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NEWS OF THE WEEK
The SpectatorT HE causes and implications of Mr. Franklin D. Roosevelt's astonishing vietory are discussed at length on a later page of this issue. Here it is sufficient to emphasise the...
The Fate of Madrid Apart. fipm . one successful counterlittaek,
The Spectatorby the Government troops in Madrid the advance of the insurgents on the capital has been methodically pursued in the past week, and the capture of the aerodrome of Getafe, eight...
The Duce and the World Signor Mussolini's speech on foreign
The Spectatoraffairs at Milan on Sunday gives the impression, for all its vehemence, of a consciousness of weakness rather than of strength. It is significant that in the Italo-German...
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The Oratory of General Goering It is fortunate in one
The Spectatorrespect that exuberant verbosity has come to be accepted as the natural characteristic of Dictatorship orators, for it means that speeches which twenty-five years ago would...
The Municipal Elections In the municipal elections in England and
The SpectatorWales on Monday, Labour was defending the gains made in 1933 : the returns for 132 county and non-county boroughs show that it has lost, on balance, 81 seats, while...
The Iraq Coup d'Etat Iraq in its turn has had
The Spectatorits political upheaval. On Thursday, General Bakar Sidgi Pasha, commanding the Army on manoeuvres seventy miles from Baghdad, marched on the city and sent aeroplanes to drop...
The King's Speech
The SpectatorThe legislative programme outlined in the King's Speech (with which our Parliamentary Correspondent deals on another page) is one to arouse satisfaction rather than enthusiasm....
Mr. de Valera and the Commonwealth Discussion of the new
The SpectatorConstitution of the Irish Free State can be only speculative until Mr. de Valera has formally introduced his proposals into the Dail, as he is expected to do within the next few...
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Apart from Miss Horsbrugh, who abundantly justified the invitation extended
The Spectatorto her to move the Address, the best speech so far has been that of Mr. A. V. Alexander. He set about the Government with the pugnacity expected of an Opposition leader on such...
I do not think that the Public Order Bill, which
The Spectatorevi- dently is to be the name for the measure by which the Government will deal with the situation created by the recent Communist-Fascist disturbances, will be as popular with...
But Mr. Attlee made one good point, when lie stressed
The Spectatorthe urgency of combining physical training with a cam- paign of improved nutrition. There was general sympathy for this argument when it was expressed by Mr. Harold Nicolson in...
The Week in Parliament - - Our Parliamentary Correspondent writes
The Spectator:—The King's speech has given general satisfaction in the ranks of the Government supporters. There is no spectacular legislation, but what is offered is regarded as a series of...
The Recruiting Failure The shortage of recruits for the Army
The Spectatorcontinues, despite Mr. Duff Cooper's appeals. Many ingenious explanations have been given for it, in which modern youth's decadence, and lack of patriotism and adventurousness...
The Claims of Jarrow The Jarrow marchers arrived in London
The Spectatorlast Saturday, without causing or suffering any of the abuses forecast by those who disapprove of their action : the Chairman of the Jarrow Conservative Association, after...
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WHAT WILL HE DO WITH IT?
The SpectatorT HE prophets have once more been confuted, and Mr. Landon of Kansas City, instead of making a close fight of it for the Presidency of the United States, is, as an American...
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THE STATE AND THE ARMS INDUSTRY
The SpectatorC ONTROL of the manufacture of arms and control of the traffic in arms are two different questions which must be clearly distinguished. The one raises domestic problems, the...
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A SPECTATOR'S NOTEBOOK
The SpectatorI SUGGESTED in this column three weeks ago the 1 transference of Mr. Walter Elliot from the Ministry of Agriculture to the Scottish office as a not unlikely consequence of Sir...
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A NEW DOMESDAY BOOK
The SpectatorBy the RT. HON. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE, O.M. P ROFESSOR STAPLEDON is one of those men of genius for whom fame tarries long after achievement. He has had the misfortune to devote...
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PROPAGANDA, RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR I
The SpectatorBy ALDOUS HUXLEY I N Europe and America universal primary education has created a reading public which is practically co-extensive with the adult population. Demand has called...
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IS GERMANY PREPARING WAR ?
The SpectatorBy Dr. RUDOLF KIRCHER (Editor of the "Frankfurter Zeitung") • [An article on this subject from the French point of view appeared in last week's Sp edator."] W HEN I read Count...
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CHRISTIANITY AND COMMUNISM : VI. SOCIAL JUSTICE
The SpectatorIThis series will be concluded next week with an article by Canon F. R. Barry on "Revolutionary Christianity."] By DR. REINHOLD NIEBUHR T HROUGH all human history the strong...
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A POET'S RESURRECTION
The SpectatorBy STEPHEN HOBHOUSE T HOMAS TRAHERNE is believed to have been horn in or near Hereford about the year 1636. It is therefore fitting that, before 1936 is out, we should...
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PITY
The SpectatorBy GORONWY REES O NE hot summer I went every day to the Museum. In the mornings the sky was a frail but cruel blue. I thought of those who were bathing, and of the sea and its...
PURELY FUNCTIONAL
The SpectatorBy EILEEN O'NEILL Her strength flagged in the hot weather, and the doctor, puzzled, sent her to a specialist, who probed and questioned, non-committal and impersonal,...
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MARGINAL COMMENTS
The SpectatorBy ROSE MACAULAY B Y the time these words appear, the Fifths will have come and gone, and the notorious Mr. Fawkes will have perished again all over England in a thousand...
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SEMI-FASCIST JAPAN
The SpectatorCommonwealth and Foreign • By WILLIAM HENRY CHAMBERLIN Tokyo. Tun recurrent outbursts of Army radicalism in Japan, of which those of May 15th, 1932, and of February 26th,...
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The Cinema
The Spectator"Dodsworth." At the Tivoli "Mayerling" and "Fox Hunt." At the Curzon Dodsworth is a very well-made and well-acted film, with an essentially trivial subject. Dodsworth, a retired...
STAGE AND SCREEN
The SpectatorThe Theatre " Till the Cows Come Home." By G. Kerr. At the St. Martin's Till the Cows Come Home is a political allegory in the form of a rural farce, which like most plays of...
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Music
The SpectatorThe Dresden Opera Company AT last it has happened ! The permanent company from a famous foreign opera-house, with its singers, orchestra, con- ductor, producer and technical...
Ce Que Parler Veut Dire
The Spectator[D'un correspondant parisien] IL m'a ate possible de profiler des derniers beaux jours pour mettre it execution un projet deja ancien de pareourir au Moult; une region de la...
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COUNTRY LIFE
The SpectatorGarden City Surveys A phenomenon that deserves wide attention is the astonish- ingly rapid development of the garden city idea. One of the latest—at Welwyn—now contains 12,000...
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CHRISTIANITY AND COMMUNISM
The SpectatorLETTERS TO THE EDITOR [Correspondents arc requested to keep their letters as brief as is reasonably possible. The most suitable length is that of one of our " News" of the Week...
. [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] .
The SpectatorSin,—Dr. Inge, having been taken to task by Mr..Strachey for calling Communists ." gangsters," improves the amenities of debate by referring to the " blood-thirsty criminals who...
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[To the Editor of TILE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Dr. Needham long since
The Spectatormastered the art of saying provocative and refreshing things. His article on " The Common Ground " is delirious with them. It is a pity that it expires in the 'commonplace...
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Captain Powell's letter furnishes
The Spectatorfurther evidence of the well-established fact that most, if not all, of the criticism levelled at the Catholic Church by non-Catholics is founded upon ignorance or...
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[To the Editor Of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In his article on
The Spectator." Christianity and Communism " Father D'Arcy complains that " many are saying that in- repudiating Communism the Catholic Church is taking up a Fascist attitude." The Reverend...
MILK : BUT WHAT MILK ?
The Spectator[To the Editor of Tin: Ser.crstoill SIR,—The article, " Milk : But What Milk," by Professor G. S. Wilson, in your issue of October 30th, confirmed my fears as to the deplorable...
ATROCITIES IN SPAIN [To the Editor of Tun SPECTATOR.1 Sia,—We
The Spectatorall sympathise with the indignation of your Roman Catholic correspondents, but what have they to say to this horrible account in the Church of England Newspaper of trd ty The...
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[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Why does the B.B.C.
The Spectatorpermit the laceration of our susceptibilities by musical performances in alien tempi ? Cinema organists seem possessed of an especial genius for taking liberties with the...
THE STATE AS LICENSED VICTUALLER
The Spectator[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR, —I do not question the statement of a Carlisle tavern manager to Mr. Jack Woolford, but against that we have the testimony of Councillor...
[To the Editor of TILE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—It - is, I think,
The Spectatora pity that Professor G. S. Wilson's admirably clear explanation of the intricacies of the Milk (Special Designations) Order should end with a strong plea in favour of the...
PROTESTS ABOUT MUSIC
The Spectator. _ [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sin,—May I beg a little space to draw attention to a curious phenomenon in London music this season ? There is living today a genius who...
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A. E. HOUSMAN
The Spectator[To the Edith,. of Tun SPECTATOR.] . Sin,—Mr. John Sparrow's statement in his review of A. E. Housman in la't week's Spectator that " he was quite right not to allow his poems...
PROVIDENT ASSOCIATIONS
The Spectator[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Dr. Alfred Cox, in your issue of October 30th, deals with the sudden financial strain which may, be caused by severe illness...
THE CLERGY AND THE ARTICLES
The Spectator[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Stn,—Canon Mozley should have told Mr. Gedge that his law is as out of date as his controversial methods. In 1865, after a royal commission had...
FOREIGN FUNDS FOR BRITISH PARTIES
The Spectator[To the Editor of TILE SPECTATOR.] Stn,—If legislation to curtail the power and activities of private armies is intended would it not be well to take advant- age of the...
[To the Editor of TI1 E SeEmeroft.] SIR, — Mr. Angus Watson,
The Spectatorin your issue of October 10th, said : " In 1908 the convictions for drunkenness in Carlisle num- bered 300 ; in 1916, 950 ; and in 1932, 49." He ought to have explained why the...
ROME AND THE ABYSSINIAN WAR
The SpectatorTo the Editor of Tut: SPECTATOR.] S1R,—I think' Rose Macaulay was betrayed into injustice when, in her " Marginal Comments " of October 30th, she said that, though we considered...
THE ARABS AND BRITISH TROOPS
The Spectator[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Stn,—Mr. Namier says that " nearly a hundred Jews have been killed by Arabs " lately in Palestine. According to °Meinl figures, some :300...
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Lord Balfour BOOKS OF THE DAY
The SpectatorBy J. A. SPENDER IN the closing chapters of the second volume of the biography of her uncle Mrs. Dugdale presents an altogether charming picture of him in his last years. We see...
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India Without Politics Fon a decade and a half the
The Spectatorface of India has been obscured by the smoke-cloud of politics. NVe have been deafened by the clamour of Federation or an impossible centralised government ; of provincial...
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Controversial History
The SpectatorThe Faith of an Englishman. By Sir - Edward Grigg. (Mac- millan. 108. 6d.) THAT Sir Edward Grigg should give wrong dates for the formation of Mr. Ramsay MacDonald's first...
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Chronic Unemployment
The SpectatorOut of the Pit. By John Newsom. (Blackwell. 3s. 6d.) THESE two books, both meritorious, cover in different ways much the same ground. Mr. Greenwood is a specialist on the...
The Spanish Republic
The Spectatorwho seek for light on Cosas de Espana, which have _for_reallY generations been almost completely obscured from our view because of the diametrically different outlook on life...
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The Pathos of Ambition
The SpectatorFountains of Youth : The Life of Marie Bashkirtseff. By Dormer Creston. (Thornton Butterworth. 117s.) " I MADE a wish in one word only ; a word that . . . is beautiful,...
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Fiction
The SpectatorBy WILLIAM PLOMER Mary Lavelle. By Kate O'Brien. (Heinemann. 7s. Gd.) Eggs and Baker : or, The Days of Trial. By John Masefleld. (Heinemann. 7s. 6(1.1 Honourable Estate : A...
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The SpectatorADVENTURES AND PERILS Edited by C. Fox Smith Miss Fox Smith's anthology of sea stories of the eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century (Michael Joseph, 7s.-6d.) should be bought...
A HISTORY OF ST. CATHERINE'S COLLEGE
The SpectatorCurrent Literature By W. H. S. - Jones • - - • - lily this History of se: Catherine's College, Cambridge; beautifully produced by the Cambridge University Press (21s.), Dr....
THFSMALLEST - DRUM
The Spectator. Thf Smallest prism ( - Michael Joseph, 7s. 6d.) is a story, or series of stories, of three small boys who lived in Peckham about 'fifty years ago, told by one of them. Like...
By Oliver Baldwin
The SpectatorMr. Baldwin has set forth his-views in the form of imaginary letters from an apparently eccentric man• living in a remote part of Algeria to. a debutante in England—on the facie...
MEXICAN INTERLUDE
The SpectatorBy Joseph Henry Jackson This book (Macmillan, 10s. 6d.) is an ordinary account of a conventional motor-tour through Mexico by a party of American tourists. . Every move is...
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Gramophone Notes
The SpectatorTit REE months' records have now accumulated for review, among them so many excellent recordings that it will be necessary to be much more summary than one would wish in...
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THE two cars I have for discussion this week, the
The SpectatorHillman 21-h.p. " Hawk " and the 14-h.p. Lanchester Boadrider." can both be called new models but for different reasons. The smaller car is new from.end to end, an enlarged...
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THE N ineteenthCentury gives first place to Sir George Soliiister's Reflections on
The Spectatorthe Currency Position,' sreated by the agreement between Great Britain, the United- States and France following the devaluation of. the 'franc. r Sir George thinks that...
The Boom in Rubber Shares
The Spectatorinvestors alike began to turn their eyes in the direction of. markets which had been comparatively stagnant, or at any rate had failed to respond to the. general speculative...
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Financial Notes
The SpectatorMARKETS STILL ACTIVE. FROM the article which appears in another column it will be gathered that speculative activity in the Stock Markets has during the past few days centred...
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A Hundred Years Ago
The Spectator" THE SPECTATOR," NOVEMBER 5TH, 1836. MONEY MEiti.KET. STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The gloom which has for some time pervaded commercial affairs, has been materially...
"The Spectator" Crossword No. 215
The SpectatorBr 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. Envelopes should be marked " Crossicord...
SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD NO. 214 SOLUTION NEXT WEEK
The SpectatorI The winner of Crossword No. 214 is Miss - Mary Ellis; North Lea, Northfield Road, Dewsbury, Yorkshire.