Verite ' to pay a brief visit to the Czar. He was accom- panied by M. Pichon, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs. The Czar's visit to the Write' lasted considerably longer...

-w -E have dealt elsewhere with what is one of the most dramatic events of modern times, the revolution in Turkey, a revolution by which the most absolute autocracy in the world...

be very popular just now in Constantinople, the result of our having in the past shown sympathy for the more liberal-minded Turks, and having done our best to protect them. The...

Paris during the past week. On Thursday a demonstra- tion was made by Parisian workmen in the building trade, who declared a strike of twenty-four hours in order to visit en...

anti- Royalist forces are no nearer bringing the fighting to a conclusion. Supplies are cut off from the town, which is threatened with economic ruin, though, as the Times...

case.

the attention of the House to the Commons' Resolution of 1678 with reference to the respective rights and privileges of the Lords and Commons in regard to money Bills. The Bill,...

up is surely a mistake. All that would be necessary would be to add a Referendum clause to a Bill stating that it should not come into operation until it bad been voted on and...

is very largely misunderstood. What is to be considered is not the particular wording of the Commons' Resolution of 1678, but the principle at the back of it. This principle is,...

only of the privileges of the Commons but of their own. There was a tendency, he declared, to restrict those rights in a manner very dangerous to the public interest. No one...

and Saturday and Sunday last. On the Friday there was a great review of troops and bluejackets by the Prince of Wales on the Plains of Abraham. The Times correspondent describes...

as a means of expressing sympathy with Mr. Tilak, who was condemned to transportation for publishing seditious and violent articles. On Friday week Europeans were attacked in...

Com- mittee on the Old-Age Pensions Bill, Lord Rosebery protested against the measure. He would have liked, be declared, to have made the Bill the subject of a Referendum to the...

moved his amendment, which limits the operation of the Bill to December 31st 1915. After a very timely protest against the way in which the Lords had been " hustled " in their...

for a Special Reserve was discussed in Committee of Supply. The vote was for £840,000. Mr. Haldane spoke on the defensive, and declared that there was no reason to think the...

of Civil Service, Mr. Burns, dealing with the administra- tion of the Motor-cars Act, agreed substantially with an argument of Mr. Long that drivers should be prosecuted more...

received a deputation from the seventeenth Universal Congress of Peace, which has sat in London during the week. In his reply the King said :—" There is nothing from which I...

week by the Sievier cane, tried before the Lord Chief Justice at the Central Criminal Court. Mr. Sievier was accused by Mr. J. B. Joel of blackmail We cannot summarise the...

admirable address was delivered by Lord Courtney of Penwitb, who elaborated a single theme,—the connexion between justice and peace. " Without justice they could have no...

be the fate of the Cromer amendment, but we fear it is safe to say that the Commons will disagree with it and that the Lords will not insist on maintaining it. If that is to be...

the laying of the first Atlantic cable. Mr. Brett, Mr. Cyrus Field, and Mr. Bright (afterwards Sir Charles Bright), the engineer who laid the cable, were the " projectors " of...

May 28th. Consols (24) were on Friday 861--on Friday week 8tii.

THE NEXT BUDGET. T HE Government wilfully and deliberately refuse to look the financial facts in the face, or to make any calculation as to the money which they will be obliged...

S IR EDWARD GREY has won, and has deserved to win, the confidence of his countrymen. He is firm and he is conciliatory. He is capable of taking long views in international...

described last week explained themselves with startling sudden- ness on Friday week, when the Sultan decreed the restora- tion of the Constitution of 1876. This announcement was...

Committee on Home Work is an excellent example of the way in which the present House of Commons, perhaps like some of its predecessors, allows common-sense to be weighed down by...

I RISHMEN and reasonable Englishmen have been so long waiting for the gift-horse which Mr. Birrell has at last presented to them that they may well decline to inspect it too...

memories, but they have also left a few unpleasant ones, and the latter will be apt to last longer. The games were satisfactory to, British athletes, who won more events than...

H IS name was Adam Adams, and, appropriately enough, I found him digging in his garden on the occasion of my first parochial visit. He threw me a careless side-glance, as though...

A SPELL of singular fascination waits about the ripeness of fruits growing wild. It was cast first, perhaps, in the years when nuts and berries were less a luxury than a staple...

ITO TUB EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR:'] Six,,—Canada watches your doings in England not only with loving curiosity, but also because as a Colonial dependency she cannot fail to...

"SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—The Times and the Spectator say that it is necessary for Parliament to represent the physical force of the nation, and that therefore women must leave the...

[To TEE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—For fifty years I have been one of the most constant readers of the Spectator, and in the great majority of cases have seen mason to...

THE BREAKDOWN OF THE CONSTITUTION. CVO THE EDITOR Of THE "Bram Aron."] SIR,—Can you spare a non-party looker-on a small space for his appreciation of the weighty article with...

[To THE EDITOR or THIS "SPECTATOR." j SIR,—I think some of your readers may be interested to know of this Congress, which is to be held on August 7th and 8th at the...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THR spec-revile." Sia,—Herewith I send a list of contributions to the tent generously furnished by your r•eader•s for our boys at Bisley in August. There...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." j Sin,—Referring to your article on " Dr•ukenness and the Law," a County Magistrate asks in your last issue : "If the breadwinner is...

Sin,—Allow a country vicar• to thank you heartily for your leader on the above subject. The first (Scottish) part was full of quiet humour; the second (English) part was full of...

LTO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—In your admirable article in last week's issue on "The Liberty Not to Fight for• One's Country" you alluded to the great benefits which...

[To THR EDITOR OF TIM "SPRCTATOR." SIR,—Your correspondent Mrs. Miers (Spectator, July 25th) seems to have doubts whether her cockatoo's love for the looking-glass is inspired...

OF THY "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—September 18th, 1909, will be the bicentenary of Dr. Samuel Johnson's birth. As one who owes much to this great man, may I suggest that his statue...

[To THR EDITOR OF THR "8rscrAroa."] SIR,—Afforestation is a word we often see in the leading newspapers of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Dundee; and its meaning and...

[To THY EDITOR OF TER "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Those of us who have anything to do with rifle clubs know the difficulty of preserving the interest in shooting after, say, a year of...

[TS THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sta,—In speaking in last week's Spectator of the above as the Red Comyn's words you are putting the murderer's saying into the mouth of the...

SHAKESPEARE ON JOHNSON.* IT often happens that criticism, and especially criticism of Shakespeare, is mainly interesting for the light which it throws upon the critic. This is...

[To THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR" I SIR,—The Bishop of Bath and Wells has sent me an appeal (I may say an urgent appeal) for funds to complete the purchase- money of the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." SIR,—The interesting article in last week's Spectator entitled " The Wages of the Choir" gives a sore dig to poor ' Jack Sparrow' when it...

A PARTING WORD. " KING, Lords, and Commons," so you style The free Republic of this Isle,— One from the democratic West, Of late your kindly treated guest, Would say his word...

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...

naval affairs is proved by the appearance of new editions of the two books named below, the first having reached its thirteenth year of publication, and the second its eleventh...

fragments from the workshop of a distinguished historian—is edited by Sir Spencer Walpole's son-in-law, and is prefaced with a chapter of reminiscences by his daughter, Mrs....

the great compilation by which Mr. and Mrs. Webb are illustrating the history of English local government. In an earlier work they have dealt with the history of the parish and...

WE have here a collection of stories that have come down to us from the dim ages. There is a peculiar charm about these old tales of primitive times, and the writer of this...

LORD CHESTERFIELD once said that a Bishop alone could be improved by translation. The language in which John Barbour, Archdeacon of Aberdeen, wrote his Bruce is ,archaic...

6s.)—Although the author of this book makes the mistake, so often combated in these columns, of regarding marriage as an institution founded for the benefit of the individual,...

AN AMERICAN PRODIGAL! Mn. G. H. LORIMER has already made himself known to English readers by his Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son. This novel has all the verve,...

Co. 6s.)—The beginning of this book is much the most interesting part ; the subsequent history of the heroine, Lady Susan, has a decidedly irritating effect on the reader. The...

W. (W. Black- wood and Sons. Ss. net.)—The Black Watch traces back its beginning to 1725, when four companies of Highland troops were raised from loyal clans to keep the peace,...

Ouseley. 6s.)—It is sufficient to quote the sub-title, "A Tale of the Northern Territory," to indicate the subject. The colour is better than the drawing, but the whole effect...

Spilsbury, 12th Regiment. Edited by B. H. L. Frere. (Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)—Captain Spilsbury was a Captain of two years' standing when the siege began. He...

Tucker, Litt.D. (Cambridge University Press. 9s. net.)—Pro- fessor Tucker began his Aeschylean studies with the " Supplices " as long ago as 1889, continued them with the "...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] The Apocryphal Books. By Professor H. T. Andrews. (T. C. and E. C....

Calvert. (John Lano. 3s. 6d. uet.)—Mr. Calvert has added, it will be seen, another volume to his " Spanish Series." It numbers already fourteen volumes, and nine more are...

Co., 15s. net), including Vols. XIII.-XV. of the old edition, takes in the names from " Craik—Drake." Among the famous personages are Archbishop Cranmer, Nathaniel, Lord Crewe,...