and above the guarantee a formal military convention. It is further stated that M. Palmeri proposes that a special sense should be incorporated into the phrase " unprovoked...

made in the French Chamber on Thursday, January 19th. It was genera,: in form and was devoid of the eloquent passion of M. Briand. M. Poineare said that a disgraceful propaganda...

1 T is not yet known with accuracy what M. Poincare 1 as proposed in the way of a pact between Britain and France to take the place of the pact which Mr. Lloyd George offered in...

Poincare is credited with desiring to make Great Britain in some way or other responsible together with France for main- taining Poland. We are sorry to have to say that these...

precedence over all other questions. If Germany did not pay, France, with the co-operation of the Inter-Allied Commis- sion, would be compelled to take measures. One measure...

has been caused in America by the French attitude at the Washington Conference is much deeper than the French understand. The general feeling of Americans, statesmen and people...

has led We - 'way in - making the Genoa Conference from our point of view almost meaningless. We wanted to reduce armaments not merely in order to prevent war, but to release...

by conference and strongly indicated his preference for the old methods of diplomacy. It was not, however, a very good omen that he spoke of the Angora Treaty with the Turks as...

Readers experiencing difficulty in obtaining the " Spectator " regularly and promptly through the abolition of the Sunday post or other causes should become yearly subscribers,...

January 20th, and decided, on the motion of the Attorney-General, to form a National Liberal Council, to which Liberal (organizations would be affiliated and which would, it was...

co-operation between parties and classes as opposed to party strife and class war, and to declare for a programme of economy and social reform. He chaffed the Opposition for...

a boycott of British people and British goods and for " non- co-operation " in Mr. Gandhi's manner. As the appeal was designed to promote disaffection and violence, Lord Allenby...

Thursday, January 19th, declared that the Prime Minister, before and after the Cannes Conference, had consulted his leading colleagues on the subject of a dissolution, and that...

.deneclict XV. He was elected in the second year of the War and, it is difficult for Englishmen who are not members of the Roman communion to judge dispassionately of his...

early as possible in the War an atmosphere of peace, and he may well have told himself that violently to estrange either side would be to make that atmosphere impossible....

the situation in plain' terms. " To-day India is turbulent and suspicious and Mahomedans and Hindus alike, in my opinion, are preparing to make trouble." Lord North- cliffe...

America, there is another obstacle in the way of American representation at the Genoa Conference. The Senate, though a Republican President is in office, does not forget its...

ganda of Socialism, with its outrageous threats and its grotesque fallacies," which, if not faced with courage, would be a danger of the gravest kind. The advent of a Socialist...

to 36; a motion demanding a " round-table conference " between the Viceroy, the Moderate Nationalists and Mr. Gandhi. Sir C. S. Nair,. an Indian who has served in the Viceroy's...

Conference, which was designed to put an end to wars and rumours of wars. " You cannot build up business on that rocking foundation of earthquakes." The gibers mocked at a...

encourage a good understanding between Americans and English- men so much as it might have done, because he was regarded as an extreme Radical who despised many 'British...

because the House of Commons had allowed the Government to do what they pleased, and the coming election would afford an oppor- tunity of calling the Government to account. He...

" People talk about the axe. They have no idea how many nails there are in the wood." The Report of the Committee would be published when it was completed. It would provoke...

which occurred last Sunday. He will be as much mourned in America as here. His was a life of extraordinary intellectual productive- ness. He took the whole world for his...

He ridiculed Mr. Asquith's claim to take credit for the Irish " Treaty." That settlement, he said, had enhanced Great Britain's prestige, and the Unionists in the Coalition were...

faced with a trade depression and much unemployment, needed the restoration of international confidence, which could only come through the establishment of a real peace in the...

of Box Hill, some seventy acres in extent, has been presented to the nation. Part of the hill was secured for the National Trust some time ago. The new gift, made with...

large meeting of Independent Liberals at Westminster on Monday, in reply to the Prime 'Minister. Mr. Asquith contested the-claim of the Coalition Liberal Conference to represent...

Spectator ' Bitterly Hostile ' to America ? " we have received yet another communication. Mr. Bishop, the friend and biographer of Theodore Roosevelt, who knows with exactitude...

Nov. 3, 1921 ; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 9341 Thursday week, 93i ; a year ago, 84.

THE ULSTER—FREE STATE AGREEMENT. W HEN the Treaty in regard to the South of Ireland was signed we drew from the facts two conclusions. The first was that Northern Ireland had...

W E agree with the greater part of the premises stated so ably and convincingly by Mr. Lloyd George in his speech of last Saturday. We do not agree with his conclusions. In...

I T is essential that there should be an understanding with France. Without it Europe will not progress towards economic recovery. It is easy to say that the French have been so...

TN suggesting means for raising the status of domestic 1- service, I hinted last week that there are two ways in which this could be done—(1) Training ; (2) Amenities. Of these,...

Council is approaching. Already the rival parties are in the field. The election will take place on March 2nd. Although there are still _five weeks before the election, we...

T HE recrudescence of begging is one of the signs of the times. There are parts of London in which one cannot go for the shortest walk—hardly " run to the post " —without being...

headquarters of govern- ment in Delhi and Simla, and in the provincial secretariats at Allahabad, Calcutta, Madras, Lahore and Bombay. There are, I believe, other centres of...

RUSH FOR CAPITAL ISSUES—SPECULATIVE AND INVESTMENT ACTIVITY — STRENGTH OF INVESTMENT STOCKS—NATIONAL ECONOMY THE COMING ESTIMATES—THE BANKING POSITION—EUROPE'S NEEDS. [To THE...

the review of Professor McDougall's book, National Welfare and National Decay (Spectator, January 14th), asks why " there are not records of dynasties of talent." An obvious...

[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.] NATIONAL WELFARE AND NATIONAL...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sra,—Your correspondent Mr. P. E. Roberts makes a good case logically against the Government's Irish policy in general, but logic is an...

query in your review of Professor McDougall's National Welfare and National Decay as to some piece of "eugenic literature" or record of "dynasties of talent," there is at least...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") have read with great attention your footnote to my letter (kindly inserted in your issue of January 7th), but I am still not quite clear on...

[TO THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") Stn,—In the January 7th issue of the Spectator it was wrongly stated that the Palestine Arab Delegation had left England disappointed. As a...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—As your article under the above heading in the issue of the Spectator of January 21st includes me and my latest book in a sympathetic...

(TO THE ED/TOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—MF. Clough Williams-Ellis, in his suggestive notes on the Exhibition of Industrial Art at South Kensington, expresses the hope that the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sun—The Marquesas Islands came under the protectorate of the French in 1842. Along with the Governmental officials went priests of the Roman...

" SPECTATOR.") SIR,—In the instructive review entitled " The Story of Job," printed in your issue of January 14th (pp. 50-51), occurs the following passage :- " Not for him the...

of December 31st (which reaches me some- what late) I was much interested in the letter from " J. G. B." It seems a far cry from the reign of Elizabeth to that of George III....

FIRE. Lore, let ns light A fire to-night, A wood fire on the hearth. With torn and living tongues the flames leap. Hungrily They catch and lift, to beat their sudden wings...

[To THE EDITOR or TM SPECTATOR."] Sie,—The incident narrated in the correspondence columns of the Spectator of January 7th is unusual, but not unique. I cannot personally vouch...

article on " The Falsest of False Economies" I have felt rather despairing as to any chance of reduction in our cruel burden of heavy rates and taxes. Like " A. B. C.," I have...

" SPECTATOR."] Sin,—With reference to the case mentioned by " A. B. C." in your issue of January 14th of a schoolmistress whose salary rises to £500, it is only fair to say that...

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 with the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] should be grateful if you or any of your readers can explain some curious characteristics of our watch-dog, a wolf- dog. He is considered...

Sin,—Here are the figures for a village school of 110 children :- £ s. d. Joint salary per annum of headmaster and wife ... 750 0 0 Two assistant teachers, per annum ... ......

[To THE EDITOR or THE " 8PECTLTOR."] 8/R.—The following from my personal experience may be of interest. Students of eighteenth-century history will remember the exploits of the...

"go one better " than your correspondent " G. E. M." I was born in 1854, my father in March, 1795. The Republic of Venice was still in existence. Lodi had not

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 ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT " AT THE ROYALTY THEATRE. A NEW PLAY IN THREE ACTS BY BRANDON FLEMMG. AMONG the difficulties of the dramatic form, one of the worst is that of...

A REVISED VERSION OF " THE BEGGAR'S OPERA." No doubt many have supposed that Gay intended to parody Italian opera of his time when he wrote The Beggar's Opera. Reasonable as...

COURT.—She Stoops to Conquer . . [She last week of Mr. FagIn's excellent production.] LrrreE.—London's Grand Guignol [Continues with unabated horror.] COMEDY. — The Faithful...

THE LATE LORD STAbIFORD.* WE have received a Memoir of the late William _ Grey, ninth Earl of Stamford, which has been printed for private circulation. It is most capably...

is, in fact, an autobio- graphy interspersed with notes and comments, is one of the most stimulating books that we have read for a long time past. In an age when opportunism is...

father makes strange reading, and tells the story of the great novelist from a curious point of view. For instance, the author attaches a fantastic importance to racial...

last published the elaborate history of his College en which he has been known to be working for many years past. It is not easy to read because it is as formidably dccumented...

THESE essays are characterized by a philosophical temper seldom found in writers who touch, directly or indirectly, on religion, a subject which has a strange power of calling...

First come the works of clever forgers made to deceive. These have been fabricated in Italy ever since the wealthy Roman nobles started collecting. The tricks are endless and of...

THE LEGENDS OF SMOKEOVER.* THE first thing that will strike the reader about Mr. Jacks' Legends of Smokeover is probably the charming urbanity of the book. It is a piece of...

LEARNED societies—except in America—have been so terribly hard hit by the heavy increase hi the cost of printing that it seemed for a time as if they would have to suspend their...

Raleigh, at his death two years ago, left a compact and dispassionate survey of Soottish Church history, century by century, which is now published as Annals of the Church in...

DR. HADEN GUEST defines his new book, The Struggle for Power in Europe, 1917.1921 (Hodder and Stoughton, 16s. net), as " an outline economic and political survey of the Central...

6d. net.)—A story of buried treasure, which, however, is on an island in England. This does not make the search for it any the less perilous, and, once the preliminaries of the...

PUNCH : THE IMMORTAL LIAR.* Punch : the Immortal Liar is a long, blank verse poem with an account, from various points of view, of a creature who is half Punchinello of the...

University Press. 25s. net.)—Mr. Roscoe, who was formerly a missionary, is well known as an anthropologist of high repute, with a special knowledge of East Africa and Uganda....

[Notice to this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.; An Admiral's Yarns : Stray Memories of 50 Years. By Admiral Sir Charles Dundas of Dundas. (H. Jenkins....

Herklots. New Edition by William Crooke. (H. Milford. 17s. 6d. net.)—Herklots, a German-Dutch surgeon in the East India Company's service, induced a Madrasi Moslem teacher,...

net.)—Commander Robertson's exposition of " the materialistic side " of naval history is much to be com- mended. It fills a gap which has long been obvious. Indeed, our naval...

students of international law, under the general editorship of Mr. David Ogg. The first two are Erasmus, Institutio Principis Christiani, chapters 3-11, translated by Mr. P. E....

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(H. Milford. 3s. 6d. net.)—Within seventeen years this little book, compiled by the late Mr. Howard Collins, has run into six impressions—including two of the first edition. Its...

• has produced a most interesting and permanently valuable chart, showing The Annual Price of Wheat for 122 Calendar Years in the United Kingdom and the United States (5e.). It...

King.. 2s. 6d. net.)—Lieutenant Lever's little book is designed as " an intro- duction to public finance." It covers a wide field in a few pages, but it is, on the whole, lucid...