15 JUNE 1912

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On Monday an Imperial decree was received at Warsaw commuting

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the sentence of penal servitude upon Miss Maleoka to expulsion for life from Russia. Miss Maleoka was released from prison and arrived in England on Thursday. When Sir Edward...

I.* The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript in any

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case.

The Review by the King of the London Division of

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the National Reserve in Hyde Park on Saturday last proved, as we were sure it would prove, a most impressive spectacle. The London Division now numbers some 32,000 men, and of...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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W E are glad to be able to record a very important victory for the Italian arms in Tripoli. A deter- mined attack was made by the Turks on the Italian lines at Lebda, but...

The Division was drawn up in review order at 5.30,

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and punctually at 6 o'clock the King, who rode from Buckingham Palace, accompanied by Prince Arthur of Connaught, Lord Roberts, the Colonel-in-Chief of the National Reserve,...

King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, who has been paying his first

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visit to Berlin as an independent sovereign, has been welcomed with great cordiality by the German Emperor. Yesterday week, at a banquet held in his honour at Potsdam, the...

The staff arrangements, for which General Sir John Steevens and

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Colonel Hyslop, the Secretary of the City Association and also of the Joint Committee of the two Associations which has organized the Reserve in London, were chiefly...

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In the House of Commons on Tuesday Mr. Agar-Robartes moved

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an amendment to the Home Rule Bill exempting the counties of Antrim, Down, Londonderry, and Armagh from its operation. The result was a debate continued on Thursday and then...

In the Commons on Wednesday Mr. Austen Chamberlain moved a

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vote of censure on Mr. McKenna for refusing public protection to the labourers brought to Purfleet from Newport, whose importation by their employers he had described as "...

It was announced on Wednesday that the Attorney-General, Sir Rufus

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Isaacs, has been admitted to the Cabinet. The pro- motion—for which we believe there is no precedent—ia alleged to be due to a desire on the part of the Premier to strengthen...

The comments passed by military critics such as those of

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the Times and the leading newspapers upon the men of the National Reserve were almost wholly favourable. Satisfac- tion was everywhere expressed with the physique of the men and...

Another interesting feature of the debate which must be noted

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was the evident feeling of uneasiness which inspires a good many members of the Liberal Party in regard to the forcing of Ulster under a Dublin Parliament. This is specially...

We have dealt elsewhere with the future of the force,

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but may repeat here that if the whole of the United Kingdom now follows the example of London the 120,000 men who now constitute the National Reserve may easily within the...

We do not hesitate to say that Mr. Balfour's speech

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was the most masterly exposition of what thoughtful Unionists feel on the Ulster question which has ever yet been given to the country. For the last three or four years we have...

Lord Loreburn has resigned the Lord Chancellorship owing to ill-health

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and is succeeded by Lord Haldane, the vacancy at the War Office being filled by the promotion of Colonel Seely, who has held the Under-Secretaryship for the last year. Whether...

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An appeal was made in Tuesday's Times by the secretary

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of the National Trust for assistance in acquiring for the public the site of a Roman fort, known as Borran's Field, at the north end of Windermere near Ambleside. The fort forms...

The Birthday Honours were announced on Friday, Among the four

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new peers we note with satisfaction the inclusion of Sir Frederick Channing, a man whose moderation and public spirit well deserved recognition. Field-Marshal Sir William...

The by-election at Hythe, caused by the death of Sir

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E. A. Sassoon, has resulted in the return of his son, the Unionist candidate, by a majority of 1,718. In 1910 the Unionist majority was 1,792.

On Monday the Government's proposals for the adjustment of the

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London transport dispute were rejected by the masters, and the same evening the Transport Workers' Federation, in accordance with their threat, gave orders for an immediate...

A great and impressive demonstration of protest against the Welsh

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Disestablishment Bill was held in London on Wednesday afternoon. A procession of clergy and laity, two miles long, including upwards of 10,000 Churchmen from Wales and 5,000...

On Monday a meeting was held in the City to

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support the Government's action in adopting the Criminal Law Amend- ment (White Slave Traffic) Bill. The Guildhall was packed with men and the feeling of earnestness and...

We feel bound to express our regret at the sentenoe

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of deportation recently passed by the Common Serjcant, and confirmed on Monday by the Court of Criminal Appeal, upon the Italian Anarchist Malatesta. Malatesta had expressed...

Bank Rate, 3 per cent., changed from 3 per cent.

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May 9th. Consols (2I) were on Friday 76k—Friday week 761.

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TOPICS OF THE D.A.Y.

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THE ULSTER PROBLEM. W E are convinced that the great mass of moderate Liberals do not realize in the least what the Government have done in their name by rejecting Mr. Agar...

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THE LONDON PARADE AND THE NATIONAL RESERVE. T HE King's message

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to the members of the National Reserve whom, to the number of some 25,000 men, he reviewed last Saturday afternoon in Hyde Park strikes exactly the right note. " His Majesty was...

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THE LIBERTY TO WORK. T HE debate in the House of

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Commons on Mr Austen Chamberlain's motion of censure has served a most useful purpose. It has given an opportunity to prominent men on both sides of the House to state clearly...

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THE REVISION OF GERMAN SOCIALISM. F OREIGN observers of English affairs

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follow with curiosity the design of British Socialists to create a Parliamentary Party in order to rescue the working-class in- terest from the opportunist velleitios of the...

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THE FIRST HUNTERS.

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W E have many societies which have as their object the preservation of what is ancient and valuable in monuments and works of art, and during the last half- century or so, since...

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HOLIDAYS AND THE LAW.

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A S the holiday-maker packs his portmanteau and betakes himself to the seaside one may wonder if he ever rises to some grateful reflection on the law of his country, which has...

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CORRESPONDENCE.

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SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND A KNOWLEDGE OF STATISTICAL FACTS. [To mu EDITOIL OP TH/1 " SPECTATOP.1 Srn ,— In the discussions now so frequent with regard to " industrial unrest" many...

'TONY' THE MARTIN.

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T HE Sunday-school teacher drew a bow at a venture and J.. called out to a group of small boys tremendously busy with something. "Put that poor beetle down, children, and come...

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WHY ULSTER WOMEN ARE PROTESTING.

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[TO THE EDITOR Or Tea "SPECTATOR:] SIR, —A remarkable movement has recently taken place in Ulster, where nearly 100,000 Ulster women have organized and joined together to...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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WILL ULSTER FIGHT ? [TO 11111 EDITOR OF TH1 "SrEarATort.1 SIR,—I am an Ulster Nonconformist minister and a life-long democrat. I am opposed to Home Rule, but should it come I...

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THE REVIEW OF THE RESERVISTS IN HYDE PARK,. JUNE 8mu,

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1912: A PERSONAL IMPRESSION. [To THE EDITOR OD TRU SPECTATOR."] SIR, —As the Spectator, or its Editor personally, has been an active promoter, or originator, of the Veteran...

A NATIONAL RESERVE FOR CANADA.

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[To sus EDITOR or ins "Srieramoa."] SIR,—It will doubtless be of interest both to you and to your readers to bear that a branch of the National Reserve has been formed in this...

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THE TRADE UNION BILL.

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[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SrEateron."] Stn,—We venture to ask you to let us set out the following strong objections to the Government's Trade Union (No. 2) Bill which is to come...

FOOD TAXES AND UNIONIST PROSPECTS.

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[To THE EDITOR OP TEE "SPICOTATOR."J Ste,—After spending the last two weeks in North-West Norfolk I am not surprised at the result. Talking with a working man after one of our...

IN PROTECTION OF WOMEN.

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[To THE Burros or THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—As Chairman of the Girls' Friendly Society's Com- mittee for registry and inquiry work on the Continent I can testify to the...

[To THE EDITOR OP TAR " SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —I should be

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glad to express my great gratitude to you and your readers for the cordial response to my letter in the Spectator of May 25th. It is very encouraging that the amount (270) to...

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THE CHARACTER OF KING EDWARD VII. [To THE EDITOR OF

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THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—It is not my wish to pretend to greater knowledge of the domestic life of our Royal Family than Sir S. Lee's informants. That would be absurd. But I...

DISESTABLISHMENT " BY AGREEMENT" IN SCOTLAND.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—The arguments in the article on Welsh Disestablishment in a recent number of the Spectator are so pertinent to the present...

RURAL HOUSING.

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[To THE EDITOR Or TEE "SPECTATOR. "] Srn, — It is satisfactory to learn that the President of the Local Government Board is bringing some pressure to bear upon local authorities...

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OXFORD HOME-STUDENTS.

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ITo TITS EDITOR or THE "Sri:mann...1 Stn,—We venture to lay before you the special claims which the Society of Oxford Home-Students has upon the generosity of the friends of...

THE NIGHTINGALE.

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[To THR EDITOR or Till " SPROTAT011.1 Sts,—Your correspondent " Thormanby " may like to know that as late as June 3rd a nightingale could have been heard in full song at almost...

DEMOCRATIC SNOBBISHNESS.

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[To TRZ EDITOR or TEN "STIICTATOR.") Sin,—Three days before the conclusion of a voyage from India in the P. & 0. ss. 'Mongolia,' from which I recently landed at Plymouth, I was...

"MOTHER! MOTHER!"

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[TO TRIT EDITOR OF TRIO "SPECTATOR.") Stn,—It may interest your correspondent, Mr. A. Smythe Palmer, to know that Bengali Hindus exclaim not only bap re bap, but o sad go! Such...

[To TRU EDITOR OF Ilia " STRCTATOR."] Sin,—The instructive letter

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by " Thormanby " in the Spectator of June 8th reminds me that at a gathering of college students lately it was stated by some of those present that they had heard the...

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POETRY.

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• HOUSEHOLD GODS. THE Baby takes to her bed at night A one-eyed rabbit that once-was white ; A watch that came from a cracker, I think ; And a lidless inkpot that never held...

BOOKS FOR THE N.W. MOUNTED POLICE. [To TIIN EDITOR OP

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THE "SPRCTATOR.1 Sin,—Referring to the appeal for books for the Royal North-West Mounted Police at Regina, Canada, which appeared in your issue of June 8th, may I beg all...

THE BLAKE SOCIETY.

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[10 Till EDITOR or Tae " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The Blake Society, the principal object of which is to bring together the admirers of William Blake, the poet-painter, has been...

ART.

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PUBLIC PICTURES. IN recent years there have been 'signs and portents that with the increasing consciousness (for good or evil) of English art. has come the desire of our...

[To THIS EDITOR OT THE " SPROTATOR."] a review of

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a book by Mrs. Fuller Maitland in 'our issue' of June lst' . the following sentence . is quoted : 4 My idea of a bore is 'a being whose utterances can always lie forecasted." Is...

"RUDE " HEALTH. •

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'To TER EDITOR. or TEM " SPRCTATOR."J Sin,--The above phrase-comes to us from the Latin "cruda. gains," the initial " c" in "crude" being dropped by phonetic Licence. That...

NOTICE.—When " Correspondence" or Articles are signed with the writer's name

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

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BOOKS.

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ORMONDE.* THE later Stuarts had above all monarchs in our history the gif t of inspiring a loyalty which neglect and treachery could not destroy. Of the three great servants of...

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THE PUNISHMENT OF CRIME.*

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THE practical mind of the average Englishman, secure in the . protection of a competent and incorruptible bench, a mag- nificently manned and organized police force, and a...

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CAVOUR.*

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Ma. THAYER has earned the reward of much labour excellently done. His biography of Cavour is a work of unusual merit, and is a valuable contribution to the literature of...

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A RECORD OF NOTABLE SAYINGS.*

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'Tniti Press Gallery, except in the person of Sir Henry Lucy, does not often appeal to the general reader. Its work ordinarily ends with the appearance of the morning papers....

THE CANON LAW IN MEDIEVAL ENGIANB.*' One must regret the

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fact that Mr. Ogle has attached to his scholarly work a direct bearing on the burning question of Die- establishment. It is trim that this relationship is left severely alone...

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LEARIAN VERSES.*

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To an early Florentine woodcut representing a high medieval bridge from which a crowned figure with hands and feet tightly bound is being hurled by armed soldiery who loom as...

FLEET STREET.*

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MR. CHANCELLOR does well to include "Streets South of Fleet Street" and " Streets North of Fleet Street" in his subject. When we read about Dr. Johnson, the chief hero of the...

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Heart and Chart. By Margarita Spalding Gerry. (Harper and Brothers.

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6s.)—This somewhat obscure title means, we imagine, that while nursing must be done in a scientific fashion — by keeping a" chart," i.e., of temperature, medicines, and food...

FICTION.

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OUT OF THE WRECK I RISE.* Miss HA.NBADEN, in the very interesting study of mixed characters which she has given us in her new novel, has, like many another author, achieved a...

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The Cambridge University Press continues its excellent series of Manuals

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of Science and Literature (Is. net each). In their general appearance, and in the quality of their binding, print, and paper, these volumes are perhaps the most satisfactory of...

The Dominant Chord. By Mrs. Ambrose Harding. (T. Werner Laurie.

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6s.)—The scene of this novel is laid in the island of Dominica, of which the author writes with apparently complete familiarity. As a story it is not striking, but it gives us a...

An American Glossary. By R. H. Thornton. 2 vole. (Francis

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and Co. 30s. not.)—Slang dictionaries are always of interest, and Mr. Thornton's dictionary of Americanisms is unusually well edited. On the plan of the Oxford English...

SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.

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[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.1 Franciscan Essays. By Paul Sabatier and others. (University Press,...

Peter Ru f f. By E. Phillips Oppenheim. (Hodder and Stoughton. 2s.

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not.)—Mr. Phillips Oppenheim's detective hero illustrates the motto, " Sot a thief to catch a thief." Dark and mysterious allusions to his former life prove that he has most...

Of the new batch of volumes from the series known

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as "The People's Books " (T. C. and E. C. Jack, ed. net each) perhaps the most interesting is The Growth of Freedom, by Henry W. Novineon. Those who are acquainted with Mr....

Catalogue of Portraits in the Possession of the University. Colleges,

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City, and County of Oxford. Vol. I. Compiled by Mrs, Reginald Lane Poole. (Oxford University Press. 12e. ed. net.) —This volume, which is very fully illustrated, contains the...

READABLE Novxas.—Second Fiddle. By the Hon. Mrs. Arthur Henniker. (Eveleigh

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Nash. Os.)—A story in which the heroine plays the title-role all her life. The reader will probably consider that her unhappiness comes principally from within, not without.

The Works of John Caius, M.D. With a Memoir of

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his life by John Venn. Edited by E. S. Roberts. (Cambridge University Press. 18s. not.)—The quatercentonary of the birth of John Caine occurred in 1910, and the present volume...

The Poets of Ireland, by D. J. O'Donoghne (Henry Frowde,

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215. net), is a biographical dictionary by the Librarian of University College, Dublin, of Irish writers of English verse. Living poets are included in the list.

A History of the Modern World. By Oscar Browning. 2

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vole. (Cassell and Co. 215, net.)—Mr. Browning's history begins with the year 1815 and ends at the death of Edward VII. The author makes no claim that the work involves any...