Cecil, providing that Northern Ireland should remain " in all respects part of the United Kingdom." We are deeply interested in this proposal as we think we are right in saying...

way to avoid all ambiguity is not to say to the Northern and Southern Parliaments t " You may do everything except something or other " ; but to say to them : " You may do only...

1 - 1" we may take quite literally what . the Lord Chancellor said in the House of Lords on Wednesday, the new policy in Ireland is to be a real thing. Lord Birkenhead pointed...

Senate for Ireland would be to abandon the whole principle of the Bill. The Bill is based on realities ; it recognises that there is already partition in Ireland owing to...

containing the articles of the Supreme Council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. The articles establish the Supreme Council " as the sole Government of the Irish Republic."...

of the new policy in Ireland. We must turn now to the pro- ceedings in the Committee stage of the Home Rule Bill in the House of Commons. On Tuesday Sir Samuel Hoare moved an...

was continued. Mr. Lynn moved that if the Northern and Southern Parliaments should ultimately agree to establish a single Parliament, the necessary Acts constituting that...

Parliament include the whole Province of Ulster. Sir Edward Carson said that nothing had distressed him more in the whole course of this controversy than the fact that the area...

letters etsbmiued to him, but when stamped and addressed" envelopes are sent he will do his beat to return contributions in case of rejection.

he had come to an agreement with Italy with regard to the twelve small Greek islands, between Crete and Asia Minor, known as the Dodecanese. These islands were occupied by Italy...

Bolshevists invaded Persia on Tuesday, landing from thirteen Bolshevist ships near Enzeli, on the south shore of the Caspian Sea. The invading Bolsheviks are believed to be...

an infallible maxim for Western statesmen, but we are quite sure that the Viceroy's apologetic message to Indian Moslems in regard to the Turkish Peace Treaty was a grievous...

Lympne, near Hythe, on Friday week and remained in conference with him till Sunday. It is said that they agreed to postpone the meeting with the German Chancellor at Spa till...

im- provement in the exchange value of the franc. The second result was the resignation of M. Poincare who, on retiring from the Presidency, was appointed chairman of the...

to 38, Senator Knox's resolution annulling the resolutions of 1917 by which Congress declared the United States to be at war with Germany and Austria-Hungary. The House of...

towns in the neutral zone east of the Rhine. The French Government had satisfied themselves that the German troops had left the Ruhr Valley, which they entered a. few weeks ago...

Govern- ment had given no help in money to Poland. But when the Bolsheviks were threatening to attack the Poles last October the Government offered Poland some surplus military...

by the most solemn oath under penalty of death. Treason against the Council is defined as " any wilful act or word calculated to defeat the cause of Irish Independence or...

if the House of Commons desires it, such a levy can be made according to the last of several schemes propounded by the Board of Inland Revenue. A man's wealth would be assessed...

his questions till an abominably bad practice is brought to an end. If the Government continue to wink at a violation of one of the best traditions of our public life, the...

prices would remain high through the summer, owing to the scarcity of sugar, the dearness of flour and the inadequate supply of potatoes. He pointed out that food had not...

grievance that lellow-workmen had left the railway service and found employment elsewhere at higher pay. Surely that is the only way in which what we may call the natural scale...

this week of the case for and against the railwaymen's new demands. Mr. Cramp and Mr. Bromley for the rival railway unions made it clear that these demands are not based on the...

had been asked by General Croft in the House of Commons about the work of Colonel Spurrier in connection with the sale of surplus stores. Colonel Spurrier is a member of the...

by fourpence to fourteenpence a pound. The Sugar Commission made it clear to the public that the price had risen because the world's demand for sugar was greater than the...

The point is whether the Government mean to defend the practice of allowing a Government official to negotiate contraots with a firm in which members-of his own family are...

per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 85k; Thursday week, 85}; a year ago, 94,

NATIONAL TRUSTEES. O UR readers must pardon us if we return to the subject with which we dealt in our " News of the Week" last week—the need for meeting our financial...

is being introduced by Sir Nevil Macready and Sir Hamar Greenwood is evidently a dual policy, as we have anticipated during the past three weeks. There is to be simultaneously...

W E cannot help expressing strong sympathy with Lord Robert Cecil's argument in his recent correspondence with Lord Curzon that now or never is the opportunity for the League of...

I F a good woman who has done a great work for her country is a saint, Protestants may join with Roman Catholics in approving of the canonization of Joan of Are. The Pope, in...

rpHE fear of moderate poverty—a fear which governed the 1. Victorian middle class—is largely gone. We have seen it close, and laugh at our own fears. We do not mean that we have...

T HERE are a certain number of people who love business for its own sake. These include not only those whose business is their own creation and who may be expected to be as...

[To- Emma - or Pas " SProrecos."1 SIR,—I do not consider that the City, and the banking community in particular, is giving quite that loyal support which should- be given-to...

[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.] THE LATE BISHOP OF DURHAM....

[To rat Enrron or inn gg SPECrATOR."] Sta,—As owing to the unexpectedly early closing of the recent debate on the Irish question in the House of Lords I was unable to speak, may...

England's Sense of justice through your columns on behalf of the Royal Irish Constabulary, a body of men chosen for their good character, whose ranks are being depleted daily by...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Although no doubt you receive many letters from Iieland I think the English people can have no idea as to its real condi- tion. In my...

SPECTATOR.") SIR, —The Government has abolished the subsidy on coal to tits general public, but the subsidy on the coal used by the collier in his-own house still continues....

THE " SPECTATOR.") Sis,—Neither the Spectator nor its readers would dream of entering upon a discussion of the affairs of any foreign country (and especially of the affairs of...

(To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR, — As an English writer to an English paper, I want to record my humble appreciation of a great Scotsman. I cannot write of Lord...

[To THE Epava _or 'nu " SrscrAren."9. SIR, —As one of the honorary , consultants of the. Birmingham. • Poor Man's Lawyer Associations for over tea , years, I have been....

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SFECTITOR-"3 Sia,—In order to allow time for answers to the appeal to arrive from the Dominions, the list will be kept open for a while longer. The...

THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—May I be allowed to trespass again on your kindness in appealing once more to your readers for - a cause which they have been good enough to support in...

[To THE EDPEOE OF THE " SPELVATOR,"/ Sra,—With reference to the adverse criticism of the work and, usefulness of the Employment Exchanges which has appeared, in your journal...

SPEOTAVOR."] Sin,—Your correspondent- Mr. E. T. Good, in your issue of May 15th, makes-out a strong case against the nationalization of mining royalties. But his case is much...

Ifit. LETTERS OF HENRY JAMES.* THE distinguished author whose letters are preserved in these two handsome volumes would, we have no doubt, feel justly proud of so worthy a...

[To THE EDITOR OE THE " SPECTATOE."] Sia,—May I be permitted to point out that the correct title of " The Spiritual Pilgrimage of Charles Hargrove" is From Authority to Freedom,...

DREAM-SHIPS. every night at six o'clock, As punctual aa the postman's knock, Our dream-ships -from the dreamland seas Sailed back upon a homeward breeze, Bearing piled high in...

[To 'THE -EDITOR or THE " SPECEATOR."] Sia,—A Scotch friend kindly sends the Spectator to me, which I appreciate greatly. I fully agree with all that the writer on the laundry...

" A GRAIN OF M1JSTARD SEED "—THE AMBASSADORS. Ma. 1lAnwoon's play is about as good as a play could be that was not literature. A little more and it would have reached the level...

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

of the letter which we published last week appealing for support for the Child Emigration Society was printed as "Sawley." After examining the MS. we are bound to say that the...

WE are very glad to know that the Victoria History of the Counties of England has taken a new lease of life. The editors had to suspend operations during the war but have now...

our national character might do well to read the new life of Mr. Jesse Collings, partly from his own hand and partly by his friend Sir J. L. Green, with a touching preface by...

M.R. DAVID BISPHAM, whom many of us remember as a singer of varied gifts, great intelligence, and strong personality, has written an excellent volume of reminiscences.' It is-...

THE war diverted attention from the controversies in which Father Tyrrell played so prominent a part ; and to some it may seem that his name comes to us out of a vanished world....

ALTHOUGH general interest is now taken in the numerous diseases which afflict mankind, and there is a keen desire to limit and, if possible, eradicate them, it has not been...

AN IMPERFECT MOTHER.* THE time of Mr. Beresford's novel is somewhat hard to fix. It-is certainly pre-war, possibly Edwardian : prosperous variety artists had, we think, given...

A HALF.TRUTH. LORD CHESTERFIELD invented the phrase, " Measures, not men," which became a commonplace in mid-eighteenth century politics, and which is preserved, like a fly in...

7s. 6d. net.)—Those who re- member the series of impressions in Punch which culminated with the extraordinarily funny tale of General " Ooom aah's " telephone conversation will...

[X -lice is this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent rev;eu% The Shaping Forces of Modern Religious Thought : a Historr, of Theological Development. By Archibald B....

Unwin. 6s. net.)—Canon Rawnsley's attractive book describes in detail the famous scenes and the delightful old houses in the West of England and in Wales that are now under the...

what Johnson called " a good hater." He hates Papists, Puritans, Dissenters, Evangelicals, Latitudinarians—in short, all who are not of the straitest sect of Anglicanism ; and...

this neat little volume in the " Pilgrim's Books " conceals a pleasant selection of •papers from Steele and Addison's Waller. 'which is much less familiar to the present...

R. P. P. Rowe. (PhilipAllan. 10s. 6d. net.)—We can heartily commend Captain Rowe's scholarly record of the war. It is concise, clear, and accurate. There is a good index, and...

headquarters are at Hertford House, Manchester Square, shows that the Society made important additions to the national collections -last year. It played a part, with the...

H. Carrier. (Lane. 15s. net.)—Carrier was the commissioner sent by the Convention to Brittany in 1793-4 to suppress the " brigands " who disliked the atheistical revolution. He...

others interested in women's education may like to know that a full account of the proceedings appears in a .special Jubilee number of the Girton Review (Cambridge. 'Deighton,...

farmer ought to read this book, not only for the technical information about root and grass crops but also as an example of scientific method applied to agriculture. Mr. Faber,...