day said that no one could deny that the Government's offer was " a great act of renunciation which might be called an act of sacrifice." It was difficult to believe that any...

Dominion Homo Rule offered does not apply to the whole of Ireland, brings us back to the eternal crux. If he should say that the coercion of Ulster is indispensable, the...

the Southern Irish that they must not coerce Ulster. This truly Liberal doctrine has come very late in the day—almost, we fear, too late. If only Liberals had insisted upon...

Prime Minister stated that the Irish offer was not " haggling terms." All the world except the Southern Irish themselves admitted that the Government had gone to " the limit of...

airship ' R. 38,' a disaster by which forty-four gallant British and Ameri- can officers and men lost their lives. On Wednesday the R. 38,' which was the first airship of purely...

T HE course of the Irish negotiations is as doubtful as when we wrote last week. On Thursday, when we go to press, the only certain thing is that Dail Eireann is considering the...

course, that the geographical position of Ireland is wholly different from that of the overseas Dominions., That, at least, would be the logical answer of the Government ;...

Readers experiencing difficulty in obtaining the " Spectator " regularly and promptly through the aboli- tion of the Sunday post or other causes should become yearly...

Air-Commodore E. M. Maitland, who commanded the R. 34 ' when she crossed the Atlantic. Commander L. H. Maxfield, of the United States Navy, who would have taken command when...

upon the success of the Washington Conference. It is impossible to exaggerate its importance for the future of the world. In our opinion Mr. Lloyd George, however urgent the...

Alliance. Japan had fulfilled hai obligations loyally during the war, and had made it easy and safe 'for the Australian troops to come over. " The British - Empire must behave...

to think what failure would mean. If after having drawn so near to the achievement of arranging with America the dis- armament of the world, except for policing purposes, we had...

along the branch railvray from Eskishehr on the Baghdad line. They are reported to have reached the Sakaria River, some fifty miles west of Mustapha. Kemal's capital. They are...

in Russia, came to terms with the Bolshevik delegates at Riga last Saturday. It was agreed that the American agents should have diplomatic privileges and be free to engage their...

an acceunt of the Imperial Conference. He welcomed the desire of the Dominions to take part in determining the foreign policy of the Empire, and said that the Dominion Premiers...

King of Irak, and received a personal message of congratulation from the King. It its-officially announced that " an. overwhelming majority of the electorate " had, in a...

popular feeling against Great Britain set in, it would spread upwards, not perhaps out of conviction but through sheer force of circumstances. If American rumour said that Mr....

of 4,423,24?, or 38,436 less than before. On the other hand, the " Outer Ring " of suburbs contains 2,992,919 people, or 263,246 more. Greater London'a total population is...

21. 1921; 15 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 88k Thursday week, 8Th ; a year ago, 841.

London Council of Social Service, which has been set up, with the Lord Mayor as president, to extend this excellent movement through Greater London. Nowhere is the co-operation...

in the by-election on Wednesday. The figures were :— Kr. Morgan Jones (Labour), 13,699 ; Mr. Rees Edmunds (Coalition Liberal), 8,958 ; Mr. R. Stewart (Communist), 2,592. The...

Wednesday, said that the increased postage on picture postcards had reduced the sale by half. Thus the Postmaster- General's expectation of increasing his revenue from postcards...

Safe- guaeding of Industries Bill, at the instance of Lord Crewe and Lord Midleton, led to a mild passage of arms between the two Houses on Thursday, August 18th. The Speaker...

Bir- mingham with 919,438 people. Liverpool comes next with 803,118. Menchester is third with 730,551, but the adjacent town of Salford, which is virtually part of Manchester,...

a Committee to inquire into the high cost of workmen's dwellings. The Committee, whose report was published on Monday, had no difficulty in finding the reasons why cottages, for...

losses in war. They outnumbered the men by 1,720,802 in England and Wales, and by 185,482 in Scotland. To every 1,000 men in England and Wales there were 1,095 women. It may,...

Tuesday night, give the population as 37,885,242, showing an increase of 1,814,750 since 1911. Scotland has 4,882,288, so that the total for Great Britain is 42,767,530, or...

that the Bahamas have profited by American Prohibition, much as they profited by the Civil War. When the North declared a blockade of the Southern ports, Nassau became the...

THOUGHTS ABOUT THE CENSUS. T HE census returns, in spite of all disguises, deal with one of the most fascinating subjects which it is possible for an Englishman to study. They...

COMMITTEE. T HE Economy Campaign, with that facile abuse of meta- phor which is becoming current in political speech, is g enerally associated with an axe. While there can be no...

will be brought again to the test in America if certain enthusiastic senators get their way. Last week there was a stormy debate, which developed into a sort of demonstration...

A_ SIGNIFICANT manifesto, headed " A Call to Labour," was issued last week by a group of Members, including old and trusted trade union leaders like Mr. Barnes, Mr. G. H....

I T began with a friend of mine, who, fi nding himself with more leisure time on his hands than he had enjoyed since the war, took up the study of animal names in Hiawatha. This...

T HE old gentlemen—my contemporaries—who during the last few weeks have been deploring the deteriora- tion of the manners of youth have set my wits working against my will. I...

BETTER MARKETS—A RALLY IN RAILWAYS. [To THZ EDITOR or THZ " SPECrATOR."] SIR,—If from time to time I should turn aside from fundamental matters affecting the financial and...

[Letters of the length of one of our leading paragraphs are often more read,and therefore more effective, than those which fill treble the space.] "JUSTICE FOR TLIE CIVIL...

that has been said in your columns about the Labour Ministry and Exchanges. During a con- siderable part of the war I was in the Civil Service. Naturally I thought the Labour...

point I do not see noticed by your corre- spondents who write about Labour Exchanges. If they are the best way to provide work for those who need it, why the enormous...

[To rue Enrroa or THE " SPECTATOR."] desire to endorse all you say about these positively useless Exchanges. I have gone to them over and over again, and have never had a...

[To THE EDITOR OT Pas " SPECTATOR. "] Sue,—In your issue of August 6th you published a short article which indicated some current illusions, but, and a very big but, the...

(To THE EDITOR or THE SPECTATOR."I Sia,—When the Protocols first appeared in English it was pointed out that they embodied a forgery perpetrated by the Tsar's police with the...

Lord Esher's " appreciation " of Lord Kitchener recalls an effort which was made to take advantage by.voluntary registration of the wave of patriotic enthusiasm which surged...

fTo THE EDITOR or THE " SEECIATOR."] BIR, — In the first issue of the Spectator after Lord Kitchener's death you said that a sense of personal loss had suddenly visited all...

" SPECTATOR."3 Sist,In connexion with the powerful appeal recently published in the Times on the question of Social Service, signed by the Lord Mayor and others, your readers...

[To TEE EDITOR 07 TEL " Sywrgyos."3 think you will agree with me that the way the public are kept waiting for a .return of their overpaid Income Tax is not the right way to...

TM " fibteraeos."3 Suz,—In view of the public criticism which has been aroused by the publication of extracts from various papers read at the recent Conference of Modern...

[To sae EDITOR OP THE " eincearoa."1 SIR,— May I express my cordial appreciation of the candid and generous way in which Mr. Roche has acknowledged his mis- apprehension of the...

[To no Emma or rut " Spearerea."] Sni,—Is not even the Post Office worthy of fair play? I suffer from its deficiencies fully as much as anyone whose correspond- ence is...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sue—If the Ministry of Health would inform county councils, urban district councils, &c., that they would only sanction the appointment of...

[To THE EJUTOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Mr. Unwin'e account of the two weasels, one helping the other, reminds me of one of the most interesting hedgerow scenes I ever...

from the Revue des Deux Mondes, 15 Juillet, 1867 (p. 350), is germane to Mr. Blakeney's note on " Favourite Words ": " On a remarque que tout ecrivain a son mot favort„ qui...

[To rue Fesrroa or rue " Peacreroz."] eta,—In order to understand the effect of the Bill referred to by the Rev. John Middleton in the Spectator for July 30th, it is necessary...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECIATOR.".1 SIR,—I am a little surprised that—in speaking of authors and. their favourite words—your correspondent does not adduce the word "solitary "...

I first noticed the bird hovering over our boat at close quarters in that wonderfully graceful flight which is so characteristic of the tern. Presently it dropped on my flies,...

[TO THE EDITOS OF THE "SFICTATOR."1 Sts,—There was one statement in Mr. Gordon's very know- ledgeable article on badgers in your issue of August Gth which some may find...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The result of the Parliamentary inquiry on this subject will be awaited with great interest. Apart from the question of cruelty, it may...

PARADE. TEE vapour rises, and sun shines along A promenade beneath tall trees. In vain Seek thirsting flowers to thread their crystal song Upon the liquid harpatrings of the...

name or initials, or with a pseudonym, or ore marked " Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily bs held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the...

letters submitted to him, but when stamped and addressed envelopz1 are sent he will do his best to return contributions in case of rejection. Poems should be addressed to the...

MR. PUNCH'S HISTORY OF MODERN ENGLAND.* The great success of Mr. Punch's History of the War indicated further publications on the same lines and from the same author. • Mr....

QUALITY STREET " AT TIM HAYMARKET THEATRE. BY. SIR JAMES BARRIE. I srrerose there is not one of us who has ever been ill, or perhaps even who can clearly recall the events of...

BRITISH MUSIC AT THE PROMENADE CONCERTS. 14118. Yonx Bower's second Pianoforte Concerto in D minor, which was played at the Promenade Concert on August 17th, is neither a good...

AMBASSADOR.9.—"If " .. • . 8.30-2.30 [Lord Dunsany's pleasantly fantastic play, well acted. The dicer is by the late Mr. Lovat Fraser.] COD - RT.—The Playboy of the Western...

Tim progress of science until about fifteen years ago was chiefly what we might call objective. We considered processes of manufacture as they affected the product, not as they...

WE are sometimes told, by people who ought to know better, that the Allies broke up the Austro-Hungarian Empire and deliberately created the various small States which have...

since Miss Octavia Hill began, with Ruskin's help, to demonstrate her great principle that housing reform is partly a question of management. She bought three wretched houses in...

Tun clubs of which Mr. Burgin is a member are by no means those serious and decorous palaces which stand on either side of Pall Mall and St. James's Street, where bald heads,...

Fry open a recent address to the Royal Institute of British Architects at their own headquarters :— " I am come before you as a sheep to the slaughter, as a victim to the...

6d.), will assuredly be welcomed by all who know the first part. Mr. Fowler's plan is to give an extract, in prose or verse, from some eminent author, to ask questions about it,...

THE KEYSTONE.* Miss Wimeocas's latest novel is a serious as well as a distinguished piece of work. It is classical in form and slow- moving and deliberate in development, a....

5s. net), is a readable outline by a practised hand. The author is careful to avoid detail, and his brief sketch, if elucidated by a competent teacher, would be highly...

A Short Social and Political History of Britain, by Mr. R. L. Mackie (Harrap, 4s. 6d. net), is intended for the use of children of twelve, and should, we think, interest them....

SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MODERN POETRY.—IV. WE have said that at the b3ginning of the modern poetic move- ment a good deal of hesitancy, of intellectual...

[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] The Round Table for September has an interesting article on the Imperial Conference and an account of...

is published as a specimen of what the publisher describes as The New American Literary Movement," and certainly there is a very arresting realism about this story of American...

8s. 6d. net.)—A most exciting mystery story presumably founded on hidden treasure, but in the end even an intelligent reader will not be sure what the object was which was...

not.)—A Study of Metre. Same author. (The De La More Press. 7s. 6d. net.)—There is a perennial fascination about the study of the architecture of language, and Mr. Omond, in the...

the Psyche. By Wilhelm Stekel, M.D. Authorized translation by Rosalie Gabler. (Began Paul. 6s. 6d. net.)—Dr. Stekel is a Viennese, and more or less a disciple of the Viennese...

and M. Epstein. (Macmillan. 20s. net.)—The fifty-eighth issue of this excellent and invaluable book of reference is somewhat late this year, but it is astonishingly complete and...

for subscribers.)—Mr. Moore has no doubt appreciated that dissatisfaction with his work which is synonymous with a sense of good craftsmanship, since he publishes so soon a...

Secretary and Treasurer of Queen Anne's Bounty has written a lucid and interesting account of the history and the work of that ancient corporation. It was founded in 1704 by...

By J. Thomas Looney. (Shakespeare Edition.) (Cecil Palmer. 7s. net.)—To William Stanley, sixth Earl of Derby ; to Roger, fifth Earl of Rutland; to Chettle, Heywood, and...

Unwin. 4s. 6d. net.)—Mr. White, the London County Council lecturer, has written a most admirable introduction to the study of modern civics. Those who would acquire a general...