12 MARCH 1904

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The policy of the Japanese in Korea is becoming clear.

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They intend neither to conquer nor to annex the great peninsula, but to govern it as the British govern Egypt. The country is already occupied by Japanese troops, and the...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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T HE news of the week from the Far East consists of rumours, a few probable, many improbable, but all requiring con- firmation. It is certain that the Japanese Fleet on March...

M. Combes has taken another stride towards the suppression of

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monastic Orders in France. He has brought in a Bill sup- pressing all their schools, and prohibiting all monks and nuns from teaching, except in private. Substitutes for the...

The Bombay Times of India, which has, we believe, a

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native proprietary, declares that in the present war the immense bulk of educated native opinion is on the side of the Japanese. This arises partly, says our contemporary, from...

The debates on the German Army Estimates, which have been

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going on all the week in the Reichstag, have drawn forth at least one remarkable expression of opinion. Herr Bebel, as spokesman of the Social Democrats, declared that whole...

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In this context we are glad to give publicity to

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the admirable memorandum of the Bishop of Mashonaland. The Bishop states that personally he is of the opinion that "if the mines of Johannesburg were given a longer lease, and...

The Chinese labour question was again raised in the House

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of Lords on Friday week. In the course of the debate Lord LansdowL frankly admitted that the introduction of the Chinese was a regrettable necessity, that they were not re-...

The Belgian people care, or seem to care, nothing about

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the cruelties now officially described as occurring within the Congo Free State, but they show symptoms of strong annoy- ance at their King's conduct towards his daughters. The...

During the week it has been very generally believed that

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the Cabinet has been passing through a condition of cryptic crisis owing to the refusal of Mr. Brodrick to endure without protest the slight he considers to have been placed...

The new Cape Parliament was opened on Friday, March 4th,

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and the Redistribution Bill was read the first time. It pro- vides for three additional seats in the Legislative Council and twelve in the House of Assembly, a reform which, in...

On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday the Army Estimates were

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before the House of Commons. Unfortu- nately, we cannot deal here with the immense mass of details discussed, but we may say generally that we believe Mr. Arnold-Forster to be a...

' The latent hostility between the white and black races

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in the Southern States seems to grow greater, instead of de- creasing, with the gradual education of the negro. The whites are savage in repressing negro crime, and the blacks...

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We have little space to deal with the debate in

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detail, but must note one passage in Mr. Asquith's speech. "What," he asked, "was Mr. Balfour's attitude to the Member for Bir- mingham when they parted company for what they...

Retaliation and anti-" dumping "; that, in three words, is

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the Government policy,—a policy which, as we have shown, if it is put in practice and made efficient, must end in a regular tariff of the Continental type. It is Chamberlainism...

On Thursday the question of "the other document" was raised

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in the House of Lords by Lord Rosebery, who not unnaturally protested against the Prime Minister describing his words in regard to the document as "a calumny." Lord Lansdowne...

The London County Council Elections were held on Satur- day

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last, and resulted in the maintenance, practically intact, of the Progressive majority. There were 233 candidates for the 118 seats, and the electorate numbered 730,796, of whom...

On Wednesday took place the most important fiscal debate of

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the Session on Mr. Pine's Motion calling attention to the conflicting statements of Ministers on the fiscal issue, and expressing condemnation of preference and Protection. In...

The Westminster Gazette of Monday contained an interesting summary of

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Budget prospects. The Estimates for 1903-4 put the revenue at £144,000,000, but as only £122,500,000 had been collected up to February 27th, the writer puts the total revenue at...

On Monday the circumstances in which the Free-traders left the

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Cabinet were discussed in the House of Commona on a Motion for the adjournment of the House. We have told the story of these transactions at length elsewhere, and will only note...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE TRIUMPH OF THE CHAMBERLAINITES. W E have always asked Free-trade Unionists, both in the House of Commons and in the country, to consider deeds rather than words, to draw...

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T O those who have studied the history of Asia the

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most amazing thing about the Japanese of to-day is their efficiency in administration. Other races of Asia, notably the Arabs, have displayed high capacity for certain forms of...

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" I FRANKLY tell my right honourable friend that the one

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portion of my life which I shall endeavour to obliterate from my memory is that connected with the closing incident of my official career." It was with these .words that Lord...

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THE MACEDONIAN PROBLEM.

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A l_3 the spring draws near the anxiety of those who wish to avert further suffering in the Near East grows more acute. The Austro-Russian scheme of reform still holds the field...

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M. COMBES AND THE CONGREGATIONS.

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O UR countrymen, we think, in part misconceive the nature of the struggle which is going on in France between the Government and the Opposition. They regard it as a struggle...

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A MONG the many reports and notices of the meetings held

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in celebration of the centenary of the British and Foreign Bible Society, comparatively few have drawn atten- tion to a point which surely deserves the closest and most earnest...

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THE EVANESCENCE OF VULGARITY.

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I T is impossible to define vulgarity. It is a disease of character, producing different symptoms according to the moral constitution upon which it fastens and the social...

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COUNTRY HOUSE TREASURES.

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T HOUGH the sale of the Townshend pictures and silver was one mainly of objects appealing more to family sentiment than to connoisseurs, the silver plate and the series of...

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CORRESPONDENCE.

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THE BLUE-BOOK ON CHINESE LABOUR. [To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.1 SIR,—It is impossible to peruse the latest Blue-book on the Transvaal labour question without being...

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THE DUTY OF UNIONISTS.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—You are good enough in the Spectator of March 5th to invite an answer to the question why Protectionist Unionists should support the...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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HOME-RULE AND THE DUTY OF UNIONISTS. [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sra,—In your article in the Spectator of March 5th on "Home-Rule and the Duty of Unionists" you seem...

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THE OVER-REPRESENTATION OF HOME-RULE.

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[TO Tar EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In dealing with the over-representation of Home-rule the choice lies between a simple rearrangement of seats, and waiting for an ideal...

CHINESE LABOUR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

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[To TUN EDITOR OF THR "SPECTATOR."] think Mr. Horace Annesley Vachell in his letter in the Spectator of March 5th has not followed some statements of my letter with entire...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]

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Sin,—The replies to Mr. John Clapperton's queries (Spectator, February 20th) are obvious. Where the Chinaman comes in the white workman goes out. He• is as intelligent as the...

I.TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In the Spectator of

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January 23rd there appeared a letter over the signature of F. Horace Rose (Maritzburg) in which exception was vislently taken to the method adopted by the Rand Daily Mail in...

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THE GATE OF THE NAVY.

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[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sra,—In your interesting article on the above subject in the Spectator of March 5th I think you overlook one very serious objection alike to...

AMERICA AND RETALIATION.

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[To THE EDITOR OP TH2 " SPRCTATOR."] SrE, — In the Spectator of February 6th a letter from Mr. Atkinson, of Boston, suggests that, if imports into England from the United...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPEC r.crott."] SIR,—Your article in

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the Spectator of March 5th on "The Gate of the Navy" is a sanguine one, and it is to be hoped that the results of the new method of selection will prove its justification. There...

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GERMAN POLICY.

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pro THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SE, -If the German Emperor is the capable man he is con- sidered to be, his course, I think, will be directly opposite to what you suggest...

ELEMENTARY-SCHOOL TEACHING AS A PROFESSION.

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[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The present seems a good oPportunity to recall atten- tion to this subject. Among the many ways of earning money adopted by girls and...

LONDON EDUCATION. [To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECT•TOR.".1 Sin,—In

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your notice (Spectator, February 27th) of Mr. Sidney Webb's valuable pamphlet on this subject, you do not say whether he has emphasised what those who have been con- nected...

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&a,—I can vouch for the following. At the Paris Exhibi-

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tion of 1878 an English family paused in front of a marble group of a man standing in the bows of a boat, looking .eagerly forward, with, I think, a torch in his hand. Under-...

Sm,—The above amusing article in the Spectator of February 27th

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put me in mind of an old favourite, "The Claverings," by A. Trollope. There the widow-heroine tries to propose to her former lover. "She did write to him a completed note,...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIE, — In your issue of

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February 20th Mr. Parry asks : "What is the origin of the phrase, the man in the street' P" He gives an example of its use as far back as 1831; but the phrase seems to be very...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In confirmation of Mr.

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Fowkes's letter in the Spectator of February 20th on the Tractarian influence of Miss Yonge's writings, it may interest you to know that thirty-five years ago in a large school...

series of his essays, published, I think, not long after

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the date indicated by Mr. Parry (Spectator, February 20th). Again, in "The Conduct of Life," Article VI., on "Worship," referring to Free-trade, has this sentence : "Well,' says...

Sra.,—The following story of a strange animal friendship may be

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of interest to you. I am the owner of a pony and a email black pig, which, after the manner of the country, runs loose and finds its own food. The pony is kept stabled at night,...

SAPIENTULE ANGLICAE. EXEMPLA gLIAEDAM EINORA. LATINZ REDDITA IN IISUM TOTIDS

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ORHIS CIVILIS ? Sit rosa nomine dicta alio, sed suavis olebit. Dimidio fact= eat quicquid scite incipiatur. Omnia non sunt aurea quae velut sures fulgent. Assibus ille full...

SIE,—I venture to suggest through your columns that some means

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should be considered for protecting an author's title. That of one of my earlier books was taken not long ago, I may say to the very courteously expressed regret of both author...

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THE BIBLE SOCIETY.*

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THE great function of Sunday last, when the highest repre- sentatives of Church and State united to celebrate the centenary of the Bible Society, may fairly be called a triumph...

Sin,—The interesting article in the Spectator of March 5th on

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" Animal Stowaways" reminds me of an experience some years ago when on my way to Australia in a sailing ship. Rats, as it is commonly known, are very much given to sea voyaging...

Sru,—My attention has been drawn to an article in the

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Spectator of February 27th, under the heading of "The Cash Value of Animals," in which it is asserted that "the record price for a bull was for a Hereford, not a shorthorn, the...

WAR AND PEACE.

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For those that ask it, let them have their fill— But must the peasants go So far away from home across the snow To perish in a land Whose very name they hardly know And for a...

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A TRANSLATION OF TACIT17S.*

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Or all Latin writers in prose, Tacitus is the most impressive. What be has to say is always striking, and his style is unique. Though less florid and diffuse, his stately...

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WHO were the Fianna, and at what epoch they lived,

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whether- their epic is later or earlier than the Cuchulain cycle, and what historic fact is woven into their strange web, are- questions which are still at issue among scholars....

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THE ADVENTURES OF ELIZABETH IN RrGEN.* IT is delightful to

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meet Elizabeth again, and Elizabeth orb her travels is an even more charming companion than Elizabeth at home. In the present book she tells of a twelve days' driving tour round...

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THE INTERLOPER.*

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MRS. JACOB is to be doubly congratulated on The Interloper, —first, on having written a singularly interesting and attractive story, and second, on having maintained the high...

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A Bush Honeymoon. By Laura M. Palmer-Archer (" Bush- woman

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"). (T. Fisher Unwin. Ss.)—This is a collection of rather striking Australian stories and sketches, of which the first, which gives the book its title, is by no means the best....

THE MONTHLY REVIEW.

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In the Monthly Review Mr. ii. J. Tennant, M.P., makes a real contribution to the fiscal discussion by his article on "The Favoured Foreigner : a Comparison in Burdens." Mr....

Jamie& the Prodigal. By Tom Gallon. (Ward, Lock, and Co.

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6s.) — Mr. Tom Gallon gives us in this book the story of six most exciting days spent by an escaped convict. Inasmuch as he is marked out for the role of hero, he necessarily...

The Rise of Ruderiek Cloud. By Josiah Flynt. (Grant Richards.

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5s.)—It is not uninteresting or uninstructive to compare this- story with romances of the "Jack Sheppard" kind. Ruderick Clowd is a first-class thief—in New York, it should be...

His Eminence. By Lady Helen Forbes. (E. Nash. 6s.) — The scene

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of this story is a small Italian State at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Cardinal d'Este (" his Eminence" of the title) has at the beginning of the novel a successful,...

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John Bull's Adventures in the Fiscal Wonderland. By Charles Geake

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and F. C. Gould. (Methuen and Co. 2s. 6d. net.)—The greater part of this book has already delighted the readers of the West- minster Gazette in fragments, and we welcome their...

[Under this heading we notice ouch Books of the week

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as halm not been reserved for review in other forms.] Laura Bridgman. By Maude Howe and Florence Howe Hall. (Hodder and Stoughton. 7s. 6d.)—This is a book of intense and...

Art in the Nineteenth Century. By C. Wallstein. (Cambridge University

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Press, is. net.)—This pamphlet is the revised form of a lecture delivered at Cambridge, and in it the author surveys a very wide field, and gives us a general view of...

Mr. J. Cuthbert Hadden's Chopin in the "Master Musicians" series

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(J. M. Dent and Co., 3s. 6d. net) is a painstaking com- pilation, showing a careful assimilation of the literature of the subject, from which the writer borrows freely, but with...

Knowledge, now amalgamated with that excellent publication the Illustrated Scientific

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News, and published monthly at sixpence, will, it is hoped, have a new and prosperous lease of life. The March number of the new series, which lies before us, ,contains...

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Fountains Abbey. By George Hodges, D.D. (John Murray. 10s. 6d.

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net.)—Dr. Hodges, having had occasion to reside at Studley for some weeks, interested himself in the history of the great Benedictine Abbey near that place, and has put together...

Translation of the Septuagint. By Charles Thomson. Edited by S.

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F. Pelle. 2 vols. (Skeffington and Son. 12s. net.)—In 1808 Mr. Charles Thomson, who had been Secretary to the United States Congress, published this translation from the...

Notes to Palgrave's Golden Treasury, Books (Macmillan

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and Co. 2s. 6d.)—If we say but little of this excellent book, it is not because we do not value it highly. It is simply impossible to criticise the multitude of comments,...

The Twelve Books of Virgil's Aeneid. Translated by E. Fairfax

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Taylor. (J. M. Dent and Co. is. 6d. net.)—Mr. Taylor began this translation when he was a boy of sixteen, and left it, if not exactly complete, for he looked forward to revising...

the general public. The second, we may safely say, is

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the more satisfactory reading, because it deals with enterprises which, whatever their merits of management and success, are straight- forward and commendable. The Stock...

One of the invaluable publications of the British Museum is

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The Catalogue of English Pottery, by R. L. Hobson, B.A. (Long- mans and Co., and others). It is not within our province to dis- cuss this volume ; but we may say that it has...