war on the Government with regard to their Russian policy.. That , he would do, this had already become obvious. He predicted that if the Government went to the country on the...

that he agreed with Lord Birkenhead's letter. " I stand by it- and all that it contains." He argued that Northern Ireland ought to appoint a delegate to the Boundary Commission,...

of Nations at Geneva have been the speeches delivered by Mr. MacDonald and M. Herriot, and the agreed resolution that has resulted from them. Mr. MacDonald's speech, which was...

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O N Monday was published a letter from Lord Birken- - head to Lord Balfour,. written in March, 1922, to reassure Lord Balfour, just returned from the Washing- ton Conference, as...

who is in Parisi expressing his regret- that Zaghlul had been unable to accept his former invitation to discuss the relations of Great Britain, Egypt and the Sudan, and renewing...

but very likely it bears absolutely no relation to the actual facts. For instance, it is said that Chi Hsieh-yuan has been ordered by his superior, Wu7Pei-fu,.. to attack Lu....

severe. Shanghai is threatened if the defending forces should be beaten and their refugees come back into the town. Marines, however, have been landed and the whole volunteer...

stated that arbitration, security and dis- armament were three inseparable policies. He favoured the draft Treaty of Mutual Assistance, but he did not shut the door against the...

become 'very serious. A few months ago the Marquis de Estella, the Head of the Directory, decided upon a partial withdrawal in the face of the very troublesome and pertinacious...

Military Governor of Klangsu, and Lu Yung-hsiang, the Military Governor of Chekiang. The former of these gentlemen is a member of the great Chihli party and a subordinate of...

we learn from the Times, was not many years ago a clerk in Madrid. The Spanish troops in Morocco now number about 100,000, of whom 60,000 are concentrated in the Tetuan...

in the past for reducing the scale of payment by results when a few men seemed to be earning very large wages. " Ca' canny " was the not unnatural answer of the men. The...

had for some time is that between the Farmers' Union and the Federation of Milk Distributors, which in practice means the great milk trust of the United Dairies, Ltd. The...

" all-weather " craft, and refreshments are to be provided. A special feature will be made of pleasure traffic, and parties will be able to hire a boat for excursions up and...

most welcome decline in tuberculosis. The measures against tuberculosis which have been taken in the last few years have had really astonishing results. Sir Robert Philip has...

passenger motor-boats on the Thames to which we referred lately has taken shape. He sends us an attractive pamphlet addressed to the Chairman and members of the London County...

September 5th, Sir Alfred Yarrow expressed the opinion that though British trade might be better in the immediate future it would -later have lo meet more dangerous competition...

be very much regretted by readers of the Spectator. Mr. Moreton Frewen was a constant correspondent of this paper on all those subjects in which he had special interests, that...

July 5th,1923. 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 10111; Thursday week, 101}; a year ago, 102A. ai per cent. Conversion Loan was on Thursday, 77 1 311 Thursday week, 77 Ir...

IS SOCIALISM DEAD ? N OT long ago we received a letter from a correspondent expressing a great many grievances against the present Government. Although we were unable to...

week, we spoke of the present session of the League at Geneva as a turning point from which would start a long period, either of decline or of increase in the power and...

[Mr: Christopher Turnor, in recent articles in the SPECTATOR, called attention to the problem of the occupying owner, and generally to the question of land settlement andsmall...

BY A WORKING MAN. -[We publish below a most interesting article by " A Working Man" on Labour discontent. The monotony of modern industrial work must, we fear, be admitted. It...

T HESE missing books of Livy have been the subject of lament for centuries. Scholars, historians, orators and even men of a general polite culture have vowed that they would...

A FILM OF THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. THE English film-censor has banned Mr. D. W. Griffith's last picture, Love and Sacrifice. As there was never any question of the...

" THE LAST CHANCE FOR THE LEAGUE." [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—No opinion which I have seen brings home more definitely the vital significance of the present...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sni,—There are two points made by Sir Leo Chiozza Money, in his interesting and valuable article (Spectator, August 23rd), which have not yet...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Siit,The Spectator deserves the gratitude of the community for the support it has given to Mr. Ellis Barker's recent book in which he so ably...

the back of our minds most of us feel there may arise, out of the dispute over the frontier, another bloody war in Ireland. In that country experience shows that often the first...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sta, — I am amazed that in your article in last week's Spectator, entitled " Is Unemployment Inevitable ? " you should evidently favour the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sur,—Free State advocates invariably ignore two important points in discussing the Boundary question ; first, the fact that until the " Treaty...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Srn,—You ask why we should not trade with Bolsheviks if we do so with cannibals. Possibly those who trade with cannibals have the beneficent...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —May I be allowed to thank Lady Mabel Howard for her letter referring to mine of the previous week ? It is evident that she, as owner of...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, — With the help of the surviving members of his family I am now completing the biography of Tom Hughes of Tom Brown's Schooldays and the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, — The Council of this Association have watched the controversy in your journal on the monetary policy of this Dountry, and your strong...

LOST. WHEN the boy knocked at our door, looking in, We remember now that we spoke to him timidly, Kept him waiting in the porch, While we busied ourselves within over a...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—It is ill work criticizing critics, but the importance to our civilization of the problem of rural reconstruction must serve as my excuse....

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I hope my friend Mr. Symons will tolerate my demur to his perpetuation of the heresy that Walter Pater belongs to the 'nineties, and "...

THE COUP D'ETAT. [COPYRIGHT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE New York Times.] The Secret of the Coup d'gtat. An unpublished correspondence of Prince Louis Napoleon, MM....

THIS WEEK'S BOOKS. AUTUMN brings a new flowering in the world of books, and already we are given a greater variety and higher quality of publications. There are two novels of...

LET us first record the thesis of Mrs. Webster's book. That, in itself, is difficult ; she proceeds so often in the modern way of " letting the authorities speak for...

Hisroav varies in interest directly with the detail in which it is studied. The text-book is the dullest form ; original documents the most interesting. Hence the somewhat...

The Hand of Glory and Further Grandfathers' Tales and Legends of Highwaymen and Others. Collected by the late R. Blakeborough. Edited by J. Fairfax-Blakeborough, M.C. (Grant...

H. Lawrence and M. L. Skinner . (Seeker. 7s. 6d.) WHETHER one enjoys reading Mr. Lawrence or not, it is im- possible to take him lying down. He sets out to disturb one's...

and Grayson. 7s. 6d. net.)—An adventure story of flight and pursuit, the pursuers being avenging Irishmen whose relatives the pursued have hanged. This story is full of...

Thompson, Ph.D., Litt.D. (Cambridge University Press for University of Chicago Press.) This bibliography, compiled by the Professor of Mediaeval History at Chicago University,...

THE BOOK OF MY YOUTH. By Hermann. Sudermann. (John Lane. 12s. 6d. net ) THE BOOK OF MY YOUTH. By Hermann. Sudermann. (John Lane. 12s. 6d. net ) It is difficult to believe that...

Tancred Borenius, Ph.D., and the Rev. J. V. Hodgson, M.A. (Medici Society, Ltd. £5 5s. net.) This beautifully produced catalogue of Colonel Douglas James Proby's collection,...

[By OUR CITY EDITOR.] THE COMING INDUSTRIAL STRUGGLE. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SM,—Neither the Stock Exchange nor the Money Market presents any features at the moment...