tour through Posen and Silesia. On Tuesday, accompanied by the Empress and five of their sons, the Prince Regent of Bavaria, and military representatives of Italy and Russia, he...

events in the Balkans. The Turkish assurances that there was no intention to occupy positions beyond the Maritza were evidently insincere, as it is now argued that certain...

the other Powers in recognizing General Huerta. He regards Geaeral Huerta as a usurper and as the assassin of his predecessor Madero. The charge of assassination. is not proved...

in a message which he read personally. In the course of it he said :— " Although the door is not closed to the resumption of friendly counsels either on the initiative of...

T N dealing with Mexico Mr. Woodrow Wilson wishes to secure the effects of compulsion while announcing that he will never apply compulsion. This is a new method of diplomacy,...

to compromise. Mr. Lind returned from the coast to Mexico City, and it is believed that his offer of financial help was the cause of the concessions which General Huerta...

case.

in Tuesday's paper of what he has learned of events in Persia. The Swedes, be says, are gaining some success in making the trade routes safer. Two large caravans have recently...

Dr. Hensley Henson, the Dean of Durham, who preached in the Church of the Legation on Sunday, made special reference to the opening of the new Palace of Peace. In a sermon...

for the substantial accuracy of a statement in the Temps, that negotiations are about to be concluded between the French and German banks interested in the Baghdad railway. As...

the notable change which has come over the methods of French trade unionism. At the Congresses which have just been held there has been hardly any talk of anti- militarism, of...

Carnegie was opened on Thursday in the presence of the Queen of Holland and a distinguished company by Jonkheer van Karnebeek, a former Foreign Minister and President of the...

Guardian, "It is to be regarded as a parable of internationalism in terms of visible art," and the mixture of effects, though it may offend the purist, is not unimpressive in...

of the " Jiji" containing the first instalment of the diary of Count Hayashi, the ambassador who negotiated the first Anglo-Japanese alliance, appears to be explained. According...

throw fresh light on the negotiations. It is admitted by the Debate that in addition to the removal of German opposition to French railway plans in Syria and on the Black Sea...

the authorities of Trieste by which Italian subjects have been deprived of their posts under the municipality. The Italian Ambassador in Vienna has lodged a. complaint. Italian...

a special report in which, says the New York correspondent of the Times, he asserts that peonage and chattel slavery exist extensively in the Philippines, and that legislative...

this year additional incentives have been found in the meetings of the Congress of Transport Workers, the activity of Mr. Tillett, and, let us add, the recent publication of...

Episodes of the Month," makes a very serious charge as to the admini- stration of the Liberal Party fund; about which we should like to have more information. Mr. Maxse says : "...

on the war-path. Last Saturday at the Criccieth Golf Club he was in his most genial mood and delivered a panegyric on the Royal and Ancient Game unmarred by a single jarring...

week, make very interesting reading. The out- standing features are a considerable decline in the number of passeni a carried (31,980,000, or 2 . 4 per cent. less than in 1911),...

as such. But surely if, as Mr. Maxse implies, these investments were freely bought just when the Government had undertaken to settle a strike which affected the railways more...

the Ninth Congress of the International Co-operative Alliance at Glasgow on Monday. After welcoming the 600 dele- gates, who represent over twenty million members of 130,000...

THE AIR, THE PRESS, AND THE SERVICES. W E do not pretend to any sympathy with those who say that such a contest as that in which Mr. Hawker has just given a memorable display...

A N amusing correspondence has been opened in the columns of the Manchester Guardian with regard to the incidence of Mr. Lloyd George's land value duties. We call the...

into the heart of his enemy's country, and his daring will greatly increase the respect and liking felt for him here. The triumph he enjoyed at his meeting at Rustenburg on...

the most serious results of the Home Rule Bill, if it ever reaches the Statute Book, will be the passing of that unique body, the Royal Irish Con- stabulary, and one of the...

which, it must be admitted, was somewhat agonizing, the problem was solved, but it was only thoroughly solved after a struggle which lasted for some years. It is a -vivid...

AN interesting letter published in a recent number of the New York Nation deals with " The Legitimate Limits of the Joke." Well-bred people, the writer urges, recognize these...

I T is surprising that the name of Carausitts, the Menapian sailor who, if he did not found British sea-power, first grasped its meaning and possibilities, should be so little...

T HE old belief is that a good year for wasps is a good year for partridges, and on the whole the rule holds good. The same conditions, warmth of sunshine and freedom from heavy...

THE KING AND THE CONSTITUTION. [To IHR EDITOR Or THR "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—I have been waiting in the hope that some recognized constitutional authority would state the law of the...

August 9th there is an article on "The King and the Constitution," in which, if you will permit me to say so, the arguments against the revival of the Royal veto in the case of...

SIR,—You say in an editorial note last week that the King should be looked on as the chairman of the nation. It is exactly apposite. Surely one of the essential duties of a...

done good service by proffering and admitting weighty arguments on many sides of this grave subject, and it is to be hoped that the discussion will not be prematurely closed....

you for a reply to my second letter in your current issue, and I concur in the propriety of your decision to close the controversy to which your article of August 9th regarding...

"SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I have spent some of the best years of my life in our great Dependency, and I realize to the full the value of the Crown. It is only owing to the...

" SPECTATOR.") Sin,—The spirit of the Liberal-Labour disagreement, which made its first appearance at Leicester and Chesterfield, has now invaded Manchester, a political centre...

SIR, —Your reviewer appears to think that he is in conflict with Mr. Root (Spectator, August 23rd, 1913, p. 281). The seeming difference is terminological, not real. It is a...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—Further to my letter of last week. As the cost of living in the various large towns is of considerable interest to many of your readers,...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 Sin,—In your issue of August 23rd, a writer from a sanatorium fcr tuberculosis at Davos compares the conditions of treat- ment in winter with...

THE "STECTATOR."] SIR,—A question of national importance has arisen. May I bring it to the notice of your readers ? Christchurch Priory Church is a national monument, and its...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR " l Sia,—In your last issue you published a letter in which Mr. Dixon, writing as an ex-commanding officer, states (1) that three-quarters of...

THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The appreciative reference in Mr. Maude's letter in the Spectator of August 2nd to the incident at Lord's in 1884, in which the late Mr. John B. Thayer,...

comparison with London in 1912. London = 100 in each column. Rent, including Taxes. Rent, Coal, and Food. Rent, including Taxes. Bent, Coal, and Food. Barrow-in-Furness......

[To 'RN EDITOR 07 TBN "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—May I recall a good description of the desired delicacy in the art of giving, and an excellent instance of when a man in need would be...

HOW FRANCE IS GOVERNED.* WHEN the President of the French Republic becomes an author he is sure to find readers. But M. Poincare has not trusted to this certainty. He has made...

[To TBN EDITOR 07 TYE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — Most guide-books invite the correction of errors. Surely a small slip has crept into Mr. Alfred Cochrane's delightful Italian "...

LIGHT. "THE name of God to me was never dear ; I scoffed at God and Christ, and knew no fear ; Now stricken with remorse and shame am I, Perceiving how a Christian man can...

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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...

IN spite of the optimism at times displayed in dealing with Indian affairs, which may be justified on grounds which are often, to say the least, plausible, it is impossible to...

several essays which have already appeared in substance in the Economist and elsewhere. Some of the essays are worthy of the writer, who brings wide interests to his conduct of...

THIS clever and entertaining book will be found well worth reading, though M. Joseph Turquan's lively and peculiarly French style loses some of its original effect in...

Mn. Anoarsoia's book is a very fair example of the literature which has been devoted to one of the most difficult problems of modern rural economics. How is the labourer to be...

Tux curious and unhappy story of King Gustaf Adolf IV. of Sweden is here told almost in the fashion of a novel, but a very long novel, for it fills two large volumes of three...

THE GRELL MYSTERY.* DETECTIVE stories are in the great majority of cases written by amateurs. What lends interest and authority to The Grell Mystery is the fact that it is not...

recreation, and in this case it has furnished Mr. Holmes with material for a charming apologue. Somewhere in the north of England there is a lake which used to contain pike,...

[1.7ndsr this tradin g vs nctics such Locks of ILs vesk as Lars not Len scserscd fcr leticic In other jorms.) The Round Table.—The September number of the Round Table easily...

Nash. 6s.)—That "Perris" who farmed the Cherry Trees Farm would have committed murder for the reason assigned by him at the end of the book, is, to say the least, improbable....

Works of the Bev. H. J. Wilmot-Buxton. Compiled by the Rev. J. A. C. Smith, M.A. (Skeffington and Son. 2s. 6d. net.)— Although one would prefer that preachers should look to...

3s. 6d.)—In this book Miss Montresor returns to the mood in which she wrote "A Fish out of Water." Neither of these is a story in the strict sense of the word, both being...

Werner Laurie. 6s. net.)—In this volume Mr. Bumpus describes all the most important cathedrals south of the Loire. These great churches, though less well- known than the...

Boon. 6s.)—A story of a girl who mistakes an inclination to literary work for talent, and sacrifices all her family in the process. She is justly punished in the end by marrying...

As You Like It; King John. (Wells Gardner, Darton and Co. 6d. net per vol.)—These excellent versions have been in many cases tested by production by London County Council...

M.A. (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 3s. net.)—A short. history of the colonization of Jamaica, with a full description of the position and work of the Church in the...

Fourth edition. (B. T. Batsford. £2 10s. net.)— The changing conditions of modern life have their influence on garden design as elsewhere (the motor-car alone having completely...