T HE -first anniversary of the death of King George V fell on Wednesday. Memory ranges back to those days of splendour and sadness in Westminster Hall - and St. George's Chapel,...

But much the most important passage in the Foreign Secretary's speech was that devoted to the discussion of Germany's intentions. The peace of Europe lies in her hands, but we...

in the House of Commons on Tuesday on the eve of his departure for Geneva covered a wide field. , He justified, by no means to the full satisfaction of the House, the belated...

had been nine they would have outnumbered by three the representation of the newly-formed Left Wing United Front in the House of Commons. Sir Stafford Cripps is there,...

to office, January 30th, falls on a Saturday, the day of the week customarily chosen by the Fiihrer for his more dramatic announcements to the world, it is not surprising that...

opening of the Canadian Parliament last week, the Governor-General, Lord Tweedsmuir, was able to announce that the Govern- ment had reached an agreement in principle with the...

No one can suggest that the letter addressed by Mr. Ernest Bevin, as secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union, regarding the dismissals at Devonport Dockyard is...

The second inaugural address which President Roosevelt delivered on Wednesday followed great pre- cedents—Lincoln's and Wilson's among them. It was conspicuous for its absence...

a much more lively affair. Opinion was not so divided as might have appeared, for no speaker challenged the desirability of non-intervention provided it could be made effective....

with which the House of Commons has become familiar in recent years. Farmers are to receive a perpetual subsidy in return for a measure of reorganisation, and powers are taken...

was a day of contrasts. At question time the dockyard disMissals raised a storm. No one indeed challenged the validity of Sir Samuel Hoare's contention that it was impossible to...

few years, private houses at cheap prices have been built at an unprecedented rate. There are still too few of them, but, what is eqUally important, they arc not always of good...

week's issue of The Spectator the first of two articles by the two party-leaders in the London County Council On " London Under Socialism " ; a plea by Lord Eustace Percy for...

for War, in a speech at a luncheon given by the Mayor of Wandsworth on Monday, has, it may be hoped, removed any lurking suspicion that the Government intended to introduce...

V OTING in the Indian provincial elections has begun. Bengal, the Punjab, Assam, Orissa, Bihar and the Central Provinces all poll this week ; the Frontier Province on February...

T HE citizens of London have by today become almost used to the gay advertisements with which the London Passenger Transport Board deco- rates the gloomy entrances to the...

I HAVE received from a friend in Hankow some interest- ing notes bearing on the question, frequently asked, what the alleged Christianity of leading Chinese person- alities...

By M. ,I. BONN [This is the first of three articles by Professor Moritz Bonn, who has just returned from the United States. Next week's article is on " The Making of a State."]...

By PROFESSOR J. A. SCOTT WATSON 'D URING the past two years several causes have combined to intensify the interest of the larger- Seale farmer in the problems of...

By SIR ARTHUR SALTER • I was 'tit the time working as British Secretary with the Supreme Economic Council, of which Lord Cecil was Chairman. We were doing our best to get relief...

By W. V. EMANUEL I N the last few months the question of recruiting for all three of his Majesty's forces has come very much to the fore. The rearmament policy means not only...

By AMBROSE HOOPINGTON A LL comments, all illustrations, all funny stories showing the stupidity with which the law is adnainistered, as opposed to its own 'inherent asininity,...

By GEORGE EDINGER H E was wandering a little aimlessly among the basket- chairs of the Golden Gate tavern, which effectively commands every approach from the landing stage to...

By E. L. WOODWARD We took the cliff path past Dancing Ledge to St. Aldhelm's Head, whence you can sec Portland as a great table set for.a giant's party in the sea. Then we...

IN MEMORIAM, JANUARY 20.rn, 1936. THEN England breathed The high astringent air of noble grief, And was bequeathed As by His royal gift, some stark relief— Some sense of pride,...

. Crooked Cross is a dramatic commentary upon the Nazi regime in Germany. Its purpose is not to make any generalised overstatement of the case against Hitlerism, but, by showing...

the Plaza The Cinema IF anybody in the year 2000 thinks it worth his while to unearth from our buried civilisation the Babylonian records of the movie industry, he will...

The Ways Out of Abstraction Ix the years immediately following the War almost all the most sensitive artists in Europe were involved in one kind or another of abstraction. In...

eastwards past Whitechapel to where from the ruins of Victorian glass and iron a new People's Palace has risen, a square, plain, no-nonsense building with an interior in what...

The Weights of Birds How much do birds weigh ? What, for instance, is the weight of a heron ? A good specimen of heron may be over three feet in length, with a wing-span of five...

[To the Editor of TuE SrEer.vron.] SIR,-I find it difficult to understand Mr. Glass's letter criticising mine of last week. If, by the means I advocate, or by any other means,...

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

his recent article in The Spectator on the Population Problem, suggests that people who will not be persuaded to have large families themselves should be given a sentimental...

Sra,—Mr. R. F. Harrod's solutions of the Population Problem include what he calls an `.` equalisation fund," wherein the rich man with no family shall be taxed, in the delusion...

Sin,—" Emigration would, of course, hasten a decline," says Dr. G. F. McCleary, when writing on the Population Problem in The Spectator of 'January 8th. I am not so sure...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Like the " Next Five Years' Group," you accept the view that the milk supply must be under the control of a Board having a monopoly of the...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The instance of the hoodwinking of the people in totalitarian countries given in "A Spectator's Notebook " of January 8th is confirmed by...

SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Sinee 1914 there has been a tremendous decline in the migration from - Europe to the New World, and particularly from Britain to the Empire. I think it may be...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sin,—It is ill arguing with clergymen, as with anyone who has a fixed, unalterable point of view : also I feel it is cowardly to fight a man...

THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Mr. Geoffrey Crowther warns us that it is probable that when the Board of Trade returns are published we shall fwd that this country has an adverse balance...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Before we sit back and, in a state of mind bordering on self-complacency, criticise freely the Germans' choice of guns instead of butter,...

his senses would wish unnecessarily to disturb the friendly relations between this and any other country. This seems no reason, however, why . Englishthen should refrain_ from...

James Curtis calls attention to the danger of corrupt- ing innocent men by mixing them with the guilty on remand in custody. How much greater is the danger with children ? A boy...

Mr. James Curtis that all prisoners awaiting trial should be sent to special prisons where the resident Medical Officer should be a trained psycho- logist, is an extremely...

• [To the Editor of THE SPECTA1'011.1 Sia,--Your readers may be interested to learn that Mr. D. W. Brogan, M.A., fellow and tutor of Corpus • Christi College, Oxford, and...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Th?.- Archbishop of Canterbury's message to the English people has aroused a lot of comment in. the British and foreign Press.- The...

[Von einem deutschen Korrespondenten] OREt bangeTage landhat sich in Deutschland ein Drama altige: spielt, das wegen 'seiner atemberaubenden Spannung das ganze Volk in...

To the question raised by Janus last week—What was the most important half-minute in history ?—a considerable number of replies have been received. The following extracts...

BOOKS OF THE DAY By DESMOND SHAWE-TAYLOR WITEN Professor Einstein writes a new book about relativity, to whom, I wonder, is it sent for review ? The second volume of Mr....

TIIE Survey of International Affairs for 1935 is divided into two volumes. The first contains the annual surveys of the Far East, by Mr. Hubbard, and of World Economic Affairs,...

A Dictionary of American English, On Historical Principles. Edited by Sir 1191liam Craigie and James R. Hulbert. Part I, A — Baggage . (Chicago University Press : Oxford...

Great Issues : Studies in Reconciliation. By Neville S. Talbot., D.D., M.C. (S.P.C.K. 3s. 6d.) BISHOP TALBOT'S little book has a value out of all proportion to its size. He is,...

Letters of Fanny Brawne to Fanny Keats (1820-1824). Edited by Fred Edgeumbe. (Oxford University Press. 10s. 6c1.) Some Letters and Miscellanea of Charles Brown: Edited by...

QUITE early in this sentimental journey, Mr. Ford takes a swipe at pedants ; later he does not " guarantee the accuracy of any of the statements made since we crossed the line....

Tins diary was written at St. Moritz in 1918-1919 when Nijinsky was no longer sane. Its clinical interest can only be *raised by experts, but it is not likely to escape the...

Ships and Women. By Bill Adams. (Peter Davies and Lovat Dickson. 8s. Cid.) I Sailed in the Morning. By Ronald Powell. (Jarrolds. 16s.) Under Jane's Wings. By Ellen Barbara...

By PETER BURRA Cambridge Blue. By Sarah Campion. (Peter Davies. 7s. 6d.) Murder for Love. By Sarah Salt. (Peter Davies. 7s. 6d.) Child of Light. By Mrs. J. L. Garvin. (Cape....

By Elaine Sanceau Few people, apart from historians, will know anything about Alfonso de Albuquerque, but he was one of the greatest figures among fifteenth-century soldiers and...

Circus Parade (Batsford, 7s. 6d.) will delight everybody who loves a circus, for if there is one turn which an audience would like to, yet never does, see, it is surely " a peep...

By John Paton Left Turn (Seeker and Warburg, 12s. 6d.) is the second instalment of the autobiography of John Paton, once editor of the New Leader and General Secretary of the...

This is a Scottish version (Routledge, 7s. 6d.) Of the famous Week-end Book, and in general style and arrangement follows closely its original, to --which the editors; -...

By M. Vivian Hughes Readers of Mrs. Hughes's previous Looks, A London Child of the 'Seventies and Firkins will need no urging to read their continuation in the present volume...

Current Literature Whoever first gave the title of Logical Positivists to the members of the Viennese Circle and their sympa- thisers did them a disservice. For the affixing of...

A Biography of Eusebio Francisco Kin°, Pacific Coast Pioneer` By , Herbert Eugene Bolton Father Kino, though much less well known, is worthy of comparison with Fray Junipero...

and J. N. L. Myres Professor R. G. Collingwood and Mr. J. N. L. Myres, who respectively deal with Roman Britain and The English Settlements in the opening volume of the Oxford...

and works of reference for 1937 : Debrett's Peerage, Baronelage, Knighlage and Companionage (Dean, 84s.) and Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, The Privy Council and Knighlage...

(Stationery Office, 30s.) has few line buildings to describe and to picture in a series of 160 plates, for Westmorland as a Border county was sparsely popu- lated and poor up to...

of historians and architects alike for its publication of the monumental Survey of London, in. co-operation with the London Survey Committee which provides the text and...

HAviwG already warned readers of these notes that there is no one best method of investment, and consequently that the perfect portfolio is as difficult to prescribe as the...

Finance ON this important matter two leading bankers at the annual meetings of their shareholders this week have expressed their opinion, and it is one of definite value, based...

EFFECT OF GOLD PRODUCTION. IN reading the speeches of our bank chairmen at the annual meetings, it might almost be supposed by those unacquainted with the facts that there was...

OUTLOOK FOR INDUSTRIALS. THE general tone of the Stock Exchange remains irregular, with a decidedly easier tendency in gilt-edged stocks and considerable attention still...

" THE SPECTATOR," JANUARY 219T, 1837. On Monday morning, a considerable interest was excited by a rumour, which gradually increased until it became the sole topic of...

BE ZENO. (A prize of one guinea will be given to the sender of the first correct solution of this week's crossword puzzle to be opened. Envelop,: should be marked " Crossword...

The winner of Crossword No. 225 is Mrs. Marshall, Farway, Avondale Road, Exmouth, S. Devon.