about the domestic political situation. Several things will have happened by the time these words are published. On Thursday, when we go to press, Mr. Chamberlain is due to make...

Before leaving Cannes Mr. Lloyd George made an im- portant statement about his intentions. He emphasized the necessity for expanding the League of Nations into a Wm ld...

Poincare in Paris. M. Poincare proposed that the British promise guaranteeing France against unprovoked aggression from Germany should be expanded into a military alliance for...

from the rest of the world will be invited to send delegates to Genoa on March 8th. It is believed that Japan, Russia and Germany will all accept the invitation. We are...

A WEEK'S reflection has brought sobriety to those who wanted to press on an immediate General Election. The more one contemplates the situation, the more difficult it is to...

gratis, an Eight-Page Supplement, containing the Half- Yearly Index and Title-Page--i.e., from July 2nd to December 31st, 1921, inclusive.

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to make " the open door "'in• China- a• fact rather than ' " a mere motto." The Powers, by this resolution, were to bind themselves not to seek any " general superiority of...

London correspondent of the Journal reported on Monday. He declared that the Franco-British agreement ought to be as simple as possible. The alliance would " create the friendly...

January lath, he was warmly welcomed by dense crowds of Indians. Mr. Gandhi's followers, having lulled to boycott the Prince, stirred up a violent riot and had to be dispersed...

pressure is being put upon President Harding to decline the invitation to Genoa. It is said that if America accepts— and we devoutly hope that she will not fail to accept—she...

last Saturday, appealed to the Prime Minister not to go to the country just yet. Sir George Younger, he said, had Mr. Cham- berlain's support for his objection to an early...

to consider the Leipzig trials of German War criminals reported unanimously last Saturday that the sentences were inadequate and that, as it was useless to submit fresh cases to...

the question of trade in China. It agreed that the tariff should be revised so that the rates, at present prices, should be once more equal to five per cent. of the value of the...

He agreed with the French people that the alliance ought not to be made part of a bargain in connexion with other matters. It should be treated apart from everything else. If...

Act of 1920 met on Saturday last, at the instance of Mr. Griffith, to record their formal approval of the " Treaty " with Sinn Fein and to elect a Provisional Government. Mr. De...

that the controversy between the Conservative and Liberal wings of the Coalition, as to whether a General Election should be deferred or hastened, was not edifying. He wanted to...

the spirit of Genoa is in the air, and people recognize more and more that Russia must be brought into a general trading association with other countries if European stability...

published last week and expressed the hope that this experiment in Guild Socialism " may be the beginning of a really scientific, orderly, industrial revolution." The Guild...

Gibson Bowles, which occurred at Algeciras on Thursday, January 12th. Whether•as a journalist or a Member of Parliament he was a man who always made his mark by sheer...

a national basis without any regard to local conditions, has been well illustrated in the evidence given by the Scottish railway managers before the National Wages Board during...

Warwickshire, Sir Percy Newson, a Coalition. Unionist, defeated Mr. G. H. Jones, a Labour candidate, by a majority of 8,061. The Unionist polled 14,732 votes and the Labour man...

servea a, sparsely populated district, told the Board that the company had to engage 554 additional men under the eight- hour day scheme. At certain stations the wages had bees...

Manchester Guardian of last. Saturday have received from one of Dr. Nansen's representatives in Russia a truly terrible account of the situation in the Buzuluk district. The...

published last Saturday a manifesto inviting the trade unions to consider common action on a national basis " for the purpose of resisting the efforts now being made by the...

the Trades Unions Conference and the Executive of the Labour Party have resolved " to assist the Daily Herald in its efforts to secure a larger circulation by reducing its price...

3, 1921; 15 t id ee a nt: War Loan was on Thursday, 93k ; i y week, 921; a year ago, b5i.

THE GENERAL ELECTION. T HE danger of the Prime Minister forcing a dissolution on the country is for the present over. Mr. Lloyd George received a very plain-spoken but, as we...

I T seems' to be assumed by many people that as M. Poincare has been one of M. Briand's relentless and most brilliant political opponents, M. Poincar4, now that he has become...

J UDGING by the comments in many American news- papers we fear that there is a tendency in the United States to think that, after all, it is hopeless to try to help Europe. The...

T HEcrY for the return to former conditions of domestic service comes to us down the ages. Poets have not disdained it. Do we not hear in As You Like It of " the constant...

AMERICA ? AST week we published a series of letters from men of " light and leading " in the United States, who rebutted the ridiculous assertion that the Spectator has been "...

I T is absurd, nothing short of ridiculous, to generalize about men and women. But it is very tempting in these days of changed and changing manners. There are men and men and...

THE RISE IN INVESTMENT STOCKS—ITS CAUSES —NEW TREASURY BONDS—WILL THE MOVE- MENT CONTINUE ? [To THE EDIT011 Or THE 0 SPECT1TOE."] SIR,—In your issue of December 31st, when...

[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.] A. RING OF FRIENDSHIP.—THE...

OP THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Though to a great extent I sympathize with the letters of "Loyalist" in the Spectator of December 24th and of " C. A. E." in the issue of January ith,...

article in which you comment unfavour- ably on Dr. Farnell's treatment of the editorial staff of a certain publication, I could not but reflect that nothing new has happened....

EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The article in the Spectator of January 7th raises an issue which, I respectfully submit, is open to a different con- clusion from that...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SCR,—May I be permitted to pay a brief tribute to that dis- tinguished Orientalist,' the late Mr. Mansel Longworth-Dames, who died on...

the criticism offered by "S. B. L.-T." in last week's Spectator regarding the article which appeared in your issue of December 10th on " First Aid to Uncles," may I, as a...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] have only just come across the letter signed "M. H." in your issue of the 7th inst., which must be my excuse for the delay in writing. As,...

SPECTATOR."] Sia s —Would it be possible to the Spectator to give a " leg up" to the new Association of Magistrates? It was started under favourable auspices at a meeting at...

" SPECTATOR."] SIN,—Permit me to express my admiration of the restraint shown in your editorial note to the letter in your issue of January 14th signed " S. B. L.-T." If the...

THE present exhibition at Burlington House is devoted to the works of thirty-six members of the Academy who have died in recent years. It is not a very imposing collection, and...

NOW IS THE SUNLIGHT MELLOW. Now is the sunlight mellow and the beech-leaves Fall to the dank mould and fade and shrivel. Now in the north comes winter whistling boldly ; And...

THE BURLINGTON FINE ARTS CLUB. Tin gallery of the Club has been hung with a number of pictures of different schools and dates, but possibly, from their being the choice of one...

Tax authorities of the Victoria and Albert Museum have done well in giving hospitality to the little exhibition of the British Institute of Industrial Art that was opened in the...

under above heading in. Spectator of January 7th says " Surely this mishap must be unique," the following account of one which, however, might have ended in a human tragedy, may...

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

letters submitted to him, but when slammed and addressed envelopes are sent he will do his best to return contributions in case of rejection. Poems should be addressed to the...

LAST DAYS IN NEW GUINEA.* A YEAR ago . Captain Monckton published a most interesting and amusing book on his experiences as a resident magistrate in New Guinea. We are glad to...

;" CLOTHES AND THE WOMAN " AT THE AMBAS- SADORS THEATRE. A COMEDY IN THREE ACTS BY GEORGE PASTON. Tuning is a type of play which bears on every part of it marks of having been...

To turn over the pages of this delightful book is to realize how rare a thing is true caricature. We are continually being put off with something which is essentially wrong. The...

divide people into two classes according to their feelings about yachting. You are either tremendously attracted by the sights and sounds of the sea and feel that some- thing is...

Cornford's book, The Designers of Our Buildings, might well be mistaken for a biography of eminent English architects from Inigo Jones to Alfred Waterhouse, as nine portraits of...

to which is a price which will probably limit its circulation—should be in the hands of every Bishop and Examining Chaplain. Dr. Headlam's experience secures him against the...

WE are not sure that Mr. Festing Jones' admirers will be altogether pleased by his new book. It might stand as the type of the discursive travel book of the better sort, but we...

SWEET WATERS.* MR. HAROLD NICOLSON has written a novel which falls into a quite recognizable if not very common category. Perhaps one could define the type shortly by calling...

lady who writes under the name of " E. M. Delafield " has given us in her new novel a treatise on the avoidance of the noun which she uses as her title. It may be doubted...

(Lane. 6s. net.)—Miss Sackville- West has interesting thoughts, but she does not make very good poems out of them. Though obviously the work of a person of brains, there is...

story of an unequal marriage between a girl hardly out of the schoolroom and a middle- aged man who had already been married twice. Christabel's friend, the Dean, who on more...

Dm Edinburgh Review for January contains a lucid article by Mr. Arthur W. Kiddy on " Foreign Exchanges and Human Effort," enforcing the truth that the collapse of the exchanges...

TENDENCIES IN MODERN AMERICAN POETRY.* I HOPE that everyone who reads the book will notice what is not very clearly stated in the present edition of Miss Amy Lowell's Tendencies...

its new buildings at Cambridge, has issued its second Annual Report, in which the work of the Institute is clearly described. The trial grounds for testing new cereals and...

Japan. By Vice-Admiral G. A. Ballard. (Murray. 18s. net.)—This interesting book begins with Kublai Khan's disastrous attempts to invade Japan in 1273-80 and with the Korean war...

the British Nation, a new serial publication which is to be completed in about forty-eight fortnightly parts (Is. 3d. net each). Professor J. E. Lloyd contributes the opening...

Brothers. 10s. 6d. net.)—As Professor Fleure says in his introduction to this fascin ting book, Miss Fleming is well known among teachers for her skill in using folk tales to...

[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] The January issue of the Antiquaries Journal. (H. Milford, 5s. net) contains Colonel Hawley's second...

by Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. (11 Grafton Street, 32s.), is an attractive and valuable contribution to the study of the binder's art, for it contains seventy excellent plates—six of...

By Dalzell Chalmers and Cyril Asquith. (Sweet and Maxwell. 12s. 6d. net.)—This compact textbook has been revised with care for a second edition, and will be found useful for...

Dr. T. A. Ingram (H. Fronde and Hodder and Stough- ton, 5s. net), deserves a special word of welcome, because its price has been reduced by half-a-crown—the first reduction of...

Nigeria. By Angus Buchanan. (Murray. 16s. net.)—Captain Buchanan went to Air, in the French Sudan, in 1920 to collect birds, beasts and insects for Lord Rothschild. He was...