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The Lausanne Conference still just keeps going. Every now and
The Spectatorthen small concessions are wrung out of the Turks, but the Allied and Turkish minimums arc far from coinciding as yet. The best thing that can be said is that nobody, except...
It must also be remembered that when we borrowed the
The Spectatormoney from America during the War the interest agreed on was 5 per cent. The American terms are not in the nature of a pound of flesh, but it must be admitted that the burden on...
The affair of Memel is a typical instance of the
The Spectatormess that the Versailles Treaty has made of Europe. The town and district were placed in the charge of Britain, France, Belgium, Italy and Japan (Japan has, by the way, also a...
• We regret to record that the American Commissioners and
The Spectatorthe British Mission have not been able to come to an agreement as regards the funding of our debt to America. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and his colleagues will accordingly...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorT HE news from the Ruhr, from Paris, and from Berlin is full of menace and ill omen. The French are finding that the further they advance on the road to ruin, whether on the...
TO READERS AND SUBSCRIBERS.
The SpectatorThe " Spectator " will be sent post free from its offices, 13 York Street, Covent Garden, London, W.C. 2, to any address in the United Kingdom or abroad for 30s. per annum,...
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On Tuesday the Prime Minister received a deputation from the
The SpectatorGeneral Couneil of the Trades Union Congress, the primary object of which was to urge that an imme- diate meeting of Parliament should be summoned in order to deal with...
Lord Weir's letter, shorn of inessentials, is simply a statement
The Spectatorof the employers' case for a further cut in wages—and surely as able and clear a statement as any body of men could wish to have made of their case. Very briefly his points are...
Last week the eventful career of Constantine of Greece came
The Spectatorto an unhappy end in an exile's death. For us the " Tino " of the Great War blotted out the Con- stantine of Janina and Salonika. And yet, seen from a purely Greek point of...
Lord Milner's articles in the Observer have been on very
The Spectatordifferent and, so far, much more general lines. They really amount to a discussion and criticism of the Capitalist System as by custom if not by law established in this country....
Now that the fall of the late Government has brought
The Spectatorto an end what an ironic historian, versed in the ephemeral literature of 1918 - 19, will have learnt to call "the period of reconstruction," we are at last beginning coolly to...
Several curious little pieces of news have come from Central
The SpectatorEurope. First, of course, the German situation has reacted unfavourably on Austria, and it looks as if the Chancellor, Dr. Seipel, will not be able to give a very hope- ful...
Mr. Arthur Henderson has carried the Newcastle seat by a
The Spectatormajority of 4,884 votes over the Liberal candidate, Major Barnes. This, however, can hardly be reckoned as a Labour triumph, for Captain Gee, the Unionist candidate, polled only...
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Some very wise and sensible things were recently said on
The Spectatorthe problem of unemployment by Sir Hugh Bell. Speaking at the annual meeting of the York Savings Bank on Monday, he strongly condemned the dole system. If, he said, we had found...
The past fortnight has been full of rumours as to
The Spectatora change of proprietorship in the Nation, a change which would involve the retirement of Mr. Massingham--, a journalist of high distinction though one whose views are not ours....
Mr. Bonar Law is not a man with whom it
The Spectatoris safe to make such mistakes. He at once pointed out that there was no holiday as far as Ministers were concerned, and that while the House of Commons was sitting it was far...
On several occasions the Spectator has done its best to
The Spectatorsave the VVhitgift Hospital at Croydon from destruc- tion. Therefore, it is with particular pleasure that we note that the Croydon Council decided on Monday that a poll of the...
We hold that a newspaper should be controlled from inside—by
The Spectatorediting and writing proprietors if possible. It should also be run as a business concern and not as the fancy of a rich patron, or as the organ of a Party or coterie ; or again...
Early on Monday morning a gentleman, Mr. Thayer, was talking
The Spectatorin 195 Broadway, New York, and was clearly heard in New Southgate, London. This was the first transatlantic wireless telephone message.
On Tuesday a public announcement was made by the King
The Spectatorof the betrothal of the Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the daughter of Lord Strath- more. Lord Strathmore is the owner of Glamis, one of the most magnificent and...
Bank Rate, 8 per cent., changed from 81 per cent.
The SpectatorJuly 18, 192Z ; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 100i; Thursday week, 1001; a year ago, 9111.
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Considerable space is being given in the American Press at
The Spectatorthe present time to what the Literary Digest terms " the Asing tide of murder." Criminal homicide, judging by the figures given by Dr. Frederick L. Hoffman, con- sulting...
Emigration experts are for ever insisting that the Dominions only
The Spectatorrequire farmers and agriculturists, and that it is no use for the town-bred to seek a new home across the seas. It is therefore interesting to learn from an interview in the...
A gift of great importance to the Metropolitan Museum of
The SpectatorArt, New York, is announced. Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. de Forest have presented a new wing to be devoted exclusively to American Art of the Colonial, Revolu- tionary and Early...
Those who imagine that New Zealand is a prosperous little
The Spectatorcountry where people are solely engaged in agri- cultural pursuits and send us nothing but meat, butter, cheese and wool, may be surprised to learn of the steady industrial...
THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD.
The SpectatorBy EVELYN WRENCH. T HE reports from the correspondents of the British Press in Washington concerning the progress made by the British and American Debt Funding Commissioners...
How many hotels in Great Britain outside London provide a
The Spectatorbathroom attached to every bedroom and a system of steam-heating capable of being regulated by the guest, as is to be found in almost every American hotel ? Do our hotel...
The importance of the tourist from across the seas as
The Spectatora revenue producer is not yet sufficiently realized in Great Britain. There is no reason why many more thousands of visitors might not be attracted annually to our shores....
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorTHE DRIFT TOWARDS RUIN. I T is preposterous to speak of France as "the enemy," meaning that she is our and the world's enemy ; and so far as we know no responsible person here...
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SIGNOR MUSSOLINI AS NATIONAL TRUSTEE.
The SpectatorI F what has happened in Italy had happened in Great Britain we should have to say that we were in a bad way. We should say that Constitutionalism had broken down and that that...
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PROHIBITION IN AMERICA.
The SpectatorN O clear-headed man in America thinks the Prohi- bition amendment will ever be repealed. It is as deeply embedded in the Constitution as are those conferring unrestricted...
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THE HOURS OF CIVIL SERVANTS.
The SpectatorT is a great satisfaction to read in the Times that the Treasury is demanding that the daily working hours of the Civil Service should be increased from seven to eight. It is a...
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WORK FOR WORK'S SAKE.
The SpectatorW ORK, which used to be regarded as a neCessity, is now looked on as a prize. To be out of work is the synonym, not of laziness, but of misery. To get work is the first object...
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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sns, — I certainly favour your
The Spectatorsuggestion that a Memorial of Mr. Page should be erected in London, and I entirely agree with your article of January 6th. Still, failing the consent of the Dean and Chapter of...
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
The SpectatorSue,—By all means put me down as a supporter of the Page Memorial in Westminster Abbey. I knew and loved him.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] strongly support your idea
The Spectatorof a tablet to be erected in Westminster Abbey to Mr. Page, who was, as you say, a real and active supporter of this country and a friend in need, compared with many of the...
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] DEAR Mu. STRacriuv,—I am
The Spectatorin cordial agreement with your suggestion that a Memorial to Mr. Page should be placed in Westminster Abbey. I am reading his Life and Letters. I think they reveal him as a man...
THE PAGE MEMORIAL IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
The SpectatorW E have received a verylarge number of communica- tions on this subject, all of them being in favour of our proposal for a Memorial. The following letters are a selection from...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
The SpectatorWHAT FRANCE WILL FIND OUT. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sni,—I have been a subscriber to the Spectator for many years, and an admirer of its fairness whether I agreed with...
[To the Editor of the SpEct,troa.1 Sra,—Your issue of January
The Spectator13th contains hard words under the title of "What France will Find Out." The writing is reminiscent of Micaiah, the son of Imlah, who prophesied only evil. Germany has...
[To the Editor of the SpEcrwron.] Sin,—When my cousin, Lord
The SpectatorEversley, was First Commis- sioner of Works he proposed (and I believe nearly succeeded in carrying) a scheme for forming a cloister, or cloisters, and removing thereto the most...
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Stn,—May I briefly make
The Spectatortwo points with reference to your very sound article in this week's issue ? 1. Capital punishment is a deterrent and must, therefore, be retained to protect potential victims....
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sta,—Why should we assume
The Spectatorso blandly that we are right and the French so entirely wrong in this Ruhr business ? All sorts of plans have been tried. Weak-kneed politicians have blundered badly ever since...
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In your article under the above heading there is the following sentence : "It was gravely proposed . . . that the murderer alone should...
[To the Editor of the SencreTon.] Sta,—You say that France
The Spectatorstands alone in her reparations policy. The contrary is the case. England stands alone. Italy and Belgium support France. Germany does not mean to pay, unless she is made to by...
We have also received letters from the following among others
The Spectator:- Mr. C. A. McMaster, 53, Leeds Road, Bradford. Miss Edith V. Rintoul, Miss Ella J. Rintoul, Miss Mabel Rintoul, 9 Cranbourne Court, Albert Bridge Road, S.W. 11. Mr. Lionel...
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A SUPER-LINK WITH THE PAST. [To the Editor of the
The SpectatorSPECTATOR.] DEAR MR. STRACIIEY,—I have been reading The Adventure of Living with great pleasure, and it has occurred to me that you might be interested in the following details...
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In your article on
The SpectatorCapital Punishment in your issue of January 13th you say that "in Denmark, we believe, murder is punished by flogging plus penal servitude for life," and you add that "for our...
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
The SpectatorSin,—While I am not an advocate of the entire abolition of capital punishment I wish to express my hearty concurrence with your suggestion that a Commission or Committee should...
THE RENT STRIKE.
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—This matter is of very general interest, but the points involved are highly technical, and it is not surprising thaein the" News of the...
SENTENCES FOR CHILD MURDER. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
The SpectatorSIR,—In the Spectator for January 13th you discuss the subject of Capital Punishment. You are mistaken in supposing that a woman who has killed her newly-born child must be...
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The remarks in your
The Spectatorissue of January 18th seem hardly in accordance with your usual wisdom. You say that the decision of the House of Lords was obvious and inevitable. Surely not, when two out of...
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THE " SPECTATOR'S " CIRCULATION.
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sur,—In connexion with the circulation of the Spectator, the one copy which I take by no means represents the number of those who read it. I...
BUSINESS MEN IN POLITICS.
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The assertion in your "News of the Week" column of January 13th that "Money-making unfits men for govern- ance" is surely too sweeping. A...
OBSCURE POETRY.
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Will you permit me to state my mature and considered opinion that the defects of the Neo-Obscurantist Poets must be attributed chiefly to...
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
The SpectatorSnt,—Though not yet arrived at full fogyhood, I find myself in tune with your chorus of fog:es in their loud denunciation of Miss Sitwell's poem ; but my reasons for joining the...
• PORK AND THE MOON.
The Spectator• [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Your instances of the moon's influence on domestic matters remind me of the advice given me, in all seriousness, by a certain Norfolk...
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So many communications have been received on the subject of
The SpectatorMiss Sitwell's poem and our Literary Editor's commentary that we have been forced, in this instance, to forgo our usual custom of publishing correspondence at length. The...
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—The following poem was
The Spectatorinspired, partly by Miss Sitwell's letter expressing a well-merited contempt for those who write to say that they do not understand her poetry, partly by—or rather out of...
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—May I point out
The Spectatorthat in writing of Robert Browning's obscurity as " conscious " Mrs. Williams-Ellis appears to be under a misapprehension ? His own words are explicit : "I never designedly...
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POETRY.
The SpectatorSIX DISTICliES. IN AN OXFORD GARDEN. Acaoss your lawns we watched a Shadow move t I called it Memory, and you called it Love. THE FIRST EMBRACE. 'Tis dawn, and Eve the...
ART.
The SpectatorDECORATIVE ART AT THE ACADEMY. AT last the Academy seems trying to justify its position, and has promoted an exhibition which is not merely a shop for miscellaneous easel...
GRASS So the days pass, So greens the grass t
The SpectatorUntil at last - Some fruit is cast. But fruit, that fades Into the earth, By a new birth Gives greener blades. That is our round : Morning and even Lapsing to ground, Piercing...
NOTICE.—When "Correspondence" or Articles are signed with The writer's name
The Spectatoror 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 mode of...
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THE THEATRE.
The Spectator" MEDIUM " AND "THE PERFECT DAY" AT THE EVERYMAN THEATRE. " ARLEQUIN " AT THE EMPIRE. "THE CABARET GIRL" AT THE WINTER GARDEN. How easy it must be if you are a theatrical...
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THE AMERICAN PRESS AND THE NEW YORK "EVENING POST."*
The SpectatorTHE history of the origin, development, and power of the Press is one of the most interesting and significant things in the story of America. Very early the Americans realized...
We deeply regret to chronicle the death of Katharine Mansfield
The Spectator(Mrs. Middleton Murry). She was held by many critics to be the best living writer of short stories, and her two volumes Bliss and The Garden Party had a profound effect upon her...
BOOKS.
The SpectatorTHIS WEEK'S BOOKS. THE pause in book-production is completely over. There were just eighty-nine books on my table this morning. However, among a mass of books certainly or...
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VINCENT VAN GOGH.* ON the work of Van Gogh there
The Spectatorhave been during the last twenty years two sharp changes of intelligent opinion : "of intelligent opinion" I say advisedly, the fools having merely looped the familiar hemicycle...
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TUSI-TALA.*
The SpectatorWHEN posterity comes finally to " place " the life and works of Robert Louis Stevenson it will gain no small advantage from the possession of such a book as this. Miss Rosaline...
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ANOTHER BIOGRAPHY OF MR.LLOYD GEORGE.* Mn. E. T. RAYMOND has
The Spectatorwritten many biographical pieces which for an intelligible reason have won popularity. He has shown himself able to paint "a speaking likeness" out of any pigments, though these...
RELIGIOUS PERPLEXITIES.* A SURVIVOR of the early Tractarians, being asked
The Spectatorwhether it never occurred to the Tract party to extend their very out- spoken criticism of the Anglican system in which they found themselves to religious conceptions of a more...
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DIPLOMATIC PRACTICE.* THERE was a tendency after the outbreak of
The Spectatorthe Great War to lay the main responsibility for this disastrous tragedy upon the old diplomacy. It was not only particular diplomatists and particular policies that were...
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MR. EDMOND X. KAPP'S " REFLECTIONS."* THE Concise Oxford Dictionary
The Spectatordefines " caricature" as the "grotesque representation of person or thing by over-emphasis on characteristic traits." If that is a true definition, then all of Mr. Kapp's...
POETS AND POETRY.
The Spectator"THE INDICATOR'S" VERSE.t "I DO not believe," wrote Leigh Hunt in the collection of his verses which Moxon printed so finely for the subscribers in 1832, "that other generations...
MODERN FRANCE.
The SpectatorModern France is a companion volume to Medieval France. To help him tell his "story of the life of a great nation," Mr. They has gathered about him an elite of specialists whose...
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FICTION.
The SpectatorA STUDY IN TEMPERAMENTS.* Mn. IIEywooD BROM , ' is well known in America as a journalist, but—unless we are mistaken----this is his first novel. The first thing that strikes us...
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MINUET AND FOX-TROT. By Agnes and Egerton Castle. (Hutchinson. 7s.
The Spectator6d. net.)—There are a dozen short stories in this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Castle continue to be well-bred and readable, and though seldom inordinately thril- ling, they are never...
Mr. Lucas has an inexhaustible vein of genial essay-writing, and
The Spectatorthis volume is as good as his others. His range of subject is wide ; but everything he touches takes upon it the same suavity and ease. The most important essay in this...
D'ARCY CONYERS. By Bertal Heeney. (Hodder and Stoughton. 7s. 6d.)—A
The Spectatorhark-back to the magazine fiction of the 'eighties. We have that little Canadian village by the lake "where D'Arcy went to school," and a simple, moral faith which believes that...
NOTES ON RUTLAND BOUGHTON'S THE IMMORTAL HOUR. By A. J.
The SpectatorSheldon. (Cornish Bros. is. net.) Mr. Boughton was certainly perverse in calling his essen- tially lyrical opera a "music-drama." It has none of the complexity of Wagner and...
OTHER BOOKS.
The SpectatorMr. Edmund Gosse, who contributes a Preface to this volume, has the pleasure of praising both a father and a son in one short notice. The former, the late Austin Dobson, Mr....
THE FOOL OF DESTINY. By Rolf Bennett and Kathe- rine
The SpectatorHarrington. (Hutchinson. 7s. 6d.)—An amusing piece of commercial fiction of the film-serial type, unhampered by any attempts at characterization or realism. In the first fifty...
THE FILM MYSTERY. By Arthur B. Reeve. (Hodder and Stoughton.
The Spectator7s. ad. net.)—Those who are curious as to the world of American cinema artists will acquire a great deal of informa- tion as to their mode of life in this novel. The details of...
THE LADY IN QUESTION. By George Robcy. (Nash and Grayson.
The SpectatorOs. net.)—Mr. Robey takes an unfair advan- tage from his own persofiality. We snigger at many of the written words of his book because the vision comes to us of how he would...
ABOUT LIFE. Stories by Basil Watson (" Ensign"). (Duck-- worth.
The Spectator7s. 6d. net.)—A series of very " hearty " sketches concerning such topics as soldiering, racing, boxing, shooting, ase. The stories, with one exception, are vigorous and good of...
PIRACY. By Michael Arlen. (Collins. 7s. 6d. net.)— Mr. Arlen's
The Spectatornovel is queerly dissatisfying. It is irritating. And yet it must be spoken of respectfully ; and it must be spoken of vaguely because there is something in it that fails to...
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THE QUARTERLIES.
The SpectatorTHE QUARTERLY. We are delighted to find in the new Quarterly a vigorous and well-reasoned article on "The Burden of Taxation," rein- forcing the Spectator's plea for a full...
BRITISH AND CONTINEN'rAL LABOUR POLICY. By B. G. de Montgomery.
The Spectator(Kegan Paul and Co. 21s. net.) Mr. de Montgomery has written an exhaustive study of the political Labour movement and its legislation in Great Britain, France and Scandinavia...
This truly monumental work is, we are glad to see,
The Spectatormaking progress. The compilers promise that the fourth volume, completing the biographical record of "all known students, grad uates and holders of office at the University of...
SECOND YEAR-BOOK OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS: January, 1921—February 6th,
The Spectator1922. By Charles II. Levermore. (P. S. King. 7s. 6d. net.) Dr. Levermore, who is the secretary of the League of Nations Union in New York, has compiled a valuable hand- book...
SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY. By Robert Lynd. (Grant Richards.
The Spectator7s. 6d.) Mr. Lynd brings out books so quickly, collects and reprints his newspaper essays so assiduously, that we begin to shake our heads and say that it will not do. Yet it...
This is the Linacre lecture delivered at St. John's College,
The SpectatorCambridge, in 1922. Experiments in rejuvenescence have lately attracted much attention, and it is possibly for this aspect of the subject that Sir Humphry Rolleston 's treatise...
FIGARO. By John Rivers. (Hutchinson. 18s. net.) This life of
The SpectatorBeaumarchais makes no pretence to be anything but anecdotal. Beaumarchais's life, however, was of such interest and his character is so vivid that Mr. Rivers has produced an...
BOOK-PRICES CURRENT: Vol. X.XXV. (Stock. 32s. ad. net.)
The SpectatorThe new volume of this useful compilation deals with the book-sales of the season 1920-1921. The delay in its appearance is due to the lamented death of Mr. J. 11. Slater, who...
THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF BRITISH INDIA. By E. A. Home.
The Spectator(Clarendon Press. 10s. tild. net.) Mr. Home explains fully the present government of British India and discusses the probable effects of our recent changes in policy. He is by...
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THE ENGLISH HfSTORICAL REVIEW.
The SpectatorProfessor Pollard completes in this issue his valuable essay on "Council, Star Chamber and Privy Council under the 'udors." He maintains that Elizabeth kept her executive Privy...
THE EDINBURGH REVIEW.
The SpectatorMr. Bernard Holland's excellent article on "Central and Local Government" deserves special notice. As the editor, Mr. Harold Cox, points out in "A Conservative Programme," "one...
THE LIBRARY. (H. Milford. 5s. net.)
The SpectatorIn a recent issue the Library contains a valuable paper by Professor H. B. Lathrop on The First English Printers and their Patrons." The American scholar is chiefly concerned...
FINANCE-PUBLIC & PRIVATE;
The SpectatorBy ARTHUR W. KIDDY. MARKET OPTIMISM. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—During the past week developments in external political and financial affairs do not, to the...
THE ARMY QUARTERLY. (Clowes. 7s. 6d. net.)
The SpectatorThere are many good articles in the January number, notably an account of the defeat of the Bolshevik invasion of Poland in August, 1920, when British Labour leaders threat-...
THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL.
The SpectatorMr. C. Gillman's account of his ascent of Kilimanjaro, the great isolated East Africa mountain which, though close to the Equator, is covered with eternal' snow, is peculiarly...
THE scorrIsH HISTORICAL REVIEW.
The SpectatorMr. Walter Seton completes the story of the Scottish Regalia which were hidden during Cromwell's occupation of Scotland and brought out again at the Restoration. It seems that...
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FINANCIAL NOTES.
The SpectatorI am glad to see that the Quarterly Review, in an able article dealing with "The Burden of Taxation," strongly supports Mr. Herbert Gibbs in his recent advocacy of a Commission...
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tendency, so far as bankers' figures in the aggregate are
The Spectatorconcerned, for some rather wide variations in the matter of deposits, and for the most part the tendency has been in the downward direction. The Current Accounts of Messrs....
