the Irish Crimes Act-Further Naval Debates-Mr. Haldane on the State

of the Army-the Lack of Capital and the Standing Orders-Non-Con-

tentious Legislation: the Patents Bill-Colonial Questions: Newfoundland,

South African Land Settlement, the New Hebrides Convention-Trawling

in the Moray Firth-Small Landholders (Scotland) Bill-Railway Com-

panies and Political Subscriptions-Speech of the Duke of Devonshire on

Free Trade and Home Rule-Mr. Balfour on the Irish Policy of Ministers-

Debate in the Lords-Ministers and Reform of the Lords-Mr. Winston

Churchill's Suggestion-Education (Scotland) Bill-All-night Sitting-Fate

of the Channel Tunnel-Reform of Parliamentary Procedure-Imprisonment

for Debt-London Rating-The Metric System-Irish Primary Education-

Financing Social Reforms-The Canadian Pacific Mail Contract-Adjourn-

ment for Easter-The Unemployed Act-"Blocking" Motions-The Govern-

ment and the Country-Hexham Election-Lord Rosebery at the Liberal

League.

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CHAPTER III.

The Easter Recess-Congresses of the Independent Labour Party and the Social

Democratic Federation-Parliament Reassembles-Second Reading of the

Territorial and Reserve Forces Bill; Elucidation by Mr. Haldane; Debate

Begun-Lord Cromer Retires-Procedure Debate; Closure by Compartments

-The Scheme of Grand Committees Comes into Operation-Criminal Appeal

Bill-Patents and Designs Bill-Butter and Margarine Bill-Civil Service

Estimates-Mr. Asquith's Budget Statement-Parliamentary and Press

Comments-The King's Visits to the Kings of Spain and Italy: Their Inter-

pretation-The Colonial Conference; Predictions as to Colonial Action;

Subsidiary Conferences-Welcome to the Premiers-Preparations for the

Conference; Sir Frederick Pollock's Committee; Resolutions from Australia

and New Zealand; Mr. Deakin's Attitude-Opening of the Conference:

Welcomes from the King and Prime Minister; Procedure; Future Meet-

ings and the Secretariate; Imperial Defence; Addresses by Mr. Haldane

and Lord Tweedmouth; Emigration; Imperial Court of Appeal-Entertain-

ments to the Premiers; Their Declarations; Accessory Meetings; Tariff Re-

form Demonstration at the Albert Hall-Home Politics: Agitation for Land

Reform; the Prime Minister and Small Holdings-Town Planning-Debate

on the Budget Resolutions-The Territorial and Reserve Forces Bill Read a

Second Time-Naval Affairs-Sir Horace Plunkett's Office; Debate; His Resig-

nation-Small Landholders (Scotland) Bill-Social Reform Schemes: Eight

Hours for Miners, Temperance, Shop Hours, Old Age Pensions-News in

War Time-Budget Resolutions Disposed of-Territorial and Reserve Forces

Bill to be Guillotined-Difficulties of the Government-Lord Newton's Bill

for the Reform of the Lords-Irish Councils Bill Introduced-Its Reception

-Probation of Offenders Bill-Colonial Conference: Debate on Colonial

Preference-Imperial Coastwise Trade-Naval Defence-Penny Post-The

Colonies and the Cold Shoulder "-Mr. Balfour at the Primrose League

Demonstration-The Prime Minister at Manchester-The Finance Bill: Mr.

Austen Chamberlain's Amendment-Close of the Conference-Sir Robert

Bond and the Daily Mail-Colonial Premiers at the Baltic Exchange -Re-

sults of the Conference-Prince Fushimi's Visit-Debate on the Whitsuntide

Adjournment; the Congo; Business of the House; Secondary Education-

Position of the Government

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CHAPTER IV.

Echoes of the Conference-Colonial Premiers' Opinions on it-Mr. Winston

Churchill's Comments at Edinburgh-Indirect Results; Transvaal Guaran-

teed Loan; Viscount Milner on Liberal Policy in South Africa; Federal

Conference on Education-Irish Councils Bill; Rejection by Irish National

Convention-Reassembling of the House of Commons; Prisons Vote-Vacci-

nation Bill-Small Landholders (Scotland) Bill; the Cost-Small Holdings Bill

-Lord Lansdowne on the Prime Minister's Speech at Drury Lane-Territorial

and Reserve Forces Bill; Committee Begun-Criminal Appeal Bill; Second

Reading-Course of Business; Statement by the Premier-National Liberal

Federation at Plymouth; the Premier's Speech-Territorial and Reserve

Forces Bill; Committee-Indian Budget-Disorder in Ireland; Debate in

the Lords; Mr. Balfour at the Albert Hall; Friction between Liberals and

Irish-Small Holdings Bill-Anglo-Spanish and Franco-Spanish Agreements

-Cordite-Territorial and Reserve Forces Bill; Report Stage and Third

Reading-Ministers and Government Contracts-The Government and South

Africa-The Government and the Lords; a Blocking Motion; Debate-Mr.

Balfour on the Scheme-The Lords and the Territorial and Reserve Forces

Bill · Earl Roberts on National Service Work of the Board of Trade;

Commerce and Railways; Post Office Telegraphs and Telephones-Finance

Bill Committee; the Tea Duty The Death Duties - Irish University

-

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Education-Irish Land Purchase-The Financial Outlook-The Jarrow

Election-State of the Navy-Evicted Tenants Bill, Second Reading-The

Government and the Sugar Duties-Land Values (Scotland) Bill-The Terri-

torial and Reserve Forces Bill in the Lords-Debate on the Education Vote

-Sir Edward Grey on Macedonia-Mr. Lea on Party Funds and Honours-

Vote of Censure on the Government for Rejecting Colonial Preference-Home

Office Vote; the Edalji Case-Colne Valley Election-Territorial and Reserve

Forces Bill-Qualification of Women Bill-The County Magistracy-Uni-

versity Reform Educational Administration; Deputation to the Prime

Minister; Debates in both Houses Evicted Tenants Bill, Committee

and Report-Irish Estimates-The Premier on the Programme-Third

Reading of the Finance Bill-Debate on Pension to Earl Cromer- The

Evicted Tenants Bill Passes the Commons - Debate on the Navy - The

King Inspects the Home Fleet-He Visits the German and Austrian Em-

perors-Debate on Foreign Affairs in the Commons-The Lords and the

Congo Expediting Legislation - The House of Lords on the National

Finances and on the Evicted Tenants Bill-The Scottish Land Bill in the

Lords-Small Holdings Bill; Report-The Belfast Riots-The Appropriation

Bill; Debate in the Commons-Position of the Land Bills-Small Holdings

Bill Passes the Commons-Its Reception in the Lords-The Deceased Wife's

Sister Bill-Minor Measures-The Transvaal Loan-The Nigerian Railway-

The P. & O. Contract-The Land Values (Scotland) Bill Passes the Com-

mons- The Evicted Tenants Bill Returns - Fate of the Scottish Small

Landholders Bill-The Land Values Bill Rejected in the Lords-Compro-

mises on the Other Land Bills-Close of the Session; the King's Speech-

Summary

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CHAPTER V.

Signature of the Anglo-Russian Agreement-The Trade Union Congress-Old

Age Pensions-Mr. Haldane and the Army-Establishment of the County

Associations-The King and the Lords-Lieutenant-Party Controversy in the

Recess; Fears of Socialism; Unionist Divisions-Kirkdale Election-Prospect

for 1908-The Deceased Wife's Sister Question-The Church Congress and

Politics The Prime Minister at Edinburgh-Mr. Lloyd-George on Welsh

Disestablishment-The Coming Education Bill; Parental Rights-Mr.

Asquith on Socialism-Lord Rosebery's Speeches at Glasgow and elsewhere

The Prime Minister at Dunfermline-Mr. John Morley on India-Lord

Cromer Receives the Freedom of the City-Speeches at the End of October-

The Municipal Elections-The Railway Servants' Agitation; Points in the

Controversy; Mr. Lloyd-George Intervenes; a Strike Averted-Women's

Suffrage Agitation; Liberal Meetings Disturbed—Mr. Lloyd-George on the

Suffragists' Policy-The Irish County Councils and the Losses on Land Stock

-The Guildhall Banquet; Sir John Fisher on the Navy-State of the Navy

-The Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs-The Congo Agitation-Reorganisa-

tion of the Colonial Office-The King's Birthday-The German Emperor's

Visit Other Royal Visits-Mr. Birrell at Southampton-Tariff Reform and

the Unionists-The Prime Minister at Bristol; His Illness-Unionist Confer-

ence at Birmingham-Resolution on Tariff Reform-Mr. Balfour's Speech-

Its Reception by the Press-Mr. Asquith's Comment-Lord Milner on Tariff

Reform and Social Reform-Earl Cromer's Defence of Free Trade-Letters

from the Duke of Devonshire and Lord George Hamilton-Mr. Bonar Law

at the Hotel Cecil-West Hull Election-Ireland; Outrage on Mr. Blake;

Mr. Birrell in Ulster; Abortive Trials for Cattle-Driving; Mr. Redmond's

Extenuations; Mr. Birrell and the Irish Landowners' Convention; Cattle-

Driving Abates; Nationalist Compromise; University Reform-Small Hold-

ings-Medical Inspection of Children-Licensing Reform-Naval Works at

Rosyth; Final Decision-Mr. Lloyd-George Intervenes in the Cotton Trade

Dispute Speeches of December; Lord Lansdowne at Sheffield and Glasgow

-Lord Milner Advocates Wages Boards-Mr. Austen Chamberlain and the

Dreadnought's Boilers-Mr. Asquith at Nottingham and Aberdeen-Mr.

Haldane on the Monarchy-Mr. Haldane at Hanley-Sir Edward Grey at

Berwick-Application of the Provision of Meals Act-The Board of Educa-

tion and the Training Colleges-Mr. Haldane's Army Scheme; Progress-

Lord Curzon as an Irish Representative Peer-The Outlook for 1908 page [233

RUSSIA, TURKEY, AND THE MINOR STATES OF EASTERN EUROPE

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CHAPTER IV.

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SWITZERLAND

LESSER STATES OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN EUROPE: BELGIUM-THE

NETHERLANDS, WITH THE HAGUE CONFERENCE

SPAIN-PORTUGAL-DENMARK-SWEDEN-NORWAY

CHAPTER V.

(By Sir CHARLES ROE, late Chief Judge of the Chief Court of the

ASIA (SOUTHERN):

Punjab.)

PERSIA-BALUCHISTAN-AFGHANISTAN-THE NORTH-

WEST FRONTIER-BRITISH INDIA-NATIVE STATES-TIBET-SIAM

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CHAPTER VI.

(By W. R. CARLES, C.M.G., late H.M. Consul-General at Tien-tsin

and Peking.)

THE FAR EAST: JAPAN-KOREA-CHINA-HONG-KONG-FRENCH INDO-

CHINA

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CHAPTER VII.

(By H. WHATES, Author of "The Third Salisbury Administration,

1895-1900," etc.)

AFRICA (WITH MALTA): SOUTH AFRICA-EGYPT AND THE SOUDAN-NORTH-

EAST AFRICA AND THE PROTECTORATES-NORTH AND WEST AFRICA

CHAPTER VIII.

AMERICA: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES (by

A. MAURICE Low)-CANADA-NEWFOUNDLAND-MEXICO AND CENTRAL

AMERICA (by H. WHATES)-THE WEST INDIES AND GUIANA (by H.

WHATES)-SOUTH AMERICA (by H. WHATES)

CHAPTER IX.

AUSTRALASIA: THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH-NEW ZEALAND-POLY-

NESIA

PART II.

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CHRONICLE OF EVENTS IN 1907.

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RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR'S LITERATURE (by LIONEL G.

ROBINSON), SCIENCE (by J. REGINALD ASHWORTH, D.Sc., Victoria

University, Manchester, and others), ART (by W. T. WHITLEY),

DRAMA (by Miss EVELINE C. GODLEY), and MUSIC (by ROBIN H.

LEGGE)

OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS DECEASED IN 1907

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