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On Wednesday the the Minisg Committee of : Central Association . net
The Spectatorthe Prime Minister. The Committee showed . . him a statement about wages calculated in purely economic terms. The owners have estimated the wages that could be paid for a...
In connexion with the coal dispute it is interesting to
The Spectatorlearn that a conference of representatives of the Euorpean' coal industry will soon - be held to discuss the possibility, of-ending the cut-throat competition in the coal...
The - Miners' Executive, for their part, collected opinions in the -various
The Spectatordistricts and issued a critical commentary upon theReport. But they gave no precise guidance to the districts where the working miners were puzzling their heads .Over. the...
NEWS OF THE WEEK
The Spectator• Ar fER much unnecessary delay, which we trust will not have to be paid for in any highly incon- venient way, the two sides in the coal dispute have at last come to the point....
The Daily Mail, as a result of researches in the
The Spectatormining districts, has discovered a great deal of reasonableness among the men, but it cannot be said that the men's leaders have let fall a word about the possibility of...
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
The SpectatorOwing to the increase in the number of Postal Subscribers to the SPECTATOR it is necessary for notices of Changes of Address to be received by midday on Monday of each week....
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It ought to be taxed in no uncertain way. The
The Spectatorhabit of betting is so widespread and so deeply ingrained that it will not be eradicated or anything like it by taxation, but if it can be discouraged and the State can at the...
The Independent Labour Party met with a rebuff last week
The Spectatorat the meeting of -the Executive of the Labour and Socialist International at Zurich. The I.L.P. dele- gation, headed by Mr. Fenner Brockway, proposed that the Executive should...
Universal pleasure has been caused by the birth of a
The Spectatordaughter, on Wednesday, to the Duke and Duchess of York. The new Princess is third in the line of succession to the Throne, coming after the Prince of Wales and the Duke of...
The situation in China is no clearer. Last week we
The Spectatorsaid that everything would depend upon the agreement come to about the division of the spoils between Chang Tso-lin. and Wu Pei-fu who in alliance are attacking Peking. We do...
With much satisfaction we read the statement that the Cabinet
The Spectatorhave agreed to make a beginning with the taxation of betting in the manner recommended for many months in the Spectator. The present intention is to tax credit betting and...
Meanwhile most of the so-called National Army which had been
The Spectatordefending Peking has disappeared to the North and various members of the Cabinet who had sought sanctuary have reappeared though the improvised Committee of Public Safety has...
When we write on Thursday morning there is a hitch
The Spectatorin the . Morocco peace negotiations at Udjar. The Rini delegates are ready to- recognize the temporary and spiritual authority of the --Sultan, - but they refuse to make "...
This reverse to the I.L.P. is significant, for much hid
The Spectatorbeen hoped for by the adherents of the new I.L.P. policy which is partly to secure an international " united front," and partly to damage Mr. Ramsay - MacDonald's authority and...
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Last Saturday a large number of women, estimated at 'about
The Spectator7,000, marched through London and held a meeting in the Albert Hall as a protest against strikes. This procession was a fairly easy target for criticism even though it'...
This kind of thing can be prevented only by a
The Spectatormore wholesome public opinion. It is disappointing that newspapers which are in competition with one another have not generally been able to come to some kind of agreement....
The strong conviction in the House of Commons 'that the
The Spectatortime has come to do something to restrict by legis- lation the publication of obscene - details froni thelaw Courts was demonstrated on Friday, April 16th, when the Bill...
Some of the worst orgies of sensationalism and the exploitation
The Spectatorof degrading details - have been the outcome of trials which are not covered by this Bill at all. The Bill is thoroughly good, we think, for its particular pur- pose, though it...
All the same, it is a very good sign that_the
The SpectatorHouse of Commons is at last intent upon doing by means of the law whatever can be done by the law., The old argument that pUblicity is essential as a deterrent was found to have...
Lord Reading on his return from India has received a
The SpectatorMarquessate. He left India better. than he found it... That is • his claim to his new honour, and no one will dispute it. His title is " fairly writ " in the progress of the...
* * .,* * All London .feels much the poorer
The Spectatorfor the death of Sir Squire Bancroft. No figure . was more conspicuous— one might say, without offence because with truth, more consciously conspicuous—in the West End of London...
Bank Rate, 5 per cent., changed from 4 per cent.
The Spectatoron December 8rd, 1925. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 102 ; on Wednesday week 101# ; a year ago 102/k. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 86} ; on Wednesday...
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THE NEW TROUBLE HOUSE OF EUROPE
The SpectatorS OME future • Gibbon, tracing the decline and fall of our civilization, may declare that one of . the permanent institutions of Europe was " a trouble house" —a ruler whose...
TOPICS OF THE DAY
The SpectatorTHE RUSSO-GERMAN TREATY T HE alarm caused by the Treaty of Rapallo has been reproduced by the news that Russia and Germany are on the point of concluding a new Treaty ; but...
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LIVING. ON OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY
The SpectatorM R. A. M. SAMUEL, Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Overseas Trade, has introduced an important and interesting topic. In a recent address to the Newcastle and Gateshead...
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THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT
The SpectatorFROM A CORRESPONDENT. T HE House returned from the Easter recess to resume the Committee Stage of the Economy Bill, the Unionists with their anxieties as to its effect upon the...
SHALL THE . SILK WORM DIE ?
The SpectatorA PORTENT has loomed upon the horizon of Shepherd's Bush : the first Exhibition of British Artificial Silk has opened its doors to the general public for this one day,...
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ALL-STEEL TRAINS
The SpectatorA MEMBER of the Spectator staff travelled to Bir- mingham the other day in the first all-steel train to run on an English main line. Although the coaches were all third class,...
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BRIGHTER - FOOTBALL
The Spectator.A HUNDRED thousand people tried to get in to see a certain football match the other week. Only half the number could be squeezed in and the half that was suc- cessful strewed...
SLAUGHTER-HOUSE REFORM FEEDING ' BY JOHN DODDS.
The Spectator(Late Superintendent Carlisle Municipal Abattoir.) THE feeding and watering of animals which are not -I- for immediate slaughter is a subject which has not received the...
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SPECTABILIA
The SpectatorLord Byng's term of office as Governor-General of Canada soon comes to an end. Among those mentioned . as possible successors are Lord Cavan, formerly Chief of the Staff, Lord...
There was a sensible letter from an Irishman in the
The SpectatorDaily Mail recently a propos of the employment of a number Of Irishmen on electrical work in North Wales to which the TreaSury has made a grant of £1,000,000. When the matter...
After a period of post-War depression Neivfoundland seems to be
The Spectatorentering upon good times. The Government has abolished the relief grant, and during the past four months only £85 have been spent on relief for the able- bodied poor in the...
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A car that passed me in the Strand last week
The Spectatorhad in the triangle which warns people that the car has front wheel brakes the following notice ,you can read this you are too damn close ! " Interesting possibilities are...
The Literary Digest quotes some figures concerning the next American
The Spectator- census taken from the Boston News Bureau and the United States Daily of Washington. According to these' authorities the population of the United States on July 1st next will...
A recent issue of the Times contained a remarkable leiter
The Spectatoron the proposed tax on betting 'signed by seven ex - Governors. The signatories are unanimous that the imposition of a betting,tax,.in the Dominions has not increased the amount...
Leeds will 'celebrate the three-hundredth - aniiiVersary of its . incorporation
The Spectatorby King Charles I. on JiilY 13th. From a hamlet of 1,400 people it has grown into a thriving town of nearly 500,000, with industries which export, amongst other things,...
• * * * This is the Shakespeare Birthday Week,
The Spectatorand there' is great dramatic activity on all sides. By a miracle of local patriotism and devotionto a great idea, an astonish- ing achievement has taken place at...
THE THEATRE
The SpectatorTHE HERO AS SAINT M. HENRI GnioN, whom Sir Barry Jackson has just " dis- covered," has been engaged for some years in helping to restore the Poetic Drama in France. In his...
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THE CINEMA
The SpectatorBRITISH FILMS, THE QUOTA AND -RECIPROCITY THE first stage of the fight for a revival of British film pro- duetion is over. The Committee appointed by the film industry to...
BACHELOR TALK
The SpectatorTHE Haymarket Theatre has a formula of its own—the formula of light comedy and pleasant make-believe. Mr. Levy, the newcomer, has- accepted it, and will apparently be able to...
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ART
The SpectatorTHE experienced frequenter of picture galleries does not start at number one in his catalogue and proceed to examine each succeeding picture until he is too exhausted to obtain...
CORRESPONDENCE
The SpectatorA LETTER FROM KHARTUM [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—The Mohammedan religion regards the making of wells or the provision of supplies of water as works of special merit....
AN ALL-INDIAN FILM
The SpectatorSum" a "bone-head" of a Buddha as is portrayed in The Light of Asia at the Philharmonic Hall could never have existed. The Prince who renounced the world to teach the eightfold...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The SpectatorTHE INDUSTRIAL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP [To the Editor of the SrEerz.roa.] SIR,—In your issue dated April 1pth I notice an article on the Industrial Christian Fellowship. The...
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The SpectatorSIR, — The letters in recent issues of the Spectator on the subject of the , dislike of Americans by Englishmen, and rice versa, seem to me to present yet another unfortunate...
A RACIAL DANGER
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The discussion of the sterilization of defectives in the columns of your journal suggests that England might not be wise to adopt the way...
ON HATING AMERICA [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
The SpectatorAmerican might easily reply to " An Englishman in India," whose letter appeared in your issue of March 20th, on his own ground. He might 'point out that Amerietins too dislike "...
_ [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Your lady correspondent,
The Spectatorwriting in the last number of the Speciator, seems anxious to impose upon the Rev. G. A. Studdert Kennedya large share of blame for the public apathy towards the work of the...
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ENGLAND AS THE DICTATOR OF WOMEN'S FASHIONS
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SHI,—Those mysterious people who decree Fashion's whim and steer tier capricious course, ' the designers of the dresies' we wear, on 'and off...
AGRICULTURAL PRICES AND WAGES [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
The Spectatoram sorry to have given offence by a letter which ap- peared in your columns more than two months ago, to the correspondent who calls himself " Oliver Rustic," in yOttr issue...
THE COMMITTEE FOR CORRECT REPORTS UPON ITALIAN AFFAIRS
The Spectator[To the Tditor of the SPECTATOR.] . SIR,—WC, the undersigned members of the British Colony in Florence, claiming collectively by long experience and intimate relations with...
THE FALL IN CULTIVATED ACREAGE
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —The figures quoted by the writer of " Spectabilia " on the fall in the number of acres under cultivation of cereals in -England and...
'HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] . SIR, —While the people of England are considering t` the reform of the House of Lords " may a friendly foreigner. suggest that, whatever the...
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BUSH TRACK MOTORING IN AUSTRALIA
The Spectator[To the Editor of the St's:ern - roll] Stn,—Some months ago you made a most flattering comment on the journal of Mr. Michael Terry describing his journey from Winton to Western...
HEREDITY AND ENVIRONMENT
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin, — Mr. Joad's seventh conclusion is as follows :—" That nevertheless eugenics in the sense of the purposive breeding of desired types is...
THE FUTURE OF INDIA
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,"—Will you allow me as a senior member of the Indian Civil Service to make some comments on Lord Meston's interesting review of recent...
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.11.1k, LATE REV. JAMES SHEPHERD [To the Editor of the
The SpectatorSPECTATOR.] SIR,—May I, . through the courtesy of the Spectator, request that 'any of your readers who may have interesting remini- scences of the late Rev. James Shepherd;...
POETRY
The SpectatorAPRIL RAIN The sweet breast of the brooding day Was hinting through the goWn of Spring, And giant elms threw care away For now had come the Quickening. Ah ! Days of...
WALKING IN CIRCLES
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—I have been interested in your correspondents' views about " walking in circles," but so far no one seems to give any explanation for...
EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS TIPS.
The SpectatorMa. A. C. GRIEVE, 13 The Willows, Beech Road, Liverpool, writes : " I am particularly taken with the article on Tips, as it affects the new poor of the minor county class....
LITTER [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] .
The SpectatorSIR,—Your painful paragraph dealing with litter in your issue of April 10th places, I fear, too high a value on teaching as a means of checking it. For several years past by...
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A BOOK OF THE MOMENT
The SpectatorTHE LURE .OF LONDON [COPYRIGHT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE New York Times.] THE publishers are spreading the Lure of London throughout the English-speaking world,...
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We owe a .debt of gratitude to Messrs. Dent , for
The Spectatorpublishing their edition of Dumas. The Vicomte de Bragalone in four volumes is just out at 4s. Od. each. What wonderful stories these d'Artagnan romances are I
THIS WEEK'S BOOKS
The SpectatorMiss Nainaiaa CRANE, the baby laureate of New York, who is now thirteen years old, has rightly found a place in Messrs. Cape's revised and enlarged edition of Modern American...
Dr. Hall Sumner has plodded diligently and doggedly, in a
The Spectatormethodical German way, after the will of the wisp of relativity between The Brain and Mind (Unwire. as. 6d.). He begins a little slowly in his pursuit, but gets his second wind...
We have received the fifth volume of the Memoirs of
The Spectatorthe American Academy in Rome (printed in Italy), magnificently illustrated. It is a fitting memorial to _the scholarship. of the late Mr. Curtis. * * * *
Messrs. Methuen send us an anthology of tabloid wisdom
The Spectatorranging from St. Paul to Lao-tsze and from Solomon to Con- fucius. It is well arranged and useful for those that like that Sort of thing. The editor is Mr. Besterman, the price...
The Ballad of Betsy Ann, by Mr. W. A. Briscoe
The Spectator(Methuen, 10s. Od.) is the life story of a mare, a sort of versified " Black Beauty " with a touch of " Kissing Cup's Race." The sentiment is charming, the illustrations...
We have received a fragmentary and—alas !--painfully self-laudatory Autobiography of
The SpectatorJohn Payne, with preface and annotations by Mr. Thomas Wright (Thomas Wright, Olney, near Bedford. 15s.). The pen drawings by Mr. Jones are excellent, the photographs of the...
A NEW COMPETITION
The SpectatorThe Editor offers a prize of £5 for a " Specimen Day" in not more than 1,000 words. _ _ If only four hundred words are used we shall be so much the happier. But we have set the...
THE SPECTATOR.
The SpectatorBefore going on their holidays readers are advised to place an order for the SPECTATOR. The journal will be forwarded to any address at the following rates :- One Month • . 2s....
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SPORTING SAGAS --
The Spectatorstable. 21s.) . Tire late Mr. John Woodcock Graves, author of -the words. of the famous song, is reported to have said-on •one occasion to its Cumberland hero, whose name is...
SWINBURNE has fallen upon evil days. When his poems
The Spectatorwere banned from all polite libraries and ardent youths looked upon him as the liberator of the human race, the greatest of all free spirits, redeeming poetry from the dreary...
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THE PULPIT AND THE WORLD
The SpectatorReligion and the Rise of Capitalism. By R. H. Tawny. (John Murray. 10s. fx1.) " PRUDENCE and Piety were always very good friends. You may gain enough of both worlds if you...
JOSEPH CONRAD
The SpectatorLast Essays. Joseph Conrad. (Dent. 7s. 6d.) Tuts collection of essays and letters to the Press is the last gleaning from the field of Conrad's exotic genius. We have a purpose...
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VERSE, AMERICAN - AND ENGLISH,
The SpectatorTHE American lecture habit has brought together the. oet and his listeners in a way of which Walt Whitman, neglected in is own day, only dreamed. Mr. Vachel Lindsay has lectured...
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GOSSIP OF THE " GREAT WORLD "
The SpectatorReminiscences. By Roma Lister. (Hutchinson. 21s.) Miss ROMA ',MEWS Reminiscences are described as social and political, but polities play but a small part. She being what used...
This rather prim and demure little guide is admirably cheap
The Spectatorand small, fitting any purse and any pocket : it is adequate on the history of the city and of its monuments and does not attempt too much : notably, it is cautious to the...
A COMPARISON OF POETRY AND MUSIC. By Sir Henry Hadow.
The Spectator(Cambridge University Press. 2s. Oci.) Tins pamphlet was the Henry Sedgwick Lecture for 1923 at Cambridge. It is a sound incursion into constructive aes- +h..+ies, and develops...
GERMANY'S INDUSTRIAL REVIVAL. By Sir P. Dawson,. M.P. (Williams and
The SpectatorNorgate. 10s. Bd. net.) Sin PHILIP DAwsoN has collected in Germany a great deal of useful information which he here hands on to us. Ire describes the economic conditions since...
CURRENT LITERATURE
The SpectatorIMPERIAL ROME. By Martin Nilsson. Translated by C. al Richards, D.D. (Bell. 21s. ) ONLY recently we had occasion to pay a tribute to Professor Nilsson's thorough-going...
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THE MENACE OF NATIONALISM IN EDUCATION.' By Jonathan French Scott,
The SpectatorPh.D. (Allen and Unwin. 6s. 6d. = net.) Ii so far as the child is father of the man, the problem of. world peace may be ultimately solved in the schoolroom. But human nature...
FICTION HEROINES OF TO-DAY AND -*YESTERDAY- -
The SpectatorClad in Purple Mist. By Catherine Dodd. (Jarrold. 78.. 6d.) EvEwsi tenth person one . meets under the age of forty, and even so _ me considerably over, seems to harbour nsecret...
THE DARK HOURS. By Don Marquis. (Cape. 5s. net.) ME.
The SpectatorDON MARQ via, one of the best-known " columnists " of the American Press, has set out to do a brave thing, but has not liad enough courage to carry it through. In The Dark...
OTHER NOVELS
The SpectatorAnd a New Earth. By : C. E. Jacomb. (Routledge. 7s. 6d. net.)—This - romance, worked out with great care and in much detail, describes a New State in which a higher social level...
The Case of Dr. Morel. By Karen Bramson. (A. M.
The SpectatorPhilpot. 5s.)—This is a rather rinwhOlesothe little story Of a fashionable physician who makes full_ use of his opportunities for putting his patients out of their pain when he...
Yellow Corn. By Upton Gray. (Hodder and Stoughton. 7s. 6d.
The Spectatornet.)—A first novel about couritrY-folk which is fresh, unpretentious and charming. The clever villain is ingeniously unmasked, the simple hero is interesting while he makes...
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BOOKS RECOMMENDED
The SpectatorMISCELLANEOLTS :-The Drama in Adult Education.. (His Majesty's Stationery Office. - 1.s.) Foundations of the Universe. By M. Luckiesh. (Chapman and Hall. 15s.)=C hemistry in...
FINANCE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
The SpectatorTHE BUDGET BY ARTHUR W. KIDDY. THE days seem to have passed when Budget secrets were scrupulously preserved. Speculations as to its character have, of course, always been...
THE RECREATIONS OF LONDON
The SpectatorLECTURES. Sunday, April 25th, 3.30 p.m. Mx POLICY FOR THE LAND. By Mr. Lloyd George. Under thil , liniapices Of the " Five Quarters." At the Guildhouse, Eceleston Square, S.W....
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ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE.
The SpectatorThe completion , of the Quinquennial Valuation period in: . the Life Department of the Royal Exchange As - alliance Cdiii- pany has resulted in the announcement of a combined...
BANKING IN JAPAN.
The SpectatorAt the time"-of the announcement iouncement Of the'dividend by the - Vokohamapecie Bank, it was evident that profits had expanded, and this is' now shOWn to be the case by the...
FINANCIAL . NOTES
The SpectatorQUIETLY CHEERFUL MARKETS. Tits: fortnightly settlement has revealed, as was expected, at sound position, and the response of prices, especially of- high-class Investment....
STORE PROSPERITY.
The SpectatorOnly last week I referred to the prosperity which is being_ experienced just now by most of. London's big Stores, and the Annual Report of the Army , and Navy Co - operative...
DUNLOP RECOVERY.
The SpectatorAfter passing through a period of some severe vicissitudes, it looks as though the Dunlop Company, thanks to the drastic reorganization scheme and present sound management, is...
SATISFACTORY INSURANCE DIVIDENDS.
The SpectatorThe sound and conservative management of the Liverpool : and London & Globe Insurance Company is now bearing fruit in increased profits, the Directors having just been able to...
VICKERS RECOVERY.
The SpectatorThe hopefulness expressed some few months_ ago by the ' Directors of Vickers Limited on the occasion of -the formation of the Capital Reconstruction plan—a hopefulness, it will...