21 JANUARY 1899, page 8

The Crisis In The Church.

A S soon as people begin to talk about a crisis one may be sure that there is plenty of exaggeration in the air. The present talk about the crisis in the Church is no exception.......

The Irish Local Elections.

T HE result of the Irish local elections in the towns is in one way rather a triumph for the Spectator. Almost alone in the Press, we have maintained for twenty years that in......

Trusts In America.

T HE industrial monopoly known as a Trust is only some dozen years old in the United States, yet it already controls about one-half of the industrial capital of the Republic;......