W HILE air raids are continuing to take their sanguinary toll of civilians in Madrid the general military situation - . remains unchanged. General Franco's suc- cesses are...

and Japan as published in Berlin on Wednesday is a curious affair. It ostensibly deals only with the Comintern, or Communist Internatioti . 1, – the • two 'contacting parties...

1,500 delegates of all races in the U.S.S.R., M. Stalin on Wed- ne's:day proclaimed Russia's new constitution: It providei for equal voting between peasant and town worker,...

for a revival of world trade that the first step towards it must be the abolition of the quota system. Our own Govern- ment has itself recognised the desirability of such a...

Members of Parlia- ment are pressing the case of Sir Hubert Gough is to be commended. The attitude the Prime Minister has taken up regarding the question of restitution to Sir...

South Wales and the all-night sitting of Parliament have combined to keep the Govern- ment alive to the necessity for immediate action in the depressed areas. It is expected...

It was not constitutionally necessary, but it was on every ground desirable, that the House of Commons should approve the ratification of the treaty with Egypt, as it did with...

Bill in Committee on Monday revealed again the approval with which the Bill is regarded by all parties. The Home Secretary has indeed exploited to the full the opportunity given...

recall ever having witnessed a more skilful performance than Sir John Simon's conduct on Monday of the Com- mittee stage of the Public Order Bill. Always urbane, never at a loss...

porters who are studying the question of nutrition, Sir Kingsley Wood once again emphasised the unique nutritional value of milk, and said that no greater advance could be made...

of the Government at the way in which rearmament is being handled. They are complaining that in spite of the fact that there has been the plainest evidence of repeated bunglings...

thought of the ending of the debate on the Anglo- Egyptian treaty. Here was the curtain ringing down on a great episode in British Imperial history. Yet not a single Member...

congratulated on the success of his Marriage Bill, which by a majority of 78 to 12 was given a second reading in the House of Commons last Friday. The Bill allows as grounds for...

Germany (through an interview in the Lokalanzeiger) that she ought to have her colonies back, and as he also informed her that the British Fascists would secure a majority at...

T HE speech delivered by the Foreign Secretary at Leamington last Friday could hardly have been bettered. Mr. Eden's definition of the ultimate aims of British policy—democracy...

T HERE are times when Mr. H. G. Wells seems to suffer from a certain folie de grandeur in his ideas of new and better worlds ; and from an almost childish . optimism in finding...

M R. CHURCHILL'S position, to which I referred last week, becomes increasingly interesting. Let me say at once that I believe that in the campaign he is launching Mr. Churchill...

By H. POWYS GREENWOOD I T will, I hope, be clear from my earlier articles that the situation in South Wales demands much more ener- getic and far-reaching measures than have...

By DR. H. F. STEWART • I T is no exaggeration to say that the world of letters is poorer by the loss of David, the Cambridge book seller, who died at the age of 76 in the small...

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HERE drifted flesh, and drowned bone, and unknown Fabulous sea-foliage are washed upon the sand : Here, in this brilliant land, My eyes perceive no shadow but their own. • The...

By ROSE MACAULAY The Irish, those prime naggers, are still going on about Cromwell, 1798, and 1916. The various religious bodies are still raking up with rancour the deplorable...

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or Ballots." At the Regal —" The White Angel. " At the Tivoli THE new, the Soviet Gulliver is a long way after Swift. The inventor of the Yahoos would have been bitterly amused...

STAGE AND SCREEN Excuse in relation to their revivals of classical ballets my few references, to the Sadler's Wells ballet have on the whole been unkind. And though witnessing...

rough island story, but a dozen times and more since Cromwell's days, people with money to burn have attempted to establish opera in England and in English. The Palace Theatre...

English Novelty THE London group selection committee was evidently intent this year on avoiding at all costs the charge of being old- faihioned or out of date. The exhibition at...

Three Garden Theories A trial is to be made in Hampshire, so I am told, of three theories of cultivation which may be rivals and may be complementary. A hundred acres make the...

[To the Editor of TILE SPECTATOR.] S1R, — In your leading article of November 20th you condemn the Prime Minister for his failure to trust the people in 1933, with the result...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR, — It has been reported in the London evening Press that the B.B.C. is increasing the power of its Empire broadcasting stations in order...

['Correspondents are requested to keep their letters as brief as is reasonably possible. The most suitable length is that of one of our " News of the Week" paragraphs. Signed...

[To the Editor of THE Sewr.vroa.] S1R,—The gracious visit of His Majesty King Edward the Eighth to the distressed areas will never be forgotten by their inhabitants. He came to...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SLR,—I saw a review in The Spectator a few weeks ago of the Life of Lord Gladstone of liawarden. by Ivor Thomas. I thereupon borrowed the book...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Set,—How far Mr. Lloyd George in his recent letter was animated by generosity to Sir Hubert Gough, and how far by a wish to strengthen his...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sue,—Mr. Spender speaks with authority when he says that Asquith misapprehended Balfour's point of view during the first days of the Coalition...

my book The Alternative to War is a misrepresentation so complete that I am compelled immediately to challenge it. He writes : " He (that is the author) believes that the...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] am most grateful to you for giving space to a review of my. Alternative to Rearmament.- But in the -review there is a remark against which I...

THE SPECTATOR.] Sm,—Miss Blyth's story was derogatory to the British officer and the Jews who were made to figure in it ; her insistence on having it accepted while she shirks...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,-- It is to be hoped that a review with the great tradition of The Spectator will not allow the appearance of The Oxford Book of Modern...

]To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sla,—Sir Arnold Wilson in his article on Religion in your issue of November 20th says :- " As individuals we may tolerate those who seek...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] am grateful for the manner, but not at all for the matter, of Dr. Mozley's contention that there is nothing dishonest in expressing assent to...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sza.—In your issue dated November 13th there is an article entitled " Can South Wales be Saved ?-1. First Impres- sions " by H. Powys...

[To the Editor of TILE SPECTATOR.] Sus,—Whilst. realising that there is poverty in other Special Areas of the country, will you kindly allow me to point out the extraordinary...

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SOLUTION NEXT WEEK The winner of Crossword No. 217 is the Rev. A. C. Rees, Mytholmroyd Vicarage, Yorks.