best organization in Paisley, and, though he increased his votes since the General Election by well over 4,000, it must be remembered that a certain number of his new supporters...

instruction and enlightenment in the country on the subject of nationalization. The rays of light which have been turned upon Paisley must, after all, have been very dim. We...

as he is, will not forget that his supporters on this occasion were a mixed assembly. He receives an instruction to keep the Govern- ment in order and to the point in the House...

J spite of all the anxieties of affairs abroad, among wilich the Turkish settlement is conspicuous as involving onb of the most urgent questions of principle which the nation...

of its increased poll, got only 11,902 votes against the 18,531 votes cast for the Liberal and Unionist candidates, who were explicitly anti-Labour. The Labour Party were...

Mr. Asquith took up an unequivocal position against Labour, and is triumph- ant upon a platform which nobody could possibly misunderstand Needless to say, Mr. Asquith is not...

Asquith and congratulating him on his great courage. The British people happily have a strong sense of justice, and, if we are not misreading.the signs, we see in the result of...

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

H. H. Asquith (L.) .. 14,736 Mr. J. M. Biggar (Lab.) 11,902 Mr. J. A. D. MacKean (C.U.) .. 3,795 Lib. Majority over Lab. .. • • 2,834 Lib. Majority over C.U. .. 10,941

made an important statement as to the future organization of the Army. He .said that the work of demobilization would be finally completed by the end of April, when the last...

lucid account of the new Unemployment Insurance Bill, "applying the principles of the experimental Act of 1911 to all industries except agriculture, domestic service, and the...

returned last week in the by-election in the Wrekin Division of Shropshire. He polled 9,2.07 votes, while Mr. buncan, the Labour candidate, polled 8,729, and Mr. Bayley, the...

to come into power without fusion with some other party. He therefore proposes—will it be believed ?—that Mr. Lloyd George should become the future leader of a still more...

as the " idlerich " have been roped kiss candi- dates in the Labour interest. Ex-Civil Servants, men of letters, College dons with a passion for the dismal science, and ea...

as the result of local risings. The whole of Russia proper, north of the Don, is thus controlled by the Terrorists of Moscow. In the Don Valley General Denikin and the Cossacks...

woman in the House of Commons should have been a plea for the State control of the liquor traffic on the lines of the Control Board's Carlisle experiment. We congratulate Lady...

Turcophiles who desire the Sultan to remain at Constantinople has aroused strong resentment. The Archbishop of York and Dr. Clifford were the first to express the indignation of...

abolition of Conscription at the Peaoe Conferencein_but they had fought with singularly little success. No nation represented, either among the ex-neutral or ex-belligerent...

laid down by Lord Haldane ; that is, it is to rely upon efficiency rather than upon size. A demand had been made for a mechanical Army. Lord Fisher wanted us to scrap the Army...

of Commons on Wednesday. When we go to press the text of the measure is not yet available, but from a statement in the Times we learn that the area of the proposed Northern...

Revenue, told the War Wealth Committee this week that under the Board's scheme 340,000 persons, whosa total wealth had increased by £2,800,000,000, would bo liable to pay the...

with the thyroid gland, which appeared in the Daily Mail on Wednesday, is far more wonderful than the romantic per- versions of the matter which had found currency. It has been...

decide. Human kindness prompted it to , say " Yes," while the stern spirit of Thrift muttered " No." On the whole, we are glad that humanity prevailed, but the decision, if it...

on War-Time Wealth to draft a Bill for a special levy, and promised that it should receive most favourable consider- ation. He warned the Committee, however, that the proposal...

the Secretary of the South Wales Miners' Federation, made-an honest and manly speech on Monday, warning his fellows against the insidious Bolshevik propaganda. " Pacificista...

Commons on Wednesday decided that the pensions of all policemen who retired before April last should be increased to correspond with the higher cost of living. The Home...

should be Dominion Home Rule in Ireland, and that self -determinition for North-East Ulster should be laughed out of court. In these circumstances the " protection of minorities...

Commission on Ireland. It would not be easy to draw up a less helpful Report. The Commission begins by insisting on the principle of " self-determination," and ends by saying...

6, 1919.

OURSELVES. N EXT week the price of the Spectator will be increased to 9d. We need not repeat here the reasons which we have put before our readers several times. We wish,...

have English- men a better right to speak firmly than on the Turkish question. And yet this question must be added to the list of those which, though capable of being promptly...

W E read with relief the announcement which appeared in the papers of Wednesday that the Peace Conference has agreed upon a definite policy towards Russia. It is a long step to...

I T is upon the fact noted in our previous articles— that the great profits in modern industries are made up by tiny individual contributions—that profit-sharing, though a thing...

be, a great deal of irresponsible talk about education. " So many parents, so many opinions !" sighs the schoolmaster, who, like "the sons of Levi," tends perhaps to " take too...

T HE hills above the village rise clean and lovely in the clear, cool air, and steadily increasing throngs of peasants pass soberly down the street to the churchyard. There the...

T HE first question that the lay visitor to the Fair at the CLyt4talt Palace will ask himself is—Why is the Fair only open to " genuine buyers " and not to the public ? Of...

[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.] THE PROSPECTS OF THE TREATY...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."' Sia,—In your issue of February 14th in your " leader " entitled " The Position of the Parties" you use these words regarding Mr. Asquith's...

W. Talbot is out of date. The latest figures he quotes are those for 1918; but the year 1919 is obviously a truer test, and it will be found, when the whole of the figures for...

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—Mr. J. H. Thomas, M.P., in an article in the Sunday Times of February 8th, replying to Mr. Winston Churchill, wrote :- (1) " The...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR, —Canon Rawnsley in your number of February 14th, describing the results of the work of the Liquor Control Board in the Carlisle area,...

ao THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sia,—Having just returned from eighteen months' official employment in Palestine, first as a member of the Military Administration, and...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SLR,--I have perused with interest your articles and related correspondence, and venture to submit the following considera- tions :- Profit...

ITO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Sist,—If Mr. C. H. St. J. Hornby will refer to my letter he will see that I do not propose a tax on excess over 10 per cent. on the nominal...

• ITO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.] Simi, — Is there not much confusion arising owing to the general public understanding one thing by such a phrase as " 50 per cent....

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,-I have read with pain your description of the Rev. P. T. Casey's action in protesting against Dr. Jowett's preaching in Durham...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."' Sia,—The educational position in Palestine to-day is one both to gladden and to daunt the heart. The door that is open, through the demand...

[To THE Enrroa or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—With reference to your very interesting paper on "The Fascination of the End," I think some of your readers might like the enclosed...

SPECTATOR."] BM—Those who know rural Spain are familiar with houses made of Pied de Terre, which lasts for generations. I have frequently lived in homes made of this material....

[To THE Enrroa OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The Committee of the Phoenix feel that, in view of the great success which has attended the first two productions and the manifest...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In reference to ray letter in your publication of the 7th inst. in which I quoted certain lines from Longfellow's " Kers- mos,"...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.'] Sta,—Your correspondent " South African" has brought together some very useful and practical information about this troublesome plant, and...

CLASSICS FOR '111E .AMATBUR.. Gnu= and Latin as school subjects have been roughly handled in recent controversies, but assailants and defenders have always agreed in assuming...

(To TEE Enrron or THE " SPEMATOR."] Sra,—My letter asking if any of your readers could give me the first verse of Captain Morris's drinking-song was eo successful that I...

CONSTANTINOPLE. " I suddenly realize that the ambition of my life has been— since I was two—to go on a military expedition against Constan- tinople."—Letter from Rupert Brooke....

name or initial*, or with a pseudonym, or are marked " Communicated," the Editor must net necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the...

book on the battle of Jutland' with the object of showing that the result confirmed his adverse criticisms of the Admiralty before the war. The Navy, he says, was dominated by...

AMERICAN teachers have begun to direct their attention to the newer achievements in psychological research, and they have made an interesting endeavour to turn the discoveries...

THE School of Agriculture at Cambridge is already exercising a salutary influence on methods of tillage, through the labours of Professor Biffen and his colleagues. Mr....

THE latest accession to the " English Men of Letters " series fills an important gap in a collection which was almost as remarkable for its omissions as its inclusions. It is...

Tins third volume reaches a higher level than the second, and in some ways excels even the first. It is not that Mr. Raemaekers bites deeper into the live man's flesh for...

[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude sis* sequent review.] Memories of the Months. Sixth Series. By Sir Herbert Maxwell. (E. Arnold. 10s. 6d. net.)—We are glad...

is a story of some people who habitually wasted their time amusing themselves before the war, and who required a violent shock to show them that there was something more than...

PRELUDE.* Tom Humus was thirty-four when he wrote Tom Brown's Schooldays. Like so many other modern authors of stories of Public School life, Mr. Beverley Nichols wrote his...

Mr. W. W. Thayer at Concord, New Hampshire, for the American Rhodes Scholars, is devoted to the experiences of the hundred and fifty-five American officers and men who spent...

net.) --The origins of the war, from the Austrian standpoint, are unveiled in this collection of Austrian diplomatic documents, translated into indifferent English and printed...

Studies confirms the belief that the School is destined to do a great work for Oriental scholarship. Sir George Grierson contributes a long and interesting article on " The...

12s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Hobson is an amiable visionary who strives hard in this book, as in others, to adjust his dreams to the stern facts of life. The idea of receiving wages for...

" The more I know of the French people," says Mr. Dell in his Preface, " the fonder I become of them." Yet his book is a bitter indictment of France, her people and • her...

By Captain G. K. Rose. (Oxford : Blackwell. 7s. 6d. net.)—Captain Rose's history of his battalion is a model of lucidity ; the maps and photographs are excellent, and the book...

Grant and Doris Gunnell. (Allen and Unwin. 8s. 6d. net.)— This volume contains two speeches of 1867 on the Balance of Power as contrasted with the doctrine of nationalities and...

of great Interest, and Mr. Hardie's pictures pleasantly recall familiar scenes. Mr. Wood's Salonika pictures have the charm of novelty ; some of them, especially the sunsets on...

the revolt of the American coloniee has been exhumed from the City archives and printed in facsimile by the Library Committee of the Corporation. It is " A Letter from the...

(Edinburgh : Hodge. 10s. 6d.)—The new volume of tie " Notable Trials " series contains a full report of the trial of Dr. Crippen in October, 1910, for murdering his wife, with a...

and Sons, 6s. net), in its ninety-sixth edition, is as accurate and indispensable as ever. The new matter includes some account of the League of Nations. Debrett's House of...