Confounding the prophets. To secure more votes on the first ballot than Herr Hitler and the rest of his opponents put together seemed beyond all reasonable possibility, but the...

quite clearly been effected, and the territorial integrity of China impaired, by methods inconsistent with the League Covenant and the Kellogg Pact, and both the League Assembly...

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rpHE Prime Minister's recovery and his return to the House of Commons are matters for equal con- gratulation. No Government can be entirely itself without its head, and that is...

The cessation from hostilities at Shanghai continues, though it has taken some time to regularize it by a formal trnee, and the embarkation of a division and a brigade...

Some further explanation is needed of the singular ineptitude which led the British member of the Naval Disarmament Sub-committee at Geneva to propose, on Monday, the...

Paris on Sattirday was a pitiful close to one of the most remaikablelinsiness careers of our time. He was only fifty-two. In twenty years, starting with his father's match...

In that connexion it would be difficult to find a better example of the misrepresentation to which the League of Nations is consistently subjected in certain sections of the...

fate are going forward at Geneva, M. Tardieu and Dr. Beres being naturally prominent in connexion with them. The need for action of some kind is increasingly manifest, and...

in the fact that, two days after Mr. Kreuger, Mr. George Eastman shot himself in New York. The veteran founder of the Eastman Kodak firm, who made the dry plate and then the...

Public interest in the political situation in the Free State during the last week has to a certain extent been eclipsed by popular fever over the Sweepstake Draw. On Tuesday Mr....

* * * * Lord Desborough has chosen an appropriate moment to revert in the House of Lords to the question of a fixed Easter, and it is useful to have a reaffirmation of the...

still to be regarded, in the words of the Bidding Prayer, as seminaries of sound !earning and religious education, the relevant authorities it Oxford are on strong ground in...

might with advantage take to heart Sir Herbert Austin's wholesome -words on the mania for swollen circulations, attained by quite other methods than developing the intrinsic...

Mr. Lloyd George's speech to the Junior Liberal Club on Wednesday fully bore out the expectation that his return to Parliamentary activity would impart a certain liveliness to...

The Secretary for India is to Ire congratulated on the completeness of the apology he has tendered for the action of the Madras police in beating a Scottish mis- sionary, Dr....

on March 17th, 1932. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 1011 ; on Wednesday week,101Z; a year ago, 103 hi Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 951 ; on Wednesday...

THE handling of the Sino-Japanese dispute by the League of Nations Assembly, as distinct from the Council, which was dealing with the affair till March 3rd, has a historical...

S OME lively spirits in the Lower House of Parliament arc seeking eagerly to bring again before the Legislature and the country the question of the reform of the Upper House,...

0. 1.1. GREEN (Late Editor of the "North Ch;!ta Daily News"). 1";01t the average Western newspaper reader China is a country of unintelligible names and inter- minable civil...

BY PItOFESSOIt JULIAN HUXLEY. N 1923, Gurvich, a Russian biologist, announced a peculiar discovery. If you took an onion-root (still attached to the parent onion, Men entendu)...

By RICHARD CHURCH. 1 't' is due to the arti fi ciality of many of our human I interests that birthdays and centenaries loom so large. Goethe died on March '22nd, 1832, and...

This article continuos our series of studies of saintly characters who have in different ages and different manners exercised a transtoraiing influence on the life of their day....

BY JAN STRUTHER. " WHEN Primo Camera was leaving The Ring, Blackfriars, the other day, a man steppedont from the crowd and slapped the giant boxer on the cheek. Asked why he...

P ROGRESS with business has been rapid and debates have been bright during the past week. This House of Commons, whatever its faults as a debating assembly, has a great capacity...

need not he idolators of the past to realize how much we have lost in the disappearance of that old . leisured world. Its conventions were often irritating, hist they had...

TT looks as if the reform of the House of Lords were -I- once again to be a public question. Ever since John Russell in 1869 proposed the , creation of life peers, the debate...

but I do not know where to find it. It would be an ideal bedside book if it were less formidable in size, for it is a mine of entertaining and scholarly gossip. The new - eighth...

seen a controversy doing this, or heard of one that didn't ?) over the question of evening dregs in the theatre. The convention which prescribes it as a uniform for the tenants...

The week-end habit, the growth of restaurants and the emancipation of women have hit it hard. The - segregation of men in their own citadels is - out of tune with the modern...

George, since both were Celts and both were orators. But the comparison did not go beyond externals. The Breton was the gentler figure of the two, and he never had Mr. Lloyd...

Laura Knight, Nevinson, and Others THE three exhibitions at the Leicester Galleries provide considerable interest and variety. Dame Laura Knight is represented by a series of...

‘VREN I grow old, sweet earth, and thou more fair : When I have seen the ruins, heard the enisli Of many temples falling ; felt the glare Of sunlight through their shattered...

run " itrEcTAT.R,- mARcH 17tH, 1832. Miss Kemsta's TRAGEDY. We do think it. something worth tot fug down in our autobit-p flyby among other very remarkable circumstances, that...

"Tobias. and the Anger A Comedy by James Bridie: At the Westminster Theatre. Ix. his attempt to rescue the story of the apocryphal Book of Tobitfrom assignment to any "...

The President, Vice-Presidents, and Committee of the Worcester Literary and Scientific Institution, have unanimously agreed to petition for a repeal of these taxes, and to...

DIVERGENT LAND OWNERS. In the country itself events arc happening that exactly mirror the debate in the House of Commons on Regional Planning. Some owners are asking to have...

class in the population : of the swallow tribe (who twit with the spring " .the sweated worker), the cuckoo and the nightingale ; and nowadays we may not only watch the arrival...

In the battle for preservation a local storm is raging in King's Lynn, a town full of historic buildings eloquent of its past. Mr. Guy Dawber, to whom the whole movement for...

even by his life in the trenches during the War. He has made his little discoveries. The marital fidelity of Mon- tagu's Harriers over a series of years is one; and perhaps...

building land for cottages was unprocurable in parishes where land was almost valueless. The faintest suggestion, even from the poorest, that he wants to build, mysteriously and...

birds has been given publicity lately in The Times and elsewhere. The missel thrush, earliest of nesters, lustiest of singers, most salient in form, has been put down among the...

is difficult not to think of birds. Though the cult of birds, opening with Gilbert White a hundred and fifty years ago, has galloped into popularity of late, our most rural...

A very whole-hearted tribute to British delight in Nature lore is paid by two French novelists in a letter to M. Delamain, who is the most charming, and charmed, of all living...

[To the Editor of the . SPECTATOR.1 SIR,—I imagine general public opinion is in line with the lead you are giving, that we recognize extreme provocation to the Japanese and...

[In view of the length of many of the letters which we receive, we would remind correspondents that we often . cannot give space for long letters and that short ones are...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] S111,—" There can be no working settlement which simply ignores so large a section of the population as Mr. Gandhi and the Congress. Party...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sot, Whatever faults of management there may be, railways are and apparently must remain our chief means of transport. In this country, with...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Since the London Passenger Transport Bill was " tem- porarily " shelved after the fall of the Labour Government there have been frequent...

[To the Editor of the SrucTaroit.1 Sin,—For many years now we haye been able to !roast of the " freedom'of the Press." Without doubt, it has been a factor for good in the past,...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sni,--Sinee the beginning of the 'year literary and dramatic criticism in New York has been Subjected to attacks un- precedented for their...

appears to have meditated too much on the Old Testament and too little on the Gospel of St. John ; or perhaps is unacquainted with either or the doctrine of the Church. The...

hacking in fury at a block of wood make there an image of ti cow, is that image a work of art ? If not, why not ? " Surely these words of James Joyce find a parallel in Epstein...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Does Major Yeats-Brown improve his case by the parallel he suggests ? In common with all other subscribers. he switches on his B.B.C. set...

" has been unfortunate in his experience of Public Schools. I could mention one of the smaller schools of repute which is not visited at frequent intervals by " devastating...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sim—Your correspondent " Enquirer " who wishes to find a public school " where epidemics are, if not unknown, at least infrequent," must find...

; . [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SII4•=1hOlIgh an old man, I heartily accept the dictum, itite, that the purpose of art is self-expression. The sense . of beauty being a...

[To the Editor of 'the Srecrrvrom] Sim—The disappearance of the Lindbergh baby has so far baffled attempts to discover its whereabouts. May I ask whether any of the societies or...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR] SIR,-1 would appreciate 'some enlightenment on the, pro 7 nuneiation of the word girl." I was brought up in the school of speech which favours...

[ To the Editor of the SmerAToo.]• Snt,—How modern RuSkiit's out-of-date-neSs can be is again illustrated by Lady Muir's article in last week's Spectator, " Bulgaria's Peace...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR] Ste, -Will you allow me to add my trifling support to Mr. Morton Shand - in his noble light for the integrity of the great territorial names of...

agree with those of your correspondents who argue that what is most desirable in this matter of Latin pronunciation is uniformity. Is such attainable ? Can any shibboleth be...

SIIORT STORY COMPETITION: A CRI DU COEUR. If you cannot obtain better specimens than those published in your issue of.March 12th, then do please 'give it up. They re Woad;...

[To the Editor of the SPEcr.vrolLi - Sm,—You may be interested- to know that one of the comedy stories submitted in your recent Short Story Competition, and which was honoured...

[To the Editor of the SeecrATott.] Sta,--1 am sorry that Bishop Welldon thinks I ant hard on "old schoolmasters." But what I complain of is that having taken their hands from...

RULES AND CONDITIONS Ditties must be typed or very clearly written on one side of the paper only. The name and address, or pseudonym, of the competitor must be on each entry...

The Agadir Crisis (Vol. VII of British Documents on the Origins of the War). Edited by Dr. G. P. Gooch and Dr. Harold Temperley. (131. Stationery Office. 17a. tid.) A DETAILED...

Sir Walter Scott. By John Bueluin. (Ceara. 9s. 64.1.) Sur Warren Scorr has been snore discussed as man than as author. There is very little criticism on his work compared with...

Albert the Good. By I lect or Belk Lon: tot : Cobden Si' indorse], 25s.) " Whem dwells my Albert I Father, toll ale, when: ? My thoughts fly thither, for my heart is them....

Tins book is an account of the public career of the great First Quartermaster-Gcneral, founded on the best published authorities, with some original criticisms. The author, who...

Sorcerers of Dobu. By R. F. Fortune. (Routledge. The Psychology of a Primitive People. By B.. D. Pertain. (Arnold. 30s.) The Psychology of a Primitive People. By B.. D. Pertain....

PROFESSOR LASKI has had the courage to re-publish in this volume some of the occasional papers which he has con- tributed to periodicals during recent years. They emerge from...

Hume's Philosophy of Human Nature. By John Laird. (Methuen. 12s. 6d.) TUESE two books are expositions of the thought of two fitntou s philosophers- Each is impired by the same...

The " Osterley Park " Ballads. With an introduction anfi.notes by F. Burlington Fawcett. (John Lane. 31s. fld. net.) SINGING, which is only an art to-day, used to be a.habit....

" Is it a tragedy that the study of a language which began with Homer should end with an advertisement for anthracite stoves ? " This question is suggested to Dr. Atkinson by an...

NEARLY every - one falls sick many times before he dies ; and, with or without the ministrations of registered doctor hr unlicensed healer, from all the illnesses but the final...

Isabel. By Gerald Gould. (Gollanez. 75. 6d.) MR. GERALD Goon's first novel teems with the many interests of a vigorous and distinguished mind. It reveals him as an idealist and...

THE FRENCH HUSBAND. By . Kathleen Coyle.. (Pharos. 7s. 6d.)—The French husband was a problem for his American wife Jane, who won him and nearly lost him' ' again through an...

was fool enough to put his trust in Marie and ' his money into her night-club : and everyone Was poor, but no one honest. Miss Blackburn hates well, but is undecided whether to...

at Flood Farm was lxtund - by tradition : and Gielyan, accepting the inevitable, rose to be Count of the Dykes and helped to save Holland from a disastrous flood. Gielyan's...

6d.)—An Armenian millionaire, gentleman poet with a stockbroker son, a distracted ,clergyman, an ex-spy; and another : poet, compose a most promising troupe of suspects. But...

Girls' School yawned through lecture from a dowdy " female mish,' and we may sym- pathize : but the poor lady, who was an admirable mis- sionary, found an'Answering Glory in one...

Bismarck's reputation probably stands higher to-day Germany than at any time since his fall front Imperial It will not have been very much tarnished by the impli , • criticism...

Though the title of Mr. D. S. MacColl's Confessions of a Keeper (Alexander Maclebose, 12s. 6d.) might mislead those , who like sensational fiction, the contents will assuredly...

THE CONQUEST OF GOLD By Isidore 'Ostrer IN his prefatory note to The Conquest of -Gold (Cape. Ss. Od.), Mr. Ostrer writes: " This work supplies the key to the economic riddle."...

study of The War on the Italian Front (Cobden-Sanderscin, 18s.) says very truly that this is the first complete picture of . the War in Italy as a whole. It is somewhat unduly....

a multiplicity of biographers ; and after the sensational pane- gyric of Mr. Marcia and. the scholarly study of Prince Mirsky, there is still room for Mr. Veale's essay in light...

with a prejudice in its favour, due to their gratitude to him for his work in Brussels in 1914-1917. The small volume that he published last autumn, The Little Green Shutter...

Plans of place among the March Records must undoubtedly be given to Sir Hamilton Harty and the Halle Orchestra's recording of Elgar's Enigma Variations and Dream Children...

There has long i been a need for a handbook on psycho- analysis written n non-technical language by the layman for the layman. Such is The Mind in Conflict, by Richard Amaral...

Water-Softeners IN any district where the water is hard, water-softeners may be said to be very near the line dividing luxuries from necessaries ; but there are circumstances...

Nor must it be forgotten that whereas a year 'pie Lord Snowden obtained additional revenue through taking £4,000,000 from the Rating Relief Suspense Account and £20,000,000 from...

--- The Coming Budget I AM finding it a little difficult to reckon with any great confidence upon the fulfilment of some of the ultra-opti- mistic predictions concerning the...

Nevertheless, there arc other factors in the situation which have to be taken into serious consideration when weighing the prospects for the coming new budgetary year. In' the...

The market had been so fully prepared for the scheme for funding the Brazilian Debt that the announcement. of the details at the beginning of this week had the effect of raising...

A wonderfully good report has been published by the directors of Radiation, Ltd., the available balance of revenue account being £460,764, against only £436,761 in the previous...

One of the features of the annual report and balanee-sheet of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation is the manner in which the figures have been affected by the...

When all the pros and cons are taken into con- sideration, there would be no reason for assuming that Mr. Neville Chamberlain would be unable on the 19th of next month to...

UNCERTAIN MARKETS. HAVING regard to the, extent to which prices, and especially those for gilt-edged securities, have risen during recent weeks, it is probable that in any...

So far as may be judged the heavy decline in profits shown in the annual report of the International Nickel Company is connected solely with the world depression and not with...

Having regard not only to the trade depression, but to the increased duty on cigarettes during the final quarter of last year, the annual report of Godfrey Phillips, Ltd., is a...

While, therefore, I sincerely hope that the very optimistic views which have been expressed in some quarters concerning remission of taxation in the new Budget may be carried...

At the same time, a favourable development to note of the past week has been the result of the German Presidential E lection, as, presumably, the ultimate election of President...