31 JULY 1936

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NEWS OF THE WEEK

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R EPORTS from Spain continue to be confused and chaotic, but it is possible to see roughly the distri- bution of forces. The Army is with the rebels ; the Navy and Civil Guard...

But General Franco is not the only one who is

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anxious to " save Spain from Marxism, Freemasonry and all international Red influences " at the cost of deluging it in . blood. Political .conditions _in Europe make it possible...

The ceremony on Vimy Ridge on Sunday united three peoples,

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the,British,- the French and the Canadian, between two of which the third has long stood as an enduring link already, for French-speaking CanadialiS from Quebec share eternal...

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Progress at Cairo The Anglo-Egyptian negotiations are progressing with a

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leisureliness which would be disturbing if there were not signs that real progress was being achieved. It is a considerable achievement to have got agreement on mili- tary...

Labour in the U.S.A.

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Governor Landon's speech of acceptance as Republican candidate came rather late in the summer. As a conse- quence it marks the opening of the vacation rather than that of the...

Towards a Locarno Conference It appears likely that Germany and

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Italy will both accept the invitation issued by Britain, France and Belgium last week to a new conference of the Locarno Powers, but what conditions they will impose, where and...

The By-election Index The results of the Balham and East

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Grinstead by- elections confirm what was said in these columns regarding the Derby result. A number of factors, both personal and general, secured Mr. Noel Baker his impres-...

High Prices in France During recent weeks there has been

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much evidence of the high cost of living in France, for which M. Blum's Government cannot be held responsible. Thus, in the prices officially quoted at the Mlles Centrales,...

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Mr. Anthony Eden's review of the international situation made a

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very favourable impression in the House. Though refusing to yield to the pressure of Mr. Lloyd George and to state what the Government proposals were with regard to the reform...

In the last few weeks the length of Members' speeches

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has been even more protracted than usual. Miss Rathbone pointed out to the Prime Minister early in the week that in the debate on the Unemployment Regulations 80 Members...

It is a pity that Mr. Eden, who has so

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rapidly improved as a speaker, should be so easily rattled by interruptions. On at least two occasions he was stung by some mildly offensive remark from the Opposition to weakly...

Another ' Queen Mary ' The decision that John Brown

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and Co., of Glasgow, who built the Queen Mary,' are to build the sister ship, was Announced in the House of Commons on 'Monday. The _financial arrangements between the...

The Groups at Birmingham The meetings of Group Movement at

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Birmingham during last week-end, when an audience of 15,000, drawn not only from the city itself but from a wide district round, packed the Industrial Fair Building, provide...

The Week in Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent writes : In

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the Foreign Affairs debate on Monday Mr. Lloyd George spoke of the disastrous quarrel of Gaul and Teuton. " If you go through the pages of history," he said, " I do not know...

The Dental Danger Addressing the British Dental Association last Monday

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Sir George Newman described decay of the teeth as " one of the great diseases of modern times." As former chief medical officer of the Ministry of Health and Board of Education,...

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THE SEARCH FOR A FOREIGN POLICY O N the question whether

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the British Cabinet _has shaped in its own mind any clear and con- structive foreign policy the Foreign Secretary's speech in the House of Commons on Monday threw little light....

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THIS DEGENERATE AGE

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T HERE is a certain monotony in the frequent attacks on the degeneracy of the age. Those who are not conscious of sin become somewhat irritated by having their vices enumerated...

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A SPECTATOR'S NOTEBOOK M R. ORMSBY - GORE has got together a very

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able Commission to report on the situation in Palestine distinctly more weighty than any of the various bodies that have already held inquest on that unhappy country. It might...

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ITALY AFTER THE WAR : II. AN ECONOMIC INVALID

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By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT [This is the second of three articles on the situation in Italy written by a special commissioner of THE SPECTATOR. Next week's article is on "...

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WHAT SHOULD WE FIGHT FOR ? II

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By A. L. ROWSE [This is the second of a series of articles on the conditions under which military action by this country would be justified. Next week's article is by Lord...

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LIFE IN A GERMAN WOMEN'S LABOUR CAMP By S. D.

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KENNEDY A VISITOR returning to Berlin for the first time after the Nail Revolution, during which he read (perfectly true) accounts of riot and bloodshed, might reasonably expect...

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A STUART SQUIRE

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By ROGER B. LLOYD I N 1753 the Rev. L. Howard, D.D., Rector of St. George's, Southwark, and Chaplain to her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales, suffered a grievous...

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THE PASSING OF THE PHIL SHEEP

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By SIR ROBERT GREIG T HE flocks that seem to us as permanent as the everlasting hills on which they graze are passing away. The black-faced sheep of the Highlands, the...

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BENGAL TIGERS

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By RAN.TEE SHAHANI T HE Lahore Express started in great style, but after a day's rolling in the desert it looked as though it were gathering more sand than it could carry. It...

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MARGINAL COMMENTS

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By E. L. WOODWARD IF you read local newspapers, you will have noticed that among a section" of the Anglican clergy there is a certain timid and judicious nibbling at the cult...

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JAPAN'S FIGHT FOR TRADE

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Commonwealth and Foreign By WILLIAM HENRY CHAMBERLIN July. JAPAN today is fighting a desperate battle to maintain her place in the industrial and commercial sun. Two recent...

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The Ballet STAGE AND SCREEN

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Russian Ballet at Covent Garden AT the rehearsals of Massine's new Symphonic Fantastique to the music of Berlioz I could sec the movement in a clear light. The impression then...

The Cinema HERE at last is an English film one

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can unreservedly praise. How pleasant for that stubborn grain of national feeling which would, I suppose, endure for centuries, like the embryo tail, even in a bright Genevan...

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COUNTRY LIFE

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July Crops The English climate—when it is good, it is very very good— has compensations even at its worst. July has been frankly abominable, and may involve very heavy losses....

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WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE LABOUR PARTY ?

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR [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 "...

[To the Editor of TUE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Anyone who compares the

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actual position of the Lebow Party with its position as it might be or ought to be must have read the communication from Sir Stafford Cripps with feelings akin to despair....

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THE COLONIES AND TRUSTEESHIP.

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[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR, —The Spectator (which cannot be suspected of bias against the present Government) is setting a good example of moral courage to the Press...

FAR EASTERN PROSPECTS

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[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Your comments on Far Eastern Prospects in last week's issue prompt me to make one or two observations based on recent information...

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DEATH ON THE ROADS [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

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have just , returned from spending three weeks in Carlisle, to be met with the latest and record figures of tuvidents and death's on the roads, and I was reminded of the •...

" SHIPYARD "

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[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,--I wish to draw attention to the showing of my docu- mentary film Shipyard at the Monseigneur News Theatre, Piccadilly, London, on July...

ON THE DOLE

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[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—As a member of the public with moderate views, and a dislike of those of extremists in all matters, I admire your paper for the moderation...

A HEARING FOR THE ARABS

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[To the Editor Of THE SPECTATOR.] - SIR,—It is with great pleasure that I pass to you a special vote of thanks and appreciation, resolved recently by the Arab Supreme Committee...

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THE PALESTINE SITUATION

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[To the Editor of TILE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Mr. William Blumberg, in the article in your issue of the 17th inst., seems to expect that the Zionists should assume the major share of...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In your issue of

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July 24th, Mr. Ashbee paid me a certain compliment. I' hate to appear ungrateful, but I see no reason at all in the argument by which he tries to invalidate my thesis with...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I hate to confess

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myself beaten, but the effort to bring Mr. Jeffries' version of the history of British rule in Palestine into line with facts is becoming too great by comparison with the...

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Nos Amis Les Anglais

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[D'un correspondant parisien] A VIMY les Francais ont acclame le roi Edouard VIII avec In cordialite la plus sincere ; ils sont contristes du renvoi de son sejour sur la Cote...

DIETETIC ECONOMY

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[To the Editor of DIE SPECTATOR.] SIR, —While herrings are thrown back into the sea and British beer is so abominably overtaxed that it is now almost dele- terious in quality, I...

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Religion and Sex Morality

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BOOKS OF THE DAY' By KENNETH INGRAM CLIFFORD HOWARD, who is quoted in these pages, has pointed out that " in popular estimation religion is " essentially opposed to the sexual...

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The American Language : An Inquiry into the Development of

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English in the United States. By H. L. Mencken. Fourth A Declaration of :Independence Edition. Enlarged and Rewritten. (Kagan Paul. 21s.) Two hundred years ago Richard Owen...

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The Challenge of Communism

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IT has been interesting and sometimes piquant for me to read the joint reviews of Sir Walter Citrine's recent book on Russia and my own. We are personal friends, and have many...

The Elizabethan Mind

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The Enchanted Glass : The Elizabethan Mind in Literature. By Hardin Craig. (Oxford University Press. lOs. 6d.) Tins is a very odd and curiously interesting work. It is also...

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Baseless Fabric

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Sagittarius Rising. By Cecil Lewis. (Peter Davies. 8s. 6d.) Airdays. By John F. Leeming. (Harrap. 7s. 6d.) Growing Wings. By Filson Young. (Michael Joseph. els.)...

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A Soldier of Ill Fortune

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Patriot Adventurer. By Denis Ireland. (Rich and Cowan. 6s.) SINCE Easter Week, 1916, the list of patriots who gave their lives for the cause of Irish independence has swollen...

A Southern Soldier

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. . James Longstreet, Lee's War Horse. By H. J. Eckenrode and Bryan Conrad. (University of North Carolina Press : Oxford University Press. 15s. ) " Tills is the pioneer work on...

Secret Germany

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Fires Underground.. By Heinz Liepmann. (Harrap. 75. 6d.) THE one-party system in Germany has created an underground political life, about which very little has been written. The...

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A Surrealist Novel

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The Arnaranthers. By Jack B. Yeats. (Heinemann. 7s. 6d ) Tuts novel was published some months ago, but there was little or no recognition of its very special qualities. I can...

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Fiction

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By WILLIAM PLOMER They Walk in the City. By J. B. Priestley. (Heinemann. 8s. 6d.) Clochemerle. By Gabriel Chevallier. Tr. by Jocelyn Godefroi. (Martin Seeker and Warburg. 8s....

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MACHIAVELLI AND HIS TIMES

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By D. Erskine Muir Not all biographical and historical books have a sufficient raison d'etre to justify themselves, but Mrs. Muir is to be con- gratulated on choosing for her...

THE INDUSTRY AND TRADE OF JAPAN

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By S. Uyehara, M.Sc. It behoves the capable business man to acquire as much knowledge as he can of the conditions, methods and progress of his competitors and rivals ;...

INDIA AND THE WORLD

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Current Literature By Jawaharlal Nehru Jawaharlal Nehru is today a portent in contemporary India. His ardent spirit and reforming temper have made him not a wiser, but a more...

TOSCANINI

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By Paul Stefan This book (Heinemann, 7s. 6d.) is not a success. It is sentimental, superficial, pretentious, full of spurious Viennese charm and frequently lapsing into a very...

THE USURPATION OF RICHARD THE THIRD

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Edited by C. A. J. Armstrong Two years ago Mr. C. A. J. Armstrong described in The Times a Lille MS. of 1483 in which an Italian priest, fresh from a year's visit to England,...

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The Future of " Knee-Action "

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Motoring Two cars I have recently been driving, each a popular model in its own country, England and the United States, have made me and two very experienced enthusiasts in...

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Financial Notes

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CHEERFUL MARKETS. ALTHOUGH there have been some signs of slackening of activity in the Stock Markets during the past week owing to the proximity of August holidays, the tone of...

Finance

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Shipping Problems I THINK that by common consent the views of our leading bankers concerning the financial and economic state of the country, as put forward at the annual...

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"The Spectator" Crossword No. 201

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Br ZENO [A prize of one guinea will be given to the sender of the first correct solution of this week's crossword puzzle to be opened. Envelopes should be marked " Crossword...

SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD NO. 250

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