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It is fair to say now that the Capital Levy
The Spectatorhas received a mortal blow. Probably we shall hear little more about it. Although the Colwyn Committee publishes a Minority 'as well as a Majority Report, the Labour...
News •of the Week ON Wednesday the Government presented a
The SpectatorNote _ . to the : Soviet protesting' against the Bolshevist oliey of maliciously scheming 'against Great Britain II all parts of the world. Sir Austen Chamberlain's ist of...
Turning to the Floating Debt the Majority recommend that - it should
The Spectatorbe steadily reduced. As for the conversion of Debt, they think that all future loans ought to be issued at a figure not 'appreciably below par, and they condemn the practice of...
It need not be said that . the Note is
The Spectatorjustified. A inch heavier charge . would be justified. The only raetical. question - is one of expediency. and usefulness. Ve doubt whether sending -a frenzied organization to...
Lord Colwyn's Committee on the National Debt and Taxation, which
The Spectatorhas sat for nearly three years, has published its Report, and though the Report is not in any way startling, it is a . highly important document. This was bound to be so as the...
The Majority Report provides a full survey of the incidence
The Spectatorof the various forms of taxation. The opinion is expressed that the standard of living of the wage-earner has, on the whole, improved since 1914--this in spite of the fact that...
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The agreement which has been reached between the Union of
The SpectatorSouth Africa and India about the resident Indians in the Union is honourable to both countries, Neither side can claim a victory, and in that fact lies the promise of peace....
The Minority Report, which is in effect a Labour Report,
The Spectatordeprecates all taxes upon commodities, and lays it down that there should be no taxation for those who are unable to maintain a certain standard of living. It demands much...
There is both good and bad in the news from
The SpectatorChina. The Foreign Office has scored a real success in getting.the signature of Mr. Chen to the Hankow agreement. That is an event by itself which cannot be undone wh3teVer may...
The debate provided a charming example of hoc understanding spreads
The Spectatorwhen Dr. Shiels, one of the Labour members who took part, in the Empire Tour in Australia, spoke from experience of the extraordinar y amount - Of pleasure and excitement caused...
On the whole, the Majority look upon the spreading of
The Spectatortaxation over the various classes since the War as satis- factory. They put their finger on the sugar duty as being too high. The discussion of the correct proportions of direct...
In the House of Commons on Thursday, February 17th some
The SpectatorLabour members used unfortunate language criticizing the tour of the Duke and Duchess of York, but other Labour members were not at all backward in defending the expenditure. On...
Ought this increase to be insisted upon quite inde- pendently
The Spectatorof the state of trade ? The Majority think that it ought to be. They argue that the redemption of debt places money in the hands of investors who receive cash in place of...
A general strike has been declared in the Chinese cite
The Spectatorof Shanghai, but since the beginning of the week it h as become progressively less effective. At one time there were 110,000 strikers, but by 'Wednesday thousand s of these had...
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After the speeches, the visitors to the English-Speaking Union inspected
The Spectatorthe many rooms of Dartmouth House. It is certain that the bedrooms which have been furnished to represent definite historical epochs will become famous. The present writer can...
Speaking of Mr. Coolidge's proposal for the further limitation of
The Spectatornaval armaments, Mr. Baldwin used a curious phrase. " As an individual," he said, " I should be only too pleased if further progress is made before too long on the lines of the...
Ile referred, of course, to the declaration by the Duke
The Spectatorof evonshire, who was then Colonial Secretary, that the terests of the African natives must be paramount and at as His Majesty's Government regarded themselves exercising a...
In the House of Lords on Thursday, February 17th, d
The SpectatorArnold called attention to the demand by Lord elamere and others in Kenya for an elected European ajority over all parties in the Legislative Council. e wanted to know whether...
In Tuesday Mr. BaldWin opened Dartmouth House the new headquarters
The Spectatorof the English-Speaking Union. He was particularly happy in his definition of the right temper in which to maintain friendly relations with the United States. He deprecated what...
The death of Dr. Georg Brandes has removed one of
The Spectatorthe most striking literary figures of our time. The cosmo- politanism of his enthusiasm was a new thing in his native Denmark. The surprise which his points of view caused in...
The British Industries Fair was opened on Monday the White
The SpectatorCity, Shepherd's Bush, and on the same 3 - a section was opened in Birmingham. The Fair rows that British manufacturers are very much on the it, and the number of orders booked...
In the House of Commons on Friday, February 18th, r.
The SpectatorMitchell Banks made as capable a speech as could be ale in such a cause, in moving his Bill to prevent foreign atributions for the assistance of either side in an dustrial...
Bank Rate, 5 per cent., changed from 4 per cent.,
The Spectatoron December 3rd, 1925. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 1011 ; on Wednesday week 101: ; a year ago 101 11 • Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 80: ; on Wednesday...
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Hopes and Fears in China I N spite of the ominous
The Spectatorevents in Shanghai, the Government have had a notable success for their policy of conciliation in concluding the Hankow .agree- ment with Mr. Chen. Sir Austen Chamberlain...
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The Week in Parliament THERE was an amusing debate last
The SpectatorFriday in the House of Commons on Mr. Mitchell Banks' Bill Prevent financial assistance reaching strikers in this "ntly from abroad. Mr. Banks speaks too little, r he has a...
Preserving England
The SpectatorPARTICULAR and express inspection of the South Downs and other famous English scenes gives ic painful conviction that the Council for the Preserve- on of Rural England...
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An Ordinary Man's Thoughts on the Drink Question
The SpectatorIV.----Disinterested Management N O principle of reform has attracted so much support in recent years as what is called disinterested management. The argument runs that if only...
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The Revised Liturgy
The SpectatorT seems probable that, if only the Divine Liturgy had been left untouched, the rest of the revised aver Book might have been accepted without serious pposition. In this article,...
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The Aquarium Venture
The SpectatorOne may not doubt that, s‘oodiow, (:uud Shall come of Water and of Mud : • And, sure, the reverent eye must seo A Purpose in Liquidity. W HEN Rupert Brooke wrote his poem...
Where Are Women Going To ?
The SpectatorSUPPOSE it is because the majority of men and I women become rigid-minded in the forties—incapable of accepting new ideas, of adjusting themselves to chang- ing conditions—that...
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The Model Abattoir Society
The SpectatorA S long ago as 1379 the citizens of Smithfield addressed a complaint to Richard II against the evils of the slaughter-houses of Newgatc : since that time protests have been...
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The Theatre
The Spectator[THE )LIRQUISE. BY NOEL COWARD. AT TILE CRITERION THEATRE.] 1118• NOEL COWARD'S latest play is a neat piece of dramatic tailoring : he has cut out and fitted a part to Miss...
Music
The SpectatorTwo of the finest vocal records I have heard of late are those made by Chaliapine of La Calunnia, from Rossini's It Barbiere, and of Moussorgsky's Song of the Flea. It is...
COLUMBIA.
The SpectatorThe ballet music from Borodin's Prince Igor is effectively played by the London Symphony Orchestra under Sir Thomas Beecham's idiomatic conducting. Beecham has managed somehow...
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Poetry
The SpectatorPretty Girl IN copses and woodland soft wings were astir, 'Mid budding of larches and shadow of fir, And a blackbird was whistling, out in the rain, Just over and over and over...
Gothic
The SpectatorHis is .a Gothic soul, Thought-pinnacled, dream-fair. Why do his fellow-men See only gargoyles there-? VIOLET ALLEYI4 STOREl?'
Correspondence
The SpectatorA LETTER FROM PEKING. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,- -Since the British Concession at Hankow was " jumped " by the mob nearly a month ago nothing particular has...
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Will our deciduous trees slowly change their nature in the
The SpectatorAntipodes ? As yet there is no sign. In Western Australia (the home of the giant Karri and Jarrah, and a hundred other trees of precious fibre) the long winding drive of the...
MIGRANT OAKS.
The SpectatorIt Will be an interesting point in science to watch the for- tunes of some of these young deciduous trees from Kew, the oaks as well as the "cricket willows." The native trees...
PAMPERING ANIMALS.
The SpectatorA French experience may be added to the evidence lately produced on the subject of health and the out-of-doors life, especially for farm and domestic animals. The most perfectly...
DESTROYING BRIDGE..
The SpectatorOn behalf of the very best card-game ever invented or per- fected, some of us (at the Portland Club and many much humbler places) would like to make a hot protest against the...
Country Life and Sport
The SpectatorGOI.DFINCHF.S AT CANBERRA. The authorities of Kew Gardens, who recently sent out willows to clothe the bareness of a wind-scarred island, have despatched a selection of our...
WATCHING THE SPRING.
The SpectatorAn early spring, such as this, should compel us, if we are gardeners, to reject any rigid dates and respond to the season. The grass already shows signs of growing. and if...
RuRAL REVOLUTION.
The SpectatorThe small rural revolution, prophesied in this place, has e n set in motion since last week. Its progress is worth he attention of all countrymen. Kent, as a county, as an...
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Letters to the Editor
The SpectatorTHE INDUSTRIAL METHODS OF THE UNITED STATES [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—TO an American reader, one of the interesting things about the Spectator is the frequent...
THE CAGE BIRD CULT [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
The SpectatorSts,—Mr. Hamish Maclaren's sane yet pungent article in tla Spectator for February 12th expresses what many must har t felt. " Manufactured " birds in cages one can tolerate...
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—It is truly said
The Spectatorthat a " Temperance Meeting " contains nobody but total abstainers. Similarly, " The Cage Bird Cult," by Hamish Maclaren, will only be read by educated people of his way of...
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WORLD-WIDE PUBLICITY FOR THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—It has been suggested that a large sum of money should be spent in advertising the League of Nations, but surely the Press does not...
THE NUMBER SEVEN
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—With regard to the sacredness of the number 7. there can be no doubt that the idea goes back to the Babylonians, the precursors of the...
NATIONAL CAMPS
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] ltt,—In your columns lately several well-known headmasters • e reaffirmed their desire for a closer contact between the ublie Schools and the...
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
The SpectatorWithout endorsing extreme statements, often supported v inapt human analogies, about the misery of caged wild irds. I wish to point out that perhaps the most damning idenec of...
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LAVER
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Laver or laverbread is to be found in all the marktt, in South Wales towns within easy reach of the sea every Saturday, ready prepared for...
THE BRITISH INSTITUTE IN PARIS
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sma,—Steady progress is being made with the Fund k establishing a British Institute in Paris. Largely owing to the keen personal interest taken...
ENGLAND AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,--Mr. J. F. Essary, in his Good-bye England, like most Americans when touching on points of friction between his country and this, gives...
UNCORROBORATED POLICE EVIDENCE
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—.X conviction was quashed last week at the London Sessions in the case of a man who had been arrested under the Vagrancy Act of 1898 for "...
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SHORT LETTERS
The SpectatorDEMOCRACY AND MAD ELEPHANTS. The letter " Democracy and Mad Elephants " seemed to me by far the most interesting matter in your issue of February 5th. Consider the author's...
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Two books which should be of interest to the many
The Spectatorthousands who have visited the Exhibition of Flemish and Belgian Art at Burlington House are the illustrated souvenir published by the Country Life Press at 5s., and Early...
Sir Philip Hutchins, whose long and distinguished career in Southern
The SpectatorIndia will be remembered by many Anglo- Indians, sends us his privately printed autobiography, of which sonic copies may be obtained from the League of Empire, 124 Belgrave...
We wish intending contributors to the Press would all read
The SpectatorMr. Gilbert Russell's Advertisement Writing (Bea n , 8s. 6d.), especially the eighth chapter on how the " copy " should be prepared. By this we do not mean that article; are in...
The many people who like old furniture and collect it
The Spectatorin a modest way will be uncommonly pleased with the superb - picture-book which Mr. Oliver Brackett has just edited for Messrs. Ernest Bean. He calls it .4n Encyclopaedia of...
We were certainly always under the impression that the red
The Spectatorhumans of Tibet wore red robes and the yellow lamas yellow, but Dr. Frank's interesting and learned Antiquities of Indian Tibet, Part II. (Archaeological Survey of India, 45s.),...
In our review of The Legards of Anlaby and Ganlon
The Spectator(Sionpkin Marshall, 25s.) last week, the title was incorrectly given 0 The Legends of Anlaby and Gunton.
During the present month the books most in demand at
The SpectatorThe Times Book Club have been :- During the present month the books most in demand at The Times Book Club have been :- FICTION : Doomsday, by Warwick Deeping ; Jew Suss, by Lion...
This Week's Books
The SpectatorTHE Graphic is one of our best illustrated papers, steering adroitly between the twin whirlpools of flippancy and pom- posity. Under its new management and with the powerful...
The New Competition
The SpectatorWE offer two prizes in our New Competition of £2 10s. cad', one for men and one for women. Our readers are asked to imagine that they can only select their future husband or...
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An Interpretation of Disraeli
The SpectatorDisraeli. By 1). L. Murray. (Beim. 16s.) MR. MURRAY'S name has not been hitherto familiar to this reviewer, but will certainly not be forgotten by him, or by other readers....
Those Great Victorians
The Spectator" True Blue." The Last Victorians. By Arthur A. Baumann. (Benn. 18s.) ttn.:1. A. BAUMANN is a most accomplished journalist and a book of his may be relied upon to provide good...
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A Symposium on Birth Control THE reader familiar with Sir
The SpectatorJames Marchant's activities as an uncompromising opponent of Birth Control is not surprised to find that these eight essays, by medical men - and women, are concerned at least...
Life of George Eliot
The Spectator. George Eliot and Her Times. By Elizabeth S. Haldane. (Hodder and Stoughton. 12s. Od.) One finds one's self watching with the keenest interest the resurrection one by one of...
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Thoughts on Religion
The SpectatorSEVERAL books have appeared of late which would seem o group themselves round this or that aspect of religious thought rather than to contribute to theology in the stricter...
Water Finders
The SpectatorFon many centuries the powers of the divining rod remained unquestioned. But during the last century folks became sceptical and ridiculed the pretensions of the dowser,...
THE SPECTATOR.
The SpectatorBefore going abroad or on their holidays readers are advised to place an order for the SPECTATOR. The journal well be forwarded to any address at the following rates :- One...
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Fiction
The SpectatorMany Lands and Loves Store of Ladies. By Louis Golding. (Knopf. 7s. 6d.) Tin.: scenes of these three books might be laid in three different planets, so incomprehensible would...
Novels in Brief
The SpectatorLeaden Hill. By Richard Crompton. (Hodder and Stougi ton. 7s. 6d.)—To Leadon Hill, an unspoilt, red-roofed, back biting English village comes, from her dead father's Italia...
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THE HEREAFTER AND TIIE UNDYING HOPE. By the Rev. Robert
The SpectatorII. Murray. (Cambridge : Heifer. 4s. 6l.)-- Many thoughtful people will be glad to know of Mr. Murray's little book on intimations of immortality. That the soul survives the...
Current Literature
The SpectatorTHE RURAL INDUSTRIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES.—II. By Helen E. FitzRandolph and M. Doric! Hay. (Oxford University Press. .5s.)—Women are doing a great deal at the moment on behalf...
POLITICS AND THE LAND. By C. Dampier Whetham. (Cambridge University
The SpectatorPress. 6.s.)—Between some charming little verses in his preface and a prose lyric in conclusion, Mr. Whetham analyses with professorial skill and clarity the condition of...
Reference Books
The SpectatorK e lly's Royal Blue Book, 1927 (7s. Cd.), has been pub- fished for a hundred years and, as is well known, gives the names and addresses of people living in the West End,...
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THE GREAT WAR BETWEEN ATHENS AND SPARTA. By Bernard W.
The SpectatorHenderson. (Macmillan. ass.) -As " a companion to the military history of Thucydides," this learned and thoughtful treatise by a well-known Oxford tutor is assured of a hearty...
. THIRTY YEARS IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE. By Rose Squire.
The Spectator(Nisbet. 10s. 6d.)-Miss Rose Squire has had thirty years' experience as a Factory Inspector and the story Of that thirty years, as Sir Edward Troup tells us in his preface,...
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF KINGSLEY FAIR- BRIDGE. (Oxford University Press. 6s.)-This
The Spectatoris mainly the story of a boy's adventures in Rhodesia. He writes of his hard- ships and hairbreadth escapes plainly, almost grimly. It is impossible not to believe what he says,...
THE FAMILY IN CLASSICAL CHINA. By II . p Wilkinson. (Macmillan.
The Spectator12s. 6d. net.)-Mr. Wilkinson, n-h, was formerly Judge in the British High Court at Wei-liai-iv e k draws attention to the Chinese classics, if rightly used a l sources for the...
AN ECONOMIC HISTORY OF MODERN BRITAIN The Early RailWay Age,
The Spectator1820-1850. By J. H. Clapham ( Cambridge University Press. 25s.)-We must be content here to call attention to the first volume of Dr. Clapham'S monumental economic history of...
A Library List
The SpectatorLITERARY AND POETRY :- -Max Havelaar. By Malta Trans. by W. Siebenhaar. (Knopf. 10s. 6d.)--7 Works of Thomas Otway. Three vols. (Nonesuch P £2 2s.)-Victor Hugo. By W. F. Giese....
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Motoring Notes
The SpectatorNEW WARNING SIGN. . There is hardly a motorist in the country who has not at some time or another in the course of his driving encountered a danger spot which is quite...
THE GRAND PRLX.
The SpectatorThe R.A.C. has issued the regulations for the Grand Prix, to be held at Brooklands on October 1st. This race forms one of the World's Championship series, and was held in this...
Motoring Holidays
The SpectatorThe Coast of North Devon SE magnificence of North Devon lies in the wildness f its country and steepness of its coast. Whether you uch its western extremity at Hartland or its...
The Week's Special Broadcasts Sunday, February 27th.- Religious Service from
The SpectatorSheffield Cathedral (8 p.m.). Daily.-The Foundations of Music : " The Sonatas of Mozart (7.15 p.m.). Monday, February 28th.-" The Death of Tintagilcs " : A play by Maurice...
This Week in London
The SpectatorLECTURES. Sunday, February 27th, at 3.30 -THE NATI; R A LI iT . 8 APPROACH To RELIGION. By Professor .1. Arthur Thomson. At the Guildhouse, Eccleston Square, S.W. 1....
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Finance--Public and Private
The SpectatorHesitating Markets : Factors Operating SEASONAL and natural are the terms. to apply, to the more restricted character of dealings on the Stock Exchange and the duller tendency...
Financial Notes
The SpectatorCORPORATION ISSUES. - Ix view of the tendency of high-class investment secant 'to pull, it will be interesting to see whether the Eng :corporations are able successfplly to...
UNDERGROUND RESULTS.
The SpectatorUnlike the returns of the big railways, the (livid( declared by the companies comprised in the Undergto group make an almost cheery showing. . The L.G.O. also the Electric...
SOUTHERN RAILWAY. One or two points of considerable interest were
The Spectatordealt with Brigadier-General the Hon. Everard Bating at the tree meeting of the Southern Railway. It appears that as consequence of last year's coal stoppage and the general stn...
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Messrs. Christie's important sales are yet to come, but the
The Spectatorother day they sold some fine modern etchings, by Meryon, Whistler and Cameron, for substantial prices. Messrs. Puttiek and Simpson too have devoted a day • to prints, the...
Early English books printed • before 1640 are coveted in
The Spectatorproportion to their literary merit, with Shakespeare leading the way. It is becoming apparent that the same rule applies to later English books. First editions of all our...
Some nineteenth-century books have long been precious. Early issues of
The SpectatorShelley's writings at the moment lead, with Tennyson's juvenile poems not far behind. But first editions of the great Victorians are becoming scarcer and dearer as the years go...
Hints for Collectors
The SpectatorA S IASSIVF. and finely illustrated catalogue from Messrs. Sotheby informs us that the sale of the final portion of Mr. S. R. Christie-Miller's world-famous library at Britwell...