little progress since we wrote last week. We then hoped that an invitation to Germany, which would mark better than . ..anything else the achievement of Allied agreement, would...

of order, as contrasted' with that of revolution, will go under. That cause, in spite of reactionaries on one side and revolutionaries on the other, will remain the strongest...

TN to-day's Spectator we perform an ungrateful -I- but necessary task' the task" of plain-speaking to the Conservative Party and its leaders. No doubt we shall receive the...

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dOubtlds's well-intentioned, but here we do feel that it might be - better to work through the League. Mr. MacDonald implies the objection that he wishes to • include in the...

any rate, the amount - of damage which the Matteotti case has done to Fascism°. Mussolini's speech on July- 22nd, at the Grand Fascist Council, and various reports and accounts,...

join the association. That accomplished, we do not care liow small and' how indefinite would be the obligations of each member to the others. The League would then be what it so...

to stand , firm. We should be not over-punctilious as to the formula in which our demands are embodied, but in matters of substance we must be adamant. Meanwhile the Allied...

the British Government dated July 5th, rejecting the League's draft Treaty of Mutual Assistance, continues. The Treaty has been violently attacked by the extremists of both the...

that the regional scheme of guarantee is by continents, and would therefore cut across the whole organization of the British Empire. The Canadian Government in its reply, which...

rely more and more on this support of the non-political masses; who are neither Fascists, Socialists nor members of any other political party :- r- " Fascism " (he said) " must...

kinds in the Fleet is a very old as well as a very great tradition. That fierce old lawyer and in certain ways fierce Radical, Lord Chief Justice Coke, in one of his driest law...

designed pamphlet describing exactly his scheme of All-in Insurance, which he outlined to readers of the Spectator last spring. The little pamphlet is a model of clear...

the third time in the House of Commons, and passed by a majority of 95. Thus, for better or worse, the measure is through the Commons. But the Speaker did not certify it as a...

Spithead on Saturday and Sunday. The King inspected a very different and a far smaller fleet than that Armada, fated to play so great a rile in the -history of the world,...

has also passed its Third Reading in the }louse of Commons, in this case without a division. The Liberal amendment by which a minimum wage of 80s. a week was to be guaranteed...

the Haymarket Station, Edinburgh. Four ladies were killed, and there were a large number of injured. We do not know whether we are wrong in thinking that the number of railway...

July 5th,1923. 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 101 ; Thursday week, 101* ; a year ago, 100f. 81. per cent. Conversion Loan was on Thursday, 78# ; Thursday week, 76# ; a...

THE TRAGIC PREDICAMENT OF THE UNIONIST PARTY. I HAVE dealt elsewhere with Mr. Begbie's spirited and -I- attractive attempt to put heart of grace into the Unionist Party. I am...

PVERYTIIING depends upon whether M. Herriot has sufficient foresight, vision, and, aboN e all, boldnes, to understand what will happen to him and to France if he fails to obtain...

BY FRANK R. KENT, OF THE Baltimore Sun. TT is hard 'to conceive a greater contrast than is pre- -IL sented by the three men, one of whom the American people expect to select as...

[We take this opportunity to inform our readers that we have arranged with Mr. Julian.Huidey, who is at present visiting . Canada and the United States on the occasion of the...

on July 25th, but it did not settle down to serious business till this week. The session is 'to be a short one and will primarily be concerned with financial matters, the...

is Mr. Eamon De Valera, who received an extraordinary welcome on his release from prison at the Mansion House in Dublin last week. The size of the assembled crowd certainly came...

day with such anxiety, and who have * If readers are anxious to pursue the subject and study the evidence more in detail, they should consult R. Goldschmidt, Mechanism and...

ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD. BY EVELYN WRENCH. A T the moment of writing Squadron-Leader Ma.cLaren is engaged in negotiating what is probably the most difficult stretch of his...

during the period when the Irish Free State Government has been engaged on the task of trying to set its house in order will apparently have little grounds for further complaint...

the concluding day of their official visit to London was a remarkable one. Among other things it said, "If either nation (Britain or the United States) should go down, the other...

State Government is engaged on the necessary if prosaic task of governing the country and enforcing economy, while the Republican leaders can indulge in the pastime dear to the...

OCCASIONAL MUSIC. IT would be hard to find a drawing-room that did not contain at least one of those tables known as occasional tables. Of all the objects that we use in one...

to the Advertising Convention and of the American Bar Association, and with the departure of our guests there have been the usual valedictory messages, all of which were couched...

A HOLIDAY PRECAUTION. TEE Spectator is obtainable at the larger Continental Holiday resorts. Readers going to more remote places, however, are advised to make arrangements for...

CINEMA NOTES. IT is a pity there have been so few good films this summer. If the American films due for release in the autumn—some of which are good and most of which I have...

TIIE YOUNG CONSERVATIVES AND THE STATE OF THE PARTY. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —I ask the hospitality of your columns in order to bring forward a point of view...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Sir R. Baden-Powell's letter in the Spectator of July 19th contains the following : " We encourage . . . activities. where proficiency...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sur,—Mr. L. S. Amery is the most industrious member of the Conservative Party. His persistency on the tariff is surprising. I heard him speak...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—I would suggest that the point mentioned in Mr. Wright's article on this subject would be met -far better by taking out a whole life policy...

precious is your space and how well filled. Yet I cannot refrain from uttering a warning against the habit some Englishmen have fallen into of encouraging the Dominions to nurse...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sra,—With regard to the interesting letters which have appeared in the Spectator, there are many others who would like to know what are the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I appreciate the disinterested character of Lord Astor's advice. Does he, however, seriously contend that the speeches of the Earl of...

effect of a deflation policy imposed by raising the Bank Rate is emphasized by Mr. J. Skelton Williams, ex-Comptroller of the United States Currency. At Ottawa in May of this...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Although I have not been so . fortunate enough as to meet or even see, from a distance, Lord Winterton, I have always greatly admired the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —As the review by "Tarn" of my book, The New Theatre and Cinema of Soviet Russia, contains two passages which misrepresent what I have in...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,--My attention has been drawn to " C.A.E.'s " letter which appeared in your issue of July 12th. May I say that his statement that the late...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The letter of the Dean of Westminster, appearing in the Times of last Saturday, would suggest that it is not fitting that a Memorial of...

BESIDE THE POOL. CLAD with soft wind and sacred virgin light Against the shock of my too insolent sight, Or with your hair's smouldering and gleaming shroud The neck and...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] BM—Bishop Knox's letter of June 28th invites two comments. (1) He agrees , with me that, in the opinion of the Members of Parliament who form...

THE CONSERVATIVE MIND. The Conservative Mind. By A Gentleman With a Duster. (Mills and Boon. 58. net.) THIS is a very interesting and in many ways a very attractive book, but...

The Groombridge Diary. By Dorothy V. White. (Humphrey Milford. 10s. 6d. net.) Letters to Three Friends. By William Hale White (" Mark Rutherford "). (Humphrey Milford. 10s. 6d....

■■■1111.■•■ THIS WEEK'S BOOKS. IIEnn FRITZ WirrEns has been a member of the Viennese Psychoanalytical Society, a pupil and a friend of Freud : he knew at first hand about...

Studies in Classical American Literature. By D. H. Lawrence. (Martin Seeker. 10s. 6d.) IN the playground of love there is an adage, " Say it with flowers." Mr. Lawrence says it...

The Shepherd's Week. By Mr. John Gay. (Blackwell. 4s. 6d. net. ) Tins little book, besides giving in pleasant form John Gay's neat and entertaining parodies of pastoral...

Ding Dong Bell. By Walter de in Mare. (Selwyn and Blount. 58. net.) Ir one looks at the skin of one's hand through a powerful glass, one is astonished and half disgusted at its...

Some Early Impressions. By Leslie Stephen. (The Hogarth Press. 4s. 6d.) This wise, tranquil, and beautifully written book is so unas- suming as to give rise to the fear lest it...

A History of Tennis. By E. B. Neel and J. O. M. Clark. (Oxford University Press. 2 Vols. £6 6s.) IF Messer Antonio Soaino da Said could but see these volumes I Robert Lukin,...

SACRED AND PROFANE LOVE. Precious Bane. By Mary Webb. (Cape. 7s. 61.) Precious Bane has many qualities which, though not pernicious in themselves, require careful handling, and...

before the Revolution. By Sidney L. Phipson, M.A. (Methuen. 7s. 6d. net.) There is always interest, both legitimate, and purely sensationalist, in the beginnings of men who '...

7s. 6d. net.)—A very entertaining story describing how the residents of a remote island in the North of Scotland insist on taking an ordinary tourist for a millionaire. The...

THE BOOK OF THE WANDLE. By John Morrison Hobson. (Routledge. 10s. 6d. net.) " Twenty years ago," said Ruskin in The Crown of Wild Olive, " there was no lovelier piece of lowland...

Scheffauer. (Ernest Bonn, Ltd. 12s. 6d. net.) Mr. Scheffauer has collected seventeen articles describing contemporary art-movements in Germany. It is unfortunate that his florid...

reason Of the scanty literature relating to the avifauna of that country, but The Birds of Portugal, by Mr. Tait, is especially welcome, because the author is so well qualified,...

[By OUR CITY EDITOR.] THE GERMAN LOAN. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —Not for the first time finance is proving to be the crucial point even in a political crisis. In...

The Churchmen's Union is issuing a series of pamphlets, among which Professor Percy Gardner's What is Modernism I and Modernity in Christian Ethics call for notice :- e "...

In view of the further rise which has taken place in money rates, it is scarcely surprising that gilt-edged securities should have shown some dullness during the week. The...