as to the composition of the Committee, which he desired should be thoroughly judicial in character. Nothing was said as to the names of the Committee, but it is rumoured that...

of Lords would have stultified itself, as the joint guardian of the public honour and of public probity, if it had not taken action. The fact that the House of Commons failed so...

Lord Murray confined himself to a simple confession and apology—subject, of course, to his declaration that the trans- action was free from dishonour. "On reflection, I con-...

the report of the majority of the Committee was so obviously partisan that the Government, though anxious to whitewash, did not venture to found their resolution upon the...

I N the House of Lords on Tuesday Lord Murray made Ms personal statement. It was a series of apologies, and in form ample enough and candid enough. Lord Murray,however, entirely...

a wilder or more discreditable Stock Exchange gamble than that which took place over the issue of the American Marconi shares. "There were inordinate gains and cruel and...

clear, but it was also one of the most damaging exposures of the action of the incsiminated Ministers that have yet been made. Those who know anything of Lord Lansdowne, or who...

amendment to the Address to the effect that the Welsh Church Bill has no popular support and is provoking increased hostility and resentment. He remarked that the Bill was not...

would have been fairer to inquire into the land question by means of a Select Committee or Royal Commission. There was a reason why no useful purpose would have been served by...

ment to the Address regretting that the Government proposed no means of restoring the credit and security of laud and house property which they themselves bad undermined. There...

was working in the case of the Welsh Church Bill. The idea of the Act, as stated by the Prime Minister, was that no Bill should pans over the heads of the Lords unless it had...

ment that they would not offer any objection of any kind to the setting up of the proposed Committee, he did his hest to defend the action of Lord Murray. We can only say that...

before we leave the subject we should like to make one or two observa- tions on the whole matter. The valuable character of the "tip" given to Ministers by the Isaacs family is...

meeting at Havre in order to advance the formation of a new Briandist party. There were hostile demonstrations, which seemed to have been caref ally planned, as all the...

notice. It is sometimes said that in any case the Ministers who received the valuable "tip" did not let their possession of the shares in any way influence their public conduct....

was held in the City of London an Wednesday. Lard Rothschild moved and Lord Goschen seconded a resolution declaring that it was " impossible " to carry the Bill into effect....

took place on Tuesday on the Report dealing with the revision of the Calendar. The Committee acknowledge the advantages of a fixed Easter, but are of opinion that the alteration...

into the conduct of the police during the Dublin riots was moved by Mr. George Barnes on Wednesday, and supported by Mr. Handel Booth, who recounted his own experiences,...

to the Unionist Party, In Bethnal Green the Unionist (Sir Mathew Wilson) carried the seat by a majority of 24 (the Liberal majority had been 184). In South Bucks the Unionist...

the responsibility of selecting which amendments to the Address shall be debated, made it clear that he would not select the amendment which stood in the names of Lord Hugh...

in his seventy-sixth year, Ulster Unionism has lost one of its ablest and most respected champions. A man of considerable academic distinction, a great Presbyterian, and a...

for having persuaded Mr. Rudyard Kipling to lecture to them on " Travel " at the Queen's Hall on Tuesday. His address proved a fascinating study of the psychology of travel, the...

as that administered to Mr. Lloyd George in the first leader of the Times on Monday, a propos of the charges which he brought against the Duke of Montrose. As the writer shows,...

I T is difficult, and perhaps dangerous, to offer advice to one's opponents, but in a crisis so grave as the present we must run the risk. Here we would address ourselves, not...

EXCLUSION. I N our opinion, it is not fair to put pressure upon Mr. Asquith to say at once whether he does or does not mean to propose Exclusion. The difficulties within his...

N EVER have the Government made a worse defence of their policy and their methods than they made in the debate on the land campaign in the House of Commons on Tuesday night....

A LTHOUGH the difficulty of disposing of the Aegean Islands so as to satisfy both Turkey and Greece, not to mention Italy and Austria-Hungary, is by no means overcome, we feel...

O WING to the traditional generosity of the House of Commons in treating leniently every offender who makes a frank apology, less discussion than was desirable took place with...

D EVOTION to a "cause" has of necessity a profound effect upon character. Whether the effect is good or bad does not altogether depend upon the cause. It ought to, but it does...

T HE British Committee for the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of peace among English-speaking peoples (otherwise known as the British-American Peace Centenary...

fr HE first thought of the man who has no sense of music is to keep his mouth shut after he has been to a musical performance. It has been suggested to me, however, that a...

A HUNDRED-GUINEA COTTAGE. (To rue Soma or TIM enclose plans, specifications, and explanatory memo- randum of the hundred-guinea cottage built by me at Morrow Common, in answer...

Accommodation. Attention is particularly drawn to the fact that a very slight modification in the position of some of the interior partitions will bring the floor areas and...

THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S DECISION. Ito rim Enrron or yes utle007.01:1 Sra,—I have endeavoured for some years as a diligent reader of the Spectator to grasp your...

of England—a Wesleyan minister well content with the Church of his bringing-up and of his affection—this writer rejoices in your frank and high- minded comments in last...

HIR,—Your article of last week on the Archbishop of Canterbury's decision gives utterance to the thought of many of your readers, members of the Church of England, and also of...

the attention of your readers to a mistake in your article on the Primate's decision in your issue of the 14th inst., which affects the whole of the following argument. In...

[To TR EDITOR Or TH1 . SPICTATOR."1 SIE.—If precedent be really needed in these days of enlighten- ment, the following two patterns of " inclusion " are interesting, and may...

was staying at Bel Alp, in Switzerland. There were also in the hotel two Anglican Bishops and some thirty Anglican clergymen. An old man was staying there at the same time who...

Sta,—(1) The High Church Party, above all others, attaches the gravest meaning and importance to the words of our Lord contained in St. John's Gospel vi. 53 (" Except ye eat,"...

Sea,—Under the Test Act, passed when the Church of England was in the heyday of its political power and influence, all holders of offices in the Army, Navy, and Civil Service...

who begins by losing his head ends by losing every- thing. In a democratic age the man who refrains from asking, or rather demanding, his rights is ignored and, together with...

[To ras Eimer. or ras e qirscraroa." Si,—Certainly exclude Ulster. The alternative that heads this note is a slogan. But much depends upon the letter and the spirit of the...

fin no SOROS Or TINE "Brsorarown Sin, — In your hut issue there is an editorial note upon the discussion in the House of Commons concerning the amend- ment to the Address put...

(To TIM EDITOR Ol THE .. BP.C1,708.1 SIR, — There is every reason to believe that the Lisbon politicians have now realised the singular unwisdom of con- tinuing to affront...

Silt—The British Committee would be glad if you could publish the enclosed communication addressed to the Prime Minister in connexion with the Panama-Pacific Exposition.—...

[To sus Emma or rue ..arsersrea."1 thn,—In reference to the question of the general strike in South Africa and the methods adopted by the Union Govern- ment in putting it...

[TO TIM EDITOR OF 110 .. SFLOTATOR...1 Sin,—To all whose judgment is not warped by sentiment or prejudice, and who desire to arrive at a fair estimate of the conditions which...

[To no Zones or no .Svrornon."1 Sut,—It may interest many readers at the moment to be aseured that the attainment of honours by corrupt means is no modern invention, witness...

[To Tar Zones or on ••Elvzonvor."] SIR,—In last week's issue your correspondent Mr. Balfour calls attention, as an interesting link with the past, to the case of our...

Sin,—Anyone who devotes any time to the study of the Jacines.Dalcroze method is sure to be perpetually besieged by inquirers of every sort with the same questions on their...

[To TWO HOME Or Mr. •• EIrreT■7011...] Sin,—As names of multitude for birds have been given in your journal from time to time, the following extract from The Records of...

[To no EDITOR Or Tar . 1321. - 1 Sni,—In Baker's Chronicle, under the year 1660, I find the following pa eeege. After detailing the exceptions from Charles's Act of Indemnity...

[To vas Exerox cv Tea .Svrerwror...] Srit,—The interesting suggestion as to a national Arbor Day for schools, which is contained in last week's Spectator in the letter signed...

[To TIM Roma or Tor "Svrenvor."3 Srn,—In your article on "The Octavio, Hill Memorial" (Spectator, February 14th) you mention the rhyme referring to Tintock. This is given...

[To no Boma or the .'Sramtros."] Sut,—At last I am drawn into the correspondence, if you will allow it! I see it stated that exported and diseased animals return as food; but...

or initial.. or with a pee:el.:mem, Sr are 'narked "Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily te held to te in agreement with the Mews therein erpressed or with the made of...

IN KONTIBUS SA_NOTIS. WHOM may we worship in this place divine ? Whom may we pray to in this heaven-built shrine? The torrent's murmur hallows all the air; The avalanche is as...

THE OLD PRUSSIAN ARMY.* 'THE military operations which took place between the battle of Jena (October 14th, 1806) and that of Eyhtu (February 8th, 1807) have not secured any...

to congratulate Sir James Ramsay on the completion of a great and important task. Twenty-one years ago he published two volumes on the history of the fifteenth century. entitled...

travel and record their experiences in books combine no well as Mr. Sidney Low . a light and easy touch that makes for extreme readableness • Egypt in Treneon. Ity Sidney...

WHEW a poet attains the dignity of "collected works" it means, not that his output is ended, but that a recognized position has been achieved. The prentice stage is past, the...

WE have dealt with this book in our leading columns to-day. Here we may note the way in which the authors answer, in their Introduction, the assertion that the low wages paid to...

that before it could speak it babbled verses. In the Poona del Cid (c. 1150) remnants of Latin still cling to the Spanish. In a language of such clear vowel sounds rhyme or...

IN this little volume Mr. Crawley attacks a subject which, as a good all-round athlete, a skilful writer, and something more than a student of philosophy, he is eminently...

GRANNIE FOE GRANTED.* LAEIT week we noticed a novel in which the hero was a boy of thirteen. In Mrs. George Wemyss's new book the beau 2-die is assigned to a lady who mast be...

IT is not necessary to apologize for the title of this review since Dr. Coomaraswamy claims that "the nonsectarian character of the styles of Indian art has always been con-...

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a tendency among writers of the present day to indulge in over-detailed portraiture; here lies the mistake of Mien Johnston's work, for she is careful to leave no mystery of...

Sarah Eden was an interesting woman she began life in a Devonshire farmhouse, where she was influenced but not " converted " by a Revivalist Mission, and stirred to thought by...

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mite. such Books of ho wok as Min sot Dm swerved for mine in other form.] The Issue of Kikuyu : a Sermon. By Hensley Henson (Dean of Durham). (Macmillan and Co. 6d. net.)-We...

12s. 6d. net.) - This edition of Marlowe's famous play is characteristic of the best American scholarship. Dr. Briggs-who is now Assistant Professor of English Literature at...

of this new periodical promises well, and. indicates that it may become as valuable for students of domestic affairs as The Bound Table has made itself foe those of...