H ERR HITLER deserves some at least of the credit for the rapid and satisfactory solution of the French political crisis. It was no doubt reckoned at Berlin that confusion would...

possession of Bilbao, but in one respect at least their victory was not complete, as their encircling movement was unable to prevent the bulk of the Basque Army from escaping...

to the people of India, with its cordial reference to Mr. Gandhi, is calculated on the face of it to improve considerably the atmosphere in which decisions regarding the...

Geneva has adopted by a narrow margin over the necessary two-thirds majority a convention applying the 40-hour week to the textile industry. Other conventions for the reduction...

payment of Members of Parliament on Tuesday would, no doubt, have been larger if the Whips had been taken off, as they well might have been. On the other hand it was reasonable...

Minister, Dr. Aras, to Baghdad, and the probability that he may continue his journey to Teheran and attempt by mediation to settle the long-standing difference between Iran and...

of the eight generals in Moscow, published in the News Chronicle this week, may well be questioned ; but it at least has the merit, which other explanations have conspicuously...

_ Events of the last week have given special point to the Pope's recent reference to "the Germanic countries where the blind struggle against God and the Church of Christ is...

debate. Both Mr. Pethick Lawrence and Colonel Nathan greatly preferred the income-tax method, and the former criticised the exclusion from the tax of " professional persons."...

on Mr. Attlee and his colleagues for their recent failure to breach the Government's defences. Times are hard for the Opposi- tion parties. Since the withdrawal of sanctions...

majority which was scarcely an accurate reflection of the general feeling on the subject. It is safe to say that very few M.P.s felt entirely happy at the prospect of voting...

pass out of mind amid the constant talk of a boom and the turmoil of foreign affairs, are still depressed. The announcement that Jarrow is to have a new steel works, with a...

Stalinist to applaud the three Russian airmen who have flown from Moscow to Vancouver over the Pole. Of their 5,500 miles route more than a quarter was over ice, and although...

Shinwell's memorandum was scarcely a surprise even to those outside the Labour Party. For some time it has been widely felt that the attacks of the Opposition front bench lack...

has been made the recipient, in the shape of a donation of £ 2 5 0 , 000 "to strengthen still further the ties that bind together the Dominions and the United Kingdom," will...

N OTHING is to be gained by disguising the gravity of the situation created by Germany's action regarding Spain, even if it remains limited to the with- drawal of Germany and...

for Norwich, took the opportunity in last week's debate on • the vote for the Ministry of Health to make an admirable speech on the destruction of England's urban and rural...

United States .. £2,000 France .. • • k5 60 Canada .. £800 Belgium .. • £3 00 Irish Free State .. £360 Australia .. .. £825 On this showing the k600 which members of...

By RICHARD FREUND THE political discussions of the Imperial Conference have given new weight to the view that Britain should stand aloof from the quarrels of Central Europe—a...

By L. T. FLEMING " OHNNY'S getting on fine with his lessons," remarks el a cartoon character in a recent issue of Dublin Opinion: " He's learning everything through the tedium...

By ROM LANDAU T O perceive fully what Kamal Attatiirk* has done for his country one has to visit Turkey. When confronted with the living examples of Kemalism one begins to...

By KENNETH INGRAM T HE fact that this question is being asked in many quarters today is itself symptomatic of the profound changes which are taking place in the realm of...

By D. W. BROGAN "H OW did you cross ? " asked a colleague. "I went out by the Queen Mary' and came back by the Normandie '," I replied and was gratified to see what I took for...

By PHILIP HEWITT-MYRING M ONSIEUR LEYDIGUE had been a great traveller in his youth. At a time when the springs of motor-cars were not so good as they are now, he had daily made...

By LAWRENCE ATHILL B EARDS serve many ends. They act as comforters and add to the sea-doggishness of Admirals. They cloak the inexperience of young explorers and amuse small...

Commonwealth and Foreign THE last has not been heard of Bruno Weigl nor of the "barbarous and mediaeval character" of Czechoslovakia. Bruno Weigl, it will be remembered, was a...

"THE SPECTATOR," JUNE 24TH, 1837. It appears that the Queen styles herself " Victoria " without the " Alexandrina." She" signed her name at the Council " Victoria " ; and this...

STAGE AND SCREEN "Victoria Regina." By Laurence Housman. At the Lyric A FRIEND of mine, who was a gossip-writer, used to receive communications from a member of the Palace...

THIS is the first time that Oedipus Tyrannus has been acted by the boys of Bradfield. It is not an easy play for boys to act, being a play of geometrical rather than realistic...

• Early Cubism and Superrealisn. THE exhibition of paintings by Picasso and Chirico at the Zwemmer Gallery provides an admirable opportunity of studying the origins and early...

4. Love is News." At the Gaumont—" One in a Million." At the Regal—" The Frog." At the New Gallery IN writing of films two standards of criticism are really necessary, and...

Country Prosperity I should doubt whether at any tiny.: in the social annals of this island there had been so little unemployment in country places. In a great number of...

SPECTATOR.) SIR,—It should, I think, be borne in mind in considering this matter that a Rural Area after reorganisation becomes in fact a, " Single School Area,',' so far as...

Sta,—One had a great deal of sympathy with Mr.. Arthur T. H. Smith, until the last sentence of his letter was reached.- " To treat Nonconformists as. outcasts does -not even...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - [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...

W. M. Crook's article on Irelansl that Mr. de Valera has appointed the Provost of Trinity College to a scat in the new Senate is likely to cause a little confusion. What Mr. de...

To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—May I join issue with Mr. W. M. Crook over that portion of his article, "A Changing Ireland," which deals with the North ? There, he...

hope those who, like myself, have a sincere affection for the German people as individuals, will not allow themselves to be estranged by Baron von Rheinbaben's article in your...

blocks the way to any Reunion of Ireland is the fact that under the new Constitution, the State will be more or - less in the nature of an artificial person, while what...

Sta,—As the Anglican Church is at present conducting—and very sluggishly too—a " Recall to Religion" Campaign, and since you yourself published a series of articles on the...

, [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] . SIR,—May I be permitted to correct a statement made in a leading article in your issue of June tith? Prisoners' wages will not amount...

"[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sit,—Major-General H. Lethbridge Alexander's letter pub- lished in your June 18th issue will evoke considerable agree- ment. A disquieting...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Si,—In a letter under the above title in your last issue Sir George Young writes : "There was little or no "risk for Our Consuls at Madrid...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] share your amazement that the London daily Press last week "ignored completely a case of the highest interest and importance "—the case of...

[Von einem deutschen Korrespondenten] Es scheint ein eigentiimliches soziologisches Gesetz zu when, each dem das Bediirfnis each Musik und Spektakelstiidten in gewissen Landern...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—At the beginning of the new reign we think especially of those who, in a very few years' time, must bear the full burden and...

own opinion it may be a pleasure to read;. it is a duty to read those with which you disagree, and this is why I read The Spectator. I have not heard of any ecclesiastical...

wrote or know why Mrs. Peach is so peevish, but I think the Duke of Windsor acted generously towards his family, patriotically towards his country, and gallantly towards the...

• . . [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Owing to Mrs. Peach's disapproval of your paragraph on p. 1043 of the issue of June 4th and her ceasing to subscribe to The...

BOOKS OF THE DAY By E. L. WOODWARD IT is difficult to avoid thinking that the absence of any good single volume on the history of British foreign policy during the nineteenth...

Peace Adventure. By John Martin. (William Hodge. 7s. 6d.) MR. MIDDLETON MURRY'S latest book is a severe discipline for any reader of endurance. He has 'a 'Singularly...

Britain Faces Germany. By A. L. Kennedy. (Cape. 554 Tut small:bulk and modest price of this volume afford no criteria of its importance. So illuminating a contribution tn . the...

Industrial Assurance. By Sir Arnold Wilson and Professor Hermann Levy. (Oxford University Press. 2 is.) Tots book at once takes a high place in the bibliography of social...

The Trial of Buck Ruxton. By R.. H.' Blundell and G. Haswell Wilson. (William Hodge. los. 6d.) • Tans volume is the sixty-sixth of the series of Notable British Trials.)...

The Cotswolds. By John Moore. (Chapman and Hall. 5s.) A Cotswold Year. By C. Henry Warren. (Geoffreyilles. 7s. 61) TBE title of Mr. Moore's book is mislearlinv : there is very...

A Modern Tom Brown's Schooldays. By Michael Scott. - (Harrap. 7s. 6d.) MR. MICHAEL SCOTT is said to have travelled through Lapland on foot and to have been an assistant...

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prototype of all Irish politicians, Dan O'Connell, went on a deputation to the Chancellor of the Exchequer (who happened to be another Irishman). He received such cordial...

THE best that can be said of the stock markets is that they are at any rate no worse than a week ago. Some may consider this very faint praise indeed, but experienced investors...

. FINANC IF at the present moment the investor were to turn back to the forecasts written some six months ago of the probable conditions in 1937, I am afraid he would fail to...

MARICETS DEPRESSED. THE Stock Markets during the past week have been over- shadowed by the French political and financial crisis and also by a revival of nervousness with...

SOLUTION NEXT WEEK The winner of Crossword No. 247 is Mr. A. R. Ubsdell, 30 Blomfield Road, W. 9.

BY ZENO [A prize of a Book Token for one guinea will be given to the sender of the first correct solution to this week's crossword puzzle to be opened. Envelopes should be...