opinion, though, except among the more fanatic Pro-Boers, the change is not unwelcome. No explanation, however, is offered, and the National Zeitung, usually well informed, even...

on Friday morning that Lord Methuen had been released and sent into Klerksdorp, and that his wound was doing well. We have expressed elsewhere the pride and admiration which the...

doubting whether the Americans are wise in extending their Monroe doctrine so as to cover South America. They may find themselves in conflict with the world-policy of Germany....

thing. On Tuesday, during a discussion in the Prussian Cham- ber on the propriety and possibility of sending "aid" to the refugee camps in South Africa, the Foreign Secretary of...

troops on present reports, and doubt, indeed, when the facts are known, whether it will be shown that as far as the courage of the troops went ' there was any failure—in the...

O N Monday afternoon the news was received of a most painful reverse in the Western Transvaal. A column of some twelve hundred men had been broken in pieces by Delarey, and many...

case.

so self-sacrificing, and so devoted a soldier and servant of his country as Lord Methuen should, after two and a half years of ceaseless, and latterly of successful, activity,...

giving the news of Lord Methuen's defeat was marked by a very disgraceful incident. A portion of the Irish Members, including (according to some accounts) Mr. Healy, though not...

singular picture of the journey of the Chinese Court from Cheng-tung-fu, the railway terminus, to Pekin. Its marked fact, as observed by 'the Belgian Engineer-in,Chief, was the...

curious piece of information. He says that the leaders of the Pan-Islamic movement, who are closely linked with the Sultan, are circulating a strong attack on the Khedive of...

of Lords on Thursday Lord Belper, on behalf of the Government, refused to allow Lord Lytton's Bill to bring the charitable laundries, like private laundries, under the Factory...

, Ireland was debated at great length. We cannot find space to deal with the unprofitable rhetoric of the Irish Members, but in our opinion Mr. Wyndham successfully supported...

the discussion of the Army Estimates and Mr. Brodrick's new proposals was carried on in a very useful and interesting debate. Mr. Lee, who made an excellent impression on the...

Saturday at Balliol, on behalf of Toynbee Hall, and paid a well-deserved tribute to th. s exertions of the Warden. Canon Barnett, said Mr. Asquith, was the real author and...

of five thousand, who, however, were only one-sixth of those who applied for seats. He was enthusiastically received, but the speech is disappointing, and marked by some...

change Lord Rosebery expressed his belief in the fortitude of the people, and his confidence that the disaster to Lord Methuen's force was, "in the career of an Empire like...

on the advice of his Ministers, had "expressed his regret to the Lord-Lieutenant that the visit of their Majesties to Ireland cannot take place this year." This decision will...

the Royal Geographical Society, tho object of which was to emphasise the geographilTal and historical importance of Anatolia, or, as Europeans usually call it, Asia Minor. The...

week and took part in two interesting ceremonies. On Saturday the King presented the China and South African medals to three hundred and fifty officers and men of the Royal Navy...

officers a very important statement in regard to the Report of the Committee which has been considering the new Volunteer Regulations. We have always felt convinced that the...

New Consols (2i) were on Friday 911.1.

THE SENSE OF PROPORTION IN MILITARY AFFAIRS. But though we may see Lord Methuen's defeat in its true proportions, and though, in spite of the accusations that may be brought...

W E should say, on the whole, that Lord Rosebery had lost ground since his Chesterfield speech, and that it will not be regained by the speeches made at Glasgow. T,he country...

is a place for the doctrinaire in our political life we do not doubt for a moment. We want a man who can throw dry light on the problems of the hour, who can divest the issues...

rfIHREE writers in the Nineteenth Century have lately 1 been debating whether there be any longer such thi ags as village gentry. Colonel Pedder, in the January number,...

of the Liberal Government to the demands of the railway- men, seems to us very ominous as to the future of the industrial movement throughout Southern Europe. It is a victory...

S OME six months ago two young men—one of them a subaltern officer whose regiment had just been warned for service in South Africa—happened to be walking over a country...

T N building warships we now consider carefully what work the vessels will be wanted to do, and then design accord- ingly. We do not set a battleship to do a destroyer's work,...

VL—THE SPADE. A S in my last I used! "the horse" as a synonym for mobility, so now "the spade" must stand for immunity, —a symbol of all tools, instruments, and manual...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIB, — Though past experience has fully demonstrated the folly of confident prophecy, one cannot help feeling that at the present rate of...

[To TIM EDITOR OF THE "SPECTiTOR.1 hile thanking your reviewer for his cordial apprecia- tion of :my book in the Spectator of March 1st, I beg your permission to reply to him on...

[To THE EDITOR OH THE "SPECTATOR." SIR, — With regard to Mr. Brodrick's proposals for increasing 4 the pay of the soldier, and to your remarks regarding the "shilling a day...

Spa,—With reference to the problem put by Admiral Penrose FitzGerald, and to your editorial note thereto, the following points have occurred to me. In the first place, it...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR' Sriz,—Pray allow me a few final lines about the tufted l duck. What I took exception to in your contributor's inter e sting article on "The...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 Sin,—With reference to Admiral FitzGerald's instructive example of torpedo warfare, I think both A and E were wrong. If two destroyers were...

j Sin,—In reference to a paragraph in the Spectator of March 8th, is it seriously contended that we, who have destroyed the independence of Holland in Africa, should fight...

respect for the Spectator, and especially for its habitual sense of fairness, but I must take exception to the passage in the article in the issue of March 8th on the debate on...

the Spectator of March 8th has no doubt calmed much discussion among your readers and others. I venture to put the case in another form. Suppose a naval engagement between...

[To THE Eprrox, OF THE "SPEOTATOR.") Sin,—The writer of the article on "The Wild Animals Bill" in the Spectator of March 8th states that "pigeon-shooting finds no place in...

TO TICE EDITOR OF TER "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Does not " Linesman's " article on "The Horse " in your issue of March 8th contradict his plea for non-interference with experts of...

[To THE EDITOR OF TEE " SPECTATOR." J Siz,—In your article on the Bishop of Hereford's Bill you appear to be at a loss for a definition of sport. May I suggest one? Sport is...

[To THE EDTTOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Si,—In noticing Vol. V. of the "British Empire Series," pub- lished by Messrs. Kegan Paul and Co., in the Spectator of March 8th, your...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sirt,—" Linesman" is clearly not afraid of his convictions, for he plays on the literary principle of "suspense" for all that it may be...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—In the last paragraph of an article in your last number on "Ancient Woodlands" there are some startling state- ments about our New...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE “sprecerroal Si,—Will you allow me to draw the attention of your readers to the annual sale organised by the London General Com- mittee of the Irish...

BISHOP BUTLER.* In these days of bookstall literature be would be a bold man who should prophesy a revival of interest in the works of Bishop Butler. The admirable little book...

(It's . . . . strange to die.) Two years' good labour and the end in sight, Colenso . . . . Spion Kop . . . and this little fight : And this the end . . . it doesn't seem quite...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Your contributor who, to the pleasure of all your readers, under the title of "The Mystic Rose," in the Spectator of March 1st,...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.") ST, —Will no wealthy Englishman publish in pamphlet form extracts from representative English and German newspapers of the time of the...

first volume in the "Victoria County History" series. Each is resplendent in crimson and gold, and the lightness and goodness of the paper, the clear black text and general...

seldom been better justified by its results than was the Oxford School of Law and Modern History by its first class-list. Of the two candidates who obtained the highest...

papers in prose and verse of the late Miss Monica Peveril Turnbull, who lost her life in the heroic, but unhappily vain, effort to rescue a dearly loved and only sister, is as...

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SCARLET AND HYSSOP' Mn. BENSON returns once more to the delineation of that stratum of society which he first began to explore in Dodo, and then temporarily deserted for an...

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re- vised and enlarged," of the Further Training of Mounted Infantry and Yeomanry, by Major-General H. H. Parr (Gale and Poi& n, is. 6d. net). General Parr drew up this manual...