M. Humbert had said. From 1900 to 1905 Germany had spent £28,000,000 on her Army, as compared with £11,250,000 in France. From 1906 to 1910 Germany had spent £37,200,000, while...

T HE crisis in home affairs is imminent, though as we write on Friday there has been no actual decision against a peaceful settlement. It is the lull before the storm, but a...

is decidedly gloomy. No one on the spot seems to think that the present Prince can keep his head above water much longer. What will happen on his resignation it is impossible to...

point before them, however, is clear enough. It is whether they should yield to the demand of the Ulstermen, or refuse that demand, with the necessary consequence of crushing,...

fortune, but must chronicle here the latest facts as to General Huerta's resignation and the appointment of his successor, Seim Carbajal. General Huerta's formal resigna- tion...

Ulster- men will persist in their determination to fight rather than go ander a Dublin Parliament. Here, at any rate, we have reached rock-bottom. Whether the Ulstermen will in...

the statement of M. Charles Humbert, who submitted his Report on the vote for materiel for the Army :— " Forts," he said (we quote from the Times summary), "were defective in...

an Eight-Page Supplement, containing the Half-Yearly Index and Tille-Page—i.e., from January 3rd to June 27th, 1914, inclusive.

any case.

Monday, as the 12th this year fell on Sunday. There was enormous enthusiasm, but no disturbance of the peace. The chief demon- stration was at Drumbeg, whither about seventy...

stage of the Amending Bill, Lord St. Aldwyn, with the concurrence of Lord Crewe, moved an amendment diminishing the number of Irish Members who are to sit in the Imperial...

'Empress of Ireland' issued its report last Saturday. The ' Storstad ' was found solely to blame through having changed her course after entering the fog. Mr. Tuftenes, the...

ment as to the course of public business. The Government propose to deal before the prorogation with the Irish Amending Bill, the Indian Budget, and the House of Lords...

received an uproarious welcome. He attended a meeting of the Ulster Provisional Government. The meeting was private, but a declaration was afterwards issued. The declaration...

the lines which he has maintained throughout. Very properly he asked the Government what their plan was, or whether they had any plan. " Who is going, and how, to bring Ulster...

having spoken, Lord Beauchamp was put up on behalf of the Government to state that, if a desire were expressed from all quarters for a Conference, the Government would feel it...

time. This fact, however, did not, under the elastic procedure of the Lords, prevent Lord Dunraven from moving a new clause declaring that the Government might, by an Order in...

to the interests of the force, contains an interesting article entitled " The National Reserve To-Day," by Captain Holmes, of the Surrey National Reserve. In the course of the...

on Friday week in continuation of their Scottish tour. Last Saturday they visited Dunblane Cathedral, Stirling Castle, and the ruined palace of Linlithgow. Linlithgow Palace was...

of Penshurst, wife of the Viceroy of India, which occurred last Saturday in a nursing home in London. A daughter of Lord Alington, she married Mr. Charles Hardinge (as Lord...

parade held on Sunday last by the let Battalion (Croydon) Surrey National Reserve. The men were all in uniform which they had provided for themselves with the help of their...

one Members of Parliament have signed the petition to Mr. Asquith urging the desirability of an inquiry into the case of Mr. Cameron, whose petition to the Crown was recently...

seems to lie with Captain Holmes, both in regard to the interpreta- tion of the Regulations, and also as regards the absurdly dog-in-the-manger attitude of the War Office. No...

deliberately asking to undergo the ordeal of cross-examina- tion, and that if there is anything discreditable in his past, as has sometimes been alleged, he is running the...

gave evidence before the House of Lords' Select Committee who are inquiring whether "the constitution of the Convocations of the Church of England" has ever been altered by Act...

STILL A QUESTION OF AREA. I N spite of all the talk, all the amendments, and all the warnings that concession on this or that point is impossible, the outlook remains...

p RESIDENT WILSON has had a remarkable piece of good fortune. The departure of General Huerta, who has " eliminated " himself, and thus consented to the fulfilment of Mr....

S UPPOSE an earnest Liberal worker in the country, a man of good faith and ordinary common-sense, but with not very much first-hand knowledge of politics or politicians. Let us...

S ELDOM has the modern indifference of the public to debates in Parliament been more regrettable than during the past week while the House of Commons has been discussing, under...

T HE first thing to remember about Shakespearean blank verse is that there is no form of the measure which can be called specially or peculiarly Shakespearean, any more than...

of the recommendations of the Royal Commission in Canada which inquired into the sinking of the Empress of Ireland' is that rafts might be " placed in such a position on the...

" w - HAT is the matter with cricket?" one of the daily papers has been asking for a long time without conferring much benefit on the game. There are several different answers,...

" A PLEA FOR JUSTICE " : THE CASE OF MR. C. A. CAMERON. [To THE EDITOR OF THR "SFECTATOR."1 SrR, — The Spectator of June 20th, in its carefully balanced precis of " The Cameron...

or THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—In the excitement of politics nearer home the doings of the Commission appointed by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to examine into...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTITOR."] SIF,—In an article commenting on the unprecedented nature of the award pronounced by the International Commission charged with the...

[To THE EDITOR OF Till " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—As a young Croat living in this country, I was agreeably surprised by your article " The Political Effects of the Arch- duke's Murder "...

THR "15YEG7ATOlt..1 SIR,—I have been a diligent student of the Spectator for the past fifteen years, and file it for frequent reference. I have been moved by the latest turn of...

"SPECTATOR. " ] 6114 .— I think the following quotations from a letter I have just received from a friend in Italy as to the food of the Italian soldier may interest your...

"SPECTATOR...1 Srn,—At long last the " Third Italy " seems awakening to the fact that Redmondite Home Rule is a menace not merely to British but to Italian unity. Her Foreign...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "CrEcTAToe,") SIE, — I am probably quite as willing as " H. B. B.," in a recent issue, to criticize the present Government. But criticism should at least...

[To THE EDITOR or THE BrECTAVZ. * ] SIR, — For a month past the . Westminster Gazette has opened its columns to an economic discussion of a subject which really underlies both...

ITO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — May we appeal to you on behalf of the above fund ? We feel that the present crisis could not have occurred if the objections of Irish...

[To THE EDITOR ON THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia s —Reflecting last week on this subject in connexion with Sir Denis Anson's death, you speculate on the possibility of eddies and...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — You do not seem to have noticed that the argument of the Church Times rests upon a misrepresentation of the statute 1 Edward VI.,...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—If the decadence of " Quakerism in the United States " has no better illustration or proof than that given by " V. R." in his letter of...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR." ] Sin,—The suggestion in a recent issue for placing a tax on amusements reminds me of another lucrative source of income which is universal...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The following passage from the Decline and Fall may perhaps be of interest as affording a kind of parallel to the activities of the...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SFECTATOIt."] Sin,—Not for the first time our good friend Mr. Punch has fallen into a vulgar error among Englishmen with regard to the use of the word "...

170 7"HE EDITOR Or THU " SFECTATOR.1 SIR,—Two superstitions related to me in a letter received from my native county of Somerset are quite new to me. I should be interested to...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "ISPECTA70E•"] SIR,—On p. 50 of your last issue I read: "It is certainly an open question whether the highly taught woman of to-day is as charming as was...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SnicrAroa."] SIR,—One man's misfortune is frequently another man's opportunity, but it is, I think, somewhat unusual for a bird to profit by the calamity...

LTo vu. EDITOR 07 THB "SPEcTAToR."3 Sur.,—To take twenty thousand boys away to camp every year without mishap and with great benefit to the boys is no small achievement, and is...

WHAT MY ISAIAH SAITH. Is thy soul strange with waiting—wonder-wild? Behold—a mighty Mother is with child. E'en now her babe doth leap within the womb-- The time of her...

LTO vs. EDITOR 07 aa5 " BPROTATOR."1 6 ` m,—As Chairman of the body which is the local education authority for London, and which is concerned with the welfare of some seven...

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.* THE late Mr. Fisher Browne fought as a boy of eighteen in the Army of the North, and spent the rest of his life in literary pursuits, becoming the founder and...

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...

Tuts book will be a frequent resort for controversialists, but it is not itself a controversial work. Dr. Wickham Legg does not fail to indicate, in vigorous and often amusing...

trodden by the feet of men and horses become in time impregnated and sanctified by the thoughts of those who have been wayfarers upon them, Roads are, in fact, to most of us in...

IN his preface the author of the book before us says that be has "tried to develop a complete theory of visual art." This is, of course, a discouraging statement, for it has...

AMIDST the welter of dull machine-made books with which the literary market is nowadays continually flooded, it is always a pleasure to come across a treatise on criminology....

JUST forty years ago, in the interval between the Franco- Prussian and the Russo-Turkish Wars, the then Emperor of Russia, Alexander II., offered three prizes for the three best...

°TEE drawback to generalities, however unexceptionable, is that they miss the particular issue." This very true remark of Mr. Fawkes must be our apology for not attempting any...

JANE'S CAREER.* WE suggest that some publisher might undertake a series of informing novels describing life in various parts of the British Empire. Jane's Career would be a...

of powerful short stories concerned, with the island of Mauritius. The world is distinctly seen, en noir in most of them, and the problems of life are not simplified by the...

6s.)—Two sons, one legal and wicked, the other illegitimate and delightful, their wives, a, father who dies intestate, an undiscovered and rather un--. necessary murder, are...

interesting details of life in India in this book, but the reader will find it hard to credit that Colonel Moor, the Resident of a native State, would on any pretence have...

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are, as it were, three separate lines of interest in Miss Holme's book. First, there is the company of Lancashire farmers, rooted to the land, and drawing from it all their...

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