REPARATIONS AND BRITISH PROSPERITY: A SUGGESTION. THE happy prospect of success in the London ConT ference has suddenly reawakened the whole question of whether this country...

PRICE OF RAILWAY TRAVEL. [To the Edito of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-Although certain of our Press do admirably play watchdog for the public when the great Corporations bring up...

STATE MANAGEMENT OF THE LIQUOR TRADE. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-The Week-end Conference held at Wetheral in the, Carlisle area during the Whitsuntide holiday,...

MEMORIAL TO BYRON IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SiR,-While we cannot scrutinize closely the actions and lives of all the famous ones who are...

" THE REAL BAR TO INDIAN SELFGOVERNMENT." [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,-Having been a resident in India for nigh upon forty years, I have read with a good deal of...

THE HEAVENLY LADDER. By Compton Mackenzie. (Cassell. I 7s. 6d. net.) Mir. Compton Mackenzie's Anglo-Catholic series ends with The Heavenly Ladder, by which his hero -hopes to...

LONDON MIXTURE. By Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick. (Collins. I 7s. 6d. net.) Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick's special talent lies in realizing the details of any particular social circle which...

SHORTER NOTICES. THE ROMAN OCCUPATION OF BRITAIN: Being Six Ford Lectures delivered bv F. Haverfieldi. now revisel her - George Macdonald. (Clarendon Press. 18s. net..) The...

LATIN AND ENGLISH CHRISTIANITY. By the Rev. I Alfred Fa-kes, M.A. (Church of England Handbooks. I No. 3. 6d.) This is a clearly written pamphlet, adroitly summarizing, in a...

HORACE: A NEW INTERPRETATION. By Archibald Y. I Campbell. (Methuen. 12s. 6d.) It will probably offend Professor Campbell if we call his book donnish." He despises the " don,"...

FINANCE-PUBLIC & PRIVATE. [BY OUR CITY EDITOR.] A NEW SITUATION? [To the Editor of the SPECrATOR.] SIR,-Having in remembrance the many directions in which the great events of...

- EL RAISUNI. By Rosita Forbes. (Thornton Butterworth. 21s.) | Mulai Ahmed el Raisuni has always been a figure of romance Ond mystery in English eyes: it would be hard to find...

EFFICIENCY IF ever there was a question-begging word, it is the one which Lord Rosebery made so popular in a disgruntled England during the Boer War. People recommended it like...

I- A situation of the utmost gravity has been created -by 'the determination of 'the 'GoVernnfent to endorse 'the claim 'of the 'Free -State as to pledges alleged to have been'...

-NEWS- -OF THE WEEK. -. I . .I ._ ' EN Wednesday afternoon . Mr. Thomas announced in the Commons the results of his visit to Dublin. The Government have decided- to summon...

The. result was an extremely confused and unsatis- factory debate from which, as we go to press on Thifrsdav, it is extremely difficult to gather a clear conception ot the...

On Wednesday it was announced that the Anglo- Russian Conference had broken down. Apparently the actual rupture was over the question of whether a British Government guarantee...

THE QUESTIONNAIRE IN THE CONSTITUENCIES. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIB,-Recent events in the House of Commons make it clear that all who are actively interested in...

A HOME FOR WOMEN WORKERS. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-Some seven months ago an article appeared in the Daity Telegraph about the crying need for accommodation for...

THE ENGLISHMAN'S PRAYER-BOOK. - [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-From the point of view of what is called in Scotlanid an Assembly man, Lord Hugh Cecil's recent argunment...

HOSPITALS AND EMPTY BEDS. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-I have many applications for subscriptions said to be pressingly necessary to save beds, and we all know the...

POETRY. THE JEW. WHEN first I pressed on air, " I am betrayed ! " I cried: " Within the womb I dreamed Of palm-trees, cypresses, Violet sand, white skies, Figs, pomegranates,...

EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS. AN AUTHOR WANTED: Mr. E. M. Fraser, of Woodlea, Hartford, Cheshire, writes:-" Permit me for the last time to occupy a portion of your columns in order to...

THE REFERENDUM. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.1 Sin,-Some months ago you published a letter in which I suggested the formation of a Referendum Society on non,party lines....

A LONDON FLYING SOCIETY. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] 'Sm.-May I ask the favour of a little space in your columns to draw attention to the formation of the London Flying...

THE PHILOSOPHY OF ADVERTISEMENT. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-I have read with interest your article entitled " The Philosophy of Advertisement " in the Spectator of...

THE ULSTER FREE STATE BOUNDARY. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-MNay I suggest that a despatch on somewhat similar terms to the enclosed, if sent to the Governments of...

TIHE TRANSFER OF INDUSTRIAL STOCK. I . [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Smi,-I read Mr. Arthur W. Kiddy's weekly article with much interest, particularly his remarks on th,...

THE DOMINIONS AND PREFERENCE. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-Cables just to hand tell us that the Conservatives arc concerned over the supposed slight to the Dominions...

ESSAYS ON UNEMPLOYMENT. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,-As has already been announced in the Press, the London Advisory Council for Juvenile Employment is offering...

The weak point of the treaty is undoubtedly that I no specific sums, either for the loan or for the payment of the various Russian liabilities are mentioned. These are "...

The- Germans aso wish to see the economic evacuation of the Ruhr accelerated. They object to the continuance of deliveries in kind beyond the Treaty dates, and they will ask...

4' qIF v W It now remains to effect an Agreement with the Ger- mans. The first half of the conference has been so I difficult that there seems to be a general impression that...

On Saturday last the London Conference reached an I agreement between the Allies. Accordingly the -invitation to the German Delegation was despatched at once and the delegates...

I On Monday the House of Lords, in the course of the debate on the Housing Bill, indulged in a discussion on materials other than brick-a subject of very special interest to...

Lord Novar supported the motion and Lord Haldane noted that Mr. Wheatley had stated in the House of Commons that, in order to stimulate investigation of the problems raised, an...

FICTION. | The Natural Man. By Patrick Miller. (Grant Richards. 7s. id.) I The Sad Adventurers. By Maryse Rutledge. (Constable. 7s- 6d .) I Shadows That Pass. By Otto...

WELTSCHMERZ. From Goethe to Bvron. Bv William Rose, M.A., Ph.D. (Rout-ledge. 7s. 6d.) Tuis book is rather a category than a criticism of the German writers who sprang to life...

n F y A* * On Friday, Aulgust 1st, the Federation of Britishl Industries published a memorandum addressed by it to the Governor of the Bank of England. In it are set forth the...

Though the sMeech in which Mr. Snowden as Chancellor I of the Exchequer reviewed the financial situation was given more than a week ago-ie., on Wednesday, July 30th-we cannot...

Socialism, practised by municipalities, as well as by States, can easily become the cause of privilege and monopoly. Established bodies tend to be ultra-conservative in their...

Another proposal upon which Mr. Snowden grew I eloquent, as well he might-for roads are the nerves and sinews of the land-was that of increasing our means of transport. Ile...

Mr. Joseph Conrad, the great novelist, died on Sunday last. Thus one of the strangest of literary careers comes to a sadly premature end. All the world now knows the...

Last week we complained that Mr. Broad had given no indication onl his admirable pamphlet descril)ing his All-in Insurance Scheme as to where it could be obtained. Mr. Broad...

The result of the polling at the Holland Election I was declared on Friday, August 1st. Mr. Dean, the Conservative, was returned by a majority of 806. He polled 12,907 votes....

BOOK COLLECTORS' NOTES. LIMITED EDITIONTS. (This is the fifth of a series of ?monthly articles intended to interest book collectors and haBuing special referetce to the work...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-The ideas and principles in the letter siagned. "W Would-be Conservative Candidate," as well as those you yoursclf put forward in the...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. THE YOUNG CONSERVATIVES AND THlE STATE OF THE PARTY. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-Your correspondent has done well in expressing the desire of...

THE CANCER PROBLEM: 'NEW E VIDEN CE. By J. ELLIS BARKER. FOR decades distinguished scientists have endeavoured to solve the cancer mystery by means of the microscope and by...

TOPICS OF THE DAY. RECTIFICATION V. ANNEXATION. THE title of this article epitomizes the issue now T perplexing public opinion. Let us carry our minds back to December, 1921,...

BOOKS. - -- THIS WEEK'S BOOKS. OF course, publishers know their own business. Of course, if they believe that at this time of the year no one wishes to be disturbed by reading...

.THE COLLAPSE O' CENTRAL EUROPE. The Collapse of Central Europe. By Karl Friedrich Nowak. (Kegan Paul. 15s.) Tuis is in many ways a brilliant book. Yet it is almost impossible...

GENUINE WEDGWOOD. Essays and Adventures of a Labour M.P. By Josiah C. Wedgwood. (Allen and Unwin. 7s. 6d. net.) IT is the immemorial privilege of English politicians to seek...

DEMOCRACY. I Democracy and Labour. By F. J. C. Heamshaw. (MadMlan. MUS. W . net.) Democracy. By W. H. Mallock. With an Introduction by the Duke of Northumberland. (Chapman...

THE LIBERAL CARAVAN. SOME years ago a British statesman conceived the K ingenious idea that a powerful Government stood in no need of political principles, and could live quite...

A BOOK OF THE MOMENT. ARTHUR SYMONS. The Collected Works of Arthur Symons. _ In Sixteen Volumes. Vols. 1, 2 and 3, Poems; Vol. 5, Spiritual Adventures. (Mairtin Seeker. £12...

THE OLD SCHOOL. I More Obiter Dicta. By Augustine Birrell. (Heinemanrn 7s. 6d. net.) IN this new volume of his Obiter Dicta 'Mr. Birrell has collected twenty-three short...