SHARK! , SHARK! I . . By Captain William E. Young In Shark ! MS/trk ! (Hurst and Blackett, 18s) Captain Young, with. Mr. Horace S. Mazet as his scribe, relates the story of his...

DIAZ By General Alberto Baldini Tue part play-cd 'by Italy ill the Great War is frequently inder-estimated. The popular view is that, after the defeat oif the Italians at...

MALAYAN SYMPHONY By W. Robert Foran I Mailyan S~ympwony (Hutchinson, 18s.) is a perfect example of a certain class of travel-book of which the principal eharacteristics arc...

THE EMPRESS CATHERINE AND PRINCESS DASHKOV By H. Montgomery Hyde The biographer is constantly torn between the claims of history and those of gossip. It is possible, but very...

Current Literature ONE AGAINST ENGLAND By Ernst Carl - Before thte War Ernst (CarIl WVtIS in ind(ulstrirl seeret agent for Germany in England. Wla a tihe War started ihe...

A SCHOOLBOY CAUGHT IN THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION By Andr6 Mikhelson The author of this autobiography was fourteen years old at the time of the Bolshevik revolution. Ills family...

One feature of the General Election to which I havec seen little reference made is the total eclipse of Sir Oswnald Mosley and his Fascists. It is not maniy months since Sir...

I advise anyone interested in the technique of the cinenma to go and see the " March of Tilne " films now owl' exhibition at three or four London cinemas. ThC dramatisation of...

Meallwllile tie Edenle ban in Italy continues to mrovide satisfaction at hiomeC and entertainmient abroad(. Hats such as the Minister wears are taboo (though they would become...

I havc been reading in the Noveinber Strand M1agazine Mr. Churchill's artiele on Hitler which -has evoked an. official protest fromt the German Government and an outburst of...

Another statement made by Mr. Churchill about Gerinany is more startling. At Camberwell last Friday he asserted categorieally and with em phasis that "German.Vy is spen(ling in...

A SPECTATOR'S NOTEBOOK I CAN find no confirmation for the allegation-based apparently on a Geneva rumour which broke out in several quarters at the samne time-that Mr. Eden is...

SHOULD CHRISTIANS VOTE ? [iTo the Editor of Tiuil SEIX'rTATOf.] SinR,-l think that the Rev. P. M. Gedge's article, besides repreo senting a point of view of sOme interest,...

EUTHANASIA [To the Editor of TilE SPECrTTOR.1 Siin,-Tlic advocates of this new method of social reform seem to ignore the real objection to it. It is the conviction never...

BRITAIN, ITALY AND THE UNITED STATES [To the Editor of TimE SPEDCTATOR.] Sin,-This morning's papers feature the admirable plea of Sir Josiah StaTnp for a closer Anglo-American...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I-- Correspon-dent.9 are requested to keep their letters as brief as is reasonably' possible. The most suitable lengih is that of one of our. " News of...

COLONIES AND WAR [7To the Editor of Tixll- SPECTATOR.] Siu,-Thc Conference of the National Peace Council on " Peace and the Colonial Problem," held on October 29th brought into...

'Ille success of the Lea.gLue il maintaining a solid fronjt in this matter, even though different national rests must inevitably suffer, is impressive and (11otiraging. No...

A Great Speech It is curious, and rather characteristic of thlis country, that the most notable speech of the tells of thousands emitted during the election eamlp)aignt, antd...

NEWS OF THE WEEK THIIOUGH the date, Novenmber 18th, fixed for the T application of economic sanctions against Italy is later thian was expected, the resolution and unanimity...

Labour and Foreign Policy Il1quest on Peace. By "Vigilants." (Gollanez. 39. f3d.) -Inquest on Peace-the work of a group of writers attacking the foreign policy of the...

Russia in Turmoil The Russian Revolution 1917-1921. By WViliiam eollry. Cliamborlin. Two Vols. (Macmillan. 42s.) IT is not altogether unnatural if a student of Russian...

The Church and Social Needs A great deal of sound sense ais well as true religion was talked at the Albert Hall meetinig, on Tuesday, called to bring before miembers of thle...

The Jubilee Trust's First Work rlile Duke of York announced this week that the Jubilee Trust Fund had reached the million pounds goal whicih it was hoped to attain during...

The Naval. Conference 'The Five-1Power Na %ial Conference to be held in London next mionthl has attractecd strangely little, attention anf(l is arousing few hopes. B3y the end...

'itcreased Employment *Ir lie welcome news that the number of the unemployed as fallen b another 40,000, given by Mr. Chamberlain hn his recent broadcast speech, has now been...

A King for Greece The Greek plebiscite wvent as it inevitably would. 'C"erIleral Kondvlis' last coup dY/at had settled e-erything, L1nd Greec will in a few days have a king...

A Policy of Expansion Recent announcements by Cabinet -Ministers concerning cidevelopment Sclhiemes throughout the country would have been heralded by glaring publicity biad...

MR. PAGE AS AMBASSADOR [To the Editor of TuHE SPECTATOR]1 Sim,-In his review of Road to War: Ailmrica, 1914-1917, by Walter Millis iii your issue of October 25th, Mr. D. W....

" BEAT UP " To the Editor of Tinl SPECTATORn. Sin,--In Miss Rose Macaulay's amusing review of Mr. A. P. Herbert's hook, 1 Uhat a WGord! she confesses to a liking (which many of...

" GOD IS MY ADVENTURE " [To t4e Editor of Tin12 SrEcC.rTou.] Sut,---I do not often quarrel with your )0ook reviews, with which I am generally in agreement, but I do not fe2l...

The November Magazines Sim GEORGE SCIIUSTE'S long and thoughtful survey of "British Economic and Financial Policy," which appears in the Nineteenti Centurzy, deserves...

Servus Dei et Hominis Aly Life's Little Day. By John C. Carliik. (BI.ltokic G. 6,) Tm'l Is book niva be regarded front lttany different aspects. As the story of the...

Glasgow Slums No Mean City. By Arthur *McArthur and L. 1 Kingsley Long. (Lozigmians. 7s. Gd.) [lit. McAiffill-rn is a workman wlit hlas been (tlit of work for live Vears. lIe...

Arabia Deserta King Coffin. 3v (yoiirad Aiken. (Don'lt. 7s. 6d.1) ONEr opens a new novel by Mr. Conrad Aiken wvith all the exciteioent that eomnes from complete confidence in...

Drought and Poison 11n solne of thle upper reaches of streams familiar to mC the more delicate fish have disapIeared withirn the last twelve months, and the contamination of...

COUNTRY LIFE River Pollution Early in the year a memorandum prepared by Sir George Etherton, on river l)ollution in Lancashire was presented to the local branch of the Council...

Grey Owl Sonic while ago a letter full of observation of wild life in Canada camne to ine from a iman whvlo had spent a good part of his life in trapping wild animals, and had...

Lancashire and Hertfordshire The rivers of Lancashire arc no worse than the rivers of a great many other counties ; and now that the decentralisation of factories has become...

The Delicate Trout One reason why local councils and others take little notice of such poisoning is that thle protest has often come, from,, fishermen. -Fishing, at any rate...

More Partridges 1 h(ad all opportiiiity this week of visiting the nmarket gardens, thle best perhaps inf lEnglafl(1, of Bedfordshire ; and of inspecting one curious phenomenon...

Giant Mushrooms A curious phemronenlon of tihe season, at least in 111n district, is tile appearance, this month as last, of inmmensO speeimenls Of the p)ufIfl)all that wears a...

The Cinema " The March of Titimec." At the Tatder, New Gallerv alld Marble Arch. " The Certificate of the British B3oarad of Film Censors." At all cinemas TCie M1arch of Timie...

STAGE AND SCREEN The Theatre "' Short Story." By Robert Morley. At the Queen's Theatre 1)oN'T Spare 1the Dead Horses ' might be the Imotto for a successful purveyor of West...

Lyautey [D'un cortespondant parisien] LA F RANCE, la senaine pass5e, a conduit a son tiltine deinemcie la d6pouille mortelle du niarecbal Lyautey. Celiii d(hnt 1'Pxistenec fut...

Art The Ncw English Art Club NVuin- Luther first declared [lhe doctrine of JTustifleation bv Faith, it was a progressive act. By dirceZ development and tnder thle stimlnuiis...

FIVE WEEKS OF WAR By MAJOR L. I. ATHILL IT is now file weeks since the Italian troops set out across the Marcb River on their Ethiopian adventure. Four clays later their flag...

]'M.REPX. gO:RT. Recently the directors of Electric and Musical Industries Limited declared a, dividend of 1]0 per cent. and 21 per ent. bonus for the past year, against only...

A GOOD INDUSTRIAL REPORT. The latest report of Wall Paper Manufacturers Limited is a most satisfactory one, for the profit, after providing for Income 'T'ax, amounts to...

B.4AN1(1S(J. IN AUSTRALIA. rrlte latest Annual Report of the EnglislY, Scottish and Australian Banki is aln encouraging one front the standpoint of the Bank itself and also...

Financial Notes CONDLriloNs IN CHINA, Er is evident that both the Governmient and the banking authorities in thE country attach great importance to fututre developments in...

MR. BALDWIN'S CLAIMS THIS brief election campaign has almost rinm more T than half its course, and by this time doubtful voters have for the most part taken their decisions....

['Jo the Editor of Tl11- SPECTATOR.] Sill,-I ami- not much impressed by Mr. Aaronson's letter in last week's issue of 1Th1e S'pectator, but as it accuses me of exaggeration...

ITALY AND THE LEAGUE [To the Editor of TlE SPECTATOlt.] MSIU,3r. Cresswell has evidently been studying the Italian dO(sier sent to the League, and is innocent enolugh to...

ARAB RIGHTS IN PALESTINE [To the Edifor (of 1'Tii Smourx ui t I Sin,-The question raised by Mr. Cecil M. Chapmnan in your issue of October 25th is somewhat belated, apart from...

Communication Turkey Numbers Herself LiT the Editor of T1ill- Sv Si,,- TLurkey hias just undergonte t ee(lstts. l, or wecklv )eforeliand Ldv ertiselncnts in evwery p iaper and...

MARGINAL COMMENTS By ROSE MACAULAY COPPER for the 1)01r 01(1 (o2iiGuy plea(l ilic ellircni, Aiiaving duly anointed their' falces with soot atnd red chalk and believe th6...

France, Germany and Britain A speeh of someC ilmportance by General Gbring during last weck-end draws fresh attention to the existence of a body of opinion in Germainy...

The Municipal Elections The result of the muuficipail elections is rather surprising, for Labour might have been expected to improve its lposition, whereas in fact it has lost...

Coal Trade Rationalisation Now that Northumberland coal-owners have undlet taken to comc into line with other districts in the seheles for central selling, there should be...

China Off Silver The Chinese Goverinment has taken drastic and courageous action to solve its difficult currency problem. The problem arises out of the fact that China has,...

Japan's. Ambitions Japanese pressure on China works variously and insidPi ously. Sometimes it iS- direct, now the Foreign {)Ofive a-t Tokyo, now the military authorities,...

Big Business The Lords of Creation: The Story of the Great Age of American Finance. By Fredetit'k I.t'wis A]llo. (lHamislh Hamilton. 1 ]2tg. Ld.) Mit. A b .lEN begins his...

Bridge-Building Struggle. 1914-1920. By Sir E1velyn Wrenclh. (Nicholson and Watson. 15s.) TriiERlE is no one in B.ritain today quite like Evelyn Wrench,!. the indefatigable...

Lady Elizabeth Hatton Thle Lady of Bleeding Heart Yurd. RBy Laura Nur.swouilli. (John Murray.' 1W. &1.) 'Tin: reputation of Lady E1lizabeth Hal ton, wlhosc tumnutltuout1's...

YOUNG GERMANY AND ITS LEADERS By THONALD HOLLAND MCOST of us are surprised when ve learn that Hitler A protests that lhe is no dictator As lie is still the Leader, however, we...

Gluck and the Opera Gluck. By Marjtin Cooper. (Cliatto and Winddus. 12s. 6d.) Handel said Cluck Kneow less counterpoint than his cook. None the less ho matd opera...

Fiction By WILLIAM PLOMER : - Darkness and Dawn. By Aloxei Tolstoi. rlaJlIslate'( b-U EJdlitll IlBoiclo anld 1E ilo Burns. (Gollanez. 8s. 6(d.) It Can't Happen Here. By...

Motoring These Sporting Cars (4i all the curiouis names an(-l descriptions that havee been given to the difrercat types of ears (Itirinr the past quartec of a century the one...

A Policy for the Land By A. G. STREET AUTrIORS who lwrite about thle land problem. of this Country arc usually more concerned with people thani with land. B3ooks which plead...

P. G. WODEHOUSE AND THE EDWARDIANS By JOHN HAYWARD A WEEKLY paper recently off(ered a prize for the A titles of six books which,11 would stipplY wihat; is alIled " a long-felt...

Finance The Industrial Outlook Alr a nioIlCnt wlhen viewts ('onern(.ing iresetnt ilduListLial (col(IitiOnIS and the ftittire o11tloo()k art so inffhteneed bY party pOlitics,...

ELECTORS NORTH AND SOUTH By T. B. MARTIN 30 have stood for Parliament first in the industrial T north and then in a congested London Borough gives an insight into the...

THE FUNCTION OF CLOTHES By MARGARET JACKSON THIE original purpose of dress was no doubt to keel) the T wearer wvarm. btut it can hardly be deniied a moral fuinction as well....

A NEW EDUCATION PROGRAMME T HIE Government's education programme, annoulnce( with its election manifesto, has Qttracted too little attention. Education is rarely a Sensational...

THROUGH AMERICAN EYES By F. YEATS-BROWN TALKING of idealism," William said (lie is a wellT known American, who must remain anonymous, for he was speaking "1 off the record ")"...