take place on Sunday, April 22nd, simply oft the strength . of his wonderful record of financial recon- struction. He makes no definite offer of social measures,. Such haS been...

Mr: Glenn 'disposed of Mr: Frank Smith by a decisive majority. All the candidates chosen in these elections will present themselves. in November when the Federal, State and...

that he does not cling stiffly to a formula. He ha* certainly . modified his policy in regard to the settlement of international debts. In one speech he declared. that the...

Chicage ave sternly mobilized themselves to sweep - .away the corrupt, grotesque and demagogic administration that has ruled their city for eight years and 'has brought...

W.C.2.—A Subscription to the SrEcrrAToa . _cosfs Thirty Shillings per annum, including postage, - to any Part- of t1s4- world. The Sszarsyrou is registered as a _Newspaper. The...

facilities for public demonstrations— almost a pseudonym for riots in Egypt—is now before the Senate for its final approval before being submitted for the King's signature. The...

are to be renewed. On Wednesday the operatives accepted the employers' invitation of March 80th to a new conference. Mr. J. Bell, the secretary of the United Textile' Factory...

of the Tangier Statute ended last week, when it was announced that the British, French, Italian and Spanish experts had reached a unanimous agreement. The next step will be to...

have swelled the chorus that is appealing for relief from the heavy burden of rates upon inilustri. The • Federation makes the definite proposal that abnormal expenditure upon...

unemployment are the very districts which are the' best situated to be industrial centres, yet numerous firms are threatening to flee from these naturally desirable centres...

Northern armies are attacking simultaneously the forces of Feng Yu-hsiang and those of the model Tuchun Of Shansi. The advance against Feng seems to be much the more important...

The Communist leaders have been arrested and will be brought to trial. The Tokyo correspondent of the Times says that the authori- ties had discovered systematic efforts—though...

and Egypt is that the situation is exactly as it was before the negotiations began. The Declaration of 1922 which gave Egypt her independence subject to certain reservations...

return to the miners' wages fixed in, the agreement Of 1924, a s ix hour day, and a guaranteed _ • . . . living wage.. This Policy applied to the Mines would, of course, drive...

with enthusiasm both the Capital Levy and the Surtax. One or the other would be_ possible, though .detrimental. But both.!. The Capital Levy would knock away the „very,...

at -Norwich. ' Many speakers in- sisted upon the importance of maintaining the Party as a distinct organization—an insistence which implied a good • deal of apprehension as to...

April 5th, as follows Mr. E. Shinwell (Labour) .. .. 14,446 Miss M. Kidd (Unionist) .. • • .. 9,268 Mr. D. Young (Liberal) .. .. 5,690 - Majority .. .. 5,178 Labour thus...

Alice in Wonderland at a preposterous price, next bought the Ward Diary for the more reasonable sum of /10,500. This diary was kept by the Rev. John Ward, of Stratford-on-Avon,...

and we would add our sincere 'congratulations to the many which he has received. Canterbury honoured the occasion in the -manner which, We may be sure, was most to the liking...

in his ninety-fourth year. No American was more appreciated by Englishmen than Mr. Depew in his day ' ; he was known not merely as one of the greatest orators in the world, but...

as ever, in spite of all that Mr. Snowden had said—necessary to ginger up the Labour Party. The I.L.P., he declared, was the only party which had something really attractive to...

on April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 108* ; on Wednesday week 102*; a year ago 102. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 92; on Wednesday Week...

MHE only satisfactory thing about the 'Royal Oak' Court Martial is that it did not disclose anything resembling a mutinous act, though the first rumours of trouble by no means...

T HERE is an ever-present danger that we shall forget the miseries of the slums while considering -the complexities of what has been achieved and the details of what there is...

II.—The Background A M IRACLE of modern history is the way in which the Anglo-Saxon ethos, emanating mainly from New England, impressed itself upon the millions of alien...

T HE case for amending the Plumage Act of 1922, convincingly presented by Lord Danesfort, is so simple and unchallengeable that it can be stated in a very few words. If you pass...

UT I have had no adventures of any consequence," - 11 - , Mr. Van Lear Black told me, "nor a single forced landing or other mishap during nearly 60,000 Miles of air travel since...

[We do not agree with all the views expressed in this article. but we think that its publication will direct attention along useful lines. Sooner or later there must be a...

TTOOKING a fish the other day in the Taunton Canal . caused such - excitement to a man . of sixty-four (who had a sdiseased : heart) that he was found later, with a fish on the...

T HIS is a true story. Clara Vere and Dick . Smith are not the real "names Of the tall, handsome, self-possessed girl and a shy, studious unassuming gunnery lieutenant of a...

[ 64 HAROLD." By ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON. AT THE COURT THEATRE.] WE are told that Tennyson, after the publication of Queen. Mary, with its fine character study of the embittered...

144 DAWN." AT TILE PALLADIUM.] SO much has been written about the filin Dawn, both in justification and in condemnation of its existence, that it is only necessary—now that the...

A LITERARY LEITER FROM MADRID. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sur,—Your Paris correspondent, in the interesting letter recently published in the Spedator, pointed out the...

Handicaps in the Fight Against Opium THE League of Nations Opium Advisory Committee has just begun its regular half-yearly session. There is a good deal of romance and...

The rook has been troubling a good many people lately ; farmers, landowners, and not least county councillors. Several local councils ordered the destruction of the birds and...

A most charming book, With seductive maps and yet more seductive suggestions, has been published on behalf of the Hertfordshire County Council ; and it is likely to mark a...

All the world of gardeners now grows some of the early and splendid varieties of prunus ; even the humbler gardens are bright with them this Easter, and very lovely they are,...

Ought we to destroy our rooks ? They certainly do a world of good in general and are a special enemy to the destructive grubs of the daddy-long-legs. At one of the quinquennial...

Did Easter holiday makers in the country decide that spring was early or late ? The cherries north of London were at their best in Holy Week, some of them blooming profusely...

A collection of willows and sallows would be worth the attention of gardeners. In winter the contrast of red and yellow sterns holds a suggestion of sunlight on the darkest...

THE DEGENERATE ROOK. Naturalists, as well as game-preservers, are growing distressed in some neighbourhoods over the increasing wickedness of the rooks. They have taken to...

Most naturalists will concur as to the Hungarian's verdict; but recent inquiry adds a point. Birds, like vermin, especially foxes, are individualists, and odd members of the...

THE TRAPPING OF RABBITS • [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—No one will disagree with the strongly and often repeated ' views of the Spectator on the cruelty of the steel...

cannot agree with Mr. Stephen Gwynn's remarks about the little influence that schools and schoolmaster. have on their pupils. I am a preparatory school master and have also...

Spectator of March 24th came my way recently, and as I have been in the rabbit trade for nearly thirty years, buying the trapping right on several farms each season, employing...

Sia,—In a reference to a recent series of talks broadcast by the Editor of the Countryman, Sir W. Beach Thomas states in your current issue :— " The National Farmers' Union,...

think your correspondent "A School Manager" would find a small pamphlet published by the Parents' Association (about 2d.) very interesting on the subject of Prevention of...

venture to believe that readers of the Spectator will be interested to hear something about that extraordinarily interesting and important development of recent years, the...

Britain and Egypt are difficult enough. An accommodation between the vital needs of the one and the logical claims of the other would become almost hopeless were we to invite...

SIR,—Referring to your article of March 31st—" Britain and Egypt—The Next Step "—may I endorse the letter of your correspondent, W. T. B., appearing in the same issue, and may...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The revision of our magnificent Prayer Book is a difficult and delicate matter, which requires much learning and a philosophical mind to...

[To the Editor of the SPEc-raTon.] Sin,—The writer of your recent article makes no mention of the fact that the Rev. Robert Walker commenced his famous ministry at Buttermere,...

the SPECTATOR.] Srn,—I recently received a communication from the desolate - outpost of Tristan da Cunha which may be of interest to you. It has taken six Months to reach me....

SPECTATOR.] Sui,—In your Book Notes of April 7th it is stated that Mr. AL G. Wells begins his novel, The Open Conspiracy, in T.P.'s Weekly, and that the "bits we are given...

of the SPECTATOR.] Sut,--:-Others Of your readers, like myself, have probably been impressed with the extremely lucid and succinct account of the Origin of the American...

Quiet I SOUGHT the quiet - the wood On bracken-beddin under trees ; To loiter in the copse was good, And oh, the Sallow's gold ! The bees, Susceptible to scented boughs, To...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—The speed of long-distance motor coaches on some of our main roads is becoming a matter of grave concern to .other road-users who suffer...

WE have to thank a kind reader for the anonymous gift of a postal order for 205. received for the children in the South Wales mining villages. We have forwarded this to Mrs....

Unwin, 12s; t3d.) is not a book we can advise for general reading,, although it is undeniably important. There_ is . a chapter on the poison of the Borgias and another—too...

planter, Henry Christophe rose to defy the eagles of Napoleon, to defeat his emissary LeClerc, and finally to rule Haiti as crowned king from his palace of Sans 5°1.10. History...

may perhaps like to glance at Mr. Ralph Nevill's Romantic London (Cassell; illustrated, 12s. Bd.). It contains some reminiscences of the author's own (he can remember...

Byrd (Kegan Paul, 7s. 6d.) as "the first considerable mono- graph to appear on Byrd" when we realize that very few biographical facts can be accepted with confidence in con-...

The Spiritual Guide, by Michael de Molinos (Hodder and Stoughton, 68.), is a charming edition of the classic of Quietism, reprinted from the edition of 1688, with a preface and...

and profuse - verbiage (like "the local atmosphere whirled and roared under the cyclonic influence of the fire-fiend ") he will find in Adventures in the Big Bush In the Haunts...

send us an imposing publication, Japan To-day and To-morrow, which sends our thoughts roving far afield. There is an interesting article on the enthronement of the Emperor,...

published by Messrs. Winchester and Wills (Chapman and Hall, 25s.). It is a beautifully illustrated book and of interest to the amateur as well as to the professional. There are...

Tiza Editor offers a prize of five guineas for the best suggestions, in five hundred words, or less, on How to Keep Young. The closing date for this competition will be Friday,...

The Wayzgoose. By Roy Campbell. (Cape. 5s.) Lost Address. By Chard Powers Smith. (Senn. 60.) Under the Tree. By Elizabeth Madox Roberts. (Cape. 3s. 6d.) Seven Baskets of Prose...

Science for You. By J. G. Crurv her. (Routledge. 5s.) New Worlds for Old. By R.. G. Lunnon.. (Methuen. 2s. 6d.) Science for You is a brilliant collection of essays on some of...

The Minds of Animals. By J. Arthur Thomson. (Newnes. Is a horse the most intelligent mammal below the level of the apes ? We question this statement of Professor Thomson's, and...

IN the dear dim days almost now beyond recall one can Well remember how at St. Andrew's the only golf-reporter Was a local tradesman who was not himself a golfer, and Who, but...

The Uncensored Dardanelles. By E. Ashmead-Bartlett: (Hutchinson. 21s. net.) Mn. AsmarEAD-BARTLErr has written a Very moving accot.nt, of what he saw in the Dardanelles...

Childhoods East and West The Legend Called Meryom. By Joseph Geer. (George Allen and Unwin. 78. 6d.) 110WEVER dubious be the benefits of psycho-analysis, that ruthless method...

Keiible. (Nisbet. 75. 6d.)-Experience as an officer in a Labour corps, and the spectacle of Rouen, awoke in the meek . Mr. Montague-Smith the sense of rebellion. He was a...

6d.)- - Miss Angela Worth, resident in that self- conscious though charming Cheshire village, Clonterbrook, received five packages of notepaper among her Christmas gifts. The...

is a very mature first novel. It has 'several excellently drawn characters ; it presents a variety of memorable scenes, ranging from. mid-Victorian rural 'England to a Vienna...

One voluine! We begin with a translation of Aucassin and Nicolete, pias to examples of the lively Marguerite of Navarre and Rabelais, and come to the moderns by way of La...

6d.)-Through this story of modern American life there runs the implicit thesis that sex is only incidental to marriage, which; as 'an institution, need not - be *reeked by...

is, a penetrating little .study of the meeting, after many years, of two sisters. _One, the beauty, had run away with a peevish scholar whose wife would not divorce him, and,...

OUR General Knowledge prize of One Guinea is awarded -this week to a competitor (Mrs. Gurney, Ingham Old Hall, ,Norwich) with 4 new and excellent idea she has taken the...

MISCELLANEOUS :-Eat and Keep Young. By. Dr. Josiah Oldfield. (Methuen. 8s. ficl.)--,Ratables. in _Cornwall. By J. H. Wade. (Methuen. 7s. 6d.)---More Essays of To-day.- Selected....

(Continued from page 571.) Maurice de Pange appears to have been a very charming boy and, in The English Schooldays of a French Boy (John Lane, 3s. 6d.), we may read his letters...

The famous agreement of 1924 in respect of German repar- ations will soon be tested to the uttermost, as Germany, after four years, will have to pay £125,000,000 annually to the...

Brighter Budget Prospects WHEN Mr. Churchill rises to make his Budget Statement on April 24th, it will not be necessary for him on this occasion to apologize for the previous...

facts, which he presents both succinctly and wittily and in such a way as to make his Oliver Cromwell (Cape, illustrated, 12s. 6d.) eminently worth reading. But his inferences...

aptly reminds us in The Silver Book of English Sonnets (Pleiad Press, 218.), "has continued century after century to appeal to great poet after great poet in the full tide of...

opened the late Mr. Stuart Wortley's Letters from a Flying Officer (Oxford University Press, 8s. 6d.) and read the preface by Mr. bilff Cooper and Colonel Buchan. To those who,...

greater interest at the present time than the growth of banking and monetary power in the United States and the modern functions of Central Banks in the various countries. On...

and the retirement of Sir Henry Cosmo Bonsor there are two vacancies to be filled on the Court of the Bank of England at the election next week. _Two excellent selections have...

is a distinctly good one, the profit having increased from £4,899,966 to 25,390,288. As a consequence of this improvement the Ordinary shares, which it *ill- be remembered are...

RISE IN BRITISH FUNDS. WITH the exception of Rubber shares, markets have been so uniformly cheerful, both immediately preceding and following the Easter holidays, that it is...

These are days when Financial and Industrial England after the War may almost be said to be "in the making " and the Bank Directors have shown on many occasions their...

Any disappointment which shareholders of the Rio Tinto Copper Company may have felt because the recent dividend showed no increase was changed, as a result of the statements at...

The page numbers refer to the Spectator of March 10th. 1. p. 373. Potatoes were not introduced to North America till 1719.----2. p. v. In Scotland in 1599. In England in 1752....