1 AUGUST 1931, page 3

Japan's Expansion One Or Two Competent Writers On Japan...

announced lately, with some confidence, that the popula- tion question in the Japanese Empire would settle itself because the rate of increase was steadily slowing down, the......

Breaking Up The Advent Of School Holidays Means One Thing

to readers of the Spectator as parents and something very different as they notice the swarms of urchins of both sexes settling in these last few days like locusts on the London......

Bank Rate 31 Per Cent., Changed From 21 Per Cent.

on July 23rd, 1981. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 10211 ; on Wednesday week, 1031 ; a year ago, 1081. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 921; on Wednesday......

* * * * Lord Knutsford We Record With Deep

regret the sudden death on Monday of Lord Knutsford, of whose devoted work in the cause of medical charity the London Hospital stands as a proud memorial. Sydney Holland, born......

Mr. Bernard Shaw In Russia Russia Would Appear To Be

enjoying Mr. Bernard Shaw as much as Mr. Bernard Shaw is enjoying Russia. That is not surprising, for Mr. Shaw is saying of Communists and Communism all that in their most......

The Point Of Principle Involved Is Fundamental. Whether...

Government is unable, or whether it is unwilling, to let its right, or civilian, hand -take official cognizance of what its left, or military, hand is doing, the mere fact that......

Outrage In India The Sudden Recrudescence Of Outrages In...

is extremely disturbing, not because it betokens any widespread concerted movement—of that there is no evidence at all—but because such crimes or attempted crimes put invaluable......