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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorT HE Trade Union Congress this week has been concerned with the threat of "direct action." As we write on Thursday, the Congress by a E nr,11 majority has rejected a motion...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorTHE NATIONALIZATION OF LIQUOR. I T is with exceptional satisfaction that we publish this week a series of important letters about the nationalization of the Drink Trade....
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DIRECT ACTION AGAIN.
The SpectatorT HE vote of the Trade Union Congress on Tuesday in favour of " Direct Action " need not be taken at all tragically. The delegates at the Congress have accustomed themselves by...
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THE FAILURE IN RUSSIA.
The SpectatorI N writing about the situation in Russia we have .1always taken the line that as the Government knew the military facts and the public scarcely knew anything, it would be...
NATIONAL BOOKKEEPING. THE House of Commons, on the eve of
The Spectatorthe adjourn ment, ordered a return of the total public expenditure on various social services, such. as insurance, pensions, education, public health, housing, poor relief,...
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A PLEA FOR CARMEL.
The SpectatorIFINE extent to which Palestine has been denuded of its I. forests has been so frequently emphasized that many have ceased to realize it. Hardly a writer on the land.but has set...
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THE PENSION SCANDAL IN OUR VILLAGE.
The SpectatorO NE of the drawbacks, or one of the advantages, of village life is the fact that, metaphorically speaking, we all live in glass houses. What in towns are secrets no man may...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
The Spectator[Letters of the length of one of .our leading paragraphs are often more read, and therefore more effective, than those which fill treble the space.] -- NATIONALIZATION AND THE...
[To THE Burros or THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I have read
The SpectatorMr. Wilson's letter with interest, but with a deepened feeling - of the futility of the policy for which he and the U.K.A. stand. Among working men there is little support for...
ITO THE EDITOR OF THE "'SPECTATOR.")
The SpectatorSra,—I note that in your issue of August 30th Mr. Wilson expresses the fear that, if the liquor trade were nationalized, the present Government might use its control of the...
[TO THE 'EDITOR OP .THE " SEEM/HM."2 S114—Your recent articles
The Spectatoron this subject propose the only solution of the drink 'question that the Labour Movement will accept, and therefore, unless the Prohibitionists are able to impose their policy...
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LTo THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR-"1 STR,—The bulk of
The Spectatorthe letter of the Secretary of the U.K.A. consists -of . matter as fully endorsed by Mr.. Batty as by himself: It is exactly because of the generally accepted facts, which Mr....
[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECT&TOR."I SIR,—As you have
The Spectatoropened your columns to a correspondence on the subject of control of the liquor trade, may I contribute some suggestions which an experience of Excise administration in one of...
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTLTOR."1 Sus,—May I express
The Spectatormy admiration of the practical good sense of your article on the nationalization of the drink trade:: Such a course as you suggest would, in my opinion, exest powerful moral...
[T0 THE EDITOR or THE " SPECT■TOR."1 SIR, —I read
The Spectatorwith great interest your admirable article " The True Subject for Nationalization," and wish to express my cordial agreement with the policy advocated. It is the one practical...
[To THE EDITOR. OF THE " SFECTILTOR."1
The SpectatorSue,—Absence from England on a visit to the Belgian battle. fields has prevented me before this sending a reply to Mr. Wilson's criticism•of my letter. Unable to fairly face or...
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WOMEN AND THE DRINK TRADE.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR.—Though various Prohibitionist agencies draw much e their emotional appeal from the misery which drink now causes to working-class...
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THE OLD UNIVERSITIES. •
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] [To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] Sta,—The writer of the article on the old Universities printed in your last number is evidently not in...
A LESSON FROM HISTORY.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") think some sentences in your interesting "Lesson from History " may convey a wrong impression to your readers. The aggressions of France...
(To THIS EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—A perusal of
The Spectatorthe article "A Lesson from History," in the Spectator of August 30th, suggests the thought that the comparison of England's -intervention in the affairs of France at the time of...
CABBAGES AND CONSEQUENCE.
The Spectator(To THE EDITOR. OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Ste,—May I be allowed a few words about your article with the above heading in the Spectator of September 6th? First as to the word "...
THE FUTURE OF CYPRUS.
The SpectatorfTo THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sta,—Please allow us to thank you in advance for the publication of this letter in your columns, in answer to what Mr. Percy White wrote in...
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THE CHARTERED COMPANY'S CLAIM (...C7,500,000). ITo THE EDITOR Or TEE `' SPECTATOR.")
The SpectatorSIR,—We attach hereto for publication, with Lord Cave's permission, a zsuitie of the evidence tendered to the Rhodesian Claim Commission.—We are, Sir, &c., TRAVERS BUXTON...
THE BELGIAN DEMANDS.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Smn,—In your . article on the Belgian demands in last week's issue you write that "there seems to be no reason why Belgium should be an...
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THE FOREST OF DEAN COAL-MINES.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR. or Tax " fitrzoneoa."1 Sia,—Mr. Hudson's letter (Spectator, August 30th) appears to assume that the State is no longer responsible for the social condition of...
" ECONOMY."
The Spectator[To enz Eorroa or ma " 8ezerssoa."1 Sie,—Colonels A., B., and• C., and Lieut.-Colonels D., E., and F. are retired officers who "joined up " in August, 1914, and who have served...
BOOKS.
The Spectatorm SCOTTISH HISTORY. t LORD HALDANE, in a touching preface to the last historical essays of the late Professor Hume Brown, says with truth that his old friend's death was a real...
ght Spttiator
The SpectatorWe suggest that there can be no better Present in Peace or War than an Annual Subscription to the Spectator. He or she who gives the Spectator as a present will give a weekly...
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OUR ELEMENTARY-SCHOOL SYSTEM.*
The SpectatorPROFESSOR GILBERT MURRAY, writing in the Contenvorary Review, is " inclined to suspect that an extreme interest in Education is a dangerous sign. A society which is crying out...
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PROCOPIUS AND OTFIERS.*
The SpectatorIT is not for nothing that the classics are the classics, and that the merest handful of ancient writers holds a splendid monopoly in the schools. For if our " construes" cost...
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STATE-AIDED RESEARCH.*
The SpectatorTHERE is at least one Department, founded during the war, whose continuance will not be questioned' by the advocates of economy.. It is a very small Department ; its total...
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. NAPOLEON.*
The SpectatorIT was indeed " rainbow-chasing," as Dr. Wickham defined it, when his son Geoffrey crossed the Channel to test his new theory of human relations on Napoleon himself. " I think...
THE FIELD OF BOAZ.* THERE is a universal quality in
The Spectatorgenuine religious experience which recalls the saying that " Mortals have many tongueS ; Immortals one." These extracts from the diary of a devout Nonconformist, a sempatress in...
FICTION.
The SpectatorCORPORAL'S CORNER.t THE letters of which this little book are made up .purport to have been written by a corporal, an ex-schoolmaster, an incurable " spinal case " in a...
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SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
The Spectator[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subeequent rechne.] Rescue Work : an Inqu;ry and Criticism. (Social Investigation Committee, 19 Tothill Street, S.W....
