a statement about the Congo Free State which is supposed to emanate from King Leopold himself. If so, it is a frank defiance to the opinion of the world. The author of the...

Persia, the tenth or twelfth within the writer's recollection. This time " it is the mob of Yezd which has broken out and killed every BIM accessible without dis- tinction of...

Fleet, may turn out to be an event of considerable importance. He has held that position for twenty-three years, and ae he had allowed the Fleet to be ruined so thatlew of the...

United States have come, to an agreement about Manchuria, under which something like Free-trade through certain ports will be allowed to the whole world. The refusal of China to...

T HE Conclave site for the first time to-day, and it is nearly certain that before our next issue the new Pope will have been elected. Nothing, however, has occurred to indicate...

case.

Convention Bill was opened on Tuesday by Mr. Gerald Balfour who said that the House of Commons in approving by its resolution of November 24th, 1902, "the policy embodied in...

Irishmen completely, the King's visit to Ireland has been a continuous success. Perhaps the most striking-inci- dent in Dublin was a reception of poor children, who, to the...

gratulations of "this side of the House" to Sir William Harcourt on his recovery from his recent illness, pointed out that only thirty millions of the new loan was not...

would have an opportunity of discussing the question, but added :—" I do not admit that every parliament has to discuss the programme which is to be laid before its successor,...

scandal. Some one has been stupid enough to try to bribe Dr. Papp, a leader of the Obstructionists, offering him £420 to stay away from the House for twelve days. There seems to...

return of the Labour candidate, Mr. A. Henderson. He received 3,370 votes, while Colonel Vane, the Unionist, obtained 3,323, and Mr. Beaumont, the Liberal, only 2,809, against...

Loan and War Contribution Bill on Monday involved the very important question of imported labour in South Africa. Sir William Harcourt, after an elaborate analysis of the claims...

12 o'clock rule for the purpose of passing certain Government. Bills, including the Sugar Convention Bill; the Employment of Children Bill ; that dealing with the Port of London...

with the question of preferential tariffs in a brilliant sound, and remarkable speech. He pointed out that Free-traders generally welcomed an inquiry into . changed conditions,...

that the Bill was "an insidious attack on the principle of Free-trade. It was part of a general scheme for raising the cost of articles of consumption in the supposed interest...

London Education Bill was moved on Tuesday by Lord Londonderry, the President of the Board of Education, and carried by 69 votes to 26. The Archbishop of Canterbury in a...

recently refused to allow any steamers belonging to companies under contract to be worked by lascars. Mr. Chamberlain thereupon informed the Government of the Commonwealth that...

Office vote was under discussion, Mr. Chamberlain again dealt with Colonial affairs. After asserting Canada's willingness to go still further in the direction of tariff...

on Friday 91f.

LORD RANDOLPH'S OLD CLOTHES. O NE of the most curious facts about the present political crisis is that hitherto no one seems to have noticed that there is nothing new about Mr....

think, on the whole, in favour of the opinion that Russia and Japan will not go to war, at any rate for some time to come. There are, no doubt, elements of danger, serious...

M R. CHAMBERLAIN has as yet produced only two weighty argunients in favour of his proposaFto abandon the British policy of Free-trade, a policy which has now been maintained for...

I F Mr. Chamberlain still keeps his clear eye for electoral signs, the lesson of the Barnard Castle election can- not have been lost upon him. It is the "writing on the wall," a...

MHE crowds which daily pass along the Strand or find amusement in watching the gradual unfolding of Aldwych have lately had a new interest provided for them. Three differently...

a native of Ceylon, entitled "Luminous Sleep." (P. Arunochalam, M.A. Colombo : George J. A. Skeen.) The writer treats of sleep entirely from the psychological, and not at all...

T HE psychology of the world's young countries has not yet been seriously treated of. Perhaps historians are waiting for the perspective of time to aid them ; and yet studies of...

NAT HEN the various societies interested in archaeology met in Congress in 1901 the subject of the preserva- tion of ancient defensive earthworks was 'discussed. These...

THE COTTON TRADE AND MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S FISCAL PROPOSALS. [To TEE EDITOR 01 TEE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The resolution passed with only two dissentients at the cotton trade...

"Sescreroa."1 Sul,—The English manufacturer has a rooted and, on the whole, I think, a well-founded objection to trumpeting his prosperity abroad. When he is doing well he...

A FABLE FOR FAIR-TRADERS: THE GIRDERS. [TO THE EDITOR OF TEN "SPECTATOR."] SIE,-1. was walking through the streets of a provincial town the other day, and came upon a crowd of...

THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR, —When you had done my motor-car the honour of making it the text of a leading article in the Spectator of July 18th, I felt that it would be an...

Sir Conan Doyle's motor-car (Spectator, July 18th). Without in the least arguing for Protec- tion, but to get the theory complete, I ask the following ques- tion. Supposing,...

SIR,—Sir Conan Doyle, writing in the Spectator of July 18th, states that M. Panhard pays the 2100 cheque to his bankers, and there the cheque is left Let us, however, follow out...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR." SIR,—You ask your readers in the Spectator of July 25th to name an industry which has been ruined by Free-trade. I think I can name two....

the Spectator of July 25th for an instance of a ruined trade. I will supply you with one. In the town of Derby, before Cobden made his Treaty with Napoleon HI., there was a busy...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — Sixteen years ago I travelled from Singapore to Mar- seilles on a " Messageries " boat, upon which there were only two other English...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The following extract from Walpole's "History of England," Vol. I., p. 58, may be of interest at this juncture :— 41 The silk weavers...

THE "SPEC7ATOR."1 SID,—Your admirable article on "The Abuse of Export Trade Statistics" in the Spectator of July 25th should dispel one() and for all the Protectionist's...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—If "Open Mind," in the Spectator of July 25th, will pursue the illustration which he adduces as to the effect of American import duties,...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 have no wish to occupy your valuable space repeatedly, but I cannot accept Mr. Sebastian Meyer's attempt in the - Spectator of July 25th to...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In the Spectator of July 18th tbere was a long letter from Mr. George Peel, traversing a statement by Mr. Chamberlain that the...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—It is pathetic to note the delusion which so largely exists as to the so-called "balance of trade." An excess of imports over exports...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR:1 0114—In reply to your correspondent's question in the Spectator of July 25th, there are several reasons which account for the difference he...

[Td TEE EDITOB OF THE 4. ens c TAToa.-1 Sin,—The King's visit to Ireland is bound, as did the Gordon-Bennett Cup motor race, to draw universal attention this year to the great...

MINDEN DRUMS. (Aim= 18T, 1759.) [lospeetfully dedicated to the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the Suffolk Regiment, the Lancashire Fusiliers, the Royal Welsh...

MR. CHARLES BOOTH'S FINAL VOLUME.t WI' had recently the pleasure of reviewing the important work, in seven volumes, on the religious and other social influences in London with...

THE publication of the Colonial speeches delivered by Sir William Molesworth in the House of Commons between the years 1838 and 1853 is distinctly opportune. They are admirably...

Ma. LANGTON DOUGLAS'S Hiskiy of Siena is learned, interesting, and delightful to read. The earnestness and enthusiasm with which be writes would take a reader captive, as his...

" HERE," says Mr. Bain, "is a fairy-tale which I found in an old Hindoo manuscript,"—the manuscript being the same as that (resembling a packet of lady's gloves) in which some...

A NAVAL VOLUNTEER.* As the author of one of the most attractive of the volumes dealing with the war in South Africa, In the Ranks of the C.I.V., Mr. Childers needs no...

6s.)—There is a great charm about these sketches of Jewish life,—a charm, however, which becomes sometimes too pathetic to be endurable. Miss Wolfenstein gives us almost too...

The first story in this book, "The Turquoise Cup," is frankly a fantasy, and, as such, is not ungracefully told. It is quite im- posaible, and not one of the characters could...

Christian can hardly think much of her story, and, indeed, it does not attract. She seeks, it would seem, to set it off by an ambitious style. It would not be difficult to name...

Nash. 6s.)—It would quite spoil Mr. Stephens's story if we were to criticise his "mystery." All that we can say is that it is very ingeniously contrived, and that we are...

Memoir by Hall Caine. (W. Heinemann. 6s.)—Mr. Hall Caine's Memoir tells what is practically a story of failure. Our recollection of Mr. Tirebuck's work is in agreement. It had...

6s.)—Mr. Fletcher's story is rather like the career of his hero,— the promise is good, but the performance poor. The opening of the story is excellent, and the author's study of...

THE PROTECTIONIST PERIL. ne Protectionist Peril : an Beamination of Mr. Chamberlain's Proposals. By George Herbert Perris. (Methuen and Co. is.)— We have no sympathy with Mr....

The Annual Register, 1902. (Longmans and Co. 18s.)—Mr. T. Baines, with the help of various collaborators, reviews the polities, the literature, and the art of the past year,...

Lunacy and Law : an Address on the Prevention of Insanity delivered before the Medico- Brlichol ogical Association of Great Britain and Ireland. With an Appended Note. By Sir...

Gordon Highlanders. By Lieutenant - Colonel C. Greenhill Gardyne. Vol. II. (D. Douglas. 14s. net.)—Colonel Gardyne carries on the history of the regiment from 1818 down to 1898....

Intro- duction, by William Wallace, LL.D. (Isbister and Co. 50.)—Dr. Wallace estimates the literary value of Hogg's work with no more than the pardonable partiality that may be...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not beet reserved for UMW in other forms.] Passive Resistance Positive Wrong. By Joseph Hammond, LL.D. (Skeffington...

Austen-Leigh, MA. (The College Press, Eton. is. 6d. net.)—Mr. Austen-Leigh has put together in this pamphlet a number of interesting fade con- cerning Eton and Etonians. These...

of the Free Trader, published by the Free Trade Union. Its issue is to be continued weekly. It consists of notes dealing with matters connected with the fiscal controversy that...

and Blackett. 4s.)—This is a volume of the" Imperial Athletic Library." Much ingenuity and much experience have been - utilised in producing it. J. Braid, an eminent expositor...

Co. 6s.)—Mr. Baring-Gould's book shows the characteristic qualities which never fail to attract, if they sometimes provoke. It is intended to prepare a visitor with some...