

WE heard the Flanders guns on windless days, We who had come by strange, unlikely ways To the mill at the water's edge—but the distant thunder, Though it had called the mill to...

Things That Are Caesar's." A tragedy in three acts. By Paul Vincent Carroll. At the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. NOT being a dramatic critic, I find it difficult to give an im-...

the man who works on behalf of the collector. The collector himself may be a man of science. He may desire to prove something, to test a migration theory, to add to his list of...

pays enables the naturalists to ,secure sanctuaries and to pay watchers. These sportsmen, often accompanied by the watcher, are careful to shoot only the commoner duck and snipe...

A NORWICH FESTIVAL. One of the quaintest and oldest towns or cities in Britain is Norwich, capital of a county that claims first place as a pioneer in the perfecting of rural...

country- side recent action in Norfolk is beyond parallel, as every naturalist knows ; and Mr. Russel Colman, the Lord Lieuten- ant, who will open the conference, has notably...

the conference, has arrived. It is a definite part of the privilege of both County and District Councils. The new Act is of more vital influence than most councils or...

have become experiences of the last week or two have shown me more emphatically than ever before. Along the Norfolk coast, where rare birds chiefly congregate, three types of...

Country people have enjoyed a longer and bigger harvest of mushrooms than they can remember. They have appeared in numbers even on cricket fields and tennis lawns in the three...

All who are interested in the fortune of the land will share the grief of his many friends at the death of Mr. Richard Tanner, author of a pioneer farm of which I have several...

as one recently returned from China, I venture to express my hearty agreement with Mr. Owen Green's article, but to dissent on a few points of detail and to draw a somewhat...

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

the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—It is unfortunate that so grave an issue as the Dis- establishment, and, as a consequence, the Disendowment, of the Church of England should be debated with...

SIR,—My attention has been drawn to the article on Road Accidents in your issue of September 3rd. After .assuming a few deductions from the figures analysed in the Home Office...

- SIR, —Mr. Bell simply does not answer Lord Astor's chief objection to the Milk Marketing Scheme. The proposed board, can limit the production of certified milk by fixing the...

above-written title is refreshing reading. Without fear, or favour, it expresses the real truth. Not only must it appeal to the sane motorist, but also to the non-motorist (not...

SIR,--Your correspondent's objection to trans-oceanic flights, which he unkindly designates as " foolish stunts," is probably shared by many other people, but I venture to think...

SIR,—Dr. Lyttelton's article on suffering is, I am sure, intended for edification, but the following passage cannot be accepted as inspired by Christian charity. After...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] venture to congratulate you on the letter you published in your issue of September 3rd from Sir William Arbuthnot Lane, on the subject of malt...

to see Sir William Arbuthnot Lane's letter in your issue of September 3rd. I have been three weeks in Germany and Austria and have heard much about the plight of the necessitous...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In the article " Tramping Armies " on page 304 of your issue of September 10th, your contributor uses the phrase : It has been suggested...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] S I R,—The exhibition of a Church of England clergyman in a barrel not being an edifying one, few will regret its discontinuance as the result...

September 3rd you have published a letter from Sir Arbuthnot Lane extolling malt as a " stabilizing item " of diet. Sir William tells us that malt is the " body- building...

to the remark in your issue of September 10th that the " method " of the above " puts the reviewer of fiction in a difficulty," may I be permitted to point out that this...

SPECTATOR.] Stn,—In your issue of September 10th I observe that Commander Spring Rice, R.N., states that " no one in the Civil Service " takes an oath on appointment. As a...

be not merely favourable, but flattering. The rains have not, except in a few instances, materially injured the quality of the grain or retarded the saving of it. Hop-picking...

SIR,—Since the consensus of opinion ranges itself with Spenser in the line, " But who can turn the stream of destiny ? " it is reasonable to think that the reference to the "...

We understand their Majesties purpose returning to St. James's Palace the latter end of the present or commencement of next month, and will stay in town for about a fortnight,...

SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In February and March last you published letters from me suggesting that habitual criminals of the wont type might, on repeating a serious offence after a...

that you, as an Englishman, should only think in terms of England ; but I am amazed that Commander Francis Spring Rice, an Irishman, can make a similar mistake. The Army...

issue of August 20th " M. G." asks that, in justice to Geo. Eliot's memory, some statement may be made as to the question which has been raised about daughters " of George Henry...

Memoirs, 1849 - 1897. By Prince von Billow. Translated by (Jaffrey Dunlop and F. A. Voigt. (Putnam. 25s.) nis late Prince von Billow's memoirs are at last completed i n a fourth...

Years of Destiny : India, 1926-1932. By J. Coatman, C.I.E. (Jonathan Cape. 10s. 6d.) Truth About India : Can We Get It ? By Verrier Elwin. (Allen and Unwin, Ltd. 2s. 6d.) Some...

By IT is a pleasure to find occasion for congratulation and thanks in a large work on economics. The Intelligent Mares Guide has many irritating features ; for example it is...

Ma. CARR is an incorrigible lover of France and the French, and those readers who know his book about French domestic life and the special civilization which it symbolizes, will...

The Right Hon. J. H. Thomas. By H. R. S. Phillpott. (Samp- son Low. 10s. 6d. ) 10.7. modern practice of writing biographies of living people is open to many objections. It is...

The Plays of Somerset Maugham. Vols. HI. and Iv, (Heinemann. 5s. each.) Famous Plays of 1932. (Gollancz. 7s. 6c1.) The Queen's Progress : Nine Palace Plays. By Laurence...

Somehow Lengthened. By Alice Cobbett. (Bonn. 7s. 6d.) GIVEN a fledgling Sussex seaside resort in 1817, with an amiable landowner to cluck over its progress ; given a sensible...

The Jesuits and the Great Mogul. By Sir Edward Maclagan. (Burns, Oates and Washbourne. 17s. 6d.) Tins book is an account of the Jesuit missions in India from 1580 under Akbar,...

LY L. A. G. &mom°. Lark Ascending. By Mazo de•la Roche. (Macmillan. 7s. 6d.) Lark Ascending happens to be the first of Miss Maw de la Roches novels which I have read. On the...

6d.)—The power to create character is like charity. If a novelist have it not, no other power avails hint This story abounds in vivid incidents, but they happen to an effigy.

of War time and country life in Ireland comes to us sponsored by IE., Sir Philip Gibbs, and Miss Viola Meynell—a curious trio. "Miss Hinkson writes beautiful prose," says the...

first novel which is in some ways a modern version of the story of our Lord. The fate of a prophet in a Syrian province is intermingled with Captain Godillard's intrigue with...

Stoughton. 7s. 6d.)—Reincarnation is Mr. Mason', theme, and it enables him to tell three cleverly contrasted stories and to show a nice sense of period. His gentlemen live in...

6d.)—Mr. Foster tells the story of two houses over a period of three hundred and fifty years. Michael Gulliver in the sixteenth century built better and more wisely than Horace...

of a Layman's Crusade for religion, and of a strategic anti-crusade which got badly entangled with Communism. Brickbats, love, speed-racing and modernity in general redeem...

75. 6d.).—A pleasantly sentimental romance, readable without being cheap, about a young Englishman who falls in love with the niece of a Highland postmistress. This young...

unconvincing story of a white woman who leaves her home for the Himalayas and becomes the White Fakir. The author obviously has a deal of first-hand knowledge, but has hardly...

Craigie Two important pieces of work, which illustrate and fix the Scottish language, are at present in progress. Scots from the eighteenth century to the present day is being...

MOONSIIINE. By Ray Carr. (Howe. 7s. 6d.)—A good, frank, out-and-out adventure-cum-love story, set in Burma; with no lack of exciting ingredients. Obviously the work of a man who...

JOVIAL KING By F. M. Kircheisen This book, Jovial King (Elkin Mathews and Marrot, 12s. 6d.) in which the sixteen photographs are not the least interesting part, deals with...

tig with a series of ideas which reach e , round the world. Each idea is connected most ingeniously, with the one before, and the story is saved from being merely episodic by a...

' The lady of the house is at home,' I said. ' Her name is Mrs. L'Estrange and Miss Patsey is at home if you'd like to see her.' He sent witherin' glares from his eyes and...

has a very pleasant literary personality, and this tale of Ireland in troubled times reveals it to the full. A story of unusual charm and power, which can be warmly recommended.

little book, Shakespeare Through Eastern Eyes (Herbert Joseph, Bs.), falls into two parts. The first deals with the procedure adopted—it is not wholly different from that which...

Only the most determined student of The Making American Literature (The Century Co., New York : D. Appleton and Co., 12s. 6d.) will find Mr. Dickinson's book helpful o r indeed...

So far as one can gather from this First Chinese Cookery Book (Strange .Neves from China, Alexander Ouseley, 6s.) Mr. Searle has never been to China, and if this is so he is to...

Our Greatest Problem READERS of Dombey and Son will possibly remember that it was Mr. Baps, the Dancing Master to Dr. Blimber's scholastic establishment, who at an annual...

Now, for many years we had what is called a visible adverse balance of trade. That means that when the value of our goods sent abroad has been set against the value of the goods...

Latterly, however, we have received, as it were, a blow in two directions. Our visible adverse trade balance has remained great, while by reason of defaults of many of the...

Even this recital- of facts does not, however, give a complete view of the position. For by reason of our departure from the gold standard there - has been a great depreciation...

DOCTRINE OF GOODS AND SERVICES. Even the novice in finance will recognize that things purchased, whether from an individual at home or from somebody abroad, have ultimately to...

Unfortunately, however, we are literally compelled to maintain a certain minimum volume of imports or we should starve. As regards our exports, . on the other hand, few of them...

REACTIONARY MARKETS. THE Stock Markets during the early days of this week were affected by a recrudescence of anxiety with regard to inter- national politics. It was felt that...

And all the time the problem has grown in intensity and complexity. The population increases and emigration is at a standstill. Yet the people have to be fed and clothed and the...

A market which has pursued a somewhat independent course during the week has been that for Home Railway stocks, and especially for the Prior Charge issues which have advanced...

While the Board of Trade Returns for the month of August showed no improvement as regards the general volume of trade, the figures were not without points of encouragement....