4 JULY 1925

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FROM JULY 4th TO DECEMBER 26th, 1925, INCLUSIVE, TOPICS OF THE DAY. A BERPENNAR, the Black-Winged Terror of 812 Adult Education .. .. ..1016 Africa, South, the Colour Problem...

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We referred a fortnight ago to the need Greece has

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for a peaceable and competent Government, and we greatly doubt that the revolution has brought her nearer to any such thing. General Pangalos has not a majority in the Chamber,...

NEWS OF THE WEEK

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T HE most important fact of the week has probably been the negative one, namely, that no serious opposition has arisen here or abroad to the progress which the Govern- ments...

On Thursday, June 25th, Greece underwent yet another revolution, fortunately

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a bloodless one. General Pan- galos, the well-known leader of the militarist republicans, seized the War Office, while his ally, Admiral Hajikyriakos took conimand of :the gavy....

The Riffs are reported as saying that they prefer fighting

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the French to fighting the Spanish. The French officers are indeed superior; lint their Senegalese black troops break at once when their officers , have been killed. The ....

There is little change in the news from Morocco or

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China, the centres of trouble at the moment. In the early part of the week, the Riff attacks on the French lines North of Fez were said to have slackened, but on Monday and...

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On Monday Mr. MacDonald moved a vote of censure on

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the Government for their failure to deal with unem- ployment 'He made a critical but remarkably unhelpful speech. The Prime Minister .pointed out that the recent increase in...

In the north Chang Tso-lin, whom we take to be

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really the most powerful man in China, has not made any move lately, but his troops at Tientsin have been arresting Bolshevists and Communists there. Feng Yu-hsiang, however,...

M. Caillaux is still struggling with adversity. His Finance Bill,

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however, has been passed in the Chamber and the Senate. The French Government has to find very large sums to meet various blocks of short term loans and bonds that mature this...

In China there is even less change than in Morocco.

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On Monday it is true, a note was addressed to the British and French consuls by the Canton Government demand- ing a British apology for the Shameen affair and the with- drawal...

The Budget passed its third reading in the House of

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commons on_ Thursday, June 25th. During the debate Mr. William Graham made an exceptionally well- informed speech, not - upon the details of the Finance Bill, but upon the...

At a meeting organized by the 'League of Nations Union

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on Thursday, June 25th, Lord ' Cecil' referred to the unfortunate effect abroad of our- rejecting the Draft Treaty of Mutual Assistance and the Protocol, but he gave his...

The Bill was sent to the Upper House and received

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on Tuesday last its second and third readings. Lord Oxford took the opportunity to make a sound speech on Free Trade and economy. He considered that the limit of taxation had '...

On Tuesday and Wednesday the House of Commons went into

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Committee to 'discuss the new Pensions Bill. A good deal of 'acrimony was aroused, if it was not simu- lated, among the speakers of the Labour Party upon the main principle that...

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The International Chamber of Commerce, a body which we believe

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is likely to grow in importance and beneficence, met last week in Brussels. Great Britain and Dr. Walter Leaf received a compliment when that scholar and banker was elected...

The centenary of steam locomotion on British railway.; is being

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celebrated this week and we publish an article on the subject. The changes of life due to the rapid circulation. of passengers and goods are quite incalculable through...

We offer our sympathy to the United States when we

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record with great regret that the coast of California was visited by a series of severe earthquake shocks on Monday and Tuesday. The worst damage seems to have been due to the...

On Monday last, the King, accompanied by the Queen, 'declared

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open the new offices of the Canadian Govern- ment. The building of Sir Robert Smirke which forms the western side of Trafalgar Square, and was known for so long by Civil...

Last week the American Army team beat the British Army

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team at polo. Their ponies were said to be better than those we could produce, though probably British blood can be traced in their pedigrees. The victors were in their turn...

A tiresome hoax was perpetrated upon us last week when

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the pushing agent of an American motion picture film schemed to advertise his wares by having them escorted from Southampton and through London by British Territorial troops....

Until last week the Liberal Party in Nova Scotia had

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been in power for forty-three years, but in the elections to the Provincial House of Commons three Liberals were returned and forty Conservatives. The Labour Party fared very...

Bank Rate, 5 per cent., changed from 4 per cent.

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on March 5th, 1925. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Thursday 99k ; on Thursday week 99k ; a year ago 100 ft. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Thursday 861 ; on Thursday week 851...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY

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LONDON SQUARES IN SUMMER TIME rimy° important communications in regard to the L Square Gardens of London have appeared during the past few days. The first was an appeal to...

CHANGES OF ADDRESS.

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Postal Subscribers who change their addresses, or who while travelling desire their copies of the paper be sent to - a _temporary address, are asked to notify the SPECTATOR...

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EUROPE TO-DAY

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T HERE is gloom enough at home and abroad. Grim events throw shadows in Asia and Africa. Threat- ening tendencies can be discerned by those who seek them throughout Europe,...

THE CRISIS IN THE CHURCH

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[We hope to publish next week a further article on this subject by Bishop Clore.—En. Spectator.] T HERE have been many controversies in the Church of England during the past...

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THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT

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BY NEW MEMBER. T HE debate on the Pact revealed the House at its highest level. All the speeches were statesmanlike and constructive, and Mr. Austen Chamberlain impressed both...

RAILWAYS

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I T is only a hundred years since the first train propelled by steam puffed slowly along with a man riding on horseback in front of it. Four years later in 1829 " Stevenson's...

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CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD

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T N the month of July, four hundred years ago, -I- Henry VIII. granted to Wolsey, the Cardinal- Chancellor of England, a licence for the foundation of a College that was to be...

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LURID LITERATURE IN THE UNITED STATES

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BY FRANK R. KENT (the Baltimore Sun). [We pretend to no detailed knowledge of this matter but cannot refuse to a distinguished American writer an opportunity of pointing out a...

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MOTHER AND BABY WEEK

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By Dr: C. W. SALEEBY. Q0 long as man is mortal, parenthood, the source of all the future, must determine the destiny of nations. But, since the paragon of animals, a little...

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THE THEATRE

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"RELATIVITY" ON THE STAGE THE PLAYS OF SIGNOR PIRANDELLO. THE celebrated Pirandello has come and gone. Thanks to Mr. C. B. Cochran, we have seen four of his plays pCrformed,...

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CORRESPONDENCE

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A LETTER FROM CAMBRIDGE [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—To deal first, like a good Englishman, with the weather, this last term has probably been the best for twenty...

LETTERS TO TITE EDITOR

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LONDON SQUARES IN SUMMER TIME [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —In view of the new approach of the holiday season when most of the inhabitants of the residential parts...

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THE HUDSON MEMORIAL [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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Sin,—The defence of the Epstein-Hudson Memorial has been nothing like so strong as the attack. Should not the British public, frequenters of our parks, have the final word ?...

AUSTRIA AND GERMANY [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I

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have seen in the Vienna newspaper Der Tag the translation of a passage of your article about the Austrian I question. You state there that the Austrian people coming 'into...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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)SIR,—Please allow me to protest strongly at your applying Ito General Feng Yfi-siang the phrase " the so-called Christian general." The sentence you add shows that you quite...

WHAT HAS BECOME OF BRITISH FILMS?

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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—I have read Miss Gertrude Kingston's articles on the film with much interest, but was disappointed to note that she did not touch on...

THE MEANING OF THE DISTURBANCES IN CHINA [To the Editor

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of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —Since I wrote the article which appeared in your issue of June 20th, the news from Shanghai proves that " the three days' observance of Shame Day "...

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LENIN AND THE TALMUD [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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Snt,—A review of a book on Lenin, written by L. Trotsky, appeared in the Spectator of April 4th, 1925, and closed with the words :— " Let us quote one more striking...

UNEMPLOYMENT AND COAL [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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SIR,—Your article under the above heading in your issue of June 20th prompts me to make one or two observations. Firstly, pace Mr. Hodges, low temperature carbonization as a...

THE LATE R. D. BLACKMORE [To the Editor of the

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SPECTATOR.] SIR,—When I was writing Baedeker's Handbook to Great Britain, in 1887, I was struck by the discrepancy between the actual scenery of the Doone Valley and the...

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THE SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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SIR,—Your powerful article on this subject contains a useful piece of advice. We find ourselves, after taking the lead in many humane reforms behind such countries as Sweden,...

BIRDS AND FRUIT NETS [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

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SIR,—Now that the fruit season is once more in full swing, will you allow me to remind those among your readers who own gardens, that while nets are very necessary to protect...

A SCOTTISH SCHEME FOR EMPLOYMENT [To the Editor of the

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SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Under the heading, " Unemployment " in your issue of June 20th, you review two books on unemployment among boys and girls. In Prof. Scott's pamphlet he...

THE PARKING OF MOTORS • [To the Editor of the

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SPECTATOR.] SIR,--Probably the majority of Londoners will resent Lord Montagu's proposed desecration of our squares by the parking of cars in them. Whether the squares are...

CYPRUS [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] • SIR, 7 -4 have

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just seen in the Spectator of May 9th a paragraph about Cyprus on the occasion of the new Constitution of the Island by which Cyprus became a British Colony. May I be allowed to...

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THE BRITISH MOTOR TRADE IN THE EAST

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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—During his recent tour in the Near East, Sir Alfred Mond was much impressed with the way in which the Americans have captured the motor...

POETRY

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TIRESIAS WANTED WHERE IS 'Tiresias ? He of all Stygian shades Alone keeps wisdom, where all wisdom fades ; The rest are famished essence, fabricked air, Too thin for thought to...

A QUERY

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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Six,—Can you tell me where to find the line :— " It chanced — the Lord that chance did guide," spoken of as " Spencer's wonderful line...

THE "FIVE ALLS"

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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The " Five Alls " has five human figures, with a motto to each I. A King in his regalia. Motto : I govern all. 2. A Bishop in his...

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A BOOK OF THE MOMENT

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THE FACULTY OF COMMUNION [COPYRIGHT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY TILE New York Times.] The Faculty of Communion. By the Hon. Mrs. Alfred Lyttelton, D.B.E. (Longman. 4s....

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REPORT ON THE SIXTH COMPETITION

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The Editor offered a prize of £5 for a Reminiscence in more than 500 words of prose. not WE should like to include as many contributions as we can and our remarks shall be cut...

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A MILESTONE IN METAPHYSICS

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Ether and Reality. By Sir Oliver Lodge. (Hodder ar.d Stoughton. 3s. fici.) ONCE when I was a very small boy I went to my father and said with pride, " I can spell ` cannon,' "...

SEVENTH COMPETITION

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THE EDITOR OFFERS A PRIZE OF £5 FOR AN OUTLINE OF HISTORY . IN NOT MORE. THAN 100 WORDS OF PROSE. RULES FOR COMPETITORS 1. All entries must be received on or before Friday,...

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LORD CURZON'S LAST WORK

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NEARLY twenty-five years ago Lord Curzon began to write a book on Government House, Calcutta and Barrackpore. He was in themiddle of the correction of the proofs when he died....

ENGLAND'S HELICON

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England's Helicon. Printed for Frederick Etchells and Hugh IT will never be known to what accident in their birth, their climate, or their characters the English owe their...

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WAGNER AND OUR GENERATION

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IF ever there was a man in this world who might be called the antithesis of the mystic, it was surely Richard Wagner. No doubt it may be said that any artist is the opposite of...

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CURRENT LITERATURE

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SIR - EDWIN CHADWICK. By M. Marston. (L. Parsons. 4s. 6d. net.) No one who has studied the history of Poor Law Reform or read Sir B. W. Richardson's The Health of Nations can...

THE MAGAZINES

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THE July Contemporary is full of interest if somewhat pro- vocative in its Radicalism. Mr. Noel Buxton discusses " Undercultivation and the Remedy," bringing evidence to prove...

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CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE ATLAS. Specially prepared for the Times Trade

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and Engineering Supplement. George Philip and Son, Ltd. £2 12s. 611.) Tins Atlas is wholly admirable. The improvements in surveyin g , statistical information and statistical...

The Toy Maker. By Sophie Cole. (Mills and Boon. 7s.

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6d. net.)—Miss Sophie Cole has the art of making lower middle-class life in London interestin g , and there is an un- accountable fascination in her story of two women who...

THIS is one of the series of Studies in Church

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History, and will be welcome because so little has yet been printed about the Black Friars, while their rivals, the Grey Friars, have long been a favoured subject for...

FICTION

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THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF 1924 WHATZVER else can be said of the American short-story writers represented in this annual collection, it must be conceded that they are very...

The Eternal Two. By Marie Conway Oemler. (Heine- mann. 7s.

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6d.)—Although the theme of The Taming of the Shrew is developed to a really ridiculous extent in the open i g ;chapters of this novel there arc many delightful passages to be...

OTHER NOVELS

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Cling - of the Clay. — By Milton Hayes: (Hodder and Stou g hton. 7s. 6d. net.)—It is not till this novel has engaged the reader's attention for - more than half its length...

A Saturday Ll!e. By Radclyffe Hall. (Arrowsmith. 7s. 6d. net.)—Authors

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vary in their calls on the credulity of their readers. Some make a small demand in every chapter, others present a startlin g hypothesis the results of which follow logically....

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FINANCE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

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PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRY By ARTHUR W. KIDDY. Ix my Financial Notes last week I expressed the view that while the reaction in high-class investment securities . was natural and,...

FINANCIAL. NOTES

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DECLINE IN TILE FRANC. DESPERATE situations, it is well known, may call for desperate treatment, and with large lines of Government obligations falling due, financial critics...