maxims printed upon one of the propagandist circulars which accompany the appeal. In one and the same circular it is announced that bonds can be had at £1, £5, £10, £20, £50,...

an appeal was made to him to buy certificates of the Loan issued by the " Government of the Irish Republic." The printed heading of the lettbr is in Erse. The writer of the...

to observe any glimmering sign of the growth of reason, and in this connexion we must notice a statement published in American newspapers by Cardinal Logue, the Roman Catholic...

justification for what they so much dislike, the so-called " partition " of Ireland, we should set to work to create confidence in Ulster. This could be done with great ease and...

all I can personally speak about) is past the limit. There is absolutely no protection for anybody except what you can do for yourself. The police are retired to bed at 10.30...

and outrage this• week was Mr. Frank Shawe Taylor, a well- kaolin - Galway landowner and a kinsman of the late Captain Shawe Taylor, who inspired Mr. Wyndham's Land Act. Mr....

T is said that the Government mean to proceed with the I Home Rule Bill more rapidly than was at first expected. No doubt they feel that " something must be done," since the...

Unionists in the South and West of Ireland will actually be best safe- guarded by the creation of a separate Parliainent in North-East • Ulster, although we are well enough...

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

the Turks have lost no time in proceeding with the extermination of the Armenian remnant in Cilicia. A weak French garrison was forced to evacuate Marash on February 10th, and...

to over- throw the existing order of society and to nationalize everything under the control of a small minority do not tell their dupes that the inevitable result would be...

H. Rider Haggard, Mr. Rudyard Kipling, Lord Sydenham, and others announcing the formation of a " Liberty League." The object of this League is to " combat the advance of Bol-...

send an Ambassador to Washington whose standards, owing to his train- ing and his career, are not markedly dissimilar from American standards we invite comparisons and judgments...

direct action " must fail against a Government fairly repre- senting the majority. The strike leaders set themselves to over- awe M. Millerand and the French people by stopping...

United States. We cannot conceal our regret at this appointment. Sir Auckland Geddes has of course many good qualities, but he is precisely the type of man who through no fault...

Union had decided to send five delegates abroad " to establish an exchange of goods between Russia and Western countries." The delegates named were Krassin, Litvinoff, and three...

ended on Monday, was an even greater failure than the railway strike in this country last autumn. It was deliberately provoked by a revolutionary clique, who found a pretext in...

typical cases of foul crime committed by Germans during the war, at the expense of seven different nations. Ger- many will be asked to send the criminals for trial before her...

lose tenpence a gallon, may prefer to sell their petrol to other countries. In the view of the Committee, the petrol groups have invested so much capital in their British stores...

every civilized country, the methods of the petrol industry deserve close investigation. A Board of Trade Committee has reported this week that the world's supply of petrol is...

lines of the American Legion has already been started by Sir Edward Woodward. We agree with Mr. Bell's suggestion that it would be well if the Liberty League and the British...

generous offer of his beautiful house, Tyrrells Wood, for housing the V.A.D. Convalescent Home, had been aocepted, was premature. Much to their regret., the Red Cross...

for home-grown wheat, harvested next year, might be raised to 100s. a quarter. He pointed out that since 1918 out wheat production had greatly diminished, because the controlled...

ment to encourage, and at the same time control, the production of alternatives to petrol—namely, benzol and power alcohol. Benzol, a by-product of coal distillation, was...

genuine desire to promote economy. The Government asked for nominal votes authorizing them to buy land and build new offices in Manchester and elsewhere at a cost far exceeding...

in Respon- sions at Oxford. Convocation settled the old controversy on Tuesday by 434 votes to 369—a heavy poll which showed the keen interest taken in the matter by graduates....

at the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society on Wednesday, sharply criticized the Government's unfairness to the farmer. It was clearly understood that the controlled price...

imposed an age-limit of thirty, it made a compromise which was obviously illogical and unlikely to endure. No one was surprised, therefore, when the House of Commons on Friday...

6,1919.

THE NEW HOME RULE BILL. T HE new Home Rule Bill, the full text of which is now before the country, is the inevitable sequel to the demand of the Irish majority for " sell-...

W E have noticed elsewhere an able and interesting book by Mr. Kennedy Jones entitled Fleet Street and Downing Street. There is much sound sense in it, comp - 481 of experience...

T HE Prime Minister's speech in the House of Commons on Thursday week explaining the decision of the Supreme Council with regard to Turkey was highly characteristic in that,...

Slave, we may safely conjecture, have counted upon this lack of complete harmony in the Allied councils as one of the main factors in their devious diplomacy, and it is highly...

A FTER writing my article on the Plumage Trade in the October 25th issue of the Spectator, whose invaluable help and encouragement have earned not only our life-long gratitude...

I T all arose from the acuteness of the servant problem. Faced with the utter impossibility of procuring a cook, a parlourmaid, or even a " general " of any description, and at...

LTo THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.] Sne,—Your articles on profit suggest the query, Has the writer considered definitions ? Should he not distinguish between earned and...

[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.] THE NEW HOME RULE BILL. (To...

Our object in touching even upon the fringe of Relativity is a very narrow one. We have been wondering for many weeks' why none of our scientific or literary critics, or those...

Sia,—Your excellent articles on " The Dread of a Profit " recall a speech of ex-Senator Boot, where at New York, February 15th, 1916, he speaks of the way in which a year and a...

[To THE EDITOR 07 THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In reference to Mr. Turnbull's letter in the Spectator of February 28th, a London firm bad, many years ago, in a London paper, some...

THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, —The letters from American correspondents which have been appearing in the Spectator since the Peace Treaty din cussion has been conspicuous are read...

SIR, -- The articles which have recently appeared in the Spectator have been most timely and helpful. Unfortunately they are not read, and therefore are not appreciated, where...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPrOVATos."] Sia,—The Board of Inland Revenue proposes that the amount tc be taxed shall be the wealth of the individual at the post-war date lees his...

THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Some interesting suggestions have lately been made for a union of all constitutionally minded Liberals and Conservatives to resist the subversive forces...

think the following cutting from your American contents porary Life may interest your readers.—I am, Sir, &c., Z.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sie,—I am surprised to see in the Spectator of January 24th a letter from Mr. Moreton Frewen in which he says:- " It is imposible to write...

(To THE EDITOR OF ' LIPE1 SIR,—The part your magazine played in the war and your attitude toward Great Britain are an open secret. Therefore I take the liberty of making a...

I am out of date, because, for the purpose of my comparison of Carlisle with the rest of England and Wales respecting the statistics of drunkenness, I used the latest official...

THE " SPEcrezott."1 SIR, —Canon H. D. Rawnsley in an emphatic letter under the above heading in your issue of the 28th tilt., and which is largely based on the evidence of...

with your correspondent " Temperance " last week that theoretically there are other ways beside State Purchase of obtaining the same good results, such as establish- ing public...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, —In your number of February 28th Mr. John Murray mentioned " the hospitals, and the vast amount of private means and personal, unpaid...

Sin, In respect of an interesting article in your last issue which bears the above title, may I venture to say that the London elementary school with which for thirty-five years...

"SPECTATOR."] SIR,^I was deeply interested in your article in the last number of the Spectator. The Wokingham Lecture Society, in the formation of whieh you so kindly gave me...

" SPECFATOR.'q Sra,—In thanking your readers for their kind response to my former letter asking for help for the Oxford and Bermondsey Mission Men's Club, to be restarted for...

ITO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Many months of dispute on the Adriatic question have taught most of us the claims of Italy and Jugo-Slavia. Both of them have...

" .SPECTATOR."] Sia,—With reference to the many kind responses which we have received in answer to your appeal in the Spectator for a Con- valescent Home for V.A.D.'s, I beg to...

" SPECTATOR "] Sia,—The delightful stories of children in your issue of February Slat provoke one to send you a few more which may be new to your readers. A little boy was...

[To Tar Enrroa or TEO " 6ezcreroa."] Sia,—Can any of your olseeical readers give me any information on the following point? In the dnabasis, Lib. IV., cap. iv., para. 18, a...

or TRE " SPECTAvOR."1 fins,—In your number of September 20th last I observed a reference to " the cruel Irish practice of tying the plough to the horse's tail." May I tell you...

SPECTATOR "] Sm.—III the R.I.C. the British Empire possesses the finest force in the world. Brave, honourable, disciplined. amazingly incorruptible, and many of them of a...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR "] Sin,—What an altogether charming quotation from Souberti As a contribution to the commonplace-book of your corre- spondent " A Constant...

[To - nit EDITOR Or THU " SPECTLTOR."1 SIR,—During the hest few months many younger parsons (most of whom were working in the Army and Navy during the war) have felt the great...

[To THE EDITOR or Tn7 " SPECTATOR "] SIR.—In continuing your correspondence on English words in foreign languages you may be interested to know that quite a number of English...

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Including postage to any part of the Yea*. United Kingdom £2 1 2 OVERSEAS POSTAGE. Including postage to any of the British Dominions and Colonies and...

MR. JOHN AND MR. EPSTEIN. Ma. Jogs is showing at the Alpine Club Gallery a collection of his portraits, and the variety seen in the sitters is found in the artistic and...

WORDS TO THE TUNE OF "BLACK HORSE LANE." DAME JANE the music mistress, the music mistress; Sharkie the baker of Black Horse Lane, At sound of a fiddle Caught her up by the...

A TREATISE ON REVUE. Revue is of the seed royal of the theatre. Its direct ancestor was the masque, and its tradition was perhaps handed down by means of the ballet...

name 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 with the...

THE ROMAN MISCHIEF-MAKER.* Evorssuaiuw cherish the principle of religions toleration as good in itself and justified on the whole by experience. Yet in these days some of us may...

Ma. KENNEDY JONES has written a very honest and able book about the modern British Press, in the development of which he has played an important part. He sketches its history...

Tars is one of the most important theological works that have appeared for more than a generation; it is a source of legiti- mate satisfaction that it should have come from an...

late with books of memoirs. " Recollections of My Childhood," " Early Days in Wessex " or Essex, "Mercian Memories," or "Day-Dreams from Dorset" have appeared by the score, and...

Dn. Ltni has made an important contribution to a subject not only of interest just after the war, when there are so many sufferers from shell shock in its various forms, but...

THERE is probably no feature of the Great War which lends itself to description better than the work of the flying men on whom both sides depended for the greater part of their...

of are very chill indeed, and some of the stories are almost too poignant to be borne by people who have been affected by the events of the last five years. The author carries...

BAEDEKER'S PARNASSUS. Nor long ago in reviewing Georgian Poetry we remarked that the person who did not realize that in the matter of poetry a new foot is on the earth and a...

M. A. Peake. London z lininesuuln. Rs. net.] comprises the whole life of the hero or heroine is familiar to us all. The reader is hardly accustomed, however, to stories which...

ELI OF THE DOWNS.* Eli of the Downs is more than a work of promise : Mr. Peake tells the life-history of one who was " a shepherd at heart as well as by profession " with a...

may be regarded in one of two ways. Either you may see them as quaint decorative compositions executed by men who had talent but not very much grasp of perspective, or the huge...

[Notice is this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] THE MARCH Mosrmsns.—Sir Ernest Wild opens the Nine- teenth Century with a warm eulogy of the Coalition...

H. Blackwell. 2s. 6d. net.)—A most amusing book, chiefly of light poems, full of colloquial phrases most brilliantly handled. Miss Miles takes a savage joy in pulling the...

opening article to the new problems of Imperial organization which have been raised by the appearance of the Dominions and India at the Peace Conference and as signatories of...

November, 1918. By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (Hodder and Stoughton. 7s. 6d. net.)—This sixth volume completes a valuable record of the British share in the war on the Western...

W. Turnbull. (Bell. 10s. 6d. net.)—Mr. W. P. Turnbull, who died in 1917, was one of the first inspectors of schools appointed under the Act of 1870. He began his official career...

to readers on this side of the Atlantic, as it contains Evarts's speech for the ' Alabama' claims in 1872, his skilful and successful argument on behalf of President Johnson at...

R. C. Temple. (Hakluyt Society. 2 parts.)—Peter Mundy, the adventurous Cornishman (1600-1667), who left an illustrated record of his world-wide travels which is now in the...

B.D. (Oxford : Blackwell. 9d.)—Though there is little differ- ence of opinion among those who use the Prayer Book as to the desirability of its revision, the difficulties in the...

Smith, D.D. (Hodder and Stoughton. 21s.)—This handsome volume —the three maps are of exceptional excellence—falls under the head of Predicabilia. The content is various; the...

Stewart. (Manchester University Press and Longmans. 8s. 6d. net • .)--A good reprint of Pascal's famous Letters was very much needed. Dr. Stewart's new edition is all that we...

(Humphrey Milford. 3s. 6d.)—In these four lectures, which The Pother of the Spirit. By Percy Dearmer, M.A., D.D. (Humphrey Milford. 3s. 6d.)—In these four lectures, which were...

A. J. Mason (Cambridge University Press. 8s. net.)—Canon Mason has put together the documents relating to Thomas Becket's murder on December 29th, 1170, to his venerated shrine...

dency. With Notes and References by V. Rangacharya. 3 vols. (Madras : Government Press. 19s. 6d.)—For this scholarly piece of work students of Indian history, who have to depend...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTITOR."] SIR,—Doubtless the time will arrive when I shall be writing to you upon the more ordinary topics of Commerce and Finance, which in the...