"EUROPE was greatly surprised and a little excited on Sunday last by the publication of an official state- ment that the German Emperor had on the previous day submitted to an...

that the Czar will not say his last word until he has seen Admiral Alexeieff, and that the statesmen around the Mikado still resist the strong popular pressure towards war. The...

many Austrian ambitions on fire. The Czechs of Bohemia, in particular, have merged all party differences in favour of a programme in which they demand the federalisation of the...

by the Austrian and Russian Governments was purely evasive, the Turkish Ministers contending that the reforms are already in operation ; that the gendarmerie are being re-...

this week,—one an account of an interview with M. Henri des Houx, and the other an address to the Car- dinals in a "select Consistory." In the former Pius X. appears as a purely...

case.

day. It is not this year an interesting one, but it is directed• by a motive that ought to be cordially appreciated. There is. no peerage conferred, and the two baronetcies—to...

while necessarily inferior in interest to his great Sheffield speech, is yet a noteworthy contribution to the discussion of the political aspects of the new policy. He showed...

Glasgow, which was fully reported in the Glasgow Herald, — a paper which, we may note in passing, has shown an admir- able spirit throughout the present discussion. Lord Balfour...

not received in the Press the attention it deserves. This was the pointed question addressed by Lord Balfour to the Prime Minister. Is he, or is he not, in favour of Mr....

Unionists to unite with other Free-traders in fighting the great fight. " When the battle is over and the victory for Free-trade is won, why then they can march along with drums...

Chamber enables us to realise the precise financial re- lation of those possessions to the mother-country. Strictly speaking, France owns no colonies,—that is, countries popu-...

Varilla as Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Panama, which will thus be recognised as a de jure as well as a de facto Government. The French Republic has also...

on Monday, will be a source of deep regret, not only to his many friends, but to all who are interested in philanthropic work in London. His life may not inaptly be said to have...

Commerce on Friday week on the subject of " Tariffs—Protective, Preferential, Retaliatory." We cannot even attempt a summary of his exhaustive and masterly dissection of Mr....

George Brodrick, until a few months ago the Warden of Merton College, Oxford. Mr. Brodrick leaves a host of friends, both of his own and of the present generation, who were...

were addressed, among others, by the Premier, the American Ambassador, and the Lord Chief Justice. Of Mr. Balfour's graceful, eloquent, and evasive speech we have perhaps said...

After pointing out that up till now not a single one of the score of Parliaments in our self-govern- ing Colonies had passed a resolution in favour of the new policy, he passed...

other M.P.'s, Mr. Guthrie and Mr. Hatch, held a very successful Free-trade meeting at Birmingham on Wednesday, Mr. Moore-Bayley, the president of the Central Birming- ham...

Consols (2 per cent.) were on Friday 87k.

TOPICS OF THE DAY THE RESULTS OF DISRUPTION IN THE UNIONIST PARTY. I T is all very well for Mr. Chamberlain to sneer at the Free-food Unionists as persons hardly worthy of his...

T HE Premier's speech at the Guildhall on Monday was an exceedingly graceful and dexterous one, and calculated to excite much just admiration for its literary charm ; but was it...

I T will be in no mere formal or ceremonial fashion that the people of England will welcome the King and Queen of Italy when they reach these islands on Tuesday. English crowds...

I T is encouraging to hear the new departure of the Government characterised as " a change of policy on a cardinal point." Protection is so often described as merely a...

applying their steam-roller in a new direction. For generations past the higher bureaucracy of the Empire have endeavoured to erase all local and racial customs, peculiarities,...

W HEN it was announced a few days ago that the Tammany candidate bad been elected Mayor of New York, it is probable that the first feeling of the majority of Englishmen who...

T HE air is thick with Empire and the rumours of Empire, and it becomes those who are chary about certain popular methods of union to ask themselves if nothing can be done in a...

MHE Bulletin of the New York Zoological Park contains a -I- possible solution of the " osprey " question. It is from the pen of a Brazilian official, Seiler Goeldi, who writes...

GERMANY AND THE STEEL INDUSTRY. [To THY EDITOR OF TER "SPECTATOL"] Siu,—I should like to say a word in answer to Mr. Ellis (Spectator, November 7th), but the difficulty is to...

Mr. Ellis in the Spectator of November 7th purporting to show a loss of £2,654,000 per year in wages to British workers as a result of our importation of, approximately, one...

EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Your correspondent " Ruthinensis " in the Spectator of November 7th calculates the burden of the consumer in twenty-fifths and fiftieths of a...

SIR,—In the Spectator of October 31st you ask the question : " What has enabled us to obtain almost a monopoly of ship- building ? " Would it not, however, be much more in...

SIR,—What can one make of the letter in the Spectator of November 7th under the heading " Germany and the Steel Industry," in view of the enclosed cutting from the Dundee...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Mr. Chamberlain's statements with respect to the effect of the mitigation of Corn-duties that took effect in 1848 are little short of...

was somewhat amused by Mr. Jos. Ellis's very naïve letter in the Spectator of November 7th. Of course, the same reasoning can be applied to every manufactured, or partly...

(To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. " ) • • SIR,—As you observe in the Spectator of November 7th, the late Professor Freeman was wont to be annoyed by the question, "Are we...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTILTOR:f SIR, —In the Spectator of November 7th, p. 751, you quote . Mr. Morley as asking his audience: " Have you ever thought what would have been...

pro THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sia,—Can we not bring this question to a simpler test than the figures Mr. Sydney Buxton has so carefully gathered ? Let us rather take a...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE .. SFECTATOR.1 SIR,—A correspondent in the Spectator of November 7th advocated a farthing post for newspapers. As this class of matter already entails a...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SrECrATOR."j SIR,—Being old enough to remember the Cobden agitation, I trust you will permit me to remind Lord Rosebery and his supporters at Leicester...

!TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") STR,—Most of your readers are aware of the high intellectual qualities of the Member for Battersea; but it is possible that 'some of them...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "spsorszottn Sut,—Having just read the interesting article on " The Vitality of Seeds" in the Spectator of October 24th, I venture to send you the...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SzE, — Will you allow me to call attention in your columns to the palliative effects of the climate of Seville in cases of rheumatism, and...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR:] Sin,—In the short notice of "An Armchair Adventurer" (Spectator, November 7th) your reviewer writes : "But is there any English-speaking land...

[TO THE EDITOR OE THE "SPECTATOR. "] Srn,—In an advertisement of " The Times Encyclopedia" that appeared on October 1st it is stated that after December 19th, 1903, the work...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATDR."] SIR, — My experience, now extending back some twenty years, of horse breeding in Ireland entirely bears out what you my (Spectator, October...

• A REJOINDER. SAY if you will that we are bound By old and outworn creeds, Heedless of warning cries around, Blind to the nation's needs, Deaf to the lessons Life imparts,...

ALFRED RODEWALD. THE past week has been marked by two events of personal interest in the musical world,—the tardy official recognition of August Manna's fifty years' work at...

PROBLEMS AND PERSONS.* Ma. WILFRID WARD judges rightly that the chapters in his latest work which deal with problems are of greater import- ance than those in which he writes of...

SOME adventurous poet of the future may deal with the last hours of a typical human ancestor of some remote epoch, Palaeolithic or Eolithic, as Science would picture him, as,...

the gratitude of all who care for an authentic picture of the society of an elder generation and have a taste for that hazardous form of literature, published letters. Two years...

Ma. Lucy has no more than a quite pardonable tendency to " see that the Tory dogs have the worst of it," to accommodate Dr. Johnson's account of his own work as a Parliamentary...

THE NEBULY COAT.* MB. ME. nz FA.LKNER has already established a well-founded claim to the gratitude of the reading public by two admirably written and engrossing romances, — The...

We wonder whether this story is meant as an alternative for a reader who has sickened after a course of reading which has taken him into lodging-houses, casual wards, tramps'...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forins.1 Personalia : Political, Social, and Various. By "Sigma." (W....

Heinemann. 6s.)—The " Story of Susan" takes place about sixty years ago, and a very charming story it is. The figure of the hero, Martin Heritage, a flourishing Nonconformist...

and Co. 6s.)—Most people after reading this story will be thankful to reflect that the women who belong to them are not to be found among the ranks of those who " dare." The...

has divided his story into two distinct parts, of which the first is concerned with the struggle in the mind of a young English widow as to whether she shall make a mercenary...

(Treherne and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)—This book comes highly recommended by authoritative persons, and should be found useful. Few people are aware of the variety of employments...

r. Ho ward has in " Old London Silver" a most fascinating subject to deal with, and he does it in an interesting and workmanlike manner. Amateurs, for whom the work is...

G. F. Barwick, is the sixth volume of the " Stuart Series," appearing under the general editorship of Mr. Edward Almack (F. E. Robinson and Co., 12s. 6d. net). Dr. Barwick was...

(Elkin Mathews. 2s. 6d. net.)—The author discourses pleasantly about her subject generally, and about other things more or lass connected with it—the terror, for instance, of...

(Macmillan and Co. 8s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Johnston relates his experiences and observations in Scotland in a very matter-of-fact way. Any one who may want to see how very differently...

Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—Miss Stoddart has accomplished a difficult piece of work with much success. She appreciates that in St. Francis which raises him to a region above all...