unexpected in extent. It was calculated before the elections that eighty seats would have to be won from the Bloc National in order to put the Left on equal terms with it in the...

London, W.C. 2.

In the fast place the poll was a large one. Eighty-five per cent. of the electorate voted, as against 70 per cent. in 1919. But, of course, the main element has been the...

O NE thought alone sprang to the mind when the result of the French elections was announced—" Is it too late ? " England threw off her old War Government and all that it stood...

of Mr. Baldwin's speech, which he des- cribed as a " milk-and-watery " production. He con- gratulated the Unionists on their interest in the problem of unemployment, " so very...

in London during the week, and we hope that they have found their visit as agreeable as the whole nation desired that it should be. Behind this royal visit there are rumours of...

about the McKenna Duties. We have always maintained that one of the chief dangers in imposing a tariff is the difficulty of taking it off, and this view has been thoroughly...

Chamber meets on June 1st, but will resign just before meeting the Deputies. We discuss the probable reactions of the elections on French foreign policy, and so on the whole...

the benefits of the change in French opinion. It is rather that the whole atmosphere of the negotiations has changed. M. Poincare has cancelled his visit to Chequers on the...

the Irish Boundary. It is reported that they may ask Sir Robert Borden to be Chairman of the Commission. The Commission, however, could not bring about a settlement unless...

that it was inexpedient, in the midst of the present distresses, to remove the McKenna Duties of 1915. He said that he regarded the question entirely from the point of view of...

from 8 per cent. July 5th. 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 100* ; Thursday week, 1001 ; a year ago, 101 Si per cent. Conversion Loan was on Thursday, 77f r Thursday week,...

closed to traffic. The serious subsidence of one of the piers had become worse rather rapidly—certainly more rapidly than had been expected—and the L.C.C. announced that both as...

Friday, May 9th, when Mr. Buchanan's Scottish Home Rule Bill was debated, a most uproarious and discreditable challenge was directed against the authority of the Speaker. Mr....

Last week we pointed out that the Free State could not logically demand what she regards as a strict fulfil- ment of the Treaty in respect of the Boundary and yet regard as a...

who was formerly American Ambassador at Constantinople, made a moving appeal on behalf of the Greek refugees. He said that the only thing in history like the present situation...

Thursday, May 8th, Mr. Ammon, the Secretary to the Admiralty, expressed the sympathy of the Government with the resolutions passed by the American Senate in favour of a further...

the closure some of the Scottish Members were guilty of such a violent demonstration and such unbridled language—some of it directed against the Speaker himself—that we think it...

FRANCE—THE TWO NATIONS. T HERE are, and there always have been, and as far as political vision can extend there always will be, two French Nations. There is the nation of...

ORD BEAVERBROOK, in the last number of ■ the Sunday Express, dealt with our protest in regard to his attacks on Mr. Baldwin. As Lord Beaver- brook seems to expect, indeed...

BY FRANK R. KENT OF THE Baltimore Sun. TN even a general way there is in American history no parallel to the present political situation. A Presidential campaign of quite the...

T ORD BUCKMASTER'S Court of Inquiry into the Miners' Wages could hardly have performed a more useful service than to show what the facts are. This it did as a Court only can...

T HAT notable Indian Deity, " The God of Things as They Are," has many worshippers in this country. I confess that I, for one, feel full of sympathy for the people who, in the...

[The following article is Mr. Middleton Murry's defence of his magazine, the Adelphi, which is criticized on page 793.] IN order that the criticism of the Adelphi may not -I- be...

ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD. BY EVELYN WRENCH. T WO passages from the Prime Minister's speech, when he opened the Empire Press Club at Wembley last week, are deserving of...

the meeting held at the Ulster Hall, Belfast, when representatives from the various sections of the Tailteann Games in Dublin were present, it was decided to form a Council for...

events in a party spirit. The removal of the McKenna motor duties in Great Britain is a subject of acrimonious discussion in the Press in this country. On one side we have those...

the boll weevil to the cotton crops of the southern States in America, and an organized campaign has been carried out in many parts of the south to stir up public interest in...

a problem which does not receive much attention in the British Press, namely, the large migration of Canadians to the United States each year.- We in Europe are so accustomed to...

University, will be appointed the First Minister of the Irish Free State at Washington. The Minister- designate was chairman of the recent Fiscal Commission in the Irish Free...

"THIS MARRIAGE , " AT THE COMEDY. THERE are some plays that seem full of wit and of thought- provoking ideas when you are watching them. But when you go away and begin in your...

of two centuries ago—Mrs. Sheridan—worked smoothly. The Discovery, as it was acted, certainly had some faults. It was, for instance, a little long, and some of the acting was...

the ambitious young Canadian moves to Detroit or Buffalo, New York or Chicago, with no more to-do than he would move to Toronto or Montreal. The recent period of industrial...

whom the Democrats may select, is growing. In Wall Street, the odds to-day in favour of Mr. Coolidge being returned are 8 to 5. One of the causes for the growing belief in...

A' COMPARISON OF ARTS. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—If I thought that there was any likelihood of the cinema displacing the art of painting I should practise every...

HOPE FULFILLED. A REALLY efficient comedy—in which there is perception behind the wit and a perfect rounding of the action so that nothing irrelevant or forced mars the bright...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sra,—The Chancellor, in opening the Budget, is reported as saying :— " Now I turn to Inland Revenue duties. I propose no alteration in the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—To those like myself who chiefly desire a peaceful settlement of the Boundary question, it is distressing that a paper usually so fair and...

SIR,—In his article, "The Last Laureate ? " Mr. " Richard Jennings asserts or implies that Lord Salisbury did not recommend William Morris for the Laureateship on account of his...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sra,—Very late in the day, but not too late I hope, we are remembering that " In the beginning, God said, Let There be Light." The protests of...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—Your correspondent, Mr. Richard Jennings, is guilty of a curious lapsus calami in your issue of May 10th last when he states Byron makes...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—On May 4th there was held in the Royal Exchange in Manchester, a Thanksgiving Service for the work of the Royal National Life-boat...

EVOLUTION. As in the monkey's musing eye There broods a sort of muddy guess Upon the brink of consciousness, Our human vision may descry ; So will the rare, transfigured face...

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The Adelphi. Nos. 1-12. Edited by John Middleton Murry. " So the Lord Buddha, with majesty of person and full dis- tinctness of speech, delivered the Scripture. Monks and nuns,...

Jane Welsh Carlyle : Letters to Her Family, 1839-1863. Edited by Leonard Huxley, LL.D. (John Murray. 21s. net.) HERE at last is a book of unquestionable, and for myself at any...

A. Man—Finished. By Giovanni Papini. Translated by Mary Prichard Agnetti. (Hodder and Stoughton. 7s. 6d. net.) PArau wrote this book in 1912. It is an account of his life up to...

Making of Man : a Study in Evolution. By Sir Oliver Lodge, F.R.S. (Hodder and Stoughton. 3s. Sd. net.) Sin. OuvEn LODGE has several sides. On one he is a physicist of great...

The Pirates Who's Who. By Philip Goose. (Dulau and Co. 10s. net.) I was born of poor but respectable parents who (I am convinced) had formed the intention of apprenticing me to...

EVERY page of this remarkable book breathes the spirit of Russia, the Russia which so vividly and unforgettably builds itself up in the mind out of the works of such great...

La Prisanniere. By Marcel Proust. (La Nouvelle Revue Frangaise. 2 vols. 7.50 fr. each.) Fox any writer whose reputation undergoes a vogue, critical opinion seems to draw up a...

FASCINATING without being beautiful, intelligent without being profound, cool and well-bred without being heartless, Lady Suffolk was one of those people in whom an epoch is...

Vauban, Builder of Fortresses. By Daniel Halfvy. Trani- lated with notes by Major C. J. C. Street, O.B.E., M.C. (Geoffrey Bios. Os.) A VERY beautiful rose was called after a war...

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Secrets. By W. H. Davies. (Cape. 3s. ed.) NOTHING is harder to criticize than lyrical poetry. It is the expression of a mood, and any subject or point of view it may have is...

THE BURDEN OF A FAMILY. IT is often assumed that the economic arrangement by which the burden of supporting a family of children falls on a single wage-earner is of immemorial...

THIS WEEK'S BOOKS. BLAKE was no innocent : behind his most seeming-simple lyric was a whole mass of doctrine and cosmology. " Tyger, tyger " and " Little lamb, who made thee "...

The Best Short Stories of 1923: American. Edited by E. J. O'Brien. (Cape. 7s. 6d.) Harbottle. By John Hargrave. (Duckworth. 7s. 6d.) THE injunction of Henry James that a...

[BY OUR CITY EDITOR.] POLITICS AND MARKETS. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Of the influences operating upon the Stock Exchange outlook during the past week or two, chief...

It is rather difficult to determine whether there has or has not been a throw-back in the stirrings of trade activity noticeable at the beginning of the year. The dockers'...