notice which is being sent by Sinn Feiners to shopkeepers in Ireland. The paper is headed " Belfast Trade Boycott." The Sinn Fein Committee informs the recipient that he has...

relationship of Ireland with Great Britain were evidently chosen with extraordinary care, so as not to give Mr. De Valera any verbal pretext for Hying into a fresh huff. The...

do not mean to give way on the indispensable condition of member- ship of the Empire. On Tuesday two Sinn Fein representatives visited Mr. Lloyd George at Gairloch. The object...

we have already referred, was dated September 7th, and was sent off immediately after the meeting of the Cabinet last week at Inverness. Mr. Lloyd George said that the principle...

put their procrastination have meanwhile been published. The Morning Post of Monday, commenting on Mr. Michael Collins's assertion that the Sinn Feiners have not broken the...

W HEN we wrote last week it seemed that Mr. De Valera would be forced at once to the point of saying Yes or No to the latest proposal of the Cabinet. We had not then seen the...

Readers experiencing difficulty in obtaining the " Spectator " regularly and promptly through the aboli- tion of the Sunday post or other causes should become yearly...

adopted a resolution in favour of disarmament, after a heated interchange of personalities between some Com- munist delegates—one of them a boilermaker—and Mr. J. H. Thomas....

consider means of helping Russia has met with an insolent rebuff from the Bolshevik despots. The committee naturally felt that, before proposing an Allied loan to Russia, it...

second session at Geneva on September 6th, devoted several days to .a general debate on the report of the Council. Mr. Balfour on Saturday last and M. Bourgeois on Monday felt...

modify its encouragement of the reactionary elements led, on Monday, to the resignation of the Bavarian Premier, Herr von Kahr. The majority in the Bavarian Landtag, apparently,...

at the end of last week to discuss with the Chancellor of the Exchequer the refusal of the French Government to ratify the provisional agreement for the distribution among the...

which was assigned to Austria by the Treaty of the Trianon, have not ended as we hoped. In the last week of August the Southern Slays evacuated the district of Baranya, which...

at Geneva on Friday, September 9th, pleaded eloquently for the famine-stricken Russian peasantry. Russia, he said, needed to import at least 2,000,000 tons of corn, and a sum of...

was found that the election of the new General Council had been vitiated by a mistake on the part of the scrutineers. " Labour " is assured that it " can govern," but it does...

to strike, is typical of the attitude of some trade unionists to labour-saving inventions. Some years ago an oxy- acetylene lamp was introduced for welding damaged ship's plates...

should be edified by the appearance of Mr. Frank Hodges as an earnest advocate of increased production. The Secretary of the Miners' Federation has learned wisdom from the trade...

Dawson, standing as the official Conservative and " Anti- Waste " candidate, headed the poll with 9,427 votes. Lieutenant- Commander Windham, who described himself simply as "...

that which opened up the greatest possibilities for mankind was Professor Richardson's address on the power stored up in the atom. No one has ever seen an atom, but chemists and...

members Bishop Browne, Sir Hercules Read, Sir Lionel Earle, and Sir Martin Conway, has reported to the Office of Works that the Ancient Monuments Act of 1913 needs amend- ment....

Boards, by insisting that the same rates of wages should be paid through- out the country, are driving trades from the small towns to the large cities and ruining the local...

ono remembers with some sense of humiliation the absurd and panic-stricken rumours of which Prince Louis was the victim owing to his German origin. He watched the rising tide of...

the harm that is being done by some of the Trade Boards under the Ministry of Labour, in fixing wages for the whole country irrespective of varying local conditions. The...

ancient monuments. The great country houses which are maintained at an ever-increasing cost are landmarks in our history of which all Englishmen are proud. But nothing can be...

Haven, which occurred unexpectedly last Sunday. He was, of course, better known as Prince Louis of Battenberg, who married his cousin Princess Victoria of Hesse, granddaughter...

July 21, 1921; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 88/ ; Thursday week, 88/ ; a year ago, 841.

HOW TO HELP IN THE RUSSIAN FAMINE. C ORRESPONDENCE which we have received, and numerous conversations which we have heard, prove to us both that there is a widespread and com-...

I MPORTANT announcements have been made from Washington about the Disarmament Conference, and we record with genuine satisfaction that President Harding seems to be moving along...

HE RE is reason to believe that trade is reviving and that the numbers of persons out of work are diminish- ing, but the problem of unemployment is none the less very serious....

R UMOUR has it persistently that the Sir Erie Geddes Business Economy Committee intend to recommend the abolition of the Employment. Exchanges. But whether these institutions...

C HARITY is the greatest of the virtues, and perhaps there was never more of it than there is now, but the power to " get on " with one's neighbours is simply an art ; it might...

O F the many fancy names bestowed upon this curious and interesting bird, the " Fern-Owl " seems most appropriate. Though not an owl—belonging, indeed, to an entirely different...

CTo sae Enrroa or THE " ezzernoa."1 )., SIR,—The traders of the country have recently been told that what they have been suffering from is a " cyclical fluctuation " in the...

GENEALOGIES WHICH MINISTER QUESTIONS. [To THE EDITOR. or THE " SPECTATOR."] fist, - 0 wing probably to the general indifference to the subjects with which it interests itself,...

[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.] AN EXHIBITION OF STAGE SCENERY...

(To THE EDITOR or TH2 " EIPECTAT02."1 Sra,—No one who stands on the edge of the Mull of Kintyre —as I stood a few days ago—and saw the long line of the Irish Coast almost...

THE SPECTATOR.”] Sia,—After your remarks last week as to the cause of the recent riots in Belfast, perhaps you and your readers may be interested in the following extract from...

(To THE EDITOS or THE " spzernon."1 Sm,—In view of a good deal now written, it really seems needful to remind the public that the present Cabinet are by no means...

THE 1 ' SPECTATOR."] your issue of September 3rd your correspondent Mr . Dpnald wrap& pa A subject which arouses interest, and at times somewhat heated discussion, among those...

need to accept Carlyle as an authority, but when he made the statement that the original inhabitants of the Scottish Highlands were " of Norse breed," it is possible he had in...

" SPECTATOR ."] SIR, —In the discussions that from time to time take place in the papers as to the state of affairs in India reference is often made to the British officials in...

[To THE EDITOR or THE SPECTATOR."] understand that according to the Alien Restriction (Amendment) Act, 1919, Section 10, 1, the Home Office is authorized to dismiss me from...

This is a copy of a letter we received this morning from our milkman. He always has to bring his cows into the compound, and has to be watched every minute while he milks for...

[To THE EDITOR or THE SPECTATOR.] Sie,—We should be grateful if you would give us this oppor- tunity of announcing that all contributions to the third volume of Public School...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sut, — I have only now seen your issue of August 13th containing an excellent letter on "Britain, America, and Japan" from my old and...

[To THE EDITOR or TEE " SPECTATOR.”] SIR, —There is no really complete edition of the poetry of Austin Dobson. Now that, alas! we shall get no more of his almost faultless...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In some houses there are pianos that have not been used for years, the musical member of the family has left home, and the piano...

or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked " Communicated," this Editor must not necessarilyy be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—In reply to " W. F. D." (July 30th), I have witnessed a number of house martins " bricking up " one of their nests with a sitting...

THE " CHATIVE-SOURIS " AT lah LONDON PAVILION. WHISTLER, I believe, in one of his attacks on nationalism in art, said that it was as absurd to speak of an essentially English...

[To THE EDITOR Or TEE " SPECTATOR2] SIR,—Can any of your readers help us to identify a curious and beautiful insect which appeared in our garden last week? It was about It...

THUNDER-MUSIC. STRANGELY this loneliness recalls a night Of midsummer when we slept in the open barn. I had lighted a candle, and so hushed and still Was the air, it burned...

testers submitted to him, but when stamped and addressed - envelopes are sent he will do his beat to return oontrilmtione in case of rejection. Poems should be addressed to the...

A POLITICAL PILGRIM IN EUROPE.* IT is difficult for a reader to guess exactly what Mrs. Philip Snowden's motive was when she wrote these reminiscences of her political tours in...

this country is of great interest from a political and artistic as well as from an economic • The Silk Indy* y of the United Kingdom : Its Origin and Development. By lilt Frank...

SIR Penos Suss has not only revised his valuable history of Persia from the earliest times, but has also added to the second edition a new and lengthy section dealing with...

for facts of one kind or another—the more or the less concrete sort. From Mr. Hueffor we often get things better than facts, that is to say truths. Mr. Hueffer has two or three...

Mn. DEANE'S study of the sociology and psychology of Fiji is a useful addition to the bibliography on those islands. His work as a missionary brought him into close association...

WHEN one remembers the extraordinary enthusiasm of the nineties for collecting and publishing short stories, it seems strange that a belated ripple from those days should have...

Timm seems no particular reason why the Unction of the Sick should not have been preserved in the Church of England. The principle of the English Reformation was conservative it...

AN ENTHUSIAST.* Corzasonserrosr between the two " Irish cousins " was ended by the death of " Martin Ross," but the inspiration of their long and fruitful partnership remains in...

Fisher Unvvin. 2 vole. 36e. net.)—Mr. MacDonagh, who has had many years' experience in the Press Gallery, endeavours " to describe Parliament doing its work as a living...

thirty- eighth volume of its publications, a new part of the Year Books of Edward II., for Michaelmas term, 1312 (Quaritch, 52s. (id. net), admirably edited by Sir Paul...

British Association has published the text of the presidential address by Sir T. E. Thorpe and the sectional addresses delivered at Edinburgh, following the good example which...

6d. net.)—An interesting story. Rachel, the heroine, fallen on evil days, sets out to retrieve her fortunes by engaging herself as companion under an assumed name to some...

Wolter Ss this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] Dante Studies. By Paget Toynbee. (Clarendon Press.. 16s. net.)—The sexcentenary of Dante's death fell on...

Spencer. (Stevens. 12s. 6d. net.)—In preparing the sixth edition of this useful and lucid handbook, Mr. Spencer naturally included the Agriculture Act of last year, but when his...

maps, well printed in colours and full of detail, of Africa, Central and South Africa, and South America (2s. 6c1. each). The new frontiers and the railways are shown, with the...

: Blackwell. 12s. Gd. net.)—Mr. Bouchier, the author of two useful volumes on Roman Syria and ancient Sardinia, in which the results of modern research are skilfully summarized,...

ciroulatod.)—This is a reprint of Lord Sudeley's article in the Nineteenth, Century for July with which we were entirely in sympathy. The Spectator has long advocated the...

(Hutchinson. 2 vols. 24s. net.)—As an artist correspondent Mr. Villiers has had a remarkable experience of travel and war, from the days of the Commune, and his two volumes of...

This is a well-written and practical little treatise which anyone interested in farming might read with pleasure and profit. Mr. Newsham, who is the principal of the...

June, has already enlisted 153 members and has issued the first number of its quarterly Journal (5s. to non-members). The honorary secretary of the society is Major IL G....

Officers' Training Corps. (Published by the Military Education Committee of tho University at 46 Russell Square. 21s.)—A handsome illustrated volume containing a roll of those...