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NEWS OF THE WEEK
The SpectatorT HE Abyssinian situation has during the past week remained static on the political side, but by no means so on the military, for Italy continues to pour men and munitions into...
M. Laval's Economies M. Laval has tackled the economy question
The Spectatorheroically, but his courage may spell his downfall. Expenditure is to be reduced by no less than 11,000,000,000 francs-- 1146,000,000âas result of cuts ranging from 10 per...
There are indeed faint foreshadowings of possible developments. which might
The Spectatorassume either a hopeful or a sinister shape. The British Government shows signs of favouring a plan resembling that outlined in a leading article in last week's Spectator...
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A New Depression The report of the Commissioner for what
The Spectatorare euphemis- tically known as the Special Areas is a depressing document, and it derives a certain added importance from the fact that it is one of four notable contribu- tions...
Married Women in Professions A question that has been disputed
The Spectatorfor twelve years was settled last Tuesday by the London County Council, so far as its own area was concerned, when it decided that marriage should no longer be a bar to the...
West Toxteth By-election Two or three interesting conclusions may be
The Spectatordrawn from the West Toxteth by-election in which the Labour candidate, Mr. Gibbins, re-won the seat from the Con- servatives by more than 5,000 votes. Firstly, there is no...
The 'Beet 'Subsidy's Cost The motion for the prolongation of
The Spectatorthe sugar-beet subsidy' for another year, to give the Government time to resolve its hesitations about the future of the subsidy', provided the usual raking exposure of...
The British Legion in Germany The visit of the British
The SpectatorLegion delegation to Germany will no doubt do good, but it shows how easily in a country in the state of Germany foreigners may be involved against their will in internal...
Aeroplanes in Flames Shocking loss of life that would not
The Spectatorhave occurred but for the outbreak of fire on a crashing aeroplane is again recorded this week. ⢠The same story is constantly, repeated. In a lesser crash that might not...
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Sir john Simon, now that he is away from the
The SpectatorForeign 'Office, may well achieve a real position of dominance in the House of Commons. He followed up his success in the vote of censure debate last Week With a fascinating...
Precautions Against Raids The Labour Party in the House of
The SpectatorCommons last Tuesday protested violently against the Government circular dealing with precautions to be taken by the civilian population in case of air raid. It is a tragic...
⢠Members arc awaiting anxiously the production of the Government's
The Spectatoranswer to Mr. Lloyd George's programme. Many feel that the Government was lulled into a false feeling of security when the programme was debated in the Cabinet and made no real...
The Week in Parliament Our Parliamentary correspondent writes : The
The Spectatortriumph of the Labour Party at West Toxteth has reminded scores of National Government supporters who won " fiuke " victories in 1931 that in the words of Lord Snowden with...
Rioting in .Belfast The rioting which began 'in Belfast with
The Spectatorthe Twelfth of July celebrations was resumed again and again in , the days that followed. Several lives were lost, and more than a hundred persons sent to hospital for...
Police Organization, Sir John Simon was no doubt justified in
The Spectatorsaying that the improvement in police services and in other branches of Home Office work was very great since he was last at the Home Office, 20 years ago. And he is right in...
There was a curious incident at question time on Wednesday
The Spectatorafternoon when a Labour member complained that a question that he had put down to the Minister 'for League Affairs was answered by the Foreign Secretary. The Speaker ruled that...
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MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S PROGRAMME
The SpectatorM R. LLOYD GEORGE'S long-heralded "New Deal" proposals* have now been published. They demand full consideration, and on their intrinsic merits alone. It is not a question of...
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SPITHEAD AND THE PEACE BALLOT
The SpectatorN EVER at any time since the War have there been such impressive displays of Britain's armed forces as during the last fortnight. In succession the King ' has reviewed powerful...
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Italy's failure' to state her ease regarding Abyssinia publicly has
The Spectatorprovided universal comment:: In the past week I have had the advantage of hearing the Case stated privately by a fully competent . exponent. I fully understand riowi Signor...
English Public life is singularly free from jobbery, and the
The Spectatorreadiness of the average man to resent the smallest sespicion of it is striking. The average man, so far . as I have come across him, refuses resolutely to reconcile hirnself to...
The Indispensable Press - !` You remember, perhaps the lost,
The Spectatorluggage that was prayed for on Sunday morning. Its owner, a minister, stopped me in the street to Jet me know that it had been returned to him. Its recovery was due to the...
The death of Colonel Alfred Dreyfus can mean little to
The Spectatoranyone born within the last thirty yearsâthough readers of Anatole France's L'Ile des Pingouins must find the political allusions with which the satire, teems very largely...
" On came the . King's yacht, with the welcome - signal,
The SpectatorSplice the main-brace,' , flying from her halliards." Why " splice the main-brace " ? , The order means; of Course, serve out a double allowance of rum---dr It conies down from....
, Mr. Rudyard Kipling's poem . on the King with his
The Spectatorfleet is announced as appearing thirty-eight years to the , day after "The Recessional.'" It is hardly a charity to invite the coniparison, for the two poems are, frankly,...
There was an old link between two public men _whose
The Spectatordeaths have been lately recorded, Lewd. Fitzmanrice and LordDalziel, who died on Tuesday. In 1892 a vacancy occurred at , Kirkcaldy and Lord Edmond , Fitzmaurice was about to be...
A SPECTATOR'S NOTEBOOK
The SpectatorIIE holding of a plebiscite on the question of monarchy in Greece can now be taken for granted, but it does not follow that if the monarchists win the day their choice will...
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FOG OVER IRELAND
The SpectatorBy FRANK MACDERMOT W HILE Mr. Thomas has been administering balm and consolation to Sir H. Craft, Mr. Churchill and Mr. de Valera by reasserting the sanctity of the Treaty as...
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ADDIS ABABA TODAY
The SpectatorBy JOHN M. MELLY I T was a fortunate day for Abyssinia when the present Emperor; Haile Selassie I, came' 'MI-the throne; He is unquestionably by far the wisest and moSt...
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THE FINANCE OF MILITARY ADVENTURES
The SpectatorBy GEOFFREY CROWTHER W HEN war broke out in 1914 it was, so we are told, the almost unanimous belief of the informed public that it could not possibly last beyond Christmas. And...
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THE TELEPHONE AND THE BIOGRAPHER
The SpectatorBy HECTOR BOLITHO T HE labour of writing and the satisfaction which may come to a biographer with publication can never be compared with the excitement which he enjoys while he...
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FROM CANADA BY AIRSHIP
The SpectatorBy J. R. GLORNEY BOLTON T HE question "Back to the Airship ? "raised recently' in The spectator awaken many memoriesânot, I think, irrelevant or without a certain value. Five...
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BY DESIRE OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON
The SpectatorBy E. L. WOODWARD T WO squared stones ; a monument smaller by how many times than the Great Pyramid, but how many times more distinguished. The pyramids, those hugious heapes of...
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MARGINAL COMMENTS
The SpectatorBy ROSE MACAULAY A POET resembles a war horse ; the glory of his nostrils is terrible, he paweth in the valley, he swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, he saith...
The Journey
The SpectatorTHE days have dosed behind my back Since I came into these Wits. . Now 'memory is a distant field One peasant tills and tills. So far away, if I should turn I know I would...
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The Cinema
The Spectator"Becky Sharp." At the New Gallery.â" Barcarole." At the Curzon. "Public Hero No. r." At the Empire Becky Sharp, the American film version of Vanity Pair, is a triumph for...
STAGE AND SCREEN The Theatre
The Spectator"Public Saviour No. 1." By John Frushard.. The Piccadilly Mn. FRE SHARD has succeeded, where others had failed, in circumventing the regulations which preserve members of the...
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Tour de France
The Spectator[D'un corrcspondant francais] LE moms prevenu des touristes traversant Paris ces jours-ci peut, dans la rue, observer une animation qui, vraisemblable- ment, lui parait...
Art
The SpectatorItalian Art in Paris NATIONALIST jealousy is perhaps the first feeling to be aroused by the exhibition of Italian Art at the Petit Palais in Paris. Is this a better or a worse...
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A Partridge Farm
The SpectatorTwo queries have reached me about the zoological meaning of a reference in the speech of the chairman at the annual meeting of the I.C.I. The research work to which he referred...
A Bumfit Flourish
The SpectatorSome while ago I quoted a shepherd's sing-song numeration from the Sussex Downs. In her altogether charming little tale of her country experiences Miss Nancy Price, deserting...
COUNTRY LIFE
The SpectatorHarvest and Haysel In many more places than is usualâin Scotland, as in Wales and Englandâwe shall see this year the ceincidence of harvest and haysel. For various reasons...
Multiplying Birds I have just visited these several islands and
The Spectatorcircumnavigated them. The birds' appreciation of their benefactors leaps to the eye. There are more puffin and perhaps more shear- Water on Skomer than there have ever been....
The friendly 'Goldcrest In a beautiful Warwickshire garden in the
The SpectatorShakespeare country is a small pleasingly thatched aviary where a number of small Australian birds have their being. They Make a happy noise from 'morning to night, and breed...
Four Sanctuaries Off the coast of Pembrokeshire are four islandsâSkokholm,
The SpectatorSkomer, Grassholm and Ramsey (familiar to me for years) that are marked out for bird sanctuaries. I have more than once urged their preservation for this purpose ; and suggested...
Large Families Partridges have been secured from many parts of
The SpectatorBritain, from Scandinavia and,_ of course from Hungary, which is the partridges' paradise. They mate together freely, and show that marital fidelity and parental altruism which...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Spectator[Correspondents are requested to keep their letters as brief as is reasonably possible. The most suitable length is that of one of our " News of the Week paragraphs. Signed...
JAPAN'S ONWARD MARCH
The Spectator[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sin,âour correspondent, Mr. J. D. Jenkihs, whose letters on the India he knows I always read with interest, has once again returned to the...
REALPOLITIK
The Spectator[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sta,âMay I take the liberty of commenting on one of your ' , contributor's statements, which does not seem to sit very well on his otherwise...
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WAR WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE LEAGUE
The Spectator[To the Editor of TILE SPECTATOR.] Sin.,âBefore this letter reaches you the die may be cast, and one member of the League of Nations may be engaged in hostile operations...
LITERATURE FOR LEPERS.
The Spectator[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sin,âLying between the large island of Trinidad and Venezuela (still known here as " The Main ") is the leper island of Chaeachaeare. It is...
BRITISH CULTURE AT ATHENS
The Spectator[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sia,âThe speech of the Prince of Wales a few days ago to the British Council for relations with other Countries has encouraged...
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`.` IERNIN'S " FORTNIGHT
The Spectator[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR;.] Sin,âOn page 15 of the issue of The Spectator of July 5th, there appears an article headed " Music." The third paragraph of the article...
WAGES AND PROFITS
The Spectator[To the Editor of THE ⢠SeEcTAwort.] ⢠Sut,âIn your Parliamentary Correspondent's notes last week reference is made to a statement by Sir Stafford Cripps to the effect...
INDUCED DORMANCY IN ROSES AND FRUIT TREES,
The Spectator.[To the Editor of THE Stre,Iii, Northern India where, the roses make . excessive vegetative growth during the inonsoon it is, as Sir. William Beach Thomas notes in your issue...
THE SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY
The Spectator[To the Editor of Tim SrEcrAron..] SIR,âThe recent report of the Royal Commission on this enterprise is providing the controversy that might have been expected. The economist...
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
The SpectatorSIR,-.-The course of the Italo-Abyssinian dispute shows the . necessity of, an Interna Nothing could tional Police Force. . show more clearly the bankruptcy, of the method of...
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Renaissance, Reformation, Reason
The SpectatorBy A. F. POLLARD Mn. RIMER was once, . I believe, :urged .by his fellow-editors of the "Home University Library" to write for that series a history of the world compressed into...
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Declining Europe
The SpectatorEurope's Crisis. By Andr6 Siegfried. (Cape. 5s.) NOT merely one crisis, but two or more than two, for the political, economic and social crises are all distinct. M. Sieg- fried...
America and Collective Security
The SpectatorANY publication bearing the imprint of,the American Council on Foreign Relations is sure of a welcome from British readers. The Council is the American counterpart of the Royal...
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Dux Redivivus
The SpectatorWordsworth's Anti-climax. By Willard L. Sperry. (Harvard University Press . : Oxford University press. 10s. .8d.) !rim useâand abuseâOf Wordsworth as a controversial figure...
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Regent and King
The Spectator. George the Fourth. By Roger Fulford. (Duckworth. Os.) Mn. FULFORD has not wished to add to the number of" wine, women and song" biographies of George IV, but to present " an...
Sidelights on Stage History
The SpectatorThose Nut-Cracking Elizabethans. By W. J. LawrCned, ' (Argonaut Press. 10s. bd.) WHAT is it that gives to certain affairs of historyâthe move- ments of the Roman legions, or...
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An Opmm Dream
The SpectatorMartha Brown, M.P. By Victoria Cross. (Werner Laurie. 7s. ed.) EUROPE discovered an American genius in Mr. T. S. Eliot. Now Anierica has repaid . the compliment she has...
Engineer-Author
The SpectatorDesolate Marches. By L. M. Nesbitt. (Cape. 10s. 6d.) LAST year Mr. Nesbitt published under the title of Desert and Forest the account of a journey through the Danakil country of...
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The SpectatorFicOon By WILLIAM PLOMER Republic. By Robert, Francis, _Translated by Fra.ngoise 1 Delisle. Introduction by Havelock Ellis. '(Allen and Unwin. 13s. 6d.) TALENT, says Mr....
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Motoring The Importance of Being Light Tim success of the
The SpectatorAmerican car in a field we have long con- sidered our ownâin whioh, indeed, we have as long pre- dominatedâcompels one to the conclusion that if we are to retain any hold at...
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THE PLAYHOUSE OF PEPYS By Montague Summers Mr. Summers has
The Spectatorfollowed up his valuable The Restoration Theatre with this equally valuable volume (Regan Paul, 21s.), . which will be of inestimable use to all students of the theatre of the...
ODD MAN OUT By Douglas Goldring Mr. Goldring's autobiography (Chapman
The Spectatorand Hall, 15$.) familiarizes us with a person of unusual and remarkable character rather than with a particularly gifted writer. 'Reading it indeed is only occasionally a...
WITHOUT RESERVE By F. A. Hornlbrook A large proportion of
The Spectatorthe adult population of Great. Britain has already reason to be grateful to Mr. Hornibrook for ttai benefits' received as a Consequence of that iafluentiar work; The Culture of...
Current Literature
The SpectatorWILLIAM SHAKESPEARE - By Thomas Marc Parrott, Thc Professor of English at Princeton University has pro- duced an extremely useful little handbook (Oxford University Press,...
EGYPT By Lt.-Col. P. G. Elgood
The SpectatorPerhaps ,Colonel Elgood had the hardest task of all the writers of this Modern States Series (Arrowsmith, 3s. ad.), of which this is No. 7 ' ⢠for the history of Egypt...
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New Era Bankirig ?
The SpectatorPolitical Factors rirgAT the present conditions in the banking world, as indeed in so many other directions, are abnormal everyone probably admit. What, however, is more...
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Bankers' Balance-Sheets The Rise in Investments
The SpectatorIv has' often been said that the balance-sheets of the joint-stock banks give a fairly accurate reflection of the general business conditions of the country:: In normal times...
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Australia's Recovery GoVernment and Banks Co-operate
The SpectatorA rEw weeks ago I was present at a Dinner given by the Australian Bankers in London to the Right Hon. J. A. Lyons, Premier of the Australian Commonwealth, during his recent...
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Banking , in South Africa
The SpectatorBANKERS throughout the world have been faced with many difficult situations as a result of post-War economic and financial changes, and South Africa has been by no means immune...
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⢠The Jubilee Crown Piece ⢠THE decision to issue a
The Spectatorspecial crown piece to celebrate the King's Silver Jubilee is one that has fired the public imagination, and the demand for the new coin has exceeded all anticipation. To strike...
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The Corporate Trustee
The SpectatorGUARDING our money during life is difficult ; guarding it after death is infinitely more so. Few, men are capable of preserving their capital intact and making it earn a fair...
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Insurance Shares as ⢠an Investment . The Yield on
The SpectatorInsurance Shares INSURANCE shares are an excellent illustration of the principle that the Merits of an investment should be judged not by its apparent yield but by the actual...
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1 1 Legitimate Tax-Saving
The Spectator, INSURANCE PRIVILEGES.: irIIE heavily-burdened income-tax payer of today probably .d'oes not realize the extent to which he may lighten the iteal, '.burden of taxation;...
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Finance
The SpectatorProspectusesâif 'INVESTORS scarcely need to be told that just as the purchase of industrial, speculative or semi-speculative share; in the market requires more careful...
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OTHER ISSUES COMING.
The Spectator⢠It is - common knowledge that the work of electrifying certain sections of the railways will extend well over five years, and at firSt sight some surprise may be felt that...
Financial Notes
The SpectatorBIG GOVERNMENT LOAN. TuE outstanding feature of the past week has been the issue of the 02,000,000 Loan for electrifying certain suburban sections of the trunk railways. The...
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THE,.. ROAD TO PROSPERITY.
The Spectator⢠Especially does Mr. Withers bring out most strongly the extent to which fears of a disturbance of the international peace have interfered with the progress which should have...
COURTAULDS' DIVIDEND. ⢠Some of the shareholders in Courtaulds Limited
The Spectatordoubtless felt disappointment with regard to the cautious statement which accompanied the recent interim dividend of 2i per cent., free of tax, against 14 .per cent, a year ago....
TUE WAY TO WEALTH.* I cannot too strongly recommend those
The Spectatorwho are interested in the tangled economic problems of the present dag to secure the latest book by Mr. Hartley Withers, entitled The Way to Wealth. It is not, as perhaps may be...
RICHARD THOMAS MEETING.
The SpectatorConsiderable interest was taken in the statements made by Sir William Firth at the recent annual meeting of Richard Thomas and Co. Interest centred on the capital plan outlined...
BANKING IN SOUTH AFRICA.
The SpectatorThe recent announcement by the 'Standard Bank of South Africa of a bonus of 2s. per share, or 2 per cent. actual, ill addition to the 10 per cent. dividend paid for the two...
THE BANK OF AUSTRALASIA.
The Spectator(Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1835.) Head Office: 4 THREADNEEDLE STREET, E.C. 2. West End Office, Temporary . Address: Norway House, Cockspur Street, I-ondon, S.W. 1, Paid...
A SATISFACTORY REPORT,
The SpectatorAt the recent general meeting of John Ismay and Sons, Ltd.' the Chairman and Managing Director, Mr. John Ismay, pre- sented a very satisfactory Report showing that during the...
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SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD NO. 146
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The SpectatorBy ZENO 14 prire of one guinea will be given to the render of the fir, t correct solution of this week's crossword .pozzle to be opened. Envelopes should be marked Crossword...