T HE past week has been dominated by the inter- national importance of the speech delivered by Lord Curzon in the House of Lords on Friday, April 20th. It amounted to a far more...

than in Paris. Indeed, some writers in Germany seek to interpret the speech as indicating the long- sought - for British " intervention. " Lord Curzon did not mean this—indeed,...

in the Balkans. But M. Stambulisky, the Bulgarian Premier, has carried this policy to its illogical conclusion. Many rich people in Bulgaria who feared the possibility of a...

face to face across the Conference tables of Lausanne. By one of those conventions dear to the heart of diplomats, and indeed often usefully soothing to ruffled statesmen, the...

that Lord Curzon's speech had a good reception. The French realize with characteristic clear-mindedness the particular danger of Germany making such an offer as would be...

was signed. The Constitution was drawn up by a Commission appointed last autumn. Since then there have been persistent attempts to make it less democratic. These attempts...

notorious " Chester Concession, " which we described last week. It is still not clear if it represents a genuine, if sanguine, belief on the part of the Turk in the future...

were married at Westminster Abbey amid obvious signs of public satisfaction. The Duke of York is, of course, the President of the Industrial Welfare Society, and it is with the...

opportunity to discuss agriculture. The real opportunity had been lost by the -" row "- after the Government's defeat, but considering the short time allowed twit, the...

Government's decision, announced on Saturday last, to accept the recommendation of the . Agricultural Tribunal for an Excise Duty of 10s. a quarter on imported malting barley....

Lord Curzon on the European situation, Mr. Scrym- geour made his first real appearance before the House in moving his Prohibition Bill. In a speech of a type which can rarely...

the Government's Housing Bill. We deal with the issues involved and with the great "Parlour or No Parlour" controversy in our leading columns. Here we may simply recall that the...

retained the seat with a majority reduced from 5,808 to 3,216. The figures were :— Lieut - .Col. Windsor-Clive (C.) • . .4 9,956 Capt. E. C. Pryce (L.) .. 6,740 Lieut. P. F....

last Saturday and an -article by Lord Birkenhead in the Sunday Times were both occupied to a large extent with the subject of -Unionist reunion. Lord Birkenhead pointedly...

wrote a menacing situation has arisen in the shipyards, where a lock-out will take place on Monday week unless a compromise-is reached. On the other hand, Mr. MacDonald was able...

brought- by a workman, Mr. Samuel Blackall, against his trade union. After• being a member of the- union for twenty-five years, Mr. Blackall was fined for doing three-quarters...

of a great new road between the two cities. As we so desperately need more roads, this seems a pity, for it would have opened up fresh com- mercial channels in North-East...

by Mr. Noel Skelton, XP., on " Constructive Conservatism." We wish to call our readers' attention to this as being representative of an outlook and a mood which, for good or...

the Mansion House to open an endowment fund for Stowe School. Applications are being received from all over the Empire. The school will at first provide accom, modation for 200...

Tax in last Sunday's- Observer: A pronouncement from so high an authority on public thrift is important The whole • of the first part of - his statement was an exposure of the...

to the State that the sole fact which has prevented great numbers of them betting is that to do so is in some cases illegal. As a matter of fact, the vast majority of people who...

at' three American. Universities, Yale, Harvard and Princeton, by young Englishmen, undergraduates or graduates, from Oxford and. Cambridge, Mrs. Henry P. Davison has...

a scheme, which is being put into practice, fon the unblocking, of the Black Country. Trees have been planted, and here and there Nature has been allowed to cover up the...

July 13, 1922 ; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday. 101f ; Thursday week 108*. ; a year ago, 99i.

REPARATIONS AND SECURITY. W E have always held that the best way of bringing about the settlement of the questions of repara- tion, security, and international indebtedness...

the criticism of Mr. Neville Chamberlain's Housing Bill is implied in the one word " parlour." The preens of praise which are being sung in honour of the parlour—a thing assumed...

L—THE OPPORTUNITY. THE fate of Conservatism and Unionism hangs in the balance. It must lead or perish. The issue is quite plain : is the body of -political principle inherent...

[BORN APRIL 23RD, 1564 ; DIED, APRIL 23RD, 1616 ; FIRST FOLIO PUBLISHED 1623.] I WANT to say two things about Shakespeare. The -I- first is that he ought to be criticized...

has been rung down on the hunting season of 1922-28. In a few countries sport continues and in others there will be " by-days "- beloved of John Jorrocks—but in both cases it is...

T HE Ordeal of Mark Twain " (Heinemann, 12s. 6d.) contains three leading images : a tragic portrait of America's most popular idol ; a relentless, pene- trating analysis of the...

T HE following is the list of donations received by --a- the English-Speaking Union and the Spectator for the Page Memorial Fund :— THIRTEENTH LIST OF DONATIONS. s. d. s....

about the invitation of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce to spend your vacation in " the Charmed Land ? " "Unique in climate—soft, soothing, glorious days and cool, refreshing...

ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD. BY EVELYN WRENCH- T HE comments in the American Press on Lord Robert Cecil's mission to the United States are worth reading. He seems to have succeeded...

most hardened globe-trotter could resist such appeals as the following, which I take at random from a bundle of American Press advertisements on my desk. Here are three samples....

of crusades carried on in the British Press at the time of Mr. W. E. Johnson's (" Pussyfoot ") anti-drink campaign in Great Britain— the visits of such of our public men as Lord...

type editorials warning unsuspecting American citizens against this " foreign propagandist " and worked himself into a fury. He asked his readers : " What greater interference...

tion of the reader, his eye will be caught by the full-page announcement of the Hawaii Tourist Bureau, which suggests : " Why not spend this summer in Paradise ? " :— " Can't...

out of the headlines of the American Press. He is unques- tionably one of the most picturesque personalities in America to-day--one week he is in the limelight as a possible•...

or five large systems for the entire country, would it not be possible for them to show a little more imagination in their publicity methods ? Compared with the Canadian Pacific...

AN ANGLO-AMERICAN MISUNDERSTANDING. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Anything which causes friction between Americans and ourselves is extremely detrimental to both...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—It has been with very much interest that I have read your able reviews on Mr. Stoddard's book, The Revolt against Civilization, in your...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The Lords devoted themselves busily on Friday, April 20th, to the profitless task of weaving ropes of sand. The only grain of comfort to...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —May I, as one closely interested, express the hope that you will lend your valuable editorial support to Clause 13 of the Government's...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sta,—In view of the fact that delegations have been sent from both the Indians and Europeans of Kenya with regard to the former's claim to...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sta,—It would appear that the two most serious problems that confront the nation to-day are unemployment and the shortage of houses. I believe...

[To the Editor of the SvEcrieron.1 SIR,—As a married American woman I am extremely inter- ested in the article by Mary Reid on " Married Women and Work." Mrs. Reid's letter is...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Through the generosity of the Rev. H. and Mrs. Somers-Cocks, the Rector of Fastnor, near Ledbury, Mid- summer Hill, one of the most...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I hope that Messrs. D. Appleton and Co. and other American publishers in London will forgive me for my seeming forgetfulness of their...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sur,--Sue'r appalling reports of the condition of the refugees in Constantinople have reached us from Mr. Childs, the repre- sentative of the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sut,--In reading the Spectator of October 21st last I was surprised to find that " W.' in his article on "'Gliders : Some Early Experiments,"...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—In the issue of the Spectator of March 24th, on page 519, there is an appreciative review of a book called Ascent, by Frances Rumsey. I...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In the controversy concerning the Croydon Hospital, founded by Archbishop Whitgift, I observe that attention has not been invited to the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sta,—I am curious to know if any of your readers who are interested in child-psychology can explain the following. My son, aged two and a-half...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Most heartily do I agree with your correspondent, " Fruit Grower," whose grievance is, indeed, a real one. Why should the fruit farmer be...

THE STRICKEN PEASANT. DIM twilight here ; and in her singing mind Dim twilight too. Shut in this darkened room, Over whose broad-beamed walls the shadows bloom, All day she...

"ANNA CHRISTIE" AT THE STRAND, I LIKE what were, one supposes, Mr. Eugene O'Neill's intentions in his play, Anna Christie. One imagines him determining to write a play which...

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

THIS WEEK'S BOOKS. A GREAT number of books have been published this week— over a hundred. There is none of political importance, but there are a great many memoirs of general...

THROUGH ROMANTIC INDIA. Ma. LOWELL THOMAS'S new travelogue, Through Romantic India, now showing at the Covent Garden Opera House, is of especial interest in that it is presented...

MR. JOHN IRREVERENTLY COMPARED. Mx. Joni is like those boxers who depend on an early knock- out rather than the building up of points. This disinclination to fight on at top...

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Tins is on the whole a good book.' That is to say, most people ought to read it. It is a small, yet a considerable contribution to the growing stream of propaganda which is...

MARK SYKES was one of those unusual characters who are fascinating because they defy all rules and escape all tests. Those who were his friends will never forget him ; he was...

DURING the past year we have several times drawn attention to this series of supplements to the Manchester Guardian Commercial, and we are glad to learn that the January issue,...

Tars is the first volume of a work by a specialifit who has made the period which it covers, the five centuries preceding the Reformation, peculiarly his own. By the prejudiced...

Tim creative mind in any form whatsoever is a rare possession; rarer still is the mind that combines penetrating analytical power with constructive fertility. Einstein, Weyl,...

THE BRIGHT SHAWL.t RUMOUR has for some time been current that Mr. Hergesheimer has sold his soul to the devil. A very persistent rumour it is : and his last novel does not do...

(it is, by the way, an early work) is something more than a story must influence our reaction even to the story itself. Between the roman these (best avoided) and the work of...

Da. NIXON, in his presidential address to the Medico-Chirur- gical Society of Bristol, points out how intimate the con- nexion of art and medicine has been. It was not till the...

Tins is a first novel of an unusual character, for it deals exclusively with women and all the themes that usually go to make up a first novel, or, for that matter, any other...

Hilda Wangell in Ibsen's Master Builder expresses her long- ing to be carried away by a troll. This is exactly what happens to Lisbeth, the heroine of Lady Dorothy Mills's new...

This is not so interesting as many of the recent translations from the Scandinavian tongues. It is an historical romance of a type already quite familiar to the English reader,...

story of the Hebrides in the 1820'5. It is a very good specimen of the romantic novel descended from Scott. Plenty of local colour, dialect (not too Much of this), humour,...

net.) Even Denis O'Malley once fell from honour ; but since he was Denis O'Malley, and since Fate was considerate i enough to plunge India i nto the throes of a Bolshevik...

blind to realities and unctuous—who turns author. There are convincing descriptions of a revival, a seance, a tragedy at Niagara, and a simple woman's first glimpse of the sea....

is a translation from a hitherto unpublished story written in youth by Maupassant. It is curiously unlike his other works in its weak construction and lack of finish, yet both...

stall's,' in the present volume Mr. Brighouse shows himself a deft concocter of trifles. The ladder by which two appar- ently insignificant dispensers in the branch of a...

The most timely and the most important article in the April Quarterly' s the Bishop of Durham's consideration of " The Issues of Prayer Book Revision." He recognizes the need of...

(Constable. 7s. 6d. net.) Many good people will read these meditations on " the psychology of holiness, happiness and health " with interest. The Vicar of Banstead admits the...

the garden is in the country, they can be distinctly profitable adjuncts. Probably dread of the Isle of Wight disease has prevented many people keeping bees during the last...

Chanties in Greek and Latin. By W. H. D. Rouse. (Oxford Blackwell. 2s. 6d. net.) Among Mr. Rouse's experiments at the Perse School, Cam- bridge, has been the teaching of Latin...

(Hodder and Stoughton. 7s. 6d. net.) The reader will suspect only when he had read through three-quarters of this book that its aim is not scientific but teleological. In fact,...

(Macmillan. 7s. 6d. net.) Technical lectures by an American Professor. They contain too many statistics to be generally readable. The most interesting is Lecture Five,...

his little instruction book is the first attempt to apply modern principles to the problem of dog breeding." The first half of the work is concerned with the principles, the...

Sea Trout and Other Fishing Studies. By J. C. Mottram. (Field Press. 6s. net.) The chapters on dry fly fishing for sea trout would show, if one did not know it, that Mr. Mottram...

the Journal of Pedagogy. Under the editorship of Professor C. W. Valentine the journal promises a much wider appeal than heretofore, as witness the attractively-written article...

Fifty Years of Disestablishrnent : Sketch. By Henry E. Patten. (Dublin : Association for Promoting Christian Knowledge.) The Archdeacom of Killaloe has written a dispassionate...

Quite Well, Thanks By Leonard Henslowe. (Hutchinson. 2s. 6d. net.) The author of How Are You ? breaks no new ground in what he describes as his " convincing " chapters on health...

The Burlington Magazine: The April issue contains the continuation of Mr. H. P. Mitchell's scholarly article on Flotsam of Later Anglo-Saxon Art, the commencement of an...

scholarly editions, in Greek and English, of the Orthodox Greek services. The new book, which like the others is beautifully printed and rubricated, gives the text of the triple...

3s. 6d.) Massage has been described as paying a man to take one's exercise for one. By following Mr. Cummings's system, every man can become his own masseur and thus avoid pay-...

E. T. Ridout. (Effingham Wilson. 3s. net.) A new and necessary school textbook on the more general problems and facts of business life and organization. The eighteen short...

Fund, 297 Fourth Avenue. 81.50c.) We must be content for the moment to call attention to this interesting and valuable Report, compiled for the African Education Commission by...

to using the complete novels in elementary schools.

Spanish translations, including Pombo's rendering of " The Bridge of Sighs," Caro's of Shelley's " Skylark," and Perez Bonalde's crooning version of Poe's " The Raven." Mr....

THE TALE OF THE OLD TEMPLE. By John Edward Magian. (Cape Town : T. Maskew Miller. 7s. 6d.) A South African story written in a stilted style and interspersed with verse. A...

[BY OUR CITY EDITOR.] CHEERFUL MARKETS. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —Cheerfulness continues to characterize almost every section of the Stock Exchange. Some weeks...

Not the least interesting among the movements in the minor departments of the Stock Exchange has been the continued advance in the shares of Banks and In . surance companies. As...

ROAD TRANSPORT.-II. By LORD MONTAGU OF BEAULIEU. B UT there are two points which every owner of a motor vehicle should always bear in mind when transport strikes of any kind...

" THE GAZEWAY;" KINGSTON - ON - THAMES, BY MESSRS. W. H. GAZE AND SONS. AT the invitation of Messrs. Gaze I visited the old house which they have modernized, renovated and...