9 AUGUST 1935

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KING FUAD AND HIS PEOPLE; [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

The Spectator

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR [Correspondents arer requested to kteep their letters as brief as is reasonalbly possible. The most suilataie length is that of one of our " News of the...

THE FUNCTIONS OF THE LEAGUE; [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

The Spectator

THE FUNCTIONS OF THE LEAGUE [rTo the .Editor of Tmtii SPiEC TATO1R.1 SiR,--Tlhe Leagtuc of Nations in its present form may be not unfairly described as a society for the...

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Beecham and Pharaoh. By Ethel Smyth, D.B.E., D.Mus

The Spectator

The Portrait of an Artist Beecham and Pharaoh. By Ethel Smyth, D.13.E., D.Mlus, (Chapman arid Hill. 6s.) Tin, amnp)le excuse for thle misleading title of this book is. that it...

Rochester: Portrait of a Restoration Poet. By Professor V. De Sola Pinto.

The Spectator

The Man of Mode Rochester: Portrait of a Restoration Poet. By Professor V. Doe Sola Pinto. (Tho Bodloy Head. 8s. 6(t.) PnoRF:ssoR PINTO s avowed purpose, in this the first...

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Money for Road Safety

The Spectator

Money for Road Safety The Minister of Transport's anfloulleenieit that his 'departmient is ready to increase its contribution to the cost of improving trunk roads or...

[Especially is this true of the Labour Party.]

The Spectator

Especially is this true of thle Labour Party. Lacking both nuumbers and natural deblatillg talent, they have vet ldrnirall)ly performledl thle fulnctions of a constitutional...

The Miners' Wage Agitation

The Spectator

The Miners' Wage Agitation r1TIle appeal issued by Mr. Ebly Edwards, Secretary of the Miicrs' 1'ederation of Great Britain, is part of a lnat ioinal campaign which the iFedera...

[In actual fact the House of Commons ought to emerge...]

The Spectator

In actual faet the Hrouse of CoIIIoIns ought to emerge fromll tilis long sessionl With its prestige not merely undimtuned, bitt extendled. Its oiltput of legis-lation bais beci...

Husband and Wife in the Police Court

The Spectator

Husband and Wife in the Police Court h'l'e figures given by Air. Claud Mullins for seven mIouiths' workilnga of the new miifethods introdueced by him 'It the South-Western...

The Week in Parliament

The Spectator

The Week in Parliament Our lParliamenitary Correspoinent writes: ']T'here is no doulbt that the time devoted by Parliament oln tile motion: for the adjoulrilnmelt to the...

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[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

The Spectator

[To the Editor of TI'ji:u Smx-rvron.] Sia,--If our two millions of unllepllloyeed b)eealime produiiccrs of the food an(1 goods they iieed, the £150,000,000 now paid ti) themi...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

The Spectator

[To the Editor of T'fin Srpicrvrort.] SiR,--Onc would indeed feel distressed if young women were forced to become the " modern galley slaves " your correspondent so luridly...

EMPLOYMENT FOR YOUTH; [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

The Spectator

EMPLOYMENT FOR YOUTH [TIo the /editor of 'JTuii. SPECTATOR.1 I Sr it, -TI ic article contributed by Sir Frederick Sykes deserves sympatlhy an(l support from all citizet s...

Evening

The Spectator

Evening SPA'RE and like honey is tile clovery texture Of evening at pasture, thle glint hush of sumner Falling in hueless folds, Trailinig at the horizon a cool hem Evening...

WORKING CONDITIONS IN BANKS; [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

The Spectator

WORKING CONDITIONS IN BANKS [To the leditor of TILl SPECTATRlI. ISr,-I slhall be mlulchl obliged if you would give me space in yotir columnl.s in order that I may assuire the...

BARONESS BURDETT-COUTTS; [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

The Spectator

BARONESS BURDETT-COUTTS lIo the, Eidilor of T1l, S1PlE'CTTOR I. Smt,--H-Laving been authorized to w'rite the biograpiq,' of' the late Baroness B3urdett-CoUtts, I beg to say...

Star-Flowers

The Spectator

Star-Flowers GRIF..v'S simple victories seem fit for l)raising. Soimetimnes, I })nss 1his roorn, IIy head in air One day I turned, a-nd mlet thle golden stare Of two...

THE JUBILEE CROWN PIECE; [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

The Spectator

THE JUBILEE CROWN PIECE [To the ]editor of Timi. SPLCrATOR.l S u ,-Tn the Sutpplement of The Speelator of July 1.9th in ain article under thlc above lecadillng no mention was...

DR. JOHN FREE; [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

The Spectator

DR. JOHN FREE rTo the Ediforo lE SPV( TiwOmL S1II,-I am collecting inaterial for a life of l)r. .John Free, of Eixeter College, Oxford, the eighteenthi-century D)ivine and...

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Devon Holiday. By Henry Williamson.

The Spectator

A Book to Keep Devon Holiday. By l1ciwry ANilliamson. (Cape. 7s. Gd.) Tui1-s is an exceedingly difficult book to review, since one does not know front what angle I0o approach...

Climbing Days. By Dorothy Pilley

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Climbing Days Climbing Days. 13y Dorothy Pilloy (MIr. 1. A. Richards). (Boll. l~s.) ONCE at the sunimit, I could see nothing clearly, I could not breathe, I coul(I not...

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Films and Propaganda

The Spectator

Films and Propaganda Both the filns and the wireless ean often be more effective vehicles of propaganda, thanl the Press, and it scenis that though the notorious radio talks...

The Process of Bank Absorption

The Spectator

The Process of Bank Absorption In 1920, five independent baniks had their hlead offices at Manchester. Three of them have since been absorbed by leviathans of the banking...

The Canadian Election Campaign

The Spectator

The Canadian Election Campaign 'The radio alddresses ini which Mr. Mackenzie King is outlilling lis policy are of importa nce in view of the likelihood thlat the Liberal Party,...

Army and Cabinet in Japan

The Spectator

Army and Cabinet in Japan The strange i)lending of the antique and( the nmodern which characterizes public and private life in Japan htas just been demonstrated afresh in a...

Under Two Millions

The Spectator

Under Two Millions The falling of the unemployed total below two millions for the first time in five years is anl event of much more than p)asSing interest. For the period of...

Old Age and the Nation

The Spectator

Old Age and the Nation At the opening of the 11igh1- Court of the Ancient Order of Foresters oln Monday, tim Lor Mayolr of Bjristol ad(vNoc(ated pensioning off workers at 60 as...

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[I heard some time ago, but was not then free to state,...]

The Spectator

I heard soime time ago, but was not then free to ,tate, talt the forinre Germani Chancellor, D)r. I3rtining, Ivas to go to Amcrica to deliver a course of Lowell lectures at...

[The main disturbances created by the wage-cuts in...]

The Spectator

The main disturbances created by the wage-cuts in France have taken I)lace at Brest, Toulon and Le Havre, providing one more example of the tendency of sailors and port-workers...

[LORD LINLITHGOW'S appointment as Viceroy of...]

The Spectator

A SPECTATOR'S NOTEBOOK LOR1D lLNL'L'1(COIV'S appointmeritas Vicroy of India li~sas lol.n) beeni so ileitable-at anv rate since Lord ZeLtland pItit hnimself out of tile running...

[An artillery colonel has been cashiered.]

The Spectator

An artillery colonel has been cashiered. Paid off ? Not at all. Broken-cf. 1F'rench casmer, JAN US.

[I am taken to task for saying that Mr. Peter Fleming...]

The Spectator

I anm taken to task for sayring that Mr. Peter Fleming lias a way of re-christenlng alien hostelrics. It should, it appears, be " re-naminig." Well, perhaps. But if he does it...

[The German Press, of course at official instigation, is...]

The Spectator

Tilhe Gerimiani Press, of course at ollicial instigation, is cndeaxouriiir to dentsonistrate that therc is n .otiiig to choose between religious p)erseeutioni in Germany and in...

[Have you forgotten the case of the man with the glaring...]

The Spectator

Have yoll forgotten the case of thle Dlanll with the glaring eyes vet ? 1"titer the Surrey police have made themnselves look rather foolish over the affair or the Press has...

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RUSH FOR NEW CAPITAL ISSUES.

The Spectator

RUSH1 FOlt NiEw CAPIrAL ISSUES. Evidence of the continued demand Oi1 the part of the investor for new issues of capital of thle trustee type was afforded on the eve of the...

RATIONALIZING SHIPPING.

The Spectator

RATIONALIZING SHIPPING. 'T'he observations of Lard Essendon o thle shipping outlook at last week's meeting of' Furness, Withy and Co. hlave attracted a good deal of attention...

POLITICAL ALARMS.

The Spectator

POLITrICAL ALARMS. On the eve of the holiday the general firmness of markets Was also increased by what was regarded as favourable news from Geneva. It certainly was favourable...

HOME SECURITIES ACTIVE.

The Spectator

Financial Notes IIOME SECTITITI1C: ACTIVE. I TmE 'Stock Markets (oltinue to he swaye'ld by two ilnfluenices of a very different character. On the o0e hand, most of the local...

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Continental Motoring

The Spectator

Current Travel News I Continental Motoring I IT dooS not napeara to be c generally understootl that a 'motor ist Imay now land in JFrance wvith lhis ar onl the mere...

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[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

The Spectator

ITo the Editor of Timl SPEcrAroR.] Sin,--Your sympathetic reference to the Select Conimitee report on the Bill for the Registration of (steopaths encourages tlie lope tliat.you...

1,000 A YEAR COMMUNISM; [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

The Spectator

£1,000 A YEAR COMMUNISM 'To the, Editor of Tlle SPESCTATOR.] Sill,-Mr. J. A. Spender pours cold water onl my estimate that every family in Britain Ia(ln the iJ.S.A. could...

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Religion in Virgil. By Cyril Bailey.

The Spectator

Fata Vocant R~Iigion in Virgil. By Cy-il BaileY. (Oxford Univorsity Pross. 159.) VIRGIL is such a very extraordiiiary poet that both scholars and ordinary men can put tup...

Religion and the Modern State. By Christopher Dawson.

The Spectator

Religion and State Idols Religion and the Modern State. By Chlristopher Dawson. (Shiced and Ward. Os.) A FvREE Church is at free State "--how remote this nilneteenthcentury...

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Danzig and Poland

The Spectator

Danzig and Poland As we write, nothing has been settled about the dispute between Poland aiid Dainzig, but the signs are thal an arrangement. will be collie to, inCluding...

[THE manifesto on the Abyssinian question issued by...]

The Spectator

NEWS OF THE WEEK THIE manifesto on the Abyssinlian question issued by the International Federation of Trade Tnions and the Labour and Socialist Internatioltal (the moderate...

The Economy Struggle in France

The Spectator

The Economy Struggle in France There is again serious danger that the influence of France in an international crisis will be nullified by an internal crisis in France itself....

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Practical Socialism for Britain. By Hugh Dalton.

The Spectator

Socialism Without Tears Practical Socialism for Britain. By H-ugh Dalton. (Rotitledgo. Tins must be about the best account in existence of the programinie that tile Lal)otir...

The Economic and Financial Position of Italy.

The Spectator

Mussolini's Italy The Economic and Financial Position of Italy. (' I. Royal Institute of Intornational Affairs. 2s.) 'Ti's is a meritorious, l)ut not- flawless, analysis of...

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The Investment Outlook

The Spectator

Finance The Investment Outlook I AM afraid that readers of this articec who may lperclhallec be caught by this title, will at its close be doomed to disap)p)oinltmlent. Not...

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Der Rote Hahn

The Spectator

Der Rote Hahn [Von cinem Deutschcn Korrcspondenten] Dtit Rote Ilahn, so wird in Voliksmruln dIos Fetter genaiant. I-lcutc, da man ucue Seldagworte gefutnden hat, nenit ianlt...

MARGINAL COMMENTS

The Spectator

MARGINAL COMMENTS . By ROSE MACAULAY H01V shall Ne restrain our cows ? The thing grows H serious. When it comes to opCning milk bars in Fleet Street (with the object, no...

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LEOPARDI By Iris Origo

The Spectator

LEOPARDI By Iris Orlgo The Marchesa Origo's adiimirable study' of Leopardi; (Ciambiridge UJniversity IPress, ]Os. Gd.) is the more to be welcoaxted lbecease of tae previouis...

THE AUGUST PERIODICALS

The Spectator

THE AUGUST PERIODICALS kIlt. F'IIANIK IMI:IANIi'S article Ol '' O()r C olonial Comnplh (trlCev' in the Ntic'uleie (Ctiilury, whlile giving'- h'ill credit to the good intentions...

MUSSOLINI, RED AND BLACK By Armando Borghi

The Spectator

Current Literature MUSSOLINI, RED AND BLACK By Armando Borghi Simgor Armando Illorglii, who is an eigreS and e'-secretarygeneral of the Syndicalist Unioni, has prod(leedl tle...

THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD By Aylmer Vallance

The Spectator

THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD By Aylmer Valiance As Mr. Valiance explains in his preface, the idea of this 1)Ook (Hodder and Stoughton, 5s.) caine to him when he acted, one night...

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Perpetual Sanctuaries

The Spectator

Perpetual Sanctuaries Thlic nlewc'it santewary (to be dedicated to thie memory of that iesL; of naturlalists, Mr. CowIard) lias lmany points of initerest, CVCI1 for those who...

Red Grouse

The Spectator

COUNTRY LIFE Rled Grouse Many lpeople can scarcely think of August without thilnking of Scotlandl; and with Scot land in August the red gyrouse (the one exclusively British...

A Strawberry Eater

The Spectator

A Strawberry Eater The other Oxford nlaraulller is a grey squirrel. Ile wvriggles under the net, meant to prtteet the strawberries, and eats the ripest. If disturbed lie does...

Mere and Broad

The Spectator

Mere and Broad This part of the reservc will include Marbury mere, which is a feature of ilic landsclape that I have always associated with Chleshir-e. It is as distinctive...

Multiplying Rabbits

The Spectator

Multiplying Rabbits Th'l1at irrepressible animln, the rabbit, has multipiied so rapi(lly and generally that a prol)osal has been put forward for a Royal Commission which shall...

A Gooseberry Eater

The Spectator

A Gooseberry Eater In two snall gajrdens near Oxford two sorts of ma-rauder have been vatcllhel wvithi interest. One is very wcl~onic, the othfer, ill spite of its grace, is...

Island Bracken

The Spectator

Is!and Bracken Another suiggestion about the rabbit has bleel made, as yet only privately. There atre certain. islands where every sort of farming has leen lkilled dead L)y two...

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Byzantine Art. By D. Talbot Rice.

The Spectator

Imperial Christian Art Byzantine Art. By D. Talbot Rice. (Clarlendon Pross. ] 2s. Gd.) AN efficient text-book to 13yzantine Art was needed and MrI Talbot Rice has supPplied...

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CIVILIZATION OR CHRISTIANITY?

The Spectator

CIVILIZATION OR CHRISTIANITY ? By the REV. ROGER 13. LLOYD A AlONG those ivio no longer accpt the supernatura [1(nd spiritual interpretation of life, and to whom tile Kingdoin...

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Your Next Winter Holiday

The Spectator

Early Autumn Cruises , Your Next Winter Holiday The success of their 1934-35 Honolulu cruiso has already decided the Blue Star Line to repeat the tour next winter. The...

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White Ladies. By Francis Brett Young. Out of the Earth. By Elizabeth Hyde God's Children. By John de Meyer. No Quarter Given. By pa l Horgan. Men in a Hurry. By Juliette Pary.

The Spectator

Fiction By SEAN OTAOLAIN IWhite Ladies. By Frijitgi.j Brlelt Yu(Jil. Moinoillali,. ,Ss. 61.) t ut of the Earth. By jIizi t.Ii Hyde. ( Pot:.rl Davies i. 7.s. 6di. ) God's...

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C. V. Stanford

The Spectator

Music C. V. Stanford I'M-, production at the lRoyail .College of Muisic of Stanford's MuC/ch Ado Aboult Nothing is a reminder that we had in England U generation ago a...

Academies-I

The Spectator

Art Acadernies I; T7ll>: Roal Academny jnis oice uore inider fire. In3tt not, tllis tinie? lndler thce fire of facetiouls abutse, ]lot even of whl-olly negative reasonable...

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"The Unguarded Hour." By Bernard Merivale.

The Spectator

STAGE AND SCREEN The Theatre ".The Unguarded Hour." By Bernard Merivale. At Daly's. ANY play which stages a trial can be certain of holding the attention of its audience....

"The Trunk Mystery" and "Hands of Orlac." At the Empire.-"Look Up and Laugh" and "The Memory Expert." At the Plaza.-Devil Dogs of the Air." At the Regal.

The Spectator

The Cinema "The Trunk Mystery" and " I-lands of Orlac." At tl.e Empire.- " Look Up and Laugh" and '*The Memory Expert." At the Plaza.--Devil Dogs of the Air." At the Regal....

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TRANSATLANTICS REVIVING.

The Spectator

1RANSAATIANTICS RIEVIVING. A feature during the past few weeks has been the revival of aetivily iii Transatlantic Shares. These lhave been rising for some little timnc past in...

A NEW FIXED TRUST.

The Spectator

A NIxv FX1:X.) T iST. The number of Fixed r'jtStS CcOntilnUC to muiltiply as a Conr:equieziee, I imagrine, of the growing pOj)ularity of those already iii existence. The latest...

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GENEVA'S PEACE EFFORTS

The Spectator

GENEVA'S PEACE EFFORTS W HAT was done at Gcneva last week can only be AV rightly estimated in the light of what might harve been done. And the mnore that question is considered...

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THE MILK MUDDLE

The Spectator

THE MILK MUDDLE 37 HE poll about the milk-marketing schemie rouses wide interest on the countryside of England and Wales. What is it about ? In a sense, a false issue. The...

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THE CHURCH AND MARRIAGE; [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

The Spectator

THE CHURCH AND MARRIAGE [To tdec Editor (if T1'i SPLCTALrolt] S;nit,-lDr. M. Stopes appears to think that the ". fertility " af a marriage should affect its validity in the...

WHALES IN THE NORTH PACIFIC; [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

The Spectator

WHALES IN THE NORTH PACIFIC I To thc Edifor oj T'tii SVECTA-rou.] Sin,--Your issue of May 10th has just come to me, containing ain article oa ' Thle Menace to the Whale," by...

CAPTAIN J. BROOKE BROOKE; [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

The Spectator

CAPTAIN J. BROOKE BROOKE [Tr( the Ed(iitor& of THEr SPE'CT,7ATOR Sin,-In The ,Spectator of Friday, April Atli, 19.35, under " Books of the IDay "> "An EiFglish Rajah "---I...

OSTEOPATHY; [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

The Spectator

OSTEOPATHY [t'o the, Edilor of Tin. SPECTA'r l t.] SIn,-Whly will medical nienliof such high standing as Professor Paterson continue to repeat " that osteopathls trace all...

GREAT BRITAIN AND ABYSSINIA; [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

The Spectator

GREAT BRITAIN AND ABYSSINIA ['To the Editor of Tin,: SJPECTrAroi.] Sii,--Mr. Brian Leighton's letter, published recently in The 'Specfator, expresses the view of countless...

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"THE FINEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD"

The Spectator

"1 THE FINEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD "A THE President of the Board of Education, defending T sin the House of Commons a school inspector accused of deprecating tihe declaration...

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The Habits of Children

The Spectator

The Habits of Children By AMABEL WILLIAMS-ELLIS MORE' is known about the human body than is known of the anatomy and working of any other creature. When it comes 1to the mind...

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THE MOTOR-CYCLIST

The Spectator

THE MOTOR-CYCLIST By G. C. B. COTTERELL A s soon as the first cock signalle(1 the eol(d false dawn, tlthe stars vent out and left the sky to an old moon. A little L)reeze...

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THE ADVANCE OF BUREAUCRACY

The Spectator

THE ADVANCE OF BUREAUCRACY By DINGLE FOOT, M.P. O F making regulations there is no( endtl. TII annual output o1 statutory rules, anl(l ordIers bulks more thlilan twimc as...

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Poems. By William Empson. The Fox's Covert. By Blanaid Salkeld. Poems. By Stella Benson.

The Spectator

New Poetry Poems. By William Ermpson. (Chlatto antd Winduf;. 6s..) The Fox's Covert. By blanaid Salkeld (D~ent. 2s!. ad. ) Poems. By Stella Benson. (Macmillan. 48, 6d.)...

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LAST WILLS AND TESTAMENTS

The Spectator

LAST WILLS AND TESTAMENTS By AMBROSE HOOPINGTON T l cynllic ill search of a- I'ttle amusement in the Rloyal Courts of Justice (ndl oil the whole it is a (isappollntilng place...

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HUNGARY AND THE HAPSBURGS

The Spectator

HUNGARY AND THE HAPSBURGS By RICHARD FREUND T HE restoration of the Jleapsutirls to the thl]PVle of T Austria has recihtlv become a practical Ipr'Op)OSitiOnI for threqe...