under which for the next five years "differences of a juridical order, or such as relate to the interpretation of treaties," and cannot be settled by diplomacy, may be referred...

produced on 'Change on Monday by a telegram announcing immediate war between Russia and Japan, and the occupation of Masampho, the southernmost port of Korea, by Japanese...

Wednesday, and received a great reception, it being specially noted that Madame Loubet, at the request of the Queen, accompanied her husband. The toasts at the sub- sequent...

T HERE is practically no news this week from the. Near East. The Turks are still accumulating forces in Rou- melia, and the Bulgarians have stopped the demobilisation of their...

the King of Italy this week, and Rome made ready for a festival and a grand reception. On Monday, however, telegrams were received announcing that the visit was postponed sine...

ment by Seiior Salmeron, the leader of the Republican party, which. if well founded, is important. Betior Salmeron implies, though he does not exactly say, that the resignation...

case.

the dangers and difficulties to which the Empire would be exposed by any attempt to establish a preferential system; but before we leave his speech we must note his grave...

mander-in-Chief's military policy, but were directed against him personally. Mr. Bromley-Davenport and the group he led and inspired attacked the Commander-in-Chief with the...

- Chamberlain, in the course of an address on Monday to his constituents dealt with the fiscal question. He expressed his entire and complete sympathy with the Prime Minister's...

upon the administration of the Congo Free State in an evasive fashion. It admits that acts of cruelty have occurred, "as in every other country or colony "; but maintains that...

and Wednesday. To begin with, a new Minister is added to the Cabinet in the shape of Lord Salisbury, who becomes Lord Privy Seal ; while Lord Londonderry obtains a promotion in...

at Sheffield on Tuesday. No better illustration could be given of the fact that "spirits are not finely touched but to fine issues." The note of egoism, and of...

" Well, what do you think of it all ? " and went on to tell with mercilessness, coolness, and exactitude the astonishing story of how Mr. Chamberlain sent his fire-ship among...

in favour of Free-trade at Bolton on Thursday. After reminding the meeting of a fact that "we are apt sometimes to forget "—namely, that Mr. Balfour was Prime Minister—he...

on Friday week. The late Chancellor of the Exchequer prefaced his able, courageous, and candid speech by a generous tribute to his late colleagues. Turning to the new policy,...

Germany. Privy Councillor Koch, director of a leading bank in Berlin, appointed a man named Dippold, who was armed with excellent testimonals, tutor to his two sons. The three...

which, after a comparatively brief allusion to the fiscal ques- tion, he pointed out with the fervour of genuine conviction the duty of a British Government in Macedonia. The...

in Germany" has been appearing in the Times during the last sit weeks. That on "Amusements " in Tuesday's issue is full of sidelights on the German character. To begin with,...

to forego any notice of the Church Congress. We may say, however, that the ability of the papers read and the keen interest taken in the proceedings prove the continued vitality...

the Duke of Devonshire has joined the Free-trade Unionist organisation. That the Duke means to lead, and not merely to be an orna- mental member, may be taken for granted, while...

Consols (2i per cent.) -were on Friday 88k.

LORD ROSEBERY ON " TIED-HOUSE " IMPERIALISM. T ORD ROSEBERY'S speech is most welcome. It struck exactly the right note, and gave the most whole- hearted support to the...

O N the whole, we fear the probabilities of war between Russia and Japan are greater than the probabilities of peace. Nevertheless, the situation is so complicated by certain...

T HE weakness of the present Ministry and their in- creasing disconsideration in the country are naturally turning men's attention, and more especially the atten- tion of the...

T HE immense commotion caused by Mr. Chamberlain's fiscal proposals has rather blinded politicians to some Of their incidental results. The greatest of these is the sudden...

I T is inevitable, in the changing and chopping involved in the reconstruction of a Cabinet, that the work of public Departments must to a certain extent suffer, but they suffer...

T HE situation in the Balkans is one that sets the mind thinking about those ultimate questions of right and wrong which, when all is said and done, eternally underlie the mean-...

C ONSIDERING the happy immunity which our land has so long enjoyed from foreign invasion, it is as sur- prising as it is interesting to find still existing so many reminders of...

T HE Times of October 13th describes a remarkable in- stance of public spirit in the preservation of an ancient house at Norwich called the " Strangers' Hall." The origin of the...

MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S FIGURES. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, I should like with your leave to say a word or two in regard to Mr. Chamberlain's figures. If we may rely...

THE FISCAL CONTROVERSY. [To MR EDITOR OF TER " SPECFATOR.1 SIR,—In a letter which appeared in the Spectator of October 3rd I pointed out that Mr. Balfour's picture of this...

Sin,—In Mr. Chamberlain's fiscal proposals the effect of the increased cost of living resulting from the preferential duties on corn and meat is to be neutralised by reductions...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Mr. Chamberlain having lent the sanction of his authority to the Protectionist fallacies on the subject of the tinplate trade, I ask...

I TO TUE EDITOR OF TUE "SPECTATOR,"] Sin,—Mr. Chamberlain is reported to bare said in his Glasgow speech that his proposed Corn-duty would include a tax on imported flour,...

[To T83 EDITOR OP TUE " SPECTATOR:1 feel that your article in the Spectator of October 10th shows clearly to those who, like your correspondent Mr. Wilson Noble, the most...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Mr. Balfour asks for power to retaliate by tariff, alleging that he could by tariff get better terms than we now enjoy. Yet he...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sia,—I enjoyed the privilege of listening to Mr. Chamberlain's remarkable speech and witnessing the enthusiasm of the great audimice in...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sra,—Mr. Chamberlain is responsible for having provoked a great national controversy on the question of the preferential treatment of...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—May I draw your attention to some very striking contributions to the present fiscal controversy contained in the September number of...

OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—There is one point in connection with the growing dis- parity in the values of our imports and exports which I have not yet seen discussed. Our...

(To MI EDITOR. Or TUX. "SPZOTATOIL1 SIR,—In your last issue you advise Free-trade Unionists to vote at all hazards against the Government on the ground that " Home-rale is...

[TO TEE EDITOR or TIM "SPPCTATOR.1 SIR, — It is to be regretted that the question of War Office reform and that of our fiscal policy should both come upon us at once. It is to...

THE NARROW LANE. IN a narrow lane I stood: Rescue there was none: And the enemy of good Blotted out the sun. He that wooed me as a friend Strung his iron bow, Swiftly came to...

Sin,—Perhaps you will allow an old Liberal Unionist to remind your readers of a great Liberal Unionist Conference held at the Westminster Town Hall on December 8th, 1 7. At the...

MR. MORLEY'S LIFE OF GLADSTONE.* [SECOND NOTICE.] IN the opening page of his introduction Mr. Morley himself points out two of the difficulties which specially belong to such a...

decline to admit the justice, of certain passages in this volume, we have not, and never have had, any intention of levelling the charge of anti- patriotism against the writer,...

TRI authentic Life of Chatham is still to be written. The best account that we have of the great Minister is contained '10 Chatham. By A. S. McDolvaU, D.A. London: Methuen and...

Tun book on Donatello which Lord Balcarres has written is a model of its kind. Throughout the attention is fixed on the sculptor, and the author has never wandered down those...

THE TRUTHFUL LIAR.* THE autumn publishing season has already disclosed to us one new writer of exceptional talent in the author of Said the Fisher- man. A second is now...

Sons. 6s.)—This is a story of Monmouth's Rebellion. It is con- structed on the usual lines. Barbara is, of course, a very beauti- ful young woman, and as courageous as she is...

and Co. 6s.)—Mrs. Jackson gives us in this book skilful combina- tions of interests. A young American comes over to an English colliery with the idea of introducing a...

B. Guppy, M.B. Vol. I. (Macmillan and Co. 15s. net.)—This volume, with its three hundred and ninety-two pages, is devoted to a description of Vanua Levu. one of the Fiji group....

6s.)—Miss (or Mrs.) McLaren has chosen the tiresome form of a series of letters in which to tell her story. The feeling of the exhilaration produced by the cold of the high Alps...

[Under this heading Ire notice such Books of A. week es have not been rsurvesi for revisit in other forms,] Lost in. Blunderland. By Caroline Lewis. With 50 Illustra- tions by...

Material. (The Unionist Free-Food League. ls.)—The object of this clearly written and important book is "to piece together as complete a picture as possible of the Empire in its...

3s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Harvey enumerates and describes a number of Chap-books, and even gives some humorous extracts from the books themselves. There are some illustrations also in...

A FISCAL ALLEGORY. Down with the Sign ! a Tale of Free - Trade. By Emptor. (Grant Richards. ls.)—In the course of a brief story the issues of the controversy are here stated in...

Arrowsmith. 3s. 6d.)—These seven " Stories of Shooting, Cricket, and Golf '! make fairly good reading. The "Home Beat " is, perhaps, the most powerful. It exhibits in a very...

55. net) is Walton's Compleat Angler, edited by Richard Le Gallienne, illustrated by Edmund H. New. Mr. Le Gallienne tells us that this edition is a reprint of the fifth (the...

Summary Office, Eltham, Kent. 9d.)—The blind, debarred from ordinary literature, possess publishers of their own, and a con- siderable literature in Braille type. Several...