South Africa was a success for General Hertzog, who returns with a clear majority for his Nationalist Party. It is a disappointment to thOse who admired General Botha's policy,...

Ambassador is heartily wel- comed, particularly because his past services to Europe assure us that he will understand our difficulties. Imme- diately after being received by the...

Government since the great success of the Washington Conference seven years ago. The earnest sincerity with which they sought . agreement on naval limitation was Obvious to all...

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and by no means the greater part of human nature, and he applied it to naval discussions. The naval officer's bare duty, .apart from any professional enthusiasm, is to defend...

Government will stand or fall by its handling of the coal problem. The Government is bound by a pledge to the Miners' Federa- tion that the " reactionary " Eight Hours Act shall...

Conference this year have been marked by a new, and not unwelcorne, frankness. Last week an Australian employers' delegate drew upon his country's experience to utter a warning...

- Geneva fails to get its share_ of the limelight which plitys on the work of the League . itself. Yet as a labor ratory for what we now all 'call " rationalization " it must...

the League of Nations , at Madrid is ended. We have no doubt that some good has been done by the discussion of the question of " Minorities," but a rapid progress is not to be...

step has been taken in Paris towards the acceptance of the Report of the Experts Committee on Reparations.- The Council of Ministers has approved the proposals unanimously. It...

" menace to Europe "—perhaps the most deadly of all—we -are all agreed. Yet when one of our most important Sunday newspapers publishes an article with that title, over the...

the thiirch Aisembly which his been 'emisideiing the system of appointing Bishops has issued an'interim refloit ! At present all of iniportance that they recommend is (I) that...

Italy were relieved to learn some days ago that the recent alarming eruption of Vesuvius had subsided without doing anything like the material damage that was feared for the...

the North-East Coast Exhibition has reverberated with the sound of " slogans." The occasion was the meeting of the British Advertising Convention (the use of this term is...

Rugby Division of Warwickshire was unhappily delayed by the death of one of its candi- dates after the first nominations: The result was declared last Saturday as follows :- H....

were valued at nearly £671 millions, which figure is higher by 1x7,000,000 than that for April and greater by 15 per cent: than the figure for May of last year. Among the items...

to its history in days - before the Presidency of James Monroe elsewhere, and showed its spirit last week. The Government of Venezuela, having lost its old President, who long...

in China, it was not because they were stable, even for a moment. But no man alive, in China or out of it, could see the permanent significance of events. Now, however, it seems...

on February 7th, 1929. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 100111 ; on Wednesday week 10161 a year ago, 1011. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 86} ; on Wednesday...

rriE General Election held in South Africa last week was, like our own, a somewhat confused struggle, but, unlike the British elections, it has yielded a definite result. The...

to hold over the article on "Dutch and British in South Africa," by the Bishop of Bloemfontein, which we announced in our issue of last weelc.,---Ed. SPECTATOR.]

O UR sympathy with the Liberal Party in its present plight grows stronger) as our hopes for its immediate power for good grow fainter. Mr. Lloyd George's last address to his...

I N . the Times of May 23rd a letter was published by Sir James Marchant defining the uses and the possibilities of the cinema in education. Since Sir James was both Secretary...

[The series " In Defence of the Faith " is, as already stated now finished. The next series, on the reunion of the churches, will not begin until the autumn. In the meantime,...

[CONTRIBUTED.] I F democratic institutions, even of a very_ modified order, • - 1 - are to be established in a -ninety per cent. village- dwelling country, nothing is more...

T HE exhumation of properly interred and long. forgotten phases of art has for long been a pastime among those would-be art experts who seek for easy fame. It has also become in...

T HIS looks, perhaps, as though it were going to be some kind of a fable. Well, it may be that there is indeed a moral, no less admirable because it is elusive, concealed...

A LETTER FROM MOSCOW. [To the Editor of the Srzerwroa.] Sin,—The past few weeks have brought a notable clarification of the internal political situation here, and a no less...

A FORTNIGHT ago, I seemed to hear in London a cry for silent films. Since then the cry has grown fainter and it is perhaps, a good thing too, because there is only one West End...

THE SPECTATOR, JUNE 20TH, 1829. HAMPSTEAD HEATH INCLOSURE. The principal subjects before the Commons were—Mr. Nash, and the public property managed by him ; and the Bill for...

Sea Breeze TALL grasses quiver On cliff's sheer edge And pale blue water Is brushed to red. The white boat pitches And sails strain white, The tall wave catches The sun's...

How the Council Fared at Madrid THE Council decided to hold its June meeting in Madrid. There was, in fact, only one reason for going to Madrid, which was that the Spanish...

In watching the nurseries of the herring gulls this June— and they have a population of thousands, I should say, in Cornwall and North Devon alone—I was horrified to hear the...

Let me give the figures of the general budget of a particular group, who work under a system that is more or less common, though the details vary considerably. First the...

A CORNISH Vlsrr. It is a real treat to anyone who has been surrounded by the depression in farming in the East and Midlands of England to visit the South-West. A great many...

The whole of our community is familiar with certain dates in the sportsman's calendar : with August 12th and September 1st. How many could tell you what importance attaches to...

Londoners are accustomed to the tameness of the black- headed gulls, which both in St. James's Park and along the Embankment are easily persuaded to take dainties from the...

FARM OR RAILWAY. It is often said that we can never have contentment among farm labourers in England because the men are continually contrasting themselves with the industrial...

The continual presence of so close a neighbour as Peter makes one realize how little in the ordinary course of open-air observation we come to know about the exact colouration...

(By Cable) [The American Notes which have been appearing in the SPECTATOR for the last few weeks are written by Mr. Ivy Lee, the well-known American publicist, who has agreed...

MRS. HOOVER'S HOSPITALMr. It will be remembered with what commotion many Americans regarded President Roosevelt's invitation of the late Booker Washington, a negro, to dinner...

ACTIVITIES OF CONGRESS. President Hoover's Farm Relief Bill minus the debenture clause has been enacted law. Congress has also passed the Bill providing for a national census...

The Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Princeton has been considered the last redoubt of " Fundamentalism " in religious thinking and teaching in America. It is controlled by...

This is the week of college commencements in America; when five hundred odd colleges and Universities confer degrees upon probably one hundred thousand students. Numerous...

From President Hoover's Press Conferences comparatively few direct quotations emerge, and when the President therefore this week undertook to " deplore " the shootings which...

The return of Mr. Owen D. Young has been marked by a renewal both of tributes to his work in Paris and of speculation as to the part he may take in public affairs in future. In...

Sm,—After reading your article, " The Real Cleavage," coming as it does on top of your other comments on the political situation published since the General Election, I have...

Sia,—It is amusing to see the Spectator accused of secret addiction to Socialism by your correspondent A. D. Johnson. He hereby throws interesting light upon the psychology of...

THE REAL CLEAVAGE [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR ,—I have read with great interest and some amusement your lending article entitled " The Real Cleavage." You signify your...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—I have read your remarks on the late Government's business policy with amazement and complete disagreement. I see no reason for you to...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In your issue of the 8th inst., J. W. D. says : " The deciding principle must be :—Which fiscal policy (Free Trade or Protection) other...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] _ Sin,—You kindly allowed me space in your issue of Sep. tember 4th, 1926, to propound a practical scheme of pooling or, as a more complete...

June 8th your correspondent, " J. W. D.," makes the following statement : Free Trade, other things being equal, will produce greater wealth, &c. Would " J. W. D." be good...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—It is not often that the materialization of a prophecy can be historically substantiated. I therefore think it worth while bringing to your...

of the " Committee to Support Legislation on the lines of the Oxford Liquor Popular Control Bill," denies my statement that under the above Bill citizens have no power to...

SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Knowing the traditional interest of your readers in the welfare of animals, I venture to point out the great step taken in Athens on June 4th by the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Snt,=In continuation of Mr. E. M. Russell's interesting letter in the Spectator of to-day, may I add a word ? I am an old hunting man, who as...

been taking place recently in your columns regarding State ownership of the liquor traffic and so on, it appears to be assumed by most of the writers that the only evil to be...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The young writer who, in your issue dated June 8th, gives expression to the " Younger Point of View " has chosen a theme much too...

I proposed—and my local Rural District Council passed—a resolution to exclude children under sixteen (except such as were employed by butchers) from slaughterhouses. The R.D.C....

the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—In your issue of April 13th, you say, on page 599, " . . . Madame Blavatsky was a fat, mannish, whisky-drinking, smoking seer . . " Italics...

am much interested in the correspondence re humanely killed fur animals. If people could have seen the agony that I saw in Canada they would never wear a trapped fur. Wretched...

Sia,—It has recently been suggested that estate duty on agricultural land should be made payable by the surrender of land, and it has been advanced as a reason for the...

IN the early part of the fifteenth century five noblemen were living together with their wives in the Castle of Entringen IN the early part of the fifteenth century five...

the fact of its preparation 'before the setting of the political compass in this country. " Great Britain : the Golden Mean " drives home the lesson of the 1929 EleCtion—namelY,...

Draper's sib-ter-in-law, Muriel Draper. Her book sets out to recreate the artistic world of London just before the. War. She attracted a number of well-known musicians to her...

Child of the Deep, by Joan Lowell (Heinemann, 8s. 6d.), is a very strange story, both superficially and profoundly. Miss Lowell was brought up from the age of two to seventeen...

Lydian Flute and On an Oaten Reed (Stockwell), by Mr. Charles Saunders —with the information that the author is a Hampshire cowman who is educating himself while continuing to...

a single entity as " the female heart," this hook would doubtless be a best-seller ; as it is, most people will find some letters which interest them, for there is a...

guineas for the most practical suggestion for a holiday on a stated sum, which may be any- thing from £10 to £100 (including all travelling expenses), in not more than seven...

Week " will be found on pages 985 and 994.)

War. By Ludwig Henn. (Seeker. 78. 6d.) TAE men at the top spoke the first word after the War : they told us why they won or lost, who intrigued, and who held firm. Then the...

Harriette Wilson's Memoirs. With a Preface by James Laver. (Peter Davies. 7s. 6d.) IF we take Miss Harriette Wilson at her own valuation, she was the warmest-hearted, bravest,...

Dancing Catalans. By J. Langdon-Davies. (Cape. 6s.) Ma. J. LANGDON-DAVIES belongs to the generation whose enthusiasms and illusions were shattered by the War. Every inch an...

Agricultural Progress, .Vol. VI., 1929. (Penn. 58.) Heather, Hay, Houses, Health. By the Authbr of Garden First in Land Development (Sutton and Co., Boscombe. 2s.) LrrrnE they...

MR. J. H. BURNS has found a new way of introducing the study of what is sometimes considered a rather dull subject, the theory of education. He takes us forward to the year of...

Arreorrn opening this book in the hope of gratifying a morbid curiosity will be disappointed—he had better turn to A Hang man's Diary. This robustness of tone, and careful study...

of Hermann Sudermann in 1928 removed one of the leading figures in modern German literature. This is a translation of his last novel. Painted on a full canvas—the volume runs to...

First Novels Press. 7s. 6d.) The Man Within. By Graham Greene. (Heinemann. 7s. 6d.) Asrarnow is a laudable quality in a writer. Yet the first novel that is inspired by big aims...

forms the setting. Simon Chanel, son of a French father and an English mother, is universally respected as a Deputy. Much as his Socialist opinions have been disliked by his...

6d.)—Mr. Birmingham is here in his merriest mood. Admirers of Spanish Gold will be glad to meet again the Rev. J. J. Meldon. " J. J.", after some years of residence in England,...

7s. 6d.)—Women certainly think, feel, and behave as Miss Delafield describes various types of them in these short stories. She does not, of course, give us the whole truth ;...

Oun weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Miss G. Pitt, 8 Wyndham Crescent, N. 19, for the following :- Questions on Hand...

Shareholders of the Primitiva Gas Company have reason to be well satisfied with the report for the past year which shows a profit of £222,521 as against £151,055 for the...

Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds have earned a high reputation for pursuing a policy over many years which has resulted in the maintenance of a good dividend, even when conditions in...

Not the least interesting point arising out of the first annual general meeting held this week of the Carmelite Trust was the statement by Mr. H. S. Horne, the chairman, to the...

The improvement in the profits of our shipping companies, although by no means sensational, may be described as consistently steady and fairly general. The latest report of...

As I explained last week the shareholders of the Anglo- Persian Oil Company had an agreeable surprise in the increase in the dividend for the past nine months (the period...

IMMEDIATELY following upon the General Election markets displayed a certain amount of exuberance, due, as I explained at the time, to sheer relief that the General Election with...

[Until further notice we propose to publish weekly articles and notes which may help our readers in their plans for travel at home and abroad. They will be written by members of...

THOSE of us who possess cars are able to go about at will and to visit the most interesting places in the country. For those. who do not possess motor cars, charibancsand trains...

THE guide-books are quite right : there is no more discomfort about visiting Norway than there is about visiting our own Lakes or Highlands. Yet my title was chosen...

pleasure or leisure. Lady Walston, the writer of this article, has availed herself of the Opportunity to make a special study of up4o-dote housing conditionS in Florence....

a number of letters during the year from correspondents who are keenly interested in the type of coachwork to be selected with their new chassis, and especially is this so...

courageous Spaniards who conquered the New World were not a very amiable company. They quarrelled inces- santly, and on occasion could be as cruel to their fellow- countrymen as...

important man by virtue of his office. But the late holder of the charge had special claimsto remembrance, as Lord Sands shows in his attractive and interesting Life of Andrew...

ill-fated attempt to found an Ethiopian Empire. Some day he will doubtless tell us of his journeys to Scotland and Switzerland, and of the occasion on which he travelled up the...

E. Keble Chatterton seems to have been somewhat uncertain about the kind of book he wanted to write, or to have changed his mind half-way through. He calls the book " a...

It may not be a bad thing to mix a little salutary criticism with the encomiums showered on the Metropolitan Police on the occasion of their centenary. But we feel that in...