15 OCTOBER 1904

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The Paris correspondent of the Times, who has sometimes information

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outside his particular department of news, ends a letter about the relations of Germany with Russia with the following remarkable sentence :—" Unless all the information...

Just a week before his advance General Kuropatkin issued a

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proclamation to his troops which must surely have been dictated, or at least suggested, from St. Petersburg. In it he declares that the Japanese seven months ago "treacherously"...

Whatever was the motive-force behind him, Kuropatkin pressed his attack

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hard on October 9th and 10th, and on those days the Japanese fell back before him. On the 11th, however, the Japanese again took the initiative, and re- captured some of the...

D URING the past week the greatest battle of modern times—perhaps

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of all times, if, as we have noted else- where, the area of operations and the number of combatants are considered—has been waged near Yentai with a fierceness and stubbornness...

The news from Port Arthur during the week adds little

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to our knowledge of what is the true situation within the fortress. It is clear, however, that in General Stossel the Russians have just the soldier required to command in a...

The German Emperor has found it necessary to give "an

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authentic explanation" of his Lippe-Detmold telegram, which has apparently aroused great anger in all the minor States of the Empire. Count von Billow has accordingly published...

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The German ill-fortune in South Africa seems to be persistent.

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The Witbois, a Hottentot tribe, represented as well armed and mounted, and to a certain extent trained by German officers, are now, like the Hereros, in insurrection ; and the...

The Morning Post of Wednesday contained the announce- ment that

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the office of High Commissioner for South Africa will be vacant at no distant date, through the resignation of Lord Milner. According to the Morning Post, Lord Milner has for...

it is equivalent to the total suppression of their favourite

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amusement. It is only on Sunday that the lower classes are at liberty, and that the gate-money, as we should call it here, is sufficient to defray the salaries of the swordsmen,...

The general meeting of the British South Africa Company was

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held at Cannon Street Hotel on Monday. At the first, or ordinary, meeting, the Duke of Abercorn, who presided, made a long statement as to the condition and prospects of...

M. Bourgeois, formerly Premier, has addressed to a Con- gress

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of the Radical and Radical-Socialist parties in France, now sitting at Toulouse, a letter of some importance. Though a man of exceedingly moderate opinions—we should in England...

The Times correspondent at Vienna states, upon what he considers

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sufficient authority, that the real object for which Signor Giolitti, the Italian Premier, was invited to Homburg by Count von Billow was to arrange for a rapprochement between...

After the directors had been duly re-elected, an extraordinary general

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meeting was held to consider a resolution for the increase of the capital to 26,000,000 by the creation of 1,000,000 new shares at 21 each. The president explained that, after...

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Mr. Asquith has made three excellent speeches to his Fife-

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shire constituents since our last issue. Speaking at Lady- bank on Saturday on the Fiscal question, Mr. Asquith ironically congratulated Mr. Balfour on having so long and...

We regret to record that on Thursday evening the Duke

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of Connaught met with a somewhat grave motor-car accident while driving in the outskirts of Edinburgh, his motor-car dashing into a heavily laden cart. The Duke, who was thrown...

It seems certain that the lamentable tendency to refuse employment

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to the middle-aged increases both in America and England. The Carnegie steelworks have recently fixed thirty-five as the latest age of admission in some departments, and forty...

A good deal of comment has been caused by a

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statement made by Mr. Hewins, secretary of the Tariff Reform League, in a speech at Cardiff on Tuesday night. Mr. Hewins said, in answer to an interruption by one of the...

We have been asked to draw public attention to the

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Continuation Schools Bill, which was brought forward, though not passed, in the House of Lords last Session by the Bishop of Hereford, in order to obtain active support for the...

Turning to the Scottish Church difficulty, Mr. Asquith hoped that

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the problem might be solved by agreement between the parties, or if that were impossible, by arbitration. Parliamen- tary sanction would have to be invoked in any case, but he...

Our hope that the Conservative electors of Thanet would reject

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Mr. H. Marks has proved altogether unfounded. He was returned on Friday, the 7th inst., by a majority of 382, and though that is smaller by more than 600 than the majority for...

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D IMING the past ten days the position of the Church

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of England in the Anglo-Saxon world, and the future of that Church if she remains true to her ideals, and does not violate the law of her being, must have been much in the minds...

A S we write on Friday, the fate of General Kuropatkin

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still hangs in the balance. During the latter part of the six days' battle—a battle which will probably turn out to have been the greatest battle of modern times, both for the...

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T HE series of articles which has been appearing in the

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Daily Chronicle during the past week entitled "The Truth about Chinese Labour" deserves the most careful attention of all who desire the welfare of the Empire. As our readers...

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W E do not suppose that the world is worse than

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it was—indeed, as regards philanthropy it is very much better—but it is difficult for those who look on with interest at the slow social movements of the civilised nations not...

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T HE chill shadow of a winter in which general employ-

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ment is likely to be exceptionally scarce is already felt throughout the country. Happily, its approach does not find the well-to-do classes in a state of indifference or merely...

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THE MODERN PARENT.

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O PTIMISM, a cheerful outlook upon the conditions of modern life, and the open expression of the belief that the world is, on the whole, a little better than it used to be, are...

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THE ART OF THANKS.

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TO say "Thank you" is the first rule of manners we Giving and taking make up such a large Dart of life that the -art of thanks is well worth a little consideration. Those who...

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LONDON CLAY.

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F OR many months, since the beginning of the tunnelling for the new tube railways, and for the electric line from Hammersmith, on the District Railway, to Hyde Park Corner,...

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CHINESE LABOUR IN THE TRANSVAAL.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—It seems to me, as a constant reader of the Spectator, that you have been strangely misinformed as to the result of the Chinese labour...

THE HOUSING PROBLEM IN THE COUNTRY.

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[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SrD,—I am very far from wishing to place any hindrance in the way of those who are so bravely .trying to solve in their own neighbourhoods...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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THE DISCONTENTS OF IRISH UNIONISTS. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR-1 SID,--4t is difficult for those charged with administrative responsibilities to determine when it is in...

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"OUR BETTERS."

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[To THE EDITOR or ring "SructirrOR.1 seems strange that English Nonconformists should have such an objection to the word " betters " in the Church of England Catechism, while...

THE PROBLEM OF THE UNEMPLOYED.

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[To THR EDITOR Or Till " SPECrarou."] Snt,—In the midst of this general outcry about the unem- ployed, we are in danger of forgetting two important facts, which are closely...

CHEAP COTTAGES.

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[TO TRH EDITOR Or Tay "SPRCTATOR."J SIR,—A little practical experience in cottage-building may be of service. I have built five cottages in a row for 2550, or 2110 apiece. These...

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• MIXED METAPHORS.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] hope I am not acting traitorously to the good cause in not resisting the temptation to quote a fervid orator whom I heard declare at the end...

THE LETTERS OF LORD ACTON.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sur,—I do not wish to trouble you with the general question as to the indiscretions or discretions of the "Letters of Lord Acton," but you...

DOGS AND LANGUAGES.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SE11, — YOU have recently discussed in your columns the intel- ligence and literary tastes of dogs. It may interest your readers to know of...

THE LIFE OF FREDERICK THE GREAT.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Siu,—The notice of my book on Frederick the Great in last week's Spectator suggests (p. 518, 1. 12) that British plans of battles are wont...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]

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SIR,—I cannot suppose that " betters " in the Catechism can possibly mean "moral superiority." How could a child judge who might be deserving of reverence on that score? As the...

SHEPHERDS' WELSH IN CUMBERLAND.

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SIB,—In explanation of Mr. Owen Edwards's statement that "Cumberland shepherds still count their sheep in Welsh," quoted by one of your correspondents on October 1st, I may say...

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MU S IC.

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WHEN Signor Mancinelli, the well-known Italian opera con- ductor, visited Leeds on the occasion of a recent Festival, it is alleged that a member of the choir was overheard to...

HARVEST SONG.

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EAST and West the Mother calls- " Come, my children, to the feast, In my low-roofed Western halls, Under high domes of the East. I have spread on hill and dale Golden cloth of...

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BOOKS.

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TRAFFICS AND DISCOVERIES.* MR. KIPLING'S new volume offers a great deal of delightful reading. It consists, in the first place, of stories that have to do with the South...

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hearing as a veracious chronicler may be summarised as follows.

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She is, on her own showing, a lady of Breton origin, married first to an Austrian noble closely connected with the Austrian Court, and en secondes noces to a German officer. She...

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THE reputation of John of Gaunt was made by poets,

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So long as the love of English literature survives, the patron of Chaucer deserves whatever honour may be paid him, and the Book of the Duchesse will remain a worthy monument to...

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IT is a pity that ex-Secretary Long should have told

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us so much about the Spanish-American War and so little about the American Navy itself—that Navy which attains its majority this year, and destroyed the last remnants of Spain's...

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leaves us in much the same state of bewilderment as

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The Sea Lady. Opening as an irresponsible and apparently jocular exercise of the scientific imagination, Mr. Wells is led by his severely circumstantial method to situations of...

of wine is ingenious, and the adventures of the thief,

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the hero, and the police in search of the accidentally dispersed magnums are often amusing. But the 1Iindoos who commit every atrocity in order to get hold of the jewel are...

They Twain. By Mrs. Aubrey Richardson. (T. Fisher Unwin. 6s.)—Mrs.

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Aubrey Richardson's second book, They Twain, is a decided improvement on her earlier story. The heroine, Joyce, is for the most part a convincing character ; and readers of the...

Or-rain. By S. Levett-Yeats. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—Orrain is a

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book belonging to the school which finds its original inspira- tion in the works of Alexandre Dumas. It reproduces with a fair measure of success the atmosphere of the days with...

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EARLY EASTERN CHRISTIANITY.

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Early Eastern Christianity. By F. Crawford Burkitt. (John Murray. 6s. net.)—Mr. Burkitt is fortunate, if the result due to his own learning has anything to do with good fortune,...

An Indian Garden. By Mrs. Henry Cooper Eggar. (John Murray.

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7s. 6d. net.)—This is a delightful book, though the strictly gardening part of it is not the most interesting. The condi- tions of gardening are different from those with which...

With. Hound and Terrier in the Field. By Alys F.

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Serrell. Edited by Frances Slaughter. (W. Blackwood and Sons. 15s. net.)—This book mingles reminiscence and instruction very agreeably. Masters of hounds, men and women who have...

The Dominion of the Air. By the Rev. 3. M.

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Bacon. (Cassell and Co. 3s. 6d.)—It is abundantly clear from Mr. Bacon's flans. five that "the dominion of the air" has yet to be won. He tells us many interesting stories, one...

The Nizam. By R. Paton McA.nliffe, B.A. (C. J. Clay

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and Sons. 2s. 6d. net.)—This essay, which won the Le Bas Prize at Cambridge this year, deals with "the origin and future of the Hyderabad State." Hyderabad is the first in...

[Under this handing we notice *wit Books of the week

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as hays not been toserved for review in other forms.] (2) from Revelation. The reader will find the little book, which is of the most modest proportions, worth study. We shall...

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.4 Concise Guide to Ely Cathedral. By John Willis Clark.

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(Macmillan and Bowes, Cambridge. 6d.)—Mr. Clark first gives the reader an "Historical Introduction," and then, by a skilful arrangement which preserves the chronological order...

Souls of the Streets, and other Little Papers. By Arthur

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Ransome. (The Lanthorn Press. 1s. 6d. net.)—This little volume is the first of a projected "Lanthorn Series." The sketches are gracefully drawn, a little vague, possibly a...

A Popular History of the Free Churches, by C. Silvester

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Horne, M.A. (J. Clarke and Co., 2s. Gd. net), appears in a " popular " edition. It was first published a year and a half ago.—Messrs. T. C. and E. C. Jack carry on their "Round...

The Visions of Ville gas. Made English by R. L.

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(Methuen and Co. 25.)—Most readers have no acquaintance with Villegaa (Quevedo) beyond that which William Cowper supplies in his quotation about the Kings in hell. Here, in a...

Smoke Prevention and Fuel Economy. (Based on the German Work

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of E. Schmatolla.) By Wm. H. Booth and John B. C. Kershaw. (A. Constable and Co. 6s. net.)—A reviewer, writing in London, especially after the autumn quarter has begun, is bound...

Everyday People. By Charles Dana Gibson. (John Lane. 20s.)—Here we

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have another volume—the ninth, we see—of Mr. Gibson's social studies. A considerable number of them are occupied - with what we may call 'The Snob's Progress," though "snob" is...

Diderot's Thoughts on Heart and Style. Selected and Translated by

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Beatrix L. Tollemache. (Rivingtons. 3s. 6d.)—This is a second edition, with a new appendix, containing an interesting passage from the "Memoirs of the Princess Dashkoff," who...