A FTER an inordinately long period of bargaining among the various parties a new Government has been formed in Germany. Herr Luther, the Chancellor, who himself belongs to the...

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the League of Nations Herr Luther said that he must adhere to the conditions laid down by the Marx Government. He also said that as a preliminary Germany must also be freed of...

was really pleased by the Chancellor's statement. Count Westarp was the most plain-spoken of the Nationalists. His speech was a challenge. He said that Herr Luther's...

of the alleged default. These will, of course, be supplied. We have several times explained our reasons for deploring our indefinite delay in withdrawing from Cologne. But in...

Reichstag on Tuesday. Herr Luther first of all announced his unwavering loyalty to the Weimar Con- stitution and said that any attempt to alter it by violence would be regarded...

already returned to the monarchy in all but legal form. He thinks that if Bavaria went the whole way the change would be received with acclamation by the Bavarian people. The...

opinion in this matter the prospect is gloomy. Herr Luther's statement that his Government means to be loyal to the Dawes scheme is at once seen to be empty. We must hope,...

new Fascist Electoral Law passed through the Chamber of Deputies. It has again been modified by the omission of the-elaborate plural voting clause, so that it now-provides for...

intensely interesting. The " Irreconcilables " of the Senate are making a demonstration in force—such .force as they have—against the financial transactions in Paris. In their...

British GoVernment have shown their sense of its importance by sending a Cabinet Minister, Lord Cecil. The opium problem is an extraordinarily difficult one, and it would be...

can .be resolved. On the one hand the . Fascist executive power and authority seem to be-.undiminished, and there is no immediate prospect of overthrowing Signor Musso- lini...

that we could prevent the_sninggling_a_npium a thing very easily smuggled—into our Far Eastern territories, so long as China is behaving quite lawlessly. Nothing would be more...

strongly about opium, and of course, in this respect, they have our complete sympathy. Since alcohol was prohibited in America the use of dangerous drugs, particularly 'the...

It is surely one policy to demand, as America has done, a share of the- reparations which are collected' under the authority of the Treaty and another policy to say that America...

was opened on Tuesday by Lord Reading. The Viceroy gave a long and interesting review of the whole- Indian situation. On the economic side he•was optimistic.• The 'Budgetary...

having, in the course of performing what it evidently considered to be a necessary public service, taken the risk of a very serious libel action, and on having emerged...

with the disturbed political situation there. He has stated definitely that the retreat in Morocco is only tactical, and that Spain intends to fulfil her international obliga-...

London Municipal Society on the subject of housing and slum clearances in London. He assured the deputation that he was in perfect agreement with them as to the importance of...

Lord Reading turned in the latter half of his speech to the question of Terrorism, particularly in Bengal, and he defended his action in having granted, without consulting . the...

July 5th, 1923. 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 1011; Thursday week, 1011; a year ago, 951. 31 per cent. Conversion Loan was on Thursday, 771; Thursday week, 77-1 ; a...

Y OU must in the first place fight Socialism with the intent to win and the belief that you can win. No other attitude is worth anything. " If I fight, I win," is the best of...

not die ; they change." Even when proper allowance has been made for Bradlaugh's rationalistic intention the aphorism contains an undoubted truth. And what is true of religions...

J . ET us, for example, suppose that in Great Britain 4 on February 1st, 1925, the Government decided to adopt the plan that I suggest ; Parliament would be asked to enact (a)...

W HEN it was announced that Mr. Kellogg, the American Ambassador in London, was to be appointed Secretary of State in Washington there was much speculation as to who his...

I T is so hackneyed to write about Prohibition, and so hopeless ! It is like having to invent an answer to the New York reporter's invariable question after you have been one,...

S OME years ago a well-known San Francisco prac- titioner, Dr. Abrams by name, astonished his many patients, and still more astonished his colleagues, by inviting them to send...

stalls and at most newsagents, and, except for a few isolated and distant areas, should be available on Friday. The Publisher would be grateful if readers would bring to his...

IKE the cocktail, the foxtrot and the horn-rimmed spectacle, the Cross-Word Puzzle has come to us from the United States of America ; and, again like its predecessors, it has...

C OMING into the beech wood I always turn aside to see the gamekeeper's larder. These gibbet bestiaries, fashioned of a couple of wooden bars nailed roughly between two...

ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF HOUSE CONSTRUCTION [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—As regards the alternative methods of house construction now being discussed, such as steel...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Would you allow me to point out to you that unless slum clearance is considered as a part of radical town planning. we shall be again...

THE PETER PAN FILM Tuts is a refreshing and welcome film : that it is " the world's greatest picture " is, of course, quite untrue, for it is, with few exceptions, impossible...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In your interesting and appreciative note on the fifth birthday of the League of Nations you say that when all the League has done in...

subject in the Spectator of the 17th inst. is a very timid attempt to point out and emphasize the outrageous lengths to which the tyranny of trade unionism has attained. It is a...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The Spectator is obviously so anxious to be both fair and just to " The Other Side " that I cannot believe that the very grave...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Mr. Edwin Heath, in his letter in reply to Mr. Julian Huxley, on " The Negro Problem in America," in your issue of January 17th, quotes...

SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Although there are few lovers of the game who would uphold unnecessary tinkering with the rules of cricket, it seems open to argument whether the time has not...

Sin,—Several friends have just been discussing with me the subject of week-end railway fares. We all agreed that the railway companies were missing a great opportunity because...

your article entitled " The New Bread " in your issue of January 17th, we would like to say that we are in entire agreement with what you say there. As the proprietors of an old...

SIR,—The interesting article by Dr. Lyttelton in the October number of the Edinburgh Review on " Cambridge in the 'Seventies " ought not to be allowed to pass into the limbo of...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—As a teacher of adult students, especially in economic and historical subjects, I have a desire, which seems to me natural and sensible,...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—It is most interesting to industrialists and exporters to note comments and theories on the financial and trade outlook, so I am glad to...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—While keenly appreciating the commendation of my work, The Kangaroo Keeps on Talking, in your issue of January17th, may I reply to your one...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,--I am editing for publication a catalogue raisonne of portrait drawings by my father, William Rothenstein, of which a number will be...

STARS IN BUD DIMLY, as a child makes . Patterns in the dust, Castles of dead leaves Gathered with rakes, So spin we life's pattern Out of the dust : Knowing not why we must,...

writes :— , As an American, I beg to take exception to Mr. Bassett Digby's statement regarding " museums—outside London." .I have frequently visited the museums of New York,...

[To the Editor of the. SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The main thesis of your article under the above heading in the Spectator of . January 10th, that our return to -the Gold Standard will...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—We notice in your issue of January 10th that you refer to our picture, The Love Story of David Copperfield, as a Danish production. We...

[To the Editor of - the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—With reference to Mr. St. Loe Strachey's delightful article in the Spectator of January I7th on Mrs. Wilson's Society Women of...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Major Colfox's recent letter in the Spectator appears to me, as an engineer practising in light, heat, and power supply, one that goes to...

MEN AND MANSIONS [COPYRIGHT IN TILE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY TILE New York Times.] Men and Mansions. By Harold Spender. (Thornton Butter- worth. 10s. 6d. net.) " Snow me a...

sub- scribers, gives a selection of Sir Christopher Wren's drawings for St. Paul's Cathedral, from the library of All Souls' College, Oxford. Wren was at work upon his designs...

the Chirendon Press. In the Drury-lane Prologue and Epilogue, Dr. Johnson is neat and weighty, David Garrick is neat and light. A folio of Pope's Of the Characters of Women is...

THIS WEEK'S BOOKS FOUR short stories by the late Joseph Conrad are pubasned this week as Tales of Hearsay (Fisher Unwin). One was the first he wrote, one the last : none have...

an ideal present for an absent friend. For this sum the paper will be forwarded to any address in the world. Apply : Manager, the SPECTATOR, 13 Fork Street, Covent Garden,...

has produced an extraordinarily interesting and thorough work on the " travel tales which have been told in good faith from the earliest dawn of history to the middle of the...

A Study of the Prose Works of John Donne. By Evelyn M. Simpson. (Clarendon Press. 15s. net.) Tip. Sun is lost, and th' earth and no mans wit Can well direct him where to look^...

Kitchenette Cookery is published by Messrs. Cape. The recipes are at once readable and practicable ; there is no suggestion that the ordinary cook has the resources of the whole...

Hold Hard I Hounds, Please : A Discourse on the Foxhound in Field, Covert and Kennel : with Hunting Yarns, Character Sketches from Life, and some Notes on Breeding and Kennel...

A Year of Prophesying. By H. G. Wells. (T. Fisher Unwin. 1Qs. net.) " Tuts," says the superior reviewer, as he opens Mr. Wells's new book, " is obviously mere journalism. I...

American Shrines on English Soil. By J. F. Muirhoad., (Borland Agency. 10s. net.) IN days before the motor was invented, the American tourist looked at Great Britain and hurried...

IN THE LAND OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE. By Odette Keun. (Lane. is. 6d.) IN 1920 an impetuous, courageous and intelligent young Frenchwoman decided to explore Georgia. The country was...

Monuments in London. (Stationery Office. 21s. net.) Tax Royal Commission of Historical Monuments, having dealt with three of the Home Counties, has begun to describe the...

THE SHORT STORY THE Chinese have never regarded fiction as a very reputable form of art ; indeed it often seems that a chief mark of excellence in their literature is...

preface) has led him to include in this history of French etching a number of artists who are very mediocre and of little signifi- cance either to Art in general or etching in...

6d. net.) Although apparently most of these stories have appeared before in America, this attractive collection is issued for the first time by an English publisher. The best...

Lawrence contrives to give a certain freshness to the well-worn subject of the acquisitive courtesan who has nothing but her looks to recommend her. It is ingenious to bring...

REACTIONARY MARKETS—A BANKER ON THE GOLD STANDARD By ARTHUR W. KIDDY Fon the stagnation and comparative dullness of the Stock Markets during the past week or two there are...

The Mystery of Angelina Frood. By R. Austin Freeman. (Hodder and Stoughton. 7s. 6d. net.)—A gay little mystery story in which the solution is as amusing as every- thing else. It...

AMERICAN SPECULATIVE BUYING. There are three directions in which there has lately been some rather significant buying on American account of specu- lative descriptions. Russian...