The Empire.
Under Commander Locker-Lampson's editorship this old monthly is showing new life. Mr. Churchill, in the opening article, defends his policy in Mesopotamia, and warns the new Government that they cannot afford to abandon the Mandate and evacuate Irak in haste without incurring fresh dangers in the Middle East. We want peace with Turkey, he says, but not "an abject peace." Lord Haldane describes and commends the Judiciel Committee of the Privy Council, of which, he declares, the Dominions, India and the Crown Colonies think far more highly than most Englishmen do, mainly because the Empire over sea benefits by its decisions and because little is to be found in books about the Com- mittee's work. The Spectator, at any rate, has repeatedly striven to make known the primary importance of this great Imperial tribunal. Mr. Goodenough's recent addresses, delivered in America, on the similarity of the economic interests of Great Britain and the United States are prieted at length and deserve attention ; the chairman of Barclays Bank speaks with authority. Sir Sidney Colvin edits a fresh batch of R. L. Stevenson's letters, dated in 1874-75, and mainly from Edinburgh.
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