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News of the Week /THE 1general discussion of the League
The Spectatorof Nations r Report has been continued at Geneva. The Polish proposal : to the Assembly for the " outlawry " of war was amended after we wrote last week, and was Presented by M....
Sir Austen welcomed the Polish resolution as an avowal of
The Spectatoraims, but the British Empire could accept no? more commitments under it or the Protocol. They might lead to the dissolution of that smaller, British, - League of Nations....
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Herr Stresemann spoke moderately on Friday and was well received.
The SpectatorHe announced that Germany would sign the optional clause of the statute for the Permanent Court a International Justice, recognizing the Hague jurisdiction as eompulsory upon...
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The SpectatorWithout the final form before it the speeches in the Assembly on Thursday, September 8th, were directed backward - to the old rejected Geneva Protocol rather - than forward to...
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* * The Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking - lately in
The SpectatorScotland, astonished us by giving a glowing account of the present revival of the country's trade, and we were not surprised that Sir Herbert Samuel took him to task. in a...
Other items of news from Geneva are that the Mandates
The SpectatorCommission has reported in favour of an extra member for itself and that Germany has provided one. The same Commission has considered the question of the " sovereignty " of the...
To continue our chronicle of the Trades Union Congress at
The SpectatorEdinburgh, on Thursday, September 8th, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald appeared as the fraternal delegate of the Labour Party, and made a political party speech against the Government, its...
On Monday, Slavery was discussed in Committee. Praise was given
The Spectatorto the treatment of the subject in the long and important British Report. The Maharajah of Kapurthala spoke of the progress made in India and Burma. British pride in the news...
Later the Congress passed resolutions, protectionist in character, in regard
The Spectatorto an inquiry into the importation of goods from countries where lower standards of life prevail. On Friday, September 0th, more resolutions were passed against the Government...
On Tuesday the King of Spain's decree was published convoking
The Spectatora National Consultative Assembly next month, four years since the establishment of the Directory or Dictatorship. It is to be a nominated Assembly to all intents and purposes...
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'We congratulate the people of West Ham and the three
The SpectatorCommissioners appointed to administer the Poor Li,* there on the continued success of the work done. It is not only the rate-payers who are the better off by three successive...
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The SpectatorIt is reported that 'Sir Basil Blackett, one of the ablest officials - at the Treasury until he was appointed Finance Member:Of Council in India, has sent in his resignation of...
* * . The wreckage of one of the flying
The Spectatormachines that attempted to cross the Atlantic has been found after hope had steadily dwindled of their safety. The whole story of these flights is a sad tale of high adventurous...
The railway strike in Queensland was settled last Saturday. The
The Spectatormen were reinstated and agreed to observe rules and regulations. Thus they escape lightly from the results of a foolish weakness rather than of any desire or determination in...
Bank Rate, 41 per cent., changed from 5 per cent.,
The Spectatoron April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 102115; on Wednesday week 102; a year ago 1011. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 871; on Wednesday week...
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The Assembly
The SpectatorO NCE more the Assembly of the League of Nations has proved that its meetings are the Most interesting events of the political world ; that alone should encourage every...
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A VISIT to Northern Europe is to be recommended to all
The Spectatorinterested in the Drink question and to those who, like ourselves, are dissatisfied with the present situation in Great Britain where a privately owned drink trade is tolerated....
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The Liberty to Risk One's Life
The SpectatorT HIS year has been marked by triumphs and disasters in the air. During the War they would have passed unnoticed for the achievement, for the pity of them, or even for the...
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Have I Been on Earth Before ? Shall I be
The SpectatorBorn Again ? BY THE LATE JOILN ST. LOE STRACHEY. ⢠[With the kind permission of the Weekly Dierpakh, for whom it was specially written it is our privilege (and no melancholy...
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Men's Clothing A FTER the hubbub we are now all agreed,
The Spectatorgladly or reluctantly, that the change in women's clothing is all to the good. No young mother of to-day carries tubercle bacilli on the trailed edges of her skirt, out of the...
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Sporting Offences S PORTSMEN of fastidious taste, even more than professed
The Spectatorhumanitarians, have been hurt in their fine r instincts by a number of instances recorded in the chronicles of the past year. Some arc episodes in the huntin g of d e er and...
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The Old Soldier in his Cherry Orchard
The SpectatorN O doubt the Old Soldier is busy about his apple orchard now. He has an apple tree, I know, a little misshapen thing from which perhaps half a dozen hard, green " cookers " may...
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The Wolf in the Alsatian
The SpectatorA s a matter of fact the Alsatian wolf-dog is a most intelligent and delightful companion, quick to learn, easily controlled and the terror of trespassers, burglars and others...
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The Cinema
The Spectator[" CHANG:' AT THE PLAZA.] Chang is a magnificent film. The cinema has here brilliantly fulfilled a part for which it is better fitted than any other artistic medium. No book,...
Mus i c
The Spectator[NEW WORKS AT THE THREE CHOIRS FESTIVAL.]' THE works specially composed for the Three Choirs Festival held at Hereford last week included examples of both secular and sacred...
The Theatre
The Spectator[" THE HIGH ROAD BY FREDERICK. LONSDALE⢠AT THE SHAFTESBURY THEATRE.] FIRST nights of Mr. Frederick Lonsdale's plays take one back to the "wonderful nineties" when first-night...
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Correspondence
The SpectatorA LETTER FROM DUBLIN. [To the Editor of the SPEcTAzon.1 Sza,âSince May, without intermission, the Free State has been in a state of fierce political ferment. One startling...
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The League of Nations
The SpectatorActivity of the Small Nations As the League of Nations Assembly passes from its first to its second week certain of its more outstanding characteristics become clearly marked....
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The Frenchman is, I think, a maligned bird. It is
The Spectatorvery hardy ; but is it really very bellicose'? It is supposed to drive off the English or Hungarian bird ; but one observer, at any rate, is of opinion that the English bird is...
How much knowledge has increased does not appear to be
The Spectatorgenerally realized. I say this because lectures have been recently delivered in which a number of the exploded theories of ten years ago have been repeated. I have been...
HARVEST PROBLEMS.
The SpectatorBirds occupy much place in the "happy autumn fields" where harvesters work and sportsmen walk. In the South and Midlands we have seen the quickestâand latestâ clearing of...
Country Life
The SpectatorMIGRATION DISCOVERIES. THE autumnal migration is in full activity and obvious to us all. It is still, as of old, a deep mystery ; but thanks to those neat little altuninium...
⢠We have no idea how these callow travellers find
The Spectatortheir way, but the young cuckooâand the point is very importantâ has an overwhehning inner compulsion to flysomewhere, anywhereâin autumn. I discussed this at great length...
Every detail of this movement of birds has a problem
The Spectator; and the details are numberless because the different species have entirely different ways. The most eccentricâand immoralâbird in our _British list is the cuckoo ; and...
PARTRIDGES, FRENCH AND ENGLISH.
The SpectatorThe rapid clearing of the fields and the date have disclosed the nakedness of the land to sportsmen. In some eastern districts the only partridges are old partridges.; and the...
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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,âThe views expressed by
The Spectatorthe Spectator and by most of the other leading London reviews and newspapers on the Sacco-Vanzetti case seem to such of us as have studied it carefully, and are thoroughly...
Letters to the Editor
The SpectatorTHE SACCO-VANZETTI TRIAL [Wn have received many letters from American readers of the Spectator protesting against our comments on the Sacco- Vanzetti trial on August 13th, and...
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
The SpectatorSIR,âAt moments of grave international excitement there is one element which is of incalculable value to the cause of justice and good will, namely, a periodical respected by...
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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,âI am enclosing a
The Spectatorclipping from the New York Evening Sun, which you can read and draw your conclusions regarding the Sacco-Vanzetti case, and the judgment displayed in our Courts. Reverse the...
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,âThe mistake into which
The Spectatoryou fell illustrates what with us at least is a well-established principle of the law of evidence, that the best evidence of what took place at a trial is the official record of...
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.11 Sia,âThis statement published in
The Spectatoryour issue of August lath gave such a very harmful and inaccurate an impression of the trial that I am led to inquire whether you are aware that the communistic or anarchistic...
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sui,âThe article in your
The Spectatorissue of August 13th, on Sacco and Vanzetti, surprises me as coming from you. Many of us had doubts as to their guilt. But, after the minute review of the whole case by...
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A HOLY WAR FOR WOMEN [To the Editor of the
The SpectatorSPECTATOR.] Sm,âIn spite of the propaganda that is undertaken so freely by every party, the new spirit of service incorporates itself very slowly in modern institutions....
SOME CHURCHES IN JERSEY - [To the Editor of the
The SpectatorSPECTATOR.] Meildejohn replies in so pleasant and friendly spirit that surely I shall not ask him to cry Peceavi ! but thank him for the concluding sentences of his letter and...
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LIGHTING A WOOD .FIRE
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,âIn your issue of August 27th, a correspondent under the abOve heading wrongly gave this firm's name as "R. J. Gibson, Princes Street,...
THE BODY OF INCORRETPTION
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Snt,âI have read Mr. F. Yeats-Brown's review of The Tibetan Book of the Dead in the Spectator of September 10th with great interest and as...
NIGERIAN FRUIT-BATS
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,âYour readers may be interested in two rather unusual experiences of mine. Yesterday I was at a town some six miles from here. Towards...
THE PERPLEXITIES OF A MODERATE LIBERAL
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,âThe recent successes of Liberalism at the polls raise difficult questions in the minds of those Liberals who, in three-cornered...
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BYRON'S LAMENESS
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,âIn her very interesting article on Byron, in last week's Spectator, Mrs. Taylor writes about "those poor, cloven feet, strangely...
HUMANE KILLING FOR PIGS
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,âIn reading the article " Scandinavia " in this week's issue we noticed with great interest the last paragraph which deals with humane...
Poetry
The SpectatorTwo Island Songs The Women to the Seafarers. FURL, seafarers, furl your sails, No more tempt the clouded seas : Make not gulls your nightingales, Nor tall masts your...
ADVERTISING AND NATIONAL PROSPERITY
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,âApropos of Mr. Angell's discussion on advertising, will you permit an old-time American reader, for the moment a visitor in London, to...
INDUSTRIAL PEACE
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,âNot for a very long time have the prospects of a rapprochement between Capital and Labour been so good as they are at present. At the...
THE " SPECTATOR " IN IRELAND
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,--In your paper of September 3rd there is a letter signed "Forty-five Years' Reader" in which it is stated that the Spectator "was banned...
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To "re-found the religion of Christ, purged of dogmas and
The Spectatormysticismâa practical religion, not promising future bliss, but giving bliss on earth "âwas the starting idea of Sub- Lieutenant Tolstoy when on leave from his battery in...
Under. the editorship of Mr. Middleton Murry, a new quarterly,
The Spectatorthe New. Adelphi, has made its first appearance. Jie has a . charming.. article on the Parables of Jesus. Mr. Young writes of the Gurdjieff Institute in Paris, which we thought...
Ma. Harold Copping's Bible pictures are deservedly popular, not only
The Spectatorfor their intrinsic beauty, but because of the peculiar fidelity of their local colour. In his new work, which the Religious Tract Society publish in a handsome quarto under the...
Dr. Lamond is a frank believer in the supernatural, and
The Spectatorin his Joan of Arc and England (Rider 10s. 6d.) he asserts that in the . Maid's sixty-foot leap from the tower of Beaurevoir she was upheld by mysterious forces, and that St....
In The Life and Work of an English Landscape Architect
The Spectator(Richards Press, 25s.), Mr. Thomas H. Mawson recalls his memories of a long and exceptionally busy career devoted to garden-making, town-planning, and allied activities. His...
We read. most of Mr. A. P. Herbert's verse as
The Spectatorit appears In Punch, but decidedly it is worth re-reading in book form. The publishers have put our enthusiastic comments on his 1,a,st volume, She Shanties, on the wrapper of...
This Week's Books
The SpectatorYOUNG politicians, and indeed all who wish to speak in public, may be recommended to give attentive study to the Speeches by Lord Oxford and Asquith, an admirable selection of...
Mr. John Drinkwater is a playwright of extraordinary versatility. In
The Spectatorstately historical pageant he can move with assured dramatic tread, and now in a little three-act play entitled Bird in Hand (Sidgwick and Jackson, 3s. 6d.), which was a week or...
Mr. Selwyn Brinton is one of those writersâhappily their number
The Spectatoris increasingâwho can clothe the dry bones of history with living reality. Few novels are more fascinating than The GonzagaâLords of Mantua ; and yet we feel that Mr....
General Knowledge Questions
The SpectatorTHE Editor awards the prize of one guinea offered weekly for the best thirteen general knowledge questions and answers to an Eton boy, who deiires to remain ancnymous, for the...
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Lord Northcliffe âA Great Journalist
The SpectatorLORD 'NORTHCLIFFE'S picturesque personality offers great scope to the biographer, and some day a Lytton Strachey or an Emil Ludwig will give us a book that will set all England...
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The Letters of Gertrude Bell
The SpectatorMISS GERTRUDE BELL, one of the King-makers of Iraqâper- haps the most powerful of all those whose influence brought King Faisal safely to the throneâwas among the most...
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Old Court Life in France Old Court Life in France.
The SpectatorBy Frances Elliot. (Putnams. ⢠210 SCENES from French Court life described by a woman whose mind is saturated in French memoirs cannot fall to be enter- taining. According to...
Sound . and Unsound Economics - The Economic Theory of the
The SpectatorLeisure Class. By Nikolai Bukharin. (Martin Lawrence. 7s. 6d.) _ Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. By D. Riazanov. (Martin - Lawrence. 7s. 6d.) Karl Marx, Man, Thinker and...
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An Evil Legacy
The SpectatorThe Cape Colour Question : A Historical Survey. By W. M. MacMillan, Professor of History at Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg. (Faber and Gwyer. 218.) PROM whatever point...
THE BRITISH YEAR BOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, 1927. (H. Milford.
The Spectator16s.)âAll who are interested in the progress of the League of Nations and of the Permanent Court must wish well to this admirable Year Book, which becomes more and more...
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The Future of British Spas
The SpectatorTHOSE who only know Continental Spas, and have not visited our British - Spas, probably , do not realize the advance that has been made since 1914 in medical knowledge of the...
British Spas
The SpectatorTHE early autumn is an opportune time for publishing a Supplement on British Spas, for this is the season of the year when such places as Bath, Cheltenham, Llandrindod, Droit-...
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British Spas as Health Resorts
The SpectatorBATH. - Joins Woon began to replan the city of- Bath in the year 1727, and it is wisely suggested that in the late autumn of this year there should be a meeting in the city and...
Dnmer subscribers who are chaning their addresses are tasked to
The Spectatornotify The SPicTitTori Office BEFORE , MIDDAY ON ;MONDAY OF EACH wuk: The previous address to which lite paper has been .sent-and receipt number should be quoted,
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Fiction
The SpectatorThe Social Comedy Monte Carlo. By Henry K. Sienkiewiez. (Stanley Paul. 2s. 6d.) ONE of Mr. E. F. Benson's minor talents is that of chronicling small beer in a manner so...
YOUNG ORLAND. By the Hon. Herbert Asquith. (Hutchinson. 7s. 6d.)âThis
The Spectatoris a quiet and pleasantly written biography of a young man who is the adopted son of a country squire. Mr. Asquith does not convince the reader that there is any particular...
MAX CARRADOS MYSTERIES. By Ernest Bramah.
The Spectator(Hodder and Stoughton., 7s. 6d.)âMr.Ernest Branaah's admirers have doubtless long ago accepted his convention that Max Carrados, the blind detective, can do anything fifty per...
THE MIXER. By Edgar Wallace. (Long. 7s.
The SpectatorThis is less a novel than a series of short stories, to which a connected interest is given by the personality of the hero. "The Mixer" is a particularly cool and resourceful...
THE WAY THINGS ARE By E. M. Delafield. (Hutchin- son.
The Spectator7s. 6d. net.)âA minor Victorian poet once observed of his household, " In my family the domestic virtues have, run to seed." The same may be said of Laura Temple, Miss...
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A Library List
The SpectatorMISCELLANEOUS :-Evolution of Primitive Medicine. By Sir Arthur Newshohne. (Bailliere, Tindall and Cox. us. 6d.) Development and Purpose. By L. T. Hobhouse. (Macmillan. 15s.)...
Insurance
The SpectatorENDOWMENT ASSURANCES.-II. IT is customary and convenient to distinguish between endowment assurances on the one hand, and whole- life and limited payment life policies on the...
Answers to General Knowledge Questions
The SpectatorI. Name from John Arbuthnot's book.-2. Sir William Herschel. -3. Homy James.-4. Teasel.-5. (a) Cheops, (b) Mogul emperor Shah Jehan.-6. Goldcrest. Winter of 1010.-7. _St....
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A TRUE COMPARISON.
The SpectatorUnfortunately, however, the comparison is not with a normal year. During the - greater part of 1926 trade was demoralized first.by the general strike and later by the coal...
Tun DEBT SERVICE.
The SpectatorOnly last week I showed that until we have secured this economy in the national expenditure we Cannot hope. to 'achieve any material reduction in the annual serviee On the...
THE CARDINAL; NEED.
The SpectatorIn this matter of economy in the National Expenditure, history repeats itself. For a long time previous to the. formation of the Geddes Economy . Committee in 1921 there had...
FinanceâPublic and Private
The SpectatorFancies and Facts THE casual newspaper reader may well be excused for any mental confusion with regard to the present state of trade and the national credit. He is told on the...
AUGUST TRADE FIGURES.
The SpectatorAnd first as regards trade. It is perfectly true that the figures of our foreign trade for the month of August are the best which have been published for some time past. For...
⢠GROWTH IN NATIONAL EXPENDITURE.
The SpectatorAs regards the national -finances, Mr. Churchill in fait -- recent speech in Scotland was once again more anxiOkis tO defend the growth in our public expenditure than '6 . 2(...
Financial Notes
The SpectatorHOLIDAY slackness in the Stock Markets is not infrequently - more pronounced during the first half of September than in the month of August, and during the past week dealings in...
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CALICO PRINTERS.
The SpectatorThe report of the Calico Printers' Association for the year ending last June shows some improvement, notwithstanding difficulties due to the coal shortage last year. The profit...
TREASURY BOND RESULT.
The SpectatorNo definite figures were available but the market estimated that the amount of debt maturing on October 1st was about £70,000,000, and consequently there was particular...
At the meeting of shareholders of the Yokohama Specie Bank
The Spectatorheld in Japan on the 10th inst. the Report and Accounts were approved, the statement showing that the net profit, including 6,000,000 yen brought into the account, was...