Minister• who received the Special Committee of:ALIO . ..Trades Union Congress. The committee urged Mr. - Baldwin to request the owners to postpone the notices and to withdraw...

that some of the mines arc so broken by adversity_ that they are financially unable to carry on, even for a week: In these circumstances some kind of Government guarantee is...

and the Miners' Federation met again in the same room after a month's separation. All that happened on this occasion was that the . two sides expressed their willingness to meet...

A LTHOUGH there is only a day to run before the - Owners' notices to the miners take effect the when we go to press on Thursday, is still unsettled. The country faces the...

half-yeilr ending June 27, 1925, is now ready. A copy will be sent post free to Readers, `enclosing 4d. in stamps, upon. application to the Publishers, 13 York Street, Covent...

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statement on naval construction. Four cruisers are to be laid down in the current financial year. Three will be laid down in every succeeding financial year during the life of...

Bryan at Dayton, Tennessee, last Sunday. Evidently he had, overtaxed his strength at the Scopes trial. Though not many educated persons can be found to admire the cause which...

which the ; French will be allowed to cross the frontier of the Spanish zone in carrying on the war against the Riffs: Meanwhile, though the hopes of peace are not 'bright they...

seven hour day the output of each man per hour has slightly increased. The output per shift, however, has declined. The Court recognised that an increase of hours would mean a...

sununarized - as follows. The Court held that the workers were justified in claiming that any agree- ment ought to provide for a minimum wage. A method of fixing wages which...

was thoroughly to the liking of millions of his countrymen. He was not highly educated and he had none of the self-criticism which can save a man from absurdities. But as a son...

considerable room for improving the efficiency of the industry as a whole and brightening its economic pros- pects. Collective action, for example, on the part of the...

the reform of the House of Lords unanimously decided on Tuesday that deadlocks between the two Houses ought to be submitted to a Referendum. This is excellent news. The...

and certain in operation without meaning that some of the unnecessary dockyards are to be scrapped. This is all to the good. But in spite of the fact that most Unionist critics...

an importance and dignity that cannot rightly be denied. As in his life's work he considered no duty well done, no responsibility fulfilled, unless he devoted his own attention...

by a Mr. Peter Wright. Our recollections of a former book by the author disposed us to discard it promptly, and this determination was confirmed on finding that it contained...

caused considerable sensation, and gave another proof of the commanding position he held among modern painters. The brilliant unfinished portrait of Mme. Gautreau will, by the...

are generally regarded by people of good taste as private affairs. Lord Curzon's will, however, contains such generous devises and bequests to the nation that gratitude, not...

wealth Labour Conference. The Conference opened in London on Monday. There were delegates from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and India. We read with satisfaction...

to abuse one dead man, the words of another. If Lord Milner were alive we would wager that Mr. Wright would never have quoted as supporting his vile insinuations some alleged...

on March 5th, 1925. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Thursday 100}; on Thursday week 1001 ; a year ago 101 1 4. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Thursday 881 ; on Thursday week...

THE COAL MINES REPORT O UT of darkness, light. This article goes to press before the opinions of the Government, of the mine- owners, and of the men, in regard to the Report of...

• BY BRIGADIER-GENERAL W. C. E. ntiDICIN - (late Royal Artillery). T HE apparent lack of success of the Spaniards in their efforts to subdue and pacify the Moors and Riffs...

() UR readers may remember that in an article pub. lished- in our issue of July 4th we announced out intention of putting certain questions to " a represen- tative number of...

Before going on their holidays readers are advised to place an order for the SPECTATOR. The journal will be forwarded to any address at the following rates :- 'One Month .. • •...

T RECALL very vividly a conversation I once. had with the late Mr. Bryan. It was during the Tariff Reform campaign of 1905. Mr. Bryan was on a visit to this country and had been...

T HE ever-deepening shadow of the dispute in the mining industry has hung over the House of -Commons throughout the week. The industrial problem has become so acute that it has...

the censorship of plays has once again been raised. A number of plays now running in London, particularly, we believe, those of Mr. Noel Coward and his imitators, have shocked a...

BY MONICA M. GARDNER. P OLAND gave us the brilliant writer of the seas and tropics, whose death a year ago (August 3rd, 1924) England and Poland have deplored in a common...

F OR the time being we have two squirrels in Britain . There was only one originally—the red ; it is to be feared that we shall again be left with only one in the future—the...

THE HUMANE SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Su,—In reference to the letter in the Spectator of July 18th on "The Slaughter of Animals for Food," signed...

THE HOMECROFT SETTLEMENT FUND [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] fint,—In this letter I am not yet going to "report progress" concerning our Homecroft Settlement Fund. I fain...

the SPECTATOR. Sfe,—I have read the correspondence in the Spectator under the above heading with considerable interest, and particularly so in view of the fact that one of your...

Sin,—In London cheapness cannot be expected, nor even reasonable charges. Fashion is, and always has been, the most expensive factor in life. I append a comparative table of the...

SIR,—On an unforgettable afternoon in April, 1890, I had the privilege of spending two hours in the presence of Mr: Gladstone, and hearing his conversation on an extraordinary...

correspondence which has appeared recently in the Spectator, I am sending you the report of an interview with Dr. J. S. C. Elkington, Director of Tropical Hygiene, Commonwealth...

want to thank you very heartily for the issue of the Spectator under date of June 20th. That issue contains the open letter which our Citizens Committee caused to be sent to...

of the SPECTATOR.] SIE,—In an article on "The Security Pact and the League" in the - current number of the Round Table, the writer discusses the "formidable obligations"...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—You published recently an article by Miss Freda Sternberg, who was one of Dr. Stefansson's party which made an expedition into Central...

[To the Editor of the Sencrtvron.1 SIR,—We shall be very grateful if you would give us the hos- pitality of your columns to draw the attention of your readers to the Summer...

Sm,—Will you allow me to use our paper to ventilate an idea or two which by that means may reach the heads of the professions who may be large minded enough to develop them ?...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] am interested in Mr. Gee's statement in his letter on Unemployment and Coal" that "one particular quality of coal, very carefully selected...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—Several weeks ago a condemnation of my book, My Brother's Face, appeared in your correspondence columns over the signature of Mr. Harvey...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—MiSS Gwen John's theory about the terra-cotta 'mask by Rodin, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, is an ingenious one. But I fear the facts...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I was sitting in Hyde Park and had just been reading' the admirable paragraphs in the Spectator on the subject of litter. Four noisy...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Among subscriptions, amounting to 2175, which I have received for the Marseilles British Merchant Seamen's Hospital, as a result of the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I desire to appeal on behalf of the work among white boys in our hostel, Kimberley, South Africa. An appeal to 5,000 old Etonians has...

THE THRESHOLD BRIGHT is the morning : Breezes, 0 breezes ! And passionate sunlight Embracing the garden, Forlorn dewy garden Of roses and. lettuce, Plum tree and pear. And...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The invasion of France by the army of us who are drawn there by the cheapness of the franc (I myself know several English women leading...

A GREAT SOLDIER [COPY/LIMIT 1 1 ■1 ME UNTTED STATES OF AMERICA BY TIIE .New York Times.] Robert E. Lee : The Soldier. By Maj.-Gen. Sir Frederick Maurice. (London : Constable....

The Editor offered a prize of 15 for an Outline of History in not more than 100 words of prose. WAS it necessary to start an Outline of History with the nebular hypothesis ? We...

THE EDITOR OFFERS TWO PRIZES OF £10 EACH, THE FIRST FOR AN INSCRIPTION FOR A SUNDIAL IN PROSE OR VERSE, THE SECOND FOR AN EPIGRAM ON WOMAN IN FOUR LINES OF VERSE. NONE of our...

British Isles, by J. Travis Jenkins. The book gathers together information on the characteristics and habits of salt-water and fresh-water fish that has previously been scat-...

ONE of the most notable ventures in publishing recently has been Messrs. Benn's series of "Augustan Books of Poetry." Here side by side we are given selections from acknowledged...

are drawn upon for the small anthology, Treasure Trove, by John o' London (Newnes). There is Montaigne's wicked jest; "Man is Certainly stark mad, he cannot make - a ilea, and...

A Prime Minister and His Son. From the Correspondence of the Third Earl of Bute and of Lt.-Gen. the Hon. Sir Charles Stuart, K.B. Edited by the Hon. Mrs. E. Stuart Wortley,...

Consequences of Mr. Churchill, by J. Maynard Keynes (Hogarth Press), and Some Phases of Free Thought in England in the Nineteenth Century, by Lord Oxford (Lindsey Press).

ON the first page of this ravishing document, Mrs. Fay presents the secret of her style and her appeal in one sentence. "My constant prayers are," says she, "that we may be...

Tax scientist usually looks somewhat askance at popular expositions of science for the lay public, and in the main there are two reasons. The first is that the necessary avoid-...

WiteN settlements were first made in Western Australia there were but few would-be colonists to draw upon, and no certainty that they would find means of supporting existence...

A MEMOIR OF LORD BALFOUR OF BURLEIGH. By Lady Frances Balfour. (Hodder and Stoughton. 12s. 6d.) LORD BALFOUR OF BURLEIGH does not offer a very good sub- ject for biography. He...

FOR those who desire to feel their flesh creep about the menace , of Russia, Professor Ossendowski is the man. .- He is a Pole : who has travelled far and wide in the...

knows London exhaustively. His last book is as interesting as the former ones, and tells more of the near past about which we are all so often ignorant. The chapters dealing...

and Unwin. 10s. 6d. net.) THERE is Still value in studies of railway economics such as those Sir William Acworth and Mr. Knoop produced, but they are shouldered aside to-day in...

(Methuen. Is. 6d.) • Tim book would not only be immensely useful to the sight- seer in the most romantic city in the British Isles, but will, we feel sure, give great pleasure...

THE first article in the new Quarterly is by Sir Ian Malcolm. He writes of "George Curzon" with intimate knowledge, and the article contains a good deal which will be new even...

net.) WE are pleased to see this ably edited and beautifully produced new magazine. It contains, among others, articles upon "The International Polo Position," "Coaching, Past...

of the dew from them was distilled at Eton, where Mr. Ramsay is Lower Master, or Ostiarius, and Some of the allusions in these verses, Latin and English, will only be...

6d. net.)—A novel which has the Italian spirit for its underlying theme is If the Gods Laugh, by Rosita Forbes ; but the book is chiefly concerned with Italy's North African...

UNEMPLOYMENT AND NATIONAL EXPENDITURE BY ARTHUR W. KIDDY. NEEDLESS to say, the City entirely disapproves of the attempts which have been made in some quarters to make...

UNDISMISSABLE SERVANTS Thunderstorm and one of Mr. Coppard's stories, "The Little Mistress," both describe almost the same situation—the impending dismissal of a servant. Miss...

The Report of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company for the past, year shows a steady expansion in receipts which have advanced from 1553,000 to 2642,000, the net profit also...

No small amount of interest has been taken in the recent announcement to the effect that Germany has become a member of the International Chamber of Commerce. That Chamber,...

DULL MARRETS. THE closing days of July are seldom very, brisk as regards Stock Exchange business, and with a coal stoppage threatened, to say nothing of other possible...

The prosperity which has for so long attended the conduct of the business of Mitchells and Butler shows no signs of abatement. For some few years the profits have been very...

At the recent meeting of the Phoenix Oil Company, the chair- man was in the satisfactory position of being able to declare a maiden dividend, and, on the whole, his views...

Although no marked improvement in the franc has yet followed upon the acceptance of M. C,aillaux's loan proposals and the passing of the French Budget, there is no doubt that...