10 MARCH 1933, page 6

I Am Glad To Give A Little Additional Publicity To

what the Daily Mail describes as the " historic " reception of its special representative by the Emperor of Japan. The event was lavishly heralded in advance, and the descrip-......

I See That A Leeds Magistrate Has Persuaded The Local

Stipendiary to overrule the refusal of the local Chief Constable to grant him a. firearms certificate in respect Of a revolver With which he desires to' repel assaults on his......

* * * * With Oxford Movement Celebrations More And

more in the air, as they inevitably will be till the culmination in July, Oxford itself appears to be troubling singularly little about the centenary. Keble and Oriel are,......

The World Is Living Through Depressing Days Enough And Most

of us, without finding any attraction for the more flamboyant forms of patriotism, can take con- siderable satisfaction in calling ourselves Englishmen (or more broadly,......

The Oxford Union's Overwhelming Vote Against The Proposal...

its now notorious resolution from the minute books was no doubt a judgement on the folly of the non-resident Oxford men who engineered it rather than on the original resolution......

It Was Suggested By The Public Orator That The Confer-

ment of the honorary degree of D.Litt on Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hammond, at thcford on TueSday, created a pre- cedent. Very likely it does, though I should have thought a more or......

A Spectator's Notebook P Rosaically Familiar Though We...

the marvels of modern scientific achievement, I found it a sufficiently astonishing experience last Saturday to sit by the fire in a cottage on a Surrey hill and listen without......