Palmerston, though he had liberal instincts and was theoretically tolerant of the points of view of other people, would often yield to the temptation to pick up a brick and...

Frenchmen. but he would not be the deft Parliamentarian he is— he would not, let us say, be like Mr. Lloyd George—if he did not profit in a Parliamentary sense by what he knows...

THE relations between Britain and France have been thrown into a stormy condition when we write on Thursday. But though, no doubt, these are anxious moments, we are sure that...

" We fully accept the plebiscite as an expression of the wishes of the people of Silesia, but having gone mto a great war and sustained gigantic losses in defence of an old...

watching the plots subsidized by foreign money. He did not believe that, if the general health of the nation was good, we need fear the Communists. Mr. Gwynne asked him whether...

them- selves though many of us think them to be, than that the French Press will defend itself ? Defence in such circumstances must mean bitterness. Though we do not want in any...

May 13th, Mr. Clynes complained that the Government were not trying to bring the miners' strike to an end. He suggested that it would have been cheaper to give the miners all...

He says that ho adheres to his statement in the House of Commons on Friday, May 13th, that the Polish action in Poland threatens the Treaty of Versailles ; that the fate of...

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venience than was expected is that people have taken freely to the roads instead of using the railways. The power of adaptation in the nation is endless, and if ever we lose it...

the Penrith and Cookermouth division in place of his brother, the late Speaker. Mr. Lowther had represented Penrith alone for thirty-two years, and the enlarged constituency...

Northum- berland's accusations are true or untrue. What we do say is that a man who makes such statements with so much conviction ought to be treated very seriously. If the...

to respect every comma in the Treaty of Versailles, which was her charter of freedom. Every letter in that Treaty meant a young British life. Poland repudiated responsibility...

on Upper Silesia so much to heart that on Saturday he summoned the foreign correspondents in Paris to hear the French view of the situation. The French troops in Silesia had, he...

have been going on unofficially and the atmosphere is more hopeful. It is said to be the intention of the Prime Minister not to call another public meeting till an arrangement...

the ease of Luther v. Sagor that the property of British subjects confiscated by the Bolsheviks and sold to other British subjects could not be recovered by its rightful owners...

his sense of what he believes to be his public duty, wrote a letter to the Morning Post of Thursday repeating his charges against the Executive of the Miners' Federation. He...

resulted in 'favour of the constitutional parties. The Socialists lost ground ; the Communista were defeated almost everywhere. The Nationalists - and their allies the Fascisti,...

Clynes's dangerous argument that it would have cost the nation less to give the miners' leaders all that they asked for, and that therefore it was wrong to resist them. Every...

Friday, May 13th. In the North 78 candidates were nominated for 52 seats, including 40 Unionists, 20 Sinn Feiners, 13 Nation. alists, and 5 Labour candidates. In the South, on...

very much helped by the remission of Income Tax. The tax they pay on their salaries is small. Moreover, most of them draw support From their trade union funds, and some of them...

when and how Southern Rhodesia should receive responsible government reported last week that the white settlers should decide the main question at a referendum. The Committee...

mates for the Ministry of Health. Unlike Dr. Addison, he showed some concern at the enormous expenditure for which his depart- ment has become responsible. He lamented the fact...

the close of last week. The English railways are to form four groups—Southern, Western, North-Western and Midland, and North-Eastern and Eastern.. The Great Western Railway...

murder-gangs committed a terrible series of atrocities, especially in County Cork and County Galway and Dublin. Near Murree on Saturday, Miss Barrington, only daughter of Sir...

attacked private houses in London, St. Albans, and Liverpool last Saturday night. Their apparent object was to wreak vengeance on the families of men belonging to the Royal...

free to decide whether they should increase their own salaries by exempting themselves from the payment of Income Tax. He insisted, however, on paying members' first- class...

Apr. 28, 1921; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 88; Thursday week, 87f ; a year ago, 85i.

THE CASE FOR THE NATION. W E have seen the miners' case put very cleverly in spite of the fact that it has been put in two mutually destructive ways. The case of the...

PRIVILEGED CLASS ? W E have considered in our first article the case of the nation as regards the strike. We want to ask next, Who are the men who are making such singular...

Poles to answer is whether they wish Great Britain and America to continue to believe in them and help them or not. The Allies gave Poland her freedom. The most fatal policy of...

after Mr. Lloyd George told us that the Govern- ment had " got murder by the throat " the catalogue of crime has suddenly become so terribly increased that even people whose...

a jewel which loses value loses beauty. Never- theless, it is true. If the Japanese succeed in making cheap pearls, or rather in making oysters make them, we shall in a few...

[COMMUNICATED.] W E have heard of late what Englishmen of letters think of Napoleon. It is interesting to remember what wereNapoleon's own opinions about English literature....

" Come, my tan-faced children, Follow well in order, get your weapons ready, Have you your pistols ? Have you your sharp-edged axes Pioneers ! 0 pioneers ! For we cannot tarry...

BANKING ON ITS TRIAL. [To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR-"] SIR, —In speaking of banking as having been on its trial both during and since the war, it should be clearly...

[Letters of the length of one of our leading paragraphs are. often more read,and therefore more effective, than those which fill treble the space.] TEE GENTLE ART OF LEG-FULLING...

THE "SPEOTATOR."1 Sia,—The Duke of Northumberland has done yeoman service in making it clear, so that he that runs may read, that the object of the Miners' Federation and of the...

(To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") Sia,—It is charitable in Mr. Longfield to " regret " that (in my letter of May 7th) I am " quite wrong," but his reply seems to amount to no...

how welcome your suggestion of a League of Good Citizens is? It is the only possible means of countering the sinister influences at work (for the destruction of the England our...

[To THE EmTOR or THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, —The article in your last issue recommending the formation of a League of Good Citizens is very welcome as drawing attention to the need...

[To ME EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—The loyalists of Ireland are utterly disheartened by the failure of the British Government to govern this country. Ever since the...

or ME " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—With reference to your observations in the Spectator of May 7th as to the extraordinary negligence of the Government in propaganda work, a striking...

objects of the "League of Good Citizens," as described in your article of May 14th, must meet with tho sympathetic approval of all who desire to prevent this country drifting...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECT1TOR."3 Sin,—At this particular moment it may not be uninteresting to recall Mrs. Hannah More to the remembrance of your readers. Her name, I am...

of interest to your readers to know that such a work as you describe is in process in and about Sheffield at the present moment as a result of our British Empire Union campaign...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.' SIR, —I regret that Mr. Dennis should find what he imagines to be my view of prayer " a sad thing." But he does not seem to have read my...

Sia,—A few days ago I received from a gentleman holding a judicial position in the United States a. letter, the following passage from which is of general interest:—...

here bears this inscription:— "They gave us Peace by their Warfare And Life by their Death."

War Memorials, published by the Victoria and Albert Museum, contains the following, by an unknown author :— " True love by life, true love by death is tried; Live thou for...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIB,— I am not prepared to discuss the success or otherwise of the Carlisle experiment in State ownership on such a slender fact—if fact it...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, —The Breydon Wild Birds' Protection Society have asked me to make an appeal on behalf of their admirable work, and I turn to the...

[To THE Emma or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sta,—The following inscription has been placed on the war memorial erected at High Barnet:— " See that ye conquer by living, as we conquered...

SIR, — " It takes all sorts to make a world " was invariably our old cook's final comment when summing up some flagrant prank of the over-amorous parlourmaid, the doings of "...

THE " SPECTATOR."] Sui, -- Your American correspondent Mr. Kimber asks on April 23rd for any information which might bear out- a theory of the Spanish origin (considerably...

A SONG FOR AMERICAN CHILDREN IN PRAISE OF JOHNNY APPLESEED. (Boaz; 1775. DIED, 1847.) L--Ouse THE APPALACHIAN BARRICADE.• In the days of President Washington, The glory of...

THE " SPEOEITOR.") SIR,—I was talking the other day to an ex-Mayor of one of the leading iron and steel towns in England who has been actively connected with coal-mining for...

letters submitted to him, but when stamped and addressed envelopes are sent he will do his best to return contributions in case of rejection. Poems should be addressed to the...

the writer's name or 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...

`171-11, SHAKESPEARE BIRTHDAY FESTIVAL AT STRATFORD. As You Like It ; Richard the Third ; The Merry Wives Windsor ; A Midsummer Night's Dream. IT is probably not quite fair to...

HAYMARKET.—The Circle .. 8.30-2.30 [Mr. Thesiger, Miss Lottle Venne. and Miss Fay Compton unite with the rest of the cast in giving this dexterous. tiresome play a brilliant...

THE ODYSSEY.* Jr there was ever matter for a May morning it is The Odyssey, When the tired man is turned out into that noble pasture he goes snorting down the flowery meads...

with the Spirit of the Time who requires men and women to publish auto- biographies. He has yielded to the demand, frankly and fully, but he has salved his conscience, as it...

LAWN TENNIS becomes more popular every year. A few years ago the game appeared to be waning, and some onlookers pro- phesied that it would go out of fashion like croquet, "...

of the United States Shipping Beard from July, 1917, has written an important book on the new American merchant marine which came into existence under the pressure of war. How...

How comparatively little do we now hear of gout, the fashion- able disorder of our forefathers ! It is not a disease that hides itself, as do some that are more fatal in their...

know that the time is ripe for the revival of poetical drama. At the moment the difficulty seems to be to hit upon a form in which we may crystallize our impulse. For our...

net.)—A remarkable book entirely concerned with the passion of maternity. The heroine, Mary Throgmorton, insists on bearing a child to the hero who is a married man. As she...

8s. 6d. net.)—A first-rate detective story. The multiplicity of clues and the rivalries of , the investigators are so ingeniously handled that the reader is kept thoroughly...

'.1.11.E. ROUGH CROSSING.* Ix the narrower sense of the word Miss Thompson has not written a novel. In this she has shown her good sense, and here lies the defence of her book....

" JOHNNY APPLESEED." ON another page we publish a new and in every sense memorable poem by Mr. Vachel Lindsay, the American poet. We have already endeavoured to appraise his...

Unwin. 42s. net.)—The Norwegian explorer Mr. Lumholtz spent two years in Dutch Borneo during the war, and has given a painstaking account of the country and the tribes, with a...

little book the aims of the Eretz-Israel (Palestine) Foundation Fund are clearly set forth. The Jews are asked to subscribe £25,000,000 in five years for " the settlement of...

has begun to issue—as the Treaty directs—the International Labour Review (Geneva, 3s. monthly), which will deal with problems cf industry and employment of inter- national...

Sweden. Prepared by Flora Klickmann. (Girl's Own Paper. 10s. 6d. net.)—The late Princess Margaret of Connaught, Crown Princess of Sweden, was an enthusiastic gardener, and she...

[Soiled in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequerl review.! Knights Errant of the Wilderness. By Morden H. Long. (Macmillan. 78. 6d. net.)—Mr. Long in this...

Macmillan. 2 dollars 25c.)—This spirited book describes the adventures of Jedediah Smith in the Far West between 1822 and 1831. Smith's greatest feat was his journey in 1826-27...

6d. net.)—Mrs. Poynter knows Turkey well—as the late Sir Edwin Pears testified in an introduction to her book—and her scattered papers on Constantinople, on journeys to Nicaea,...

Them. By Arthur L. Bewley. (H. Milford. 2s. 6d. net.)—" No one," says Professor Bewley, " should attempt to use statistics unless he is prepared to devote considerable time and...

through Messrs. Bale, Sons, and Danielsson a spirited pamphlet on The Rat and How to Kill Him, by Alfred E. 3foore (9d.). The rat not only destroys food but also carries disease...

London Press; Hodder and Stoughton. 12s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Howe gives a very readable account of the methods of preparing cement and concrete, and of their many uses, which are...

on the Folk Literature of Bengal by D. G. Son. Some of the stories told are delightful, but unfortunately the author has adoptid the method of giving, first, a very short...