W E suppose that the Government has good reasons for the Manner in - which it has handled the qUestion of the evacuation of Cologne. We do not, however, know what they are, and...

this, because they have all along maintained that they were not bound by the dates set. out in the Versailles Treaty since . that . Treaty had been . violated by Ge r - many....

appears that there was no doubt that if we had approached the German Government in a friendly spirit it would have willingly agreed to our remaining in Cologne until next August...

the German political parties to form a new Government. The result has been to strengthen the hands of those parties which make it their basic principle that it is useless to...

General" COMieil o f the TiradeS UniOn Congress to examine conditions in Russia have returned to London and their Report may be expected in a few weeks. In the meantime Mr....

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" to exercise their beliefs, but Trotsky wrote that the mere absence of religious . instruction by the State was not enough—there must be a " positive inculcation of atheism."...

Buchanan, who was British Ambassador in Russia before the War and up to the time of the revolution. He was not a diplomat of commanding intellectual power or one who could...

of new capital could be properly and safely invested in Russia." The natural comment on this is that if money can be so safely and properly invested, there does not seem to be...

astonished the *Chamber by *announcing his intention of introducing a Bill to modify the Electoral Law of December, 1923. He said that he would have the Bill ready by January...

. the. House of Commons about the Zinovieff letter and the Campbell case may be allowed to drop. It would. be, another matter if anything.were to be gained by regular inquiries,...

does a thing he does it handsomely, or, at all events, drastically. If the Bill passes there will be no coalition " National List " at the next General Election. Every deputy...

to consider such questions as the licensing of omnibuses, the prohibition of heavy traffic on some congested routes at certain hours, and the decision whether ' buses or trams,...

the so-called steel houses have come up against the Federation of Building Trade Operatives, whose Secretary, Mr. Coppock, has announced that when any firm erects these houses...

America the other day, when " a test for honesty " was undertaken by a New York newspaper. A one-hundred dollar-bill was sent to ten men of science, ten clergymen, ten lawyers,...

Edward Wood, the Minister of Agriculture, explained the proposed subsidy on sugar or molasses made in Great Britain from beet grown in the country during the next ten years. The...

House of Commons on Thursday, December 18th, that when a proposed prosecution involved matters of public policy it was the duty of the Attorney-General to inform himself of the...

time last week and made a preliminary survey of some of the problems. Two large schemes in particular wcrc considered by it, and were apparently approved in principle. One was...

those extremely interesting inven- tions which the intensive • study of acro-dynamics in Germany is making possible. Major Bielau, a German ex-officer, announces that he has...

July 5th, 1923, 5 per cent. War Loan was on Monday, 101/ ; Thursday week, 1011 ; a year ago, 991. 31 per cent. Conversion Loan was on Monday, 788 ; Thursday week, 79 ; a year...

PROTECTION AND MR. -BALDWIN'S SECOND CHANCE T HE accusation by the Liberal Party.that the Govern- ment are trying. to introduce a general Protective tariff is an instance of...

By NEW MEMBER. T HE House adjourned on Friday, December 19th, until February 10th, the debate on the Address having been concluded on the Wednesday with a " fortissimo " speech...

y ou remember Piranesi's " Careen "—those Prisons of his, in which his spirit sought escape from too much reality ? There is one of them which reminds me vividly of the Grand...

A S soon as the story of the Gospels had lost its first appeal of newness and wonder, the early Christians began to long for more details of the life of Christ. It was His...

the SPECTATOR.] think that the letter which appeared in your issue of December 6th, over the signature of J. W. Scott, University College, Cardiff, is deserving of very careful...

express my hearty thanks for your strong advocacy of Smoke Abatement. Living here in Newentle, the need for it is apparent every day. On damp days (i.e., nearly every day) one...

SMOKE ABATEMENT [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] am glad to see that you are once more taking up the subject of Smoke Abatement. This Society has had con- siderable experience...

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SiR,—In reply to the inquiry by your correspondent, Mr. J. W. Scott, of University College, Cardiff, the Town Planning and Housing Acts contain wide powers and provisions for...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] The R - Jal Issue. Snt,--Will you allow me space in your paper to state an issue and to make an appeal ? For four years I have been going to...

no doubt, in many others, there arc a number of cottages in varying stages of dilapidation which are no longer inhabited. The principal cause of decay has been the failure of...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sri,—May I suggest that the Referendum would be a more efficient instrument of democracy if coupled with a system of codification of law. I say...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SJE,—To those who are not indifferent to the discomfort, distress and suffering caused widely by some of the conditions under which motor...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In season and out of season for over five years as a free-lance journalist I have been advocating the formation of a home-makers' guild or...

THREE POOR WITCHES WHIRRING, walking On the tree top, Three poor witches Mow and mop. Three poor witches Fly on switches Of a broom From their cottage room. Like goats' -...

[To the Editor of the SPEC .TOR.] Sin,--Some little time ago you very kindly gave the hospi- tality of your columns to a letter about a proposed scheme for a residential Club or...

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I CANNOT recall the first time I saw him. He belonged to my life as did the trees, the hills and glens of my home : an old man with white hair tossed about his large head, huge...

THIS WEEK'S BOOKS MR. E. V. LUCAS has composed an excellent book on John Constable the Painter (Halton and Truscott Smith). There are sixty-four plates to illustrate it, and...

ONE phase of the personality of Herman Melville. has been obscured by his great book, Moby Dick, which has hidden from inany readers the lesser but more sociable qualities of...

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Dubuisson. (The Bodley Head. 63s. net.) WHEN he had just begun to collect material for a biography of Richard Parkes Bonington (the English-born artist who lived most of his...

MOLL FLANDERS The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the FtemOus Moll Flanders. By Daniel Defoe. With an introduction by Carl Van Doren. (Grant Richards. I2s. 6d. not.) DEF0E was the...

HESKETH PRICHARD, D.S.O., M.C. : A Mermir. By Eric Parker. (T. Fisher Unwin. l5s.) HESKETII PRICHARD was a perfect example of an English patrician. He stood six feet four inches...

A SATISFACTORY YEAR [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Srn,—Remembering that the past year has, among other things, been characterized by continued trade depression, with little...