Great Britain, America and Japan would be extremely valuable, if not actually invaluable, because it would really keep the world safe. A combined naval police force intent upon...

regard to the Hankow and Kiukiang Concessions has not yet been signed. On Tuesday Mr. O'Malley stated that the further delay was caused by Mr. Chen's doubtful interpretation of...

week has been Presi- dent Coolidge's proposal that a new conference to discuss the further limitation of naval armaments should be summoned at Geneva. Further limitation would,...

Japan and Italy are hesitating but arc not :thought to be favourable. The stages of disillusion- ment about the ideal* plan of universal reduction of armaments must be worked...

is trying for too much. It is almost impossible to conceive ratios, regulations and definitions which could apply usrly to quite different things and quite different needs. i t...

London, W.C. 2.—A Subscription to the SPECTATOR costs Thirty Shillings per annum, including postage, to any part of the world. The SPECTATOR is registered as a Newspaper. The...

sent to the League of Nations was published in the paper, of last Saturday and is an adniirable document. Although the Foreign Office does not see any opening at present f or...

of the Portuguese revolt. The rising which began in Oporto and spread to Lisbon was much more serious than the Portuguese revolutions usually are. The residents in the Capital...

Trade Treaty have, temporarily at all events, been a bandoned. The two countries have not been able to agree abot■t the rights of domicile and expulsion and so, as the result of...

task in answering such a speech. As he pointed out, Mr. MacDonald in recent speeches had recognized that no Government could do otherwise • than protect their own people in...

nothing but seek and ensue peace have been balked by the absence of unity among the Powers and by the chaos within China itself. The Government's desire to meet Chinese wishes...

the House of Commons on the Labour amendment to the _Address.. Mr. Trevelyan, who moved the amendment, threw the whole blame for Chinese hostility upon British policy. He...

and Navy who could not tolerate their exclusion from politics, and partly by other persons whose interests in political appointments have been threatened or swept away by the...

Carmona handled his troops with skill and energy, though there will evi- dently be a heavy bill to pay for the damage done to Oporto and Lisbon by the heavy guns and bombing...

best to prevent his party from going to a division on a thoroughly mischievous amendment. He failed, in spite of the fact that many members of the Labour Party were notoriously...

Rosebery who asked for information about Mr. Lloyd . George's Political Fund. What was its source ? " It surely," says Lord Rosebery, " cannot be the sale of the Royal Honours....

the Eton College Chronicl?, which reached its two-thousandth number on Wednesday, February 9th. In an interview in the Sunday Tinter, Mr. R. A. Austen-Leigh pointed out that the...

put into force until the Fund has been made sol- vent by special measures. The coal dispute added £14,000,000 to the debt of the Fund. The total debt now amounts to £21,000,000,...

to end. It -not only emphasizes the necessity of a spirit of responsibility, but warns the nation that preoccupation with the task of providing for unemployment must never...

issued from Liberal headquarters to Lord Rosebery's challenge. It is said that Mr. Lloyd George's Fund was raised just as Unionist Funds have always been raised, and as the...

months than" the Report of the Committee on rnernPloyment Instil:mice which Was published last week. The Committee was presided over by Lord Blanesburgh and included, members of...

principle of a contributory scheme which brings the State, employers, and wage-earners into partnership is confirmed. The Committee says that employment against insurance should...

a feature of the scheme is the special treatment and training recommended for boys and girls between the ages of 18 and 21. It is recognized that the result of paying these...

on December 3rd, 1925. War Loan (5 per cent.) vt as on Wednesday 1011 ; on Wednesday week 1011 ; a year ago 10i8. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 87f ; on Wednesday...

conference on the limitation of naval armaments deserves a cordial reception, and, on the whole, has received it. There are very great difficulties in the way, but we ought to...

T O anyone who wants peace in industry and believes that we are now choosing the road which will either lead us to peace or take us further away from it, the debate in the House...

the last word in schemes of temperance reform. The authors have tried to rally to it the greatest possible amount of support by providing something for everybody ; they give a...

T HE decision of the Prime Minister to begin a new session in the autumn of this year has been generally welcomed in the House; It has also necessitated a restricted legislative...

[We are glad to have the opportunity of printing the opinion of a Free Church Minister on Prayer Book Revision.—En. Spectator.] I T should not be necessary to justify the...

A HUNDRED years have passed since Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was laid to rest, aged, poor : unsuccessful as the world deems success, reverenced : a prophet barely articulate,...

T HE Swiss Winter Sport season, the best for many years, has passed its zenith so far as visitors arc concerned, but, as regards conditions, it is still swinging upwards to its...

E XPERIENCE as a schoolmaster among Chinese boys inclines me to the view that John Chinaman is, on the whole, a very peaceable, industrious person. My own acquaintance with him...

THE Forum Theatre Guild, the British equivalent of the Theatre Guild in New York, is an enterprise which deserves the attention of the public. The object of its existence is to...

[" ONE MORE RIVER." BY ASHLEY DUKES. THE STAGE SOCIETY.] PrasuiNG..its useful work, the Stage Society produced modern comedy in three acts," by Mr. Ashley Dukes, at beginning...

A LETTER FROM SHANGHAI. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The asseverations of the Foreign Office that " British life and property will be fully protected " are received...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—The winter has so far been exceptionally severe, with the thermometer almost constantly below zero (Fahrenheit). 3loseow is also...

SIR ,—You inquire what we have been doing or arc doing in Manchester. In the realm of deeds—not much. The business man would say, nothing at all. He is not himself one of the...

Eheu Fugate [The Bishops propose'to omit St. Nicolas and St. N . a s i , e o n r t e ir: i from the Calendar and to insert a number of strictly I ; personages.] LEAVE to the...

I LOVE, but could not wed thee, Since wed, I could not love thee, And though they laugh to prove me Doubt's fool—I will not wed thee. I have, but dare not hold thee, Lest...

The argument goes very near to frank mysticism ; but it is not on that account to be lightly dismissed. Much of the evidence is very persuasive, especially in relation to...

One of the most popular. of all phrases connected with the months is " February Filldyke." It means more than it seems to mean. As a rule about Valentine's day, or a little...

Yet another instance of foolish, frightened, cruel slaughter has been recorded. A stray badger in Folkestone has met the fate of the unhappy wombat that seared the inhabitants...

- relation of food to health has been investigated by some -apostles of the *New Health Society ; and if it is .made good and brought home to the people, it ought permanently to...

'That bright, neat, foxy little terrier the Corgi, of South Welsh origin, whose coming was prophesied some months ago in this place, has enjoyed a very sudden and general vogue...

Whatever view may be held of this half mystic philosophy, it is quite certain that fresh food is better than stale, home- grown better than imported ; and this verdict applies...

THE REVISED PRAYER BOOK [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The Spectator's habitual readiness to make room for the expression of opinion at variance with its own views...

Anglo-Catholic, but I think it scarcely honest of Mr. Fawkes to cite a passage from the Christian Year in support of a contention which the author expressly dis- avowed as soon...

unabashed member of " the Stupid party " I have been interested in the fortunes of the Church of England for more years than I care to count. As long as I can remember it has...

articles and letters that have appeared on this subject, two facts contrive to impress them- selves on me ; firstly, that in most instances it is not " world- wide" publicity...

Sin,—Reverting to Mr. Marston's letter on this subject in your issue of November 27th, 1926 : If a conciliatory attitude (towards polluters of English rivers) is ever likely to...

of the SPECTATOR.] Sift,--T am particularly glad that Mr. Murray Allison has brought us back to a realization of what his proposal really was, namely, world-wide, and not...

the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Will you allow me to suggest to Mr. J. Frederick FAsary; and to any other' Americans who may be interested, that they should read what Herbert Spencer...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR.—The managing director of " What to See" Road Signs, in his letter to you of the 12th, appears to misconceive the situa- tion. It is not...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Snt,—The Assouan Dam is considered to be one of the seven wonders of the modern world. (Spectator, November lath, 1926.) But there were in...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Whether your educational system for the upper classes is too strongly entrenched to admit of dislodgement I don't know, but the...

Sin,—" Laver" (as Mr. St. John Ervine calls it) is by no means unusual in Wales. It is known as laver bread---" bare lauer "—and served with bacon at breakfast. It is pleasant...

Sur,—The article in your issue of the 12th inst., headed " Laver," is very interesting, but where on earth does the name " Laver " come from ? As a person born in Cornwall...

SrEc-raTon.] SIR,—The writer of the article, " The Welcome of an Inn," complains of the difficulty of getting well-made coffee, not- withstanding the variety of coffee-machines...

and other Americans who wish to find good coffee in London, I would say, avoid certain of the best hotels (where some of the world's worst coffee is made) and patronize some of...

the SPECTATOR.] am often asked by friends and relations of Officers We have nursed here if they could subscribe something to help the Hospital. We make no charge whatever for...

THE NUMBER SEVEN : THE METALS. Mr. Gladstone said, " There is abuhdant evidence of a correspondence between the seven metals of Homer and the seven metals of the ancient...

"gives a certain kind of intensity to acts of the will." If we would search our inner Jerusalem with lamps, their li g ht must certainly shine for us throu g h the experience...

Francis Thompson was g iven the " sacrosanct cajoleries " of numbers that shall endure with our lan g ua g e. The latest book about him (Francis Thompson and his Poetry, by the...

edition of The Darvishes, or Oriental Spiritualism, first published by John Brown in 1867 (18s.). Mr. Rose observes, acutely enou g h, that althou g h the author was haMpered by...

Mit. STODDARD KING is well known in America a s a contributor of li g ht verse to the Saturday Evening Post and other journals. Some of his " facetious fra g ments " which have...

g reater . authority, says in his introduction to Science for All (Ward, Lock. 6s.) that he feels this book will place our workaday life in a perspective which g ives it other...

of common i g noranee about the world we live . in is Chemistry in the World's Work, by Mr. Harrison E. Howe (Chapman and Hall. 15s.). What do we know of the Photo-electrie cell...

The Valley of Arno (Constable, 21s.), illustrated with a number of reproductions of old prints. From the Apennines to the sea throu g hout its whole course, this is one of the...

Sanders has published in Healing Through Spirit Agency (Hutchinso n . 3s. 6d.). Apparently there are people who will swallow anythin g as lon g as it is told to them by " the...

Competition of £2 10s. each, one for men and one for women. Our readers are asked to ima g ine that they can only select their future husband or wife by means of a brief...

The Collected Papers- of Sir James Dewar. Two vols. (Cambridge University Press. Sis.) - AT the top of Albemarle Street stands a building handsomely fronted with Corinthian...

Tiger and Other Game. By Col. A. E. Stewart. (Lougmans. 16s.) Tin: essays on various aspects of the question of man's inhu- manity to beasts, which Mr. Bell has* reprinted from...

• Belgique. Prix, Union Postale, 17.50 fr.) • XT has always been the Christian method to produce from the humblest beginnings results which gradually spread to transform the...

Prayer Book Revision. By Bertram Pollock, K.C.V.O., D.D., Lord Bishop of Norwich. (S.P.C.K. 4d.) Tim sermon which the Bishop of Norwich preached in Norwich Cathedral on Sunday,...

DURING the nineteenth century the inhabitants of Europe were Aryans. They could trace their pedigree for some thousands of years. They were descendants of a heroic tribe of...

'Pirandello. By Dr. Walter Starkie. (Dent. 7s. 6d.) students of Italian literature and of the drama in general be grateful to Dr. Starkie for his interesting volume irandello,...

The Queen of Seven Swords. By G. K. Chesterton. and Ward. 2g. 6d.) ONE of the questions a reviewer feels inclined to put many of the volumes of verse that find their way to his...

Under Sail in the Frozen North. By Commander F. A. Worsley. (S. Paul. 18s.) Tuts is a saga of sails. Originally flight was to have been added, for Mr. Algarsson, first promoter...

have here the concentrated essence of a novel, doubly, triply, quadruply distilled and exquisitely blended. It is more than a long short story, and has far more virtue than the...

Divers Women in Story r cuckoo sings by kind. By Valentine Dobnie. (Knopf. is. 611.) Overbury Mystery. By Judge.Parry. (Fisher Unwin. 7s. 6d.) protagonist of the average novel...

— Although Mrs. Gaunt's new novel is not written with quite the authority of that admirable romance, The Forbidden Town, it is exceedingly good reading. The scene is laid at...

(Hurst and Blackett. 18s. Mr. Collinson's lively book about the South Seas deals the comparatively unknown Solomon Islands, as well as the tiny Lord Howe group and with the...

THE LEGENDS OF AlsILABY AND CANTON : Their Neighbours and Neighbourhood. By Colonel Sir James Digby Legard. (Simpkin Marshall. 25s.)—A very old and interesting group of East...

(Paisley. Alexander Gardner. —Miss Donaldson will find many readers, i n E ng land as Scotlafid, for her new volume on the Western High, and islands. She is discursive,...

Beckham. xiv. + 136 pp. 56 plates (12 in colour). (Geoffrey Bles. £3 3s.)—It has long been known that Italian potters were settled at Antwerp in the sixteenth century, but until...

T. Batsford. net.)—The arrangement of this book seems altoge admirable ; it combines a lucid survey of the subject a wealth of detailed research which will be of inestini value...

not so much described I as she has painted it for us in dim greys, in faint blues, in b prussian and vermilion and grape purple. She has done than compile a book of travel...

EVELY1s: BERRICK, the heroine of Mr. Leonard Rossiter's remarkably clever first novel, That Ridiculous Woman (Selwyn and Blount, 7s. 6d.), has magnificent " spirit." But, while...

44 pp. 132 plates. (Ernest Berm. £9 9s.)—If peasant is now dead, as Dr- Bossert declares, his book is an cloy and impressive obituary. Upwards of two thousand speci are here...

Cherry Kearton presents himself as a thful delineator in photography of animal life. This time in series of twenty-two admirably posed pictures arc depicted e adventures in a...

James Marehant. (Longinans. 9s.)-Ten ading Churchmen contribute essays to Sir James Marchant's vmposium on the future of the Church. They write agreeably 1 various topics, but...

and Boon. 5s.)-Dr. Johnson, having been invited to amine a certain book, observed, " I have read the Italian ; thing in it is well " ; and the observation seems on the whole...

a mischievous -book. Its scope is, inter aria, prove that the United States were " beguiled into war " f • alse British propaganda ; that we had no right to prevent e U.S....

MISCELLANEOUS :--- Our in the Blue. By Vivienne de Watte- (Methuen. 18s.) Wagner's Music-Dramas A c r e; ly io s s ed ; By Gustav Kobbe. (Putnam. 7s. 6d.) and Curtain Calls. By...

LECTURES. Monday, February 21st, at 5.30.- THE ORIGIN AND STRUCTURE OF RoeRs. By Mr. W. T. Gordon. in the Lecture Theatre of the Imperial College of Science, Exhibition Road,...

n aily. - -Dichterliebe, sung by Dale Smith (7.15 p.m.). Monday, February 21st.-Speech by H.R.H. Prince George, at e Seamen's Hospital Society, Meeting (3.15 p.m.). Hallowing of...

was when so far as. the prior charge stocks, at all events, were concerned, English railway securities could be ranked, not only amongst the safest, but amongst the steadiest of...

A CHARTERED BONUS. he annual report of the British South Africa Company has I to be issued, but judging from the dividend announcement company is doing well. The dividend...

I that was said by the Chairman of Barclays Bank the r day with regard to the prosperity of London shops is inly born out so far as the big stores are concerned. In ease of...

The New Rover Car ArerEn driving one of the new 16/50 h.p. Rovers some 600 miles I have no hesitation in saying that it combines in a most remarkable degree all the...

lien all allowance is made for the exceptional trade de- Ion, the annual report of Maple and Company must be riled as a satisfactory one. There was a moderate reduc- in profits,...

SELFRIDGE RESULTS. the case of Selfridge and Company, Limited, net trade ' are shown of £504,000, which is equal to the results of ago, but it is pointed out that the total only...