Saturday the Bulgarian Government under the peasant Prime Minister, M. Stambulisky, was overthrown by a coup d'etat carried out by the Army. All the leading Ministers of the...

gone to press last week was in accordance with the forecasts. Germany expresses her belief that she has rightly estimated her capacity to pay, but repeats the promise to accept...

T H E proof that the Prime Minister regards the present discussions on French policy as a turning- point for good or ill is that he is taking longer to come to a decision than...

Baldwin is asking for a plain statement of French policy. Does France really intend to require of the German Government what it is beyond its power to promise—since the passive...

of his negotiations with the Soviet Government. He has substantially obtained all the concessions which he demanded. A settlement is now certain. The Soviet reply to the recent...

M. Stambulisky, with some Agrarian Guards and many peasants, has taken to the woods. There are many ironies in what has happened. - Less than seven weeks ago M. Stambulisky and...

themselves," even if it be true, is irrelevant. The vast majority of the sufferers had no more to do with the direction of politics than the man in the moon. Besides, the...

1st, and which makes compulsory the use of American standard gradings of raw cotton, is causing much anxiety in Manchester and Liverpool. According to the Act foreign buyers of...

Clubs on Friday, June 8th, the Prime Minister said that the Unionist Party was now maintaining the whole system of ' democratic Government until fluid opinion could crystallize...

will be the first liner to reach New York under the new Prohibition regulations. The company, having decided to abide loyally by the new American regulation, under which no...

at the end of this month. The American Red Cross has been feeding at least 450,000 persons, and there is a real danger that this multitude may starve as the Greek Government,...

Entwistle's Bill for giving women the same grounds for divorce as have long been granted to men was carried by an overwhelming majority-257 votes to 26. As we do not contemplate...

articles. If Dr. Stefansson is right, as we believe he is, in saying that the atmosphere of the Polar regions is admirably suited to flying, Wrangell Island, to which Great...

fascinating possibilities. He encourages us to think of the Polar region as a part of the earth where there is still almost unlimited room for expansion. Having himself lived...

Julien Viaud, died at Hendaye on Sunday. Although he was seventy-three years old, he appeared to have maintained his intellectual and physical strength till the end. He was on...

Royal, to Lord Carnegie, eldest son of Lord Southesk, was announced last Sunday, and was received with general pleasure. Princess Maud was born in 1893. She is an intimate...

delivered in this country it is interesting to note _ an article by him which appeared in the New York World before he left home. There are five subjects, he said, which are...

which occurred last Saturday. She had been suffering from influenza, which brought on a heart attack, and she had been in a serious condition during the preceding fortnight. The...

the establishment of an Agricultural Parcels Post. We believe that the help which would be given in this way to small farmers of every kind would be tremen- dous. A direct...

per cent. July 18, 1922 ; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 101176 : Thursday week, 101i ; a year ago, 991.

THE CRISIS. I T is useless to pretend that the situation is not one of crisis. In the course of the next few days decisions will have to be taken which must inevitably affect...

Q UIETLY, unostentatiously, but effectively, another step has been taken towards giving manual workers opportunities for the practical study of economics. A summer school is...

By DR. VILHJALMUR STEFANSSON. [Dr. Stefansson, the famous Polar explorer and man of science, is anxious that Great Britain should permanently cecupy Wrangell Island as a depot...

[COMMUNICATED.] M POINCARE has of late been changing the tone of • his speeches. Instead of, as formerly, expending a large amount of eloquence in defence of the Ruhr occupa-...

notices country folk does so, as a rule, with a mixture of superior interest and amused tolerance. To him, the farm labourer might be a strange captive animal whom he pities for...

organizing some central information bureau where visitors can apply for details of accommodation is that of the prices charged by London hotel proprietors. Is it true that in...

ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD. By EVR:LYN WRENCH. W HAT arrangements are the authorities of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley making in connexion with the great influx of...

such organizations as the Brighter London Society, which seeks to attract strangers to our shores in increasing numbers ? Or are all these complaints about over- charging in the...

New Zealand, is to be congratulated on the decision of his Government to reintroduce penny postage. This is not the first occasion on which New Zealand has given the lead to the...

great men in America are greeted might well serve as an incentive to us in the British Isles. The public-spirited action of a few individuals has preserved for us as museums the...

Parade, Southsea, writes to draw attention to the excellent work of the S.P.G. in sending literature to missionaries and settlers abroad. It is in the hands of Miss M. L. Kirk-...

to Wolfe's house at Westerham, there is another very interesting shrine within ten miles of Charing Cross in Vancouver's grave in the little, old-world church of Petersham, just...

Washington on the Potomac, one of the most dignified and delightful memorials to a gwat man in any part of the English-speaking world, will welcome the announcement that an...

great interest to all those who are concerned in the task of finding suitable openings for our Public School boys when the moment comes for them to make up their minds as...

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PRAYER BOOK REVISION. [To the Editor of the SrEeraTon.] Sia,—! have been hesitating as to who would be the most brave and trusty champion of the Church as a national...

SIR,-At the Summer Council Meeting of the " Life and Liberty" Movement the following resolutions were passed :— " 1. We are in favour of revising without unnecessary delay all...

SIR,—The best plan would be to do away with all bookmakers and have the " Pari-inutuel " or " Totalisator." Betting now in this country is a national curse, and should be...

SPECTATOR.] Sia,—We are told that the . French Government will not agree to any settlement of the Reparations question which does not include an abject surrender of German...

SIR,—I hope you and the Dean of Durham will have patience with me if I crave leave to deal with one or two points. Dr. Welldon's influence is, rightly and naturally, too wide-...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Since you were kind enough to publish in your issue of April 7th an offer of mine to correspond with any American reader of the Spectator...

• [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—On the main issues I must confess that I am in agree- ment with Mr. St. Loe Strachey. I agree that, with a few little exceptions,...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The Press of Great Britain is overwhelmingly opposed to the policy of France, and argues exhaustively and with conspicuous ability that...

SIR,—In the article published in the Spectator of the 2nd inst., over the name of Mr. St. Loe Strachey, on the " Poet of the Unpoetical," there is much that appears to me to be...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—It .may be of interest if I give some small indirect evidence in support of the view held by your correspondent "X. Y. Z." in his letter...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—" Oversea " is quite correct. A Bill "to amend the law relating to marriage of persons with their nephew or niece by marriage " was...

DUSE AND IBSEN. " GHOSTS " AT THE NEW OXFORD. Ghosts is a terrible play to read and, usually, a rather revolting play to see. It is, perhaps, almost the greatest triumph of...

DUSK. WHEN the daylight fades, and the moths flutter over the phloxes, And the bats come from secret places, and wheel round the elm-trees, This way and that, jerking and...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —May I correct a misstatement which crept into the letter on the G.P.D.S.T. Jubilee, which you printed on June 9th ? The total number of...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In answer to your correspondent, " E. H. B.," in your issue of June 2nd, I agree that heavy commercial vehicles under the present...

IT would be hard to imagine a more charming, fresh and agreeable comedy than Mr. Hastings Turner's Lilies of the Field. There is not a headache in a hogshead. It is really an...

THIS WEEK'S BOOKS. THERE are not quite so many books this week. The two most important are a political book and an art book—namely, Sir George Buchanan's Memoirs of his Mission...

TWENTIETH CENTURY PRINTING. Tan Medici Society, at its galleries in Grafton Street, has arranged a singularly attractive exhibition of British and foreign books produced in...

SIR RONALD Ross's volume contains about a quarter of a million words. Even among memoir writers he is conspicuous for volubility, but not less conspicuous for his power to hold...

IN describing by what a sad concatenation of events the Irish revolution came about, Mr. O'Brien writes with such a reasonable and conciliatory air that most readers, we should...

WRITING of a former editor of the Rerue des Deux Mondes, Grant Duff tells us that when, at the age of fifty, he came across the Old Testament for the first time he was shocked...

Mn. G. K. CHESTERTON has, on more than one occasion, pointed out that the common idea of the typical Englishman as a person of almost Oriental impassivity is largely false. The...

MR. MASEFIELD'S NEW POEMS.* IT is now some time since the limited edition of King Cote appeared, but this is the first time it has been made available to the general public....

Bishop Gore's Catholicism and Roman Catholicism. The preacher's conclusion is that " in spite of his protests against Protestant- ism in his Church, Bishop Gore is a Protestant...

by Laurenzio Laurenzi. By D. H. S. Nicholson. (Jonathan Cape. 12s. 6d. net.) The story of St. Francis has already been told so learnedly, so beautifully, so foolishly, and so...

wise and timely book. The religious affinities of Liberal Churchmen are with the Evangelicals ; and it is difficult to conceive a revival of religion in England starting from...

AME RIC AN SHORT STOR I ES.* FROM these twenty stories, taken as a whole, certain prevailing characteristics emerge. The first of these is a preoccupation with particular...

6d.) From the slabs of local colour which lie about through this book, it is reasonable to suppose that the author has lately visited the West Indies. The stories are an uneven...

Life Changers. By Harold Begbie. (Mills and Boon. 5s.) Mr. Begbie, following an old plan of his, has collected together a number of narratives of conversion. But this time the...

work of a somewhat unusual kind. It presents to us the doubts, aspirations, difficulties and final beliefs of a small number of persons, all of a deeply religious character, who...

Allen and Unwin. 10a. 6d.) This book, by a venerable and distinguished Nonconformist clergyman, may be taken as representative of the best Noncon- formist atmosphere of the...

This single big volume has been planned as a continuation of Fyffe's standard History of Modern Europe. Fyffe carried his chronicle down to the Treaty of Berlin, and Dr. Gooch...

Ramsay Muir. (G. Philip. 15s. net.) In his second volume Professor Muir deals with the last century and a half, from the Peace of Paris in 1763 to the Peace of Versailles in...

net.) This interesting memoir is the first of a series arranged by the enterprising University of Allahabad, where Indian history-a subject usually neglected by Indian scholars...

The Trend of History. By William Kay Wallace. (New York : The Macmillan Company. 16s. net.) The Trend of History is hard reading.. Mr. Wallace deals in isms and tendencies, in...

content to come to Europe to fight out the finish of the War, but have stayed to fight the War's legacies of famine and disease. Work for the Red Cross took him to Poland, and...

Vol. II., 1485-1688. (S.P.C.K. 7s. 6d. net ) This is a readable and well-planned book by a competent scholar, who is at pains to give the modem views of the famous...

The Mad Mullah of Somaliland. By Douglas Jardine. (Her- bert Jenkins. 16s. net.) To an English inquirer a Baganda policeman identified the leaders of a caravan in these terms :...

the Press from 1659-1689, and in particular with the part played by Henry Muddiman, journalist to Monk, Charles H. and James II. He is naturally further compelled for elucida-...

[By OUR CFTY EDITOR.] IF TRADE REVIVES ? [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR-1 SIR.—Without entering exhaustively into the banking position at the present time, as expressed in...

MESSRS. PULMAN'S COMMERCIAL PRINTING. MESSRS. GEORGE PULISLAN AND SONS, Of Thayer Street, Manchester Square, send a varied assortment of the adver- tising pamphlets and...