T HE situation in the Balkans continues to cause great uneasiness. We give below a précis of Count Berchtold's speech to the Delegation, and since the utterance of his warn-...

to the delegations on Tuesday, and Count Berchtold made a statement to the Hungarian Foreign Affairs Committee. The tone of both was pessimistic. The Emperor, after alluding to...

some of the major complications which must arise if Bulgaria takes action. All friends of peace therefore must devoutly hope that the Bulgarian Government will not move, and...

we see that all that the Powers can do collectively in the ease of Bulgaria is to warn her that if she does take action and .makes war on Turkey, they will not come to her help...

negotia- tions between Turkey and Italy seems favourable, and we are told that Reshid Pasha, formerly Ottoman Ambassador in Vienna, and now Minister of Mines and Forests, has...

to undertake such action just now, and that two at least of the Great Powers, namely, Russia and Italy, would view military and naval action of this kind by Austria-Hungary with...

arisen over the Turco-Italian peace negotiations would prove transient. Apart from the satisfaction that Austria-Hungary would feel at the termination of war between an allied...

case.

presented to Yuan Shih-kai a statement of Chinese floating liabilities, which amount to nearly L10,000,000. In other words, the loan of 210,000,000 which is being arranged for...

Taft in regard to the Panama Canal controversy, in which the President declares that it seems to him " a very unfair argument to charge a man with being in favour of dis-...

by insisting, as described above, that the Chinese Government, when the loan is raised, shall pay the money out at once iii discharging the Boxer indemnity and other liabili-...

per Cent. Loan for 25,000,000 or part of the 210,000,000 Crisp loan—caused no small excitement in the City. The question whether sufficient investors will come 'forward is...

after a very short illness at Badenweiler. on Tuesday morning. A South German by birth, trained for the law, he held various high offices, including those of Secretary for...

Tsar, who has been spending the greater part of the week at Balmoral, where Sir Edward Grey has been in attendance, will come to London next Monday and on Wednesday will leave...

United States Mr. W. R. Hearst has been publishing corre- spondence between the Standard Oil Trust and Republican members of Congress. His object is to damage Mr. Roosevelt, but...

last week have been continued during the week. At all the largest meetings the chief speakers have been Sir Edward Carson and Mr. F. E. Smith, and the enthusiasm has been...

Two men quite honourably take views as to the interpretation of some agreement made between them which are diametrically opposed. In that case, if they are wise and sensible...

the franchise, the more strongly do we deprecate these frantic women being treated as they would necessarily be treated were they men. They must not be allowed to starve them-...

servitude in August for the outrage at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, on the occasion of Mr. Asquith's visit, was released yesterday week by order of the Lord Lieutenant. It appears...

may point to what took place in Wales last Saturday at the opening of the village institute presented by Mr. Lloyd George to Llanystumdwy. After the ceremony Mr. Lloyd George...

on Tuesday, declared that of the various links that bound us to our fellows beyond the seas the supreme judicial tribunal of the Empire, the Judicial Committee of the Privy...

as was done in the Scottish Covenant, to stand by one another. The signatories will take all possible means to prevent the passing of Home Rule, and will refuse to recognize it...

29th. Consols (21) were on Friday74I—Friday week 74k.

THE ULSTER COVENANT. T HE signing of the Ulster Covenant, which takes place th_sday,isg a great fact. For ourselves, though we may be critical about points of detail, we hold...

T HE end of the holidays is an opportune moment for reviewing the European situation. The first and most obvious fact, at any rate as far as this country is concerned, is the...

A T Norwich on Monday Lord Roberts, the first of living British soldiers, whom the country is about to con- gratulate on his eightieth birthday, spoke with an earnestness...

M ANY of our readers will doubtless recollect that at the beginning of the Boer War a certain Radical M.P., now dead, was anxious to attack the Government. With that object in...

O N May6th, 1909, a man named Oscar Slater was found guilty of the murder of Miss Marion Gilchrist, an old lady who lived in a flat in Glasgow, and he was sentenced to death. On...

O BSERVERS of foreign affairs have plenty of reason, if they do not forget the experiences of the past few years or ignore history, to agree with the proposition of a writer in...

THE RIGHT OF REBELLION, [To THI EDITOR OF 711a " SPECTATOR:] Si,—Mr. Robert Lynd will forgive me if I suggest that he is a rather careless controversialist. I did not (1) say...

p EOPLE who treat the disfigurement of public prospects as an inevitable evil when encountered on the daily round are apt to resent the eyesores as intolerable affronts when...

[To THZ EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In commenting upon Mr. Churchill's pronouncement on Federalism, you state that "the real solution of our present troubles lies in the...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] San,—For the information of your correspondent " X " allow me to state that West Belfast, which has a Protestant majority of voters,...

[TO THE EDITOR OF TUB "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — We are destined to hear so much of Federal systems in the days at band that it is desirable we should start fair. You write this...

THE " SPRCTIITOR,"] Stn,—If the Midlothian by-election reflects at all accurately the opinion of the country, then the balancing elector must be attracted to the winning...

[TO TUB EDITOR, OF TUB " SPECTATOR...1 Stn,—Your interesting article of September 21st on "The Situation in China" seems rather to take it for granted that Confucianism is...

[To THE EDITOR ON TEl "SPECTATOR,"] SIR, - I think it may interest your readers to have their atten- tion drawn to a very interesting article on the National Reserve by Captain...

IrTO SRN EDITOR OT TEE ..spserAron..1 Sra,—The interest which the Spectator has always taken in the welfare of native races will, I think, justify me in asking for space in...

Sin,—Selden said that our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ suffered Judas to take the Communion. The fact, I suppose, is indisputable. Perhaps Audi Alteram Partem is like the old...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—I am surprised at the tone of your correspondent "Broker's" letter, for I had carefully read your article as well as that by Major...

[To THE EDITOR OP THIN "SPECTATOR."] Srs.,—Ycur correspondents cannot rightly understand their own, much less each other's, position until they go to the root of the matter...

[To THE EDIT= OP THZ "SPECTATOR.."] SIR,—To those who have been watching the progress of events in the labour world it has been evident during the past two years that...

Sin, — Is not some confusion of thought creeping into this cor- respondence ? It is surely rather a question of the rides or laws of a Church than the tolerance or intolerance...

Si,—Ia it not well if the blood boils as one reads of such " religioua " exclusiveness as that given by your correspondent "Presbyter" ? I have personally known during a...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] have just heard that the Library Committee of the City of Belfast has come to the decision to remove the works of Nietzsche from the shelves...

[To THE EDITOR OP' THE "SPECTATOR.'] SIR, — A passage in your review of General Harris's "China Jim" brings to me a reminiscence of long ago. I was Assistant Magistrate of...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] Szn,—Browning's "Rabbi ben Ezra" is an instance of mono- syllabic power. It contains but 186 polysyllables to 1,020 monosyllables. The...

[To THE EDITOR 0/` TEl " SvEcrrroz."] SIR,—I am somewhat surprised that Mr. Chandler in his learned and interesting letter on the word "check-mate" has not referred to the...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE '• SPECTATOR.1 have read with deep interest the suggestive letter signed "Genealogist" in your last issue on this subject, and as one greatly interested...

" THE WINTER'S TALE" AT THE •SAVOY. IN any serious criticism of Mr. Granville Barker's production of The Winter's Tale the extravagant indignation which it has excited in...

SEPTEMBER. THE morns are growing misty, the nights are turning cold, The linden leaves are falling like a shower of gold; And over where my heart is, beneath the Southern sun,...

[To EDITOR Os THE " SPECTATOR:1 [Sra,—Colonel Cadell's letter (Spectator, September 21st) is very interesting, and recalls a similar incident related by Colonel Pollock,...

[To Ms EDLT011 Or Tat " SrEcTexols.") - Sut,—Could not something be done to put Leonardo da Vinoi's magnificent cartoon of "The Holy Family with S. Anne" in a worthier place...

writer's 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...

DOSTOIEVSKY.• Or the three great writers who dominated Russian literature' during the last half of the nineteenth century, certainly the least known in England is...

say at the beginning of this notice that Mr. Lloyd George, according to a statement issued by the author, has had nothing whatever to do with the production of this Life. The...

THERE is a strong personal note in every book written by Professor Saintsbury, and it is this note more than anything else which distinguishes his work. To enjoy it as it should...

" BARREN as brick clay." Such was Carlyle's. verdict upon. the eminent Parliamentarian, the most eminent of what Strafford called " that generation of odd names and natures" who...

their different subjects from the feminist point of view, and together (if allowance is made for the inevitable effects of political bias) they form an instructive summary of...

DR. CHEN HUAN-CHANG, former Secretary of the Grand Secretariat at Peking, and subsequently a student at the Columbia University at New York, has produced, with the aid of...

THE ANGLO - INDIANS.t MRS. PERRIN'S faithful study of the domestic side of official life in India is not only welcome in itself; it has the added merit of opportuneness. A...

SIR W. ROBERTSON NICOLL explains at no great length what should be—in his opinion—the Christian attitude towards democracy. His little book is very readable and very...

a piece of vivid portraiture Nance of Manchester must be pronounced a striking success, but the personality of the heroine decidedly overshadows the rest of the book. The first...

Poole. (Clarendon Press. 6s. 6d. net.)—The. recently published lectures on the Exchequer in the twelfth century by Dr. Reginald Poole form a useful - addition to' the volunie...

[ Under this. headin g we ;take su.ch Books of the week as hare not been reserved for. review in ether forms.] The Business of Bookbinding.. By Alexander J. Philip. (Stanley...

and Daniel. Cloth, 2s. 6d. net ; leather, 3s. 6d. net.) — The policy of publishing volumes of selections from famous authors is not one that can in every case be altogether...

in a banker's family lead to-most exciting events at home and in Southern France. The author plainly has wide interests in life, and keeps his characters clear - cut, thus...

There is a slight touch of occultism about Mn Bagot's new story, which, as usual, deals both with English and Italian life. Some of his characters have appeared in. former....

Preface d'Andre Turquet. (J. M. Dent and Sons. Is. 6d.)—Profi.la Anglaisis a prettily getup little reprint from the works of Sainte-Beuve. Benjamin Franklin, Mary Queen of...

M.A., FRS:E., )3 1 .Z . B-:, REB.O.U. (Dunifries - : - S. Maxwell and, flon.) ! ---The , Scotch county -whose- fauna forms the subject of this slender butneatly printed volkime-...

ts.)—Apart from the interest to English readers of the im- pressions made - on Mrs. Ada Cambridge by her return to England after an absence of thirty-eight years in Australia,...

2s. 6d. net each.)—Mr. Power has written a most useful pocket history of the various phases of English architectural development from Saxon times to the Renaissance. The...

iii. of the "Special Campaign" Series. (George Allen and Co. 53. net.) . -7- , Colonel Maude is a writer with original ideas and methods, and generally has a very good reason...