27 JUNE 1925

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On 'Wednesday Mr. Chamberlain opened the debate Upon the Pact.

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He assured the House that the British part in the White Paper was approved by the whole Cabinet, which no one had seriously doubted. He further claimed that it was an effort to...

The discussions that arosc some months ago over the proposed

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Treaty of Mutual Assistance upon which Lord Cecil spent so much devoted labour first opened the eyes of the British public to the extent of the under- takings given for them in...

NEWS OF THE WEEK

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B EFORE Mr. Chamberlain spoke on Wednesday we were taken a step further into the confidence of the British and French Governments by the issue of a White Paper giving the text...

The trouble, which can be discerned plainly and between the

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lines, arises froth French commitments over the eastern frontier of Germany, especially her commit- ments towards Poland. These underlie also the diffi- culties over...

Mr. MacDonald followed trying to find criticisms in his head

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while his heart was evidently in sympathy with Mr. Chamberlain's hopes and only sore over the dis- appearance of the Protocol. Mr. Lloyd George too had little criticism to make...

EDITORIAL AND PUBLISHING OFFICES : 13 York Street, Covent Garden,

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London, W.C.2.—A Subscription to the "Spectator" costs Thirty Shillings per annum, including postage, to any part of the world. The Postage on this issue is : Inland, ld. ;...

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There is little news from the Moroccan front, but it

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is clear that Abdel Krim is still attacking vigorously and that the French have their hands .pretty full. The usual official communiques speak only of . attacks repelled with...

On the same day Mr. Austen Chamberlain made a statement

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on . China. He was firm and reasonable, though not cheerful. He considered that the Labour Party took a very superficial view in attributing the trouble to factory conditions in...

On Wednesday the King and Queen visited Oxford. It was

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Commemoration Day, and all that the University lacked to complete its glory was a Chancellor. Honorary degrees were conferred upon the Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the...

The abolition of the Turkish capitulations is thought by some

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people to have encouraged other Orientals to agitate for complete restoration of their sovereignty. It is becoming evident that they will never be satsified unless they can...

It seems certain that at the end of the month

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the mine-owners will give notice that they intent to terminate the agreement by which wages in the mines are now fixed. If this notice is given or received in anger it might'...

The great difficulty facing a policy of conciliation is that

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there is no stable Chinese government with which we can deal, and government in China means less than it does in other parts of the world. It is said that the Chinese feel a...

On Thursday, June 18th, the Minister of Agriculture moved the

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second reading of the Tithe Bill. The War and subsequent fluctuations of prices brought out the dis- content of many people with the system based on the septennial average. of...

The Chinese situation grows worse and in Hong-kong a "

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state of emergency " has been declared. It is clear that the agitation is deep-seated and general. No such local events as the Shanghai incidents could be sufficient cause for...

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We publish to-day an article on the Drink Question. Here

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we want to remind the more reasonable and far- seeing of those engaged in the Trade of the risks of the future. Some day there will be a demand to take over the Trade without...

Senator La Follette died last week, and the United States

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lose a striking figure in their political world. His State of Wisconsin followed him devotedly, but lie never greatly influenced the whole country. Although he would not support...

The civilized world, which had been anxiously awaiting news of

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the adventurous Norwegian explorer, Captain Amundsen, and his companions, was relieved by the news of their return to Spitzbergen on Thursday, June 18th, four weeks after he set...

The Eastbourne by-election, caused by Sir George Lloyd's appointment as

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High Commissioner in Egypt, resulted last week in the return of another Unionist, Sir Reginald Hall, who so greatly distinguished himself as Director of Naval Intelligence...

The Rhodes Trustiately lost the services of Sir Edward Grigg

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as its Secretary. . It is still. however, able to draw upon the band of Lord Milner's pupils or contributors to the Round Table; and has found a new secretary in Mr. Philip...

Bank Rate, 5 per cent., changed from 4 per cent.

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on March 5th, 1925. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Thursday 991; on Thursday week 9911; a year ago 100. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Thursday 851; on Thursday week 861 ; a...

We are delighted to hear that a large party of

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South African farmers are again visiting Great Britain. Pre- sumably they have not come to learn what to avoid in a country which has been said (and denied) to be the worst...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY

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THE DRINK QUESTION 1 AM one of those people who are very strongly opposed to Prohibition for the nation as a whole, though I have no objection to special areas deciding that...

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THE PEASANT AND THE STATE

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W HEN Stambuliski, the Bulgarian peasant Premier (vanquished and killed by those who now govern the country), was returning home from the Genoa Con- ference, he was met at...

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THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT BY NEW ME3IBER.

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N O sooner is the Finance Bill disposed of than the Pensions Bill is upon us with an amendment list almost as formidable. The general opinion seems to be that the session will...

THE SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS

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T HE English are probably the least cruel of all tI4 Western races. England may be called the spiritual home of societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to all animals from the...

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FUNDAMENTALISM AT LAW

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BY THE MASTER OF CHRIST'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. T HE little town of Dayton, capital of the County of Rhea, in the State of Tennessee, is likely tc attract a good deal of...

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WHAT BRITAIN MIGHT LEARN FROM THE NEW AMERICA II.

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NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS HARMFUL TO NATIONAL WELFARE CAN BE CHANGED. BY NORMAN ANGELL. V HEN it is pointed out that the horse power used by the workman in American industry...

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A TOWN TO LIVE AND WORK IN O NE of the

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greatest disappointments of our generation has been to find that electric trains and motor-cars have brought the country no nearer to the town. Here we have the exact tortures...

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WHAT HAS BECOME OF BRITISH FILMS ?

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II.—BLOCKS VERSUS BLOCKHEADS BY GERTRUDE KINGSTON. ONCE upon a time a young American—it stands . - to reason he . was a business man as all young :Americans are that—was...

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CHANGES OF ADDRESS.

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Postal Subscribers changing their address, or who while travelling desire their copies of the paper to be sent to a temporary address, are asked to tzotify the SPECTATOR Vice...

MUSIC

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THE MAN IN THE. WHITE SPATS HE trod on my toes, th's Man with the White Spats (" white, very white, so fair were they, - as Michael Arlen would put it), in order to reach his...

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THE SPECTATOR.

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Before going on their holidays readers are advised to place an order for the SPECTATOR. The journal will be forwarded • to any address at the following rates :— One Month • • .....

CORRESPONDENCE

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THE INSPIRATION OF GEORGE FOX [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sut,—Your article of June 13th, on Fox's " Short Journal," is of deep interest, and I venture to attempt an...

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COAL [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—It is a

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delight to one who has been trying to awake public opinion for twenty-five years to the danger of waste of coal to read your excellent article in last week's number. It has yet...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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THE DRINK QUESTION [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—Lord Plumer has drawn attention to the increase in the industrial, the social and consequently the moral losses due to...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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Snt,—It is to be hoped that all who, like Lord Plumer, believe that existing efforts towards counteracting intemperance can be accelerated, will consider his suggestion to try...

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FRIENDS OF THE BODLEIAN [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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SIR,—The Bodleian Library needs a fund by means of which its collections may be enriched by the timely purchase of rare books, historical documents, illuminated manuscripts, and...

THE MIDDLE CLASSES AND MEDICAL • TREATMENT [To the Editor

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of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Not the least of the " woes of the middle classes " is the dread of expensive illness and of operations. Would it be practicable for the difficulty to...

ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIH,—You

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ask me for a brief letter about Arthur Benson, and I cannot refuse. I called him once, nearly a quarter of a century ago, Friend, of the liberal and the loving mind," and...

"TILL MAY IS OUT [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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MONSIEUR L'EnrrEurt,—A propos de " May," le proverbe suivant interesserait-il vos lecteurs ? :— " En Avril, ne to decouvres pas d'un fil. En Mai, Otos tout ce to plait."...

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PRAYER-BOOK REVISION [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Obviously the

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laity are genuinely averse from any alternate use. It would only lead to ecclesiastical strife. Surely the three schools of thought in our Ecclesia Anglicana might agree,...

HOSPITAL SUNDAY: JUNE 28 [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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Sllt,—Will you allow me to remind your readers that this annual event occurs for the fifty-third time next Sunday ? Since its inception in 1872 the Hospital Sunday Fund has...

A DISCOVERY AT SHERBORNE

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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] But,—I think it may interest your readers to know that in the course of restoring the Lady Chapel we have discovered a beautiful tiled...

CAMPS FOR BORSTAL LADS AND GIRLS [To the Editor of

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the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —Your readers are probably familiar with the general outlines of the Borstal System, which is the State's attempt to reform lads and girls who, between the...

POETRY

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THE SOLITARY VISION (CORNWALL. AUGUST, 1922) I CAME to-day by hedges where the wind Lingers at ease, and dallies with the rose, The country dog-rose, honeysuckle-twined ; I...

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NEWS OF THE SIXTH COMPETITION

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The Editor has offered a prize of £5 for a Reminiscence of not more than 500 words of prose. The result will be announced in next week's issue. WE have really received very few...

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HOLIDAY SUPPLEMENT

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Our Book Section is devoted this week to a choice of Books for Holiday Reading. LITERARY ADVICE TO HOLIDAY MAKERS WanN the immortal Mr. Dooley was asked whether in illness it...

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NOVELS FOR CLARISSA

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CLARISSA : I was going to ask you if you could recommend me any of the spring season novels. But I should only be wasting your time, and, what is more important, my own. FRANK...

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THE UNKNOWN GODDESS

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The Unknown Goddess. By Humbert Wolfe. (Methuen. 5s. net.) CLEVERNESS is so much too often a veil becomingly thrown over vacancy that we rather suspect it. The reader of...

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THE WAYFARING TREE

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(1) Nature Studies of a Boy Naturalist. By C. T. Astley Maberley. Illustrated. (Fisher Unwin. 9s.) (2) A Practical Guide to Nature Study. By J. H. Crabtree, . F.R.P.S....

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(COPYRIGHT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE

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New York Times.] H.W.M. A Selection from the Writings of H. W. Massing- ham. Edited with a Preface and Notes by H. J. Massingham. (Jonathan Cape. 12s. 6d. net.) THIS book can...

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A GLIMPSE OF ARCADIA

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the Elizabethan Home. Discovered in Two Dialogues by Claudius Hollyband and Peter Erondell. Edited by M. St. . Clare Byrne. (Fredk. Etchells and Hugh Macdonald. The Haslewood...

NOVELS FOR THE LIGHTHEARTED

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ONCE more we hope to earn our readers' gratitude by giving them a kind of lightning review of the publications of the year which are specially fitted for holiday reading. If we...

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IF the elements had dealt out indifferent justice to Mr.

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Coles he would,not haVe returned from his adventurous cruise in safety . or in such high spirits. But Dibdin's sweet little cherub that sits up aloft seems to be invested with a...

THIS is an invaluable compilation both for pleasure and business

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travellers. For the lingering tourist, however, it needs supplementing with the Ordnance Survey maps and with local guides. But as a guide to the general anatomy of our country...

THINE INCREASE. By P. W. Thompson. (Marshall Bros. 2s. 6d.)

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Tms is a very earnest and vigorously written plea for alms- giving. The writer urges that we return to the custom of tithe-giving ; that the tithe should be paid regularly by...

IDIOT MAN ; OR, THE FOLLIES OF MANKIND. By Charles

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Richet. (Werner Laurie. 7s. 6d.) Tins book ought to be depressing, being a catalogue of human ineptitudes ; but it is, in fact, rather stimulating. This is because Professor...

THE Shakespeare Association, extending its activities, issues

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this handsome volume in celebration of the First Folio Tercentenary. It is an important addition to Shakespearean inquiries, and forms the first extended monument to the new...

CURRENT LITERATURE

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CHARMS OF THE CONSULAR CAREER. By H. M. Villiers, M.V.O. (Hutchinson and Co. 12s. 6d. net ) THE author of this book has held posts in H.M.'s Consular Service in North and South...

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A TRAVELLER IN NEWS. By Sir William Beach Thomas. (Chapman

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and Hall. 15s.) LIFE for a newspaper correspondent is full of entertainment, pnd Sir William Beach Thomas knows how to set down his adventures in such a manner as to hold his...

FINANCE-PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

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STOCK EXCHANGE DEPRESSION By ARTHUR W. KIDDY. VERY early in the present year, attention was called in these columns to the tendency on the Stock Exchange to over-emphasize the...

WILLIAM PURDLE TRELOAR. By C: E. Lawrence. (Murray. 7s. 6d.)

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Sin WILLIAM TEELOAII founded the great Hospital for Crippled Children at Alton—" The Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Hospital and College." Much the most interesting part of the...

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FINANCIAL NOTES

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R FACTION Ix STOCKS. TN dealing this week at some length with financial matters, and more especially with the Stock Exchange position, I have duly recorded the depression of...