4 AUGUST 1906, Page 27

Two Speeches on the Policy of the Army. By R.

B. Haldane, M.P. (J. M. Dent and Co. is. net.)—These two speeches were delivered with an interval of a little over three months,— March 8th to July 12th. In the first the principles were laid down, in the second the application. They suggest not a few interesting speculations. Was there pressure exorcised from behind? Did events without, notably the Egyptian trouble, bring about modifications ? But this is not the place for answer- ing such questions.