engineering dispute than when we wrote last week. Sir Allan Smith, President of the Employers' Federation, has been in conference with a deputation appointed by the National...

on Friday, March 17th, that he had declined the India Office because he thought that he could serve his party best by remain- ing outside the Government. He denied that he...

character had been grossly defamed and threatened instant legal action if a full retractation and apology were not published. When, however, the offender retorted that what he...

armies are facing each other in line. After perhaps a long period of quiet a few rifle shots ring out and the firing is taken up all along the line, though nobody quite knows...

rpHE PRIME MINISTER, whose provisional resignation is in Mr. Chamberlain's pocket, has decided to postpone the evil day. This corroborates our opinion that Mr. Lloyd George...

of Tuesday which needs little comment :- We quote an item of news from the Morning Pose of Tuesday which needs little comment :- " A strike of the employees of Wallsend...

bi India on Friday, March 17th, when he embarked at Karachi for Ceylon and Japan. The Prime Minister in a message to him expressed with truth " the admiration with which the...

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was again in Committee. Lord Carson, referring to the criticism that ae a Law Lord he ought not to play an Active part in politics, said that if he had thought for one moment...

in London this week for- a preliminary discussion of the questions that will be raised at the Genoa Conference. According to the Times the main subject debated was the revival...

Committee, Lord Peel made it clear that the Government could not accept any amendments. Lord Lansdowne, speaking with his usual wisdom, which is invaluable in debate, said...

in the House of Lords on Thursday, March 16th. Lord Carson described it as a piece of hypocrisy, inasmuch as the Government knew that the Sinn Feiners who signed the Treaty were...

Douglas Newton, the Conservative candidate, headed the poll with 10,897 votes. Mr. Dalton, the Labour candidate, was second with 6,954 votes, and Mr. Cope Morgan, the Indepen-...

Paris on Wednesday. It was agreed that the Allies should demand a three months' armistice along the whole front in Asia Minor. It remains to be seen what answer the Turks will...

taxes proposed by the Government—notably the increased excise duty on cotton goods--and has out down other items by way of protest against the military expenditure of...

16th. The Sultan assumed the style of King Fuad There were public rejoicings in Cairo and the other towns. The faction formerly led by Zaghlul tried to raise a riot in Cairo but...

bad on Saturday last and pleaded guilty. Gandhi, in_ one of those fantastic speeches which to. the Western mind suggest that he is insane, declared that to preach disaffection...

Tuesday's Tinies, has called attention to the gross ill-treatment inflicted on. Airs Stan. Harding, a British journalist, by the Bolsheviks. She• went to Russia in June, 1920,...

to the Boundary Commission should be submitted for approval to both Houses of Parliament on an Address being presented to the Throne. He explained that his proposal was not a...

for' his advice in regard to the best way of restoring law and order in Northern Ireland, gave it in plain terms. The South and West, ho said, were " a welter of chaos and...

still the only London paper to give a full and accurate account of the anarchy in Ireland—has begun to publish daily articles on " Ulster's Frontier War," which deserve to be...

murderous activities in Belfast, where many Protestant men and women have been shot dead in the streets or bombed in their houses, and there are, of course, the usual reprisals....

Office commercial accounts would show a deficit of £2,000,000 for the current year, but would yield a surplus of £9,000,000 in the coming year. He disputed the suggestion of...

really depends—are that the charges should fall with the index figure of the cost of living ; that the extra mileage rate should be reduced ; that there should be...

was issued on Wednesday. It is a very valuable and most interesting document. It points out that there is " a universal antagonism—often unreasonable—to British telephone...

last week, openly avowed his determination to defeat the Treaty, whether the Irish electors favoured it or not. He declared in so many words that his Republican followers would...

the House of Commons on Thursday, March 16th. He declared that before the Washington Conference the Admiralty could not recommend a reduction of more than £4,600,000. As the...

Feb. 16, 1922 ; 6 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, Jai ; Thursday week, 96i ; a year ago, n7..

Thursday, March 16th. One gang entered a hospital where three Irish constables were lying ill and shot them in their beds. Two of the three were killed on the spot ; the third...

%AT E have given our reasons for believing that . the Unionist Party is not going to let itself be tricked into supporting Mr. Lloyd George's demand that, though he will not...

MR. LLOYD GEORGE AND HIS SYSTEM OF ALTERNATIVES. M R. LLOYD GEORGE has a master hand in the matter of alternatives. If one plan does not suit try the Dther. It is true that his...

rr\frE Government and people of. Northern Ireland could • not have received better advice than that tendered to them by Sir Henry Wilson in his Report to Sir James Craig. It...

[COMMUNICATED.] THE' three great democracies of the West are at present confronted with similar problems in the adnainistra- , tion of the Oriental races under their rule....

I Paris on Wednesday the Conference was opened at 1 which everyone hopes the problems of the Near East will at last be solved. One might say without exaggera- tion that it is a...

S INCE we appealed in our last two issues for a clear statement of the employers' case in the engineering lock-out a pamphlet has been issued in the name of the Engineering and...

A NEW hotel has been set up in New York, which is being run upon new lines. The proprietor is a great believer in first impressions and the value of a pleasant mental...

INTERNATIONAL DEBTS. MARKETS QUIETER—GERMAN REPARATION PAY- MENTS--•A SUGGESTED SCHEME—VIEWS IN THE CITY — ATTITUDE OF AMERICA — PRIVATE INITIATIVE. [To THE EDIT= OP...

[Leiters of the length of one of our leading paragraphs are often more read, and therefore more effective, than Mose which fiU treble the space.] --- THE ARCHBISHOP OF...

to the Charity Organization Society. I find it necessary to refrain, save in the rarest instances, from writing directly to the Press on behalf of causes which are seeking...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] S IR, I observe that you consider the public to have grounds of complaint that the employers have not made their case clear, but are you not...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " Spzeriroa."] Sm,—I wish the small contribution which I enclose could have been larger. The British 'public would - soon find that without the voluntary...

SPECTATOR."] Sta,—The Manufacturers' Record of March 2nd quotes from a letter of Lincoln read out in the U.S. Senate last meath the following passage :— " I warn the...

article you ask for more light on the engineering dispute and for definite cases to illustrate what employers mean by "managerial functions." The individual employer feels...

THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, —As one of Ulster's numerous friends in England may I be permitted to answer Mr. Grant's question? It behoves us to bear continually iu mind the...

controversy between Capital and Labour it seems to me that the apologists for the former fail to recog- nize, or at any rate ignore, the one aspect Of the problem which looms so...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPEOTATOR."] SIR,—The Spectator seems, coincidentally, to have fallen into line with certain other journals in the resolve that Mr. Lloyd George must "...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sni,—The prophecy assigning mottoes to the various Popes is commonly attributed to St. Malachy, Archbishop of Armagh and a friend of St....

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] Ste,—The following correspondence in verse and in rhymed prose, which has lately passed between two eminent Bankers, will, I feel sure,...

EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 V SIR,—Can you or any of your readers throw light on what is one's duty in regard to the Russian Famine? If the Russian Government were short of...

[To TaR.Earrcut. or TIM " Sezersroa."/ Snt,—In reference to the letter under the above heading, which appeared in your issue of March 11th, I may mention that in the church...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") Sin,—In the latest edition of Taylor's Principles and Practice of Medical Jurisprudence, edited by Fred. J. Smith, M.D., it is stated,...

POETRY AND THE SUBCONSCIOUS. Dena is the mind's deep dwelling, Roofed and walled and floored With ancient rock. There water, slowly welling Or slowly dripped, is stored In a....

Sra,—Your correspondent " E. D." will find all the information he requires as to the curious "Prophecies of St. Malachy " in Chambers's Encyclopaedia, under " Malachy, St.,...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR_") Sra,—Mr. Douglas Gordon has written an excellent letter on humanity to rabbits. As a landowner I should be glad if he can suggest other...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPEC7ATOZ."1 Sir,—With reference to this subject I think it may interest your correspondents to hear that the garramooloccwh (not garramooloch, as...

(To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—A much earlier statement of this position than any of those which you have quoted is to be found in Aristotle's Ethics, Book X.,...

(To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR-9 SIR,—You have been among the forces making for good citizen- ship and Empire in the sense of international brotherhood as distinguished...

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IN the Prologue to All for Love the reader may remember that Dryden describes himself as " unarmed " because he has for- sworn rhyming. While he constrained himself in his metre...

THE JONES COLLECTION AT SOUTH. KENSINGTON. Ma. Joine JONES (1800-1882) must obviously have been extremely successful as tailor and army clothier, which was his business, before...

by get the same sort of a shock at the Queen's Theatre as when you hear a very beautiful, well-turned-out girl speak and she utters brainless inanities with the voice and accent...

PRINCES.—Last fortnight of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas • • QuEsx's.—The Faithful Heart .. [Still palpitating tenderly, so to speak.] COcNT.—The Silver Box [Notice...

THE two volumes before us will finally make Englishmen believe that a new epoch has dawned in America. Our readers may recall that Mr. Mencken (whose Prejudices, first and...

THE DUAL MANDATE Lti BRITISH TROPICAL AFRICA.* Tars is an invaluable work by a great colonial administrator. Sir Frederick Lugard has earned a very high place in the line of a...

ME occupation of Toulon by the British and Allied forces from August to December, 1793, at the invitation of the moderate Republicans and Royalists in the town, is a well-known...

ONE does not need to be a biological expert ir; order to appreciate the merit and profound interest of the book which a veteran New Zealander naturalist, Mr. G. M. Thomson, has...

THERE is in medicine no more romantic story than that of the fight against malaria, the scourge not only of the white man living in the tropics, but, as Dr. Watson shows in this...

SID LAURENCE WEAVER is not only an exceedingly able archi- tectural critic, but also a writer of considerable distinction, and, with the work of Sir Edwin Lutyens as his 'theme,...

of what the Church Times calls "the theology of the Spectator" than these lectures. They are exceptionally outspoken, exceptionally lucid, and exceptionally sane. That they...

This book—a translation from the French—is rendered delightful by its extraordinarily good photographic reproductions of the arts of the ancients. The examples are most...

Mn. G. B. Br:morn, the veteran journalist and novelist, has written a second book of reminiscences, under the title of More _Memoirs (and Some Travels) (Hutchinson, 16s. net),...

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THE RED SHADOW.* WHEN the present writer was handed this book for review, he was given to understand that it was a novel. But he has now very grave doubts. The language and the...

DR. LEAF AND THE GREEK ANTHOLOGY.* Dn. LEAP in these translations again proves himself what his friends knew him—a fine scholar and a man of great taste. He has very wisely...

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