the Note with Oriental ingenuity that it is the presence of foreign troops in Persia which is chiefly responsible for disorders in the country. In answer to this it may be...

O N Tuesday it was announced that our Foreign Office had delivered a Note to the Persian Government pointing out the condition of anarchy into which Southern Persia had fallen,...

case.

Baron von Schonaich, the Austro-Hungarian Minister for War, in which the following passage occurs :— " One thing is firmly established, and was taught us also by the annexation...

Viceroy, made at the dinner given him on Thursday by the County of Kent, was singularly wise and sound, and goes far. to justify the choice of Lord Morley and the Government....

the advantages of the understanding with Russia were very much increased by the fact that he himself has had so large a share in bringing it about. In a much humbler way, the...

is that neither Power has any desire or temptation to exploit the other. We want nothing from Russia, and, as we showed by our action when Russia was threatened by Germany some...

accidents were now much greater than before owing to the necessity for putting, as it were, so many eggs into one basket. He remarked, too, that we are no longer able to build...

in a striking letter headed "Two Keels to One" in last Sunday's Observer gives authoritative facts in regard to the ship construction of the Triple Alliance. These facts illus-...

rapidly dwindled in importance for some days, came to an end. The strike leaders issued an instruction to those who had ignored the Government order to mobilise to return to...

affirming that Imperial defence is the necessary basis of any Imperial policy, no matter what its character, and that by defence we meant much more than the mere protection of...

no sufficient reason why the fact that we are now forced for a time to dwell under the shadow of exceptional Estimates should delay the establishment of a general system of...

declared himself strongly opposed to any idea of a naval loan. Though we must abstain from detailed comment for the present, it is worth while to point out that this absolute...

as to the need for continuous effort to maintain our predominance. " Germany is not building her vessels as fast as we are—but she can do so ! Whilst this power lies in her...

contended that Mr. Balfour was much too alarmist, and insisted that the dates of the alarmists are always . being changed. Two years ago the critical period • was to be 1911....

that of Mr. Arthur Walsh in a letter to the Times of Thurs- day. Mr. Walsh points out that the article in McClure's Magazine is quite consistent with the Daily Express...

a cat started from Atlantic City on an astonishing attempt to cross the Atlantic in an airship. The airship was supplied with a lifeboat and with wireless telegraphy. Its...

flight from Compiegne to London last Sunday. This is the airship which has been built at the instance of the Parliamentary Committee of Aerial Defence, and the War Office...

on Monday, Mr. Lloyd George discussed the causes of destitution. The speech has been described as "well meant," and very possibly it was, but there was also much that was...

Times to Mr. D. C. Lathbury's appeal to Church- men on behalf of secularism. The Bishop contends that this solution would cut off the only chance of instruction in the...

Times. The leaders of the movement begin by pointing out that they are not rebelling against the party, but are merely laying emphasis upon the constructive rather than the...

given to him at the United Service Club, Simla. Reviewing his Viceroyship, he said that he divided the unrest in India into two classes,—loyal unrest and seditious unrest. He...

States of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe in her ninety-second year. She will never be forgotten as the author of " The Battle Hymn of the Republic." We have read that this poem, which...

Oct. 20th. Consols (2k) were on Friday 80k—Friday week 80k.

Daily Express on the meaning which he attached to Home-rule, noticed in our issue of October 8th, may be thus summarised. The interview having been cabled out to America, no...

THE NEED OF THE HOUR. T HE need of the hour is to get rid of the present Government. Their policy as set forth in the speeches of the predominant partner of the Adminis-...

been a. great deal of talk about a Federalist scheme for the United Kingdom,—a scheme of such magic qualities that it will at one and the same time break up the United Kingdom...

E NGLISHMEN are so much accustomed to discuss important questions of foreign policy immediately they arise—our newspapers publish their leading articles within a few hours of...

W E gladly give credit to Mr. Lloyd George for a certain improvement in the tone of his speech at the City Temple as compared with his Limehouse utter- ance of a year ago. But...

T HE amazing attempt by Mr. Wellman and his five com. panions to cross the Atlantic in a dirigible balloon was near the border - line which divides foolhardiness from courage •...

THE Christian books produced in the age which imme- diately succeeded that of the first Disciples are few in number, and, for the most part, poor in quality. Dr. Light- foot's...

cannot be said to know very little about hedgehogs, but we may certainly agree that naturalists dispute over them a great deal. There is probably not one of our lowlier British...

ESCHATOLOGY AT THE CHURCH CONGRESS. [TO THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—" To every thing there is a season," as the Preacher says, "and a time to every purpose under the...

[TO THE EDIT= OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sru,—An article by "Pacificus " in Thursday's Times (the first apparently of a series) raises the question whether the Conference on the...

Stn,—In your second leading article of October 8th you say :- "There is no certainty that the Unionist Party will win at the next [General] Election Lancashire cannot be...

THE NEED OF THE HOUR. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'] Sin,—I was greatly interested in your remarks with regard to Tariff Reform in the review of Mr. Balfour's speech in...

OP THY " SPECTATOR...1 Sus, I was much interested in Mr. Gwynn's explanation of the reason which has removed his conscientious convictions against handling the dollars...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE ",SPECTATOR. "] SIE,—While in no way wishing to minimise the importance of the accumulation of capital as a means of relieving the unrest at present...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " sescrrroa."] SIR,—Paragraphs in your issue of the 15th inst. thrice draw attention to the increased cost of living in the Protectionist countries, France...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — You may possibly think worth reproducing some quotations from John Stuart Mill's " Representative Government," which seem to throw...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—Your correspondent who writes under the name of " Onlooker," summarising a work published in Berlin by Herr Martin under the title of...

that in Mr. Watson's opinion continuity between the Pre-Reformation Church and the modern Church of England was lost when the trammels of Roman jurisdic- tion were thrown off....

SIR,—Is it quite consistent on the part of Canon Henson, who, de haul en bas, lectures the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of Birmingham on their sectarianism, to he himself...

Article of Religion, " the visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men," &c. Consequently the Church of England comprehends and includes all congregations of...

OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 Srn,—/n your footnote to Mr. E. J. Watson's letter on the Church of England in last week's Spectator you say : "In truth the Church of England consists of...

Sin,—In your note appended to Canon Hensley Henson's letter in the Spectator of October I5th you say:—"The Church of England comprehends all baptised persona who profess and...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTLTOR."3 Sin,—It may seem presumptuous to speak when such doughty champions are in the field, but may I, as a rank-and-file member of the Church of...

fT0 THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I may seem overbold to ask for standing-room amongst your corresrondents a second week in succession, but my theme is now quite...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "Spacr1Tox."] Srn,—Having had some experience of the Rumanian propa- ganda in the Vlach villages of Southern Macedonia (the Vlachs, Koutzo-Vlachs, or...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — Does not the whole controversy between episcopal and mon-episcopal Churches resolve itself into the old question of the ease or the...

[To THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—The intense interest manifested among the educated Jews, especially of the Sephardim, throughout the civilised world regarding the...

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —On the same day that I read the letter from Canon Petit in the Spectator on candidates for Ordination, with your favourable comment...

[To TEE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—It seems a pity to spoil a good story like that of the poet Campbell and the patriotic Magistrate related by the reviewer of Mr....

reading through Stevenson's fables the other day for the twentieth time or so, I came to the conclusion that the one entitled " The Four Reformers " seemed to. embody the policy...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] Sin.,—Needless to say, your correspondent "Exile's" happily phrased estimate in last week's Spectator of the Agenda inspiration and his...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In last week's Spectator you repeat, without qualifica- tion, the statement that the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows possesses capital...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—The word "eatage " is the -only word used in this. quarter of the country (Yorkshire) to signify pasturage. At this very moment there...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] IR,—That individual initiative is checked whenever a Government Department steps in to exercise any control is now generally admitted,...

THE LEEDS FESTIVAL. TILE Festival which was brought to a successful close last Saturday at Leeds was rich in points of interest. The band was perhaps the finest ever brought...

name 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...

COLOUR. TEE lovely things that I have watched unthinking, Unknowing, day by day, That their soft dyes had steeped my soul in colour That will not fade away : Great saffron...

CHINA UNDER THE EMPRESS DOWAGER.* RARELY is a book written round State papers which is at once so sound in learning, so informing, and so fascinating to read as this. It...

little different from those which he has published during the last few years. The Land's End and Afoot in England are a series of studies of localities. A Shepherd's Life is...

MR. SEYMOUR'S book, Up Hill and Down Dale in Ancient Etruria, is the account of a pilgrimage to some of the less frequented Etruscan cities : Volterra, Vetulonia, Populonia,...

able study as the most notable of recent contributions to the under- standing of current political problems. Mr. Ramsay Muir has not studied in vain in the school of Burke. He...

ANDukv - Ev's stories are famous in Russia, and a few of them are already known and admired even here. The score that have just been translated by Mr. Lowe give English readers...

interested in the modern development of Christianity, and who care to see its fitness to regenerate modern society ably defended by a writer who is familiar with the vast...

us here a complete treatise on the Psalter, for he deals with eighteen only out of the hundred and fifty poems contained in it. He lays down, how- ever, some general principles...

CLAYEFANGER.* The Old Wives' Tale showed that Mr. Arnold Bennett was a writer to be reckoned with, and that impression is not likely to be disturbed by the latest addition to...

Moncrieff, " but there is room for many more " ; and he proceeds to prove the truth of his saying twice over, first by writing a book which we are very glad to have, and...

Tax principal political article of the Edinburgh deals with the question of India,—in domestic matters the Conference truce still holds. It is an able appreciation of Lord...

Sons. 6s.)—This is an industrial story dealing, as the title indicates, with the family of Templeton, makers of engines in a country district near Glasgow. Mr. Richard Temple-...

some force in the character-drawing. Joan, her artist ambition and what comes of it, will hardly be forgotten by the reader.—The Young Idea. By Frank A. Swinnertan. (Chatto and...

7s. 61. net.)—Mr. Wallace begins his book with a brief historical introduction. For the most part it is a record of failure. Spanish rule was such, and such was Mexican...

splendid shows of recent times will be glad to possess themselves of Japan To - day, by Kotaro Mochizuki (Liberal News Agency, Tokyo). It is described as a "Souvenir of the...

mai (sake-cup) described as a "souvenir" of their participation in the Japan-British Exhibition, and an illustrated volume describing the city of Kyoto and its industries. The...

and Son. 2s. 6d. net.)—Dr. Macewen has collected a great number of most valuable facts in this volume. It well deserves the careful attention of the sanitary authorities...

Edited by James Collier. (Whitcombe and Tombs. 7s. Bd.)- David Collins (1756-1810) was gazetted Lieutenant of Marines at the age of fourteen, served in the American War and...

(Con- stable and Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Stock doubtless does his best to " look facts in the face," but he has, so to speak, a cast in his intellectual eye. He writes about the...

Universe. By G. W. de Tunzelmann. (Charles Griffin and Co. 15s. net.)— We must be content with a very brief notice of this work. Its aim, says the author, is "to develop as...

trader this heading ire reties such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] Herbert Spencer's Descriptive Sociology. Edited by Henry R. Tedder....

By Arthur James Mason, D.D. (Longmans and Co. 69. net.)—The two-volume edition, published in 1908, has been somewhat shortened by the omission of a number of letters, and the...