the Volun- teers, a procession of motor-care almost three miles long arrived from the direction of Belfast and went to the harbour. Meanwhile the attention of the police in the...

make no comment on the astonishing gun-run- ning incident, but shall content ourselves with a record of what took place. The feat by which the Ulster Volunteers landed some...

offer of mediation by Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. This offer has been accepted in principle by President . Wilson and General Huerta, and also by General Carranza on behalf of...

recognize that Mr. Wilson's pertinacity on one point stands in the way, for the correspondent tells us that, in spite of official denials, they appealed to Europe to try to...

W E have dealt elsewhere with the new situation that has arisen out of Mr. Churchill's overtures and their recep- tion by the Unionists, and we have dealt with it on the assump-...

the new Chamber will be very much like the old one. So far as individual groups have changed, the Socialists are the chief gainers. But there has been an appreciable electoral...

Bill was moved by Mr. Hume-Williams, who maintained that it made no attempt to remedy any real injustices of the present system. Those could only be removed by a Redis-...

Bill of 1906 and the Franchise Bill of 1912, observed that there were many other reforms which were desirable, but they had no time to deal with them in this Parliament, so they...

to meet Mr. Churchill's overtures. Here are the actual words of the most important portion of his comment :— "If the Home Rule Bill passes, much as I detest it, my most earnest...

the next financial year—July lst, -1914, to June 30th, 1915—is given by the Vienna correspondent of the Times in Wednesday's issue. Naval expenditure stands at £7,386,083, of...

Churchill, who followed Mr. Austen Chamberlain, made-a direct and personal appeal to Sir Edward Carson:..". Why could not Sir Edward Carson say boldly, 'Give me the amendments...

Churchill's offer Mr. Boner Law was not less conciliatory than Mr. Balfour and Sir Edward Gerson. He declared that he identified himself with everything that was said on the...

but, like the other speakers, ended on a peaceful note. He declared that he had listened to the concluding passages of Mr. Balfour's speech with the liveliest emotion. "I...

eloquence, pointed out that the Government appeared to be afraid lest those who disliked Home Rule should regard the Exclusion of Ulster as a party triumph. The greater part of...

impartial inquiry into all the circumstances connected with the Government's plan of operations in Ulster which led to the incident at the Curragh. The Government, be declared,...

and Rosyth was brought up in the Lords on Tuesday. Lord Selborne, in asking for returns as to the housing accommodation provided by .the Government for workmen in their...

admirable petition to the Archbishop of Canterbury and to the Bishops of the Province of Canterbury drawn up by the Council of the Churchmen's Union. The considerations set...

his first annual statement as Postmaster-General. He foreshadowed a large development of the telephone system, including the introduction of automatic exchanges and sub-...

Farnborough, maintained that the overcrowding was of extremely recent occurrence. In view of the fact that one hundred and twenty-five cottages were in process of con-...

Select Committee of the Lords appointed to inquire into Lord Murray e Stock Exchange transactions. The matter cannot be dealt with adequately at short notice, and we therefore...

system of Plotinus. The centre of all the metaphysic of Plotinus was the concept of the lors—an untranslatable word which meant both speech and reasoning and also denoted the...

Church of England, the spirit which gives her the right to be called both Christian and NationaL The claim to " the liberty of prophesying" is no new claim, but is embedded deep...

Jan. 29th. Consols (21) were on Thursday 75,4 0 —Friday week 74k,.

A COMMON-SENSE SETTLEMENT. I T really looks as if the problem of bow to avoid civil war, which is the immediate Irish problem, were going to be settled on common-sense lines....

I F a settlement is reached on the common-sense lines which we have discussed above, it will undoubtedly be a neutral-tinted settlement. Nobody will have got what he wanted....

A NEW factor has appeared in the Mexican affair, which may either ease President Wilson's difficulties or appreciably add to them. We vlo not pretend to be optimistic. On Sunday...

T HOSE of our readers who are interested in freeing this country from the responsibility, owing to our pro- tective alliance with Portugal, of helping to maintain what is...

W E have received, under the title of A Study of Victor Hugo's "Lee Misembles," a pamphlet containing five trticles which were originally contributed to the Spectator by...

M ALEVOLENT mischief-makers are few though effective. Merely sly mischief-makers are common. But the malevolent and the sly do not account for nearly all the mischief that is...

I F ever we come to a fuller knowledge of the habits of our British migratory birds, we shall learn something, perhaps, of the influence which controls and restrains their...

THE REFUGE OF THE TYRANT. rTo TEM EDITOR or TR. "SPECTATOR. "] Sra,—The discussion about gun-running in Ulster is tending to divert attention from what is, to Unionists, the...

Stn,—An active life in New York and in a New England city during a period of thirty-five years (of which you, Sir, have some knowledge) enables me to confirm many of the state-...

[To ram EDITOR 07 TIM "Srserwroa.n SIR, — The advent of Mr. C. A. Pearson into the field of work for the blind is to be most heartily welcomed. Any erroneous views he may now...

(To ME Eii70n or ma "Sracraros.^l SIR,—The present state of chaos in Mexico undoubtedly pro- vides the United States with a very substantial reason for intervention. I am...

Mr. H. Howard Lewis asks in last week's Spectator why English Nonconformist Liberals support "a policy which has for its end the infliction of Roman Catholic rule upon their...

ITo Tar Ernox or rat "Srscraros."I Stn,—May I be allowed to make use of your valuable space to call attention to two independent statements which appeared in Monday's issue of...

"Rrawon'7 Sin,—The official unmasking of Portuguese slavery contained in the present White Paper also discloses an extraordinary conversation in November last between the...

u EPECTATOR."] think that you will be interested to know that the War Office propose to accept the services of the County Corps of Guides on the occasion of the Army...

[To see EDITOR Or TH2 &ROTATOR:1 Stn,—Members of Parliament who took part in the service held on Sunday, April 19th, in St. Margaret's Church, West- minster, to commemorate the...

[To sax EDITOR or TRH arscrsros."] - Srs,—Inan article on," The Guides Ride across.Northumber- land," published in the Spectator of April 11th, the remark is made that " Scalp...

°SPECTATOR...1 SIB,—Unless certain clauses in the Criminal Justice Adminis- tration Bill be removed, it deserves to meet with the most vigorous opposition. Consider Clauses IV.,...

(To Tim EDITOR Or Tee " arson:on:1 Snt,—In mentioning Mr. Aubrey F. G. Bell's Studies in Portuguese Literature, your reviewer (Spectator, March 14th) Were to a translation of...

very interesting article on "Botanical Colds" of April 25th, it would interest you to read the Report of the Inoculation Department of St. Mary's Hospital, and the article by...

[To THE EDITOR or Tim "Srscri.ron. - 3 Sin,—In your article on "Botanical Colds" last week you do not mention one of the rarer, but quite undoubted, causes of asthma—the duet...

tTo ran Enrron or THE " BPECRATORM Sin,—With reference to the letter which appeared in your columns on April 18th, describing the need for literature in country districts of...

TE2 Emma or Tam ''Smicramit."J SIB, —A paragraph appeared in the Times of April 28th giving some details of the approaching visit of a representa- tive Cadet Fire Unit from...

[To Tar Earn's or Tim . SrEcraron."3 Snz,—On February 19th of this year, Mr. J. W. Barry, a member of the Society of Friends, and organizer of the Australian Freedom League,...

[To TIM EDITOR or me "Brecraror.1 Sin,—Your review of Mr. Rabindra Nath Tagore's Stidhanit (Spectator, February 14th) has evoked much interest among your Indian readers. The...

letter to you on this subject con- tained in your issue of April 18th, I know of several people who would be glad to aid in the matter by giving books toward the making of the...

[TO TR. EDITOR Or Till "SPECTATOR."1 SIB, — In your review of Mr. Sidney Low's work on Egypt in Transition (Spectator, February 21st) you maintain that Islam is inelastic, and...

WILLIAM HAWKINS. gf il e i tsly:=,.1i d t of . Tullor Oaten simply that 7f1' THERE are some that sail for glory, there are some that sail for gain, Some sail away from cooked...

[To ran Entree or ma "Srsorsres.'7 SIR, — In support of your correspondent in the last number of the Spectator on the subject of " Spoonerisms," I recollect many years ago...

[To run Burma or vas ••errorsroa."i Sra, — We venture to make an appeal which we feel sure will be responded to by those who care for the great buildings which enshrine the past...

THE ACADEMY.—L THERE are many indications that we have reached the close of an epoch in art, and that what is coming will differ essentially from the immediate past. But at...

of " howlers " given in • your article on the subject in your issue of April 18th reminded me of an expression used by an English-educated Persian gentleman in a letter that I...

or initials, or with a pseudonym, cr are marked "Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily is held to be in agreement with the Mews therein expressed or with the mode of...

THE MARQUIS OF WELLESLEY.* THE chief interest of The Wellesley Papers lies in the fact that they constitute a record of the minor blemishes in the character of one who, in...

THE British Government have run their heads against the character of the Ulster Scot without having taken the trouble to understand what that character is They know more now...

WE have long had a notion that a close season should be decreed for books on East African sport. By this time every reader of works of travel must pretty well know by heart the...

THERE is no branch of classical study in which of late years there has been a more marked advance than in that of textual criticism. Older scholars lacked neither ability nor...

WE are grateful to any writer who helps us to understand the glory of the mountains : and no one is better qualified to undertake this task than Professor Geikie. Mountains, as...

be congratulated upon the new hymn- book for schools which he has brought out. The first thought of most men as they turn over.a new collection of hymns is to wonder which of...

PROFESSOR A. V. D/CET, writing in the Nineteenth Century under the heading "The Appeal to the Nation," effectually combats and demolishes the Ministerial objections to a...

long stretch of time, but Mrs. Earle's attitude to life, except in the one matter of her diet, has hardly changed in these seventeen years. After the lapse of so long a period...

in an exceedingly able article, which should be approved by every Unionist student of affairs, the editor of the Edinburgh deals with the recent crisis. The Government have been...

THE WOMAN'S WAY.* Mu. CHARLES astrvice's literary baggage is still of modest dimensions. He has only written about twenty novels—a mere trifle compared with the output of some...

and Co. 6s.)—Mrs. Belloo Lowndes has adapted to her own use a sensational setory which was much oiroulateal a few months ago. Readers who already know the plot will find it so...

6s.)—" Please understand," says the writer, "that the story is giving at great length incidents that passed in fractions of a minute—incidents Time recorded currents calamo for...

-ne--. [Under this hsadiftg tots =Bea such Boob BY the seek a. Law net Sass reen-o.d for rovioso in other foram] Marriage Ceremonies in Morocco. By Edward Westermarck....

(William Heinemann. 6s.)—There have been, without a doubt, too many volumes of short stories issued in the last few months. They serve to keep their authors' names before the...

the owner left them. We have nothing but praise for the first two win of this catalogue, which contain a general introduction by Mr. F. Sidgwick, an account of the "sea"...

Co. 6s.)—The story which gives its title to Mr. Davis's book is not the best of the collection; some are pleasant enough, although no one is thrilling or especially original—The...

and E. C. Jack. Ss. 6d. net.)—Mrs. Macdonald was a pupil at the Brussels school which is so incisively described in Valetta, where she became intimately acquainted with IL and...

Peacock was formerly attached to the British Conenlate-Generai in Scutari—or, as be prefers to write it, Scodra. He is thus able to give a bright and read- able account of...

T. Tyrrell and L. C. Purser. (Longmans and Co 12s. net.) —This second edition of a well-known standard work needs no praise from us all scholars will welcome it. —Penn's...

subsequent release by the Portuguese authorities brought his name into a prominence which his excellent work in the Portuguese Congo otherwise deserved. The Baptist Missionary...

this readable and instructive book Mr. Whitman sum. up the experiences which he gained during several prolonged visits to Turkey—both in. Europe and in Asia—from 1896 to 1908....

Dickens. M. vole. (Chapman and Hall. 2s. 6d- net pet voL)—This desirable cheap edition, well printed and bound, includes Mr. Matz's volume of "Miscel- laneous Papers."—Damaged...

G. A. Nebulas and Co. Annas 4 each.).—These little paper-covered books Wong to a well-known. aeries of sketches of eminent natives of India. They combine a modicum of...

4s, 6d. net.)—Only ire Prance could a walking tour begin and end at hostelries ea aptly named as the Café of the Beautiful Star and the Hotel of Peace. Mr. Bashford's agreeable...

Boyer. (George Routledge and Sons, 6s.)—Dr. Boyer's interesting and suggestive essay originated in " an endeavour to discover whether or not the heroic criminals of Elizabethan...