leadership, persuaded the delegates of the National Union of Railwaymen on Thursday week to order a railway strike at midnight on Sunday, " unless the miners' claims are granted...

the House, described the interference of the railwaymen's executive as exceedingly rash, indiscreet and precipitate. He had been engaged with some of the miners' leaders for two...

with the Jewish problem. We of course agree heartily with Mr. Montefiore that there are plenty of patriotic English Jews. Ho is one of them. We have never stated otherwise....

VV E are glad to learn, as wo go to press, that terms for the settlement of the miners' strike have been arranged between the Government and the Miners' Federation Executive....

illness occasioned by a monkey's bite. King Alexander, who was only twenty-seven, succeeded to the throne in June, 1917, when his father, King Constantine, was deposed and his...

Glasgow, as if to show that he was not, after all, a man of peace. He accused the Government of seeking to " play the capitalists' game" by defeating the miners, as a...

Congress decided to call a special conference of trade union executives and stated at the same time that action by separate bodies was undesirable. The railwaymen's executive...

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

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oar with despatches, was ambushed by Sinn Feiners on Friday last on the road from Bandon to Cork. Lieutenant Dickson, of the Essex Regiment, and a soldier were shot dead, two...

Brixton Prison on Monday. He had—or is said to have— refused food since August 12th last, when he was arrested with other conspirators. He was tried by district court-martial on...

week that they would not exercise their right, under a clause of the Peace Treaty, to seize the property of German subjects in this country " in the case of voluntary default by...

leaders who have done eo much to cause unemployment, had to move, in the House on Thursday week, a resolution urging the Government to do more for the unemployed. He had no...

Danzig was to be a Free City while Poland had the right to use the port have proved difficult to work. The Connell of Ambassadors last week drafted a Polish-Danzig Convention...

the House to justify certain cases of alleged " reprisals " in Ireland to which wide currency had been given by certain newspapers. He was able to show that, as we have always...

to Armenia on October 17th, requiring her to break aft relations with the Allies, denounce the Turkish Peace Treaty, and admit Bolshevik and Turkish troops into the country....

The president of the Native Workers' Organization, named Masabalata, was arrested. His followers attacked the police- station with the object of releasing him. The police and...

Fein is well illustrated by the case of the Protestant carpenters employed in the Belfast shipyards. The executive of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters, to which they...

London rates. An analysis compiled by the London Municipal Society shows that in 12 boroughs where the Labour Party has majorities the average rise, as compared with last year,...

by Mrs. Webster on "The History of World Revolution " on Wednesday, spoke very plainly about the hidden forces behind the miners' strike. These men, he said, had a close...

"to make exceptional provision for the protection of the community in cases of emergency." The Bill was read a second time on Monday by 257 votes to 65. Mr. Asquith and several...

regrettable decision not to publish the official account of the Battle of Jutland, which a Committee of naval officers has been compiling. Sir James Craig in the House of...

the finanoial arrangements under the Home Rule Bill- The balance of Irish revenue over expenditure this year was estimated at £22,250,000, but the Government proposed to require...

The Labour members professed to believe that the measure was directed against trade unions. They would not admit that the development of the political strike, avowedly directed...

new return of expenditure on " public assistance," amounting to not lees than £172,813,293 for last year. To this must be added, for the current year, £08,000,000 for insurance,...

many journalists and literary men who gave a dinner on Wednesday night to celebrate the centenary of the firm of Messrs. W. H. Smith and Son. The newspaper Press owes much to...

Apr. 15, 1920; b per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 821 Thursday week, 84/ ; is year ago, 92i.

THE SOLDIER'S DUTY IN TUMULT AND RIOT. T HERE is no reason why strikes should lead to riot and bloodshed, though too often they do so. The right to strike, however inconvenient...

T HE Lord Mayor of Cork has starved himself to death in Brixton Prison. To prevent him from committing this criminal act the authorities did everything that was in their power....

T HE Government have done well to let the public know more about the dealings of the revolutionary faction in this country with the Bolsheviks at Moscow. The police on Monday...

E NGLISHMEN instinctively regard with suspicion any measure for strengthening the Executive. Dunning's famous motion of April 6th, 1780, " That the power of the Crown has...

A T this moment—and we are obviously in a period of great social strain—the walls of this great city resound with irresponsible talk. On subjects of the first consequence we all...

T HE Civil Servant of tradition exists in our minds as a composite impression made up from Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollops, and the stock types of Punch and musical...

CONDITIONS ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE—THE ARGENTINE RAILWAY YEAR. [To raj EDITOR Op TIM " &WM.:M.") S1R,—To judge from the course of events during the past week, it would almost...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOFf.”1 Sni,—The Sinn Feiners carry on war by means of little frauds, conjoined with honest fighting, not devoid of humour, which have to be dealt...

[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.j -- TILE MINERS' STRIKE. [To...

(To THE EDITOR DF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—The opinion of your correspondent Mr. W. Bothamley that high prices are due to increase of currency, and may bo measured by that...

' [To THE EDITOR or me "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In your issue of October 23rd, under the heading of " The Irish Rebellion," " Unionist," speaking of juries acquitting Sinn Feiners,...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—Some years ago Punch published a picture of a man lying on the ground in a state of drunken :stupor. " Poor man," murmured a...

[To me EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIE,—The quotations made by your anti-Jewish correspondent Mr. Clarke do not invalidate my previous letter. (1) I do not personally agree...

ITo THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") Sus,—May I protest against an injustice, no doubt uninten- tional, done in your notice of .4llenby's Final Triumph, by Mr. Massey? You say :...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—May one at this hour draw attention to the words of Pascal—"toute multitude qui ne se recluit l'unite est con- fusion, et toute unite...

[To THE EDITOR OF run "SPECTATOR."' SIR,—I know you like authentic sayings of the uneducated, so I send you the following " An old man who takes our ` scraps' for his fowls was...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I was much interested in your article on social service in the issue of October 16th, and that special reference was made to the...

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE ' SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Each day lists are published of those who subscribe to this "Debt of Honour." but those. whose duty it is to make one of the largest...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I ask that you will kindly allow space in your paper for the insertion of a statement of the position taken up by the supporters of...

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name or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held t be intigreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode...

DEPOT. Tea meet's at Lighthorne Rough to-day, Grey clouds are mounting heaven, And soldiers who have hunting leave Dismiss parade at seven. Oh, some are in pink and some are...

IF the Phoenix can get enough support this year they intend to give their subscribers an exceedingly interesting season. Their series of performances will, I expect, be as much...

COMEDY THEATRE.—" THE ROMANTIC AOE."—A. A. MILNE. ASTER Alice had complained that his uncertainty made her feel giddy, the Cheshire Cat disappeared quite gradually, and his...

AMBAS8ADORS.—The White-Headed Boy .. [Ass admirable comedy of the Abbey Theatre school. Most amusing.] RFAIIIINGTON THEATRE.—Columbine . . [Mr. Compton Mackenzie's Carntoza...

MIL 050505 PEEL has made a most attractive book out of Lis grandfather's private correspondence with his wife and family. Peel the statesman was, to the outer world, an austere...

SIR ARCHBALD MURRAY'S DESPATCHES.* TUE Army Council has acted wisely in authorizing Sir Archibald Murray to publish the full text of the despatches which he wrote as...

Tine humanities have really become human in these days, and you may read a learned book on the Classics now and hardly know that it is learned. For the new English Scholarship...

I MOST confess that when I came to the reading of the collection of the little memoirs which make up the present biography of Sir Herbert Tree, I came full of prejudice against...

This is a very disappointing book. Nothing could be more imposing than the list of the contributors to Mr. Huntly Carter's Symposium. We fear we must add that few things could...

ONE of the most attractive things in Mr. Luffmann's " book of curious travel " in Japan is his description of the Japanese tree. craft. The art of developing these miniature...

AUTUMN CROCUSES.* IN naming each of nine episodes or studies of which her volume is composed after a flower Mrs. de Selinoourt has adopted a system of nomenclature that has its...

COLLECTIONS OF MR. DE LA MARE'S POEMS.* MOST readers will feel in looking through these collections of Mr. de la Mare's work that nobody since Shakespeare and Cole- ridge has...

Caliban of the title is Richard Bulmer, a great newspaper proprietor who is represented as a rival to Lord Northcliffe. He is entirely self-made and achieves his success by...

ton Butterworth. 15s. net.)—The Tsar and his whole family were murdered at Ekaterinburg on July 16th, 1918, by a Bol- shevik Jew named Yurovsky, at the order of the Bolshevik...

[Notice in Me column does not necmcarily rots& dubaddild. 1 mine/ The Scottish Historical Review for October has two items of interest for students of the life of Mary Queen of...

This volume of reports prepared by the Imperial Institute Committee for India, at the request of the Secretary of State for India, deals fully with the trade in Indian rice and...

act.)—Despite an unfortunate title, this little book on the Mesopo- tamian campaign is worth reading. The author's object is to describe a soldier's feelings in battle. He is a...

Howard Whitehouse. (G. Allen and Unwin. 8s. 6d. net.)— These lectures and essays were written last year in connexion with the centenary of Ruskin's birth. Mr. Masefield's...

Oswald and T. Davies Pryce. (Longman. 42s. not.)—To students of Roman archaeology this elaborate treatise on what is commonly called " Samian " ware, from the chronological...

Angus and Robertson.)—The time-honoured ceremonies custo- mary on every British warship when she crosses the Equator were performed with special care in the ` Renown ' on April...

than their title suggests. The contents of Poems for Men (Basil Blackwood, 5s.) do not resemble the effusions of the late Miss Ella Wheeler Wilcox, for they contain real humour....

Notre Dame. (Longmans. 18s. net.)—Frances Mary Leacher, who took the veil in 1853 at the Convent of the Sisters of Notre Dame, Namur, was entrusted by this educational order...

and Lee D. Brown. (Putnam's. 12s. 6d.)—This book, by two American officers, is a kindly and generous tribute to the British Army in France, as well as an account of the doings...

Pollard'" interesting book is concerned with the Nosu tribes, inhabiting the hill country north of the Upper Yangtse in Szechuan. These wild people—known to Europeans as Lobos,...

say in her book on Sex Education and National Health (London : Leonard Parsons; 6s.). Perhaps she is a little run away with by her subject—most of us are when we write books....

College, London, for 1920-21, giving particulars of courses in an astonishingly wide range of subjects, apart from theology and Biblical studies which the founders of the...