T N foreign affairs the most important event of the week has been the resignation of Mahmud Shevket Pasha, the. Turkish Minister of War. The events which led up to his fall are...

the worse, the war still goes on, and here it may be said that the situation is developing, even if slowly, yet none the less surely, to the advantage of the Italians, 'There...

Poit ended exactly as we ventured to predict last week. Nothing happened, because nothing could happen, to • change a relation of the Powers which is the result of necessity. As...

making a tour of the manufacturing districts of Yorkshire and acquainting themselves with something of the conditions of the working classes there. They have inspected...

of Henley Regatta last Saturday and followed the race for the Grand Challenge Cup in the umpire's launch. The regatta was remarkable for the defeat of the good Leander crew by...

case.

King and Queen were interrupted by the occurrence on Tuesday of a terrible disaster in a mine near Conisborough Castle, where they had had tea only the day before. At about two...

therefore reserve what we have to say on the subject as a whole till next week. We may point out here, however, that if the Government are honest in their declarations that the...

almost rapturous about the peace and quiet in the dockyards to-day. It is quite true that they are quiet. It reminds one of that famous war dispatch: 'All is quiet on the...

by Mr. Grant for the adjournment of the House in order to call attention to the backward state of the prepara- tions for the administration of the sanatorium benefit. As it is...

action, should be treated harshly or vindictively, but it must be realized by the public that the essential fact of the situation is that the strikers' places at the docks have...

but may mention here that on two occasions during the week there has been serious rioting at the docks, due to the efforta of the Federation pickets to molest the free labourers...

debate was resumed, Mr. Burns reiterated Mr. Harcourt's declarations that it was the Government's intention to pass a Redistribution measure before the next General Election,...

Vote was discussed. We have commented elsewhere on Sir Edward Grey's speech, but may refer here to that of Mr. Bonar Law, which was extremely reasonable and business-like. Mr....

the House of Commons on Monday in a very thin House. Mr. Harcourt began his speech with explanations as to why redistribution was not dealt with in the Bill. He said it was the...

at a dinner given in his honour by the Royal Colonial Institute at the Hotel Metropole. The opening part of his speech was devoted to impressing upon his audience the great size...

Land Union, in view of the new campaign for land taxation that has been started by Mr. Lloyd George. Captain Pretyman, the president of the Union, asks every owner of land or...

almost always does in his speeches to deputations, when he is " un- cumbered " by the cares of preserving his coalition. But unquestionably we can claim on his admissions a...

of Belfast was an important factor in the case, and that it had given him and his colleagues very serious ground for reflection. They had provided safeguards, and he would have...

apart from the Imperial argument, they cannot make a workable scheme of Irish Home Rule without doing a cruel wrong and injustice to North-East Ulster, or else making a Bill...

of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty on Thursday the sug- gestion, already made in these columns, that the National Trust should, if possible, acquire and preserve for all...

Belfast Chamber of Commerce, not only refrained from pooh-poohing the objections of North-East Ulster to being forced away from the jurisdiction of the Parliament and the...

in London and received congratulations from every part of the world. It was decided to raise a fund, limited to shilling subscriptions, in honour of the occasion and to ask Mr....

" AN THEN in doubt or difficulty invent a new tax." That appears to be the rule of the present Government whenever they get into a tight place or appear to be waning in...

THE POSITION OF THE GOVERNMENT. W E dwelt last week upon the possibility of a crisis arising any night which might place the Govern- ment in a minority and lead to their...

in the discussion on the Foreign Office Vote in the House of Commons on Wednesday the question of slavery in the Portuguese colonies was mentioned repeatedly. It was not one of...

N OW that the failure of the- unhappy and ill-judged dock strike has been demonstrated an attempt is being made by its promoters to save , their faces partly by appealing for...

T HE records of the secret societies of all the ages con id scarcely produce a more remarkable story than that of the Oamorra of Naples, which even in these days of scientific...

from occasional newspaper correspondence, the chief cause of the non- attendance of men at church is the want of backbone in the modern sermon. No doubt since Christianity first...

T HERE are some charities to give to which will always be accounted a duty, and there are others which invite gifts as a privilege. Among the latter assuredly stands the...

CROATIA AND THE SOUTH SLAV QUESTION. (To THE EDITOR Of THE "SPECTATOR. " ] Sun,—Since 1906 four General Elections have taken place in Croatia. The last Sabor (Parliament) was...

SIR, — An able and accurately descriptive letter, signed " Ulster Woman," appeared in your issue of June 15th : it touches on a few points which, with your permission, I would...

[To THE EDITOE or THE " SPECS/Ma 11."] SIR,—In your notice last week of the outrage committed by Hibernian on a Sunday-school party at Castledawson you refer also to the conduct...

[To THE EDITOR 07 THE " SPECTATOE.1 Sin,—As a constant reader and admirer of the Spectator may I protest against the tone of your articles on the Ulster ques- tion ? The theory...

correspondence you have been publishing regarding the recent decision concerning the refusal of Holy Communion to Mr. and Mrs. Bannister may I point out that the claim advanced...

issue there appeared a letter, signed " L. C. F. C.," relating to the above case in which it was stated that "in many quarters it is assumed that the connexion between Church...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE S r Kari To fc."] SIR,—May I point out that by inclosing your words, "the Church as by law established," in inverted commas you seem to imply that that is...

letter of "L. C. F. C." on the Thompson-Bannister case in your issue of July 6th, I read in " Chambers's Encyclopaedia " that " the law prohibiting marriages with a brother's...

[To THE EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR." I SIR,—May I again call your attention to the report of the Industrial Law Committee ? Its work is essentially unsen- sational and...

Sin,—May I be allowed to reply to your correspondent "A. R:" (Spectator, June 29th)? From the beginning of mrwork - I have maintained that the welfare of the feeble-minded...

[To TER EDITOR OF THR " SracrATOR.".1 Sin,—As an out-and-out Tariff Reformer will you allow me to say I am in the most absolute sympathy with your leader on this subject. If...

Sin.,—Is not the forlorn condition of Nonconformists in foreign countries the reason for "Continental Chaplain's" conduct ? It was because they had no minister of their own that...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SrscrA.Too,."J Sin,—Mr. Lloyd George has called together a committee to prepare data and obtain facts on which The new policy may be based. The new policy...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — In a paragraph in your issue of May 18th last in which you refute the charge that the ancestors of certain noble families obtained...

SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—May I again claim your kindness to express my cordial thanks to your readers for their generous contributions to the Port and Station Workers ' Fund of the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Any one who has watched the faces of the men on strike in a dock district for the past six weeks, and still more any one who has visited...

THE "SPECTATOR.“] SIR, — In your current issue Mr. John Murray deals with the origin of the National Reserve, and rightly desires that a re- cord should be kept of all the roots...

[To THR EDITOR Or TH1 "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Your correspondent, Mr. C. N. Johnston (Spectator, June 22nd), is an eminent member of the Scottish Bar, a K.C., and Sheriff of the...

a curious fact that in all the instances cited in the correspondence on this subject there is not one case of a woman calling in her last hours to her mother P—I am, Sir, V. N.

[To THE EDITOR Of TII2 " SPECTATOR:1 SIE,••••an connexion with the letters which appeared in the Spectator lately on this subject may I send an old Egyptian proverb ?—" God...

LADY SHELLEY'S DIARY.* THE patient reader who loves the nooks and crannies of the past wades through the memoirs which most publishers to-day think it their duty to resurrect...

Stn,—In reply to your correspondent " G. G. R." (Spectator, June 29th) re the word*" convincing," I am writing to ask why people cannot let the English language—like everything...

ON THE NEW ROAD. WHEN you have started forth towards your vision, When you have counted up the gain and cost, When you have faced the old, old world's derision, Its scoffing...

name 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...

TRAVEL is still for us the perfect epitome of life, as it has been for every age, simply because it presents to us the infinite fluidity of circumstances and demands from us an...

Mn. CONRA.D . 8 volume of reminiscences is not a book to be criticised nor a book to be quoted. It is inspired by the simple hope that from the reading of it " there may emerge...

the autobiography of an authentic ruling princess, the lineal descendant of the Afghan adventurer, Dost Mabomed Khan, who in 1723, during the reign of the emperor Muhammad Shah,...

find an aspect of Dr. Johnson's life which shows him in a more wholly charming light than do his relations with Fanny Burney. His deep and delicate affection for the prim little...

THE success of Mr. Bagot's My Italian Year—a work pub. lished not many months ago—must be gratifying to him, even though it proves that he has under-estimated the interest taken...

MR. Box's The Ezra Apocalypse is a most welcome volume. The importance of the Old Testament Apocrypha has of late been frequently impressed upon the notice of students and...

ALSO AND PERHAPS.t A CONSIDERATE reviewer has some scruples in putting Sir Frank Swettenham's book under the head of fiction. It is true that Sir Frank Swettenham himself...

a novel this book is not particularly interesting, but as an account of the life of an Englishman in Basutoland it is well worth reading. The author seems to find, as doubtless...

Fraser. (Hutchinson and Co. 6s.)—This describes four breathless days and nights at the Court of Louis XIII. and Anne of Austria, during which the Queen is abducted and...

It is not without reason, therefore, that the editors of the Prayer- Book Dictionary have been encouraged to supply in respect of the Book of Common Prayer, with the aid of...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as hare not been vecerred for review in other fornzsa Individuality and Art. By Herbert E. A. Furst. (Macmillan and Co. 3s....

6d. net.)—This is a text-book for use in Roman Catholic schools and colleges. It covers the very wide ground of Psychology, Logic, /Esthetics, Ethics, Epistemology, Cosmology,...

(Green- ing and Co. 12s. 6d. net.)—A walk along the coastguard path of Cornwall is an excellent way of spending a holiday, but to make such a walk the subject of a book of three...

I. (Constable and Co. 15s. net.)—The Liverpool Vestry books contain the minutes of all the Vestry meetings held from the year 1682. Their peculiar importance for the study of...

Co. 10s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Bradley has already placed many of us in his debt by his delightful descriptions of Wales. He has now turned his attention to the country north of the...

H. F. Ward and J. W. Milligan. (Sifton Praed. 4e. 6d. net.)—The compilers are to be congratulated upon the appearance of the first issue of this year-book. It contains much...