the disbanding of the Turkish Irregulars, the appointment of the two European Assessors, and, above all, the reorganisation of the gendarmerie under General di Giorgis, whose...

Macedonian question, Lord Lansdowne made an im- portant statement in the House of Lords on Monday. While dissociating himself from Lord Newton (and therefore from the Premier)...

a most important proposition to the Powers interested in China. With a view to localising and limiting the area of hostilities, preventing disturbance among the Chinese, and...

by either side, but the statements as to Russia's intended movements are most ominous. It is reported, for example, that Admiral Alexeieff intends to leave Port Arthur, and to...

in the theatre of war, but the drift of events has been steadily in favour of the Japanese. So considerable, indeed, has been the total naval loss inflicted on Russia that Japan...

from the Near East. According to Consular despatches received at Constantinople early in the week, the Albanians in the Jakova district are in open revolt, and serious...

re- sulted in the return of the Progressives with a clear majority of 5, which would correspond to a majority of 35 in the House of Commons. It is considered possible that the...

a division in which the Government majority fell to 51 (327 to 276),—an astonishing diminution when we remember that before Mr. Chamberlain by his rashness, and the Government...

higher interests of the Empire rather than of their personal position proved in the division more numerous than was expected. Twenty-seven voted for Mr. Morley's amend- ment,...

Saturday last, is the greatest electoral triumph yet achieved for Free-trade. The Free-trade candidate, Mr. Bamford Slack, won the seat by a majority of 132, whereas Mr. Vicary...

of Treasurers of the Australian States, reported in Thursday's Times, is a timely protest against the foolhardy Labour policy which would ruin the Colony by its ex- clusiveness....

obtained over the details of the fiscal question. Very con- vincing was his defence of factory legislation as increasing, not decreasing, the efficiency of the workmen, and so...

Mr. Akers-Douglas. Mr. Wyndham confined himself to a spirited defence of the policy of regaining freedom of action for our Government in their dealings with foreign States. But...

the abolition of the office of Commander-in-Chief, Lord Roberts had retired from the War Office, but that, "at the special request of the Prime Minister," he had "consented to...

good way in favour of Free-trade, but there was no clear and honest denunciation of Mr. Chamberlain's schemes such as we certainly might expect if the Cabinet were really...

was taken on the amendment, when 230 voted for and 281 against, giving the Government a majority of 51. An analysis of the division reveals the significant fact that although...

on Thursday by Lord Crewe, who was witty and entertaining as well as sound in argument. He noted how perfunctorily Mr. Chamberlain's policy was defended. " Now, whenever the...

speakers spoke in favour of the amendment. Mr. C. Seely made a strong point when he claimed that, in view of the fact that the Chinese Minister had suggested certain alterations...

to the Address. The policy, he held, was objectionable in that it excluded white labour, retarded federation, and would demoralise the Transvaal. Major Seely, who seconded the...

Consols (24 per cent.) were on Friday 861.

THE POSITION OF THE UNIONIST PARTY. " V ARUS, Varna, give me back my legions!" If we can imagine Lord Salisbury revisiting the world and looking on once more at the political...

Q INCE we last wrote there has been little visible LI action in the vast theatre of war which stretches from Vladivostok to Port Arthur. We only know that Japan is pouring her...

For some years Englishmen have felt considerable un- easiness at the reports of misgovernment and barbarities in Central Africa, partly from those general feelings of humanity...

stitute a, relief from grave anxiety to all who are con- cerned for the tranquil consolidation of South Africa under the British flag. At the highest—if, that is to say, they...

W E wish we could share the satisfaction with which Lord Spencer regards the debate in the House of Lords on Monday. Unfortunately there is a tinge of exaggeration in his...

Nv HAT is the essential difference between good people and bad ? Many students of human nature would reply in the present day that there is no essential distinction. This...

No doubt the captains of the great liners could give on this point some very interesting information. It must often have happened that a liner approaching a port has passed...

A MONG marine animals are a very large number of creatures so little interesting when grown up that they might very well pass for smooth lumpy cactuses. They have no eyes or...

[TO THY EDITOR OF TH8 "SPECTATOR:] [TO THY EDITOR OF TH8 "SPECTATOR:] Sin, — There must be many who feel that by the death of Canon Ainger the world is made poorer. I desire to...

SIR,—Two leading articles in your issue of February 13th, although they deal with apparently unconnected subjects, suggest (to my mind) a consideration hitherto untouched upon...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Six,—There are one or two points on this question on which I am unable to see that your reasoning in the Spectator of February 13th is...

hitherto brief conflict between Russia and Japan are an emphatic warning to the British Government. The naval forces of a colossal Power have been practically annihilated by a...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — Mr. Paul in his "History of Modern England," Vol. I., p. 16, says of the Tractarian Movement that it was "clerical in its origin,...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I am one of your readers who remembers that you have " urged again and again during the past ten years the imperative need that exists...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—With regard to the reference to Sir Charles Lyall's translation of the " " in your review of Mr•. Blunt's version of those poems in...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—With reference to the letter from Mr. Adkins in your last issue, will you allow me to say that I cannot for the moment lay my hand on...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — I read in your "News of the Week" (February 13th) that "Congregation at Oxford decided on Tuesday by a small majority to exempt...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, -- I note that my letter answering correspondence under this head has been finally suspended. As the initiator of this controversy in...

STREET." [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —What is the origin of the phrase, " the man in the street " ? In " The Greville Memoirs," under date March 22nd, 1831, Vol....

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. " ] Srn,—Here are a few facts bearing on this question (see Spectator, February 13th). For twenty years I have managed a small book club, the...

[To TEE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIB,—If the writer of your interesting article on " Reappear- ing Rivers " (Spectator, February 13th) were to visit the East Riding he...

heading Mr. Hamilton remarks in the Spectator of February 13th that nine retrievers out of ten will not touch a woodcock. Therein I must differ from him. During the past thirty...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR:'] SIE,'—In reply to Mr. Hewetson (Spectator of February 6th) may I point out that the words quoted by him occur in Galileo's letter to the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—In your picturesque and fascinating article on "A Lodge in the Wilderness" in the Spectator of...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIE,—With reference to Mr. J. H. Hamilton's letter in the Spectator of February 13th, I think it is very evident that to most dogs the scent...

the chief State and municipally aided operas of Germany and Austria, to show your correspondent " Whig" (Spectator, February 13th) the excellent results obtained abroad by State...

THE TORPEDO. BY seven tall consorts circled round The careless cruiser lay, Watched by the dwarfish forts that crowned The hills above the Bay— The great guns frowning from...

SIB,—The letter of your correspondent " Whig " in your last issue contains a great deal of common-sense, but is founded upon what appears to me to be a misapprehension of the...

SIB.,—Your reviewer's story in the Spectator of February 13th, p. 262, of " Why, she doesn't know that she has a husband!" reminds me of a remark made to myself not long ago. A...

in the worst verse. MR. HARDY has undertaken a drama on what is perhaps the most dramatic subject which the modern world can conceive, —the ferment of Europe under the...

title of Merchants Venturers as the famous East India Company, which not only filled its coffers with the gold and jewels of the East, but enrolled armies, made wars, and...

get different sporting experts, under the general title of " Masters of their Arts," to contribute a series of papers to the Badminton Magazine. These have now been published as...

DR. DRIVER'S Book of Genesis contains nothing that will surprise any one who has made himself acquainted with this writer's Introduction to the Old Testament. It draws out and...

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