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ON ALL FRONTS
The SpectatorHE greatest danger-zone of the war at the moment is still in the Far East, where the Japanese are still pressing on whole front in Malaya. The Australians have been putting a...
The Premier and India
The SpectatorThe Prime Minister's reply on Tuesday to a question regard- ing the proposals put forward by the Indian Moderates at any rate closed no doors, though Mr. Churchill observed, a...
r. Churchill's Return It was with an immense feeling of
The Spectatorrelief that the country learnt Mr. Churchill's safe return by air last Saturday. With grad- cation and pride it had heard of the unstinted welcome given hira and of the...
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The Defence of Airfields
The SpectatorLord Trenchard made a powerful speech in the House of Lo last Tuesday, in which he put in a proper perspective the q tion of the defence of airfields, and what have been called...
The Land-Worker's Dinner
The SpectatorWelfare work was long ago introduced into factories and m —and Mr. Lloyd George had a good deal to do with that— never till lately has it been brought into agriculture, where it...
An Empire War Cabinet
The SpectatorThe article by Mr. R. G. Menzies, formerly Prime Minister of Australia, entitled " An Empire War Cabinet? " in Wednesday's Times, raises a question which Mr. Churchill must soon...
Consolidating Eastern Europe
The Spectatorb h The luncheon given by Dr. Benes on Monday in honour of King Peter of Yugoslavia is of very considerable symbolic importance, for it marks, particularly in the light of the...
The Americas and the Axis
The SpectatorThe conclusion of complete agreement between the twenty- one American republics of North, Central and South America on the rupture of diplomatic relations with the three Axis...
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THE SUPPLY MUDDLE
The SpectatorMONG the wider problems of the war which Mr. Churchill will doubtless discuss when he makes his state- nt to Parliament, there is one that has long been staring in the face, but...
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A SPECTATOR 'S NOTEBOOK
The SpectatorT HE members of the House of Commons who reacted so vehemently against the idea that the Prime Minister's coming statement on the progress of the war should be broadcast have...
The resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury has, of course,
The Spectatorbeen expected for some years, though there were those who believed that in view of the maintenance of his physical vigour Dr. Lang might remain at Lambeth (I am not sure whether...
A paragraph in Viscount Samuel's article on the Atlantic Charter
The Spectatorin the current Contemporary states so crisply succinctly an often-ignored political truth that I quote for the benefit of any who may care to lay it up in their minds: " Sonic...
I am glad to see the Headmaster of Rugby's eminently
The Spectatorsane comment on Captain Harold Balfour's dictum that " constant ruthlessness is the quality we must adopt," and that when it is a question of "how to deal with the Hun after the...
I believe that in B.B.C. .circles Sir Max Beerbohm's broa
The Spectatorcast on Sunday night, on memories of the Victorian music-hall, regarded as the very pattern and model of how such things should be done. The matter was altogether admirable, but...
" I MUST MAKE WAY FOR HE WHO MUST MAKE
The SpectatorNEW WORLD." This grammatical outrage is most libellously attributed to the Archbishop of Canterbury by the Evening Standard. Th S.P.C.E. has the matter in hand. Jews.
The Prime Minister's Odyssey "A conference is now being held
The Spectatorin Cairo with Churchill in the chair." (Transocean News Service (Berlin), 22.12.41.) " Winston Churchill left the American continent on Sunday night aboard a heavy British...
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CAN WAVELL SAVE SINGAPORE ?
The SpectatorBy STRATEG ICUS N some ways the position in the Far East resembles that of aerodrome-defence: the central nervous system has been • ealed, but the body and limbs which it must...
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AMERICA IN ARMS
The SpectatorBy ERWIN D. CANHAM By Air Mail. A MERICA is now drinking its share of the bitter tea brewed in these words: " Too little and too late." We, too, are having a slow start. Or,...
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GALILEO GALILEI, d. 1642
The SpectatorBy PROFESSOR HERBERT DINGLE HREE hundred years ago this month there died in Arcetri, " blind, old and lonely," a man who gave to Italy and the orld an empire infinitely greater...
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WHILE MY HEART WAS IN THE SKIES
The SpectatorI SAT, and while my heart was in the skies I wrote my love ; The sun in me was myriad disguise And the words were warm with my happiness. Caught in the beauty of a crimson...
PLAGIARISM IN THE PULPIT
The SpectatorBy THE VERY REV. J. S. MACARTHUR F one may judge from the number of advertisers with sermons I to sell who offer their wares in the columns of ecclesiastical newspapers, the...
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I am well aware that the cultivation of these three
The Spectatorqualities produces in the professional diplomatist a habit of colourless scepticism which is highly irritating to all who meet it. He dreads zeal so acutely that he comes to...
MARGINAL COMMENT
The SpectatorBy HAROLD NICOLSON T is a curious fact that although women have now enjoyed political power for over twenty years they have not yet ecided to what political function they are...
These practical difficulties might well be overcome were it felt
The Spectatorthat the specifically feminine qualities of zeal, sympathy and intuition were useful qualities for a diplomatist to possess. I assert that these' three qualities, unless kept...
I have been impelled to this protest by reading in
The Spectatorthe news- apers a statement attributed to Miss Thelma Cazalet in regard the entry of women into the British Foreign Service. Some five onths ago a deputation of women called...
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THE PHOENIX
The SpectatorALONG the ledges of the rock I saw the salamander slide, Across the plains of asphodel The snorting centaurs fiercely ride And from the Egyptian flames arise The phoenix with...
THE CINEMA
The Spectator" The Little Foxes." At the Gaumont.—" The Two-Fac Woman." At the Empire.—" World Premiere." At Carlton. FILM-MAKING as a business is deeply concerned with acto whereas...
THE BALLET
The Spectator" Comus " MR. ROBERT HELPMANN'S first, or at any rate his first important, ballet, was produced by the Sadler's Wells company last week. His translation of Milton's masque of...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The SpectatorTHE ALLIES AND FRANCE . Simon pleads, in your issue of January 16th, for Allied -ognition of the Free French Comite National as " the representa- on of France with the Allied...
CAPTAIN BALFOUR'S BROADCAST
The Spectatoram not unduly " ecclesiastical " nor do I wish to be hard on an erring fellow-creature, even if he is a member of the Government, but I cannot help thinking that Captain...
SIR,—Can I hope that you will print the following observations
The Spectatoranswer- ing Mr. Harold Nicolson's "Marginal Comment " in your issue of January 16th, 1942? r. Mr. Nicolson regards any forecast of the future design of Central Europe in 1942...
THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
The Spectator,—The correspondence under this heading is rather disheartening. s origin was the story of an English lecturer in the U.S.A. who was ked why Britain did not give Australia its...
THE JEWS' SPIRITUAL HOME
The SpectatorSul,—Mr. Harold Nicolson, in 'tour issue of the 16th, recounts that Jewish refugees in this country scolded him " because our General Staff is not always as efficient as General...
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SIR, —Being in strong agreement with " Janus " in your
The SpectatorJanuary and number, in his criticism of the B.B.C.'s music, I think that Mt Kenneth Adam has failed to appreciate a number of important pointi. n. In order to appreciate...
POST-WAR HOMES
The SpectatorSIR, —In her letter published in The Spectator of January 16th, Mr. Evelyn Munro refers to the lack of precautions taken by Bring] architects against creezing pipes I have...
MUSIC AND THE B.B.C.
The Spectatorwrite to add my support to the recent criticisms of " Janus " on the subject of B.B.C. music and hope he will continue to press them until the appropriate authority is moved to...
HOUSES TAKEN BY THE WAR OFFICE
The SpectatorSIR, —A feeling of patriotism has so far prevented me, and others known to me whose houses have been requisitioned, from writing to the Press about the treatment these places...
THE S.P.C.E..
The SpectatorSta,—" Janus " has gently reprimanded me for the use of the word infinitely " in an article on Napoleon and Hitler which I contributed to The Times on January 13th. I said that...
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COUNTRY LIFE
The SpectatorAN agreeable amusement if the ground is ever covered with snow is the study of spores or slots. They disclose much that may be un- expected. One day this century, for example, I...
Greedy Squirrels
The SpectatorAn old-fashioned garden at the edge of a rather town-like village is inhabited by a too-flourishing family of grey squirrels. They are too pretty and engaging to be disturbed by...
AUTHORS AND CHARITY
The SpectatorSIR, —Mr. St. John Ervine's protest against the custom of sponging on artists was long overdue. I get requests from all over the country, and it is quite the exception to get a...
AIR-POWER AND SEA-POWER
The SpectatorS1R, —The following statements, published in The Spectator in January, 1936, are, I think, worth repeating today: First, from an article, quoting the official report on some...
More Leys
The SpectatorExtremely, learned letters on the etymology of the word " Ley " and its earlier meaning continue to reach me. They are interesting, but omit the point of my complaint against...
S1R,—A few days ago Mr. de Valera delivered a speech
The Spectatorat Navan in which he said " We will defend ourselves from attack from any quarter." But the people of Eire are not defending themselves; neither have they been doing it for many...
NEUTRALITY OF EIRE Six,—It seems agreed that Southern Ireland is
The Spectatorthe weakest link in the chain of fortresses against Totalitarianism. Eire has always looked towards U.S.A. for salvation—if something is not done soon some of the Irish poor...
In the Garden When frost or snow brings work in
The Spectatorthe garden almost to a stand- still it is a frequent habit to spend the vacant hours in cutting off the dead shoots of catmint s michaelmas daisy, or what not. This seems to me...
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BOOKS OF THE DAY
The SpectatorA True Story The Darkest Hour. By Leo Lania. (Gollancz. 8s. 6d.) LEO LANIA, Austrian playwright, scenario writer and author, fled from Vienna at the time of the anschluss and...
The Intellectual Cowards
The SpectatorThe Nazi Attack on International Science. By Joseph Needham. (Watts. 6d.) THAT the Nazi system is the enemy of the intellect is now too evident to need demonstration. It...
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A Literary Crisis
The SpectatorLiterary Scholarship : Its Aims and Methods. By Norman Foerster, John C. McGalliard, Rend Wellek, Austin Warren and Wilbur L. Schramm. (University of North Carolina Press....
The Necessity of God
The SpectatorThe Nature and Destiny of Man, a Christian Interpretation. Vol. I. By Reinhold Niebuhr t D.D. (Nisbet. r5s.) DR. REINHOLD NIEBUHR is one of those writers on religion who are...
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The Arsenal of Democracy
The SpectatorHere is America. By Phyllis Bentley. (Gollancz is.) 17s. 6d.) America in World Affairs. By Allan Nevins. (Oxford. 25. 6d.) INTEREST in the United States is naturally even...
Fifth Column Fancy
The SpectatorN or M? By Agatha Christie. (Crime Club. 7s. 6d.) Stop on the Green Light! By Maurice Barrington. (Hamish Hamilton. 7s. 6d.) IT is a striking feature of the war that the...
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Fiction
The SpectatorSeven Tempest. By Vaughan Wilkins. (Cape. 9s. 6d.) THE mixture as too often before. Four pieces of fiction, all up to entertainment standard, one supposes—if that depends on...
WHAT does it mean to be a Christian? We cannot
The Spectatoranswer this question without discovering what it meant to be a Christian in the early centuries. In twelve short studies, Dr. Glover suggests the different ways in which the...
Shorter Notices
The SpectatorIN these days when the pattern is so much more highly regarded than the patterned this book is sure of a wide reading and for the nonce it is thoroughly justified. It never...
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FINANCE AND INVESTMENT
The SpectatorBy CUSTOS ALTHOUGH it is again the fashion in some quarters to accuse the banks of exploiting a money monopoly for the benefit 01 their shareholders, I cannot discover any...
'Cavalier Lyrics and other 17th Century Love Poems ; Everyman
The Spectatora Morality ; A Country Zodiac with Woodcuts by Thomas Bewick ; The Hunting of the Snark. By Lewis Carroll, illus- trated by Mervyn Peake. (Zodiac Books, Chatto and Windus. as....
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COMPANY MEETING
The SpectatorMIDLAND BANK LIMITED STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN, THE RIGHT HON. R. McKENNA INSTEAD of delivering a speech at the annual meeting of shareholders to be held on January 29th, 1942,...
SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD No. 148
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THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 150 IA prize of a
The SpectatorBook 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 with the words...
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COMPANY MkETING
The SpectatorNATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK, LIMITED STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN, COLIN FREDERICK CAMPBELL, ESQ. IN vises of the continuance of conditions which prompted me to circu- late my...
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COMPANY MEETING
The SpectatorWESTMINSTER BANK LIMITED STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN FOLLOWING the procedure which was adopted last year it is my in- tention to give, in the form of this printed statement, the...
MARTINS BANK
The SpectatorTAX INCIDENCE ON EARNINGS BUSINESS AND TURNOVER ACTIVE MR. FREDERIC ALAN BATES, :halm - Ian, has issued a statement to shareholders of Martins Bank, Limited, in place ot the...