partly because of its eloquence and good sense, and partly because the Archbishop is undoubtedly able to speak from a non-party point of view, deserves special comment. Very...

ment were those of Lord Morley and Lord Crewe. Lord Morley spoke, as he always speaks, with intellectual charm, but his words contained no elucidation of the real problem....

was illustrated by the speech of Lord Crewe in a manner which can only be described as amazing. Lord Crewe began his speech by the following statement :—"I wish to say this...

Curzon declared that the General Election made it clear that the country was absolutely resolved to have a Second Chamber of some . sort, and felt no resentment at the reference...

and representing what we may term " the better opinion" of his countrymen. We venture to say that when- ever and wherever reasoning men clear their minds of the cant of party...

petition from the British Constitution Association in favour of such reform as would strengthen the position of the House of Lords. He pointed out that there were three ways of...

T HE event of the week has been the debate in the House of Lords on Lord Rosebery's Motion. The extraordinary interest and ability of the speeches render it absolutely...

case.

on Wednesday at Newcastle. Sir Edward Grey's speech foreshadowed the throwing away of the most powerful weapon they possessed. It meant that they were quite willing to loosen...

seen, however, from the efforts of the Daily Chronicle to dispel them in the following set of answers :— British Weekly. Daily Chronicle. "They have resolutely de - " There have...

the occasion of remarkable scenes on Monday. The Emperor was present at the service in the Cathedral, and the Times correspondent says that fully a million reverent spectators...

that is really wrong with the Lords is that they do not fit into the party system. By this he means that they will not when the Liberils are in office endorse Liberal measures....

his first speech since he became Chancellor on the general foreign policy of Germany. He was chiefly con- cerned to answer the charge that he had shown "weakness or complaisance...

will not need to be very large. Suppose a majority of thirty for a measure in the Commons and of ten against it in the Upper House. When the two Houses sit together, the Upper...

editor of which recently received the honour of knighthood from the present Government, publishes a long and damaging article on the tactics and policy of the Cabinet. With the...

Lord Crewe's speech is to suppose that the Government intend to abolish the House of Lords altogether and to set up a Second Chamber which shall have co-ordinate powers with the...

Jackson, the Collector of Nasik, the form of the oath administered by the secret society to which the prisoner belonged was brought out in evidence. It is given by the Times...

moved for by Lord Onslow was issued as a Parlia- mentary Paper on Saturday last. From this it appears that sixteen have held high judicial office ; forty-three have held the...

for some interesting speeches on the relations of officers and men and the statue of the " ranker." Mr. John Ward having condemned the Army as a close aristocratic compound in...

the proposal to establish a Channel train- ferry. We have no means of knowing whether in its present form the proposal is definite enough to lay before Parliament, but we are...

Council on Tuesday include Mr. Geoffrey Drage, formerly Unionist M.P. for Derby, secretary of the Labour Commission, 1901-4, and president of the Central Poor Law Conference in...

results of the minority proposals, including the enormous expense of establishing a ubiquitous bureaucracy for the administering of gratuitous relief. This new crusade would not...

under the presidency of Lord George Hamilton to discuss the formation of a "National Poor Law Reform Association?' Lord George Hamilton in an admirable speech explained the need...

the British Constitution Association on Monday, laid par- ticular emphasis on the propagandist work of the Association. The whole object was to reach those people who did not...

THE HOUSE OF LORDS PROBLEM. ri 111E confusion of the public mind over the problem _L of the House of Lords increases, and with it the difficulty of finding a clear issue to put...

P UBLIC opinion has been so much concentrated on the failure of the Government to collect the necessary revenue for the present financial year that too little notice has been...

A LL friends of France will sympathise with her sincerely in finding herself plunged again in a financial scandal comparable with the Panama affair. A concerted attempt has of...

W E have no complaint to make of the way in which Mr. McKenna presented his Estimates, nor, speaking generally, of their nature. We believe them to be framed with a sincere...

C OUNTRY Cockneys are a new race ; they are colonists in their own land. Not very many years ago they all lived in London, and never left it for more than a week except during...

A RTEMITS WARD sagaciously said, " I never argy agin a success," and it would be very unsafe for the opponents of the Department of the Public Trustee to argue against it now....

edge of the moor lies perhaps a mile from the inn, -L and to reach the higher ground in time to see the sun rise you might think an hour and a half would be enough. Dawn on a...

MR. KIPLING ON THE MANUFACTURE OF INDIAN ANARCHISTS. [To TEE EDITOR ON THE " SPECTATOR. " ] SIR, — The following reprint of an early article by Mr. Rudyard Kipling will...

LORDS V. COMMONS. [To TER EDITOR OP THZ "SPECTATOR. " Sin,—Why does "Unionist Free-Trader" go out of his way to wish that some one with Mr. Lloyd George's " Celtic " gift of...

[To TER EDITOR OP TIER " SPECTLTOR.'1 SIR, —Is there any occasion for all this pother about the reconstruction of the House of Lords P No doubt in theory its constitution is...

170 THE EDITOR OF THE " SPEOTA.TOR..1 Sin,—Now that reform of the House of Lords has come within reasonable distance, any information which will help in the formation of a sane...

pro THE EDITOR OF TH3 " SPECTATOR."1 you allow me to draw your attention to an article in the January issue of Scribner's Magazine entitled " Monarchical Socialism in Germany,"...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR1 Sin,—The clearly argued leading article on the former of the above in last week's Spectator must have been perused by your many readers with...

[To THE EDITOR OP TRY "SPECTATOR.' Sra,—The following extract from a letter received last week may interest your readers, and at the same time help to throw a little more light...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. " ] Householder " pays taxation to the amount of £81 on an income of 21,425,—i.e., a little over 5i per cent. (see Spectator, March 5th)....

EDITOR or THE 8rscrsros."1 Stu, — I do not think you are quite fair in last week's Spectator to Sir George White, whose views on the Congo question, as exemplified in last...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR:9 have always abominated the methods and manner of the suffragettes, and have thought the vote unnecessary to women; but the sketch of the...

[To THE EDITOR or TER " SPECTATOR:] Sin,—In reference to the correspondence which appeared in your issue of the 5th inst. under the heading of "The Feudal Screw," in which I...

[To um EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR, — In Paris, close to the Sorbonne, there is an institution of University rank which, through the energy and public spirit of its...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — Your deeply suggestive article on " Christ's Words Concerning Himself " in your last issue has reminded me of a letter sent by Mr....

[TO THE EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTITOR."1 SIR, — The objection to the alternate use of the chasuble would speedily cease if, as Canon Cowley-Brown suggests in your last issue, the...

doubt wbo appreciate the excellent broad-minded articles on religion which appear from time to time in the Spectator, I have read with deep interest the last, " Christ's Words...

ITO TUB EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR.•') SIR, — " Namsangiya," writing in your issue of March 12th, says :— " I regret that the results of the Younghusband Mission were thrown away...

[To ma EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I can confirm the accuracy of your conjecture in last week's Spectator that those most familiar with woodcock seldom see the parent carry...

SIR,—Will you permit me to point out the impossibility that the name of the Buokinghamshire village of Wooburn should bear the meaning "Woe-bourne," as is suggested by " Bucks"...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] it a fact that certain of the intermittent streams of Southern England were designated by some name equivalent to " Woe Water " P That such...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."1 Sra,—When conversing to-day about the late Mrs. Ford of Pencarrow, with whom I was most intimately associated for many years, I was informed...

" SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The late presentment on the stage of the reasoning and talkative bird (" animal rationale, bipes, non implume ") draws well-trained scholars to the...

THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Srn, — Will you allow me to thank you and "C. L. G." for his admirahle article on Strauss's Elektra published in your issue of the 12th inst. ?...

[To THE EDITOR OD THE "SPECTATOR. " ] Sra,—The members of the Brent Valley Bird Sanctuary Com- mittee have continually received the kind assistance of the Press in their work,...

MOOR FIRES. Go, Shepherds, light the heather, And where it flowers in flame, On every blazing hilltop, A conqueror proclaim. Your fires a chosen people Shall guide the...

[TO THE EDITOR OD THE " SPECTATOR."1 Sra,—The accompanying letter, which has never before been published, was addressed by Carlyle to Kitty Kirkpatrick, who is generally...

[To TEE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR:] Sta,—I think that the following advance copy of " St. Ethel- burga's Leaflet" for April will interest your readers. It is • Miss Mary...

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...

ONE of the most striking facts about Mr. Montefiore's study of the Synoptic Gospels is that it should have , been written at all, for it is a study by a professed Jew undertaken...

TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW.* THE position of Lord Esher is, we suspect, rather a puzzle to a good many ordinary people who are accustomed to see high offices reached by a visible and...

DESTINY and a publisher's enterprise have given Mr. Chester- ton a difficult task. He has had to present. Thackeray in-a series of extracts, and, as he rightly says, there is "...

clumsy, then as possibly satirical To speak of the reality of war seems as superfluous as to mention that of the sun which shines above us. But it is only at the first glance...

printed a small volume which is in many ways noteworthy. The name of its " Editor " is not given; it has not been advertised, nor is there any sign that it is for sale, while...

book, especially in its earlier chapters. These deal with that dark and mysterious subject, the emerging of Italian art out of the ruins of Roman civilisation. Modern research...

THE EXILES OF FALOO.t WHAT becomes of uncaught criminals and highly placed dis.; reputables who have made England too hot to hold them P In one of the illustrated books of...

THE London Hospital had its beginning at a time when the public interest in this form of charitable activity had revived after a long period of suspension, the first half of the...

THE grocers, or grossers—it is one of the many common words of which we do not know the derivation for certain— became a regularly incorporated body in the second half of the...

(Penny and Hull, Leman Street, E. ls. net.)—Mr. Nunn was one of the Commissioners who inquired into the working of the Poor Law. This "note" refers especially to activities in...

(Edward Arnold. 6s.)—It must be said at once that the interest of this story lies entirely in the definition of character. There are practically no incidents, at least only Bach...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] The Strength of England. By J. W. Welsford, M.A. (Longmans and Co. 5s....

Helene Vacaresco. (Mills and Boon. 6s.)— None but crowned heads are allowed to appear in this story but the taste may be questioned which takes as a foundation for fiction the...

Society.)—The papers (so called from having been for many years kept at a house of this name in Somersetshire) are concerned with the imprisonment, trial, and execution of Mary...

(Macmillan and Co. 10s. net.)—To this edition, which follows the first at an interval of about ten years, Mr. Bosanquet has prefixed an introduction in which he deals with the...

and Co. 6s. net.)—We have said more than once that it is an unprofitable thing to criticise criticism. We shall not, there- fore, notice Professor Phelps's essays otherwise than...

Son. 7s. 6d. net.)—In the Parliamentary part of this volume we have (1) biographical notices of all Members returned to Parliament in the recent Election ; and (2) a return of...

7s. 6d. net.)—After a varied career in which, as he frankly con- fesses, he did not make the best of his opportunities, our author was driven to enlist in the Foreign Legion,...