TOPICS OF THE DAY i liBORTION : a Question of Diagnosis .. 135 Africa, a New Deal for .. 895 After Supper .. 765 Air, Britain Takes to the .. 191 Air Attack and Defence .. 292...

Mediter- ranean coast to Valencia ; his next important objective is Sagunto. But his advance is slow and difficult, as the Republicans have erected strong defences and are...

depend on the progress of the war. The civil war has developed into an international conflict the issue of which is decided in Berlin, Rome, Paris and London rather than on the...

T HE constitutional complications arising out of the questions raised by Mr. Duncan Sandys on Monday have developed so rapidly that an article on a later page dealing with this...

statement on the aims of British Colonial policy made by the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, at Oxford, on Tuesday. If we are to be fit to administer a colonial...

forced the Japanese to give up their advance on the Lunghai Railway, has been followed by the flooding of the Han River, the Hwai River, and the Yangtze, which, the Chinese...

by Mr. Menzies, the Attorney-General of Australia, at the Chatham House dinner last week on the need for consultation with the Dominions on important questions of foreign policy...

War that the anti-aircraft defence force is to be doubled and the command reorganised represents a belated recognition of the over- whelming importance of adequate protection...

no doubt of the unrest and dissatisfaction that have grown up in Austria, and especially in Vienna, since the Anschluss. Reports of reprimands delivered to the Nazi leaders, of...

noticeable improvement in the position in Czechoslovakia. Discussions of the Nationality Statute have made considerable progress, and by June 12th the Statute should be ready...

connexion with freedom of speech are raised. Let us admit at once that the recent Debates on the Air Estimates and the reconstruction of the Government which followed would not...

Some Members feel that this is an issue of first- class constitutional importance. Members of Parliament are rightly jealous of their privileges, and one may anticipate that the...

the ten-minutes rule, to prevent aliens participating in assemblies " for the purpose of propagating blasphemous or atheistic doctrines or any other activities calculated to...

the Govern- ment's Coal Bill on Tuesday and the measure returns to the House of Commons, considerably amended in favour of the royalty-owners, with minatory observations from...

on Monday provided a whole series of surprises and sensa- tions. A question from Sir Henry Page Croft, based upon what appeared to the Opposition as an outrageously scurrilous...

in recent years in reducing the rate of infant mortality, the rate of maternal mortality has remained obstinately high. It is to be hoped, therefore, that the scheme for a...

I N introducing, little more than a month ago, a Bill to amend the Official Secrets Act of 192o Mr. Dingle Foot, in words to which events have lent an unlooked- for pertinence,...

TN an article on another page Dr. Paul Einzig describes some recent changes in the British Government's attitude to the question of supporting the Central European States in...

IF Ulster justice gains the notoriety which it has in fact gained, Ulster has no one but itself to thank. I am astonished that so little comment has been published on the case...

By MADAME CHIANG KAI-SHEK W HEREVER the Japanese have been they have marked our land with ruin. They have left scars upon our earth, our hearts, and our minds—indelible...

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT A YEAR ago a friend of Dr. Niemoller's paid him an evening visit in his study and their discussions lasted far into the night. It was after...

By ARTHUR MANN (Editor of " The Yorkshire Post") T HERE was never a time, in my journalistic experience, which . dates from 1893, when more University men and public school...

By PAUL EINZIG G ERMAN economic penetration into the Danubian and Balkan States has bcen going on for years, but it is only since the annexation of Austria that these countries...

By DR. GILBERT MURRAY [A reply to the article on " Collective Security or Collective Defence?" by Dr. Edwyn Bevan in last week's " Spectator "J A NY criticism coming from Dr....

By TEMPLE GRAY S TONE'S JUSTICES' MANUAL—the guide, if not the comfort, of the magistrates—contains references to more titan 2,000 Acts of Parliament. How many of the justices...

By GRAHAM GREENE I LEFT Vera Cruz on April 3oth in the German liner Orinoco,' travelling third class. The shadow of the Spanish war stretches across the south Atlantic and the...

[So far as space permits questions from 1 eaders, particularly those arising out of articles in THE SPECTATOR, and dealing with fact, not opinion, will be answered on this page...

Under Thirty Page By W. ARMSTRONG [The writer, who is 23, has just taken Greats at Oxford] P EACE, liberty, democracy, a new world order, England ; they all come readily to...

Now that the great Russians have shot their bolt and belong to history—the age of early Close - Ups and the old Windmill' Theatre, of earnest lectures (which have come to so...

THE THEATRE " Golden Boy." By Clifford Odets. At the St. James's Theatre MR. ODETS' Golden Boy is a young American Jew with a talent for music and a talent for boxing. He has a...

Instruction or Entertainment? - 'THE programme of the Russian. Ballet at Covent Garden is remarkably reticent about the name of the company which is performing there. We had...

The Lesson of Still-Life WHENEVER I defend the view that all forms of painting reveal the ideas and feelings of the artist, my opponent always ends up by saying triumphantly :...

A Garden Lament The death of Lady Strathmore, the Queen's mother, came when the gardens she loved and had helped to make were reaching their heyday. She was a great gardener,...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] Sm, — I have to thank you for a very understanding review of my book,. Britain Looks at Germany, and I hope I shall not seem unappreciative if I...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - [Correspondents aro requested to keep their letters as brief as is reasonably possible. The most suitable length is that of one of our " News of the...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR, —In April of this year, the then Secretary of State for the Colonies gave his assent to a Kenya Ordinance called the Employment of Servants...

interest that I read your article, " The Defence of Britain," in your issue of June 24th. I have not yet read Sir Edward Grigg's Britain Looks at Germany, but having worked on...

have naturally taken a great interest in the articles and letters appearing in your paper on the subject of the return of the colonies once held by her to Germany. I do not...

SIR,—The article in your issue of June 17th entitled " Land- lords, Rents and Tenants " serves to remind us of the apathy of- the public when the recent Rent Restriction Bill...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] was interested in your suggestion in The Spectator for June 17th that we might build roads on the N.W. frontier as an effective means of...

SPECTATOR] SIR, — In your issue of June 57th I ventured to challenge the statement that " servitude to a meticulous theology " was the cause of empty churches, instancing the...

like to correct any impression that may arise that the Pioneer Health Centre is anything but a development of • the main idea and thesis to which Sir James Mackenzie devoted his...

Sta,—I believe that the letter headed " Broadcasts in German " from your correspondent " E. B." contains a suggestion of vital importance. We know that the German people are not...

of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—As is well known, in 178o Dr. Johnson sent to Mrs. Piozzi an original poem of seven stanzas, a bitter and satirical congratulation on the coming of age...

anti-German correspondent's query regarding travel in Austria, it is obvious that she, and all who write in similar fashion, do so only because they know that visitors will...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] Sta,-r-May I be permitted to reply, to your correspondent's criticism of my letter and say that for. Christianity to appeal to the . Secular...

, . .. [To ,.;he Editor. of THE SPECTATOR] . _ . SIR,---I greatly regret to read your criticism of Mr. Chamberlain and of _ his last speech on Spain.... I consider your attitude...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—Is there any valid reason why the British Government should not ask the Spanish Government to permit their merchant vessels to be...

[To 'the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—My attention has been drawn to Mr. D. W: Brogan's review of my book, The Faithful Mohawks, which appeared in your issue of June loth, and...

that other readers of The Spec- tator share her feeling—Austria could be no happy holiday ground for us.—Yours, &c., A. F.

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SLR,—For British people to refuse to take their holidays in Austria is only to add to the hardships of the Austrians. My husband and I have...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] Sta,—Your correspondent Dr. Derry 'speaks only for England and mainly for the secondary school. What of the Scottish teacher in Bridgeton or...

"The agreement between' Ministers of the United Kingdom' and Ministers of Eire formally concludes a disastrous-chapter in Anglo- Irish history, and initiates a new one of...

[D'un correspondant parisien] Taus les Francais, toutes les Francaises, ont etc de cocur avec la reine Elizabeth dans sa douloureuse epreuve. Its n'auraient pas ate etonnes,...

BOOKS OF THE DAY By CHRISTOPHER HOBHOUSE THIS is a sumptuous and fascinating book. There can be no more satisfying way of writing history than to weave it round the fabric of...

monograph, dealing with a - somewhat remote subject, made a more timely appearance, when events are Arcing that subject upon the attention of a much wider public. And it may be...

THOUGH it has been delayed for so long, the introduction of Kierkegaard to the English-speaking world is now well under way—this is the fourth study of his life or philosophy to...

Faber. ns. 6d.) PROFESSOR ROLL'S new work rouses high expectations. In the by no means easy field of elementary presentation of economic and monetary theory his earlier books...

Arthur Rimbaud. By Enid Starkie. (Faber and Faber. Iss.) THE usual method of reviewing a book of this type appears to be for the reviewer to take the stand that he knows more...

what is called modern literature. It is particularly interesting toddy because we are in difficulties about our valuation of past literary standards and our erection of new...

/2 • • The Upward Anguish. By Humbert Wolfe. (Cassell. los. 6d.) WHEN whatever Muse presides over the writing of autobio- graphies began to prod Mr. Humbert Wolfe into...

Autobiography of a Cad. By A. G. Macdonell. (Macmillan. 7s. 6d.) AN American reporter who was asked how many Jews there were in New York replied : " I dunno, there must be...

Tice Juvenile Labour Market. By John and Sylvia Jewkes. (Gollancz, 4s. 6d.) OF this book's two sections one is a detailed survey, based on individual case work, of conditions in...

By KATE O'BRIEN Late Harvest. By George Blake. (Collins. 8s. 6d.) Love Within Limits. By Paul Frischauer. (Cassell. 7s. 6d.) The Gentle Phoenix. By Dorothy Wright. (Heinemann....

Ellen S. Bosanquet R. C. Bosanquet, who died three years ago at the age of 64, was well known as an archaeologist whose digging in Melos and Eastern Crete was specially...

Atiya CURRENT LITERATURE The Crusades are commonly thought to have ended with St. Louis in Tunis in 1270, or with the fall of Acre in 1291. But Dr. Atiya in his valuable new...

Year-Book are familiar to all who are interested in the study of world affairs. In this current edition (Macmillan, 2os.) the only change in the make-up is in the title of the...

Plotograpby By W. R. AYLING UNTIL quite recently, making a photograph in natural colours was a complicated process calling for considerable skill and experience on the part of...

Accidents in the Commons Some revealing statements and suggestions were made in the House of Commons the other day when the House went into Committee of Supply on the Ministry...

By CUSTOS WHEN I wrote a week ago of the incipient recovery in the stock markets I was prepared to be hopeful without commit- ting myself to the view that Demon Recession had...

WHESSOE FOUNDRY POLICY LIKE most other engineering undertakings, the Whessoe Foundry enjoyed, both record output and record profits last year. It appears, however, from Mr....

BY ZENO • (A prize of a Book Token for one guinea will be given to the sender of the first correct solution of this week's crossword puzzle to be opened. Envelopes should be...

SOLUTION NEXT WEEK The winner of Crossword No. 30o is J. Townsley, Junr., cjo Sayer, 105 West Street, Havant, Hants.