TT is a satisfaction to know from Mr. Lloyd George's speech in the House of Commons on Wednesday that he is deter- mined to keep the peace all over the world if he can possibly...

already been reduced to 200,000 men. 25,000 guns had been surrendered, but 2,000 remained in Germany. The Germans had also surrendered 55,000 machine-guns and 1,500,000 small...

the adjournment of the House to call attention to affairs in Syria, and the consequent danger to British interests in the Middle East. Mr. Boner Law pointed out that as a...

Lloyd George's speech to note the astonishing reversal of the position since 1897, when in the "Thirty Days' War" the Turks scattered the Greeks like chaff across Thessaly. Mr....

of the Spa Conference. He began with Turkey. The Turkish reply to the proposed Treaty had been sent in just before the Conference. The Allies decided to adhere substantially to...

conference in London. We may be allowed to remark here, though the remark may be flattering to ourselves, that the Bolsheviks little know what a mistake they are making. Ihey...

Poland. An independent Poland, he declared, was "essential to the whole fabric of peace." The independence of Poland was fully guaranteed by Article 10 of the Covenant....

reparation, and related how the Germans had after all signed the Allied proposal with regard to coal. Six million tons are to be delivered between the beginning of August and...

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exceeded all previous limits. Last Saturday Colonel a F. Smyth, . Divisional Commissioner of Constabulary for Munster, was shot dead by a party of disguised men who burst into...

worthy of an ex-Secretary of State for India and for War, and the Lord Chancellor had defended the Government in a clever and captious harangue, Lord Ampthill, with a boldness...

Arabs in Syria demands that the railway between Rayak and Aleppo shall be handed over to French control, that the French mandato shall be - unconditionally accepted, that the...

speech, though marked by great ability, and what we admit is, per se, a good sign, loyalty to his colleagues, was not convincing. For example, he declared that the Army Council...

long distinguished himself by trying to instil ' a violently anti-British spirit into Australians, is at present visiting the United States. The New York correspondent of ' the...

"That this House deplores the oonduct of the case of General Dyer as unjust to that officer, and as establishing a precedent dangerous to the preservation of order in face of...

protect the police at inquests, and no information would -- be given to Siam Fein as to the individual movements of the police. Finally, Colonel Smyth stated that he wished it...

that General Dyer's action had saved the Punjab. Lord Curzon's reference to Lord Canning was a very clever piece of Parliamen- tary dialectic, but it was really foreign to the...

enraged at the murder of two of their colleagues, did what Colonel Smyth with so much firmness and foresight had warned his own men against. They entered upon a great reprisal....

a passage so sound that we shall quote it verbatim :— " If officers placed in such positions were not supported the confidence of leaders whose business it was to maintain...

important towns of Damascus, Aleppo, Horns and Hamah, and the French desire that their mandate should extend over the whole of Syria, including, of course, the towns and the...

H. M. Watts, who calls attention to the "glittering absur- dities" perpetrated by some British observers of American life. No one regrets it more than we do when America is...

story. Mr. Tilden was interviewed and this is what he said :— "This story is an unmitigated lie. Not only myself but all the Americans taking part in the matches over here...

question of forced labour was discussed, the peg being a circular in regard to native labour, issued by the Government of East Africa. Lord Milner declaaed that the order had...

us, because we knowfrom experience that visitors who find novel all the customs and methods of the country they are visiting, often make laughable mistakes. In a way the very...

last, July 17th, a paper conducted with freedom and independence, some very serious complaints in regard to the policy alleged to be adopted by certain Trades Unions towards the...

labour which are quoted by the Society should, in our opinion, be made the golden rule of all African administration :— "We reluctantly admit the necessity of compulsory...

subject of forced labour and the core& Lord Cromer used always to say that though in a country like Egypt it was neces- sary to preserve the right to enforce labour in order to...

for a moment to give judgment on any ex-pane statement made in its columns. It may well be that the Ex-Service Man has written hastily and without foundation, and we hope...

rights of ex-service men :— " If we get amalgamation next month we shall most surely then tackle this question of work for all who are willing to take off their jackets. If...

Apr. 15, 1920; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 851 ; Thursday week, 86j.; a year ago, 94i.

ANARCHY IN IRELAND. T HINGS in Ireland continue to drift from bad to worse. Every day the Government governs less, and the Sinn Feiners increase their brutality and insolence....

Britain, and their understanding of one another, are not all that could be desired, and it is as well that we should recognize this fact and try if possible to remove or abate...

O N Sunday week the British Government sent a message to the Russian Soviet requesting an armistice for the Poles and suggesting that a Conference should assemble in London to...

W E have dealt elsewhere with the Lords' debate on the case of General Dyer. Here we will express our great satisfaction that the House of Lords had the courage " and...

T HE Horrors of Peace that were so freely promised us in both prophecy and pleasantry have proved a good deal more real than many of us could have believed at the signing of the...

Robert Browning ; but he was too much wrapped up. in Italy to carry out his intention. It is astonishing that this easy and beautiful language remains unknown to so many...

SIGNIFICANCE OF HIGHER RAILWAY FARES. ET° THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SilL, - I find that the impression prevails in good quarters in the City that we are about to witness...

[I etters of the length of one of our leading paragraphs are often more read, and therefore more effective, than those which fill treble the space.] AMERICA AND GREAT BRITAIN....

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Whilst wishing to join in the general tribute which is being paid to Mr. Buckle on the brilliant consummation of his labours in...

readers will share your indignation at the collapse of the Plumage Bill in consequence of the repeated failure to obtain a quorum. Why are not the defaulting members discharged...

[To THE EDITOR 07 THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—Among the details now known relating to the recent rebellion in the Punjab, it appears that certain of the offenders convicted in...

OF THE "SPECTATOR."] you allow me to draw attention to a remarkable historical parallel to the resolute and decisive action of General Dyer, which saved the Punjab in the crisis...

[To THE EDITOR CT TUE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—As an Englishman who has lived for the last twenty year or more in America I should like to challenge some of the statements...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I am desired to send you the accompanying copy of a cable received by this association from the European Associa- tion, Calcutta,...

Plumage Bill having been temnorarily shelved, con- troversy on the questions it raises may at the moment be barren, but Mr. Brooks may be interested in the following extract...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SrEcuroa."] SIR,—The motives which actuate the adoption of a modern foreign language for study in our schools obviate the necessity for the...

(To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTLTOR.") SIR,—In reply to a request for the removal of restrictions on coal exports, Sir Robert Horne stated last week that the home demand for...

(To THE EDITOR OF THZ SPECTATOH."3 Sia,—Many of your readers will be disposed to agree with your correspondent, "A Barrister," in his suggestion that some change in the...

"SPECTATOR.") SIR,—It is still possible to have an inexpensive holiday, and one which cannot be beaten for sheer enjoyment by those who participate in it; and such a holiday...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECEATOR."3 Snz,—At this time, when many people are asking themselves, sadly or bitterly, what result the tremendous upheaval of the war is going - to...

[To THE ED/TOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—As the representative of New Zealand on the Imperial War Graves Commission, I naturally take a great interest in the graves of our...

(To THE EDITOR OE THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—My attention has just been called to a letter in the Spectator of May 29th, written by Reginald Wilson, General Secretary, British...

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(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—May I venture to trespass upon your valuable space for a word of protest against -the proposed suppression of the British Institute in...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—The letter of Mr. Edgar Chance, B.0.11., is very interest- ing, but his experiences are not so isolated as he seems to suppose. Nor, I...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Si,—'our correspondent Mr. Robert Gray doubts if the thresher ever attacks the whale, and he quotes so great an authority as Captain...

"SPECTATOR.") SLR, —May I- point out that in a notice of seven war books in the Spectator of July 10th, p. 49, your reviewer attributes to the Border Regiment the account in...

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THISTLEDOWN. Tins might have been a place for sleep, But, as from that small hollow there Hosts of bright thistledown begin Their dazzling journey through the air, An idle man...

the subject of Prayer Book Revision have been issued by various Committees of Convocation, whose Resolutions, together with certain suggestions derived from influential, if less...

AN AMERICAN CRITIC.* THE present writer has always held that it is far better to read a great book than to read books about books. We are bound to say, however, that the...

out his original intention of writing a History of Wine, but he has done the next .best thing in giving us this book. It is an appreciation of wine by a critic who brings his...

third Earl of Cumberland, presents a typical gentleman adven- turer of the Elizabethan age. He was a wealthy young nobleman with great estates in the North. He had been educated...

a series of lectures, delivered in the University of Liverpool, in which the progress of the science * Torment. By C. E. Jacomb. London: A. Melrose. [6s. net.] t Outlines of...

IT was one of the secrets of the success of "0. Henry" that he was a master of the triple surprise. He would present the reader with what appeared to be a plot simple to the...

WHAT the author of this volume has tried to do is to give his read_rs an accurate impression of the daily life of a private soldier engaged on e Western Front in the Great War....

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