very serious depression owing to lack of orders for new ships at the high prices now ruling, accepted the employers' proposal to reduce wages by 15 per cent. in two instalments....

to 23 Senator Knox's resolution declaring that the state of war between the United States and Germany had come to an end, Senator Lodge predicted that a separate treaty with...

last Saturday to determine what steps should be taken in view of Germany's failure to fulfil her Treaty obligations, in regard to disarmament, the punishment of war criminals,...

A PART from the certainty that some beneficent forces are at work behind the scenes, there is nothing but present failure to record in connexion with the coal strike. Imme-...

there must be something in them, or Mr. J. H. Thomas would not have said on Wednesday that the strike would be over in a week. Mr. Hodges, moreover, still seems willing to...

overtly been marking time. Trade, already staggering from the blows it had received, is vanishing. Every class will be poorer as a result of the strike, and not least of all the...

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graphic account of the real situation in Ireland. We may call attention also to the vivid narrative in this month's Blackwood by the wife of one of the officers who were...

of the Philadelphia Public Ledger—reproduced in Tuesday's Morning Post—described clearly the foul methods of the Sinn Fein rebels. " What they do is this : surrounded by a group...

to the recognition of an independent Republic in the South of Ireland, said that it was idle to talk of other alternatives to British rule. He reminded the House that the...

that " he knew for a fact that if the people in Ireland abandoned crime they could obtain everything that was necessary for the country." " An Irish Republic," he added, " they...

we have so often said about the spirit of Ulster. The loyal part of Ulster has never directly or indirectly claimed the right to prevent the South and West of Ireland receiving...

April 28th, explained the Estimates for his office. He warmly defended the Auxiliary police. They would, he said, be main- tained as the Sinn Feiners were extending their...

a most important speech at Bangor, County Down, on Tuesday. Ulster, he said, would make the best of the Home Rule Act passed against her desire, but she was not prepared " under...

street, Glasgow, about midday on Wednesday, hi order to rescue a Sinn Fein prisoner who had escaped from two Irish gaols. Inspector Johnston was shot dead, and an inspector was...

Tuesday, dealt frankly and fully with various questions which have caused misunderstanding on the other side of the Atlantic. We are particularly glad to notice that in regard...

Tuesday by announcing that he had made terms with the railway companies. According to Lord Colwyn's Committee, the Government might be liable to pay £156,000,000 under the...

night. It was as follows :— Lord Eustace Percy (C.U.) .. 11,685 Mr. R. Davies (Lab.) .. .. 5,437 Mr. Blackman (hid. Lib.) .. 4,240 At the last election Mr. Lyon, the Coalition...

circular issued to its members by the Civil Service Confederation, in which Civil servants were urged to " take no voluntary action likely to assist in the campaign against...

his paper has always been that it was " not primarily run for profit." Of course the Manchester Guardian has been a great business success, but the success is accidental. It is...

made on behalf of well-known " outsiders " whose works have been rejected this year. Mr. Frank Salisbury, for example, wrote to the Times of Tuesday to lament the " tragic "...

if we refer to it it is only because we want to show that we are fully conscious of it and have made allowance for our differences with the Manchester Guardian when we say that,...

Major Barnes moved the abolition of the duty on tea, on the ground that the Budget, by dropping the Excess Profits Duty, did not maintain the balance between direct and indirect...

completed one hundred years of existence, and by a happy coincidence Mr. C. P. Scott has served for fifty years as editor of the paper. We offer to the Manchester Guardian and...

Apr. 28, 1921; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 87! ; Thursday week, 881; a year ago, 84.

• AMERICA AND BRITAIN: OFFICIAL DISCONTENTS. AT E dealt last week with the Mrs. Gummidges on both sides of the Atlantic—the people who cannot be happy without the chewing-gum...

the American naval slogan is not " Eastward I " but still " Westward Ho ! " " Now," say our apologists for the Alliance with Japan, " just see how useful the Alliance is going...

coal strike going are like the Bourbons ; they learn nothing and forget nothing. Anyone who recalls the coal strike of 1912 will recognize the justice of what we say. The...

O N May 1st a balance of £600,000,000 in gold was due from Germany. She did not pay ; she has there- fore defaulted and there can no longer be any question whether the Allies...

of Northumber- land, set forth in our article of last week, following on the vaguer but even more alarmist words of the Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, and other Ministers, will...

T ' professional world is beginning to feel the need of some symbol of hospitality. Indians—or rather a certain section of the heterogeneous tribes who inhabit India—offer the...

THE RAILWAY SETTLEMENT. (To TM Eprroa or THE " SPECTATOB."] SIR, — One of the statements made by Sir Eric Geddes in the course of his speech on Tuesday night with regard to the...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Sia,—Two well-meant proposals have lately been put forward in connexion with the increasing Labour unrest by persons whose names command...

[Letters of the length of one of our leading para g raphs are often more read,and therefore more effective, than those which fill treble the space.] "LABOUR MUST RULE." (To...

or 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 Mould be addressed to the...

[To ME EDITOR OF THE " Eine/tune.") Sia,—In your reference to the debate on Colonel Gretton's Bill you express the hope that " the experience gained during the war, and...

[To THE EDITOR OF TEE " SPECTATOR.") Suz,—Under separate cover I am sending you a copy of the Irish World, published in New York and widely distributed all over the United...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin, —Your American correspondent Mr. H. F. Armstrong ma) surely be reminded that (except in the minds of our anti English idealists) Irish...

have read with deep feeling the invitation of " Non Nobis" to the readers of the world-wide Spectator that they should share in the selection of an inscription to be engraved on...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") Sat,—The Duke of Northumberland has come out quite grandly. But he is a Duke. I am a mere "old Board School " boy. Nevertheless, the...

Sia,—The following inscription which I used in a war memorial decorative painting in the Wesleyan church at Bishop Sutton, Somerset, may help your correspondent :— " To the...

inscription so good as that placed on the Memorial Cross in my late parish of Guilden Morden :— " For God and Freedom." —I am, Sir, &c., A. LUEmn WILLIAMS. The Grennan,...

[To THE Eamon or THE " Sezersvoa."1 Sia,—I am otliged by your insertion of my letter on German taxation, but regret that there are two errors. In Par. 1 the words after 10 per...

[To vas Enrroa or Tsa " Etrecramoa."] Sta,—I learn from a correspondent that Lady Glenconner has been actively interested in recording and testing " spiritual communications"...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " Sescriroz."] Sin,—We have on our Memorial Cross the following inscription, which was suggested by a writer in the Times, and which, in my judgment, is...

" SPECTATOR.") Snt,—The League of Arts has the permission of H.M. Office of Works to produce entertainments in Hyde Park on the Saturdays this summer at 3 and 8 p.m. The...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sin, —Your article on " Kind Inquiries " reminds me of a story I read some time ago of a little girl who was invited to a children's party...

THE ACADEMY. Eppur a more. TELE ACADSMY doors have given way, shaken by the thundering of the younger generation. No longer is a masterpiece debarred from exhibition because...

OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sia,—As the one responsible for the table of figures quoted by Mr. Massingham, may I be permitted to assure Mr. Downham that the reference to the total...

TRESPASSERS. GAUNTLY outlined, white and still, Three haystacks peer above the hill; Three aged rakes thrust sprawlingly Fantastic tendons to the sky. In the void and dismal...

Plumage Bill, for which I am a keen partisan and upholder of the view taken by the Spectator, the following incident took place about a week ago, and may interest you. While...

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...

" OTHELLO " AT THE COURT THEATRE. MANY people consider that Othello is the best acting play that Shakespeare ever wrote, and nobody can doubt that the play contains some of...

THE GLASS OF FASHION.* Tars is an interesting little book and, in our opinion, much better worth reading and writing than The Mirrors of Downing Street. The authorship remains,...

AILSASSADORS.—The White-Headed Boy.. .. 8.80-2.80 [A witty. satirical comedy. Last fortnight.] HavaLuturr.—The Circle .. .. 8.30-2.30 [Mr. Somerset Mangham's admirably acted,...

Ms. Tow.rssoic, the author of these charming and rhapsodical sketches, has struck the sailor's note in his choice of a title, for by seamen a river is commonly called by the...

Tax late Judge Rentoul, who died in 1919, left behind him an interesting if somewhat incomplete autobiography. He was a typical Ulster Presbyterian—hard-working, eloquent,...

but there has never been an immortality quite like Virgil's. Different ages have loved him for different reasons, but they have all loved him as they have loved no other of the...

" THEBB is little doubt that the eighteenth century is the most fascinating and picturesque of those periods into which the history of our country is divided." This is the bold...

Ma. SPBEDY'S book is the result of a long life spent in surround. bags ideal for his purpose. He was born in 1846 on the estate of Ladykirk on the Tweed, where he became...

THE MOTJNTEBANK.* THE romance of Andrew Lackaday, the latest addition to his creator's portrait gallery of benevolent Bohemians, will cause joy in the hearts of all Lockites in...

Lock. 7s. net.)—The story of a New Zealand boarding-house, in which the mother, who is the moving spirit, meets with an accident and has to send for her daughter, who is living...

PARIS AND HELEN.* WE welcome Mr. W. J. Turner's new book, Paris and Helen, as a doubly interesting piece of work. In the first place, the poem is another instance of what has...

Toynbee. (H. Milford for the British Academy. 12s. 8d. net.)— The sixth centenary of Dante's death in September, 1321, has been celebrated in London during the past week by the...

Wales in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] case for retaining Smyrna. On the other hand, Mr. N. Buxton would deprive Greece of Eastern Thrace,...

Plon-Nourrit et Cie, Rue Garanciere, 8.)—Since publishing our review of M. Carre's interesting book on Goethe in England we have received this work. All who are interested in...

F. M. Fling. (Yale University Press ; H. Milford. 8s. 6d. net.) —Professor Fling writes for undergraduates, for untrained teachers, and for private students, all of whom will...

vols. (Cambridge University Press. £4 4s.)—The republication of these volumes is well justified, as the author has revised them in the light of events and know- ledge which have...

and Bookbinding by Miss S. T. Prideaux (Stationery Office, Is. 6c1.), in connexion with a special exhibit of tools and materials used in these crafts. Miss Prideaux, herself an...

appears in a fifty-fifth edition, revised and amended so as to include references to the legislation of the past two years. The Church Assembly Act, the Rent Restriction Acts,...

net) is the eighty-fourth volume of a work that has long been indispensable to all who have to do with books. The single alphabetical catalogue of authors and subjects is most...