O N Thursday week the sixtieth year of the Emperor Francis Joseph's reign was celebrated at Vienna. The German Emperor and other German rulers were present, and at the State...

home, Liebenberg Castle. Owing to his illness he was not taken to prison, but was placed in a hospital in Berlin. His arrest has been expected for some time ; but the necessity...

White House on Wednesday to discuss the conservation of the natural resources of the United States. The crying need for such action and the vigorous steps taken by Mr. Roosevelt...

Exhibition on Thursday,, but unfortunately in a downpour of rain. The enthusiasm excited by the Exhibition may be gauged by the fact that in spite of the terrible weather a...

on Sunday last, and in Paris it was remarkable for the crushing of the Socialist Party. "It would be no use con- cealing the fact," says L'Humanite, " that the Socialists...

Washington correspondent announcing that the German Government has refused to negotiate an Arbitration Treaty with the United States similar to those already concluded between...

case.

bad. The Amir has at last issued a warning to his subjects against invading territory under British control; but on the other band, the Mohmands have refused to send in their...

Government the need of coming to the rescue of the hop industry. It was, he argued, a matter of national concern, and the damage done to the British growers by the enormous...

the rumours as to the holding of an autumn Session. In reply to a question, he said that it was inevitable, but he could not forecast the exact date when it was likely to begin....

abandon their hostile attitude, or at least produce an alterna- tive scheme,—an appeal which failed in its effect; but Mr Campbell, the ex-Attorney-General for Ireland, while...

Committee on Thursday, a Committee of which Sir Edward Sassoon is Chairman. The evidence offered was of a very interesting kind, and on the whole supports the view of the...

The Times of Monday notices half-a-dozen cases which have occurred quite recently in Galway and Queen's County. At Loughrea, where the police had impounded a number of cattle...

under discussion in the House of Lords on Wednesday. The Lord Chancellor and Lord Crewe declared that the Government desired to remove an injustice which pressed on those who...

education of Midshipmen under the new scheme during their three years' service at sea. After two years at Osborne and two more at Dartmouth, the Cadets will in future go to sea...

Winston Churchill, the figures, which were announced late last Saturday night, being as follows :—Mr. Winston Churchill (L.), 7,079; Sir G. W. Baxter (U.), 4,370; Mr. G. H....

May 12th, the revenue from April 1st to Saturday last was £14,762,532, a decrease of £2,256,936 as compared with the £17,019,468 in the corresponding period of last year. Very...

the view of the Budget taken by M. Yves Guyot, the eminent French economist and Free-trader. After saying that Tariff Reformers are rejoicing in the prophecy that Mr. Asquith's...

the well-known publisher, against the Times for alleged libel in a letter printed in the Times commenting on the price of " The Letters of Queen Victoria " was concluded. It was...

Haldane in which the Secretary of State for War deals with the very widespread anxiety in regard to the com- paratively small number of Volunteers who have as yet re-enlisted in...

the extraordinary power possessed by our con- temporary of focussing "the better opinion " of the nation in a joke or "chief cut." The picture shows an elephant marked " Old-Age...

the criticisms made on his scheme. He defended his plan of giving separation allowances to the non-commissioned officers but not to the men, a plan which has been made the...

March 16th. Consols (2f) were on Friday 86E—on Friday week 85g.

WHY NOT AUDIT THE FLEET ? I N the autumn of 1906 we advocated a Parliamentary inquiry, either by a Committee of the House ,pf Commons or by a Joint Committee of both Houses,...

T HE Western peoples will soon be compelled to revise their ideas of the Eastern world. For centuries past they have thought of Asia as a continent whose inhabitants are lost in...

A TELEGRAM from Vienna in Thursday's Times draws attention to the astounding traffic in Orders which has become part of the official and diplomatic life of the Continent. It...

W E have recorded elsewhere the result of the libel action which Mr. Murray brought against the Times, and we have no desire to rub salt into the wounds of that great newspaper....

M R. 'BURNS'S excellent but discursive speech on Tuesday suffered a good deal from the profound ignorance of the House as to what the effect of his Bill will be. This is due in...

S ATAN has long been constrained by the present reaction against idleness to look out a job for the man whose hands are full. Industry has not proved a complete antiseptic for...

A MERICANS are discovering some rather serious, yet natural, defects in their familiar system of co-education, and in the practice of trusting mainly to women as teachers. The...

NV HEN the farmer in Aesop's fable told his sons that he was leaving them treasure buried in his fields, which they would find if they dug for it, be gave them nearly the sum of...

A WORKING MAN'S VIEW OF OLD-AGE PENSIONS. (TO THE EDITOIt or Ills " Sr teCrATOF{."f Sia, — I should like to say that, from a thrifty working man's point of view, you sum up the...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin, — We now know what Mr. Asquith's proposals with regard to old-age pensions really are. We are faced with the danger of what—robbed of...

['re THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin, I have before me the programme of extreme Socialist demands to be made at the May Day meeting, in which figures, it is to be feared-not...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " EPECTATOR.1 Sre,--I trust I am not presuming too much upon your kind- mess if I ask once again for a small space in your valuable paper in order to put...

ITo THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.''] SIR,—I admire the way in which you stick to your principles, and I admit that those principles are sound, but are you not a little bard on...

LTO TEE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—I was extremely interested on reading in your issue of May 9th two letters, one signed "A. H. S." and the other specially headed "A...

(To THE EDITOR OF THZ "SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—Last autumn Dr. A. B. Tolland, of Budapest, published a pamphlet with the sub-title " An Answer to Scotus Yiator ' and Co.," in which...

(To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.1 SIR, —In your "News of the Week" under date of May 2nd you refer to some recent articles in the Times in which the writer criticises...

LTO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR:1 SIR, — Will your courtesy allow me space for a few words of comment on your article of May 9th on " The Policy of Assassination " ? The gist...

[TO THE EDITOR OP TILE "SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—May I ask you to correct a clerical error, doubtless due to myself, which crept into my letter on the above subject published in your...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " 1 SIR,—In these days of old-age pensions and large navies, the enclosed extract will be of interest to your readers. Herodotus here refers...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:] SIR,—In answer to two correspondents in last week's Spectator who complain of my remark, "How Nonconformists can agree to variety...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sin,—There is in the Royal Academy this year a very striking, if not a very notable, picture by the Hon. John Collier called the " Sentence...

iTo TDB EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."' your "News of the Week " paragraphs last week you speak of last year as having been a record year both in the home and foreign trade. This...

[TO THE EDITOR OF TEM "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—It is likely that Siirbridga Fair, mentioned in your review of " The Cambridge Grace-Book," April 18th, should be read Stourbridge...

[To THE EDITOR OF TER " araciatea.."] Sta,—Will you help me to complete the balance still owing on the Glastonbury Abbey Purchase Fund ? Glastonbury Abbey may well kindle the...

[TO THE EDITOR OF TER "SPECTATOR."' SIR,—In a disused stable behind my house there hangs an inverted human skull (left by a brother, now a doctor in India). On the orbit, and...

Tne EDITOR OF THE "SPROTATOR."1 SIR,—Your correspondent "E. P." (Spectator, March 7th) would probably be surprised to learn all the uses of the cocoa- nut besides those which...

TO THE INVINCIBLE REPUBLIC.* AMERICA ! I have never breathed thy air, Have never touched thy soil or heard the speed And thunder of thy cities ; yet would I Salute thee from...

THE ACADEMY.—II. AMONG the great number of landscapes to be found this year, few leave a lasting impression. There are evidences of a desire on the part of the artists to lend...

OUR GREATEST WAR MINISTER.* Mn. CORBETT'S book serves a twofold purpose. It is at the same time an illuminating study of one of our most glorious wars and a worthy tribute to...

IN his preface Mr. Rees remarks that he offers his readers some information and no cant. That is a very fair summary of both matter and manner. As to the information, which is...

in the British Isles could be treated in the manner of this work ; for the best way to interest people in modern questions of defence is to show them the record of the peat....

ago the independence of the professorial class in Germany was the cause of serious embarrassment to the Government. Times have changed. Nothing is more striking in modern...

THIS work, by the Professor of Botany in Glasgow University, is too technical for detailed notice in our pages, but it is such a remarkable contribution to botanical literature...

first time from this volume how wise and strong a man Bishop Ridding was. Those who were near him knew something of it ; the outside George ?Adding : Schoolmaster and Bishop....

THE UNFORTUNATE DUKE.t HANnicArrxn by its binding and general " get-up," which are more suggestive of a theological or educational work than a novel, and in no way assisted by...

author of this book will hardly succeed in making his readers believe in the final flight of such a woman - as the heroine, Elinor, with Michael Hallibon at the time when he is...

THOUGH this book " has been written for high-school as well as College students," it nevertheless will be found to contain much that is interesting to the general reader :— , "...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman. By T. P. O'Connor, M.P. (Hodder and...

(John Murray. ls. net.)—An essay on the border relations of England and Scotland up to the time of the union of the two kingdoms, showing all the lucidity and fullness of know-...

(C. Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle. 4s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Careers for Our Sons. By the Rev. George H. Williams. (C. Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle. 4s. 6d. net.)—Mr. who is Head-Master of...

Bell and Sons, 6s. net), Abbot Gasquet has collected a number of essays, of which that which gives a title to the book is the most important, occupying about a third of the...

Constable and Co. 6s.)—An account of the adventures of a set of New England young men, friends of a gentleman who is apparently an advanced mystic. The stories are frankly...

(Cassell and Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—This "Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Practical Horticulture" is conveniently arranged in dictionary form. Fruits, flowers, what has to be done with...

"Lecture delivered before the British Constitution Association" is an able argument for the freedom of the indi- vidual as opposed. to the tyranny which Socialism proposes to...

Stoughton, '7s. 6d. per vol.) we have two volumes of The Psalms, the first dealing with "i.-xlix.," the other with " L-exlv." Dr. Maclaren judiciously selects such passages as...

" Guides " which vary in size from forty-eight to sixty-four pages and are priced at 6d. net. They aro furnished with maps, and each deals with a group of places. So we have...

12s. 6d.)—This is a model directory for completeness and accuracy. The subject, though large, has well-defined limits, and the information wanted is commonly within reach. The...