11 JUNE 1932, page 16

The Flight

TIIE blocks are moved releasing her. She swings Speeding like wind across the grass-blown ground. Swift in the winter sunlight, wheeling round She pauses, breathes and shivers......

The United States And The Debts [to The Editor Of

the SPECTATOR.] Si L—An American orthodox economist and his political dupe would probably say that if European nations reduced their expenditure on armaments they would have......

'penal Reform [to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Si,—hot 'tor

the heels of the Dartmoor Assize comes the publication of the Report of the Persistent Offenders Com- mittee. It begins with a condemnation of the present system which has......

Points From Letters A Festival Of Church Music.

A Festival of Church Music at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, seems to be the first effort of its kind, and to give church music lovers an opportunity to enjoy many masterpieces......

A Hundred Years Ago

THE "SPECTATOR," JUNE llrn, 1832. The Reform Act is now the law of England. The Bill was read a third time by the Lords on Monday ; the amendments were agreed to by the Commons......