27 JULY 1907

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On Wednesday Lord Reay made an important speech before a

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Committee of the Hague Conference, and expressed the desire of Great Britain to abandon the conception of contra- band. Only. tact had prevented grave consequences arising from...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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T HE most important external news of the week comes from the Far East. On Friday week the Emperor of Korea abdicated in favour of the Crown Prince. The abdication was forced on...

On Saturday last it was announced in Paris that General

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Hagron, who was in effect the Generalissimo of the French Army, although that title bad not been officially used for some months, bad asked to be placed on the retired list. His...

The Times of • Tuesday publishes from its Paris corre-

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spondent a summary of an interview which M. Jules Huret, a well-known writer in the Figaro, has had with Prince Billow. Prince Billow dismissed the possibility of war in almost...

The . Papal Syllabus which was published last week has

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caused much less interest than that of Pius IX. caused in 1864. The new Syllabus is regarded as a continuation of that Syllabus. As the Paris correspondent of the Times remarks,...

eV The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript, in any

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case.

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Sir Wilfrid Laurier on his return to Canada has been

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received with extraordinary enthusiasm, both parties in- differently doing him honour. Speaking at Ottawa on Friday week, be reminded his hearers, according to the Times corre-...

On Wednesday a deputation of Liberal 11T.P.'s waited an the

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Prime Minister to complain of the present condition of the Magistracy. Their chief point was that even under a Liberal Lord Chancellor perfectly suitable Liberals are con-...

The House of Commons has during the week been chiefly

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occupied with the Evieted Tenants Bill, with, a not very im- portant personal incident (also from Ireland), and with the details of Irish Supply. On Wednesday the Prime...

A remarkable letter by the Maharajah of Bikaner appears in

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the Times of Tuesday. It is written in answer to an article entitled "India: 1857-1907: Retrospect and Prospect," which was published in Blackwood's Magazine last May, but not...

On the whole, the unpaid Magistrates do command publie confidence,

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and as a rule meet the essential test, — tbat is they are men not swayed, in doing what they believe to be justice, by external considerations. This is the reason for, as a...

Lord Curzon, at the dinner of the Grocers' Company on

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Wednesday night, spoke in a spirit of optimism in regard to the unrest in India. Vigilance and firmness, coupled with the sympathy of comprehension, will, we are convinced, get...

In this context we may note the interesting quotations from

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the Bands Matarans given in Thursday's Times. The Bands Matarans in a passage of some literary merit depicts Mr. Morley as being blinded by the Divine Providence in order that...

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In the House of Lords on Thursday the Archbishop of

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Canterbury, in a speech of great moderation, and also of great lucidity, showed how unfair and bow impracticable were the new regulations for Training Colleges. Churchmen were...

We greatly regret to learn that the Board of Education

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has intimated to the Kent Education Committee that rifle. shooting is not a subject which it will permit to be taught to children in elementary schools. The Board, therefore,...

We cannot find space to go into this intricate and

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difficult matter in detail, but may say that in our opinion the Arch- bishop made good his case. We have dealt elsewhere with the general aspects of the question, and the...

On Friday week, July 19th, Lord Roberts addressed a crowded

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meeting at Guildford in furtherance of the aims of the National Service League. Nothing could have been plainer or more straightforward than Lord Roberts's repudia- tion of the...

Mr. Vivian, M.P., well known for the admirable work he

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has done in connexion with the housing problem on co-operative lines, has made a most spirited reply to the General Council of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners,...

It was announced on Saturday last that Sir George Syden-

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ham Clarke, the very able soldier who was one of the Com- mission of three which made the plan for the reconstitution of the War Office, and who since then has been secretary to...

The Wesleyan Conference has been in session during the past

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week, and the country has once more had first-hand evidence of how world-wide and how strong is the great spiritual organisa- tion founded by John Wesley. The Wesleyan Church is...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE MENACE OF SOCIALISM. A GREAT deal of exaggerated language has been used in regard to the triumph of Socialism in the Colne Valley election. It is reported, indeed, that one...

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THE "COUP D'ETAT " AT SEOUL.

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J APAIsT has made the first great addition to her dominion, increasing its area by ninety thousand square miles and its population by about twelve millions. That seems to be the...

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THE GOVERNMENT AND THE EDUCATION QUESTION.

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AS representing those who desire an equitable com- promise on the education question, which, while making our educational system efficient, shall also leave it founded on...

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THE " GUILLOTINE " AND ITS APPLICATION.

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M R. BALFOUR'S indignation at the application of the " guillotine " to the Evicted Tenants Bill probably seemed much more genuine to himself than it did to the House of Commons....

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OXFORD • AND CAMBRIDGE.

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9111E interesting debate in the House of Lords on -1 Wednesday on the Bishop of Birmingham's plea, for a Royal Commission to inquire into the endow-; ment, government,...

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AT THE TURN OF THE LANE.

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W HEN a Combe Hollow boy happens to pass through . Fordbridge, any of the local youth who chance to meet him will instantly blow a shrill, derisive " Too-whoo," taken up and...

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WILD-FLOWER SANCTUARIES.

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A CORRESPONDENT signing himself " Oxonieusis," whose letter appears in another column, writes to us this week on the subject of the preservation of rare or beautiful wild...

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REFORM IN EXAMINATION'S. -

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S OME information has reached us about a certain new scheme of examination for school scholarships, and as we have sympathised with such a reform in the slightly different...

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CORRESPONDENCE.

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THE REVOLUTION IN PERSIA. MO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR,'] Sin,—To judge from the newspapers, it would appear that the English public is little aware of the revolution that...

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L E RS TO TH E E D [TO R.

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OLD-AGE PENSIONS. lTo THIE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sut,—The article on "Old-Age Pensions" in your last issue contains a suggestion to the effect that the Government would...

1 - T0 Tun EDITOR OF THE " SCEMATOR."1 Sin,—In the valuable

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and illuminating article on "Old-Age Pensions" in last week's Spectator it is very forcibly pointed out that "the proper plan is a compulsory system of insurance against old...

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(TO TRY EDITOR Op THE "SPECTATOR."] Sr,—In your last week's

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article on "Old-Age Pensions" you give convincing reasons why they will have less effect ih reducing the Poor-rate than is popularly supposed. I would venture to go a step...

fTo THR EDITOR OF TIIR "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—By the issue of

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wages stamps a huge reserve fund could be amassed to meet the proposal to find 5s. weekly pensions to workpeople on attaining sixty years. Workmen making less than E1 a week...

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NEWFOUNDLAND.

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[To THE EDTTOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:"] Sfd,—The telegram sent by Mr. Joseph Chamberlain to Sir Robert Bond expressing the hope that Newfoundland would shortly join the Dominion of...

LTO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR"]

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last week's Spectator in your article on "Old-Age Pensions" you say :—" No doubt the amount expended in out-relief would be considerably diminished." Will this be im? At a...

ENGLISH EGGS AND OTHERS.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I feel somewhat diffident in venturing to comment on your article in the issue of July 20th headed as above, for it displays, as indeed...

rTo THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]

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Sin,—I am making an investigation into the detailed working of contributory pension schemes in Germany and Austria, with a view to finding out haw far they could be applied in...

THE " ALL-RED " ROUTE.

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(To Tea ECrrolt Or rue " SCSCraTos.1 SIR,—I am sincerely sorry to find that we do not yet agree with regard to the " All-Red " Route. You apparently are willing to support this...

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THE JAPANESE JUMBLE.

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[To THE Emma OV ias "SPECTATOR:I SIR,—I remember reading in a letter from an Englishman in Japan the opinion that if the Japanese conquered Russia, it would be impossible to...

THE LATE DR. RUTHERFORD.

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[To THE EDITOR OW THZ "SPXOTATOR." SIR,—I should very much like to be allowed to add a few words to the appreciations which have appeared in the Press of the late Dr. W. G....

THE LARD QUESTION AND THE RATING PROBLEM.

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[TO THZ EDITOR OF TER "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Your article of July 6th, able as it is, does not fully expose the injustice or the stupidity of the present system of rating the land....

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TWO CORONATION SERMONS.

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[To THZ EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — W ill you give me a little space to record two coronation sermons- by the same preacher, which beat the record of the two peace...

AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS.

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[TO THU EDITOR OF THE "SPECTA.TOFt."] Si,—In connexion with your article on "American Immi- grants" in your issue of July 13th, it may be of interest to some of your readers to...

THE PRESERVATION OF RARE OR BEAUTIFUL WILD FLOWERS.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." J Sr,—With reference to your notice of the booklet entitled "The Preservation of Places of Interest and Beauty" (Spectator, June 29th), may I...

TWO ETYMOLOGIES.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF TUE"SPECTATOR."1 SIR, — The Spectator is a good port to put into for an etymologist in distress, and so I venture to ask its help as to the derivation of two...

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"ON THE GAME OF CRICKET.

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Assist all ye muses and join to rehearse An old English sport never praised yet in verse. 'Tis cricket I sing, of illustrious fame, No nation e'er boasted so noble a game....

MEMORIAL TO MRS. OLIPHANT IN ST. GILES', EDINBURGH.

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[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR:9 beg to enclose an appeal about to be issued for subscrip- tions to a memorial to the late Mrs. Oliphant. The Committee would feel greatly...

TH.b., LITE MR. JAMES ANNAND, M.P.

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LTO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sm,—I have been honoured by a request from his executors that I should prepare for early publication a biography of my lamented friend, the...

THE SPIRIT OF EARLY CRICKET.

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go Tile EDITOR OF TEE "SescrAT0R.1 SIR,—Those of your readers who enjoyed the excellent review of Mr. E. V. Lucas's "The Hambledon Men" which appeared in your issue of July 6th...

POETRY.

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FEAR not, Cornubia, whose enchanting borders The young and emerald Atlantic laves, That I would join those rhythmical recorders Who hymn the glories of your coves and caves. My...

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BOOKS.

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THE RELIGION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.* DURING recent years the Protestant professors in German Universities have made what is for them an entirely new departure. They have long...

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THE AMERICAN PRISONER AT THE BAR.* WE took occasions in

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these columns not long ago to comment upon certain American characteristics, personal and national, which hinder the speedy and effective adminis- tration of criminal justice in...

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WOMEN OF THE SECOND EMPIRE.*

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"HISTORY in its more frivolous aspect !" This, according to If. Loliee, is the idea of his book. It is a picture, or a series of pictures, of the more conspicuous figures of the...

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THE ROMANCE OF A RACEHORSE.*

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THE author of A History of the English Turf has completed A task which was worth the patient work he has bestowed on it. The history of the most famous of all racehorses, "the...

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NOVELS.

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COMPANIONS IN THE SIERRA.* This story is so loosely composed and so episodical that we ought perhaps to warn the reader that, although it is fiction, * Companions in the...

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Islands, and perhaps the most remarkable thing about them is

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that they are written by a woman. The stories, both in subject and in treatment, are extremely virile, and will certainly not remind any reader of the work of other women...

CURRENT LITER A.T U RE.

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THE QUARTERLIES. The article on the Imperial Conference in the Edinburgh Review is a particularly brilliant contribution to a brilliant number. Nothing could be better than the...

A reader who desires to put himself into a cheerful

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mood should begin the Quarterly Review by studying the article on "British Investments Abroad." The figures for 1906 are £3,220,000,000, showing an increase on those of 1897 of...

READABLE NOVEL8.—The Magic Plumes. By Mrs. Steuart Erskine. (Methuen and

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Co. 6s.)---An interesting modern story, of which the scone is laid in Mexico.—Chance thb Changeling. By Maude C. Knight. (Greening and Co. 6s.)—A story in which the...

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SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.

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[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] The Keswick Convention. Edited by Charles F. Harford, (Marshall...

The Samaritans. By James Alan Montgomery, Ph.D. (John C. Winston

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Company, Philadelphia. 8s. net.)—The story of the origin of the Samaritans is eminently characteristic of the time and place to which it belongs. Immigrants from a distant...

England and America, 1763 - 1783. By Mary A. M. Marks. 2

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vols. (Brown, Langhain, and Co. 30s. net.)—Miss Marks tells the story of the strife of parties in England and of the war which ended in the acknowledgment of American...

Seville. By Albert F. Calvert. (John Lane. 3s. 6d. net.)—This

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is a volume of the "Spanish Series," and, as might be expected, is not surpassed—perhaps, one might say, equalled—in interest by any other. Little or nothing is to be seen of...

Poets' Country. Edited by Andrew Lang. (T. C. and E.

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C. Jack. 215. net.)—We hear, and are glad to hear, something in this volume about many poets,—between fifty and a hundred, to make a rough guess. Most of them are fallen into an...

The Unvarnished West. By J. M. Pollock. (Simpkin, Marshall, and

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Co. 2s. 6d. net.)—Captain Pollock began his Transatlantic life in Wisconsin in the service of a very close-fisted German, of whom he speaks very considerately in view of the...

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The latest of the series of "Handbooks of Practical Gardening,"

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Edited by Harry Roberts (John Lane, 2s. 6d. net), is The Book of the Chrysanthemum, by Percy Penwell. The chrysanthemum, which is the national emblem of Japan, seems, like many...

Mawr Crosses. By P. M. C. Kermode. (i3emrose and Sons.

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63s. net.)—Mr. Kermode has devoted himself to the study of Manic crosses for many years. He published a catalogue of them in 1887, revising and enlarging this work five years...

To Messrs. Methuen and Co.'s "Little Guides" has been added

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North Wales, by Alfred T. Story (2s. Od. net). The arrangement, we may remind our readers, is to give introductory chapters Oh. boundaries, physical features, flora and fauna,...

Whispers from the Fleet. By Captain Christopher Cradock, C.B. (Griffin

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and Co. 4s. 6d. net.)—Captain Cradock believes that sea- manship will survive all the changes introduced by mechanical progress, and writes this book to supply some practical...

The Story of the Homes. By William J. Taylor. (200

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tustoe Road, London.)—The "London Female Preventive Reformatory Institution" completed its fiftieth year in Sane last. The story of its work is told in this volume,' which also...

English Miracle Plays and Moralities. By E. Hamilton Moore. (Sherratt

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and Hughes. 3s. 6d. net.)—" The Miracle Play," says Mr. Moore, "Caine into being when the Bible was a closed book." It was wanted because the religious services of the day,...

My Life ds tin Indian. By J. W. Schultz. (John

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Murray. 6e. net.)—The pseudonym of "W. B. Anderson" is perhaps not unfamiliar to readers of "Forest and Stream." Mr. Schultz, now that the links which connect the day of the...