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NEWS OF THE WEEK
The SpectatorM UCH has been made in the last few days of real and supposed differences in the Cabinet on the subject of disarmament and the line to be pursued before and at Geneva. Of...
Complete failure of the Disarmament Conference must be averted. And
The Spectatorsurely the best line of approach is to face the facts realistically. Germany intends, in any case, to pursue rearmament up to a certain point, though Herr Hitler has indicated...
No Alliances for the Liberal Party - Both Sir Archibald
The SpectatorSinclair and Mr. Ramsay Muir, in their speeches at the National Liberal Federation, were emphatic in denouncing the idea that the Liberal Party should attempt to enter into any...
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Sedition and Liberty The Incitement to Disaffection Bill is now
The Spectatorbefore Standing Committee A of the House of Commons, and much will depend upon what happens to it while it is there. The Oxford meeting held at the end of last week showed that...
Trade with New Zealand Much of the debate on trade
The Spectatorrelations between this country and New Zealand was based on a misunder- standing. The Opposition were apparently under the impression that the New Zealand Government had invited...
An Alternative for the Non-Socialist Voter Mr. Ramsay Muir has
The Spectatormade a point which is probably a sound one from the point of view_of one who wishes to defeat the present Government. He maintains that the decision of the Liberal Party to...
Great Britain is not directly interested in develop- ments in
The Spectatorthe interior of Arabia. Her main concern in the present war is in the effect that it may have upon Arab relations with the Aden Protectorate. For years Anglo-Yemeni relations...
* * * * War Debts to the U.S.A.
The SpectatorMr. Homer Cummings, the United States Attorney- General, haS given an opinion that Great Britain and the other countries, who have made token payments in respect of their debts...
" Arabia Infelix" To judge by the size of the
The Spectatortype in which news has been set out of the war between King Abdul Aziz ibn Saud and the Imam Yahya of the. Yemen, that south- west corner of the peninsula which is commonly...
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The Week in Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent writes : Economic
The Spectatorpolicy gave rise during the week to one of the few live debates of the present House of Commons. The nominal vent was the Government's rejection of an alleged offer from New...
* * * * Sir Herbert Samuel was witty enough
The Spectatorto keep his audience, but the critic from the opposite pole—Mr. Amery—failed to do so even though he indulged in a personal attack upon Mr. Runciman. Since Mr. Runciman had just...
Wild Flowers' Protection The Bishop of Gloucester, who sent a
The Spectatorvigorous letter of support to the Green Cross Society's meeting, deserves public gratitude for the stand he is making against the appalling destruction of wild flowers. There...
The House of Lords had a debate on foreign affairs,
The Spectatorwhich was mostly a desperate wish that something could be done to save the Disarmament Conference. There is no mistaking the feeling, which found some echo in the debate, that...
Steamers on the Seine Everyone who has enjoyed travelling on
The Spectatorthe Seine steamers at Paris will regret to hear that this summer they will no longer run. The General Council of the Seine Department has decided to stop them, since for some...
Barristers and the Public Lord Hanworth said on Tuesday at
The Spectatorthe Lord Mayor's dinner to the Judges that the second report of the Business of Courts Committee naturally _invited more criticism than the first. But we shall be sorry if the...
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THE REAL DANGER OF THE LORDS
The SpectatorF OR twenty-three years the Parliament Act has been on the Statute Book as an unfinished piece of legislation awaiting completion by some adventurous Government of the Left or...
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THE STATE AND THE COTTON INDUSTRY
The SpectatorN OBODY will accuse Mr. Runeiman or the Govern- ment of undue haste in dealing with the problem of Japanese textile imports. They gave Japan every facility and encouragement to...
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I would not mention the reckless remarks made by Colonel
The SpectatorSeton Hutchison at the Nottingham Writers Club (suggesting that the late King Albert of Belgium was the victim of foul play) if full publicity had not been given to the matter...
I would like to hear Mr. Lloyd George's opinions about
The Spectator" The Liberal Way " and the recent decisions adopted by the National Liberal Federation, and indeed about a good many other public . questions. His silences are impressive and...
A SPECTATOR'S NOTEBOOK
The SpectatorT HE commentators have been so busy in pointing out that it was rude of Mr. Adrian Stokes, as one of the hosts, to interrupt the Prime Minister, a guest, at the Royal Academy...
I cannot sec what Mr. Herbert Morrison hopes to gain
The Spectatorby requiring that EmpireDay, as celebrated in the London schools, should have its name changed to " Commonwealth Day." I am well aware of the fact that at one time the word "...
Sir John Anderson, whose many friends have been rejoicing over
The Spectatorhis escape from two assassins' revolvers, was regarded, until he took the Governorship of Bengal in 1982, as the nearest runner-up to Sir Warren Fisher for the title of...
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THE FUTURE OF THE CLOSED STATE By J. L. HAMMOND
The SpectatorI T is not surprising that there is a disposition to despair of parliamentary democracy and all that we associate with it in the spirit and the habits of tolerance. Most people...
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FRESH HOPE AND NEW SKILL
The SpectatorBy SIR ARNOLD WILSON, M.P. T HE sovereign cure for pessimism in this country is to leave the office chair or the platform and to mingle with the great company of young men and...
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OUR LAWN-TENNIS PLAYERS
The SpectatorBy SIR F. GORDON LOWE O UR Davis Cup victory last season, when Perry, Austin, Hughes and Lee brought the coveted trophy back from France, has given a great fillip to the game...
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THE INTELLECTUAL CRISIS IN PARIS
The SpectatorBy HERBERT READ I T is a different atmosphere, one would have said a few years ago—meaning that the difference in tone and feeling which we are apt to experience when...
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WILLOW WALY
The SpectatorBy HELEN SIMPSON C OMING home from some errand I went by an hotel with whose commissionaire I am on speaking terms ; that is to say, as I was passing one day he burst out, a...
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MISCHEHEN
The Spectator[VON EINEM DEUTSCHEN KORRESPONDENTEN] I N Deutschland spielt heute die Frage der Mischehen eine grosse Rolle. Eine Mischehe ist nach dem heute in Deutschland gultigen Gesetz...
A Broadcasting Calendar
The SpectatorFRIDAY, MAY 11th il.00 Memorial to Adam Lindsay Gordon in Westminster Abbey -Unveiling Service : H.R.H. the Duke of York, the Archbishop of Canterbury .. .. • • • • 18.25 Walker...
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" The Will of Dr. Mabuse " Shown by the
The SpectatorLondon Film Society THE London Film Society concluded its season last Sunday with this German talkie, a sequel to the silent Dr. Mabuse, also directed by Fritz Lang, which was...
The Cinema
The Spectator" Viva Villa ! " At the Empire THE American producers ask us not to regard this film as history—rather, as an adventurous romance based on historical events. Villa (Wallace...
STAGE AND SCREEN
The SpectatorThe Theatre " She Loves Me Not." By Howard Lindsay. At the Adelphi. Tins play, based on a novel inspired by real life (or by news- paper headlines : have it your own way),...
GENERALLY RELEASED NEXT WEEK.
The SpectatorLittle Women. Effective version of Louisa Alcott's novel ; fresh sentiment ; lively incident. Katharine Hepburn well cast as Jo. White Woman. Charles Laughton as a sinister...
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Art
The SpectatorThe Academy Exhibition THERE are always numerous popular errors and misconcep- tions about all public events which arise from their very publicity. People vaguely hear them...
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And Jackdaws A bird that is undoubtedly multiplying, not in
The Spectatorone but many parts of the country, is the jackdaw ; and he is very destructive, not of the farmer's crops, but of other birds. Its multiplication along the Western coast, where...
It seldom happens that spring gallops to maturity quite so
The Spectatorquickly as this year. It was very late, and -is no longer late. One result is that the flowers of several months are blossom- ing simultaneously. The migrant birds, too--or some...
A Threat to Gloucestershire The address of a dweller near
The SpectatorBroadway, often held, in Goldsmith's phrase, to be the " loveliest village of the lawn," is - commended to the notice of a wide public. He and the Council .for the Preservation...
New-Old Cottages It is in some measure due to the
The Spectatorideals of the C.P.R.E. that the old English cottage—I know one dating from the fourteenth century—has been twice blessed by recent legisla- tion. Just at first when the Housing...
COUNTRY LIFE
The SpectatorMultitudinous Rooks Is there an increase in the number of rooks in England as most countrymen believe ? A certain controversy has arisen between humanitarians and game...
Altered Plans One general tendency, that began to cause nervousness
The Spectatorin many places, emerges from this example. Regional planning extends. We go to one county town end see maps and plans on which this and that bit of country is zoned or scheduled...
Motor-car Thieves No one has made more effective pleas for
The Spectatorthe preservation of wild flowers than the Bishop of Gloucester, who is an expert botanist. He called attention last week to a more or less new form of raiding. It seems that...
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May 4th that there is no " open and honest
The Spectatordiscussion " of the policy of British Fascists (Mosley variety). He is then obliging enough to tell us what that policy is. May I openly and honestly discuss it ? Our export...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Spectator[Correspondents are requested to keep their letters as brief as is reasonably possible. The most suitable length is that of one of our " News of the Week" paragraphs. Signed...
FASCISM UNVEILED
The Spectator[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIRS Mr. Fortescue-Brickdale complains that I have mis- represented Sir Oswald Mosley in describing his programme as little more than the...
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INDUSTRIAL ASSURANCE
The Spectator[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sin,—It is particularly regrettable that Sir Arnold Wilson, in his article on Industrial Assurance, states, with regard to the first six...
THE TRAINING OF DEMOCRATS
The Spectator[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Mr. Cave somewhat naively tries to suggest that, unless the majority of voters see fit to vote exactly as he does, and so to elect...
THE PANEL SYSTEM
The Spectator[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I have read with considerable interest the article in your April 27th number on the Panel System, by Dr. Roberts. I also happen to be in...
THE PROBLEM OF GOVERNMENT
The Spectator[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR, Men of goodwill in all parties are busy asking themselves how the problem of government may best be approached so that a reasonable...
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THE IRISH HOSPITALS SWEEPSTAKES
The Spectator[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—While it is interesting to hear that you have the authority of a Royal Commission for stating that £184 million left Great Britain by the...
THE SOUTH AFRICAN PROTECTORATES
The Spectator[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In your issue of May 4th you write editorially that before the anomaly of the three native enclaves under the jurisdiction of Whitehall...
LORD HALIFAX AND THE TEACHERS
The Spectator[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sia,—You say that teachers' " who take a pride in their profession " will not resent Lord Halifax's letter. Speaking not as a teacher but (I...
" THE LATCHSTRING IS OUT "
The Spectator[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Please permit me to refer to the article published in your popular paper, written by Mr. Ratcliffe, in reference to our expression of "...
AN APOLOGY
The Spectator[To the Editor of Tim SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I wish to ask Mr. Robert Bernays, M.P., to accept my wholehearted apology for the offensive words of my letter to The Spectator of May...
PRINTERS AND PUNCTUATION
The Spectator[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] have read Lord Dunsany's article on printing with much interest. I may mention that more than 15 years ago I had occasion in one of my books to...
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Mr. Roosevelt and the New Deal
The SpectatorBy SIR FREDERICK WHYTE A 'YEAR ago, in a volume entitled Looking Forward, President Roosevelt gave to the world his prospectus of the New Deal. Some faint promise there was, in...
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All About Russia
The SpectatorA History of Bolshevism. By Arthur Rosenberg. Translated Hopkinson. 78. 6d.) " No mortal man," runs a boastful Russian proverb quoted by Mr. Duranty, " can measure mighty...
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Music in Decline
The SpectatorMusic Ho ! A Study of Magic in Decline. By Constant Lambert. (Faber and Faber. 10s. 6d.) Ma. LAMBERT'S approach to his subject is wholly admirable : it is not technical but...
African Problems
The SpectatorThe African To-Day. By Diedrich Vl'estermann. With a fore- 3s. 6d.) Language and Race Problems in South Africa. By Adriaan J. Barnouw. (The Hague : Martinus Nijhoff. Clld....
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Poetic Diction
The SpectatorFestivals of Fire. By Ronald Bottrall. (Faber and Faber. Gs.)_ Tax title poem of this volume is an extreme example of what can be done - by literary in-breeding. Mr. Eliot and...
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The Lane Pictures Hugh Lane and His Pictures. By Thomas
The SpectatorBodkin, D.Litt. (Harrap. 8s. 6d.) Tnis is a reprint of an edition de luxe issued some years ago by the Free State Government for private circulation among those who might "...
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" Cacoethes Scribendi "
The SpectatorMost of us are, at some time or other, seized with the desire to write. The things we want to write about are many and various. .With some . it may be experiences,...
Old New England
The SpectatorA Goodly Heritage. By Mary Ellen Chase. (Constable. 7s. 641.) WHERE the gods give, they also take away. The hands of science bear many benefits, but the world changes, and the...
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Fiction
The SpectatorBy H. E. BATES Turf or Stone is the third novel from Miss Margiad Evans, who wrote a much-discussed book called The Wooden Doctor. As compared with Mr. W. R. Burnett's Dark...
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THE NAKED LADY By Bernard Falk
The SpectatorThe Naked Lady (Hutchinson, 18s.) presents a neat psycho- logical problem : Will the title sell the book, or will readers' better natures be outraged by its price ? It is a poor...
COBBERS
The SpectatorBy Thomas Wood Dr. Wood's narrative (Oxford University Press, 7s. 6d.) of his journeyings through Australia—a narrative excellently written and adequately illustrated—should...
DESERT CACTUS
The SpectatorBy Julie Heyneman This biography of the American sculptor Arthur Rackham (Geoffrey Bles, 10s. 6d.) moves with an undercurrent of tragedy independent of the author's processes of...
CASSIAR
The SpectatorBy M. Conway Turton To endeavour to reproduce the peculiar " significance and type " of a particular country in such a delicate series of descriptive essays as those which...
Current Literature
The SpectatorSPAIN : A BRIEF HISTORY By W. C. Atkinson It is surprising that the appearance in this year of a short history of Spain should fill a long-felt want : and yet before Professor...
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Mote/ging The Coining of the World-Car SOME weeks ago I
The Spectatordiscussed on this page, in an article on Everybody's Motor Car, the widely differing require- ments _d_those readers of The Spectator who had asked me to advise them in the...
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Posers TO CONSIDER.
The SpectatorLast week I dealt at some length with the pros and eons or the Rubber regulation plan, and in spite of the attacks which have been made upon it, I must confess that the argu-...
• Financial Notes
The SpectatorBOOM ix RUBBER SHARES. ACtivill , in Rubber Shares has been the dominant feature during the past week, and on Monday " boom " condi- tions characterized the Market. The prime...
Finance
The SpectatorThe American Debt Ox June 15th the next half-yearly payment is due upon our War Debt to the United States and already the matter must be occasioning grave con- sideration here,...
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This full statement of accounts follows upon a year when
The Spectatorthe financial results achieved were most encouraging. The net profit was £1,512,866 against £860,077 for the previous year. The dividend now declared is 8 per cent. against 4...
The report of the General Mining and Finance Corporation for
The Spectatorthe past year is also a good one, showing that the realized profit of £421,551 was the highest for twenty-five years, and compares with £276,095 for the previous year. The final...
* * * - NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE.
The SpectatorThe recent increase announced hi the 'dividend on North British and Mercantile Insurance Company's shires from 23s. to 24s. per share is fully justified by the character of the...
LONDON ASSURANCE.
The SpectatorThe annual report of the London Assurance for 1933 shows that in the Life Department, the sums assured amounted to £2,306,418. This not only constitutes a record in the history...
MARES AND SPENCER.
The SpectatorThe financial results achieved by Marks and Spencer seem to justify the strength of the shares. Not only is the dividend announced at the rate of 35 per cent. in cash, but a...
GROUP UNITS INVESTMENT TRUST.
The SpectatorIn the more recently formed Fixed Investment Trusts there is now a tendency to vary their character in certain points of detail. It will be remembered that in the first Trust...
CENTRAL MINING RESULTS.
The SpectatorAs might have been expected from the high price of Gold and the favourable conditions on the Rand, the latest report of the Central Mining and Investment Company is an excellent...
DUNLOP RUBBER.
The SpectatorThe latest report of the Dunlop Rubber Company is not only a good one as regards the results disclosed, but there are some specially interesting features. The Directors, in...
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Gramophone Notes IT was rather curiously Wagner who, in writing
The Spectatorabout Beethoven's last quartets, observed : " The aesthetic idea of the Sublime is alone applicable here ; for the effect of serenity passes at once far beyond the satisfaction...
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" The Spectator" Crossword No. 85
The SpectatorBr XANTHIPPE. F A prize of one guinea will be given to the sender of the first correct solution of this week's cross-ward puzzle to be opened. Envelopes should be marked "...
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