at dinner by the Pilgrims last Monday. The loss of Mr. Davis is a cause of profound regret to us all. He has behaved with unfailing wisdom and tact and has shown the highest...

Briand, met the German delegates at Lancaster House on Tuesday to receive the German reply to the reparation terms Proposed at the Paris Conference. Dr. Simons, the German...

said that the German Government completely misunderstood the realities of the position. The Allies, he said, had already agreed that Dr. Simons's proposal was one which they...

Owing to the Government having taken over our old premises, we have removed to new offices, 13 York Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 2, where all communications should be addressed.

T HE Germans have once again entirely misunderstood us. Their ability for miscalculating a political situation seems to be very deep-rooted, and it may be ineradicable. The one...

Nationalist delegate on Thursday, February 24th. He invited the Allies to restore to Turkey both Smyrna and Thrace, and also full control of the Straits, as well as Kars, which...

on his appointment of Mr. Hoover as Secretary of Commerce. Mr. Hoover made a profound impression on Europe by his magnificent organization of the American work of relief first...

Should our readers experience any difficulty in obtaining the Srzervron during their absence from home at Newsagents or Railway Bookstalls, will they please communicate at once...

or letters submitted to mum, but when stamped and addressed envelopes are sent he will do his best to return contributions in case of rejection. Poems should be addressed to the...

with good sense than that of Mr. Davis. His ridicule of militarism regarded as a safeguard under modem conditions was excellent. So was his examination of the dangers which may...

last Saturday, was confronted with a serious difficulty raised by Switzerland. The League is sending small contingents of troops to Vilna to keep order While the inhabitants...

Mr. Ramsay MacDonald in the East Woolwich by-election on Wed- nesday. Captain Gee, V.C., the Coalition Unionist candidate, won the seat by a majority of 683, polling 13,724...

formed a new department to deal with administration and policy in Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Aden, and with policy in other Arab areas in our sphere of influence. Officers with...

was eighty years of age. He succeeded his uncle as Prince of Montenegro in 1860 and assumed the title of King on the fiftieth anniversary of his accession. He was a shrewd...

in the House of Commons on Thursday, February 24th. The Labour Party proposed to increase the weekly allowance for uneMployed men to 40s., but were defeated. Dr. Mac- namara...

Russia with reserve. Nevertheless, it seems to be a fact that there have been risings against the Dictatorship of the Proletariat in both Petrograd and Moscow. One report in the...

Teheran on February 20th, overthrew the feeble Cabinet, and arrested its principal supporters. Riza Khan declared that his purpose was to set up a Government which could defend...

severely a further Supplementary Estimate of £485,000 presented by the Office of Works for the accommodation of various departments. Objection was taken in particular to an...

the Socialist Republic of Georgia, occupied Tiflis at the end of last week, after promoting a " Red " insurrection of the usual kind. The Georgian army dispersed. The Bol-...

rest content for the present. We are particularly disposed to do so because it is evident that the Independent Liberals and Labour representatives have been using General....

made out a good case for himself in the affair of Generals Tudor and Crozier. The all-important principle is the maintenance of discipline among , the police Auxiliaries in...

the Government had to pay the railways fi43,000,000 instead of A22,000,000 in the current financial year. He said that the coal strike cost the railways £8,000,000, that the...

of the Royal Air Force, which comprises 2,900 officers, 25,000 men, and some civil assistants. He described its complex organization, which would, he said, become "the great...

for working men. It is actually what its title implies ; it is unceasing in its championship of the interests of the manual workers, but it believes that there is no hope of...

attention to a striking instance of employees asking for a reduc- tion in wages. This happened in the firm of Messrs. Robert Williams and Sons, embossers, finishers, and...

the end of last week, Mr. MoKenna referred to the Index Figure of the, Cost of Living. He said :- "There never were more misleading figures published by e public department than...

Cork during the past week. Near Marmon], on Friday, February 25th, a strong patrol of auxiliary police was ambushed by a large force of rebels and compelled to retire ; the...

scale than that of the Gorton. workers in the same hopeful direction of reducing wages. The building trade unions decided to recommend for acceptance a scheme for wage regu-...

Apr. 15, 1920; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 85f; Thursday week, 80*; a year ago, 87*.

REVOLUTION AND TAXATION. I. [CommuxicaTED.] O WING to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's speech there has been to some extent a lull in the cam- paign against excessive...

O NE might laugh in order not to cry at the discovery how very old the new world is and how very much it goes on in the old way. Tile Greek and Turkish dele- g ations who came...

a terrible state of muddle, and on certain points there seems at present to be no hope of reconciliation between the conflicting views of employers and men. The decision of the...

Paul's address on " fellowship with other com- munities," I stated my views on episcopal succession and ordination. But it is not my purpose to contend that in holding these...

I T is amazing how strong an attraction meetings— political political or otherwise—have for certain types of people. At awkward hours, on bad nights, in these days of miserable...

T HE chief difficulty for those who adopt fraud on the part of spiritualistic mediums is that the medium must, in order to carry on his or her frauds properly, be a person of...

A T the British Industries Fair at Shepherd's Bush there are four miles of stands. It is conceivable that this is what makes me feel as if the aesthetic quality of the goods...

DECONTROL AND NATIONAL ECONOMY. (To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—During last week the Government narrowly escaped defeat, its majority in the debate on the...

a plain man of a plain way of thinking—or reasoning—that Lord Hugh Cecil's criticism that Dean Inge', " . . . gift of clearness of expression does not correspond with any...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—Notwithstanding the disastrous effects of the Land Value Duties of 1909-10, which are to a great extent, in fact principally,...

[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.] LORD HUGH CECIL ON CHRISTIAN...

or THE "SPECTATOR. "] . SIR, -- s Mr. Hodges, Secretary of the Miners' Federation, speak- ing to Durham miners on February 5th, said that the coal industry at present was " in...

OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sts,—When as now, and for the first time in this generation, the reading public is taking seriously the problems of currency and exchange, it is...

ITO THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") Sts,—Sir W. S. Haldane in his letter urges that we should not put too much of the responsibility for high costs on the work- man, as he...

on which they are based were used in normal mental conditions. Since the beginning of the war some psychologists have been very active in employing psycho- analysis—after the...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " f3ncraroa."] Sta,—I have just arrived in England from New Zealand, and at Norfolk (Virginia), where our ship called for coal, I was interested to learn...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPEC? ATM." S IR, —With Lord Desborough's grievance we must unani- mously sympathize, but I venture to think that his proposed remedy would involve more...

(To THE EDITOR. OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR, — Mr. Massingham's wilderness of words in his last letter is designed to evade the categorical points on which I challenged him in...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Sia,—In your issue of February 5th you were good enough to allow me to point out that Mr. Israel Zangwill's allegation that Palestine was...

" SPECTATOR."] SIE,—May I draw the attention of your readers to a grave and dangerous development of the plans of the " Non-co-opera- tionists " in India, and the threat it...

.THE " &PEG-mm."1 Sia,—Might I be allowed, to correct a small error in your kind notice of my Chronology of the War in last week's issue? The work was not " planned and begun at...

(To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.") Sin,—It would bo interesting to know how the Journal which Mr. Rushbrooke holds up as a model manages to pay its way without advertisements....

THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR.—It too often happens that when British parents from over- seas bring their children " Home" the ordinary every-day difficulties of suitable...

SPECTATOR." ] SIR. — Your correspondent Miss A. L. Vernon is right in emphasizing the fact that the traffic in horses abroad is a lucrative one. Those working for the abolition...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] am desired by Sir Edward Eiger and the Committee of the above to ask you if you would be so kind as to insert this notice in your next...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The Constitution of the State of California forbids the holding by any alien of the title to land within the borders of that State....

[To THE EDITOR OF TEl " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — May I, though a little late, reply to the letter of your correspondent? From midwinter up to May he may observe that the moon, "a...

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" A SOCIAL CONVENIENCE " AT THE ROYALTY THEATRE. I WONDER if this play of Mr. Harwood's is an early work. I should not be surprised if it were, for in the case of the arts we...

A WILD NIGHT. THE ivy beats upon the wall, The owls across the blind fields call, And the oak by the housedoor Bends stiffly down, to implore Mercy, mercy of the wind. But...

IDENTITY TESTS IN ALLEGED SPIRITUAL COMMUNICATIONS.* WE are glad that Lady Glenconner had the courage to publish her book. Whether she and the other people concerned have...

EVERYMAN, HAMPSTEAD.—Shaw Repertory [Mr. Shaw is a master of the stage. His work is hero played with Intelligence and attention to ensemble.] COURT.—King Henry IV. (Part IL) .....

or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked " Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or wills the mode of...

THE American Oxonian published in its January number a statistical record showing the achievements of the American Rhodes Scholars at Oxford and their subsequent occupations....

" HERO, buffoon, half demon and half dirt," as Lord Byron called him, Suvorof has been a national hero for Russians and an enigma to Western Europe. Mr. Lyon Blease's new life...

in the Chair of Political Economy at Cambridge, has produced a formidable volume on the " economics of welfare "—dealing with " that part of social welfare that can be brought...

Church ; the second was occupied with the Synoptic Gospels ; the third, and last, is principally concerned with the form and character of the Fourth Gospel, though something has...

Mn. SYMONS is a most discursive writer who wanders far in the by- ways of literature, culling many curious flowers. His erudition is enviable, and, after reading a book by him,...

and the world is for attorneys," says Walter Bagehot,' and the world which cherishes attorneys offers no abiding home to mystics. It may pass them by with a vague deference as...

The Secrets of the Cinema is in many ways a curious production, However, it gives the reader all kinds of practical information about methods of production, the division of...

TWO STORIES BY DOSTOEVSKY.t Tan two stories contained in the present volume, the last of Mrs. Garnett's translations of Dostoevsky's works, are in groat • The Secede of the...

Lane. 7s. 6d. net.)—A detective' story in which, hi accordance with the traditions of Gaboriau, the murder is committed with the help of thelast person whom the reader thinks of...

8s. 6d. net)—Mr. Gilbert Frankau, although he tells us that his story is meant for pure adventure, has not been able to resist the temptation of making it a social satire as...

Greaves. (Erskine Macdonald. Ss. 6d.)—The author appears to be of an appreciative turn of mind ; he dedicates his book to Sheffield, which he finds beautiful in spite of the...

MR. ROBERT GRAVES'S NEW VOLUME.* MR. ROBIrRT GRAVES'S work shows a tendency to become rather obscure. In his new book there are a great many very charming poems, but there are...

Praia in Usis agusen does not usausarily pmolude subsequent respiesc] THE Merlon Meoazwres.—In the Nineteenth Century Captain Coote, a Coalition Liberal Member, propounds the...

important paper on " Diplomacy by Conference " which Sir Maurice Hankey, the Secretary of the Cabinet, read before the British Institute of International Affairs. Sir Maurice...

University Press. 358. net.)—Dr. McIntosh, the well-known Director of the Gatty Marine Laboratory at St. Andrews, has produced after twenty-one years a second edition of his...

on application.)—This third edition of corre- spondence and articles relating to the strike of 1919 in the works of the Campbell Gas Engine Company deserves to be widely...

(Hodder and Stoughton. 15s. net.)—Miss Markham went to Cologne in July, 1919, and stayed there for a year. She made a brief visit to the Sarre valley, and to Lorraine and...

Parliamentary Association, Westminster Hall, S.W., 10s. net) has become indispensable to every serious student of Imperial affairs. We are glad to record the appearance of the...

man and Hall. 25s. net.)—The late American Ambassador to Italy has written an interesting book about Italy's reasons for entering the war and her difficulties in carrying it on....

Manchester Regiment Gazette, which has just appeared in a new form, is a first-rate example of its kind. " A regimental paper does a world of good," says General Fane, the new...

R. B. Morgan. 2 vols. (Cambridge University Press. 4s. net each.)—This attractive little book is divided into two parts, the first dealing with the early ages up to 1272, and...

R. Carter (Hutchinson. Ss. 6d. net), appears for the forty-second year. The art sales of 1920 were not quite so remarkable as those of 1919, yet sixty-three pictures and draw-...

Maxwell was sent to Mesopotamia to make sketches for the Imperial War Museum. He saw a good deal of the country, going up the Euphrates as far as Hit. He records his impressions...

M. Smith. (H. Milford. 16s. net.)—Miss Smith's scholarly and interesting essay is the first serious history of Cluny that has been written in English. She pointed out some years...

G. Gurney. (C. Arthur Pearson. ls. 6d. net.)—This " simple guide to Nature study for boy scouts and girl guides " is well written and well illustrated with diagrams, and would...