Cromwell on Foreign Affairs, with Essays By F. W. Payn.
(C. J. Clay and Sons. 2s. 6d. net.)—We cannot follow Mr. Payn into his disquisitions on international law. He is all for magnifying it, and his views as to the legitimate extent of intervention in the affairs of other nations are very large. The essay on "Cromwell on Foreign Affairs" is an interesting resurtni of some of the Protector's speeches, and exhibits in a very strong light the remarkable insight into the meaning of politics that he had. Cromwell thought very meanly of the Dutch ; Germany, outside Austria, was of little account in his days ; for the Latin nations, France excepted, he had little respect. At home he placed his hope, for Ireland, in the Scotch colony. Of Scotland Cromwell said, "I think truly they are a very ruined nation, yet in a way hopeful enough."
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