that, politically, he is either hopelessly blind or utterly at a loss for convincing arguments. Ulster returns 17 Unionists and 16 Herne Rulers. The figures, he declared, "...

case.

O N Thursday Mr. Asquith introduced what we do not hesitate to describe as the most unjust, unworkable, insincere, and so the worst of the three Bills devised for regulating the...

Bill, which we summarize as follows : The Irish Parliament is to consist of a Senate of forty members and a House of Commons of 164 members. The Senate, nominated in the first...

though not unexpected, was the most momentous in his speech. It was that Irish Home Rule is only the .first step in a larger and more comprehensive policy of Federalism, or Home...

Irish Acts of Parliament do or do not in fact violate these con - ditions, after the manner in which such Acts are reviewed by the Supreme Court of the United States, and that...

are to be forty-two members for Ireland, or, roughly, one for every 100,000 of the population. These are to sit in the Imperial Parliament at Westminster, with full power to...

was great, not merely in numbers, but in the temper and purpose of the demonstrators. Contingents from all quarters of Ireland, including Cork, Kerry, and Chive, took part in...

the Bill elsewhere, but must note here that the Irish Parliament will have power to impose new internal taxes and also to increase or reduce existing taxes, under certain...

as Free Traders to point out that there is nothing to prevent, but a good deal to encourage, the Irish Parliament giving bounties which will have the same effect as protective...

lowed Mr. Asquith's speech, but must note that Mr. Redmond declared his Party would accept the Bill, which he character- ized as "a great measure." It would be submitted to a...

of Mr. Redmond's declaration of Nationalist goodwill to the Empire, the Union Jack was insulted and its presence apologized fur. At Belfast the flag was in evidence through-...

taxes, of land purchase, of Old Age Pensions, and of National Insurance, but the two latter will be transferred to the Irish Parliament on demand subject to a year's notice....

roughly, eleven and a half millions a year, whereas the actual revenue obtained from Ireland only comes to, roughly, nine and a half millions a year. Therefore what will...

are summarized in a telegram from the Vienna correspondent of the Times in Thursday's issue. They are aggravated by the prospects of co-operation between the Kossuth and Justh...

of the Miners' Federation last Saturday accepted the recom- mendation of the Executive in favour of a return to work. It was stated unofficially that this decision was carried...

is vehemently attacked by Herr Konrad Haussmann, a South German lawyer, and member of the Reichstag, in the April number of the magazine Mars. From the extracts quoted in...

greater part of that day's sitting in a discussion of the Army Bill. A number of amendments were moved by Radical and Labour members in connexion with the use of troops in...

the Unionist Party in the House of Commons to assure Ulster that they regarded the cause of Ulster Unionists not as theirs alone, but as the cause of the Empire, and would do...

instruction without delay. At the beginning of the week there was some fear that the South Wales miners would remain out until the demands of the enginemen had been accepted by...

at the moment, are practically certain to result in a sweeping victory for the Committee of Union and Progress. According to a Reuter telegram in Monday's Daily Telegraph, this...

THE HOME RULE BILL. NA Bill to bribe the Nationalists of Ireland to accept a scheme of government which they do not want, and also to make provision by which they may in future...

W HAT are you going to do about it P That is the question in regard to Ulster which all Liberal politicians try to avoid. Nevertheless till they give an answer it must be...

business man conversant with affairs at Constantinople, and you will notice that he is perpetually using the word " they " in regard to the politics of Turkey. He speculates...

A LTHOUGH the Syndicalist movement is not yet fully understood by the general public, nor per- haps even by its supporters, this, at any rate, is clear about it, that the...

N EXT year the Panama Canal will be opened, and the west coast of America will be placed some 7,000 miles nearer to the ports of Great Britain. It will be a tremendous...

C HINAMEN have always made a great impression upon the English imagination. To our eyes, no doubt, they are comically wanting in individuality; a fact which does not, however,...

A NOT very happy record has been added to the annals of Chelsea. it seems that early in the morning of March 26th a milkman on his rounds discovered an otter in the garden of...

and Mr. Cuvaj was from the very first completely isolated in described his action in dissolving the Diet within a month of the Croatia, his appointment being regarded, not...

[To THE EDITOR OP TUE "SPECTATOR. "' Ben,—The reason we Home Rulers, both in Ireland and in Great Britain, as you say, so obstinately refuse to insert in the Home Rule Bill a...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, —If we are about to see an Irish Parliament at work it may be useful to look back to the last assembly to which that description can...

nut " SPROTATOE."3 Ben,—I must confess my surprise at the views regarding domestic servants expressed in your article of April 6th. Naturally large households are not affected...

[To TUB EDITOR Or TIM "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—I beg to put forward a suggestion which, if put into some concrete form by wiser heads than mine, I venture to say would lead to...

EDITOR or TIM " SPROTATOR."1 Sin,—The article in your issue of 16th ult. on the Navy Estimates will, if I mistake not, greatly appeal to ship- owners in its important reference...

[To TUB EDITOR OF TUB "BrBoTATOR. y i Sia, — _It is to be hoped that the richer members of the com- munity will not hasten to fill their cellars at the earliest possible moment,...

rTo THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR:1 Stn,—Without entering into the merits of Mrs. Rendel's letter (Spectator, April 6th) will you allow me briefly to con- tradict her inaccurate...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Stn,—You were good enough to refer last week to an article of mine in this month's National Review on the "Finance of China." After outlying...

THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I am very much indebted for the notice you have given of my booklet on this subject in your issue of March 2nd. In concluding you say, "If these things...

LTO THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR. ") Sin,—Would it be unfair to say that the general tendency of your writings is to show "that Germany is determined to de stroy Great Britain,...

To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Will you allow me to draw your attention to the fact that the " Travellers' Aid " is not the only society that protects girls against...

habitual readers who have become trained to expect precision in the use of terms in your columns feel a shock when they observe a falling-off in this respect. In your news...

your footnote to my description of a paper cottage built by me at Torrent Bay (near Nelson, N.Z.) in 1902, there was no perceptible movement—either expansion or contraction—of...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SrECTAT011."] Sin,—The papers last week contained something apropos of this subject. In one issue of the Times there were three mansions reported to have...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR...1 Sin,—In your issue of March 23rd, in the course of a review of Mr. Darbishire's work on " Breeding and the Mendelian Dis- covery," the...

EDITOR OP Pits "SPRCTAIOR.") SIR,—The story of the last wolf in Scotland is thus told in the notes to a volume of poems (long out of print I should say) by two brothers, John...

[To ma EDITOR OF THU " FiPmerrrox."1 SIR,—I know that you are interested in birds and their ways, and I think you will like to hear of an instance of sagacity and sympathy on...

[To THE EDITOR OF TUN "SPUCTATOR.") have talked with intelligent men of the middle classes in France, and have not found, as a rule, that they deny the Christian faith. Many of...

[To TUX EDITOR or T1119 " SPECTATOR.1 SIR, — Boswell's inability to see anything moving in the writings of Dr. Johnson may have been owing to a lack of sympathetic imagination....

SIR,—The N.E.D. needs no defence, and the C.O.D. must answer for itself. But when one of your correspondents identifies the terminal sounds of " dear" and " idea " he merely...

to,. ,e J. St. Loo Strachey... ... 100 F. M. Sir Charles Brownlow, Miss Julia Wedgwood ... Lord Midleton Sir John Wolfe Barry ... Philip Walker ... Rt. MM. Charles Booth ......

correspondent " Scot" should test the orthodoxy of the Oxford English Dictionary by reference to its own pages, not to those of our Concise Oxford Dictionary. The latter is not...

[TO THE EDITOR OF TIES "SPECTATOR:I fail altogether to understand why you should admits for a single moment that you " stand corrected," and have been guilty of " a vulgarism,"...

'ULSTER TO ENGLAND, 1912. WHEN a few broke free from many (A few men, strangers to thee) Did any rejoice P did any Sing the songs of the free With a voice as deep as thine,...

GRAY.* THE excellence of Gray's prose is in its simplicity and lack of emphasis. He said himself that " the style he aimed at was extreme conciseness of expression, yet pure,...

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

Du. BosAnn ET's Gifford Lectures—how much sound think- ing Lord Gifford's bequest has given to the world !---are an attempt to restate the system of philosophy with which his...

which were delivered at Manchester University by distinguished professors and experts. The lectures were part of a series on salient topics of modern history and literature, and...

have been written in complete inde- pendence and by authors of markedly different outlook and • (1) 0:411 . 3 and the Egyptian Restyryesuo n , - By B. A. Wallis Budge, lase...

indictment of modern America by an American. The true American is, we are told, becoming inefficient, and all his standards are in process of lowering. At the root of the evil...

IN his early married life it must be owned that Napoleon was neither happy nor fortunate. During her widowhood and after her second marriage Josephine was a desperate flirt, if...

ALMAYNE OF MAINFORT,* Mn. GnETToN's first novel stimulated a desire for further acquaintance with his work, and the pleasant impressions created by Ingram are renewed by his...

A J A.ET of this book, which belongs to the "Library of Historic Theology," has already appeared in the Churchman, but its present form shows a very important and significant...

a girl at school who has, "some years ago," determined to be a nurse ; she then goes on to give some experiences of travel which fill up the time till site reaches the proper...

(Educational Company of Ireland : Dublin. 8s. 6d.)—The editor arranges these ballads (numbering 114) in five " periods.' The first takes in the time front the coming of the...

[tinder this heading we oldies such Books of the week as Aare mot hselll resorted for review in other formal Missionary Methods : St. Paul's or Ours? By the Rev. Roland Allen....

(Edward Arnold. 12s. 6d. net.)—Mrs. Handley went out to Southern India with her husband, who was a forest officer. In this volume she gives us somo of her experiences, vouching...

—The Finns interest us for several reasons. They have a pro- nounced sense of nationality, they are a well-behaved people, they have fought a good fight withal against the most...

amateur gardener," says the author of this book, "is the most difficult person in the world to convince." Is it so? Surely the pro- fessional gardener is more obstinate, more...

and Co. Is. 6d. net.)—We have no criticism to make on this volume beyond that which is implied in the remark that a few pages of summary, in which the practical conclusions...

(G. Boll and Sons. 6s. net.)—At the moment of writing Chirk, as being the scene of mining troubles, is bettor known than it has been for many years. Still every one may not know...

Illustrated by Arthur Beckham. Translated by Margaret Armour. (Heinemann. 15s. net,)—Mr. Rackham has illustrated Wagner's story of heroes and gels in a rather less elusive style...