Revolutionary Government to sit in the Greek Parliament : were arrested by an officer of the British cruiser 'Minerva when they were on their way to Athens. Their steamer was...

T HE foreign situation is still overshadowed by the dangers and difficulties arising out of the Turkish-Italian War —u war which the circumstances described by us elsewhere...

case.

attack on Mr. Roosevelt, and with the speech the last possi- bility of peace within the Republican Party disappeared. He accused Mr. Roosevelt of deliberate misrepresentation,...

for the preservation of ancient monuments. Lord Beauchamp explained that it was proposed to give compulsory powers to the Commissioners of Works, if advised by the Ancient...

Turkish answer to the offer of mediation by the Powers in the Turco-Italian War. The answer is written with such extreme skill that it does credit even to the Turks, renowned as...

Morocco, General Lyautey, who was General Lyautey has been appointed the first French Resident-General in Morocco, General Lyautey, who was born in 1854, served with...

damaging criticism in the debate in the Commons on Monday. Mr. Masterman, in reply to Mr. Pretyman's criticism, maintained that the hearing in camera of appeals to the Referee...

scheme of federation, could Ministers point to any case in which a centralized and unified Government had been broken up to meet a demand for national self-government and in...

the Opposition. He warned the Government of the con- Enquences of establishing a separate Parliament in Ireland. " If you go on with this Bill it means civil war." They had...

was not prepared to answer the five specific questions that had been asked. If there was no parallel for the Government proposals, " Let it be so." No doubt argument from tire-...

for which the realized surplus of 6t millions was to be held up, Mr. Lloyd George contented himself with insisting on the fact that the sanction of the House would have to be...

as well as of dialectical brilliancy. He strongly criticised Ministers for having entirely omitted to explain or defend Clause 28 of the Bill, which makes provision for the...

moved the Second Reading of the Home Rule Bill in the Commons on Monday. He was followed by Mr. Long, who moved the rejection of the Bill. The Prime Minister had declared that a...

words of which it is somewhat difficult to see the exact import. It was, he declared, exceedingly difficult for the Government to deal with the question of Ulster. " If Ulster...

held its first sitting on Thursday under the presidency of Lord Mersey. The proceedings were opened with eloquent expressions of sympathy with those who have suffered from the...

that the Dublin Parliament would be the kindest of stepmothers to Ulster. It is clear, however, that Sir Edward Grey, like the rest of the Government, is very unhappy about...

Egremont Division of Cumberland, moved that the House should approve of the taking of immediate steps to ensure the co-operation of the medical profession in ad- ministering the...

to forty-two pistols in the, House of Commons being held at the head of any British Government with the cry of " Your money or your life ! " At the same time he admitted that...

the remarkable speech of a young Liberal member, Mr. Agar-Robartes. "The House," he declared, "could not treat the convictions of the Protestants of Ulster with contempt, any...

loss of the Titanic' did not produce any new evidence of import- ance. One hundred and sixty-seven of the 210 survivors of the crew arrived at Plymouth last Sunday. The Board of...

Feb. 8th. Consols (24) were on Friday 74—Friday week 781.

THE ULSTER PROBLEM ONCE MORE. W E claim a verdict against the Home Rule Bill on the admissions made by Mr. Winston Churchill. If we accept the principles laid down by him in...

W E have no desire that Italy should leave the Triple Alliance. On the contrary, remembering that peace is the greatest of British interests, we desire that Italy should...

T HE series of violent crimes committed recently in France by a gang of robbers who used motor cars and automatic rifles is as good an illustration as one could have of the...

to be congra tn. hated on having originated the scheme of a " Health Week," by which is meant, in the main, a week which should be devoted to the public advocacy of simple rules...

announcement that it will not be possible to invite contingents from the country to the Parade of the London National Reserve in Hyde Park on June 8th, though it is recognized...

I T has been said that a bishop should die preaching, and the late Professor A. J. Church, who was, of course, familiar with the saying, since he knew all that there was to know...

A LITTLE while ago we wrote about " copy-oats," and con- eluded that they had few virtues. Humanity bears a favour to dogs and cats, but the moment they appear in metaphor they...

is that it is the most likely month in the year in which to have rain. An April shower has become proverbial. Chaucer began his most famous poem by writing of the time " Wino....

THE "SPECTATOR'S" PRIZE AT BISLEY FOR NATIONAL RESERVISTS. [To THE EDITOR Or THE ",SPECTATOR, "] inclose you a statement of the conditions under which the Spectator prizes,...

[To THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sxu,—I think a few observations from one who has organized a unit of the Surrey National Reserve may help to a better knowledge and...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR...] Sin,—The note struck by Dr. Ludwig Stein in his article "Politisehe Legendenbildungen," of which I give a short résumé, is, I venture to...

pro THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Perhaps I may be allowed to add a few words to the appreciative notice that is sure to appear in the Spectator of your late esteemed...

[To TIM EDITOR Or TUB "SracriaoR,"1 Sin,—Vertical watertight compartments aro very primitive. Even if they close all right they still are primitive. The vertical principle is...

[To TAE EDITOR OF TUE "SPECTATOR. "] Sra,—Mr. J. W. Gordon's views as to the best means of preventing disaster at sea are evidently not the result of profound study of either...

[TO Tux EDITOR OF TUE "SPEOTATOB."1 SIR, — It is always interesting and often instructive to learn, from comments like those which you make in your article of March 9th, how our...

[TO 'TIIII EDITOR OF TUX "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The universal recognition of the heroism with which the English and American male passengers in the late catastrophe sacrificed...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE ° SPECTATOR:1 SIR, —You may think it worth while to print the appended extract from " Fuller's Worthies,"—I am, Sir, &e., F. C. G. BARK - SHIRE PROVERBS....

in his letter (April 27th) on National Insurance, makes it quite clear that there is no penal obligation on a workman to produce a card to his employer for stamping the weekly...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE ° SPECTATOR:1 SIR, — My attention has been called to a letter signed " Examiner " in your issue of April 27th. When the Spectator is constrained to publish...

"SPECTATOR." _I SIR,—In your favourable review of " Modern Wars and War Taxes "—for which I thank you cordially—you raise a very important question of foreign policy on which I...

To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Over the signature of Senor Juan Tellez Lopez in the Nuevo Munclo of to-day is printed the following letter, of which I submit a...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPEOTATOR...] SIR, —The misuse of the phrase in petto referred to by Dr. J. P. Steele (Spectator April 27th, p. 677) appears to be such a. case of...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTAT011..“J SIR,—Your leader on "Political Apathy" sets one thinking— that's the worst of your paper. You start an idea, and with your logic and...

impressed by your plea for a State Church, -OR the principle that a nation should be definitely represented on its spiritual side, I find it difficult to resist the Welih case...

We have received the following sums for this Fund :— Richard C. Abdy, £10 0 0 Old Nightingale Nurse, £5 0 0 W. Llewellyn Evans, £1 0 0 Amount previously acknowledged, 2430 10 0.

[To THE, EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:" SIR,—An Chairman' ()Utile Central Church Defence Com- mittee I wish to appeal - to all Churchmen, irrespective of political party, for...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SrEcrArop..".1 Sia,—May we ask the aid of your oolumna in order to remind Cliftonians scattered through the world that, in view of the approaching...

or initials, or with a pseudonym; or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to Lein agreement with the views therein expressed , or with the mode of...

THE ACADEMY. I. WE have become so used to the yearly exhibitions of the A.eademy that we are liable to be deadened to their monstrous nature. If we translate into terms of...

THE MODERN EYE. ["All that we can hope to bring to this lengthy dismission upon which 'this House is embarked is the modern eyo."—Mr. Winston Churchill in his speech on the...

ALONE IN WEST AFRICA.* 'Tars is an interesting and attractive book written by an Australian lady of unbounded enterprise, already known as a skilled and picturesque writer....

who have fallen heir to the blessing of Joseph as recorded in the book of Deuteronomy, and giies thanks " for the chief things of the ancient mountains and for the precious...

very rare success. For the most part narratives dealing with politics that have ceased to be contemporary and have not yet become history are but dull reading. In Gladstone and...

destinies," says an old proverb ; but, what- ever their fortune for a time, the common end of most of them can only be oblivion. They have their day, and then, like their mortal...

MR. CLEMENT F. ROGERS writes of religious and social work He writes with authority, and has come to perfectly definite conclusions. Many years' experience of work among the...

GRAHAM in this his latest work has touched upon so many of the really vital points in the science of gentlemanly existence that it is hard to know which of his monographs upon...

atIR. KEITH, whose legal and historical attainments and prac- tical experience at the Colonial Office specially fit him for the task, has written what must long remain the...

THE new Nineteenth. Century has two articles on " The Third Edition of Home Rule." The first, by Mr. J. A. R. Marriott,' insists on the Protean character of the Irish demand. As...

HERE is a book which is well worth publishing. It is the original form of the Calendar of Flora, which Gilbert White compiled for the year 1766, and is described by him on the...

THE MOON ENDURETII.• MR. JOHN BucHaN has done well to collect the tales that he has published of late years in the pages of Blackwood, for they were one and all worth...

contains an account of the Pimbletts of Pimblett Court, and a most disagreeable, arbitrary set of people they are. Martin Pimblett, the central figure in the story, is almost...

very interesting points are brought out and emphasized in Mr. Thomas-Stanford's sketch of the history and inhabitants of Algeria. To begin with, it is a country with many...

and Windus. Os.)—The story of a secret marriage and the inconveniences which it entailed. The renewed court- ship of the husband and wife at the end of the book is prettily...

mont Tonnere. (Mills and Boon. 6s.)—Tho great moment of this book, which is a translation from the French, is the description of the battle of Tsu-Shima. It is a wonderful study...

[Under this headl 1g ue colic. such Rooks of the wed as have not bun reserved for review t,. other formal Recollections, Grave and Gay. By Mrs. Burton Harrison. (Smith, Elder...

(Maunsel and Co., Dublin. es. net.)—The Aran Islands. (Same author, publisher, and price.)—The second of those two volumes was first published. in 1900, was included in the...

is a double section of unusual size (64 pages), Th - Thycle, edited by Sir Tames A. H. Murray, Ea. This brings vol. ix. of the dictionary to an end. Of the 4,069 main words,...

Elder and Co. 8s. Od. net.)—This " message " will touch many hearts in that " vast host," as our author puts it, " in the human family that loves dogs." Wo have read many books...

the Judicial Bench (Dean and Son), appears for the forty-sixth time. It contains an alphabetical list of M.P.'s, with biographical notices, a catalogue of the various...

W. Griffith. (H. Frowde. (3s. net.)—In "hurray's Is. Library." (John Murray.) The Lton Hunter of South Africa, by Gordon Cumming, and Notes from a Diary, 1851 - 1872, by the Rt....