the moment to see bow close is the analogy between the array of forces in 1688 and those of the present time—only the names are all upside down, for it is the Liberals who...

state- ment about the resignations of Sir John French and Sir J. S. Ewart, after having twice postponed it owing to the negotia- tions of the Cabinet with these officers. Even...

recorded with satisfaction. There does seem to be a pretty general determination in the central portion of the Liberal Party not to tolerate the cry of "The Army versus the...

dramatic announcements of the whole crisis. Ho stated (1) that Colonel Seely bad resigned his position as Secretary for War and had retired from the Cabinet; (2) that he (Mr....

T HE crisis is by no means over. It is true, no doubt, that a better tone and a better temper have prevailed during the past week, but it would be moat unwise, because of these...

ease.

state- ment about his responsibility for the last two paragraphs in the White Paper. They were shown him by Colonel Seely after the Cabinet dispersed on March 23rd, and "I did...

the rejection of the Consolidated Fund Bill, said that up to the moment of Mr. Churchill's speech at Bradford there had been hopes of a settlement of the Irish question. Then...

taken. He could not, however, deny that orders had been given for the movements of troops and ships. [His speech reminds us of the story of " a Southern gentleman," who had...

afforded more striking evidence of the improved temper of the House brought about by Sir Edward Grey's intervention, than that of Sir Mark Sykes. Unless the Irish question could...

the House that the changed atmosphere of the discussions did not mean that the House was agreed. "No, Sir, it means that we are frightened." That, of course, is perfectly true,...

reply to Lord Selborne, stated, amid Opposition cheers, that there had been no disobedience of orders in connexion with the recent events by any officers or men in Ireland. The...

offers, one of which may have far-reaching developments. The first was the promise of an early General Election if the Opposition would allow the Plural Voting Bill, as well as...

Army discipline, in which Mr. Samuel went perilously near to advocating a slave Army such as we have described elsewhere as " the kind of Army that the Home Rulers want," Mr....

the Army by Lord Morley. The Curragh officers had not disobeyed orders, but they had gone so far as to ask for guarantees, which was "deplorable." At the same time, Lord Haldane...

to the Lords, and through them to the people of the country, to make an end of all these idle, dangerous and base- less assertions that the Army was implicated in any political...

French Chamber. The majority censured IL Caillaux and M. Monis for having interfered with the adminis- tration of justice in procuring the postponement of the trial of the...

were open to the suspicion of tampering with the Army. It was to accuse them of being fools and traitors. He accepted Lord Morley's explanation without demur, but pointed out...

weighty appeal to the leaders on both sides to come to a settlement of the Irish question by consent. A General Election would not avert the danger of civil war. But if the...

Morley would remain, and applauded Mr. Asquith's decision to become War Minister, Lord Morley made his promised statement, and explained why he had not resigned. His point was...

to inquire into the charges brought against Lord Murray came to a close on Thursday. Owing to the crisis, we were unable last week to describe the very important and significant...

a runaway fashion. The Cambridge crew were the heaviest on record. When very heavy men can row a fast and long stroke— weight and quickness being a rare combination—they make an...

Jan. 29th, Consols (2i) were on Friday 76A—Friday week 75&

COMPROMISE AND CONCILIATION. M AY we recall a duelling story which we have already used in the Home Rule controversy ? It often happened in encounters of honour that the...

A PUBLIC man was once discussing with an eminent sculptor a project for a sepulchral monument. He was not satisfied with the sculptor's proposals, and kept on saying that he...

A LTHOUGH the Bill for repealing the clause in the Panama Canal Act which exempts American coastwise shipping from paying tolls was passed by a majority of eighty-five in the...

rrHE recently issued Report of the Departmental _L Committee on Local Taxation is a document of considerable political interest. This Committee was appointed by Mr. Lloyd George...

" r niTITERE is only one thing in which my husband econo. ERE and that is in 'something else,' " said a woman a little while ago to the present writer. So long as a man can pay...

.21L. FRENCHWOMAN on leaving the United States hat week delivered an opinion on American men and women which we see recorded in the Observer. She had visited the United States...

C ORN WALL in the past has led the way in more move• ments than one, and at the annual banquet of the Penzance Chamber of Commerce, held in February this year, there was...

A CONSTITUTIONAL AXIOM. [To ass EDITOR Or sass ..SPECinym.] Sut,—Having involved the resignation of Colonel Seely, and, in Lord Morley's chosen words, of "two brave, tried, and...

[TO TUE Enaoa Or Tem "Sracrrm."3 SIR,—The recent military difficulties raise an ethical question which goes deep. It is the clear duty of the soldier to obey the expressed will...

GENE RAL-ELE CTION-CUM-REFEREND UM. [TO THE EDITOR 07 THE SPECTATOR...1 SIR, —The solution must save two things : the one, our country the other, the face of Mr. Asquith. Both...

maintain that nothing must stand in the way of the people's will, I commend the story of how Mitylene revolted from the rule of Athens. Cleon, himself of humble birth and "by...

"SracrAToz."] is to be hoped that this cry so ingeniously put forward by certain supporters of the Government will be accepted in Scotland, at any rate, with reserve. Probably...

[To vas Zones OR TIM ..13PECTATOR.'7 SIR, — In a note appended to Mr. Greer's letter on "The Soldier's Duty" in your issue of March 28th you say: "A propos of the refusal by...

[TO Tax Enttos or rem ”Srseuxta.”1 SIG, —It is quite evident that the Government have suppressed a great many relevant facts in their explanation of the recent action of...

that the recent orders issued by the War Office to various regiments in the North of Ireland were not designed to intimidate the Ulster Volunteers may be quite true. But is it...

[To an Eons. or vas "SPscrsms."] SIE,—I have just been reading your article of last week beaded "Mr. Asquith's Prime Blunder," which seems to me to deal fully with the...

Sia, — I am grateful for the courteous though disappointing reply to my inquiry which appears in your last Woe, but it concludes with a sentence the significance of which I do...

[To TIOI EDITOR O. IRE .. SPIOTASOZ:1 Sin,—Most people will, I think, agree with what you say in last week's Spectator in regard to the Irish Home Rule con- troversy. "A...

“Srsorsios."1 SIB, — Your suggestion of a Referendum in Ulster to ascertain whether or not a defined area shall "be and remain" in the Union has an historic analogy in the case...

analogy between the position of Tirol in 1809, when she made her heroic struggle under Hofer, and Ulster at the present time has already been pointed out. As bearing on this I...

[TO um Emma or rue "Erzorstos."1 SIR,—Perhaps you could clear up for me one or two points respecting the Referendum. So long as Parliamentary government involves the people...

Sts,—The enclosed extract seems to fit Cabinet Ministers so well that perhaps you would like to print am, Sir, dm., Z. "A promise according to their way of thinking means...

[TO roe EDISOX or rue "Sramwroic."] Sin,—We are governed by a Constitution; the present Government was elected by Constitutional means, and con- sequently—pace all the stuff...

[To ran Enrron or ran .13racrAros."] SIR,—Herodotne, some twenty-three hundred years ago, gave the grounds on which he judged the Greeks to be a nation. It was that they were a...

[To THI EDITOR Or rat ..Sr8CTATOIL'l am collecting the letters of any father, the late Sir Robert Ball, LL.D., F.R.S., which I hope to publish to- gether with his...

[To ma Enrroa or ma •'Sracrlroa."] SIR,—The letter on the Selborne Society and the Plumage Bill by Mr. E. W. Martin in the Spectator of March 21st expresses the minds of a large...

[To nor EDITOR Or TEN " SPECT1TOR:1 SIR,—The Ladies' Association of the Royal Hospital for Incurables exists to help entirely unbefriended, and therefore specially pitiable,...

[To TEM EDITOR Or TMa Br/ICTATOR."] SIR,—Your article on the above subject in last week's issue must strike all who, like myself, have passed within the last one of the earthly...

[To THR EDITOR 07 THB ..SIIICTATOV9 SIR,—A correspondent in your last issue suggests that William Morris, in the line " The elm tree flowers fell like tears," was alluding to...

or TES "SPECTITOR.'] BIR,—For many years I have been greatly interested in the cad lot of those who are blind, and have long had the privilege of subscribing to the funds of a...

[TO FEE EDITOR OF SHE "SrECTsTes.'l Ssn,—We ask you to-day to make known the need for an army of new workers to carry on one of London's most happily inspired charities. The...

[To ME EDITOR OF THE "SPEOTA70a"] Sra,—May we call the attention of your readers to the twelfth Vacation Term for Biblical Study, which will be held this year at Oxford, from...

A BLIND CHILD. Hz roams not in the summer light, He treads not childhood's golden way, He sees no phantoms of the night, No wonders of the day. He joins the children's noisy...

AN IMPERIAL MISTER-BUILDER.* • MOUNTSTUART GRANT DUFF, in his pleasant and dis- cursive Journal, quotes with approval the saying of an acute political observer to the effect...

pro TEE EDITOR 07 THE “R7xc7ATOL"] Snk—May I correct a slight error—a misprint—in the letter which you kindly printed in your last issue? I do not suggest that the House of...

or initials, or with a pseudo-mm, or are marked. " Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily Le held to be in agreement with the Mew (herein expressed or silk the mode of...

University Press published a volume of Blake's poems, edited by Mr. John Sampson, and the same editor is now responsible for The Poetical Works of William Blake in the "Oxford...

shows itself in the increasing number of studies and commentaries which each succeeding year adds to the already enormous tale. But few of them break new ground. Professor...

Ma. BATTERSBY in this admirably written biography has given us a picture of a young irregular soldier which would abide in the memory of all readers even if that young soldier's...

Im is impossible in such a journal as the Spectator to review Mr. F. H. Bradley's new book adequately. That would lead us into highly technical discussions, for every page...

Tits first volume of Messrs. Longmane' promising series of "Monographs on Physics" is fittingly devoted to an • Fanny on Truth and Boality. By P. H. Bradley. Ozford: at the...

THE April reviews, havin g g one to press at the moment of the Army crisis, are inevitably belated in their comments on home politics. Sir Henry Blake, who contributes to the...

THERE is a passage in Dr. Diercks's book which will not be read by En g lishmen without amusement. After q uotin g the sayin g that to a pelinliesel stran g er in their midst...

the antagonism between the Anglican and the Roman Catholic Churches in England is , not the principal theme of Monsignor Benson's novel. Indeed, the "initiation" of the title...

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