happened at Hangchow' just before its occupation by the Cantonese. The northern soldiers when making ready to abandon the city demanded money from the Chamber of •...

disfavour the domination 01 Borodin, who is now practically a dictator at Hankow. The Cantonese General, Chiang Kai-shek, is said to have quarrelled with Gallents, the Russian...

characteristic of Chinese warfare. Consultations about the disposition of troops arc, how- ever, only a slighter aspect of a much wider movement which is reported by the...

it need not be thought that . the defeat of the Cantonese would be an advantage either for China or for foreigners. Chang Tso-lin was a brigand in his youth and, in spite of his...

THE news from China is more confused and scantier -I- than usual. The Times - correspondent says that Sun Chuan-fang was not pursued during his retreat from Chekiang and that he...

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-defending the International settlement at Shanghai have been stationed outside the settlement, as Sir Austen Chamberlain explained in the House of _Commons on Wednesday. The...

wreckage is that it is pursued in the spirit of the old Russian autocracy at its worst moments. The difficulty of dealing with Russia in the old days was that Russian agents...

its considered opinion on the dispute between Canada and Newfoundland as to the possession of the doubtful Labrador Peninsula. The,dispute turned on the use of the word " coast...

committed to consideration of the League's scheme (which aims at a reduction of all armaments by all members of the League), and that they could not even in form commit an act...

and -elaborate piece of -argumentation: it throws out a smoke screen, and behind this comes to an end without ever touching the real issue. It says that certain speeches and...

skirmishes of this sort with few wounds and a good, deal of superficial credit. The moral is that the British Government would be well advised to make their extremely well...

bullets of machine guns would not find that it was of much use to keep all the defenders inside the house. His only effective line of defence would be in the garden. We either...

a further limitation of naval armaments is admirable in manner, proportion and emphasis. Sir Austen Chamberlain read the reply in the House of Commons on Monday. It speaks of...

Cwm, in Monmouthshire, and the other in Nottingham- shire, both of which by a strange coincidence occurred in the early hours of Tuesday morning. • No fewer than 57 lives were...

a realized surplus. Sir Basil Blackett is to be heartily congratulated upon his performance. The Esti- mates introduced in the Indian Legislative Assembly on Monday promise a...

a gain for Labour. were as follow :— The figures Wilfred Wellook (Lab.) .. 16,561 . • H. Cairn Hogbin (Unionist) — 13,462 A. J. Glyn Edwards (L.) .. 9,535 Labour majority...

risen by £ 4 ,700,000. At first sight it looks as though they had fallen, but it is always necessary at this time of year to remind readers that the official papers do not...

ago neither Canada nor Newfoundland troubled herself about the . ownership. Labrador has become unexpectedly important through the development of wood-pulp and water power. - It...

given to the nation 155 acres of High Down, near Farringford, Isle of Wight, in memory of his father. It was on _this down that the poet used to walk every day for many years....

absence of seven years. He has become chairman of the Liberal Organization Committee and he has the almost unique advantage of being accepted by both wings of the Party. It is...

its jubilee of fifty years. The first number of Sir James Knowles's famous venture contained a poem by Tennyson and articles by Gladstone and Matthew Arnold. That was setting a...

on December 3rd, 1925. War Loan (5 per cent.) nas on Wednesday 101* ; on Wednesday week 1011 ; a year ago 101*. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 871 ; on Wednesday...

for Governments, as for A - private persons, to get the discredit of . meaning ill when they mean very well. The Government arc in such a situation now in regard to the Eight...

of anxiety in the country at 1 the present time concerning our relations with Russia. The year 1926 was a year of trials faithfully and heroic- ally borne by the BritiSh...

Colonel Lawrence's Revolt in the Desert. Mr. E. F. Benson with review Jew Suss. The fifth instalment of "An Ordinary Man's Thoughts on the Drink Question " is unavoidably...

Scotsmen have been left to discuss their own troubles. But on Monday a nice little breeze blew up over the non-ratification of the Washington Convention on hours of labour. Lord...

French capital has changed during the last few weeks. Obvious signs of an economic crisis have indeed been present for at least a couple of months, but the French public, led by...

M R. F. W. HIRST'S book, which has been reviewed in these columns, leaves John Morley on the door- step of the Cabinet in 1886. These early years of Morley reveal, more clearly...

" W ILLIAM CLISSOLD " speculating on the girls of the future says :- " These women of the days to come . . . remain conspicuously featureless. My reason evokes them . . . but...

colds. Some drag I themselves to their appointed tasks, others - he a-bed, resting everything except their digestions. Some people, indeed, are so busy keeping the body on an...

[" THE LETTER." BY W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM. AT TIM PLAYHOUSE.-" THE WICKED EARL." BY WALTER HACKETT. AT HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE.-" THE BLUR COMET." BY EDEN PHILLPOTTS. AT THE COURT...

-a F AGER correspondents do not rush to record the appearance of the first crocus as they do that of the first cuckoo. Yet the cuckoo but assures us that spring will presently...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Slit,—The last few days have seen two momentous events ; the North have dismissed Sir Francis Aglen, and the South have broken off...

[THE BEETHOVEN CENTENARY.] TIIE Beethoven Celebrations draw near. No centenary within memory has been organized on so large a scale. Both Europe and America are involved. The...

SIR,—Something of a " boom " seems likely to come to Sweden, for there has been a great increase in orders booked for the coming season, especially with regard to wood goods,...

WHEN night her dew lets fall, Bringing release, Though from far-off I call, Past sundering seas, If faith thou'st kept with mime, And still wilt keep, Sweet on thine eyes shall...

It was firmly believed in Dorsetshire last week, on the authority of very confident reports, that the cuckoo had been heard several times near Poole. It is just a question...

wonderful tales to tell of the acuteness of the senses of the native races. It was noted in the War that an English country labourer could detect an aeroplane many miles further...

institutes and other societies, these councils have a great opportunity ; but they will miss it, if they do not harness their energies and, if one may say so, put on blinkers....

Old, in the New Forest, offends the naturalist, because it does damage to more than the landscape. A number of birds delight in old trees, from the herons that nest in their...

Those of us who live in country villages and take any interest in their life begin to hope, almost to believe, that they are coming into their own. A new campaign on their...

In a very plaintive voice Mr. Noel Buxton said the other day (in the company of four other Ministers of Agriculture) that he had only one objection to sugar beet : he did like a...

It speaks well for our native interest in the welfare of our home animals that two Bills for bird protection are under discussion ; and Lord Desborough, to whom all manner of...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,--A recent article in the Spectator, entitled Can American Prosperity Last ?" seems to attribute the prosperity now existing in America...

FINANCIAL SECURITY FOR THE WAGE-EARNER [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,- May I encroach on your valuable space to put forward a suggestion which 1 feel has a very...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Having been a reader of the Spectator for over eighty years and always enjoyed it so much, I want to send you my good wishes for the...

Sin,-- Mr. Gardner's letter on uncorroborated police evidence raises an issue which in these days may become vital to any man who remains in the neighbourhood of Leicester...

Sin.— With reference to your article on " Preserving England." I should like to call your attention to the matter of Tintagel. Cornwall. Tintagel is a slate country, and the...

I add a few points to your article on " Preserving England " ? The urgent need for houses could be better met I'S Properly laid-out plans and well-designed dwelling places than...

of the SPECTATOR.] Sin. Permit me to thank you sincerely for publishing- the Rev. Harold - E. Brierley's lucid and well-balanced opinion on the Composite Prayer Book. He has...

Slit. May I point out that " M.S.," in his letter which appears on the above subject in your issue of February 12th, misses one aspect of the question ? He carefully points out...

SIR,—Whilst I am in most heartfelt agreement with the splendid letter of Mr. S. M. G. Gravener in your issue of 26th ult., I should like to point out that the Bird Protection...

' SIR,- -- All readers of your r6sume of the Colwyn report moist Ire struck by the serious, disquieting; but not surprising, fact of the decrease in the savings of the country....

Editor of Me SPECTATOR.] SIR. I have read Mr. 'famish Maelaren's charming article entitled." The Aquarium Vent ure,'' and with your perrnbasion wish to ask him, with all...

Sta.—Your correspondent suggests that we " retrace the de- velopments of the interest in the number seven to its origin in the Astrology of Babylon." But we can retrace this...

SIR, —It has been said by a British astronomer that hundreds of years before the Christian Era there were men, both in Egypt and Chaldea, who " possessed more accurate...

Sin, — In a letter headed " The Canadian Flag " appearing in your issue of January 8th, 1927, Mr. Harry Baldwin writes "Canada has no national flag ... the so-called Canadian...

Chinese born sonic fifty years before the time of Confucius. who takes high rank as a profound and original thinker. In these days of " mothering " govern- ments. the following...

the SPECTATOR.] SIR. — Yet - another Unionist seat has been lost, and for the old fatuous reason—the hopeless candidature of a Liberal. Altogether, 22,987 votes were cast...

May I, as one of the authors of The Rural Industries of England and Wales, of which the second volume was reviewed so appreciatively in your issue of February 26th, suggest that...

perhaps, realize to what extent the incomes of voluntary hospitals were affected by the General Strike—the business man in a bad trade year - cuts his subscription list, and...

A Tangle of Bells THERE are four old bells at Marston, Marston by the Dove, There's " Glory be to God on high " Tossing its cup toward the sky, Three centuries have known the...

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By AN OBSERVER. WuKx the tendency for bankers to be optimistic con- cerning trade prospects is borne in mind, I scarcely think that hank chairmen at the recent . annual...

A Sugg estion bb crestion Ax actuary informed the writer that of 2,000 surrender value quotations made during the course of a year, 75 per cent. were quoted to Banks in respect...

all unusual to find reported in the daily Press eases where professional men are being sued for damages for some alleged neglect of duty or wrongful advice. It may be in the...

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Art and dre (Xewnes, 2s.) to see what Mr. Lewis Hind had to say f Sargent. He is guarded and generous, but, as we suspected, nenthusiastie. We would question the correctness of...

called a Wren, Ming fastened to a little stick of hazel newly gathered, (loth . urn about and roast himself." This is only one of a thousand plaint notions and beliefs about...

Professor V. II. Mottram (University of London Press, 4s. 6d.) has only some fifty pages of academic theory and two hundred and fifty pages of recipes for agreeable dishes. The...

the other side of the Atlantic as well as a writer of terse and brilliant English. In Better Writing (Cape, 3s. 6d.) he has made a really useful contribution to the already...

and pithily expressed advice in Lifc's Snags (Pearson. 2s. 6d.). We can imagine the horror of the highbrow on looking through this volume— but it is nut for him but lOr human...

in poses expressive of joy, fear, jealousy and other emotions, The Science and Art of Speech and Gesture (Daniel, 7s. 6d.) would be an attractive book. But the author, Miss...

CEnALD GOULD, is better known—and in our opinion much more readable—as a critic than as a poet, but in his precious— indeed overpriced—little volume of new poems, Beauty...

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The White Devil's Mate. By Lewis Stanton Palen. (Bodley lead. is. Od.) Tuts book is a sequel to The White Devil of the Black Sea, in which Mr. Palen describes the adventures of...

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ought to be a more attractive than it is. The ports of France are indeed a fascinating object. From Dunkirk to Toulon the French coast is studded ith strange, beautiful and...

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Banking Profits and Bank Shares Wrrii the exception of Barclays all the banks show a moderate reduction in profits for the past year. The Midland and the Lancashire and...

This same view with regard to impaired travel power . . is equally emphasized by Lord Ashfield at the meeting of el . nderground group of Railways, which includes the London...

Long Bonnets and their Death-roll Ws. do not need to be told that there are far too many accidents caused by motor vehicles and that the manlier is increasing year by year. Nor...

the profits of Courtatild's'for the past year showed a material reduction, - the report on the whole was a more favourable one than the market had anticipated. having regard to...

1 doubt whether the cause of life insurance in general has er been pleaded with greater effect than by Mr. H. Nes-ill r n,das, at the recent annual General Court of the Scottish...

Coneernilig the affairs of his company, .the chairman of vrilLimited,Sir - George-Lawson Johnston, had-nothing but stisfaetory statement to make at the recent annual meeting, he...