itself, or to think that it was irreconcilable with the declared policy of evacuation. A difficult retreat may be greatly facilitated by a preliminary offensive. Moreover, if it...

an eight-page pamphlet entitled the Future. The sub- title of the pamphlet is " Government Statement of National Needs and National Policy." There is a full-page portrait of Mr....

or letters submitted to him, but when stamped and addressed envelopes are sent he will do his best to return contributions in case of rejection.

astonished later when he read Mr, Lloyd George's sneeeh in the House of POSTAGE ABROAD Commons of April 16th. In that speech Mr. Lloyd George stated that though he had heard...

T HE papers of Friday week published a long statement from Mr. Churchill about the position in Russia. He states that Sir Henry Rawlinson has been "accorded the fullest...

what Matthew Arnold called a " Thyestean banquet of claptrap." For example :- "What does a new world mean ? What was the old world like ? It was a world where toil for -...

that he owed an apology to the "young American " for his speech of April 16th and he sent Mr. Kerr to make that apology. According to Mr. Bullitt, Mr. Kerr also explained that...

America by statements made to the Foreign Relations Com- mittee of the American Senate by Mi. William Bullitt. Mr. Bullitt told the Senate that he visited Russia with the draft...

have come to an agreement • about Syria,- subject - to any future decision of the Peace Conference in regard to Asiatic Turkey. British troops are to evacuate Syria and Cilicia...

Mr. Smillie and his mad policy of " direct action " from open defeat, and thus preserved-a semblance of unity in- the Labour ranks. But the real feeling of the trade union...

sign the Austrian Peace Treaty. M. Bratiano, the veteran Rumanian Premier, objected very strongly to the guarantees required.by the Peace Conference for the protection of racial...

Frida'y week occupied Fiume in the name of Italy. The-Italian Pkeblier; fearful lest this escapade-should prejudice the delicate ategotiationa at Paris, condemned it in a severe...

action;" proceeded on Friday week-to demand, on a motion by Mr. J. H. Thomas, " the repeal of the Conscription Acts and the immediate withdrawal of British troops from Russia,"...

home on Tuesday and was accorded both at Daver and in London the hearty public welcome which he deserved so well. His campaign , against the :Turkish and German forces was...

reply to their complaint that the German Constitution violated the Pease Treaty by providing for the union of Austria with Germany. The Allies require the German Government to...

engage disabled sailors and soldiers. and ordering- the names of employers who do so to be-inscribed on the King's National Roll. The Ministry of Labour-explained- at the same...

the " Dail Eireann " or so-called- Sinn Fein Perlin. meat as a dangerous assooiation.. The headquarters of the agitation• in Dublin and other suspected places throughout the...

a majority of 987. At the General Election, Colonel Hall Walker, who has been raised to the peerage, retained his old seat for the Coalition by a majority of 3,694. At the...

to succeed his brother-in-law, the late Lord Rayleigh, as Chancellor of Cambridge University. Mr. Balfour will no doubt be elected unanimously by the Senate. Mr. Balfour has...

" interchange of pulpits." The Bishop of Norwich put forward a scheme, worded with notable care and moderation, for regulating this interchange of pulpits between Churchmen and...

on the subject than that of the Bishop of Carlisle, which appeared in the Times of Thursday week. We regret that pressure on our space prevented us from referring to it sooner....

Bishop of Carlisle says :- " Bishop Gore says that preachers of the Gospel are bound not to strive and please men. True ! But are they not equally bound to strive to please God...

what the resolutions passed by the Trades Union Congress would mean in public money spent. The calculation takes into account only the resolutions in favour of (1) a forty-four...

Associa- tion last week was that in which Mr. McKay described Commander Burney's •wonderful invention of the paravane, which protected ships from mines and could be used to...

the Bishop of Carlisle's letter appears is an extraordinarily good example of the value of " Letters to the Editor " in the Press. This one page contains not only the letter...

THE ALLIES AND RUSSIA. W E choose as a heading for this article " The Allies and Russia," because it would be impossible to emphasize too much the fact that, if the problem of...

of India, .• has pointed out that caste is the dominant force :n the life of the Indian people, and all who realize this fundamental difference between the conditions of India...

A NIGERIAN correspondent, whose letter appears elsewhere, asks some very interesting questions in regard to piss de terse building, which we will endeavour to answer to the best...

-in our experience to commenV on Mr. Lloyd George's speeches. The reason is 'that it is impossible to dissociate them from Mr. Lloyd- George's deeds, both of commission and...

O NE of the most interesting and strongly marked charac• teristics of Pope's poetic style is his use of the techni- calities of other Arts. In a sense, no doubt, every poet...

T HE warfare still being waged on the Continent by means 1. of poisonous propaganda can scarcely be understood except by those living in the heart of Europe. During the war...

[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.] NATIONALIZATION AND THE...

against State Purchase is not primarily based on the arguments that it is not a practicable policy, that it would fail of its object in freeing the nation's hand to deal with...

Sre,—In your admirable articleon the.Nationalization of Liquor in the Spectator of the 13th inst. you refer to the anxiety which some objector may feel on the score of loss of...

Sin,—Many of us who have been for long years ardent temper- ance reformers are following with deep interest your advocacy of Nationalization of Liquor. I believe no other policy...

Sts,—As one who has spent some years in the struggle against the pernicious liquor traffic, I have followed with keen interest the present discussion in the columns of your...

[To THE EDITOR of THE ". SPECTATOR."] . SIR ,—The Times correspondent in Washington reports—Times of September 15th—as follows: " Mr. de Valera. has had a fine reception in...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I know that you are always willing to hear both sides of a question. Now I gather from the many articles relating to Ireland which have...

OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I beg to be allowed to say that every word of the article in the Spectator of the 13th inst. is strictly true as far as nis experience goes. I got...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Ste,—Having lived for eighteen months in *a Nigerian bush house consisting of mud walls and grass roof, I am particularly interested in your...

S." does well to call attention to the pension scandal; Mrs. Levi Jackson is a familiar feature in village life. Our local representative of the type is the wife of a farm...

Sia,--Your advocacy of the Nationalization of the Liquor Trade is a valuable public service which it is earnestly to he hoped you will prosecute to a successful issue. The...

protest against the impression, given by the article in your last issue entitled "The Pension Scandal In Our Village," that the most wanton waste of public funds is taking place...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sut,—The life of Sir John Kennaway was wonderfully complete and happy. He was a man happy in his work, his beautiful home, his wife and...

SIRS I should like to say how entirely my experience as local secretary to the War Pensions Committee corroborates the article in last week's issue of your paper entitled " The...

SIR,—T am glad to see the letter of " Doctor Oxon " in last Saturday's issue, though it demands from me an apology—to Professor Oman in particular—for having written of Mr. Mar-...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sta,—Although the collective opinion of the Cyprus Deputation. which includes the Archbishop of Cyprus and the Greek members of the...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THY " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Some of the remarks made by " Doctor Oxon " in last week's Spectator require emendation on account of the erro- neous impression which...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, In your article last week on " National Bookkeeping you lay stress on the necessity for a central statistical depart- ment under the...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.") fear, from the enclosed letter, the well-springs even of New York generosity may be running dry. The reply, if you will give it the courtesy...

(To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") notice that Mrs. Besant, in her letter to you which appeared in the Spectator of September 6th, makes it a subject of complaint against me...

[To sus EDITOR or THE " SPDOPATOR."1 SIR,—Lord Fisher's nevers " are probably an echo of Jowett's advice to statesmen, which was as follows : " Never quarrel. Never Explain....

THE RONOURS LIST. AT Givenehy and Guinchy And the land that lies between, Where the little tree-girt townships And houses once were seen, You'll find an honours list, a serried...

[To THE EDITOR or rue " SVECTaTOR."I SIR,—The lines on the title page of Peacock's Crotchet Castle quoted by your correspondent are probably a variation of the original lines by...

We suggest that there can be no better Present in Peace al War than an Annual Subscription to the Spectator. He or she who gives the Spectator as a present will give a...

Sot,—What does Mr. H. W. H. Green mean by his letter on the subject of mangold-wurzel? He has the word " mangel- wurzel," and says it is good German. I should like to know what...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Mr. P. E. Roberts in his letter in your issue of August 30th is in error in stating that the defenders of the Bastille were massacred....

" SPECTATOR.") Sm,—Could any of your legal readers, as a matter of historic record and utility, give the precise legal date of the " Declara- tion of Peace," which I am unable...

(To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") Bta,—A few days ago I was myself discussing with a friend the correctness of the spelling " mongold-wurzel "; so when I was reminded of it...

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

POPE AND SUPER-POPE.' IT is a pleasant sign of the times that Pope is coming by his own at last. He seems miles apart from the Georgian poets, with their rers libres, their...

Conan Doyle's painstaking chronicle of the British operations on the Western front is concerned with the reverses on the Somme, the Lys and the Aisne last year. The general...

Ma. Rernent. PUMPELLY, the distinguished American geologist and traveller, tells us in these two handsome volumes the story of a long, active and adventurous dife. Born at...

Mn. GEORGE O'BRIEN'S new book on the economic history of seventeenth-century Ireland, though not free from bias, contains some interesting matter and disposes of certain ancient...

none of that quiet, controlled distinction which was always his ; but he seems to have got rid of the rather hard, metallic note which was noticeable in some of his former work,...

THE OLD MADHOUSE'!" MODERN novel-readers are not all devotees of Mr. William De Morgan. One cannot easily imagine his exciting enthusiasm, for example, in the votaries of the...

Lnwin. 2s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Brailsford visited Central Europe in the spring. He describes his impressions in this readable, but strangely prejudiced, book. He writes at times as if...

(Hodder and Stoughton. 6s. net.)—The story of a girl with a taste for semi-Bohemian artistic society who marries a London clergyman. The difficulties which arise from the...

[Notice in this column doss not necessarily preclude subsequent rerieto.) Les Grandes Heures. Par Henri Lavedan. Quatrieme Serie. (Paris : Librairie Aeademique Perrins et Cie....

Bellman., the excellent Minneapolis weekly which for thirteen years past has interested and instructed us. Mr. William C. Edgar, the editor and chief proprietor, explains that...

pioneer enterprise, the Worcestershire Open-Air School for Delicate Children at Malvern, which is supported by the local education authorities of the county and by a Government...

Smith and Son. 3d.)—This plain narrative of the Communist nightmare in Budapest deserves reading. It describes the deeds of the " strange medley of visionaries and ex-criminals...

7s. 6d. net.)—The author of this book was one of the many journalists who attended the Peace Conference. He prides himself on an interview which he reported for the West-...

net.)—Mr. Sayre describes clearly the various international experiments, with full references to the treaties governing them. He classifies them as organs with little or no...

Compiled by Mary E. Weed. (University of Michigan, Alin Arbor.)—The University of Michigan possesses a remarkably complete collection of . the works of Carlyle and of books and...

has been added to the " World's Classics " (H. Milford. 2s. net).— In his Introduction Mr. Clement Shorter quotes at length a hitherto unpublished letter in which Mrs. Gaskell...

Szraikite," by Mr. C. T. Onions, have just been issued, com- pleting the ninth volume of the Oxford English Dictionary (Clarendon Press. 5s. net each part). Dr. Bradley remarks...

the Turks in Mesopotamia is fully described for the first time In the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution for August, by General Wauchope, who commanded the 34th...