The Empire Review.
Everyone should read Sir James Craig's brief and vigorous article on " Ulster as an Asset of Empire." He is justly proud of the youngest State in the Empire, which is also part of the Union. He declares that the Sinn Fein boycott of Ulster goods stimulated the Ulster merchants to look for fresh markets in the Dominions and America, so that they are now less dependent on Southern Irish customers. Lord Selborne writes, somewhat pessimistically, on "The Future of South Africa " ; he does not agree with General Smuts's very loose conception of the British Empire, and foresees that it will create difficulties. Mr. Archibald Hurd states at length the case for the naval base at Singapore, which, he suggests, " may become the pivot of the naval power of all the British peoples." An unnamed and uncommonly enthusi- astic " wireless expert," in urging the need for an Imperial wireless system, goes so far as to declare that cables arc out of date, and to suggest that wireless services are being hindered out of consideration for the cable companies. Most people who have to send oversea telegrams, and know how great the delays often are, would say, on the contrary, that there is plenty of room for both cables and wireless.
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