T HE best news we have hid since the beginning of the King's illness was published on Tuesday, when it was stated that His Majesty would-soon-be moved to the sea. The house of...

have broken their pledges in regard to the separate administration of the former German and Russian Concessions. Inciden. tally their action is a direct challenge to the central...

Stalin, Secretary-General of the Communist Party in Russia, and Bukharin, who is the nominal head of the Communist International. It has even been said that Bukharin has been...

very slow :progress - in settling the country. The will seems to be there without the ability to break with immemorial bad traditions, and without the money for putting reforms...

and there is every . reason to believe that the Chinese - _Government is equally anxious: But Japan eels that it is- essential that the anti-Japanese boycott should-be...

London, IV .C. 2.—A Subscription to the SPECTATOR costs Thirty Shillings per annum, including postage, to any part of the world. The SPECTATOR is registered as a Newspaper. The...

make - a clean sweep of the Barakzai dynasty, and he has also rounded up most of the Sirdars as well as the Notables who had hoped to secure their position in the shadow of...

Genera Zivkovitch is the real Dictator in Jugoslavia. Probably, as_ in Spain, it . is six of one and half a dozen of the other. But there can be no quastion that a strong hand...

week have made the Chicago police take sweeping action. Last Sunday' night they arrested three thousand people. " Never mind ' injunctions. If you are barred, grab an axe and...

a development in the internal affairs of Afghanistan which should refute once and for all the silly notion that British influence had anything to do with the recent rebellion....

nowadays, and there need be no surprise at the crisis in the relations of Great Britain and Iraq. The Iraqi Cabinet has resigned as a protest against the British bovernment's...

which May or may not go off at meetingS of the League Council, more valuable, certainly, than the set-piece of the Aisenibly, is the unobtrusive work of the various technical...

Minister met very satisfactorily Mr. Thurtle's request for a day to discuss the. Channel Tunnel Scheme. Although .he was not able to grant a day, he admitted that the subject...

acres of Lord Ailesbury's Savernake Forest estate, is one of the largest transfers of property that have occurred in recent years The buyer, Mr. E. C. Fairweather, gets some...

- the Government further than ever before. 'It has threatened in fact if not in name—for the Union itself has apparently repudiated the word " threatened " —to refuse support to...

Lehmann, who died on Tuesday at the age of seventy-three. His name will long be cherished at Cambridge—and not only there but at Oxford and in the wider fields of literature,...

block grants and percentage grants for the maternity and child . welfare services was fought out and decided. There is, of course, substance in the argument that the block grant...

his amendment, which was significantly sup- ported by many Unionists, to exclude breweries, distil- leries and tobacco factories from the category of those industries which will...

questions as currency, Ration- alization, Safeguarding, and the position of the cotton trade . " There is another thing," he said, which. I do not think would do us any good at...

on April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 1021 ; on Wednesday week 10211 ; a year ago 101j1. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 911 ; on Wednesday...

O F all the inquiries into the problems of East Africa that which has been conducted by Sir Edward Hilton Young's Commission has been awaited with the greatest anxiety. Neither...

S O much has been written.of the difficulties of provid- ing for the workless that we are apt to forget that the very fact of unemployment_ provides us with a means for...

.O UR readers who have subscribed to the Aberdare Fund have naturally been much concerned to know whether the whole of their money would be doubled by a grant from the Lord...

like., best-in ,the Prince of Wales's appeal for the miners, which I see now placarded on so many walls, is the word " continual." _He says . that continual. effort is...

The following list represents subscriptions to the SPECTATOR Aberdare Fund received up to the first post on Tuesday, January 22nd, 1929. All remittances (which should be...

remarkable se q uel to Mother India, the book in which Miss Katherine Mayo championed the cause of her sufferin g sisters in India, but made so little mention of the medical...

done its summer trainin g amid more beautiful surroundin g s than the " Army of the Rhine " in the country round Wiesbaden. To a soldier the bulk of whose service has been spent...

D E QUINCEY said of the publication of The Lyrical Ballads, `.` that it was the greatest event in the =folding of my own . mind." He added, to explain himself further, " I found...

. iuY house—which the local rural council persists in 131 regarding . as a rateable residence, though I have stated firmly that as the caretaker of ail ancient English...

A LETTER FROM CAIRO. [To the Editor of the Sr-rem-rim] SIR,—The serio-comedy of Egyptian politics was enlivened by the sudden exit of the Wafd Premier, Mustapha Nahas Pasha,...

THE TYRANNY OF THE CONDUCTOR. The conductor's art has been developed to such a fine degree That there is a distinct danger that its original purpose may be obscured. It is...

" Readers' Problems " will appear next week.—En. Spectator.]

[As we are publishing extracts from the " Letters of the Tsar to the Tsaritsa" during this and succeeding weeks, we have asked Sir John Hanbury-Williams, who was Chief of the...

arrangement with Messrs. John Lane The Bodley Head, Ltd., who will publish the complete book in the spring, we - are able-to print a series of extracts from " The Letters of the...

The International Idea THE MISTAKE ABOUT THE LEAGUE. trikalz are still people, it appears, who confuse the idea of the Society of Nations (how much more appropriate the French...

A number of correspondents most kindly send the lost recipe for birds Which I asked for last week. The title of the) book is How to Attract and Protect Wild Birds (Witherby, ls....

The presence of a badger—and. foxes—in Richmond Park recalls the last appearance of a badger in Kew—in the summer of 1914. I have received a full account of its history from one...

It is well said in one commercial broadsheet recently issued on the subject of sugar beet that " a further most valuable consideration is the increased fertility of the soil, as...

comes from the forty-one " watchers " employed by the R.S.P.B. They do yeoman service in a score of ways ; and it is quite true that the multiplication of " protected areas " by...

The letter has the following postscript :— • " Since I wrote, a little Sealyhain terrier bitch Went off hunting With another 'terrier 'at ten o clodk in the morning. The other...

Th4i• best methods of prevention are very fully discussed iri the. 'Journal of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. The throwing out of oil is a gross waste as well as...

A M.F.H.'s PROTEST. A LETTER full of facts and written by an ex-Master of Fox- hounds (whom I have regarded for many years as one of the very best naturalists of. my...

On the subject -of wild life on-our coasts all lovers of birds should be grateful to the Navy for their co-operation in pre- venting nuisance from waste oil. Action was hurried...

Letters. -to_ . AFFORESTATION OF ABERDARE DISTRICT- - . _ [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] . SIR,— Whenever I visit the Aberdare district I am invariably impressed- by, its...

our meeting of the Aberdare " Chamber of Trade " —on the 15th instant--.–it was unanimously' resolved that I, as Chairman ; should write to you on their behalf and exPreis to...

adopted Aberdare, we think yoii may be interested in the efforts which this Bureau is making to provide employment for the miners' womenfolk by developing the market for quilted...

'Wish to thank - you and Spectator readers for the subitantiaI help you 'have' given to nre and iny "faniily: haVe been unemplOYed: since the fock-oiit Of:1928 `and haVen wife -...

fro fhe Editor of the SPECTATOR.] • SIR,—Mr. Montague Fordham, at least as speaking for economists, should,_ know full well that the ,agricultural question cannot be picked out...

the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—While thanking you for the kind allusions to myself in your notice of the International Centre of Fascist Studies' first year-book, entitled A Survey of...

Syn,—Fel un sydd wedi deilliaw o fudd mabwysiad eich eykhgraivii o Dref Aberdar, teimlaf yn dra ddiolchgar i chwi am eich Cynorthwy yn yr argyfwng yrydym ynddo, oherwydd...

A. H. L. Bolton. I cannot resist the appeal of your Special Commissioner . . I gladly enclose a cheque for twelve weeks at this rate to help to brighten some sad home. Mee. E....

[Being One who has benefited under the adoption scheme orthe SpeetafOr • I beg to tender - you my sincere thanks for yourlfelrilli the distress we are in, owing to the...

of the- SPECTATOR.] SM,—Five per cent. used to be the social reformer's Utopia. At' Letchworth the First Garden ' City, 'Ltd. has ' actually carried the' idea into ' reality,...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Recently, when reading in Mr. J. G. Lockhart's Peril of the Sea his vivid account of the shipwreck of - the ` Titanic ' and the loss of...

• • • [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—May I extend an invitation to any of the societies now engaged on the housing of the poorer workers, to look out for families who...

the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The attitude of the large . Public Schools toward lawn tennis shows in most instances, from recent replies t o inquiries on the subject, a marked repugnance...

[To the'Editor of the SpEcrAron.] Sza,—One frequently sees references to France as the leading civilized country of the ' world. Although I suppose it is impossible to indict a...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sra,—I should be very much delighted to hear if any of your readers' can lay their fingers upon what ingredients constitute the " Oxford...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIB,—No one can deny the difference in the size of the field now open to women, compared to that of the middle of the last century, but the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,- ? -Your article " Young-Carrying Birds " (Spectator, December 22nd) interests me very much. I should like to tell you of something I once...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sra,—So many railway disasters seem to have been due to failure to see signals owing to bad weather conditions, especi- ally fog. May I...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sur,—I write with reference to a letter in your issue of October 13th by Mr. Paddison, in which he advanceshis opinion that compulsory...

[To the Editor of the Spzeraroa.] SIR,—It may interest your correspondent in the Spectator of January 19th that a sparrow-hawk roosted every night for over two months last...

The Hope of a Caged Lark (To M. A.) ONCE I sprang from emerald grass Straight to a sapphire sky. Now am I caged ; My feet are on a mournful turf, My head's pressed near a...

In reference to Mr. Bassett Digby's interesting article, Names That Live On," in your issue of November 10th, perhaps it might be noteworthy that among the group of mountains...

TEE " SrscreToa," JAN - timer 24Tir, 1829. THE LARGEST NEWSPAPER. The Times of last Monday surprised its readers by appearing on their breakfast-tables in a sheet of paper...

his new volume of reprinted essays, Assessments and Anticipations (Cassell, 7s. 6d.),that Mr. Asquith in appointing him 'to the Deanery of St. Paul's in 1911, expressed the hope...

IN undertaking to translate Du Dandysme et de George Brummell, by Barbey D'Aurevilly (Peter Davies, 42s.), Mr. D. B. Wyndham Lewis set himself a peculiarly difficult task—so...

tells us its history from the day when it was a silkworm farm to the day when it is the first house in the. land. The book is written in a delightful and readable style, and has...

with interest that the great co-operative societies had no small part of the milk business. Many people began to wonder whether the co-operative movement could not do more for...

graphy and archaeology, and known to some as the Chronicler of the West Kent Cricket Club. Now, as one of the first Ramblers, he has written an account of the origin and early...

by George Montagu, Earl" of Sandwich (Elkin Mathews and Marrot, 5s.), are pleasantly and refreshingly, amidst the cacophonic screechings of numerous very free versifiers, in...

THE Editor offers a prize of five guineas for the best answer in three hundred words to the question, " Why I shall or shall not travel by the Channel Tunnel ? "—if and when it...

An Ambassador of Peace : Pages from the Diary of Viscount D'Abernon (Berlin, 1920-1926). Vol. : From Spa (1920) to Rapallo (1922). With Historical Notes by Maurice Alfred...

Human Nature in Politics, by Graham Wallas; Life of Char- lotte Charke, by Herself ; The Ghosts of Piccadilly, by G. 8. Street. (Constable's Miscellany. - 1s. 6d. each). OF the...

'roost/vs WRIGHT, who is well known as our chief authority on Cowper, has. ventured into many other tracks of biological study. Those who have read his lives of Daniel Defoe,...

THERE are moments when one feels that the War was not fought in vain, and one of them is undoubtedly that of turning over the list Page: of 'A Fatalist at War,' 'A hook so...

Tins pSychological study of Napoleon contains many brilliant passages, but as a whole it will impress the ordinary reader as a contradictory, ecstatic, and at times incoherent...

An Introduction to Dutch Art. By R. H. Wilenski. (Faber and Gwyer. 25s.) Vermeer the Magical. By E. V. Lucas. (Methuen. 5s.) Twci things ought to be observed at once about Mr....

New and Old Crescendo. By Ethel Mannin. (Jarrold's. 7s. 6d.) Cement comes carrying a singular and startling prestige. For in this novel a post-revolution author describes a...

10s. 6d.}-The Administrator of St. Kitts is well known as a writer on West Indian problems. Here in a lighter mood he strings together thirteen 'short Stories, mostly reflecting...

Ova weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Miss M. I. Ogilvie, 85 Canynge Square, Clifton, Bristol, for the following :-...

misem.,A.0.:-Parrots and Parrot-like Birds in Avicub lure. By The Marquess of Tavistock. (F. V. White. 15s.) - The Golden Gospel. By Gabriel Scott. Illus- trated by Arnold...

about so copiously as Edinburgh from the point of view of architecture, surroundings, and romantic history • but of the ecorioniic gro*th of the city, Of its institution al...

both of regiments and divisional, but never as yet that of a medical unit. It is therefore with peculiar pleasure that we greet in Mr. Fetherstonhaugh's No. 3 Canadian General...

Marshall, " Chnbists of a most interesting"' introduction by Mr. Alex. J. Philip, a synopsis of the works of Pickens chronological -order, the Dictionary proper, and - it new...

notes of people, things and scenes which impresiedlim, and a man, wh6; lac Sir Walter Hearn, has spentivierity-five years as Bristish - COrikril in various European -...

10s. 6d.) is anxious to prove that we have our own native mystical traditioni and have no need to go elsewhere for metaphysics or occultism. Druidism, he considers, is as true a...

Every lover of London and everyone who cares-for brilliant draughtsmanship, •will be delighted with A Landon Iverie (Macmillan) 25s.)—a- title - which obscures the -fact that it...

The German passion fog' writing histories is dauntless. Messrs. Harrap have now sent us Carl Kohler's A History of Costume (18s.) translated by Alexander IC; nallas and edited...

Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III, published by Messrs. Macmillan, should have been given as 30s. net and not 30s. each volume. - • -

originality of Multiplex Man, or The Story of Survival Through Invention (Cape, 10s. 6d.) ; but his thesis is not so novel and revolutionary as he considers._ None the less he...

his new anthology of parodies, Apes and ParroLs (Jenkins, 6s.) ; and he has included nothing which did not in fact amuse him. Parodies are apt to be distressingly dull when...

(Parts 2) 1. When on sight of the Cross_his burden had loosed from off his shoulders and fallen into the mouth - of the sepulchre and he had. been greeted by the three Shining...

Mr. McKenna's Speech THE balance sheet of the largest bank in the world, with very nearly £500,000,000 of assets, is bound to be something of an enigma, even to the...

. An.. excellent balance sheet is presented by the National . Provincial Bank, the figures showing an increase of nearly, £17,000,000 in Deposits at £290,310,253, while the...

The Australian pastoral companies who have contributed so much to the wealth of Australia, through their development of the sheep farming industry, are still exercised regarding...

lkiirnouon the Commonwealth Loan was only Subscribed to the 'extent of 16 per cent: by the public, underwriters having to take - up 84 'per cent., while the Wakefield Loan was...

Simpler Gear-Changing MANY designers in their efforts to popularize Motoring, and . kai gain a wider field for their markets, are paying heed to simplification of...