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The Jews at Hamburg It is regrettable that any force
The Spectatorhad to be used in getting the Jews ashore at Hamburg on Tuesday and Wednesday, but the occupants of only one of the three ships gave serious trouble, and it is clear that the...
Stimulus for the Ruhr
The SpectatorPaper targets are one thing, and production up to target level another ; that has been abundantly experienced in the coal-fields of this country. The same reservation must be...
NEWS OF THE WEEK
The SpectatorT HE news of the efforts of the Paris economic conference to pro- vide the raw material for a Marshall plan, and of the State Department to see that that plan is put into effect...
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Making the Fats Go Round
The SpectatorThe Chairman's speech at the annual general meeting of Lever Brothers and Unilever provides an example of the resilience of big business. Mr. Geoffrey Heyworth in a masterly...
Problems for the Assembly
The SpectatorThe Second Assembly of the United Nations, which opens on Tuesday in New York, ought to be an occasion of the first import- ance. It may possibly prove to be that, but in...
A Policy Cabinet
The SpectatorIt was fully time the Haldane Report of 1918 on the machinery of government was taken down from the shelf, and no one is better fitted to raise the question of its application...
Indefinite Durance
The SpectatorThe Prime Minister's statement on the repatriation of German prisoners rests on legality, rather than equity, and indeed on the stretching of legality to something very near...
Another Greek Government
The SpectatorThe desire of the American authorities for a more broadly based Government in Greece has been to a great extent met by the formation of a coalition between Populists and...
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LESSONS FROM GRIMETHORPE
The SpectatorT HE strike at Grimethorpe Colliery carries with it a number of hard but useful lessons. The general public, faced with the spec- tacle of 400,000 tons of coal already lost in a...
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The Arab Higher Committee's suggestion that Jews who wish to
The Spectatormigrate from Palestine should move to " the free Jewish republic of Birobijan " strjkes me as slightly disingenuous. Birobijan, as perhaps not every schoolboy knows, is situated...
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The SpectatorThe British Delegation to the General Assembly of the United Nations is quite frankly not impressive. Mr. Bevin, of course, is not going ; there was never any prospect of that,...
Lord Riddell, I learn from Lord Camrose's new book on
The Spectatorthe Press and its Controllers, in addition to being chief proprietor of the News of the World, had at one time an interest in the Church Times. The association seems something...
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The SpectatorThe legend "Turnings to Members of the House of Commons and many Titled People, &c.," falls agreeably on the ear, even though the meaning is not immediately apparent. Actually I...
I am asked from time to time what I think
The Spectatorof various news-letters of one sort and another, particularly the sort that lays high claim to access to special and authoritative information. Well, these publi- cations are of...
A SPECTATOR'S NOTEBOOK
The SpectatorT HE House of Lords took itself and the occasion seriously on Tuesday. The attendance would have made a very respectable show in their Lordships' own Chamber, which is, of...
Women's skirts, or dresses, or whatever they call them, are
The Spectatorto be some inches longer. So it has been decreed in Paris, where such things are decided. But the judgement of Paris may be upset by the judgement of Sir Stafford, and I hope it...
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SHORTAGES AND CONTROLS
The SpectatorBy PROFESSOR A. C. PIGOU "S O long as there are shortages you must have controls." To some readers this sentence—it is taken from the Prime Minis- ter's address to the Labour...
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CONSCRIPTS IN GERMANY
The SpectatorBy THE VERY REV. CUTHBERT BARDSLEY I T has been decided to allow young conscripts of 18 years to spend almost the whole of their army career in Germany. One finds it hard to...
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AFRICA TO THE RESCUE
The SpectatorBy G. D. K. McCORMICK T HERE is a lamentable tendency today among European states- men to forget that the continent of Africa exists. At the most they seem to regard it, if...
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THE AMERICAN COURT
The SpectatorBy SIR ALEXANDER PATERSON " T S the father of this boy in Court? " asks the crupulous Chair- .' man of the Juvenile Court, wishing to catS a glimpse of the home background and...
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HOLIDAYS, LOCH LAIDON
The SpectatorStill loch, asleep beneath the brooding hills Where heather glows and the lone curlew calls: Thy gifts are freedom from earth's weary ills, And hope at dawn, and peace when...
CLASSLESS SOCIETY ?
The SpectatorBy DR. C. K. ALLEN,- K.C. T HE Housing Act, 1936, gave local authorities power, in certain circumstances, " to acquire any land . . . as a site for the erection of houses for...
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MARGINAL COMMENT
The Spectator. By HAROLD NICOLSON W HEN I was a young man I was much impressed by a sentence which I read in a contemporary book of maxims and apophthegms. " God has given us our...
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THE CINEMA
The SpectatorInternational Documentary Film Festival at Edinburgh IT was fitting that Scotland should be the venue of the first inter- national festival of documentary films ever to be held...
MUSIC
The SpectatorTHE Promenade Concerts are coming to an end this week, and it may be worth while considering one or two points which have sug- gested themselves during the season. The position...
CONTEMPORARY ARTS
The SpectatorTHE THEATRE `'Point Valaine." By Noel Coward. (Embassy.) Poini Valaine is "a small island situated a mile or so south of one of the larger British West Indies." It owes its...
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ART
The SpectatorTHE gallery of the Print Room at the British Museum has been re- opened, and at least one visitor found the exhibition in honour of the event quite staggering in its richness. I...
ON THE AIR
The SpectatorTHE scene of The First Born, a poetic drama by Christopher Fry, was ancient Egypt, and I think a mild criticism of the timing of this broadcast is justified—even though that...
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Sm,—I hope, seeing that the last time I took a
The Spectatorhand in party politics was as chairman of committee of the South St. Pancras Liberal Associa- tion—some five and thirty years ago to be sure—I may still speak as a Liberal. It...
Sin, —The admirable letter in your issue of August 29th
The Spectatorsurely voices the feelings of large numbers of those who, like myself, are profoundly disquieted by the state of affairs facing us at this moment. As Mr. Ian Simpson says, " the...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The SpectatorA.B.C. OF THE CRISIS SIR, —In your issue of September 5th Mr. Harrod accuses Britain of dishonourable conduct on the ground of her alleged violation of the Anglo- American Loan...
Sut,—I became entitled to vote four and a-half years ago
The Spectator; I was in the Forces during the General Election, when I voted Liberal. I hope my viewpoint will have a chance of reaching those who declare themselves in favour of a...
A CHALLENGE TO LIBERALS
The SpectatorSnt,—Mr. Ian Simpson's letter (Spectator, August 29th) provokes thoughts. There is nothing, he says, between the good conservative and the good Liberal of 1947. There is, of...
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EMIGRATION
The SpectatorSol,—Your comments on emigration are timely. Whilst we all are deeply indebted and grateful to Australia, Canada, New Zealand. South Africa, &c., for their really magnificent...
THE GERMAN TRIALS
The SpectatorSm,—May I offer some comments on your discriminating article on The German Trials? I `spent the month of July in an .extensive visit to churches in the British and American...
THE ARCHBISHOPS ON THE CRISIS
The SpectatorSta,—Janus (in your issue of September 5th) has slightly misquoted the Primates. Dr. Garbett, in the York Diocesan Leaflet, did not propose that "his Grace of Canterbury should...
Sta,—As the correspondent referred to by the Secretary, Churches' Com-
The Spectatormittee on Gambling, Rev. J. Clark Gibson, may I suggest that he reads my letter with more care. I have not undertaken a " survey " of gambling. My committee, under the...
FOOTBALL POOL PROBLEMS
The SpectatorSta,—Personally I am a gambler. I gamble occasionally on horses, more frequently on dogs, and I would play chemin-de-fer and roulette if Mr. Dalton would allow me sufficient...
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Revived Music
The SpectatorOne of the delights of rain after a long period of drought is that it wets the whistle of a number of birds that have been oppressed by the heat of August. It is a commonplace...
Unripened Fruits
The SpectatorAn orchard owner is distressed because the immense crop of plums has failed to ripen fully in spite of long hours of hot sunshine. He cannot eat his Victorias raw; and he...
IN DEFENCE OF TORQUAY Sitt,—In your issue of The Spectator
The Spectatorfor August 22nd there is a letter In Defence of Torquay in which it is stated that I g ave and endowed Torbay Hospital. This is a mistake ; it was the g ift of my late sister,...
THE CONTROL OF LAUNDRIES SIR, — It is a pity that your
The Spectatorcorrespondent Dr. R. L. Kitchin g did not take the trouble to make full en q uiries before writin g to you on the subject of infection throu g h laundries. Had he done so, he...
TOO MANY FEWS" SIR, —As the reviewer who used the expression
The Spectator" q uite a few," to which your correspondent took objection, I must protest a g ainst his interpretation of the meanin g I attached to it. In my view, " q uite a few " is not an...
Shocks A picture was published :ast week of flax, now
The Spectatora widely spread crop, bein g " stooked." Is the word allowable? It is, I think, nowhere used in local idiom in the South of England. The a lmost universal word is " shock," as...
COUNTRY LIFE
The Spectator- WHERE the ground is not too hopelessly hard, the gleaners, who had rather belatedly discovered very rich pickings, have already been driven off by the ploughs. Some few of...
In My Garden We are advised to grease-band our trees
The Spectatoragainst the winter moth. It seems to me that an earlier greasing of some sort is needed against the ants. They will climb in numbers even to the top of a tall pear-tree to...
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Baton and Bat
The SpectatorAutobiography. By Neville Cardus. (Collins. 12s. 6d.) WHEN C. P. Scott promoted him from the reporters' room to the Manchester Guardian Corridor, Neville Cardus suspected that...
BOOKS OF THE DAY
The SpectatorTruth About the Press British Newspapers and Their Controllers. By Viscount Camrose. t Cassell. 8s. 6d.) IF he had chosen to lapse into current jargon Lord Camrose might have...
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The SpectatorRevealed Religion, Revelation and Reason. By Emil Brunner, ranslated by Olive Wyon. (S.C.M. Press. 25s.) WHEN the Editor asked me to review this book I said that it must wait...
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Mozart the Symphonist
The SpectatorThe Symphonies of Mozart. By G. de Saint-Foix. Translated by Leslie Orrey. (Dobson. 8s. 6d.) M. DE SAINT - Fones study of Mozart's symphonies is now fifteen years old, but it...
Modern Italy
The SpectatorItaly. By Elizabeth Wiskemann. " The World Today " Series. (Oxford University Press. 5s.) MISS ELIZABETH WISKEMANN has by this time won a distinguished place for herself as a...
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Growing and Changing
The SpectatorTHIS new volume carries on the great tradition of Gesell's work. It considers the child from five to ten with the same humanity of understanding and objectivity of method as all...
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Fiction
The SpectatorLord, I Was Afraid. By Nigel Balchin. (Collins. 12s. 6d.) Silver Nutmeg. By Norah Lofts. (Michael Joseph. 12s. 6d.) Mrs. Mike. By Benedict and Nancy Friedman. (Hamish...
Trinity and Ireland
The SpectatorA History of Trinity College, Dublin, 1892 - 1945. By Kenneth C. Bailey. (The University Press, Trinity College, Dublin. 15s.) IN this book Dr. Bailey, the Registrar of the...
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FINANCE AND INVESTMENT
The SpectatorBy CUSTOS WHEN normally stailkindustrial Ordinary shares, such as Woolworth, fluctuate within extremes of to per cent. in less than a week it is clear enough that the average...
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SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD No. 440.
The SpectatorA 0 3 ME M O WURn 11 PUMO MEMO M_M_ML0 0 0 UGMBOMMOMMO MM M M OMOM 10 0 impl num m n n mgmEntiom ti Y M A L A U T CI L7 A 0 U 17 EMOUUDAMR O SOLUTION ON SEPTEMBER...
" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 442 ACROSS
The Spectator1. Cold bird in hundreds for tired politicians. (8.) 5. Is the seaman unable to go to the university ? (6.) 9. " Her to Aleppo gone, master of the Tiger " (Shakespeare). (8.)...