T HE greatest event of . the week has .been Sir Austen Chamberlain's announcement.to the United States that the Government "mill be happy to sign " the Kellogg Peace Pact. The...

Pact - will not affect her alliances and agreements and that her • right of self-defence remains unimpaired: She points out that every sovereign nation must be the sole judge...

June 24th as satisfactory, and, like France, is content to have them on record without insisting that they shall be part of the Treaty. Sir Austen's delay in answering Mr....

the Donoughmore Commission is unlike that of any Executive existing anywhere in the world. In form it suggests the League of Nations. Government in Ceylon had come to a deadlock...

virtually. universal franchise, and that Ceylon OAR bethine :a self-governing Colony. As, however, there is not the lea:a:hope of the many small political. groups cohering' into...

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interfere with the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution which is the basis of the Volstead Act, but Mr. Raskob has - announced that if, as a " result of careful study," Mr....

Reports, but here we should like to say something about a matter which does not arise directly out of the inquiry. The debate in the House of COMmons whiCh will take place after...

cratic candidate for the Presidency, is not letting a blade of grass grow under his feet. He has a long and difficult, and many people think impossible, road to travel to the...

to abandon its attempt to settle the dispute. between Rumania and Hungary is deplorable. The Treaty of Trianon laid upon the Council the duty of appointing a substitute for the...

eighty-five, has sometimes been called the " Grand Old Man" of Italian politics. He was 'Liberal by name, it is true, but it was often difficult for foreigners to identify his...

luncheon on Tuesday. The assassin was able to approach him by pretending to .be a car- toonist. General Obregon was shot five times through the chest. He was President before,...

Leitch, of London, to the International Cancer Conference on Tnesday will raise anxious but hopeful expectations. Dr. Murphy has extracted from tumours in chickens a "...

the New York correspondent of the Times says that on Monday sixty-three leaders of agri- cultural organizations in the Middle West passed resolu- tions' practically pledging...

the four survivors of the party who had been under the command of Lieutenant Viglieri since the rescue of General Nobile himself by , aeroplane. Some of the would-be rescuers...

rescue the survivors from the disaster to the ' Italia ' have contained harrowing details and unhappily these have become the cause of international ill-feeling. On Thursday,...

Sheffield, necessitated by the appointment of Sir Frederick Sykes as GOvernor of Bombay, was declared on Monday as follows :- Mr. L. W. Smith (Unionist) .. 9,417 Mr. C. R....

Tuesday. Mr. Herbert Smith, the Presi- dent, said that the membership had fallen from 957,000 in 1926 to 625,000. The loss of a third of the members is only too easily to be...

announcing changes in the Betting Duty. He will reduce - the duty from 2 per cent. to 1 per cent. on the course and from 3i per cent. to 2 per cent. else- where ; but the...

13th, was a gain for Labour. The figures were :- Alderman A. W. Longbottom (Labour) . . .. 17,536 Major Harry Barnes (Liberal) .. .. 12,585 Major Frank Crossley (Unionist) .....

Dr. Malmgren. They cannot understand why General Nobile permitted Dr. Malmgren, who, it is now said,-was 'badly injured - when the airship fell, to be one of the walking party,...

or. April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 10111 ; on Wednesday week 101-A- ; a ' year . ago 101-k, Funding Loan (4 per bent.) was on Wednesday 901- ; on...

. IT is extremely unfortunate that the Court of. Inquiry into the methods of interrogating Miss Savidge at Scotland Yard did not produce a unanimous Report. If it ha' done so...

I T is good news that Sir Austen Chamberlain has thought better of his tardy plan to deliver his reply to Mr. Kellogg's latest Note some time " before the end of the session."...

N O one has yet fried an egg on the London pavement these summer days, as a citizen of New York is reported by cable to have done last week. But it has been hot in London, none...

T HE House of Commons is really an amazing assembly. After weeks of fulmination and com- motion, and a daily . crop of questions regarding the S midge case and the police force,...

W E have heard a great deal during the last week or two about hospitality and its abuse. Our sympathies have been enlisted by hostesses whose homes have been invaded by...

T HE Rhodes Trust has been in existence approxi- mately twenty-two years: And almost from its inception there has been much criticism both of the Rhodes Scholars and the Rhodes...

rENTIE closest parallel that Europe can show to the present state of China is Italy in the Middle Ages, with its condottieri selling their swords to the highest bidder, fighting...

C` C ATS," said Tubby meditatively, " are queer animals. I can easily understand their being associated with witches and black magic. They look at you out of their wise eyes as...

THE YOUNGER POINT OF VIEW [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—I do not intend to take up Mr. Hamilton's idea of Public School reform, in the issue of the Spectator for June...

In Anglesey ALIGHT the gorse from shore to shore, And widely rolls the empurpled moor— The sea birds pipe, the sea-gulls soar, The sedges whisper evermore, In Anglesey. Here...

How the Covenant Became What It Is ONLY the assumption, not necessarily warranted by facts, that the framers of the League of Nations Covenant were completely omniscient would...

We hear of books and newspapers and such things as having best-on-record circulations. Why do we hear little of the most widely circulated flower or shrub or such beautiful...

On the subject of this year's new machinery it is wholly remarkable with what rapid success Oxford University has taken up its function of studying agriculture mechanics on...

A PRIMULA FROM THIBET. Something was said the other day on this page about the blue poppy (Meconopsis Bayleyi) brought back by Mr. Ward from Thibet, of which the seed may now...

New roses are produced every year (though it takes a good eight years to put a rose on the market), but more new roses are scrapped than are sold ; and some of the rejected have...

July heat proved so sudden and complete that it caught ' some producers, and many gardeners, napping: - Fruit, especially currants, ripened so quickly that they began to fall...

Early this summer, it was given as a sign of the loss of capital in farming that no machinery was exhibited at an Eastern Counties' show. May we take it. as a symptom that...

This immediacy in scrabbing up—and better in ploughing— the ground, is in accordance with recent discoveries by our men of science. It has been proved at Rothamsted that the...

National rivalry in the production of new varieties of many flowers is hot. The British are still probably the best in delicacy of selection. A delightful account was given me...

The best of all the new roses—to my mind, eyes, and nose— is Dame Edith Helen, a delicious pink with all the rose virtues in high measure. If it were an apple we should call it...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Snt,—In your issue of the 7th inst., in your article on " The Church's " Inalienable Right,' " you say " The true policy of the Church, then,...

the SPECTATOR.] Snt,—I cannot entirely agree with the conclusions arrived at by your correspondent " J. M. S." The Treaty of Trianon is so inequitable in its terms and so harsh...

SAVING THE LAKE DISTRICT [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Many readers of the Spectator must have spent pleasant holidays in the Lake District, and therefore will be...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—With respect to your article in last week's Spectator, I feel sure that all who detest all cruelty to animals will agree to endorse your...

shall be grateful if you will be good enough to afford me the opportunity of replying briefly to one or two points in Mr. Gaskoin's letter which appeared on July 7th, and was...

hesitation that I venture to take part in the discussion which is following the article by " Crusader " on " The Conquest of Cancer," for a not inconsiderable experience of...

Six,--I am afraid that the earnest but slightly exasperated efforts of Mr. L. H. Scott to make me understand what Dr. Lyttelton meant by his letter on the Mason method of educa-...

SIR,—In your article on the Railway Bills you say, rightly, that the Railway Companies subsidize the road motor con- cerns. You do not add that all ratepayers subsidize them,...

SIR,—I am not surprised that Mr. E. F. Benson fails to under- stand what I wrote about the Mason method in education. If an idea is both new and true you cannot explain it in a...

SIR,—I would like to endorse the views expressed by " Crusader " in your issue of the 7th, and of " Medoc " in your issue of the 14th. Cancer is preventable and curable. There...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The connexion between the servant problem and public health may not be obvious, but it exists. Ask any doctor who attends the families of...

SIR,—If your correspondent, Mr. Cecil Wilson, of Weybridge, will look at an article in the July 1st number of the Revue des De= Mondes, he will see that Napoleon's habit of...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, — On behalf of the New Health Society, may I be allowed to express our appreciation of the initiative taken by the Spectator in directing...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I read with great interest your article on the above subject in your issue of July 14th. No doubt the number and variety of cruises make a...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Will you accept my very deep and sincere feelings of gratitude on behalf of the poor and needy in the Rhondda Valley, for the very...

(To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.) SIR,—In,your review of The Skull of Swift, you say, "when he retired to Dublin, he was still anxious to rule an Empire ; but all he did was...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—It seems to me that your correspondents have all been -proving too much. My own sympathies were mainly with Mr. Massingham, but his...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,--Everybody is very busy building new houses— most necessary and desirable.. But nobody seems busy enough over educating a certain class...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] - Sur,—Recent legislation has definitely failed to restore enough of our needed natural sunlight to our shadowed lives in this coal-burning...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—In former years you frequently opened your columns to appeals by Miss Octavia Hill, on behalf of the National Trust, and always with most...

WAR AND FORCE. Mr. Philip Kerr writes in your issue of July 14th : " If the Peace Pact is to be effective . . . we shall have to make a clear differentiation between war and...

The Three Crows THERE lived a witch upon a hill With three black crows to do her will. As soon as ever the red cock crew They flapped their wings and away they flew. Says...

FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT BANKING AND INSURANCE No. 5,221.] WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1928. [GRATIS.

Greater Publicity Desirable I SHALL make no excuse for attempting to deal in this article with a rathar difficult and, in some respects, a somewhat delicate matter, namely, the...

Deposits and Loans Rise Despite Trade Depression A rosT-WAR phase of British banking which will be long remembered is the manner in which deposits and loans, and especially the...

The Royal Bank of Scotland* THIS most interesting volume purports to be a history of the Royal Bank of Scotland, which last year celebrated its bicentenary. It is, however,...

Absolute Security for Capital IT may, I suppose, be taken for granted that no person of average intelligence needs to be informed as to the why and wherefore of insurance. At...

To Meet All Requirements WITHIN recent years controversy has been rife over the question as to which is the better form of policy from an economic point of view—the " with...

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Polish Minorities Treaty with an account of the operation of the safeguards of minorities. (The Protection of Minorities. By L. P. Mair. (Christophers. 8s. 6d.) For that Treaty,...

Southern Scotland, is a large-scale map (six miles to the inch), measuring five feet by six, of great dearness and attrac- tiveness. A map is a very civilized thing and a very...

or as professionals, owe a debt of gratitude to Sir Banister Fletcher for his History of Architecture on the Comparative Method. It is good to sec yet another edition— the...

THE Cresset Press's beautiful edition of The Heroycall Epistles of the learned Poet, Publius Ovidius Naso, translated into English verse by George Turberville, with ten...

Geneva can now get from Messrs. P. S. King and Son, for Os., the English version of the International Labour Office's Report on Wages and Hours of Work in the Coal Mining...

Ventures and Voyages (Longmans, 10s. 0d.), says that it is an " escape " book. That is what such a collection of adven- tures ought to be. Few people can really escape from a...

(1s.), an excellent little journal imbued with the vigour and vitality of the sensible living it advocates. No doubt but that the Editor and his contributors practise what they...

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great civilization that had dominated the Aegean for two thousand years or more collapsed and vanished. Greek legends, used by poets and dramatists, preserved the memory of it,...

and a more careful study of his life and writings have lately removed S. Francois de Sales from the class of amiable and lady-like saints to which he was once consigned, and...

MESSRS. JONATHAN CAPE'S decision to reprint George Borrow's Celebrated Trials has been justified in the event. There is a curiosity about the first work of any writer who later...

GOING ! Going !—Mr. Clough Williams-Ellis, that ingenious and imaginative architect, has turned for the moment into auctioneer and pamphleteer, and threatens to bring down the...

The Transplanting : A Narrative from the Letters of Marie Balascheff, a Russian Refugee in France. Edited by Martha Genung Stearns. (Macmillan. 10s. 6d.) IN a series of letters...

English Prose - Style. By Herbert Read. (Bell. 9s.) PROSE is already old when its writing becomes a self-conscious art. At first, words follow from the nature of the man and the...

(Ceorgo Allen and Unwin. 10s.) TIIE old platitude tells us that we acquired the Empire " in a fit of absence of mind." However that may be, there seems some real danger that it...

Past and Present Butterworth. 7s. 6d.) Beau Ideal. By P. C. Wren. (John Murray. 7s. 6d.) IN The Lost Fight the author of The Unhurrying Chase returns to the Middle Ages,...

7s. 6d.)—This is a sober and earnest novel, raising problems for which the writer wisely offers no universal solution. The story is very readable, and is the more con- vincing...

A century ago little or nothing was known of Assyria. Since then the spade under skilled direction has unearthed a vast mass of material for Assyrian history. Its extent and...

masculine grip and the mature insight of this prize novel certainly do not suggest the amateur. It is a singular and ruthless analysis of the more contemptible side of humanity....

popular exposition accompanied by excellent illustrations on which we may congratulate the author, Mr. G. H. Reed. He traces the history of architecture from the building of the...

exciting story, though the end, some may think, hardly fulfils the promise of the beginning. Grier- son, the chief bank clerk, is an original figure ; and when he and his motor...

prominent figure in Cambridge life, became known to a wider public through his book of literary essays entitled Suggestions, published several years ago. We now welcoine a new...

project first mooted by him in 1901 (The Celtic Song Book, arranged by Alfred Perceval Graves, Benn, 10s. 6d.) this selection of Folk Songs, words and music, from the Gaels of...

is an oddly old-fashioned novel, written in a fluent old-fashioned style. Traces of Dr. Marie Stopes the palaeontologist appear in the account of the researches of Dr. Kenneth...

more famous than the " inferiority complex." Every- one recognizes the feeling of weakness or inadequacy from which men start in their efforts to gain success. Dr. Adler used...

would be regrettable if, amid the vast output of clever and flashy fiction, this quiet and unobtrusive novel should miss the attention it deserves. It is the leisurely chronicle...

has previously given us several extensive works on his field explorations in various parts of the world. In Retrospect (Gurney and Jackson, 25s.) he tells us of his sixty years'...

- Railway Stocks and the Investor WITHIN the next few weeks two important developments will have taken place in the railway world in both of which railway stockholders- have a...

of Ireland, was born in 1744. A member of the Privy Council, and for a short time Chief Secretary for Ireland, he held high appointments under Government was a Lord of the...

Questions on " Do You Know ? " Oun weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this . week to Mr. .R. Richardson, 11 Raleigh Terrace ;...

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Not the least interesting feature at the recent annual meeting of Mond Nickel was the ' statement by Lord Melchett to the effect that it was proposed to increase the authorir t...

I venture to think that there are few readers of the Spectator who are not deeply concerned with everything pertaining to Empire interests and Empire developments. I am glad,...

In fact, as one reads the exhaustive statement of the position and the appalling character of the drought in certain areas, it is impossible not to conjecture what would be the...

QUIET MARKETS. TEE Stock Markets are showing some signs of lassitude ' as the apex of the holiday season approaches, while the specu- lative markets are still disturbed by the...

The latest report of Furness Withy is a distinctly good one, the profit being 2627,750 against £603,511 for the pre- vious year, and only £523,044 for the year ending April...

1. The " Hieroglyphic." 2. Two : " Phonetic," or signs denoting sounds, and Ideographic, denoting ideas.-3. The "Rosetta Stone," which bore an inscription in Hieroglyphic,...