21 OCTOBER 1938

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NEWS OF THE WEEK

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T HE. Peace of Munich, and the consequent disintegration of Czechoslovakia, have created an entirely new situation in Central Europe, which " has caused some remarkable...

Revolt in Palestine With the arrival of British reinforcements, the

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first steps have been taken in suppressing the Arab revolt in Palestine. A military Governor has been appointed in Jerusalem and a 24-hour curfew is in force in the Old City,...

German policy is, however, influenced by military and strategic as

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Well as economic motives. . Thus, in the dispute between Hungary and Czechoslovakia, Germany's influence has been used to limit Hungary's demands to " ethno- graphical " ones,...

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France's Emergency The Peace of Munich has at length aroused

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France to a realisation of her weakness in the air. The immediate objective is the construction of 4,000 aeroplanes, which would give France a first line strength of 2,600 with...

Trade Agreement Delays It was expected that the Anglo-American trade

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agreement would be ready for signature by the middle of September. The negotiations have been held up, apparently, by American demands for tariff concessions which are hard to...

Canton and Hankow Japan's advance on Canton has progressed with

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astonishing rapidity after the landing last week at Bias Bay. The main force is now held up at Tsencheng, 5o miles east of Canton, but a surprise offensive further south has...

Economics and Peace M. van Zeeland, the former Prime Minister

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of Belgium, made a welcome reappearance on the public scene when he delivered the Marshall Lecture on " Economics or Politics " at Cambridge on Tuesday. International ambitions...

Labour in New Zealand The magnitude of the Government's victory

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in the New Zealand General Election last Saturday was beyond expecta- tion. Although Labour was expected to win, a consider- able reduction of its majority was prophesied. In...

America Uneasy Public opinion in the United States is considerably

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im- pressed by President Roosevelt's declaration that the whole of the next Budget must be reconsidered in the light of the new requirements for national defence. The question...

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The Oxford Election The entry of the Master of Balliol

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into the field as an Independent Progressive candidate in opposition to Mr. Quintin Hogg, and the retirement of the Liberal and Labour candidates to give him a straight fight,...

The I.L.O. in London The Governing Body of the International

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Labour Office, which will meet in London on the first three days of next week, will discuss subjects as varied as the conditions of forestry workers, the maximum weight of loads...

Mr. de Valera on Partition Mr. de Valera's declaration on

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the partition of Ireland clarifies his position, and leaves an almost insoluble problem apparently even less easily soluble than before. Not even the most ardent adherent of...

Mr. Churchill's Appeal Mr. Churchill's broadcast address to the United

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States this week was a brilliant and moving appeal for American support in the defence of democracy against dictatorship. There are many who will regret that it was not heard in...

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ORGANISE OR COMPEL ?

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T HE Archbishop of Canterbury spoke on Monday of the prospect of some reaction following the relief universally felt at the preservation of peace three weeks ago. Such a...

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THE PROBLEM OF PALESTINE

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G REAT BRITAIN today is paying the cost of twenty years of delay and indecision in Palestine. Even twenty years ago the problems to be faced were difficult enough. Under the...

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A SPECTATOR'S NOTEBOOK A RE we moving towards a broadening of

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the basis of the Government ? Unless the situation changes faster than seems likely we shall probably have to wait till Parliament meets for more light on that. In the country...

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BRITISH POLICY NOW-II

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By SIR ARTHUR SALTER, M.P. [This is the second of a series of articles on British Foreign Policy as it must be framed in the situation created by the Munich Agreement. Next...

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THE UNITED STATES AND • THE

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By FRANCES PERKINS (United States Secretary of Labour) [The Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation meets in London on October 25thl.. T HE International Labour...

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OUR BISHOPS-II.

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By PRESBYTER IGNOTUS [The third, and last, of this series of articles will appear next week and will deal, among others, with the Bishops of Birmingham, Chichester and...

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CAN CZECHOSLOVAKIA LIVE ?

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By DR. GERHARD SCHACHER [Dr. Schather is a well-known German economist who lived till a few days ago in Prague] A NYONE who has followed closely the political, economic and...

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PATENT MEDICINES AND THE LAW HI

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By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT [This is the third of a short series of articles on the evils arising out of the unrestricted advertisement and sale of patent medicines. In a fourth...

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THE LEGION'S LOST ENDEAVOUR

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By LAWRENCE ATHILL B ORN on October 6th, 1938, dissolved on the 15th of the same month and year, the British Legion Volunteer Police (Czechoslovakia) had a long name and a...

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A DIVERSITY OF MEN

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By FRANK BINQI,ETQN, T HE necessity which arose recently of interviewing a number of young people for several hours • left me with a vivid piCture of the striking contrasts in...

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RUTHENIA AND ITS FATE

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Commonwealth and Foreign By MERVYN HORDER WEDGED between Poland and Roumania, at the eastern end of the Czechoslovakian sausage, lies the province of Sub- carpathian Russia,...

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The Censor's Certificate. At all Cinemas

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THE CINEMA ARGUMENTS about film-censorship , are frequently obscured by hot-heads who hold that there should be none at all. This is most unhelpful, for it is becoming...

STAGE AND SCREEN

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THE THEATRE " A YORKSHIRE Farcical Comedy " is what Mr. Priestley calls it and in so doing orders his words with a due nicety : for in what he has written Yorkshire is an...

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REFAIRE LA FRANCE

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[D'un correspondant parisie'n] L'ALERTE est terminee. La joie febrile est tombee. Beaucc. p de Francais ont fait un examen de conscience. Certaris ont reconnu publiquement...

OPERA

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"Aida" at Sadler's Wells WHEN Sadler's Wells opened its season on Monday with Aida, there was nothing to show for the money spent on the alterations and additions which are the...

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COUNTRY LIFE

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A Record in Wheat At a ploughing competition last week on the borders of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire three several farmers said to me that this year's was the best wheat...

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AFTER THE CRISIS

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[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] Saa,—A large number of your correspondents abuse Mr. Chamberlain and his policy with regard to Germany and Czechoslovakia. They appear to think...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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[Correspondents are requested to keep their letters as brief as is reasonably possible. Signed letters are given a preference over those bearing a pseudonym, and the latter must...

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PACIFISM AND THE CRISIS [To the Editor of TILE SPECTATOR]

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SIR, —h is interesting to note that among those who praise Mr. Chamberlain's actions in the crisis are many to whom pacifism—in the sense of refusal to kill in warfare—is...

THE CHOICE BETWEEN EVILS [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR]

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Sm,—I do not think that even the supporters of the Munich " peace " have ventured to call it a righteous one, and if it is not a righteous one then it must be an unrighteous...

THE PRIMATE AND PEACE [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR]

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Sm,—More than once in our island story we have suffered from Prelates who have put power before piety and capitulation before conscience. Few who have read Mein Kampf, who have...

THE GOVERNMENT'S FOREIGN POLICY [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR]

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Sta,—As regular readers of The Spectator in the past, we wish to associate ourselves with the apparently small number of your correspondents who disapprove strongly of your...

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PEACE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—The

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opening sentence of last week's Spectator is so partial and one-sided a representation of the settlement in Czechoslovakia that I cannot refrain from a plea for fairplay. "...

A BEAUTIFUL SOUL [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] Snt,—In

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the early days of the crisis I was returning from the Balkans through Switzerland, where I happened to read the fol- lowing article. A few days ago it would have seemed too...

THE ARMAMENTS RACE

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[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] Sit, You suggest that the Prime Minister should make a public offer of conversations on armament limitation and it is rumoured that Herr Hitler...

FACING THE FACTS [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] Snt,—The

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article under the above heading in your issue of October 14th prompts all of us to ask : What facts are to be faced? Well; surely one fact is the widespread exasperation at the...

THE YOUNGER POINT OF VIEW [To the Editor of THE

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SPECTATOR] Stit,—With Lady Sinclair's private interpretation of what Mr. Hobhouse meant there is no reason for complaint : my concern was with something that he wrote. My...

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WHAT IS A PATENT MEDICINE ?

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[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] Sra,—Being considerably interested in the Patent Medicine Trade I should feel much obliged, if you or one of your numer- ous correspondents...

THE RED ARMY [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

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SIR,—In public speeches, and letters to the Press, efforts 'are now being made to undermine British confidence in the Soviet Army and Air Force. Herr Hitler, who is probably...

INDUSTRIAL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR]

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SLR,—May .I have space in your columns to introduce a matter, which is, in my opinion, of national importance ? I have been in close touch with the work of the Industrial...

• BACK TO LOST IDEALS [To the Editor of THE

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SPECTATOR] SLR, 7 --I do not think it unfair to Sir Timothy Eden to suggest that the undercurrent of his criticism contained in his letter headed " Back to Lost Ideals," falls...

PEACE OR JUSTICE ?

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[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—I cannot gather from your comments on the Prime Minister, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the situation generally, what is your own...

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QUOT HOMINES .

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[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR, I have been a regular reader of The Spectator for wet! over 4o years, and may claim that I have hardly missed a single number during the...

KING JAMES I AND MR. CHAMBERLAIN

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[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—I have not yet seen a parallel drawn between the foreign policy of Mr. Chamberlain and that of King James I. I should like to see a...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—May I offer my

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congratulations on the fair stand taken by your paper with regard to the recent crisis, and the sensible objective approach to all the problems raised, which has earned the...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—Surely for a great

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journal not only to keep alive, but to fan the war mentality in the nation is to do a disservice, not only to our own, but to every other country in Europe. Distrust engenders...

THE WRITERS OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA

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[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—The writers of Czechoslovakia have appealed to us, the English P.E.N., for help, and although many English writers have already given...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] Sm, — When I read the

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editorial articles in your issue of October 7th I felt I might safely leave it to others to express the indignation I felt—and hoped for better things in The Spectator of last...

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THE BASIS OF SOCIETY

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BOOKS OF THE DAY By HENRY W. NEVINSON To review a book by Bertrand Russell is something like reviewing a book of Euclid. Each proposition is perfectly clear and inevitable....

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ROMANTIC - LAND, Francisco Franco. By Joaquin Arraris. (Bles s 7s. 64)

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Secret Agent in Spain, By Herbert Greene. (Hale. 52..s. 6d.) Dancer in Madrid. By Janet RieSenfeld. (Harrap. roe: 6d.) . Searchlight • on Spain. By the Duchess of Admit....

WHAT HOPE FOR ISRAEL? • .

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Fulfilment in the-Promised • Land. By Norman Bentwich. (Soncino Press. 8s. 6d.) Tars book, finished early in the year, ends on a note' of hope. Had the author held over its...

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Whippingham to Westminster : Reminiscences of Lord Ernie. Edited by

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Lord Kennet. (John Murray. r8s.) ROWLAND PROTHERO IF I could think of a good, a positive, word in antithesis to restless, I should use it to describe the quality of Prothero's...

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MR. LLOYD GEORGE ON VERSAILLES

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The Truth About the Peace Treaties. Vol. 1. By David Lloyd George. (Gollancz. r8s.) IF Mr. Lloyd George had entitled his volume " My Part in the Peace Conference," or " The...

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ANCESTORS OF ARROWSMITH Doctors on Horseback. Pioneers of American Medicine.

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By James Thomas Flexner. (Heinemann. 16s.) MOST educated people in England have heard of the Mayo clinic at Rochester, but many of those who have heard of it (including many...

SAFETY THROUGH STRENGTH

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THIS admirable pamphlet begins with a brief but comprehensive and judicial review of the recent crisis. It then develops the argument that we can attain safety only through a...

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THE EXTRAORDINARY PROFESSION

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History of The Film: By' Matiric.e Bardeche and - Robert Brasil', Translated and edited by Iris Barry. (Allen and Unwin. ) Dm you know that talkies were exhibited at the.Paris...

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- FIVE CROMWELLIANS

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Press. I5S.) Cromwell's Captains. By C. E. Lucas Phillips. (Heinemann. 16s.) CROMWELL'S officers are slowly emerging from under the shadow of his mighty and eccentric...

League of Nations World Economic Survey : Seventh Year, .

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1937-38. (League of Nations, Geneva, 7s. 64.) ECONOMIC TRENDS EACH year the quality of the publications - prepared by the Economic Intelligence Service of the League steadily...

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NEW NOVELS

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Evil Was Abroad. By John Lehmann. (Cresset Press. 7s. 6d.) Jubilee Blues. By Rhys Davies. (Heinemann. 7s. 6d.) Journeyman. By Erskine Caldwell. (Seeker and Warburg. 75. 6d.) The...

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A VINTAGE WODEHOUSE

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7s. 6d.) _ _ . . . IT is important, I think, that Mr. P. G. Wodehouse's reade: should be told at once that The Code of the Woosters is one of the best novels he has written. It...

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At the Motor Show

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Second Review ' Last week I gave some particulars of the bigger cars to r. seen at Earls Court, but lack of space prevented my finishing the list, the last on which are the...

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FINANCE AND INVESTMENT

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THESE are dull days again in the stock markets. Investors who have weathered the crisis are holding on, as one would expect, but there is precious little new buying. The net...

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FINANCIAL NOTES

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RHOKANA REPORT THE full accounts of the Rhokana Corporation are an excellent example of what accounts should be. Shareholders are presented with full details of operating...

SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD NO. 316 SOLUTION NEXT WEEK

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The winner of Crossword No. 316 is Miss Jessie S. Boyd, Burnside Hotel, Bowness-on-Windermere, Westmorland.

" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 317 [A prize of

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a Book Token for one guinea will be given to the sender of the first correct solution of this week's crossword puzzle to be opened. Envelopes should be marked " Crossword...