statement in regard to German naval policy. His Govern- ment, he declared, had expressed to the British Government their willingness to come to an agreement for an exchange of...

Opposition entirely accepted the Referendum as a means for settling disputes between the two Houses. The suggestion, however, that a minority of the House of Commons might bring...

MHE celebrations of the fi ftieth anniversary of Italian unity . began on - Monday at Rome. The chief ceremony took place -in the Capitol, where the King, Queen, and the Count...

case.

Burleigh moved the second reading of his Reference to the People Bill. He explained the principal provisions of the Bill in a speech of the greatest clarity and effectiveness....

Turkish troops, according to a telegram in the Times of Thursday, have been forced back at all points after twenty- four hours' fighting, and four Turkish officers and 160 men...

demanding assent within three days to the six points of the Russian Note of February 16th, concerning trade in Mongolia and the New Dominion. China immediately gave the required...

Royal Assent at that stage, was quite willing, on behalf of the Government, to agree to the motion. The Government had no desire whatever to place any technical difficulty in...

of his Bill for the reform of the House of Lords, moved an Address asking the consent of the Crown to the introduction of a Bill which would limit the Prerogative in the matter...

iess—is that an interregnum of at le - ast two or three years to exist in which, though the House of Lords has been paralysed as a part of the Legislature, no effort is to be...

argued strongly against a Referendum as being conser- vative rather than democratic. Lord Cromer, who spoke next, began by emphasising the necessity for a stable settle- ment of...

said it was the maddest recklessness to try to convert the responsible and deliberative Government of this country into a mere plebiscitary government, to be sluggish in quiet...

debate is that while the Unionist peers showed them- selves on the whole open-minded and prepared to accept new ideas, the Liberals fell back on a dogged and unreasoning...

be a one- sided revolution, or an attempt to settle the question by co-operation? The last general election, he argued, gave them no right to infer that the country approved of...

with Lord Rosebery's plea for a national settlement in which, though no doubt the Government in power must have a pre- dominant voice, due weight - would be given to the views...

in our last issue, has again occupied the attention of the House. It will be remembered that in the first instance the matter was brought up by Mr. Hoare, the Unionist M.P for...

Wednes- day night, to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Authorised Version of the Bible. Lord Northampton, Presi- dent of the British and Foreign Bible Society, presided,...

Mar. 9th. Consols (21) were on Friday 811—Friday week 82.

Polo Team who will shortly go to America to play for the America International Cup, which was won by the Meadowbrook Team in 1909. The other three members of the England Team...

bearing on the constitution of the Royal College of Art and its relation to the art schools of the country. In view of the fact that a Departmental Committee is now con-...

Lancashire to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Colonel Sandys was announced on Monday evening, Mr. Boner Law being returned by a majority of 2,194 votes over the...

far as Mr. Runciman is concerned, the incident may be regarded as closed. We cannot for a moment agree. In the first place Mr. Runciman has still to repair the grave injustice...

M STOLYPIN is at this moment the most in- teresting figure in Europe. It is no exaggera- tion to say that upon the question whether he succeeds or fails depends the safety and...

LORD BALFOUR'S REFERENDUM BILL. W E have dealt elsewhere with the debate on the Referendum Bill, but must say something more here on the general principles involved, and...

W HEN Italian unity was achieved in 1861 Great Britain, by an act which emphasised the great Liberal tradition of sympathising with small nationalities, was the first Power to...

Shopping Week. One is wholly good ; the other, with all respect to those who differ from us, is somewhat foolish. Let us deal with the latter first. Some of the authors of the...

T HERE ought to be a special sort of Socratic daimon to preside over the doings of Memorial Committees. Socrates, as we know, was inspired or thwarted by a daemon who was...

I T is difficult sometimes to account for our friends' friends. We wonder very often bow they came to be intimate with people so unlike themselves, and, in our hearts we some-...

A DISCUSSION in the Nation of the late Lord Swaythling's will, by which he bound his daughters to remain faithful to the strictest Judaism on pain of losing their estates, has...

THE DECLARATION OF LONDON. [To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."] you permit me to say something on the subject of the food supply of this country in the event of war, and the...

that, in considering the Declaration of London, it is of the first importance that no mistake should be made as to the treatment to which sea-borne commerce is liable as matters...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.”] SIR,—There are many clergymen who feel themselves con- scientiously bound to exclude unconfirmed persons from Holy Communion because the...

LTO THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECT1TOR.1 you permit a humble member of the rank and file of the Conservative Party—albeit a very old Parliamentary hand who has been a diligent...

[To THE EDITOR or TEE "SraccuTorg."] SIR, —In an exceedingly interesting article in the January issue of the Quarterly Review, " Austriacus " accuses Italy of aggressive...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR] Sra,—The only value attaching to the opinions of an obscure supporter of the Government on such matters as Miss Richard- son's letter in the...

THY " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—To anyone who may require three unanswerable argu- ments against the Home Rule case, I would suggest that he peruse an article appearing in the March...

Stephen G wynn's answer to Miss Richardson's " o'er true tales," in which he challenges her statement of the assault on the Salvation Army officer. That officer, Adjutant Cooke,...

[To my EDITOR. OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—The correspondence in the Spectator on the Confirmation test for English Churchmanship has recalled to me an incident that occurred...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Kindly permit me briefly to answer the inquiry of" X." in your last issue as to what I mean by "the correct English order" of the words...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—As I used to read the Spectator nearly forty years ago, and I still do, and as I have given the last twenty years of my life to the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Your note to Mr. Whitham's letter is interesting. May I ask where you find that (1) Notorious evil living and (2) being guilty of...

[To THE Eorros OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Every thinking person will have read the Spectator's articles on the present political situation with deep interest, and to much...

your columns any further to the attempt to make the celebration of the Tercentenary of the Authorised Version of the Bible an attack upon the Revised Version, which was never...

" SyscrApos:1 Sin,—Your suggestion that county councils should be given legal powers to preserve the amenities of their districts when threatened by industrial developments is...

" SPECTATOR:1 Sra,—I think many of your readers would be glad to avail themselves of an opportunity to visit the Exhibition of Slovak Works of Art that is now on view at the...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In last week's Spectator I find the great number of eels sent by their tenants to various abbots given as an illustra- tion of the "...

THE "SPECTATOR. " ] Sra,—In Macaulay's Essay on " Lord Bacon " he points out that in 1626 the subject of his memoir tried the experiment of stuffing a fowl with snow to prevent...

[To THE EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR. " ] Sns,—We have taken a consensus of opinion amongst the intelli- gent blind, and are rather startled to find the almost unanimity with which...

[To THE EDITOR OF TEE " SPECTATOR. "] STR,—May I venture to advert to the letter of " H. S." in last Saturday's Spectator with reference to the children singing in St. Paul's...

BURNING OFF. THEY'RE burning off in the Rampadells : The tawny flames up-rise With greedy licking around the trees; The fierce breath sears our eyes From cores already grown...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. " ] see from reports in several papers that farmers and others have this season found woodpigeons very destructive to green crops. I know from...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—In reading your note on the subject of "Fiction and Morals " it occurs to me that possibly some of the distinguished men and women who...

or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode of...

THE WORK OF J. M. SYNGE.* THE death of the late J. M. Synge, at a moment when he Teemed to be entering upon the period of his full maturity, was not only a loss to Leland. His...

THIS book is a record of travel in the valleys of the Euphrates and Tigris during the spring and summer of 1909. The districts through which the writer travelled are the most...

YACOUB PASHA AnTriv, who will be remembered as formerly Under-Secretary in the Egyptian Education Department, made journeys up the Blue Nile and the White Nile in company with...

and opportune book. Mr. Drage tells us in the preface that it is an instalment of a larger work on • Th. Imperil Organisation of Trade. By Geoffrey Drage. London : Smith, Elder...

English Versions " here exhibited in parallel columns are Coverdale (1535) and the Great Bible (1539), otherwise known as " Cromwell's Bible.' Coverdale had much to do with the...

MR. HESKETH PRICHARD has written a pleasant and inter- esting account of his varied sporting trips. His style is easy and vivid. He is a thorough sportsman in every sense. He...

pleasantest and most readable among the many books on Brittany that have lately appeared. The author, though she does not explain the situation in so many words, appears to have...

WE can imagine that Queen Elizabeth of Roumania could give us, if international courtesy permitted, even more inter- esting reminiscences than these " personal " recollections...

THE WITCH LADDEKt THE charming idyllic account of the bringing-up of little motherless Mary Dolman by her father, the scholar-farmer, with which The Witch Ladder opens, prepares...

is a story which is concerned with the disturbances in Russia in the year 1905. It is more than a little melodramatic, but the adventures are exciting. The most interesting part...

H. Bates Harbin. (Somerset Record Society.)—The period covered by these records is from Jan. 1, 1625—Jan., 1628-29, and we get, as we read them, some interesting glimpses of the...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other Jonas.] Counsels to Nurses. By Edward King, D.D., late Bishop of Lincoln. (N....

net.)—Mr. Wright, having told us about gardens, as in "The Perfect Garden," now sets forth in detail what flowers we ought to put in them. He deals with many kinds, beginning...

M.A. (Cambridge University Press. is. 6d.)—The editor gives us in his introduction a short sketch of Cicero's life and notices of his correspondence. The letters used cover a...

Unwin. 6s.)—" Diane" is the famous Diane de Poitiers—or some one else. This is a lively story, and it was not necessary to set it off with a French oath on every page.—...

D.Sc. VoL I. (Cassell and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—This first volume of what is to be a " Popular and Practical Treatise on the Applica- tions of Electricity to Modern Life " deals...

and Co. 15s. net.)—Mr. Brayley-Hodgetta tells the story of the Prussian rulers from the Great Elector down to the present Kaiser. The Elector, however, is dealt with in the...

and Son. ls. net.)—" For Everyone" must be understood with limita- tions. You cannot grow orchids on a hundred a year; that sum must be multiplied, one might say, ten times...