French and Japanese', Naval memoranda' were published. It 'Must be said at once that the French demands are very . formidable; and; if pressed, would ruin the plans upon Great...

do what' Mr. Amery; for example, is doing— to persuade the nation to go the - whole hog in Protection Baldwin would have been grateful to They might have been his fuglemen, but...

the support which Mr: Chamberlain had from the London Press—as -many 'people did judge it—supposed that he was " sweeping the country." • The formation of opinion which was...

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The New Party THE co-operation of Lord Beaverbrook and Lord Rothermere in forming a new political party has caused considerable excitement. ' It is natural that it should, even...

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opinion of the British Admiralty, believes that submarines are very efficient craft for coastal defence. But that is not her whole reason. Everybody knows that she always has in...

action, at which the European GOvernmenti are repre- sented by their chief " economic" Ministers is the logical outcome of the resolutions of the World Economic Conference...

the assumption that the international ratios are to be observed—would force upwards the tonnage of all other nations. No doubt Great Britain would be glad to enter into...

page t.his week an article illustrating the problem of the organization of peace as reflected in the prism of the COntinental Mind. It is our View—and the course of the NaVal...

himself mainly occupied during his visit to America in dispelling the common mi sconception of the LeigUe as an alliance of nations to make war on some aggressor State in the...

Navy to-day is 681,808, which is 457,000 tons less than before the War. She asks that her total tonnage by 1936 should be 724,479. She points out that she has not availed...

Report, to be presented to the Preparatory Committee for the next Imperial Conference, which makes several timely suggestions. It recommends that an Imperial Economic Conference...

House of Commons, on Wednesday, the Charing Cross Bridge Bill was carried by the large majority of 280 votes to 62. The opponents of the Bill argued that this. London County...

" Conference " crisis. M. Tardieu's Government was defeated by five votes on a vote of confidence, asked for by the Finance Minister, M. Cheron, who, following M. Poineare's...

second reading on Friday, February 14th, has been attacked in many quarters as presenting us with Socialism by the back door since it permits an extension of the scope of...

on February 6th, 1930. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 1011 ; on Wednesday week, 1011 ; a year ago, 1011 ; Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 871 ; on Wednesday...

Monday in London, at Olympia, and in Birmingham, at Castle Bromwich. The Department of Overseas Trade is making unprecendented efforts to smooth the road of the foreign buyer....

on Monday - a Report, expressing grave concern at the increasing taxation upon productive enterprise. It gives figures showing a steadily diminishing net yield from Income Tax...

The Prime MiniSter has resigned from the Independent Labour Party. The I.L.P.,' which was aptly described by a German cbniinentator, Herr Egon Wertheimer, as "rocketing...

M ANY difficulties unhappily stand in the way of fulfilling the desire—almost universal in this country—to help Christians and Jews in Russia. It would be an immense...

T . ORD BEAVERBROOK has lost patience with all the old political Parties, which he thinks are quite insensible to fresh ideas. He has accordingly formed re . a new Party, which...

I T would be more appropriate to entitle this article " The Week outside Parliament." Theabsence of Mr. Graham at Geneva has brought about a suspension of hostilities on the...

I N tines of real trouble, a policy of mere negation, of do-nothing-in-particular, will never be accepted by an active and courageous people. And that fact throws an. especial...

the Chairman of Rowntree & td., and is well known for his social and political work. He is Co., ihe author of several books on " Industrial Peace."] ViTHAT is modern industry ?...

Before going abroad or away from home readers are advised to place an order for the SrEcsaTort. The journal will be forwarded to any address at the following ratcs :- One Month...

[The writer of this article is the author of Capital Punishment in the Twentieth Century, and has recently returned from the United States, where he has been investigating crime...

M R. ROBERT GRAVES has said his good-bye to all -that, and so have others who found their early maturity in the War years. But what does this gesture of farewell signify ? What...

T HE silence of winter still reigns in the woodlands, but Spring will soon throw her green veil over the naked boughs, clear beams of sunlight fall on the branches and • the...

AT the Embassy Theatre in New York- only news-reels are shown, and I am told that the theatre is crowded from early morning until midnight. The standard- price of = admission is...

Essay Competition THE Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to consider the question of Capital Punish- ment has been meeting weekly since the end of January. In...

A LETTER FROM VIENNA. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—Vienna is now and again brought into the news- ' paper headlines by threats of riots. But we are not as wild and not...

[ITALIAN PRINTS AND DRAWINGS AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM.] [We gladly welcome this appreciation by a Hungarian artist of the complementary Italian Exhibition at the British...

witch. She was up to no good, She had gotten a flitch And a fattened brood Of the New Year chicks : Nuts, apples red And a loaf of bread. She mounted the wind. Her hair...

The first, second, and third duty of a member of Parliament, in the present conjecture, is Eccinomy. The financiers, the orators, the botchers of bad laws, speculative...

Life" page is suspended, .tt will reappear in the issue of the " Spectator " dated March Spectator.]

Visions of direct railway communication between North and South America, long contemplated, have been brought a degree nearer realization by the completion of sections of the...

The most recent instance is their amazing attack, unequalled in bitterness since that upon Chief Justice Taney in 1836, upon the nomination of Mr. Hughes as Chief Justice. Since...

(By Cable) A PouncAL Clump. President Hoover has returned from fishing in the calm sunlit waters of Florida to a sea of political troubles at Wash- irigton. The political...

The rumour reaches here that Mr. MacDonald and Mr. Henderson are planning to suggest an international conference on Russian questions. That- is very important if true, for it...

AN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIMENT. The much-discussed Experimental College instituted at Wisconsin University by Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn, the philosopher whose educational views cost...

' Criticism of President Hoover is also expressed by the regular Republicans, who consider that he should have taken a firther stand and Made his views clearer in respect of the...

[At a time when, owing to the fall of the French Government, the Naval Conference is perforce marking time, we have leisure to reflect on the extent to which this Conference for...

that the wide publicity which the " Children's Rent Allowance " has obtained is not chiefly due to a large number of adherents but (if I may say so without offence to persons...

CHILDREN'S RENT ALLOWANCES [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIE,—May I reply to the questions asked me by Mr. Townroe regarding the above proposal in your issue of February...

Sm.,—While appreciating the spirit of sympathy for liberal ideals which is shown in your article on the outlook on India, I venture to take exception to your use of the phrase "...

the British Democracy sees the political cata- clysm before it in India. If it takes the extreme course on either side it will, it seems to me, create in history a shameful...

SIR,—A word of acknowledgment is due to Mr. Arthur Osburn. When I wrote " Duplicity is traditionally admired in India," I supposed myself to be simply stating a truism. I am...

Sia,—In Welwyn Garden City the system of differential renting has been in operation since 1924, when it was sug gested by Sir Theodore Chambers. I have been concerned with the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR] , Sta,—The fact that our trade has in_ reased so much between 1918 and 1927 raises the question in my mind : If we have done so well with one...

Sta,—I beg leave to correct an error, not on the part of your contributor, but on the part of Professor J. H. Jones, as quoted in" Free Trade in 1980 " Part 8. Professor Jones...

SIR,—Possibly the following, from speeches of - Richard Cobden and Sir Robert Peel, might be of interest to readers of the articles you are publishing on this subject. The first...

- Lord Beaverbrook's policy is, to use his own words, " the creation of sheltered- markets for all the countries which compose the British Empire" and originally provided for...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The Rev. Mr. Pollard's able letter in last week's issue invites much criticism. His' view is far too narrow, because it is based on only a...

you permit me to announce that February 28th has been fixed as the last date for . receiving signatUres for the petition against capital punishment, and all forms of petition,...

Sin,—The report of the attitude of Americans towards their Supreme Court, published by your American correspondent last week, is to any discerning American too obviously...

As the correct use of the " King's English " is occasionally the subject of discussion in the Spectator, I am emboldened to submit for your observations, the following :—My...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sii,LLThe position regarding Reunion maintained by ReV. G. F. Pollard, in- your issue of last week, does not take account of the history of the...

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE. • By the desire of Miss Florence Nightingale's family. I am making a new study of her life and character. A number of unpublished letters, throwing a new...

One summer, many years ago, the following anti-lifter rhyme was briefly on view at Rufus' Stone, in the New Forest. Perhaps it was considered too alliterative for the public...

Sra,—Whilst_ admiring •Mr. Shadwell's poodle for his intelli- gence, may I put in a word for the Skye Terrier, who is also by nature a sportsman and of high and approved...

C. M. Hudson's quotation about " Ropes of Sand " may be found in Browning's A Forgiveness, page 820, in the Cambridge Edition.—MAaJoarE JAavis, Reference Library, Toronto Public...

We 'are informed that The Society for the Protection of Wild Flowers and Plants has been formed with the object of preventing the despoiling of the countryside, and to save from...

[To the Editor of the SvEcrAvOn.] think it must have come as a terrible_ shock to many people to find there was anyone in the House of.Commons to " object '! to the passing of...

will welcome a new edition of Mons, Anzac and Kut (Hutchinson, 7s: 6d.), with a preface by Mr. Desmond MacCarthy. The latter pays tribute to the wonderful charity and courtesy...

EVERYBODY is talking about the Italian Pictures. The Editor therefore offers a prize for the most entertaining or illuminating comment on them, or anecdote referring to them,...

BROADCAST sermons came in for some severe criticisms last week in the Convocation of Canterbury on the ground that they were indefinite and had to be trimmed. to suit all...

health and prosperity, is characteristic of many early civiliza- tions. Professor Elliot Smith - has already shown hoW gold has also a supernatural glamour for early man, and in...

'motors, when fashionable people rode in the Park either between eleven and one, or between five and seven. The men wore tightly fitting trousers, black coats and silk hats, and...

readable account of the peculiarities of English University life for the benefit of the enquiring foreigner. Degenerate Oxford ? by Terence Greenidge (Chapman and Hall, 7s. 6d.)...

drawn to the special Education . Section accompanying the book reviews this week. General Knowledge Questions will be found on page 291.)

Palmer the Orientalist ; who has been on friendly terms with Leighton, Millais, Holman Hunt and Corney Grain ; who has soldiered in India and through the Boer War ; who knows...

AmErucArcs are intensely conscious of their wonderful indus- trial advance ;' their increase of exports is the most striking economic fact of the present century. This affects...

Among the Franciscan Tertiaries. By Nesta de Robeck. (Dent. 10s. 6d.) The Heroic Life of St. Vincent de Paul. By Henri Laveden. (Shoed and Ward. 7s. 6d.) St. Louis of Toulouse...

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Clemenceau, the Events of his Life as told by himself to his former Secretary, Jean Martet, translated by Milton Waldman. (Longman, Green. 25s.). The Tiger. By George Adam....

The Odyssey of an Orchid Hunter. By F. D. Burdett. Edited (Constable and Co. 10s.) IT is a fortunate chance that gives us Savage Gentlemen and The Odyssey of an Orchid Hunter at...

Five Frontiers To the adventurous-minded, the beginning of every book is a frontier which he must cross if he is desirous of entering . a new ry count of the mind. He may be...

The Revolutionaries (1789-1799). By Louis Madelin. Trans- lated by R. J. S. Curtis. (Arrowamith. 18s.) , ANYTHING that M. Madelin writes on the French Revolution is worth...

The Danger to Education THE Conservative Party is fortunate indeed in having, in Mr. Baldwin and Lord Eustace Percy, two leaders capable of deep thought on questions of...

EVERY time a new batch of Loeb Classics appears our admir- ation of the magnificent conception and execution of the Library is renewed. The voice of criticism is silenced, and...

Modern Language Teaching. By Dr. Cloudesley Brereton. (University of London Press. 7s. 6d.) " THE battle of Modern Languages is won in the Universities, with the possible...

The Poetic Procession (Blackwell, Is.), a beginner's introduction' to English poetry, by J. F. Roxburgh does no more than run through a very rough history of the principal...

educational progress and to clamour for the speeding up of the machine, regardless of costs or consequences. Those who are impatient would do well to read Mr. J. G. Legge's ,...

forbidding—an example of the printed matter that Lamb called Biblia Abiblia." But no such adjective can be applied to the latest text-book by Mr. C. H. Marten of Eton and Mr. E....

for a century or more, the members of the-Merebant- Taylors' School Archaeological Society set to work to , produce one bk co-operative effort, The result is a pleasant and...

Oca, weekly prize of One guinea',fOr the best thirteen QnestioliS submitted is aVraided this week so MisO G. I Searight,' Pembroke Road, Cliftrin, for the following Questions...

I find little difficulty in assigning causes for the present depression, but the nature of those causes makes it more difficult to give an answer to the second point. In the...

Although there has been a small fall in Chartered shares during the past week in common with other speculative issues; the report issued by the directors for the year ending...

Why Markets are Dull I DOUBT if .any more striking example of the present dullness of markets and the pessimism which is felt at the moment with regard to the general outlook...

The City realizes, however, with absolute clearness that there will be no return to .national' prosperity until there has been economy in the national expenditure, and such a...

The long deferred settlement in the special group of shares known as the Hatry Group has gone through during the past week quite successfully, and thanks to the careful arrange-...

Above all, however, I think that there is an increasing sense of the serious character of the prolonged depression in this country in some of our staple industries, its effects...

Having regard to the general character of the Labour Party's programme at the last Election, and also having regard to the heavy increase in expenditure involved by the...

SECURITIES . DEPRESSED. IN another column I refer to some of the main influences operating upon the stock markets and upon business generally at the present time. These factors...

Amidst these depressing conditions apprehensions with regard to the forthcoming Budget are not unnaturally accentuated. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has deemed it well on...

The Report of Courtaulds, Limited, for the past year confirmed the unfavourable anticipations which had been formed as a result of a knowledge of the extent to which the...

1. H.M. The King at opening of Conference, January 21st, 1930. — 2. (a) Great Britain, U.S.A., Japan, France and Italy. (b) Great Britain, U.S.A. and Japan.-3. Battleships and...

- At the seventh annual general meeting of Power Securities Corporation, held last week, the Chairman, Mr. George Balfour, °J.P., had a very satisfactory statement of progress...

and occasions even a small part of the injury which it is maintained in 'many quarters is Nicely to be inflicted upon industry, through high prices of fuel, it will certainly...

more hits put us in his debt by the production of Spain : A Companion to Spanish Travel in the Kit-Bag Travel Book Series (Harrap, 7s. 6d.). Some such up-to-date work as this...

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