J APAN has not yet replied to the British and American Notes protesting against the attacks on the U.S. gunboat ' Panay' and H.M.S. ' Ladybird' ; and the delay is attributed to...

the closing of the Gibraltar and Portuguese frontiers by General Franco was regarded as an indication that troop movements were taking place in preparation for an offensive,...

on military opera- tions, for it is possible that the conditions Japan may be asked to observe in the future will impede her in the conduct of the war. To avoid coming into...

Stalin's success in the Russian elections would moderate the purge that has now been in progress for several months, and that what is claimed as the greatest and free-est...

history from repeating itself in the relations between the Palace and the Prime Minister, with, however, this material difference, that there is opposed today to an experienced...

is engaged in casting a balance-sheet of the results of M. Delbos' tour in Eastern and South Eastern Europe, and the German Press in assuring its readers that the tour achieved...

within their rights in asking for a debate on foreign affairs, on the eve of the six weeks' adjournment of the House, but the discussion on Tuesday did not, as in the present...

this issue of The Spectator emphasises that in many cases juvenile delinquency is the result of unsatis- factory conditions in the home and in the family. If such is the cause,...

hush strategy. No one blames them for behaving with due circumspection, or wishes them to emulate the dictators and bawl their objectives across the world. But Mr. Chamberlain...

delivered on the international situation. He seemed less confident than usual, but nevertheless made the best- informed contribution of the afternoon. He has visited China twice...

is a disappointment. No doubt the number of ex-members who fall upon evil days is small. But every- one knows that such cases do occur. The committee recom- mend a compulsory...

debate on the foreign situation was an unsatisfactory affair. There was no special occasion for it, and the participants roamed over the whole face of the earth. As so often...

Rent Restriction reject its Majority Report altogether, criticism is most likely to concentrate on its proposals for abolishing control of the lower-rented houses. The Report...

which has been published now for 13 years, provides a valuable survey of the development of British industry as a whole and of the relative shifts and changes within the...

IN response to our appeal of last week for subscriptions from readers of The Spectator to enable wireless sets to be pre- sented to the, convict and other prisons of Great...

All that is true, and the recognition of it must temper sensibly whatever satisfaction we may feel on other counts. But the other counts deserve to be taken note of none the...

THE last month has seen. the foundation of a new -1.I- Church in Germany ; and while in other countries Christians will celebrate Christmas in accordance with the ancient...

from James Russell Lowell onwards—indeed from John Adams onwards—have generally been men of marked culture and personality. Mr. Bingham was in addition a man of marked charm. He...

of the B.B.C.'s new foreign broadcasts is very reassuring. Of the importance of the new departure, whose chief- purpose is to provide some offset to the propaganda, mostly anti-...

matins as I had intended, for I owe an answer to a courteous letter from a clergyman who prefers the Choral Eucharist at and asks " why the wayfaring man, if he be a Christian,...

to him of the Nobel Peace Prize would have gone off better if the speeches had been fewer and briefer, but it was a great success none the less. Two observations of Lord Cecil's...

chronicle the arrival at Lisbon of Sir Walford Selby, the new British Ambassador to Portugal. But the event may prove important. The new Ambassador has for the last four years...

G ENERAL LUDENDORFF ceased to be a figure of consequence nineteen years ago, for it would be a poor service to his memory to dwell on the vagaries of his post-War career, which...

By RICHARD FREUND S IMLA, the summer capital of India, is one of the loveliest spots on God's earth. Perched on the knife-edge of a wooded ridge, looking out on the deep...

By FRANCOIS MAURIAC [M. is a Mauriac, of the Academie Francaise and winner of its Grand Prix in 1926, distinguished novelist, his best-known work being " Le Noeud des...

[The writer, whose age is 27, is a Civil Servant] TN no generation has the " voice of under thirty " ever I been unanimous, but today the polyphony is so rich that even the...

By C. L. C. BURNS T O judge by figures alone there would appear to have been a remarkable increase in the number of young people coming before the Children's Courts within...

By ROSE MACAULAY T HE title of Corrector of the People was conferred on him, so Mr. Cruden always said, by Divine Providence, but never confirmed by secular authority, though...

By LUIGI PIRANDELLO [This was the last short story written by Signor Pirandello, and was completed only a few weeks before his death.] S TARTLED from my sleep—I find myself...

By D. J. T. LUSK IF nine out of fifty-four Powers confer Three times in each Capital City, In how many ways can a deadlock occur If they sit on a Standing Committee ? Who is or...

. DANZIG, GERMANY AND POLAND By JOHN KAESTLIN R ECENT developments in Danzig have once more focussed world-wide attention—or rather would have done were it not for the gravity...

THE THEATRE " Room Service." By John Murray and Allan Berete. At the Strand Theatre THE critics, rightly, found this piece uproariously funny ; and so did the audience on the...

IN a recent book by Gilbert Seldes there is a publicity photo- graph of Greta Garbo, in which her face has been superimposed upon a picture of the Sphinx This well illustrates...

A POLISH ballet is Covent Garden's contribution to Christmas entertainment. The company have come here with the honours of the Paris Exhibition thick upon them ; so they ought...

der seine Geringschiitzung der Wissenschaften hOhnisch zur Schau trug." Dieser Satz stammt merkwOrdiger- weise nicht aus unserer Gegenwart, sondern er ist von dem grossen...

great month for the arrival of woodcock immigrants from the north and west is November. Evidence that comes from acute observers .on the South Coast convinces me that many more...

of Health that as many people as may be shall avail themselves of the giant for reconditioning old cottages, but local bodies do not always agree with the Ministry or support...

Mistletoe for Holly The vans, often armed with rather ruthless campaigners, which tour the country against Christmas and return laden with holly, have had much longer journeys...

this December a quantum of flowers as well as berries will greet Christmas Day. One of the least expected (in my garden) is a bush of the common mauve Veronica, a bush described...

the squirrel's granary was- full. It is not only, or chiefly, the granary that is filled, at any rate in the case of the grey squirrel. There is a country house remarkable,...

is a bowl of South African Chincherinchee flowers sent over in cold storage. They are a marvellous combination of strength and delicacy. The bottoms of the stalks which you are...

The brightest thing in the house is a pot or two of the Golden Gleam nasturtium. The plants have never seen the inside of any glass house. They were dug up in the garden before...

[Correspondents are requested to keep their letters as brief as is reasonably possible. The most suitable length is that of one of our " News of the Week" paragraphs. Signed...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR, —In June last you published an article describing the Cottswold Bruderhof—a brotherhood founded in Germany which recently migrated to...

THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Two comments : (r) Tout comprendre, c'est tout par- donner. Those who have written to castigate or condemn these writers must have forgotten what it was...

of THE SPECTATOR.] Sm,—Any naval historian induced to take up the Navy List and catalogue and weigh the names of our present vessels, would, no doubt, declare that many ships...

page 1,088 of your issue of December 17th, in your note on the Coal Bill, you suggest that it is open to the Royalty owners to withdraw their acceptance of the results of the...

[To, the Editirr of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR, —One of the arguments in favour of the killing policy is that our export of live cattle to foreign countries depends largely on our...

[To-the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR, —May I beg the hospitality of your columns for an appeal on behalf of the Clothing and Comforts Committee of the Relief of Distress in...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sia,—The present campaign for a healthier and fitter Britain may seem rather belated to many of us, but it is perhaps appropriate that we...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR, —May we bring to the notice of your readers the work of a society unique of its kind and rendering service that must appeal to all ? We...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sta,—Readers of The Spectator are not unfamiliar with the general conditions governing the lives of Jews and other " Non-Aryans " in Germany....

Carr) Personality. Parade (John Sparrow) .. The Once " New Deal_" (D. W. Brogan) An Amiable Dictatorship (Honor Croome) Leon Blum (Francis Genn) . . • • • - • • • • • . 1152...

Personality in the columns of the Daily Mirror, Mr. Godfrey Winn has selected some of the most telling pages from his causerie and embellished them with portraits of himself...

L'Experience Roosevelt et le Milieu Social Americain. Par M. FRANCIC has earned gratitude in the past by an excellent study of the economic aspects of Italian fascism and many...

Economic Planning in Corporative Portugal. By F. Cotta. (P. S. King. 8s. 6d.) Economic Planning in Corporative Portugal. By F. Cotta. (P. S. King. 8s. 6d.) DR. SALAZAR of...

Leon Blum. By Geoffrey Fraser and Thad& Natanson. ios. 6d.) RELIABLE and informative books on modern France are rare ; it is, therefore, unfortunate that this particular book...

Marshal Ney. A Play in Five Acts. By J. C. Masterman. Preface by R. C. Sherriff. (Cobden-Sanderson. 5s.) MR. A. P. HERBERT once wrote a book—his best, I think called The Secret...

Charges Darwin: The Fragmentary Man. By Geoffrey West. (Routledge. t5s.) Ir is interesting to consider what would have happened if Charles Darwin had not sailed as a naturalist...

The Faber Book of Modern Stories. Edited by Elizabeth Bowen. (Faber. 8s. 6d.) Pavements at Anderby. By Winifred Holtby. (Collins. 7s. 6d.) THAT list 'takes some getting down :...

" THE floors of ocean were patterned by the life that surrendered and passed for ever below its surface." It is of that marked life that James Hanley writes—the life of the...

The decision of the cement industry to raise its selling prices by 3s. per ton underlines the favourable position in which cement makers are now placed. Most of the increase is...

WITHOUT stretching a point in favour of the season of good cheer I feel that markets may fairly be said to be on the mend. The change in Throgmorton Street is not so much a...

Treasury secrets are so annoyingly well kept that I do not pretend to know whether another large-scale funding operation will be hatched out early in the New Year. The...

Selling by old holders of the R.M. and E.D. Realisation shares, who have received a substantial pro rata allotment of Union-Castle Steamship £t ordinary, is doubtless...

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT PROSPECTS In view of my references to the favourable prospects of electrical equipment shares in the spring it is disappointing to see the monthly index...

AGAR, CROSS AND COMPANY SUBSTANTIAL RISE IN SALES The thirty-first ordinary general meeting of Agar, Cross and Co. Ltd., was held on December 16th at Dorland House, Regent...

BANKING AND INDUSTRIAL PROFITS IN accordance with custom, I shall hope next week to say something with regard to Financial and Business Prospects in 1938. For the moment, and...

MARKETS QUIETLY STEADY. CHRISTMAS week is seldom an active one in the Stock Markets and the past few days have proved no exception. Never- theless, the steadier tone noticeable...

It is a good sign of increased trade activity North of the Tweed that two of the Scottish Banks have recently announced a fresh issue of capital. At the annual general meeting...

The pastoral companies in Australia for the most part pursue a conservative policy in the distribution of profits, and that is well considering the extent to which earnings are...

BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES AT the ordinary general meeting of the Bank of New South Wales, held at the head office, Sydney, on Friday, November 26th, 1937, the Chairman, Sir...

CARRERAS, LIMITED RECORD PROFITS THE thirty-fourth annual general meeting of Carreras, Ltd., was held on December zoth at Arcadia Works, Hampstead Road, London, N.W. Mr....

SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED RESULTS THE annual general meeting of the Scottish Australian Co., Ltd., was held on December 17th at the offices of the Company, 197 Winche ter House,...

AGAR, CROSS. At the recent annual meeting of Agar, Cross and Company the Chairman, Mr. Stuart C. Sheppard, explained that with the proceeds of the recent issue of £350,000 in...

It was with considerable satisfaction that the City noted the attention given in Parliament last week to discussing the evils of share pushing. Moreover, the Debate was the more...

Optimism not only with regard to the Company's present position and prospects, but also with regard to the general trade outlook, was the outstanding feature of the address of...

contains proposals for a new issue of stock, a feature of the arrangements being the elimination of the unpaid capital of the whole of the issued stock. Assuming the proposals...

a loved one is by endowing a bed or ward in a great national hospital. Brompton Hospital would help you reverently to carry out your wish. You would at once honour your loved...

of Crossword No. 273 is Mr. Robert George Rope, The Green, Kirk Langley, near Derby.

BY ZENO ACROSS I. VitaLvehicles. 8. Perfume bought by a young person on relief ? 14. My first and second are unchecked in 31. 15. What the ugly sluggard wants. 17. What is...