THE FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW.
IN the Fortnightly Sir Michael O'Dwyer writes with vigour and good sense on "India without Mr. Montagu and Gandhi." and discusses the best method of repairing some of the harm that they have done. He maintains that Indian taxation is still very light and that there is plenty of room for economy in the Central Government's departments. He has no respect for the new Councils and declares that the native Ministers are inefficient. He thinks that the British officials, if their positions were guaranteed, would give up the idea of retiring and strive to make the new reforms work, and that the masses would welcome a return to the resolute and impartial government of the days before Mr. Montagu. An unnamed English traveller answers in tho affirmative the question "Does Germany Dream of Revenge ? " describing in some detail the activities of the Monarchist societies, in which the professors and teachers play an active part. It is not really worth our while to trouble ourselves about what Germany may be dreaming or thinking ; our concern is with her actions, which of late have been reassur- ing. Mr. Gerald Heard, in a caustic article on "The Illusion of Irish Nationalism," argues that the Irish, like the Jews, are a race of wanderers and they do not really want to settle down in Ireland, which is merely their "spiritual home." Mr. Donald Carswell contributes an able article on "Insanity and Criminal Responsibility," recalling the Macnaughton murder case of 1843, which led the judges to formulate the so-called Macnaughtan Rules for a defence on the ground of insanity, and examining the problem, both from the legal and from the psychological standpoint. He reminds us that Mr. Justice Maule dissented from his brethren in 1843 because he foresaw that the Rules wouLl limit the discretion of the jury, as indeed they have done, and would compel a jury to find a prisoner "not insane" when he was obviously not sane. Mr. J. D. Whelpley, writing on "American Travellers in Europe," says that their number is grossly exaggerated and does not now reach half the pre-War number. He points out that the American migration brings large sums of money into Europe—perhaps 00,000,000 this year—and that the travellers, when they return, "broadcast their impressions from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from Canada to Mexico, and thus help to form the judgment of the nation as to foreign affairs." Americans, he declares, have found of late that England is the cheapest country to visit, though the exchange is nearly normal, because they are not overcharged here as they are on the Continent. Mrs. Comyns Carr c.ontributss a charming article, "Ellen Terry : Recollections of a Long Friendship." " Icarus " discusses the possibilities of "Britain's Future Aerial Navy," and pleads for airships. Dr. Permewan, in a somewhat flippant article on "Political Corruption, Old and New," suggests that there never was a time when the men in power did not try to gain adherents by bestowing titles or to influence the Press. But that is a paw defence for the present Coalition.
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