general strike has been declared, resulting in a partial interruption of passenger traffic and a paralysis of trade in certain districts, with grave possibilities of a food...

was a renewal of rioting late at night in the slums, the police were violently attacked, and the military called out and cleared the streets with fixed bayonets. The shipowners...

As fire prison vans containing arrested riotre.s were being driven from the Central Bridewell to Walton Gaol with an escort of Hussars and Scots Greys they were violently...

T HE week ends in gloom and perplexity, a general railway strike having been declared on Thursday night. Negotia- tions had been carried on at the Board of Trade with the...

case.

A great mass meeting attended by 70,000 people was being held in the square before St. George's Hall, Mr. Tom Mann being the principal speaker, and order was maintained until...

chronicled. On Saturday the outlook in London seemed hopeful. The conference at the Board of Trade resulted late on the previous night in a settlement between the lightermen and...

men have already come out in the provinces-5,000 at Leeds alone and the bulk of the men at Crewe—it does not affect some of the southern lines at all, and others only partially....

some Australian analogies to the present strikes in England. He thinks that the object of such leaders as Mr. Ben Tillett and Mr. Tom Mann is to substitute the general strike...

Nalissori have returned home. A characteristic administra- tive muddle seemed likely at one time to be the cause of fresh difficulties. It will be remembered that one of the...

an interesting note on the rate of construction is German shipyards. The Cologne Gazette calls attention to the fact that the three sister battleships Ostfriesland," Helgo-...

Commons on the threatened railway strike. He said the duty of the Government to the public was perfectly clear. They would have to protect the railways, whatever the coat might...

statement on the Anglo-Turkish negotiations in the Middle East. The negotiations aim at a settlement of all points its dispute: it is proposed by Great Britain that economic...

dis- appeared from public view in Australia, rather like the French heroes who arise from time to time to direct a general strike and quickly pay the price of defeat and...

about Morocco have again taken an unfavourable turn. This may mean merely that pessimism has succeeded optimism for no more definite reason than that a change of temperature was...

vote in the House of Commons on Tuesday Mr. Touche made some strong but entirely justifiable criticisms upon the new postage stamps. He pointed out that there were two...

the Times in Wednesday's issue. "It is now known," he writes, " that if the final division on the Parlia- ment Bill had resulted in the defeat of Lord Morley's motion Lord...

Tuesday, when speeches were delivered by Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Mr. Borden, the Opposition leader. The latter devoted himself principally, according to the Times corre-...

Mar. 9th. Consols (21) were on Friday 784—Friday week 781.

Lewis at Salisbury, Rhodesia, who was charged with shooting dead a native who had made insulting overtures to Miss Lewis, ended in a verdict of not guilty. At the first trial...

turn it into a public park as part of the King Edward Memorial is being very strongly backed, and we have every hope that the Mansion House Committee, who have already decided...

Bishop of Salisbury (Dr.John Wordsworth), w hich occurred onWednesday afternoon. He was in his sixty-eighth year, and had occupied the See since 1885. It is principally as a...

cussed in Committee of Supply on Monday. Lord Wolmer, who moved the reduction of the vote by £100,000, observed that this innovation swept away the last distinguishing feature...

THE NEW PHASE OF INDUSTRIAL RE VOLT. 'E VERYONE who has watched the progress of the strikes during the last fortnight must have noticed that a new method has been adopted, and...

W ITH the social disturbance created by the strike epidemic we deal elsewhere, but there is one particular aspect of the present labour unrest which needs special treatment. On...

A NEW and critical era opens before us. Such has been the public apathy within the last few months, however, that we doubt whether Englishmen recognize the vastness of the...

S OME four months back we dismissed the idea that the minority necessary to defeat the Arbitration Treaty with Great Britain would be found in the present United States Senate....

the future of Socialism will be news to many readers of to-day who are moderately familiar with his writings from "Travels with a Donkey" to the Vailima Letters. Those who are...

O UR story is not of money but of fishes—the hardy, quickly breeding little fishes that swarm in such numbers in the pools and streams of Barbados that they have won for...

T HE amphibians are strange little creatures, at once a puzzle and a delight to the observer. It is quite im- possible to classify them scientifically: they might be assigned to...

Sin, — Will you permit a constant reader to criticise your actions P Not long since you expressed surprise at doubts being cast on your faithfulness to the Unionist cause. I was...

THE POLITICAL SITUATION. [To THE EDITOR Or THY "SPECTATOR:1 Sin, — The present moment seems opportune for an endeavour to take stock of the political situation. I think it must...

"SFECTILTOR.”1 SIR, —The passing of the Parliament Bill means the breaks down of the Constitution which this country has long enjoyed, and which has served as a model for nearly...

not refuse to insert this letter from the other side. Yon are very triumphant over the " No sur- render " section of the Conservative Party, but I doubt whether you are aware...

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR. " ] Silk — Your article in the Spectator of August 12th is only too correct in stating that panic is one of the greatest dangers England has to...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,— On reading your review of "Half a Century in Paris" I was struck by the reference to the baking hot weather during the Revolution of...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—Concerning the policy and actions of the Ministry in general each party will of course think its own views right, and it will be for...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR, — In the commotion that has been caused by the recent strikes of dock and transport workers, and by the preparations for other strikes...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—Is not the epidemic of strikes largely attributable to the interference of the Government which has become so fashionable in trade...

[To THE EDITUE OP THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—Many friends of the late Bishop of Oxford will recall various traits in a beautiful character. The memory of those who knew him...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTLTOa.••1 Sin,—May I be allowed to enter a protest against the dan- gerously complacent spirit which appears to animate the author of the article on...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR..] Sin,—Henry Graham Dakyns more than served his genera- tion by his strenuous efforts at inculcating a manly spirit at Clifton College. His...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTLTOR."1 the list of imported goods detained on board ship and in the docks and warehouses of London during the recent strike 618 tons of bird-skins...

MR. HOLMES ON EDUCATION.* THE author of this volume is at least a man of courage. By penning a circular which the Board of Education thought well to print but had not the...

THE MIST THAT'S OVER IRELAND. THERE'S a mist that's over Ireland where the black bird calls, And when you come it's risin' and when you go it falls. It's made of green and...

[TO THE EDITOR OF TUE "SPECTATOR. ") SIB,—Will you kindly allow me to add my quota to your very interesting article on the remarkable storm of Saturday, July 29th? The spot from...

in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode of expression. In such instances, as in the case of " Letters to the Editor," insertion only means That the matter...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—In a preface to a book entitled "The People's Budget," dated November 20th, 1909, Mr. Lloyd George wrote as follows :— " The Budget...

PROFESSOR LLOYD deserves well of his countrymen. His history of Wales during the national period is not only very learned and detailed, but, for a work on the subject,...

Professor of Geography in Yale University, was granted special leave of absence to study the geography of Palestine from an historical point of view, and this book is the...

Tins book deals mainly with Napoleon's life in St. Helena. Sir Walter Runciman is an enthusiastic admirer of the Emperor, and he vigorously condemns the treatment meted out to...

MR. ROBERTSON describes his book as "An Introduction to a Poet's Country," and is quite right in doing so. The interest- ing illustrations, reproduced from drawings by Mr....

Me. ROBERTS in Samuel Rogers and His Circle has given US a pleasant and sympathetic account of a man who has many • Samuel Rogers emit His Circle. By B. Ellie Roberta. Lead=...

THERE have certainly been some very strange crises in Canadian history, crises which are beginning to stand out in their true relation to contemporary events. There was the...

CHANTEMEELE4 THE name of one of the collaborators in this romance, D. K. Broster, is already known to the readers of the Spectator as a writer of verse animated by chivalrous...

WHAT was the "king's evil"? That is a question which it is not easy to answer. The term certainly had a very large connotation. It must have covered, as Dr. Crawfurd puts it, "...

Finder this heading as notice such Books of the week as hare not hews reserved for review in other forms.] .Disestablishment and Disendowment. By J. E. C. Welldon, D.D. (Smith,...

is a novel of South Africa in the days of the first Matabele War. It is told by the heroine in the first person, and the hero is a little too like the dark and mysterious hero...

mans. 4s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Mills publishes here three lectures, delivered in connexion with the University Extension movement "Politics" as illustrated by the careers of the three...

Sir Clements Markham. (The Hakluyt Society.)— The word " Spanish " is emphatic, for it suggests the rivalry between Spain and Portugal, and the efforts of the two Powers to make...

Sons. 6s.)—Although Miss Violet Simpson has never quite succeeded in reproducing the delicate charm of her first novel, The Bonnet Conspirators, her work is always competent and...

Sons. 2s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Porter's volume is an introduction to a series in which the condition of the South American republics—the Central American States—is to be reserved for...

A Study of Sir Thomas Wyatt's Poems. By A. K. Foxwell, MA (Hodder and Stoughton, for the University of London. 6s. net.)— This volume gives us Part I. of a thesis approved for...

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