this can and will be examined—provided the peace is kept. Sncan and will be the larger question of the right of countries like Italy to opportunities for Colonisation and access...

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T HE opening discussion on the Italo-Abyssinian dis- pute at Geneva has left the situation certainly not Worse, and in some respects better, than might have been feared. Mr....

concession in Abyssinia has been short-lived,. but it had the effect of niost .gravelY 'encerbating the international situation at its most critical Moment By a singular...

the international situation delivered by the Archbishop of York last Sunday is only one, if the most striking, of a series of declarations which in this matter at least...

made its full impression on the world only when there were published on Tuesday and Wednesday pictures' of the solitary King walking alone, stricken in body 'and almost...

the Catholic Nurses' Congress on the Italian crisis was available a week ago only in inadequate, and in some respects misleading, summaries. A study of the actual words used by...

preoccupations preparations for a -conference on the Danubian Pact on which Signor Mussolini sets so much store appear to be making 'some progress, and there is talk of the...

Pastoral Letter read in all Roman Catholic pulpits in Germany on Sunday was a courageous and notable utterance. ' Its significance is marked by the fact that its publication in...

. It appears that there are no fewer than 57,496 doctors on the medical register, or more than one to every 1,000 of the populkition, a. figure which suggests to the British...

to the problem of appreciation of art that we should seek to educate the public in art in order that there may be more consumers of artistic products ; but if by this means we...

Milk 14farketing Board is rightly turning to propaganda to promote a greater consumption of milk we are constantly—and also Tightly—warned of the dangers of infection from...

Ministry of Health affords some indication of the immense growth in recent Years of the social services which come within the scope of this single department—including, of...

a trade union . policy the council of the Officers' (Merchant Navy) Federation have taken a course which may prove to be in the best interests of the service as well as of the...

to be Not long agO Paris was a gainst all who by their noise disturb the " tranquillity - the quieteSt. It is proceeding punitively " of Parisians or upset " internal Thus the...

T HE situation that faces first the Council and then the Assembly of the League of Nations is, in certain respects, astonishing. The machinery of conciliation and peaceful...

I T seems unlikely that the sixty-seventh Trades Union Con g ress, which opened at Mar g ate last Monday, is destined to make any sensational contri- bution to the history of...

showing by November, is finally, I understand, to be called Mr. H. G. Wells' new film, which ought to be showing by November, is finally, I understand, to be called Things to...

yet available, has, I see, brought to light the . fact that many of the new arterial roads are being neglected in favour of the old roads they were meant to supersede. That is...

ter and Lady Alice Scott was to take place at*Westininster Abbey on a certain date has, I am glad to see, been: denied as regards both time and place. Nothing, pre- Sumably, has...

THE remark t country hat any man of affairs in this countr must of necessity read The Times if only:for the sake• of its correspondence is a commonplace, but its truth has never...

the present at any rate, of the publication of the Countess Haig's book on her husband bring a singularly Unhappy situation (familiar already in certain limited circles) to...

it turns out; a new anti-Malthusian society, but a picture of the author of Utopia and his family. JANUS.

people of this country—or some . of them—get their news. What, for example, has the Church to say on the Italian crisis ? The answer to that has never been more decisively or...

By SIR ARTHUR SALTER L ORD CECIL'S article in last week's Spectator has dealt with many of the current misapprehensions as . to sanctions. But there are others on which clear...

Ey CANON B. H, STREETER, Provost of Queen's College, Oxford T HE effect of the Renaissance on religion for the fin t hundred years or so was negative. In the minds of the...

By C. M. )(ONCE I AN September 17th, 1835, Charles Darwin landed on 1 4-Yr - Chatham Island in the Galapagos Archipelago where he was " much struck with certain facts in the...

By A. G. DICKSON rPIIE position of German justice has been obscured .I.. and overshadowed by the attention given of late to events and experiences in concentration camps. The...

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THE HIGHLAND GAMES By JAN STRUTHER T HE same thing happens every year. On Monday you say with a groan, " Heavens, Saturday's the Games. Surely this year we might give them a...

"Pygmalion." By Bernard Shaw. At the Cambridge Theatre Pygmalion was first produced in London on April 11th, 1914, When it caused an explosion only equalled that year by the...

"Dood Water." borough." At the New Gallery.—" At the Academy. Me and Marl- borough." Barretts of Wimpole Street." At the Royal Court MR. ALEXANDER KORDA'S company, London Film...

[Von einem Deutschen Korrespondenten] WAR Goethe ein Nazi ? Diese Frage, die in der Welt Verwun- ,derung oder, Lachen erregcn wiirde, wurde in Deutschland ernsthaft gestellt....

Scientific Picture Galleries THERE are different ways of arranging picture galleries. In the seventeenth century many collectors, made no distinction between works of art and...

A Seasonal Duty It is a little surprising, perhaps, that the date for putting bulbs in bowls for the adornment of our rooms in the winter should be very much the same as the...

to call them ihseets for the wholly inadeepiate reason' that they possess eight legs instead of six, and ought to be called crabs : they are not of course inseeta, but may they...

land and English rural life I came upon a glorious " howler,". The author, touching oh sport, explained that cub-hunting took place early in the morning in order to scatter. the...

multiplication, or of its effects, in our entornological annals hai been recorded (on the authority of the editor of the Western Morning 'News) in the South of England. Thanks...

'Yet another new migration in quite another genus has has a caught ngt been just recorded. A ostalilitsotn in toll h rg o e s e n Bergen) fi ash was fixed by an iethyog off...

The secretary of the Selfsame Society has been urging the public to feed its birds, on the ground that many are suffering from starvation. By all means let us feed the birds. It...

[Correspondents are 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" paragraphs. Signed...

Mr. J. L. Hammond's article on " The Future of Africa." It is good that democratic public , opinion in England is coming to see that the real problem in Africa is something more...

publish from the pen of Mr. J. L. Hammond, on the cruel economic injustice suffered by certain great peoples, must appeal to every lover of peace. As I pointed out in Can War Be...

Sin,—By what right does Mr. Hammond assert in your last: issue that " it is now generally agreed that the behaviour of England and France at the Peace Conference was as short-...

[To the Editor of Tins SPECTATOR.] Sin, — In the Gardens of Sallust situated between the Quirinal and the Pincian hills a statue was found which is now in the Capitoline Museum....

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR) — It has occurred to me that some of your readers might be interested in a few notes on our recent work here at Lambarene. A grateful...

[To the 'Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] " Sut,No member of the ,L.C.C. is likely to forget what . the what, cause ,of the slum-dweller owes to The Spectator, which 'gave the public...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Without pretending to precognition of His Holiness' intentions, I take leave to doubt whether the Pope. will -" dare " take the course...

[To the Editor Of TIM 'SPECTATOR.] " Sin,—The article in your last issue upon " League of Nations Sanctions " by Lord Ceeil,.plqces the whole situation beyond argument from the...

. [To the Editor of Tun SPECTATOR.] is safe to assume, I imagine, that your. readers in I5ngland are at least as much concerned over -the question Of Italy and Abyssinia, as...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Distance is my excuse for referring to a letter in your issue of July 12th. Mr. J. D. Jenkins, under the heading " Japan's Onward March,"...

[To the Editor , of THE SPECTA.T011.1 Sia, —. The suggestion in yo u r " Country Life " columnSthat Young partridges M time of drought . perish from lack of insect food is one...

[To, the Editor of, Tim SPECTATOR.] SIR,--In reference to the letter on " The Desecration of England" in your last issue, Pcacehaven residents do not ask for tears, neither are...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—May I seek the sympathy of your readeri towards the horse in the harvest field ? Not the stalwart, well-conditioned creature of the humane...

[To the Editor of Tim spEcTATom] sm,—I have read with much interest the " Co' untry Life notice I venture to point out that what are,' I believe, the in your issue of Ang t...

Sri,,—May I thank t E h d o i s t e or of of y l' ou n :re S a r d E e c r w° 1 1t r j o have kindly responded to my recent appeal on behalf of the lepers ? The response has...

[To the Editor of 'rim SPECTATOR.] §1a,-L-The recent Peace Ballot has left all over the country ,,frronps of energetic young and young - minded people with an awakened civic...

By T. F. FOX THE motor-car simile is inescapable ; so let us face it at once. Everyone agrees that the driver of a car should know a little about the machinery and should have...

A Dictionary of Modern American Usage. By H. W. Horwill. (Oxford at the Clarendon Press. 78. ed,) Tim format of this book has already recalled to many reviewers, with...

Looking Backwards and Forwaris. By George Le,nsbury. (Biackie. Se. 6d.) IT is a simple fact that the position of George Lansbury. is unique. If one were asked to name the most...

William Cowper and the Eighteenth Century. By Gilbert Thomas. (Ivor Nicholson and 'Watson. 153.) An intemperate or cynical pursuit of novelty must evidently be reckoned among...

My Old World. By Ernest Dimnet. (Cape. 7s. Oda THE dream of England which haunted a small boy in a village of Northern France, over fifty years ago,. has resulted in the series...

way to appfoach an attempt of this sort, and that is as a translation. If the language of the original is not foreign, in the sense of being incomprehensible or very difficult,...

By SEAN O'FAOLAIN They Followed Dancing. By John Clappen. (Heinemann. 7s. 6d.) SOMEBODY said an artist should have no opinions. Certainly a reviewer dare have no dislikes. A...

By L. Broad and Russell Here is the story of dictatorship in Europe told cursorily but competently, by two 'writers who have taken pains to compress within the boards of a...

CAREERS AND OPENINGS FOR WOMEN By Ray Strachey • ... . Mrs. Strachey has .writtenta sensible book. (Faber, is. 6.d.), of which the most useful, part for the girl or parent who...

By Burton -Holmes Mr. Burton Holmes is now about to begin his forty-second consecutive lecturing season' in -the .United States ; and in order to gather material for it, he...

the Nineteenth Century - sliould' be - widely read. Dr. CloudesleY Brereton pleadg for the strengthening of the " central school" with its insistence on t lea] rather than...

A FIRST visit to Egypt is one of the great experiences of life. It ranks with such red-letter occasions as one's first flight, landing in the New World for the first time, and...

Tours, as well as other informative literature, may be obtained gratis and post free. from the Egypt Travel Bureau, 29 Regent Street, S.W.I.

British Spas THosE whose habit is to follow the swallow in chase of the perpetual sunbeam will be distUrbed by the knowledge that this migrant is said to be making its trek...

A copy'of one of the most useful shipping booklets published has recently been received.. It bears the imprint of the Orient Line and shows in the clearest possible fashion on...

The end of one s ▪ ummer holiday season means for some people the beginning of preparations for the next, and their choice of destination becomes a matter of urgency until it is...

Sept. 21 ARANDORA. STAR. From Southampton to Tarra g ona, Barcelona, Villefranche, Naples, Algiers, Lisbon. 10 days. From 27 g ns. 21 ALGA. From Liverpool to Lisbon, Casa-...

DEPRESSED MARKETS. THE. course of business and of prices in the Stock Markets continues to justify the note of caution which I sounded in these columns some few weeks ago. For...

Most of the' statistics relating to home industry continue to be of a satisfactory character. The high figure of tie Active Note CirculatiOn of the Bank of England testifies...

Securities and Security NOT by any means for the first lime me holders of securities, even those of the most Gilt-]Edged character, must be feeling that the soundest securities...

The latest report of Debenharns, Limited, shows a substantial rise in profits and the capital reorganisation carried out at the close of 1933 now permits the resumption of...

The recently declared dividend by the Triplex Safety Glass Company of 80 per cent. against 25 per cent., appears to have been largely accomplished by a good dividend from the...

The latest report of the Renold and Coventry Chain Com- pany shows that the recently announced increase in the dividend from 6 to 7f per cent. w as justified by the results. The...

Just occasionally we come across certain industrial concerns which have proved quite a gold mine to original holders. Among such is Initial Services, Limited, which in its...

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 " Crossword Puzzle," and should be...

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