In the Wake of the War .t Parliament or Imperial
Government 7 By Harold Hodge. (John Lane. 8s. ne(.)—The late editor of the Saturday Review begins his traetate with a very doleful view of the Parliamentary and party system, which, like all other human institutions, is imperfect, but does not work so badly as Mr. Hodge would haste us believe. Despairing of Parliaments, and yet desirous of a central Government for the Empire, he proposes an Imperial Council of Ten—a name of ill omen in old Venice— to be appointed by the Crown. No Councillor is to be a member of any Ministry or Parliament in the Empire. He is to be a wise "tatesman, but he must never have occupied himself seriously wills politics. We fear that the Crown would find it difficult to discover the ten Councillors qualified and willing to take charge of the common affairs of the Empire, apart from the local Govern- ments of Great Britain, the Dominions, India, and the Crown Colonies. Whatever scheme may be adopted for Imperial Govern- ment, it will certainly not be Mr. Hodges.
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