BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 395, 2 January 1909, Page 10

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

CURRENT TOPICS.

j; Tho German Empeforr v'■ !".■■■ At tho fend of h Vigorous fiddim in' tho , Roiehatag fcriticising tlio Emperor's recent i ■ intervention in:the, offioial policy .of Gel - - t' ■: , matiy ,H«rr B&lfsfel-i'm&nn said: .." It la'.tlie 1 . desif» of nly friends that the Emperor-shoWd Weii ifafoi-meiS regard' theso proceedings. I am commissioned. to r, : v - read the following resolution, como to by i'. • thft Central Executive of {ho, National ,:Libt . eral party' The publications m. the foreign , press confirm tho grave doubts which our def i v. - ptftieb have already expressed against tlio p.-. .-j. service. and-personal: conditions m the. departmentsof tha Foreign .Office: But is it not theSe .inefficiencies which-' at' the'-pre-i seht haye called fol'th so much'excitement in jy;. .y ■ pur :thb t ,facts ;^vhich^\verb.;made. kftown through , that the por,r < eonal mterforenco in foreign policy such as , appear in the communicated conversations , and the,measures, of.:his Majesty. tlio,;Em- :■ • ; peror appear neithor.conducive to the welfare of .thS, Eiflpito .-nor-Jin ■ harmony with the principles, of tho .Constitutfon-.-'- Therefore, al- ~ , though Wily convinced that .even .these uk .' y terahees '„of.; bur. Emperor ...sprang _from ..his. vddop anxiety foFthe welfare of his people, • wo must give expression, to tho earnest dc-.-.*irb that the Emperor v )viUj m Ins political activity, on ;»hi m self. tho reserve- pra- :; . . per to a constitutional ruleh.v Wo expect tvili, unresefvedlyj. and with all emphasis, opposo every per-1 , v sonfil interferonca with ■ our -domestic '- or yvyy-fofbi£n plicy;in whibli, Myiljeysareelimiiiatjod.'l. close* Jifipa. that ;tliis.,Wiir be'thb.-Mttifti'o' y.lh&t it. Mil bg. ribcessary for .lis-*tb' : ;gb;-to'*his ji.;,:-:,- v;, tifths;!' ■ (Lbud and prolonged cheer g.) • . . Bifiitary JMjiroVshients ih India. < . Great Satisfaction us: beihg ;; ill , - .the London medical press .;at-thb.' announce-) ment made by Sir John Prescott Hewettj LioutenantGovbrnor of tho United Provinces ,vof-Agra and Oudli, that tho Government of: t -r .Illdla had consented, to give him an annual grant of fivb lies of rupees (£38,000) to . : - ; expend on extraordinary sanitary.-. improveigSant isj.to fcpbnt/.iii reTievifig tHb;rongestcd-;arcair of largo cities such as Allahabad, Luckabw: and Cawnpora, .and -an..;amportant part- of, the sanitary reform will consist in driving large ~ thoroughfarbS i ..ithfough-4ho more -congested- • :. - . ai6tfict6; ; v>Englislii ■or rather European, sanitation 'Has already justified itself m India, y strikihg_ te'stimohy-to ■; its .oiHcacy ■ , th&t those,who arfe imprisoned uuder-Ehclisli i rulo are placed, in tho words of tho, "Xlm- ■ - - oet, _' at a«'' truly vital advdiitiige bver: their ?:;more;Krtunatb/ bi-ethreh." " :Miich,-. however, - reitfains to bo donbj as is, evident frovn. - s t a temexit• .that, the,'/eipcctatioliof: lifo' v® n .' rndiah. adiilt;is>-not\m6rbLthiSn-;6Slpei: ;,9l'i^^ryO^jji.aryj; EinglSsliniaii(t tlio: t iif' ;ifidiai : it■■ ir.^st■' MBefißered tnit/,the"cofffitry.is speciailv E;;: i *,: r : * 4? a DI«-toy te ri-ibly f at&l/ ill4i<<s fee's j such as bhoi-- • malariai': pligue: ! *?? t er «TO sl ' s > .SiVdJiiifantile' difeasearf:ln^tlie S: nrst three of difebases; thd'^aeath. wtb' ; ; ;;.. ' ? v< | r .\ n?! fhly reduced by ihb'applicJi- : S j IDn Pf Euch hjgienie 'meSsiires as lij'vb be'eii found possible, btit the fact that the aveiage dedth rate fob infants during the last P.--'?•.. .A'3fe' ;^e¥; .raousSijd.- isarguihe®. iiii favour-:of^very-'-cofiti-bl. Jinis i tJiWughbtit >lhW BouJd be a highly commendable ideal to fiork out timing the Second half-century of the Imponal administration. The House of Contttarls. Members at lVbstmiiistir. ~ are ~ halfMteasowusly working oilt a new kind of ■ '; Ji pbhiinoiis.- Tho.VinsigiiificahceL of M r W S '!- nc ! . nat K n W foim llltl o pnvatb coinmittebs m the is hardly enough apprmaMd. of the§p, ..pompntteea,: aro , . . some: are merely groups of mfendß van a certain cause, some, like the • Circle, are really little debating booiehes j But the point ot them all is that doing puvately a great deal of siftmg .work, a great deal of selection and brushing aside of superfluities, if which tlio . .. result reichcs, tho Houso. in; a'simplification r« a i sa^B 10 "Manchester liUardiah A great many privptte members may flo, longer get up in their plades and give their ideas; but their ideas v.v sinco- tho members who do get a hearing represent very often tlie pool<d Rapacities of a gioiip mtoefeted' ' ™p, particular measure before the Houso - 1 .'iSp the timo- M asted rwhich- is ■ fenent- by : wthful membei's in the • House, listening to ■ tießates A pornt missfed by one mhii will be noted by another, and all 'u ill g0 into the comt&on stock. The upshot of it -s what wo Mvi heard called, the "stago-toanafi.ng" of ■5 11 " 81 tortam . private memoers :scoiUe 'by, - '• 1 ' 1 ■ H®Src<?§v.-.to represent to the Houir.j;,certain lines of support or criticism of a'lmeasure, 8»WS; the time of tho House ,to heaTrthem: ■' haye'fdbfi9..with,it, •;: Vbat might h&rb. been said -ovdr ijnd over • agaifi, before.members, sank their, mdividUali- . . .'■® s some extent in theso groups.': In nnip-, f ;ctfi6f grbup tsysteiii- i 8 a * gre.at ■■ - ■ Bdrvicte, in ■ preventing subjects of iiitbrest ftWK^™m^dfbp^ihg.v v oiili>^f6fo-;:tliß...^g , s 2jg'. , .o{; ', • ofijj S vtneiV<lwn Siicli' -a' 1 - depend: for .its wtality upon its private character, its loosb ties, and its basis m mero fnendliprt -VinsideCtbsl ; ~ rio Use andtoutsida it in public meetings, con- ■? -i-Ai.'i ferbhbes, and so om a sphere for, Vork more ; ;: ; vr , : eiact andjmore, active than- •:. .. .M^huig.. - But .it :is ; "/certainly. timbre,': . seif-' dehymg and less picturesque \ ; j V'"". i"' Wr' ► ■*'£ } The Moslem Pilgrlmagd,' ' "* " Tho anmlal movement of pilgrims in con:M'M with;tho Moslem Haj • of; 190S-09 -will _ E°bn .be at its -height, ilho Moslem year, , tho days o£ Kurban Bairahl,. when the *c6rc-'' ', V. moliibs near Mecca'take. place,' fall each year • : . ifiibveit, days earlier.. In. the .present, season r '• V they. will coihfcido very; closely with'.' the 1 . / '■ - Christnias 'Jiolidaysy of,, the ■ Christian !world,' or ( rather, of that largo portion of it which 'Now Style," the "Lancet " .fcHia. :6f tha. . ■ ~:■■■:! • ■Mussulnlan.-, . streami- of' pilgrims ■ aro %'rjj. Mecca,and^tkeV^ViHrv-:-..currmg <jubstio'ii' , bf.:tlie'-'danger which they ; offer for the spread'of cholera or plague to ' .. . Arabia j and • thoiice to.the rest' of the • woHdj . : • baomes of immediato 1 - tfiaii .those oii their way who' offerfV -i, tnfe, peatest.darigCT; and it -IS bf - tlio • lxighcst • " importance that; each of ;tho' main y. ~ ; : by -wnich they travCl/sliould .bo?Vi;' v fl:f?rehAndf ; withv its.' itfjlibfoin&ti' %iutanf-''%iS' : l Tler > so . aii to diminiEli .tliat danger aa rmich ' ' Bs ■ possible. .The main sea' routesptind 'even" ; -'v the main, caravan have ---for -years P as t been provide<l -with'such; barriers under Sanitary ,Cbhventlbns>;v'lt : is; of .obvious imjkiftpuce . that similar db- ■ : fenced should bo organised in conncctiort with . . . tho hew and.- important: routa creatbtl by ; -the. bfiening of.the Hedjaz.railway. ' : VvJ \lt ia.:6^tisfadtdry <H -ta ; learn-that the-,g6ir' ." tnabont sanitary defeneo of the line has been ' . Beriously - taken ill haliU" by the; respoiisiblb - authorities. It. is pronbsed to• biiilU at Tobiik ; (092 kilometres from Datnascufe and 610 front .Medina):a lirge pilgrims' lazaret, where tilt) : returfiing. hajjis.will be Buhjcfcted to- bledicfll . inspection) diiinfcotion, and, ill cafee of liocessityi fjuarantiilo) befofo bfting nllowtd td • pfoceed to Damascus) . . It eeomß that id tha season 1908-07 iibout 6000 pilgrims returhtd - by tho railway j in> • 1007-08 their nUmbcr rose to about 1S,0Q0) and in the future-,it, is thought4li;lt,thi3 . figure may be greatly exoecdecf. It is cleaf 'that tho permanent laisart: will'haVe to be a largo and costly institution, and that it (ian- . not be built In a day. But to tnUot the inv. mediate danger ah .improvised lazarot| don-, gistmg of portablo building?, and df a largo - ; number of teritSj is, we gathef. ajfeady being . put up at Tebuk, on or near the sito chosen ~ for the permanent,lazaret.; ing stoves havo been. Bent thorei and will be • installed ■-in one of -itho 'portablo- buildings) Bnd arrangements are being made for guato chemical disinfection in addiiion.

Sleeping : sloUness. <' . , ■ . -Cold has had a-remarkable effect on sleep- . ing sickness, , according , to; a papor recently .*•. fcontributed,.tb -,the l|aria Biological ■ Society by/ Brumpt, and quoted 1 in tho bulletin of •; .the.;:PastßUf Bruihpt observes whfii* doihiiiffi 'iiafe'.been infected with i sloeping'-sickhesS they can bo j- ,;cured,,,by : ,-,kcepiug thSm ill, ail atmbspllbrb :■ sufficiently., low. to induce hibernation. 'Iho author believes t the explahation to bo that v the- opfdjreduces-the activity of tho sleepihjj I sibknbSs^gftms,-'while,-the'cells of the bloou 1, ,whiSh;"attabk" thesei! 'germs. retaiii their, full i, vilplity. 11l treating frogs tvith a similar ,? 'parasite,, ahd , subjecting them to doldj large ; ; i'.iiiinibbi's of germs arb , found iii the blood -ocslls., . It is a romftrkable fact that , no 1 -sort 1 ' , this curej for' the i.aniiUal-readily falls a victim to renlfcction. r It :tb. hbtibb that .Bfiihipt's i 'rosults cohfirm the researches bf. Blanchard and Blotm, obtained about a year ago on - 4nd . also' S similar series'! of ex-, ' 'periments rbbtbifted"' 6ii', giiiiieapigs. It iS 'difHciilfc to • see how tho discovery can havo any.. application in the case of man/ for its efHbaby.depeiidi entirely bit.the fall bf.teni"dufliig hibernation.'.-.. Aiiy iicw factsj ; that, thrb'vr' frfesli light oh : t!ib 'te ; haviour-of,' tbfe: TrJ'pariosbmaV GamhieiiSb aiid ,' allied.-'barasites" is exceedingly, wijlcbrne, aiid :ffiljyj;^hd r 'ffe' ; ",.§f..;unqynected.-.'yhliie ; in .--i-lie : paigii-'that is how beiilg waged against the . diseise./'- . -i. - , ' •'-yV Pufallo Orator for Great Britain. : - '.'Sufciy.<!it; ij ;§binethiligi. if'-not a,, very .great- ■ deal): to retain the- position of Public ;Orator "for .Great Britain: So writes the . ''Glasgow ' Hefald''. in an interesting appreciatio'n of Lord.Besebery, It lias beeii dis- • cusfeiiig why,'.liofd'./Kosebery liad not ati tacked,,thb Gbverhment at. the recent, diiiher . ,bf;:thb.'Ubeial;ieague f the "Herald" if.he does attire ' hostility . until v the ihevitable .time/cbih.esyfbr thb.-pa'rtihg.of the / Mys..v.ldf.'-^e ! ,.sitliV'!Det#s«D' Liberalism bf the. Asquithian-,variety ai'd the at-leiist halfSbcialistiq Radicalisiii'of! the type affected, by the Chahcellbr of. the Exqh'efluer. .Eor.that 'period such: la ' politician- as, Lord. Rbsebery-j wliois;.conservative in many of his opinions and his , instincts,. must, watch and wait-, lieaffwhil&j' ; is it hot possible that even, of. perhaps ho i 3 debarred by circumstDncba from, taking. .iui.,a'ctive part in British. public , lifoj- Lord-Rosebbrv is quite: as be? Hb does riot require :lb , mix . himself up with tlio ■ in= ■trigußS ,alid.' other, - embarrassing; aspects . .of .•presenfeday politics -which, daily torment the bho parti-:'^^'-srd^^ti%emv^i)i% f . chooses. to. ■ ieaye his library and . take •a. survey of life in any. of, its'■ non-political! aspects he : i6 ' morb attentively.listened ■ to than, diiy bf ;hiS it/.' ii : . Bbmethiiigi.. if not 'deal, . tb, retain the position of Public Orator for Grfeat Britain." tfib >Jew Domesday-tiboki 1 y Atfontioii hisyfcbeii ea'llgd'-by Mr. feebrge. .Haw..to.a yery.romatkable proposal made bv . Sir., John Diclcson-Poyndor; M:P.~a - prbpdsal have fftV-reichinp .bbUSequenccSi : ; Wnting iiV the News: ' ■ nr. I ..Haw.says:—"A iiow Domesday Book.The , phrase,, is ..that ~Of , Sir. Johii Dickson- : Poyndor, M;P., who is fighting, hard befijrb Parliamentary;'Obmmittbo; to get. iiicoriorated jhtp. the. Hbiisijig.' hha Town PMnffig jwn^ish^^t^;!6ompMrojiy;Hgls&a- - Hb'usihg'.re- : ? .Fasycofiipilbd: with 'thb ?h] ec t, of |hoft lrlg ,-tJie :JKjing: for how mUch WW •;'tw''tonntj^, s .«%s < : w6iild ; ;shb.wywhy'the.-homes!.I'.of England are actually like.Once got tho coiiset dbwiluii blWk'.Bh'd!,rtfon sVirtiSally solved half tlife-ijrobleiiiß of•• housing. Siiicb the. .'idea. .housing register, i .6TOVy-'..-^-.;jrjbaft,-;.l.W l .'f6bld. surely,, go : jiafd; with a .local ftVithority ..that'had; failed ih ihe -lintferviil ■ tbV: el6'ar i itfe'elf i«£ I'.Uiepfoach: Jtfr. to ; bb Jibsitatihg "Shout /fibfiiftulsorj'■ v>bgistratiph< . .."bstimati'iig 'that itAvolMcbst aholH:£i00;600;tb. get 'tlie - Local - GbT-ernihent. Bbiird wbtiH Seehi to hWb would li'ivo tb*bb engaged.Vßii't- / officers>• sanitary inp . greater, iparf! :,of 'the ihforrn'atibri'..desired *:'\?itli; but. little, a'dcii ; •tion to tHeir.'dutiS: ;* Jnclee'di! a strictlv literal ! -Health :Ac.t ivo.tiid •allow^such;;■registerVtb be 'compiled -. by .any local ailthbritx. fiirfchei 1 wvrefs- frriVti iriat« of' tlib - '.S-r.Bqttnlitt-'D%^asi npf people is cbhce.ifned::;; Public. hibiiey- speiit in prohib'tihg.publm-h'eilth ,makbs : for-'real ecoh- - ■bWiy '.by Reducing, pauperism iiiid adding tb •tne ybrking fi&lity 'of:'thS' pebplei 1 ' ! An Austrian Expostulates. ' .j Professor,, Dr; 1 Hcufy:"L'ammaset, : Professor Of International;;Laiy; iii;',V'ienha •.Uhiversity,. . tb :' '"Tlitf with those' who" believe- that Aiistfja the -wbrld. 1 ' ;. He : contends, ■ that;;Au3triaj 'ii her receiit dealings -.with:. Pjjsuia_.;ahd-jl^i'z^byina}!-has:'3one . : iio-i 'hing. : :y"Th"e-iirihexatidn ;bf thesb^pfoviricbs 1 to . Austria-Huugaryy was not.- effected 111 lie.-, siy's..- fhu'tf! Ihatj, l already in 1878 - ; (teriii;' 'occUj)atibn;!'aha .admihistratien'-'. iri.'. the: Berlin Treaty . was only a diplbffiati6'...-::.s'uiJtt^l^'/•';iof'..•.,fSn^a^^B'. , ,Therefore] .it !waS:!p'erhap'a' hot quite cbrrect) , as!;.the Jpfbblanialibut;bf ; : October, fy 1908/ .said, \ that ; ;',&Miiapd f his { ,efeignty::< over. these: .prbVihces- the ..!mbst ,?PMpriate yeM,.: would v havo beeh ;;that : lib r P : sovei!eigntyi>in : fact \ already -existing.! TTrohi thegbegirinihg..;our"bccupatibn ;'bf; Bosnia,'was '®§Mfefeto < -.be;,pOTnilßent, ;,as^igr.'-the;:WhTO|idf^J!EJ^ti,-ybUr bc= ciipatioii- of tho ljand of the -Pyraniids; will 'vi&K wlbe, permanent; i! ,lii : appreciation of belibvb:!:fciii .justified in- saying that .the prbclahiatidn, dated Octpber : 7, .1908, ; has changed Nothing,' in' the that,it has- put-'air'.ehd'-.bnlyjto' a; mere n'ctiqii\ ;l arid;' that; therefore, it is -ilot -. iii contradiction with the ■Spirit of. tbo'Berlin Trehty.' Turkey lias lost ; nbtmhg;.6n the coiitratyyit lias' regained,! in conseqxienc6,pr. ? ;tlie ofVourtroops ; out. ,ot,-the ,territory of Novi, Baiar t the un.hmited vbxercise of. sovereignty in these regions.. :. .Tho Supply of Clergy. „ - .Referring tbi the ,in the . supply •of;clergy/,:th6 ."Ghurbh Tlftes" says:—'fllie ! of ; .tho brdSiiitSi:; may ■ h'bi •> b'S"-; sb;.'-disquieting- if it prove tb be coiifihed to the. Supply of caiidldfttes..from!,the cultivated classbS. Whither the : cause bf this shrinking hi the supply is : • riiainly _filiaftdialjyor-is^to',bfe: foViiid iii- tße : in«Mll^ti^l]^fi age,', or" in >th 6 to,-ife fH^nceya^im!'.B :^uglitsiin-the, ; directions of, ;.the, isecularisatiqii ofthe;. atihpa^u6Ve''6r':sohool.' : and'' opllege, there still; reWSti iid r.uiitaiipStl-£be ■ a I supply W be pbtaiijicd', frpm-thb 'geiiefal'-.bbdy. bf,;thb Christian- of supply- being V/hb l-ealiso':a yficitti6ji',':fß '.the' dbsifb is seen tb -bb .a!i'ply. ;sUßrtc;feliti:' • needs';:.'A stiili. ofybwr,'S4o,ooo:-tuycar,isispbnt on- assis l taiies fti^ahididatb^Shfely:,tb6; Church of to' bo'.ablb -tb raise yearly.'at .le4rt. 'i|IOOiQOO :for lift):. Tno! stdhdafdySiliStlibr spiritual ( 'br' iiji-' tellectiiali'-: ihiist • if-pos-_Sible, raised. - So far -aa the - lessened number of Ordination candidates: has-beeil dilei to .tlio exclusipnj.of, the, inefficient,, aiid .the Secular- ; mindeUj liiaithy-Bign.. The Deall of. ' "VVihcheSter; ij-Goihmitteej oli which views lib - tilt to; anything liko .soniinafisiu or over- ■■ , prbfessiohaliStdqWfcl'e "fblly rebresehtfed, 'eiii- ■ phasises ; the Opinion;- ihit a full " and ■ spcciiib course, of, [irofessiollal ;traihing Shoiildj as h rulo,:- be .esMiitiftl for; all .thosb .whd are to he admittbd to.Holy Orders.' It,i3 ohly;bj?Jiibh %■,Marching; arid mbuldllig course of htimiiiie arid.tbeqipgical Study in ari.atinoSi pliere bf cultured aiid devout Chufclifnanship of a very; definite buteiic®. necessarily iiarrow kind—Mr. Frere is not,, of raid to insist ,cn a 'Strict or eVeniascetic'-'irianiibr.of life—that , the . experiment of, rocrluting.. the Sacred ministry from all ..classes of. life cab over- 1 come the obyious difficulties.

Lands for tho Armeniahs. "Jwo mixed commissions will probably bo W)pt>jntod tb /inquire: into the grievances of the Armenian population iii beftaih provinces of tljo mteuoi,' says tho "Times" pbfre- , spondcnti "I understand tliat Kiainii Pbslia informed tlip Arriibriiah .dblegates,' wlio de--1 m !l™, restbratibn of their lands tij sortie 1 50.000 Arnibiuaiie dispossessed of-'arid bx--1 .K? . j ;. holdiilgs,: by; I vu ™ s > during tho massacreß, ,th(\t such a measme would only causo fresh strife arid substitute a Kurdish for an Armenian. queS ; tionj arid, that .their deirihhds, therefore: .cotild: ~9! granted bj l .. the'.Govei-ririierit.: 'He!iii l .' tended, however, -to lay, .bbforb the Cabinet ,a proposal that tlio diSjjb'ssbssed'.AfmeilianS, H) Bo can provo the possession of title .deeds, shall,.be-given grants-.of .Gnvehimbht. land: as far as. possible equivalent tb thbsb.frb'm which they were-driven, : while tlibSe.riot.Jiro-. vided with titles shall bo allowed .to Settlis on' Goyerniflbht lands-bii tlife Saffle tfefttS 'i's tlib , mahy bolbniesbf.MuhKdiirs, i.e.-; M'ohariiriiedah refugefes .from Crete, jßosriia, the CaucasuS; and other non-Moslem lands, which have been, fofriieu'. iii Sj'fia. North MeSbpbtairiia'j arid Asia Miribr during .the past thirty years." A Message from Canada. Sir Cha'rleS Fitzpatrickj the ChioF Justice of ,CAnndaj in-.espressihg the-thahks b{.,-t!ib Torohto Club. (which, was entertaining Lord Milrier))' said he would, like to give his ibrdr sh'lf' a 'riiessagb - to' carry home:—''l-'would liko him' to \mderstan(l,, ns a repreSehtatiy'e Bntisherj that wo 111 Canada - are anxious that; the. great;.prb-c'bnsulg,. of. -the Eiripire . shbuld;-.viSit- the-'-outpbSfs'.- ffequehtly;'-." We . are ; aiixibiis that' tliby'-. should-, copie,- 'riot only;, for thb, purpbsb- ofiadmiriiig biir. mat-; yelloiisj-rivers,- 'our great" lakes) noble mountains] : bur . uiiriv'alled - prairies, -.' 'oiir ihiiieSj '. aiid " but-,: forests.- - We- are . aiisibus. as. well' that they ■ should : -bbmß- nbt. only, to uiiderstarid 'Giriada gebgraphicallyj hut to -understand .Canadians j that thby iriay; iiti-, derstaiid that wb are blundering albrig-, Johii' Bull , fashion,..trying to. work but; oUr owri; prbblems •in this country ; - that we do iibt pretend to; any ' yirtues,' but :adhiit'. maily iniperfebtibhs, but that; we are dbirig. bUr best for our bdiihtfy. arid' for ''.tha Empire." Simplified Spelling. Wb learn fl'bm a cfrc'diar which hais tjeferi seat to -iis -(says , thb. " Guardian.") that . there; has receiitly; been fbrlHed. a"; Siftiplilled Spellifig Society, ■ and' we are- asked to iriak'e any .confluents- 'upon tlio, iriattoF.which" iVe " may :.debm : appropriate:" ; .In bompliaribe' with this. invitation we- t-ako leave -to' that,we regard thb hlbveriient as;-altogethbr auperflubiis and rather, -pedantic.'' Wbarb very well satisfied with English- spelling'as it' is,..and;.have;,no ;desire.'.whatever,to-':see' .'reforms" which arb tbler'ably certain "to runbn'the lines which', so. oftteii make, the pates of , ail American .printed book : hideous.' Wb are;fortified in. this, expectatibri byi the'iact that oiVi Sf the vice-president's is I)f: fjui-yj . president'of - the American. SiinpMed. Spelling Bbard, .atid . that anbt-hfe'r. is . Mr; Aridr.eW CarnSgib;. Oh the other-.handyfrb' readily admit.the cpmp'etence or Sir. Jhmes Miirray arid. Sir William Ranisay, .who are' ,4]sp>'vibe-prosidentSi: We :think, however, th'dt they .would be .much more usefully obcii-' pied .- iiiybndeayouring. tb; reform\'the : nuhciEtibri of the English :i&'rigriagby ( wliich is in a thoroughly chaotio conditibh: • English ,pronunciation ,of, vowels iSj; ieehefally,:Bpbak-r' ;ihg,'g^dMa'qufe;-; iS matte'Vs.hard' and. harsh,aS possible, and ,thb valileS given t-o;the;-.vowels. i'fibst other ■ bid ahd. : oiviliSed, nations arbL'cbinpletbly;igiibred'. Any'bhefgies; that might-bb. left 'over frotu .this task.iriight' - very well be employed, ill,'fxtirpatirig-the. .. ' iigreeablb. lbcutibris.which wb : liavb, of, late bor--' ro'ved from the American-tongue. . r.a Curbs for-dneirtployhient. very.■cffiahle, aiid ;'alsb : ; very Syhijiathbtib joufnilistj.'vMr. Halililtbii -iTJ'fe). ' haS' A[ieSii; fuakirig',an .'inveStigatipn of tho unemployed jjroblem.' He has seen, the men who iriake.up: tliat problem ..in-;a-. 'centres''' of :in '.EriglaiVdi "He: states his' 6011-' clliSibijiS-.ih .tlib ,-Dailir'Mail:" :■! , .. j'Sihbe l lool thb .dimlh'utibri.'iri ;the riumbei; ffߥk§rs-|S^ ! Wtfdfictiv6 contiriued, and it will '.continue: m all everiiibfea'sin| -i'atib; • iifileSs ; w'bi'tate to" i check-'it;;" We' have .suffbfb'd ■ferrihiy ! thb ;iredu'ctiQn.. :pf r deiriMid- for' thd.'-,,pro'd(ifit3 1 of British labour. Can we not manage to 10yM.this dbmaiid?- SfiMbse'that agncUlture''' had ftiiiaiiibd., bhe^. of.' oui-staplS. industries:: '.. 'hhtvWotild this nieaii ? it' Tvould niieiii'thai ,at Jiresbiit there,.■would'-, be Some. thVee iriilsteady of: less ' than' a • millibn. :..Tivo' millibn hipro;pebple'Sbrking 1-: - One thing,;wb need,'' ; thbJbftrfej;, iS' prbteefibh; for our,, iiidlistfibsi ' , Let, uS- ; -call: it, frahkly.'.tliat. Tariff tbforM "is* roundabout ,hrid-'evhsive.' : -Wb wiiht tb Hro-' tebtKbur: bivftvijebple;-. We-want;lfe.matb .England_;-.ari'i .agWoultural!; l c'pHßti'y'J ...'agairi'i' ; while- to'.cultivate the-larid-.'' .Wb-.'wantH' : tb"' - mftlravßnilaM'-yai^ctfMfifsr'of. meii-"ag)iihj:;and shall" liever db 'tfiat- by, .labour;'eich'ahges teachihg ,tibyi'• ~taiilMS!:-a;ty;thSv'iSam6>'time'-'i#B-'Me Ismm -to fnake stoev tliat'there will be tribl ; b ; Wdl ; k''to aoi',«Ete!a;'titß-'-iß6rt''.WbHc t6 do j ■ there will still be-fluctliations of'tiade. Aih ; other, thing we'; riiiist ■ db! TIM .'is' to breveiU' .thb iriariiifabtilrb', of uneriiplbycißles by. proi'ldirig- fbr helpiflg fribri bveJ' 6|i" fiodS' of -'uhoSiploymerii;. Tliora miist be ' inburahOe; Agaifist mi'emplbyirient' 6n : iiatibiihi hiibSj" iii bbftaitt-. bf tlie : trade\iiiiibhs. Thbre .ihust bb a' system." uri--'der.; which- the. iiian iii search of wcrk will ■ be helped; to; find iti .For tliiS- piifijosij'ttb nebd-iii every city',a'fid towii- soirib feilch 'oi- . gftriis'atioh-as.'exists in' Glasgow; 'for Sbbhri ; atiiig - the v f rolh Horie'st'irieiij. willing- wbrkerS: miiS't able to blaiiri asSist'alicbi 'fiot "it'S-chMs; f but as,'a" H'dit" though--thby.'caniib't clhiriirthb' 'fight, tb'frorli ' iiiitiMheJ- adriilt- thb ; eqhal' bf tKb ■ community'• to' regiilate,''iiinipng othbr .thingS, tho-liberty to riiarry."; -.-■;/ y:;.; !y:; -. 1