Sunday. The top of one of the phosgene gas tanks at the Stolzenberg chemical work's blew off, and the deadly invisible fumes drifted southwards over the city. Some people who...

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

forgotten that the Prussian Government, which is formed of just such a Coalition, with a strong Socialist tinge, as now seems to be certain in the Reich, is likely to remain in...

T HE German elections which took place last. Sunday resulted in a much more decided swing to the Left than anyone had expected. The Nationalists were shat- . tered. It is clear...

introduce the domestic reforms which they have persistently demanded. The more Radical members of the Centre will no doubt march with them part of the way but not the whole way....

moved a resolution for setting up an inquiry into the queStioning of Miss Savidge by Scotland Yard. In a leading article_ (which 'was "Written before the Mime Secretary made his...

Home Secretary for drafting the first resolution. 'Sir William Joyi" ison-Hicks consulted both the Labour Party and the Liberals and had their consent to the wording. Apparently...

sible that M.. Venizelos should return to active political life in Greece. Recently, however, there have been sure signs that he had become impatient of his self-imposed...

Within a few weeks on which the rank and file of - the House have successfully held' a-pistol to the head of the Government. The first instance was the revolt - against the duty...

M. Venizelos, whose career is one of the great romances of politics. From his native Crete the dazzling rebel emerged to become the saviour of the mother country, and almost to...

upon events in China and, however undesignedly, upon the whole character of her own foreign policy. She has sent to the Peking and Nanking Governments a warning in these words :...

the relations of the Manehurians 'With the Japanese garrison and the Officials on the rail- ways were 'passably good, but his absence at Peking made --room:for all sorts of...

interesting debate . on the work of the Imperial Cable and Wireless Conference which is now sitting. Labour speakers feared that the merger between the Eastern Telegraph Company...

the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals are lamentable. The generous aims of the Society ought to be strictly a common cause if ever there was one. Unity is...

of the membership in the American section, whereas a four-fifths majority was necessary. In the Egyptian section , only 28 per cent. of the membership voted for the reduction of...

• On Tuesday it was announced in Manchester that the Federation of Master Cotton Spinners' Associations and the Cotton Spinners' and Manufacturers' Association had not cast a...

Franchise Bill in the House of Lords on Tuesday was an amusing performance. He explained that he was an unrepentant anti-feminist, but that it had been his fate both in 1918 and...

the cables shall be supported by wireless. What authority should properly preside over the amalgamation ? The State, in our view, has not the money to risk on the development of...

cent., on April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 1001- ; on Wednesday week 1001 ; a year ago 100*. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday . 90 ; on...

T AST Saturday the British reply to Mr. Kellogg's proposal of a Pact renouncing war was handed to the American Ambassador in London. It is an anxiously careful document and it...

T HE conduct of the police in connexion with offences in the London parks and streets has been seriously questioned so repeatedly in the last two or three years that public...

Report, 1927. By W. B. Davidge. (5 Victoria Street, S.W. 1.) Mr. Davidge's new Report, like its predecessor (The West Kent Joint Regional Town Planning Report, reviewed in our...

THE House was impressed- by Mr. Neville Chamberlaires account of the work of his Depart- ment last week. He is precise, unemotional; and the clearest speaker on either side....

[Ai reply from Sir Herbert Samuel to Commissioner Lamb's article last week.—En. Spectator.] T HE article in the Spectator of last week on the question whether emigration is...

_IONS, in their own country of Africa—there are few left in India in these days—have always been dangerous and troublesome neighbours to natives and white settlers ; and it...

was taught to play the flute, to use the abacus, and to read its Homer : beauty of form and expression held then their rightful place in education. To-day we must return to such...

A T ` The Three Magpies' Inn, that living monument to the spirit of rural English democracy, all the news of the surrounding district comes to be discussed of a summer evening ;...

THE YOUNGER POINT OF VIEW [Under the above title we propose to publish occasionally the views of the rising generation on topics of the day. The following is from an Oxford...

The Old Devadasi JAGGANATII Swami, Greatest God of all, Hear me, Thy servant, Hear my piteous call ; See now these pleading Hands I hold on high, Jagganath Swami, Jagganath...

Sin,—It is obvious that Liverpool is quite in love with its Iady Lord Mayor. Not every great city might care to entrust this high office to a woman, but it is not every city...

Tan British Commonwealth of Nations is a part of that greater society to which we owe our loyalty—Western civili- zation. That civilization has been built up by the thought...

A sheep-dog of my acquaintance is becoming noted in the neighbourhood for a very charming preference, directed by a fine intelligence or gift of perception. He is good at his...

Let me quote another conversation in a very different place with another and more famous man of science and horticulturist with experience practical, adininistrative, and "...

Among the specially made " bye-laws for the good rule and government " of the county affixed outside the police station in " our village " appears the following :- " No person...

Several effects of the water system have, of course, been known for a long time. If a leaf, even of a tender plant, is gloved by frost in a tissue of ice, it suffers no harm...

This was the question we dismissed at the cattle ring while the judges ranged the Jerseys in order. The farmer had just beard that his fruit and potatoes had suffered from seven...

THE THREE ICEMEN. At the edge of a ring, where some of his Jersey cattle were being judged, I met the manager of one of the most highly equipped of Midland farms. The date was...

On the same day of last week I read, in the London Press, that agricultural labourers had diminished at a greater rate than ever before, and in the local rural Press that there...

Sni,—In your issue of May 19th your correspondent " W. A. P." takes exception to my description of Longwood as " that residence which Lowe declined with disgust for Lady...

W. A. P.," permit me to point out that a book entitled Napoleon at St. Helena and Sir Hudson Lowe, now probably out of print, by William Forsyth (1853), vindicates, with a...

NAPOLEON IN CAPTIVITY [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Snt,—That writers treating of the conditions attending Napoleon's detention at St. Helena should feel it incumbent...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] am desired to inform you that the Council of the R.S.P.C.A., at its meeting on the 17th instant, passed by fourteen votes to three the...

long been gathering burst at the recent extraordinary meeting. Dissatisfaction amongst mem- bers all over the country is keen and acute. The question of fox-hunting or shooting...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] read with much interest Mr. Darling's letter in your issue of May 19th, with which I entirely agree. The late Lord Milner, I know, viewed with...

voice the opinions of many private members of the R.S.P.C.A. who yield to no one in zeal for humanity, but are beyond measure perturbed by the scenes at the recent general...

[To the Editor of the Sracra.roa.] Sig,—Your admirable articles on the Housing Problem in recent issues of the Spectator bring home so forcibly the terrible condition of our...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—As you have paid a good deal of attention to the subject of animal welfare, may I bring to your notice a queer assertion which is often...

. SIR, --7- Friday's hair and Sunday's horn goes to the dule on Monday morn,"- is a very intriguing proverb ; and one doeS not wonder that Mrs. Campbell Clover-has been puzzled...

thi Sr:EcrArOn.] Sat,—With reference to the letter recently published in the Bpikator on the subject of " Diet in the Navy," no thinking . ' naval officer will agree with...

SPECTATOR.] ' SIR,—I observe that Mr. Porter in his review of the second - Volume of Sir Arthur Evans'sPalace of Minos makes the . . astounding statement that Minoan Crete...

proverb, whose meaning your correspondent seeks, refers to the superstition that it"is unlucky to cut one's hair on Friday _or ones.nails on Stmday. The latter half of the Scots...

everybody who has any acquaintance with the work of the police in' their task of maintaining public order appreciates the courtesy and efficiency which they invariably *-...

.the Sescrivron.] Sin, — We are invited to believe that one reason why our agriculture declines whilst we eat more and more foreign food is- that the rail rates from farms ....

SPECTATOR.] . SIRh-Y01.1 have recently -had more than one laudatory article or reference to- the Empire- tours of Premier and - Secretary of State, and. there is no question...

Sra,—In an old farmyard near Honfleur, which now constitutes all that is left of the once famous abbey of Grestain, lie un- honoured the remains of Arlette, the mother of...

may be questioned whether Edgar Allen Poe's Raven ever flew into his study, and taking up its position on the top of a picture frame, pronounced the difficult word, " Never-...

SIR,—We desire to bring to the public . notice and to endorse an appeal for £80,000 which is being made on behalf of the Woodard Schools in the West of England. • - These...

A Reply (From one trout-fisher to another.) IT would have been jolly— The Mayfly is up You say, in full folly, Where cloud and kingcup, And chestnutty candles Light Kennet...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In Saint James's Churchyard, Hyde Park-on-the- Hudson, New York, there is a quaint tombstone on which is cut :— " Stranger, stop and...

of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—May I be allowed to bring to the notice of readers of the Spectator a meeting which is to be held by the University of London Animal Welfare Society...

SIR,—The noise of our cities is increasing year by year. The distracting din on our heavily laden roads, especially on the more important highways in our large cities, is a...

WE have received an appeal, signed by a number of well-known people, for funds to relieve the widespread distress in Bulgaria caused by the recent earthquakes. A correspondent...

most in demand at the Times Book Club have been . FicTiox.Octavia, by the Countess of Oxford and Asquith ; Brook Evans, by Susan Glaspell ; The Battle of the Horizons, by...

Herbert's newest heroine by heart will be delighted to poSsess The Trials of Topsy (Been, 5s.) in bound form. Few jokes can bear repetition, but Topsy's delicious drivel never...

" A reputed French foksong, hymning the fame of Arlette (the mother of William the Conqueror), remarks that " Ii naquit, cet illustre enfant, d'une simple amourette," which is...

Poetry " some verses under the heading " Lighter Lyrics." We hope that we may receive enough light verse of sufficient merit to enable us to continue this feature. * * *

The tragic drama concerning Marimilian and Charlotte of Mexico which stirred the heart and imagination of the Western world in the middle of- the last century has been retold by...

The interest in the problems of the Fourth Gospel is peren- nial, but we own that the latest contribution to the subject by Dr. Vacher Burch (The Structure and Message of St....

of places and personages in her new book of reminiscences, Diplomacy and Foreign Courts (Hutchinson, 18s.). She has a great gift of memory and writes of pre-War Germany,...

THE counting of the votes given by those who took part in our last Competition will take some time, and it will not be pos‘sible to publish the result until June lkth....

days is to be ahead of one's time. This represents no attempt at Chestertonian paradox, but is the sober faith in which I have been confirmed by a re-reading of The Pilgrim's...

The English Educational System: By Cyril Norwood. (Benn. -The Schools of England. Edited by J. DoVer Wilson. (Sidgivick and Jackson. 18s.) . . LIKE most of our customs and...

MR. WALPOLE is just the man to write on Anthony Trollope. He is himself a professional, painstaking craftsman with no highfalutin notions about the hieratic powers of the...

Printing of To-day. Edited by Oliver Simon and Julius Rodenberg. (Peter Davies. 21s.) IF William Morris were alive to-day—as his friend and printing instructor, Mr. Emery...

My Life. By Isadore. Duncan. (Gollancz. 15s.) " I MIGHT publish my photograph and ask the readers what they think," wrote Isadora Duncan, considering the question of whether or...

seeking country or seaside accommodation for the summer months, are invtted to inform the readers of the SPECTATOR, by advertising in the small classified advertisement columns....

The. British Liberal Party. By Hamilton Fyfe. (George Allen and Unwin. 10s. 6d.) . Ma. HAMILTON FryE has written a useful little volume op the history .of the Liberal Party....

Mary Cholmondeley : a Sketch from Memory. By Percy . Lubbock. (Cape. 3a. 6d.) Tins .is an elegiac portrait, painted in sombre tones, by a -hand whose skill is heightened by the...

Words and Poetry. By G. H. W. Rylands. (The Hogarth Press. 10s. 6d.) Ma. GEORGE RYLANDS has published his Fellowship disser- tation as' a volume of literary criticism. The...

A Memoir of Herbert Edward Ryle. By the Rev. Maurice H. Fitzgerald. (Macmillan. 15s.) HERBERT EDWARD RYLE, by his goodness and charm, went 'far to justify his upbringing. His...

(Knopf.. 2 vols. 15s.)—The little town of Lodz in Poland is being industrialized; cotton factories arc being built, amalgamations are taking' place, there' are trade rivalries...

and entertaining example of the family history kind of noyel. This- particular family, descended from the historic Simon to begin with, has been enlivened about a hundred and...

CRANMER PAUL.' By Rolf Bennett. (Heinemann. 7s. 6d.)—This is an unflinching portrait of an unusual type. There is power in Cmiimer Paul, first Mate on 'a cargo boat, but...

the late 'nineties of the eighteenth century as the period for this novel. - Many of the War difficulties of that day and the devices by which. they are evaded are strangely...

7s. 6d.)—This is a grim story of the development of two opposed types, and their failure and success in New York City: Wilfred Pell belongs to a fairly well-to-do family ; but...

glimpses Mr. Tarkington reveals the development of a spoilt little Arilerican beauty. We see. her first as a pretty young flapper 'coolly and Cruelly trying her charm on various...

willingly return to Greenery Street, and call at sever* houses of the newly wed, over- hearing their absurd and deleetabfe dialogues, considering their babies, their domestic...

(Continued from page 769.) Anyone who has watched the sheldrake, the handsomest and most proud of carriage of any of the duck family, walk statelily out of its burrow across the...

By Lord Ernest Hamilton. (Gollancz. 7s. 6d.)— Here is a succession of really exciting incidents and an un- expected conclusion which leaves the reader guessing. The Prologue...

that " La question armenienne n'existe plus." Why it did not exist, the callous attitude of Europe and America towards the whole bloodstained tragedy, can be read in Dr....

cryptic announcement in her preface that after certain episodes the story moves backwards is calculated to puzzle the reader ; but the puzzlement will be as nothing to his...

is always a fantastic element in Mr. Leslie Reid's novels, and in Trevy the River this quality runs perhaps a little to seed. There is more than a suggestion that the soul of...

not lacked its romantic interpreters. But in Mr. Blake it has at last found its realist. Mr. Blake's latest novel fulfils the promise of Young Malcolm. The hem is Matthew Faed,...

from 9 Union Street, Stratford-on-Avon, with Mr. A. K. Chesterton as editor. Mr. G. K. Chesterton contributes a gay article on Shakespeare and Shaw. There is a pleasant "...

Mr. Thompson Seton demonstrated the fact that wild animals are able to express their thoughts in remunerative English, and now here they are doing it again in African Jungle...

de Madariaga points out that " the natural reaction towards life in each of these three peoples is : for the Englishman, action ; for the Frenchman, thought ; for the Spaniard,...

Series " on the several Departments of State is also one of the best. Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith, who was long its Oficial head, was peculiarly welt-qualified to write on The...

1857 (Williams and Norgate, 5s.), for its author, • now in his ninety-fourth year, is the last surviving officer of those who took part in Lawrence's defence of Lucknow....

Wrrn the steadily increasing number of motor vehicles using the roads throughout the country safety assumes more and more importance. Much has been done during the last two...

writer for children, and he is to be congratulated on Marytary (Oxford Press, 5s.). It is, as it should be, the story of a little boy and a little girl. Mr. Creswell holds the...

familiar things through fresh eyes, and the second is to allow his readers to share in his discoveries and enthusiasms. That Mr. Robert Lynd possesses both these faculties may...

The keynote of Mr. G. Willoughby Meade's fascinating Chinese Ghouls and Goblins (Constable, 24s.) is to be found in this saving of Confucius : " How abundantly do spiritual...

OUR weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Miss G. Macintosh, The Rectory, Kinross, Scotland, for the following :-...

As tlie result of representations made by the Automobile Association to the Belgian authorities responsible for running the Dover-Ostend services, a new tariff showing reduced...

1. Newfoundland.-2. Primitive Negritoes.-3. Pledged for the payment of dowry to James DI. of Scotland on his marriage to Margaret of Norway.4. Lord Hopetoun.-5. Acadie, by the...

The Investment Outlook AFTER a prolonged period of Stock Exchange activity, accompanied by rising prices, it will have been noticed that during the last week or so there has...

Considerable interest attaches to the report which has just been published of the Imperial Chemical Industries, both on account of the magnitude nf the interests affected and by...

In a short but admirable speech, constituting a reply on behalf of the staff to a resolution of thanks, Mr. Hugh Lewis, the General Manager—to whom the Chairman had paid a...

the gramophone enterprises seem to savour almost of the romantic. In the case, for example, of the Vocalion Company, whose report was issued the other day, the profit for the...

L.C.C. L SUCCESS. IT would be rather difficult to say whether the great rush for the London County Stock this , week must be regarded as demonstrating the - great volume of...

The favourable impression produced by the annual report of the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company, to which I have referred previously in these columns, as...