the Chinese Customs. The assurances which were given to Great Britain that there would be no change made in their administration seem to be consistently ignored. The new Chinese...

T HE event of the week in Russia has been the split between the Constitutional Democrat ex-Members of the Duraa and the Socialist and Labour leaders. The former in their Viborg...

the Trade Disputes Bill. The first clause, pro- posing to amend the law of conspiracy and to give Trade- Unions the non-liability to civil actions under this category which they...

Pekin correspondent on present conditions in Manchuria. The Japanese are showing great activity in railway con- struction, building new lines, and converting military lines to...

House of Commons on Monday. The three most notable speeches of the debate were those by Mr. Redmond, Mr. Perks, and Mr. Birrell. Mr. Redmond complained that he and the Irish...

case.

Courtney regretted that the scheme of proportional representation was rejected by the Government on the ground that the people of the Transvaal were opposed to it. Though the...

in the House of Lords was opened on Wednesday by Lord Crewe. The chief speech of the debate, however, was from the Archbishop of Canterbury, who dealt with the measure in a tone...

of Parliament. The principle of" One vote one value" is accepted, and the electoral division is to be based on voters, not on population. The suffrage is to be given to all...

length elsewhere, and will only say here that we cannot con- ceal our anxiety as to whether the Government have in effect secured that British supremacy which is our due, not...

Opposi. tion with his usual Parliamentary skill, Mr. Birrell closed the debate in a speech of remarkable power. He dwelt with pride upon the fact that "the main object and the...

expounded the policy of the Government in a speech of remarkable clearness and vigour, a somewhat heated and angry 'debate took place, ending in a speech of unusual vehemence...

the case of Huddersfield to show that it was possible for a local authority to do away with religious education. The rules of the local authority there set forth that "in the...

with all the powerful good sense which the country expects from him, but at the same time in a strongly Conservative vein. His speech must, indeed, be admitted to be the ablest...

contribu- tion to the debate of the greatest value, and defended simple Christian teaching,—that is, in effect, the teaching that can be given, and is given, in the great...

at York, when the President, Dr. E. Ray Lankester, delivered his address. He chose for his subject the progress which had been made during the past quarter of a century in...

Omnibuses recommends that the " privilege " system be suspended for a year, so that it may be seen whether the railway companies can get on without it. As a substituteit...

connexion with the Conference of the National Union of Conservative Associations was held in the Albert Hall under the presidency of the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. Balfour, who...

Duke's detailed criticisms of the Bill, with much of which we are in agreement; but we may note that he gave a partial support to the claim that facilities for denominational...

THE EDUCATION BILL IN THE LORDS. T HOUGH the second reading of the Education Bill will not have passed the Lords before we go to press, it is obvious that they mean to treat the...

the Transvaal should be tried is, in our opinion, the democratic test. When self-government is given to any part of the British Empire, a true democracy should be established....

I N the slow, heavy-footed way which befits the vastness of the Empire and the partial awakening of its multitudes, the Russian Revolution is marching forward. Observers of the...

W E confess that the Government policy with regard to the reduction of the shipbuilding programme makes us a little uneasy. Our feeling is based not so much upon the actual...

W E shall not be accused of setting an exaggerated value on Mr. Holt Schooling's opinion by reason of any general agreement with him on financial questions. He is so ardent a...

Bertram Dobell, the world is the richer to-day by a new poet. We can add the name of Thomas Traherne to those of Herbert and Vaughan in that small band of seventeenth-century...

"A HERO," Mr. Ernest Thompson Seton writes in his new book, "Animal Heroes" (A. Constable and Co., 6s. net), "is an individual of unusual gifts and achievements. Whether it be...

T HE present season of the year is that at which many who dwell in cities are beginning to long for the more simple rural pleasures, and with the approach of the holiday season...

THE END OF THE FIRST DIIMA. LTO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Srn,—There were two main causes of the sudden Dissolution of the Duma, and the two were closely connected. In...

PERFECT—THEN DISARM. [To TEE EDITOR OP TRIG SP ECTATOR."] Sra,—Permit me to express my appreciation of your splendid editorial on "Disarmament," and to say a word on the...

MR. ARNOLD-FORSTER ON ARMY REFORM. vra TER EDITOR OF TRY "SPECTATOR."] Sr,-I have always regarded the Spectator as a paper which desires to be fair, but the statement regarding...

[To ms EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." J am amazed that a journal which has been dis- tinguished for clarity of vision should take up such an impossible attitude as to say that the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." J SIR,—There is a certain relentless logical force in the series of articles just concluded on this subject. The amount of accurate...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE .` SPECTATOR...] SIR,—In his letter to you of June 24th, published in the Spectator of July 21st, Mr. F. H. P. Creswell once more repeats his favourite...

[To Ting EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:] SIR,—Professor Smart in the Spectator of July 28th writes approvingly of Mr. Chamberlain's proposal to invoke the "greatest happiness of...

(To Trill EDITOR OF TILE "SP Rant:roil:1 SIR,—I think you will be glad to know from one who was present all through the discussion in the Wesleyan Confer- ence upon licensing...

LTO TILE EDITOR OF TDB "SP ROTATOR:1 SIR,—Having been commissioned to write the Life of Shirley Brooks, will you allow me to ask through your columns for letters,...

OF TDB "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Will you permit me a few lines of comment on the article in your issue of July 21st headed "English Opinion and the Natal Rising " ? It is well to...

[To TICE EDITOR OF TILE "SPECTATOR.'] SIR,—I was much interested to witness the military opera- tions of the rifle clubs and Volunteers at Newlands Corner, and to read the...

SPECTATOR."' SIR,—W hen the schools are closed in August many of the children in the poorer quarters of London spend almost the whole of the hot summer days in the streets, thus...

WE have received the following further subscriptions towards meeting additional and unforeseen expenses connected with the Spectator Experimental Company :— J. B. Barlow ... R2...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The training of your Experimental Company may be acknowledged to have already proved a successful experiment, but it is an experiment...

THE SOLITARY WAY. THAT lonely road up which all self-reliant, Strong souls must go; That stony path not worn by footsteps pliant, In dales below ; That rare track made by...

NAPOLEON IN HIS GLORY AND FALL.* "I DO not in the least want to know what happened in the past," said Mr. John Morley to a scholastic Birmingham audience, "except as it enables...

In all political discussion there is this difficulty : there are bound to be persons upon both sides who advance bad argu- ments. Consequently, if anybody chooses, by combining...

Provost Austen Leigh, edited, and in great part written, by his brother, Mr. William Austen Leigh, is a tender and affecting memorial of a beautiful character, devoted with...

Douglas Hyde occupies a unique position amongst Irishmen of letters. A fine classical and modern languages scholar, he can yet translate into racy Hiberno-English prose and...

THE Nineteenth Century opens this month with a symposium on the Report on Ecclesiastical Discipline, of which the only fault is that of the four contributors three belong...

JOSEPH VANCE.* THE novel, as an earlier generation understood it, has almost gone out of existence. The readers who were privileged to live in the days when Dickens and...

Great Bowlers and Fielders: their Methods at a Glance. By G. W. Beldam and C. B. Fry. (Macmillan and Co. 21s. met.)— It is with no feeling but respect for cricket and cricketers...

and Co. 3s. Cd. net.)—These sermons, preached to public-school boys, contain much to interest the general reader, none the less 'because they are not quite the sermons he would...

new novel Herr Sudermann shows us how the events of a man's past life pursue him with relentless persistence, and implies the dreary doctrine that it is quite impossible for a...

Co. 6s.)—This book is really a guide-book in disguise, being concerned with the travels of two ladies through Brittany and Touraine, and the shorter voyage of one of them in...

[Under this heading we tidies such Books of the week as have not been reserved for roviem in other forms.] Portraits anti Jewels of Mary Stuart. By Andrew Lang. (J. MacLehose...

Soott published in "The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border" a balled entitled "Jamie Telfer of the Fair Dodhead." It relates how Jamie Telfer had his cattle lifted by raiders...

and C. Black. 20s. net.) —Sussex. Painted by Wilfred Ball. (Same publishers. 20s. net.)—We have eften had occasion to speak in terms of well-deserved praise of this series of...

have Sweden, Edited by the Swedish Touring Club, a Second and Revised Edition (Thos. Cook and Son, 4s. net), a useful book with every detail that the traveller can find useful.

—This volume is well described as "A Practical Guide to Rome and its Environs." It is thoroughly businesslike and practical, and shows at the same time a full knowledge of the...

late A. W. S. O'Sullivan. 2 vols. (Luzac and Co. 32s. net.)— A more complete account of a nation has, we imagine, never been given than this. It is the work of an official whom...

J. Cox. (F. Griffiths. 3s. 6d. net.)—The " Car" is the motor-car, not finding its way into verse now for the first time, but never before, as far as we are aware, at adequately...

H. Revell and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—We are quite prepared to admit the services which Protestantism, and French Protestantism in particular, has rendered to the world. We should...

Gage. (F. Bennett, Sherborne.)—This is the continuation of Colonel Thompson's History of the regiment. It carries on the history of the corps from 1823, the date to which...

Dfacgillivray, LL.B. (Butterworth and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—This is a useful summary which every publisher, not to say every author, should have at hand to consult. This is not the...

of Arms. (Arnold Fairbairns. 10s. 6d. net.)—Here we have set forth in proper colours the armorial bearings of thirty-six Sees, the only one absent from the list being Newcastle....

B. Haldane, M.P. (J. M. Dent and Co. is. net.)—These two speeches were delivered with an interval of a little over three months,— March 8th to July 12th. In the first the...