T HE Bureau of the Disarmament Conference resumes its sittings at Geneva next Tuesday, but what it can do when the meeting opens no one knows. Con- versations between. the...

M. Doumergue has found necessary, France may well look with envy as well as some ungrudging admiration on the state of Government finance in Great Britain. A National Government...

considerable naval expan- sion are said to be ready for execution at any moment, and if they are carried out the French and other naval programmes• will almost certainly be...

MUSEUM 1721. Entered as second-class Mail Matter at the New York, N.Y. Post Office, Dec. 23rd, 1896. Postal subscription 30s. per annum, to any part of the world. Postage on...

employment figures for last December was lessened by the knowledge that the next month was bound to show a seasonal set-back. But no such inevitable discount need be applied to...

The Nazi . Party in Germany is still waging a war on two fronts against the Roman Catholic and sections of the Protestant Churches, not, it would appear, with the full approval...

The Government and Cotton. The Minister of Labour is considering an experiment in legislation which may have far-reaching effects on the cotton industry. Representatives of the...

Conservative Conference last week, when a division was taken on a resolution regarding . India, has given great • satisfaction to Mr. Churchill, Lord Lloyd and their friends of...

Cahn at the annual meeting of the National Birthday Trust Fund for the extension of maternity services last week should not pass unnoticed. The subject was the use of chloroform...

which often spoil House of Commons debates the recent discussion on industrial insurance was headed off the vital point—that of remedial legislation. But the case for...

Cunarder No. 534 last Tuesday there had already been a considerable increase of activity in the Glasgow shipyards ; but we are told that for the crowds whO went to see the first...

a reasonable demand (which has been supported in these columns) when it asks for the restoration of the 10 per cent. cut in their members' salaries. But after the passing of a...

The fact that Mr. Samuel Insull is a fugitive from American justice, and that it is desirable that he should not escape proper trial in his own country, has tended to obscure a...

emphasizing the need of bringing together under single control the two fold activities of town-planning and traffic-planning, and we are glad to find Mr. Rees Jeffreys making...

special literary number, in which will be included contributions by Aldous Huxley, Prof. A. E. Zimmern, Siegfried Sassoon, Ann Bridge, V. Sackville-West, Prof. Julian Huxley, C....

a public service in refusing to perform the official opening of a new cinema on the ground that the first film shown was one which has (with much reason) come under con-...

T HE Easter casualties on the road seem to have reached little more than 25 per cent, of the total which the Minister of Transport predicted on the basis of previous years'...

to bring in a Betting and Lotteries Bill that would be satis- factory either to those who object to all betting or those who object to all restrictions. Opinion on both sides is...

at dates differing by a fortnight, with all the inconvenience that that entails to every form of regular transport services between the two countries. But there is still hope of...

good law case, and it is rather surprising that the stage has not drawn oftener than it has on the drama of the courts. There was, of course, The Trial of Mary Dugan, con-...

and perhaps to some extent his sympathies by moving from Oxford to Hampstead over fifty years ago and never moving any further is, I think, just. He was a man of one church. He...

of life, actually took place last Saturday. The way of the independent paper—and the V ossische never sacrificed its independence—has become not merely hard but very nearly...

S O far as it goes there is a good deal to be said for Lord Beaverbrook's resolute exposure of the horrors of war. The pictures which the Daily Express has been publishing daily...

remnant of the Independent Labour Party, —reduced now it is stated to something under 16,000 members, and with a further reduction threatened through the defection of the...

Mr. Jardine's intimation that he would not in any case accept the captaincy of the English test team against the Australians are the worst possible preparation for the...

By H. POWYS GREENWOOD A T a discussion the other day on the possibility of .LA!• retaining the public support initially given to certain efforts on behalf of the unemployed, I...

From A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT O NE of the governing body of Italy's most pro-Fascist university assured- me the other day that Italy's political condition is no more advanced...

By J. L. PATON (late High Master of Manchester Grammar School) I T is a mistake to suppose that America has no Public Schools in our sense of the term. There are many boarding...

By OUR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT E VEN those who know little about animal physiology must often have been struck by the marvellous integration of the thousands of seemingly...

T HE " Accompt Current " was a trade survey of Scotland in 1705, by John Spreull, a " big business " man in Glasgow who took an active part in Scottish politics. Previously, as...

By JOHN PULLEN T HERE are people, still uncertified by the Commis- sioners in Lunacy, who make a practice of bathing before breakfast all the year round. Most of us have met...

[D'UN CORRESPONDANT PARISIEN] L E regionalisme a, de tons temps, eta vivace en France, mais it semble bien que nous assistions actuellement A un accroissement de sa puissance...

ALTHOUGH the snow still lingers Heaped on the ivy's blunt webbed fingers And painting tree-trunks on one side, Here in this sunlit ride The fresh unchristened things appear,...

THIS adaptation of Zola's Nana is mainly intended to intro- duce Miss Anna Sten, who was trained in Russia, acted in Germany with Jannings, and went to Hollywood at the...

"Death Takes a Holiday." At the Carlton Tins film, based on Alberto Casella's play, ought to have been made in Germany—the old Germany, before Hitler started to re g iment the...

"Macbeth." By W. Shakespeare. At the Old Vic AT the Old Vic Macbeth is the last play of a season which promised much and fulfilled most of it . . Mr. Tyrone Guthrie's...

Mantegna and the Critics OF all the great masters, none belongs so entirely, perhaps, or so gloriously, to the past as Mantegna, and as befits one who chose more deliberately...

FRIDAY, APRIL 6th 10.45 What's the Use of School ? : A. C. Cameron, Secretary for Education, Oxford City-one of the ablest of Educa- tion Directors .. •• .. .. .. N. 6.5o...

which reference was made last week) is particularly welcome if only for the hope it gives that several species which had virtually disappeared are returning and will return to...

As I wrote above, a good deal of the inspiration for the new development of agriculture in Palestine has come from Rothamsted, where most of the organizers have spent some time...

A charming article appeared some months ago in the Cornhill on flowers in literature ; and all who are interested will delight to know that Mr. Vernon Rendall (an editor of the...

Green Englana How sweet the return to England after travel, however lovely the alien lands I The grass is the crowning pleasure, at least to tired eyes. I seldom saw flowers...

I returned to England this spring ; and while travelling there I found one very green and pleasant bit of England in the minds of the settlers. Rothamsted was almost a household...

plot which has grown wheat in continuous succession for eighty years or so without any manure. It still produces a crop (said to be nearly equal to the world's average), and a...

are of peculiar interest ; but first a word about Rothamsted on which they rely as a general adviser. This experimental station, the oldest and the best in the world, is at a...

Rothamsted and its continuity of research is under threat from what Carlyle used to call the " concrete mendacities " of the builder. Though Gilbert and Lawes, the founders of...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Srit,—In The Spectator of March 16th Miss Munroe alleges that in my article on unemployment in Germany I ruled out all question of the...

[Correspondents are requested to keep their letters as brief as is reasonably possible. The most suitable length is that of one of our Nezvs of the Week " paragraphs. Signed...

[To the Editor of TILE SPECTATOR.] Sia,—How is one to understand " agricultural labourers " in your note to the letter from Mr. B. W. Young on the price of bacon which you...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] notice in the article on the Liberal Party Programme the statement that what is wanted by the country is a deter- mined policy directed to the...

[To the Editor of TILE SPECTATOR.] SIR,— After listening to the debate last, week in the House of Lords on the Housing problem, I would like to remove certain misconceptions...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—" Public School Headmaster " has done well to state the facts relating to schoolmasters' salaries, for the facts are apparently almost...

TIIF..SPECTATOR.1 SIR,—The declaration of Dr. Benes in favour of Austrian neutrality guaranteed on the Swiss model 'compels both Britain and the United States to consider what...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] - SIR,—May I call the attention of your readers to the subject of British relief work-in Austria, in connexion with which I have just visited...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Snt,—In his interesting article on " The Nazis and the Churches," on March 16th, Mr. Greenwood remarked that few Nazis " took the attempts to...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The National Sporting Club intend to hold a Rodeo in London during this summer, and the R.S.P.C.A. intend to do their utmost to prevent...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The English traveller in the United States seldom hears a pleasanter remark from any friend, new or old, than " The latchstring is out,"...

THERE was a time when Good Friday in this country was ruled and regulated by Handel's Messiah. Except for Stainer's Crucifixion (which still enjoys a hole-and-corner...

THE " IDEAL HOME " EXHIBITION Tim opening of the Daily Mail " Ideal Home " Exhibition (Olympia, April 3rd--28th) found at least one visitor with higher expectations than usual....

By PROFESSOR ERNEST BARKER " Tms book is an attempt to discover a guiding principle in public affairs." In this one brief sentence, printed on the wrapper, Mr. Curtis states...

The New Survey of London Life and Labour. Vol. VI: Survey of Social Conditions ; (2) The Western Area. Vol. VII : Western Area Maps. (P. S. King. 17s. 6d. each. . ) THE great...

(Beim. 21s.) China. By Reno Grousset. (Hamish Hamilton. 25s.) THESE two books bear the same title, but there is little else in common between them, apart from the fact that...

an Era. By Reinhold Niebuh r . (Scribner. 10e. 6d.) Reflections on the End of an Era. By Reinhold Niebuh r . (Scribner. 10e. 6d.) WHETHER or no western civilization be in an...

THOSE who remember the part played by Sir Reginald Blomfield in the recent Carlton House 'Terrace episode may be surprised to find him here defending tradition and fiercely...

Child Marriage : the Indian Minotaur. By Eleanor Rathbone, M.P. (Allen and Unwin. 2s. 6d.) INDIA looks like becoming the world's worst slum. Poverty- stricken since time...

Tins book is " brightly " written, and brings together all the better-known stories—and legends—of Napoleon's mar- shals. The material is woven into a book with considerable...

By GRAHAM GREENE 8s. 6d.) Five Silver Daughters. By Louis Golding. (Gollancz. 8s. ad.) Ir is not mere selfishness on a reviewer's part that makes him eye a fresh batch of very...

like reading abstracts of causes celihres, illustrated by sketches of the legal and other personalities involved in them, will enjoy this book (Chapman and Hall, 15s.). Lord...

Hannah Whitall Smith (mother of Mr. Logan Pearsall Smith) died in 1911 she left behind her a highly, interesting manuscript on Fanaticism, which her grand- daughter, Mrs. Oliver...

. By Pierre Gaxotte The sinners of the nineteenth century - are rapidly becoming the saints of the twentieth. In England, it is true, we are more used to the contrary process,...

THE HUGUENOTS By A. J. Grant This short history of the HUguenOts (Thornton Butter- worth, 2s. 6d.) is excellently suited to its purpose; is un- prejudiced, concise, and...

late Professor Tout once stated that what was, above all, necessary for the study -of history was the presentation, almost in tabular form, of detailed fact. Of the 500 pages...

Edited by R. S. Lambert This little book is a collection of essays on the Cinema based on lectures delivered to the Y.W.C.A. Central Club last year. The names of the five...

with a breath of fresh air blowing hotter at th e finish. In " Reflections on Fascism " he sees in Commum t and Fascist movements a dangerous herd-materialism which will, unless...

By S. V. Keeling This book forms one of the " Leaders of Philosophy " series issued by Messrs. Benn, each of which. deals with one of the great European philosophers and is...

to Vienna than to Rome. But since Austria as traditionally the Gateway of the East sounds further, it is likely that you may get more sense of distance and travel by going...

The Travel Bureau of Trim SpF.c.rarroa is conducted solely for your benefit. If, therefore, you propose taking a sea-cruise this spring or summer, or any other form of holiday,...

Although the net profit of John Barker and Company for the past year of £: 87,315 compared with £424,291 in the previous year, the dcclin2 was partly due to lower interest from...

Fresh evidence is afforded—if fresh evidence were required —in the latest report of the Cunard Steam Ship CompanY of the need for Treasury aid in completing the construction of...

The Realized Surplus Tim Nation's Financial Year has closed with a realized surplus of over £31,000,000. It is the largest surplus for ten years and compares with a deficit of...

THE Stock Markets, which were cheerful up to the eve of the Easter holidays, received a further tonic during the holiday from the satisfactory outcome of the nation's financial...

Although indisposition kept Sir Charles C. McLeod from attending the recent annual meeting of the National Bank of India, he had duly prepared his speech which, in his unavoid-...

The address delivered each year in Hong Kong to share- holders of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation is always read with interest in the City, containing as it does...

Very interesting was the review of the affairs not only of the Halifax Building Society but of the general Building Society movement which was given by Sir Enoch Hill, at the...

After presenting to the shareholders of Vickers, Limited, at the recent meeting, a satisfactory report showing a moderate increase in net profit for the past year, the Chairman,...

The annual report of the United Kingdom Provident Insti- tution showed that new assurances were granted during the year for £3,872,000, an increase of more than £300,000 over...

Although the latest report of the Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers was a satisfactory one, showing only trifling decline in trading profits, this decline had been, to...

At the recent meeting of British Insulated Cables, Limited, Sir Alexander Roger, after noting the decline in trading profits for the past year, stated that the reduction arose...

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