T ERRIBLE news was received on Thursday from the Balkans.. Early on the morning of that day—i.e., between 12 and 2—the King and Queen of Servia and the Queen's two brothers were...

be Prince Peter Karageorgevitch, who is said to have been already acclaimed by the troops, and whO it is expected will be elected by the Skuptschina, which is summoned to meet...

in the Commons, nominally on Mr. Chaplin's Motion in favour of relieving tea rather than corn from taxation, but really on the political situation produced by Mr. Chamberlain's...

irony Sir Michael Hicks Beach went on to point out that it was necessary to conclude that the united Cabinet in its corporate capacity was as opposed to preferential duties as...

debate, afforded to his country an equally remarkable example of that independence of mind, fidelity of purpose, and willing- ness to sacrifice self-interest to principle which...

case.

as to the result of the German elections, which will be announced before the end of June. He thinks the Radicals will suffer, and indeed all Liberal parties except the Social...

Fair-trader, and boldly declared that he chiefly objected to the repeal of the Corn-tax because he was an ardent believer in the greater policy which it foreshadowed, Mr....

and Mr. Chaplin's amendment was beaten by 396 votes (424 to 28). In other words, only twenty-eight Unionists could be found to vote against what is, after all, one of the most...

the evening, and was awaited with the utmost eagerness. Need- less to say, it was a masterpiece of dialectical skill, but even Mr. Balfour's subtle brain and passionate desire...

we are by no means sure that it indicates that Mr. Balfour will necessarily end in intellectual agreement with Mr. Chamberlain. He likes to dance on the edge of the precipice,...

party created by Mr. Chamberlain's action, and will only say here that though a split has not yet actually taken place in the party, and will not take place unless the other...

with Nature just at present. Scarcely a day passes without a report of some considerable disaster, and two of them—the forest fires on the border of Canada, and the floods in...

science" in their punitive expedition against the tribesmen of Figuig. They are using melinite shells instead of the Foreign Legion. General O'Connor attacked Zenaga, the...

accepted the overtures of the Prince of Bulgaria, and has ordered the release of great numbers of Bulgarian prisoners. That is probably true, as is also the statement that the...

Paris has extracted from M. de Witte, Finance Minister of Russia, a somewhat important statement. Russia, it is clear, regards the proposed Baghdad Railway with great distrust,...

week, and at the close of the proceedings on Saturday addressed the leaders of the various competing choirs. The point of his speech was a plea for greater simplicity and for...

massacres of Jews will not do much towards preventing them. The veteran diplomatist in a letter to the Times last Saturday suggests that the Pope should issue a formal...

great fire there which consumed the offices of the Board of Revenue. Every effort was made to suppress the flames ; but there were no scientific appliances, the citizens relied...

Consols (2:1- per cent.) were on Friday 911.

W E have dealt elsewhere with the chief issues raised by the speech of Sir Michael Hicks Beach, whose return to active work in Parliament we hail as of the best possible omen...

THE POLITICAL SITUATION. T HIS Unionist Free-traders have won the first round in the fight against Mr. Chamberlain's proposals. That is, a Free-trade Budget, a Budget which not...

Republicans doubt if the separation of Church and State can any longer be delayed. They are convinced that the Roman Church, in spite of the remarkable moderation of the Pope,...

M R. HALDANE is always suggestive. But he has another quality which is not invariably found. in combination with suggestiveness. He is prudent. Progress is not with him, as it...

point in connection with Mr. Chamber- lain's Protectionist proposal which every Unionist should coolly consider before it is too late, and that is its probable effect upon the...

W E have lately come across a new French pamphlet entitled " Lying—Properly so Called " (" Du Men- songe Proprement Dit et du Droit ii In Verite," Blond et Cie., Paris). It is...

T HE case of the ten-year-old boy, Patrick Knowles, who stands charged with the murder of a fifteen-months-old baby is a striking and hideous story, although doubtless not...

T HE " insect youth," as the poet Gray in his " Ode on the Spring" respectfully calls the mayflies, have been much less "eager to taste the honied spring, And float amid the...

THE NEW PROTECTION. [To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sia,—Like many other Liberal Unionists, as I guess, I have been waiting in a kind of hope against hope for some more...

SIR, —We have probably most of us come across estimable people who think that unless a man is a teetotaler he must be a drunkard, or that if one begins by playing bridge for...

of various people and papers I have not noticed any remarks on the probable effects of Protection on our system of government. At the present time, I think we can flatter...

shall be glad of the opportunity to point out that the distinction attempted to be drawn between the taxation of food and the taxation of raw material is, so far as all manu-...

Colonist, that Mr. Chamberlain's pro- posal to revert to a Protectionist policy will bring the Empire to " the parting of the ways." Up to the present time the ties that have...

SIR,—I have never been on the illimitable veld, although I am told that it is a good position from which to study the stars, but I have succeeded in cultivating a certain degree...

Mr. Chamberlain did the honour to address the remarkable letter that appeared in the Press of the country on Monday, I think it only fair, both to myself and to the class to...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I was interested to note in the Spectator of May 30th that you in your editorial and Mr. Hall in his letter both make use of this...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Your article of a fortnight ago betrays such benevolence to the Nonconformists, and you so manifestly regard them with regret, as for...

[To THE EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR. "] Sra,—It is a pity that Mr. Fortescue (Spectator, May 30th) should have imported an element of invective into a businesslike controversy on...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] have no wish to continue a discussion with your corre- spondent " Scruts.tor " (Spectator, June 6th), who, none too courteously, prefers to...

[TO TIM EDITOR OF THB " SPECTATOR?] SIX.,—I have never questioned " Scrutator's " accuracy in reporting the conversations which Mr. Adam had with him on the prospects of the...

availing myself of your kind permission to reply to the article entitled " The Closed Highway " contained in the Spectator of May 23rd, I do not propose to traverse the state-...

[To TEE EDITOR OF TRY "SPICTATOR.1 SIR,—Dr. Dillon's letter in the Spectator of May 16th is before me. The editorial comment which follows it shows that you understood my...

[TO THIS EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—May I draw the attention of your readers to the fact that a special matinee under the immediate patronage of H.R.H. Princess Louise...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—As a Russian subject who follows with great interest all questions of Russian domestic policy, may I point out to you with reference to...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR- ° ] SIR,—Were you not a little unfair to us poor " Roman " priests and converts (Spectator, May 23rd) by allowing us no share in Father...

AN ANSWER. YESTERDAY you had a song I could not choose but hear ; 'Twas 0, to be in. England Now that April's there ! But I have found a new refrain I cannot choose but sing ;...

DARWIN'S LETTERS.* TIE great unblemished name of Charles Darwin rises so high above the crowd of scientific workers in the last century that we can never learn too much about...

the vexed question whether any of our living poets have the authentic, imperishable, or " magis- terial" accent, we can at least safely congratulate ourselves on the excellent...

A 'VOLUME that has taken something like five years to pass through the press is a rare product of these goaded times, and is indeed a thing for which the student may be...

As far as we are aware, this is the first detailed history of the house of Seleucus that has been compiled by an English author, and even the latest German account of the...

volume we have six sermons preached in the nave of Norwich Cathedral. Taken as a whole, it is a well- reasoned exposure of a sysfem which gives its authority to many dangefous...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] In the series of "Tudor Translations" we have Vols. II. and III. of...

who wish for an enlarged " shilling shocker " will find just 'what they want in Mr. Marsh's new story. It is six times the price of the " shocker," and contains six times the...

HIS DAUGHTER FIRST.* NOVEL-READERS' memories are so short, and so many years have elapsed since Mr. Hardy's last romance appeared, that it is not altogether surprising to see...

fkL) —The beginning of this story, as long as the scene lies in Australia, is readable, if rather commonplace. But when the author transports her characters to London the plot...

Weyman must look to it if he is not to find a formidable rival in Miss Seawell. One Babache, a Captain of Uhlans, in command of the body-guard of Marshal the Count Saxe, tells...

ls.)—The story is told of some lady of great academical eminence who, having been advised by her bankers that her account was overdrawn, sent them in payment a cheque upon...

F. Markham. (E. Arnold. 108. 6d. net.)—An outsider must feel that he is not : one of the readers for whom this book was written, and, therefore, that his opinion of it can be of...

Hill. (Macmillan and Co. 6s.)—This volume is of American origin, and some of the subjects—each of them treated by an expert—have an unfamiliar sound, "Track Athletics," for...

and Co., ls.), and Isle of Wight (same publishers, ls.), the first being in its "twenty-fifth," the second in its " thirteenth," edition, and so needing no commendation from...

6d. net.)—This book gives the experience of its writer in New York. She has had eight years of work among boys, varying in age from eight to sixteen. In some respects, of...