FROM JANUARY 3rd TO JUNE 27th, 1914, INCLUSIVE, TOPICS OF THE DAY. A EGEAN and Albanian Problems, the 201 ..C1. Africa, South, the Strikee in 46.86172.216 African (South)...

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George's declaration is not a direct challenge to Mr. Winston ChnrchilL The matter has become a duel between Mr. Asquith's two chief lieutenants. How Mr. Winston Churchill will...

honestly desires—instead of relaxing our efforts, make the distance between us and Germany still greater—there is a distinct possibility of German effort being relaxed as...

armaments, and especially a bloated Navy, by a reference to Lord 'Randolph Churehilre resignation in 1887 "rather than assent to the proposed Estimates for the Army and the Navy...

T HE most important event of the week was the publication in Thursday's Daily Chronicle of a long interview with Mr. Lloyd George, in which the quickchange artist of politics...

the prime shibboleth of the Little-Navyites. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is using the worst of the sophistries indulged in by the pacifists. We are not to make our own...

it is absurd for us to insist upon "a sixty per cent. superiority" of naval strength over Germany when Germany has nothing like that percentage of military superiority over...

case.

M. Cadieux, as we read in the Times, made some interesting comparisons between French and British taxation. The present French system, he said, did sot exempt the financially...

in lonely places have been warned by Sir Lionel Carden and Mr. Lind to move into the towns, or send away their wives and families. Mr. Lind, it appears, has ex- pressed the hope...

recent Note an the Aegean and Albanian questions was delivered on Tuesday. Beyond the fact that the reply has taken this concerted form, and thus superficially suggests that in...

to his guns and his ships, and not tamely submit to have the Navy Estimates reduced because a atateliman who always has his ear to the ground has become convinced that for the...

act which the Powers did not foresee and for which they cannot be blamed. Turkey has bought a new battleship and Is apparently making a bid to turn the scale of naval strength...

November 30th, gives a deplorable account of the operations of the rebel bands. Regular employment has been destroyed; many of the peons have no choice but to join the Revotosos...

great services the minor service of announcing a meeting, the Weeeninster Gazette talks with fatuous inappropriate- ness of her "rushing into print." We agree that it ought to...

of Bedford, announcing that a meeting on behalf of the Portuguese political prisoners will be held in the first week of February under the thairmanthip of Lord Lytton. The...

reviewed the events of the year in a speech delivered at the annual dinner of the New English Club and reported in Thursday's papers. Speaking of Anglo-Rtmairin relations, be...

on his eightieth birthday, at the hands of some intimate friends headed by Lord Northcliffe, a remark- able tribute of esteem from journalists. The illuminated address presented...

to lead a new expedition to the South Pole in the coming year. The expedition, which will probably start from Buenos Aires in October, 1914, aims at crossing the Antarctic...

spondent in Ireland some account of the Irish Volunteers who are enrolling themselves in the name of Nationalism, though it is to be noted that the Volunteers' motives are in...

Cathedral last Sunday on the methods and dangers of contemporary controversy. While admitting that, as a rule, arguments and influence had taken the place of bludgeons and axes,...

Scott in 1901-4 and with, Sir Ernest Shackleton in 1907-9, besides accompanying the Australian expedition; and a biologist, a physicist, and a geologist will be attached to each...

are five peerages. The first, the viscounty bestowed on Mr. James Bryce, will give universal satisfaction. No man has done better work for his country and Empire and the whole...

at Croydon Park a manifesto was issued by Mr. John MacNeill, a Gaelic scholar, and Mr. Lawrence Kettle. The appeal was for assistance to defend the rights and liberties common...

2nd. Consols (21 i ) were on Friday 71i—Wednesday week 72.

THE MEXICAN SITUATION. T HE detailed news in regard to the character of the war waged by the Mexican rebels, which we summarize elsewhere, cannot but be a cause of grave...

T "present state of the political groups in France affords to those who think it would be quite easy to do away with our British party system some curious material for...

T HERE is one aspect of the coming land campaign of the Liberal Party to which insufficient attention has as yet been. devoted. Not only do Mr. Lloyd George and his friends...

W E had hoped to be able to leave the Kikuyu con- troversy untouched for the next few weeks—that is, until the ardour of the disputants on both sides had cooled a little and...

TT is commonly said nowadays that remorse is an emotion which is losing force. People, we are told, do not feid repentance as they did. We very much doubt if so radial a change...

M R. LLOYD GEORGE seems to have been suffering from a peculiarly severe fit of absence of mind when he spoke at Cricoieth on Friday week. He saw around him annoyances and...

S INCH the publication, some four years ago, of an English translation of Carl Hagenbeck's Thieren und Menschen, so much has been written of the Hagenbeck methods of exhibiting...

THE EXCLUSION OF ULSTER [To VW 'gyms 57 17II MPSCraTO."1 Sln,—In common, I believe, with the great majority of those who understand Ireland and have no axes to grind, I would...

[To ram Norma or Tax ••8rsorAren..1 SIII,—You will, I feel sure, agree with me in thinking it desirable that as much publicity as possible should be given to the enclosed...

Srs,—To the considering student of our religious history the recent declaration of Lord Haldane, which *lamed together in an equal condemnation the advocates of...

now opening? First of all, Sir, I heartily agree with you in your view that the ideal solution is the simple one—the maintenance of the Union intact and unaltered. After all,...

[To WM EDITOR On TH1 "Sraor.oroa."] Sin,—An important article in the Spectator of December 20th is headed "The Royalist Prisoners in Portugal," a title which is misleading now...

[To Tan EDIT. Or THE SPZCI,7074 . 1 SIE,—Referring to the Panama-Pacific Exposition you say "To put it bluntly, our manufacturers are 'fed-up 'with exhibi- tions. Ghent was a...

fire TIM Manes Or Ilia 5excravo...1 Srs,—May I draw the attention of your readers to an experi- mental effort which is being made to bridge a serious gap in the present...

(To ran Enrron or Senora...1 SIN,—Tbe Speetator of December 13th contains a criticism of the Government's land policy, concluding with a paragraph on afforestation which ought...

[To Tar Eon. or Tar "Sraorrros.") Sin,—Your interesting article on the above subject in your last week's issue must have given expression to the thoughts of many of your readers...

TUB " SPILLTATON..1 SIR, — Now that we are about to celebrate the centenary of peace between the two great branches of the Englieh.speaking people, I hope we may all look...

[To :sr Eorros or las "Srscrarox."1 SI11,-031 November 23rd, 1913, the King of Denmark, by Royal Resolution, granted permission to Icelanders both on sea and on land to hoist...

“Srscrvros.") SIlt,—I am preparing an anthology of English renderings from French poetry so as to give (as far as is possible by trans- lation) a complete and adequate...

[To rem EDITOR OF 781 " SPROT/S011."1 SIR,—In your article "The Land Inquiry" (November 15th) occurs the sentence : "We shall probably find that the Government will let their...

ere THE Emcee or THE -are...roam Sin,—In response to a request that has come to me from many quarters, I have decided to publish a volume of selected addressee and...

err ../arrorrros.") Sin,—At a time when so many appeals are made to the public for hospitals and other charities it may seem almost hopeless to attract attention to the claims...

(To Tar Dimon or Tea •• - srreraror." 131n,—I1 no one else has written, will you allow me to answer the most misleading letter on the above subject that appeared in the...

[To rue EDIT= or THE ..svranaret. - 1 Sra,—Your readers may be interested by a short account of a play by Mr. Shaw which is being acted all over Germany, and which as yet has...

[To roe Euless or raa • SIE,—This is the third year that I have watched, during . weeks Or months,: the traffic in old English horses at _Antwerp. Last Monday (December 29th),...

(To ram EDITOR or ens ” tirsrmOs. " ) Sta,—In your issue of December 20th Mr, Ian Chesney asks for the derivation and meaning of nutresco in Prudentia nuiseeeo, jarsfitiO....

THE DREAMS. . WHEN I am sleeping I go in dreaMs Far from the children an the man beside. I meet with the dead and talk, doe strange it seems, Since I have forgotten that they...

. • TED : AN , HONORARY -SECRETARY. Ivo ids Mine's d, car- iqtrircriniu'l S 1 RT Y I - oak the haPifelitY of' yobr 'Columns for a social appeal?- We are deiroud• of finding ALT...

APPEAL TO AUSTRALIANS IN THE 'UNITED KINGDOM. [To THE NOIT012 On THE "SoscTromi."] hew been: pointed out to me by an intending subscriber Hatt cheques and money orders sent to...

[TO um Emma on Tire f• firsersres.."j Sin,—What is the proper plural of the above weird corn. pound word ? I note that yon write in One of your leaders of last. Saturday...

art in which he himself excels, defines eloquenoe as "a vehicle of persuasion." Such being the case, it follows as a natural consequence that thp manner in which.. this vehicle...

the zieumalhelein, orpressed. Or miffs Cis' mode of terpreorion. Ouch indnme, Sr. in, the . case of ,"Leiters to the Aditeri". frinriiart, radii .ganalts ..P45t 4ke. ni4frr. or...

Ix his preface to this history Mr. Gardner W. Allen truly 'says that the naval activities of the Americans in their War of Independence have been subjected. to no such...

MIL. DOUGLAS CARRUTHERS is indeed, as Lord Curzon says in his preface to these volumes " the type of geographer which has been evolved by prolonged experience and research?' He...

[COMMUNICATED.] K. Bstalton's -recent book, . Mirabeau, the first of a fine new seriessalled "Figures du Passe " (Hachette, 7f. 50c.), has already been translated into English...

his book to . Gxford and Catabildge; he him set himself to recor&-Telle. changes offeetet1 in our elder 1Juiversities during p century of effort and controversy, For the first...

exiles atitome was rejoicing ever the birth, of a eon to his Queen of Ring James III. In April, 1721, the bells of London were,ringing jubilantly for the birth of a son to the...

Tun idea which is embodied lathe 'word "prestige," as we now aise it, is' A very elusive one, and 'one, it would seem, of fairly recent development; for UM woedloes:not appear...

IN his new book—a sequel to his Greet Rift Valley—t)r. Gregory makes a very- interesting contribution to what may be called the higher geology,' that branch of • the 'science...

THE Nineteenth Century opens with a paper from Mr. J. A. R. Marriott on "The Constitution in Suspense." He asserts that on one point Unionists, Democrats, and Syndicaliete are...

JOAN'S GREEN YEAR.* Jour CANTLEY, the diarist and heroine of Miss Boon's pleasant volume—we assume the gender of the author only from internal evidence—was a highly cultivated...

[Muter this heading no notice suet Books of the week aa nano not Nan maned for review n other forms.] Robert Bridges : Test Laureate. By T. Herbert Warren. (Oxford University...

of a Manchester girl who marries a farmer after a very short acquaintance. The scenes at the farm of Greenmeads are prettily written, but troubles soon arise ; the farmer's...

of which the scene is laid first in London and then abroad. The character of Arnold Leith is well realized, but the golf between Parts I. and II. of the book is too...

(Hodder and Stoughton. 6s.)—Although modern writers of fiction often leave an undeecribed interval of time in the middle of their novels, it must be confessed that the gap in...

lease Pitman and Sons, 18s. net.)—Sir Isaac Pitman has reissued the second volume of Mr. Boulger'e history of Belgium, with the addition of a brief synopsis of Belgian history...

and (Jo. 5a. net)--This is a volume of character. studies. Such different women of the cloister as Abelard's Heloise, St. Teresa, and Bt. Clam stand side by side. The chapters...

Bendel Harris, and Agnes Smith Lewis. (Cambridge University Press. 15s. net.) — The recent discovery at Elephantine, on the Nile, of an Animal° version of the well. known story...

(Horace Mnirhead, £12 12s. ; to subscribers, £9 15s.)—In The King's Slaps Lieutenant H. B. Leaky has produced a chronological history of the ships whose names now appear on the...