German Emperor's letter to Lord Tweedmouth, [58]. The Navy Estimates

again, [60]. Rejection by the Lords of the Scottish Land Bill, [61]. Lord

Rosebery at the Liberal League, [61]. Unemployed Workmen Bill, [62].

The House of Lords on Army Reform, [64]; on the Navy, [65]. Definition of

the Two-Power Standard, [65]. Ministerial Replies to Criticisms, [67]. Irish

Administration, [68]. Associations in the Post Office, [68]. The Eight Hours

Day, [68]. The Government and the Country, [69]. Chinese Labour again,

[69]. Peckham Election, [70]. Tariff Reform Debates, [71]. Land Values

(Scotland) Bill in the Lords, [72]. Death of the Duke of Devonshire, [72].

Debate on Mr. Redmond's Home Rule Resolution, [73]. Irish University

Bill Introduced, [75]. Other Irish Questions-the Crown Jewels, the Glena-

hiry Explosion, the Kingstown Harbour Dispute, [77]. Bishop of St. Asaph's

Education Bill, [78]. End of the Volunteers, [78]. Port of London Bill, [78].

Mr. Asquith on the Financial Situation, [79]. Resignation of the Prime

Minister; Tributes in both Houses, [80]. Mr. Asquith goes to Biarritz; Lord

Lansdowne and Lord Curzon of Kedleston on the Outlook, [80, 81]. The

Reconstructed Cabinet, [81]. Adjournment for the Recess, [82].

CHAPTER III.

FROM EASTER TO WHITSUNTIDE.

The Bye-elections, [82]. The Contest at Manchester, [82]. Attitude of the Irish,

[83]. Defeat of Mr. Churchill, [84]. The Dewsbury and Kincardineshire

Elections, [84]. Death of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, [85]. The Licensing

Bill; Debate on the Second Reading, [85-90]. Meeting of the Liberal Party

at the Reform Club, [90]. Education (Scotland) Bill, [91]. Port of London Bill,

Second Reading, [92]. East Wolverhampton Election, [92]. Social Reform

Proposals; Shop Hours Bill; the Opium Traffic, [93]. Naval Disasters, [93].

Civil Service Estimates, [94]. The Budget Introduced, [95]. Its Reception,

[99]. Dundee Election, [100]. The Government and Home Rule, [100].

Crimes Act Repeal Bill, [101]. Irish Universities Bill, Second Reading, [101].

Housing and Town Planning Bill, [102]. The Lords Transform the Land

Values Bill, [104]. Temperance Demonstration at the Albert Hall, [105].

Hop Trade Demonstration, [105]. Debate on South African Federation, [105].

Parliamentary Reporting, [106]. Importation of Plumage Bill and other

Measures, [106]. Second Reading of the Education Bill, [107]. Memorial to

the Late Premier; Debate, [109]. The Government Plan of Franchise

Reform, [110]. Mr. Asquith at the Reform Club, [110]. Women Suffragists

and Ministers, [111]. Stirling Election, [111]. Shipbuilders' Strike, [111].

Debate on Colonial Preference in the House of Lords, [112]. The Irish

Land Question, [115]. Scottish Local Option Bill, [115]. Minor Social Re-

form Proposals, [115]. Debate on the Budget Resolutions, [116]. Scottish

Home Rule Bill, [118]. British Opinion and the Empire, [119]. Foreign

Affairs; Royal Visit to Scandinavia, [120]. President Fallières' Visit to

London, [120]. German Visitors, [121]. Impending Royal Visit to the Tsar,

[121]. Mr. Balfour at the Liberal Union Club, [122]. Fiscal Reform Amend-

ment to the Finance Bill, [122]. Lord Cromer on Free Trade, [126]. Debate

on the Sugar Convention, [126]; on the State of Natal and other Colonial

Problems, [127]; on Factory Accidents, [128]; on the King's Visit to the Tsar,

[128]. Adjournment for Whitsuntide and Position of the Government, [130].

CHAPTER IV.

FROM WHITSUNTIDE TO THE SUMMER RECESS.

The King Visits the Tsar, [131]. The Labour Members and the Royal Garden
Party, [131]. Congresses at Whitsuntide,[132]. Lord Morley of Blackburn on
India, [132]. Parliament Reassembles; Small Holdings; Prevention of Crime
Bill, [133]. Mr. Asquith at the National Liberal Club, [134]. Women's Suffrage
Procession to the Albert Hall, [134]. Old Age Pensions Bill; Second Reading
Debate, [135]; Arrangements for Committee, [137]. National Liberal Federa-

tion at Birmingham; Mr. Asquith's Speech, [139]. Pudsey Election, [140].

Pan-Anglican Congress, [141]. Thanksgiving Service, [143]. Debate on the

Territorial Army, [144]. Compulsory Service Bill Refused, [145]. Coal Mines

(Eight Hours) Bill, [145]. Old Age Pensions Bill in Committee, [147]. Albert

Hall Demonstration against the Licensing Bill, [148]. Vatersay Crofters, [149].

The House of Lords and Local Taxation, [149]; and the Evicted Tenants,

[150]; on Indian Unrest, [150]. Extensions in the Old Age Pensions Bill, [152].

Protest against the Bill, [154]. Women Suffragists again Assail Parliament,

[154]. Metropolitan Police Report, [155]. Daylight Saving Bill, [155]. Mr.

Lloyd-George on the Demands on the Treasury, [155]. Coal Mines and Old Age

Pensions Bills; Second Readings, [157]. Scale of Pensions, [159]. Land Values

(Scotland) Bill, [159]. Dissension in the Navy, [159]. Shipbuilding Vote, [160].

Shipping Risks in War Time, [161]. Naval Manoeuvres, [162]. Royal Visits

to Leeds and Bristol, [162]. Lord Morley of Blackburn at Manchester Univer-

sity, [162]. Dinners to Mr. Asquith, [163]. Olympic Games, [163]. Visit of

Members of French Chambers, [163]. Programme for Autumn Session, [163].

Agitation Outside, [164]. The Sugar Convention and the Liberal Party, [165].

Finance Bill in Committee, [165]. Pembrokeshire Election, [166]. Postal

Reforms, [166]. Licensing Bill Guillotine, [167]; Committee, [168]. Hyde

Park Demonstration, [170]. Old Age Pensions Bill in the Lords, [171]. Indian

Budget, [173]. Irish University Bill, [174-6]. Old Age Pensions Bill in Com.

mittee in the Lords, [176]. The Lords and the Finance Bill, [178], and National

Defence, [179]. Mr. Haldane again Defends his Plan, [180]. Foreign Office

Vote; Sir Edward Grey on our Foreign Relations, [180]. Colonial Office Vote :

Ceylon, South Africa, [182]. Local Government Board; the Motor Nuisance,

[183]. Tuberculosis, [183]. The Appropriation Bill; Debate on Ireland, [184].

International Peace Congress, [186]. Adjournment; the Haggerston Election,

[187].

CHAPTER V.

THE SUMMER RECESS AND THE AUTUMN SESSION.

Voyage of H.M.S. Indomitable, [188]. International Free Trade Congress, [188].

Other International Congresses, [189]. Episcopal Conference, [189]; Encycli-

cal, [190]. The King's Visit to the German and Austrian Emperors, [191].

Anglo-German Relations; Mr. Winston Churchill at Swansea, [191]; Mr.

Lloyd-George in Germany, [192]. The Territorial Forces in Camp, [192].

British and Foreign Navies; Political Speeches; Trade Union Congress, [193].

Engineering and Cotton Trades Disputes; New Conciliation Tribunal, [194].

Unemployed Disturbances, [195]. Eucharistic Congress, [195]. Newcastle

Election, [197]. Hyde Park Demonstration against the Licensing Bill, [197].

Old Age Pension Applications, [198]. End of the Recess Campaign, [198-202].

Further Unemployed Disturbances, [202]. Church Congress, [202]. Attitude

of Labour Organisations; Tariff Reform Programme, [203]. Parliament Re-

assembles; Near Eastern Crisis, [203]. Further Labour Troubles; Mr. Grayson

Suspended, [204]. Suffragists Attempt to Storm the Commons, [205].

Suffragist Declaration, [205]. Ministerial Changes, [206]. Children Bill,

[206]. Licensing Bill in Committee, [207]. The Government and Unemploy-

ment, [210]. Debate, [212]. Suffragists in the Ladies' Gallery, [215]. Lords'

Debate on Ireland, [215]; Law of Distress Amendment Bill, [216]; Nurses'

Registration Bill, [216]. Licensing Bill, Clause 12 to end, [216]. Municipal

Elections, [217]. The German Emperor's "Interview," [218]. Imperial Mes-

sage to India, [218]. Ministers at the Guildhall, [218]. The Two-Power Stand-

ard, [219]. Visit of King and Queen of Sweden, [219]... Cotton Trade Dispute

Settled, [220]. Proposed Reforms in Voting, [220]. Unionists and the Govern-

ment, [220]. Home Rule and Disestablishment Agitations, [221]. Women at

Municipal Elections, [221]. Lord Ashtown a Representative Peer, [221]. Chil-

dren Bill in the Lords, [221]. Port of London Bill and Licensing Bill on

Report, [222]. Licensing Bill, Third Reading, [223]. Conservative Conference

at Cardiff, [224]. Sir Edward Grey at Scarborough, [225]. Unionist Con-

ference at Manchester, [225]. New Education Bill, [226]. Earl Roberts

on a German Invasion, [228]. Earl Cawdor on the Two-Power Stand-

ard, [229]. Mr. Asquith's and Lord Rosebery's Declarations, [230].

Naval Conference, [230]. New Irish Land Bill, [230]. Scottish Education

Bill, [231]. Catholic Disabilities, [231]. Unionist Peers meet at Lansdowne

House, [232]. Lords' Debate on Licensing Bill, [232]. Its Rejection, [234].

Education Bill, Second Reading, [236]; Failure, [239]. Mr. Lloyd-George

and Women's Suffrage, [240]. Report on House of Lords' Reform, [240]. Mr.

Asquith at the National Liberal Club, [241]. Prevention of Crime Bill, [242].

Coal Mines (Eight Hours) Bill Passes the Commons, [243]; in the Lords, [244].

Port of London Bill, [245]. Children Bill Passed, [247]. Hops Bill, [247].

Debate on Public Accounts, [247]. Statements on Proposed Reforms in India,

[248]. Coal Mines (Eight Hours) Bill becomes Law, [249]. Minor Measures,

[250]. Prorogation and King's Speech, [250]. Mr. Lloyd-George at Liverpool,

[251]. The Earl of Cromer on Egypt, [251]. Memorandum on the Congo:

Foreign and Domestic Outlook, [252].

RUSSIA, TURKEY, AND THE MINOR STATES OF EASTERN EUROPE

CHAPTER IV.

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LESSER STATES OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN EUROPE: BELGIUM-THE
NETHERLANDS SWITZERLAND

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SPAIN PORTUGAL DENMARK

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CHAPTER V.

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

Punjab.)

ASIA (SOUTHERN): PERSIA AND ARABIA-BALUCHISTAN-AFGHANISTAN

THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER-BRITISH INDIA-NATIVE STATES-TIBET

-SIAM

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CHAPTER VI.

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

page [386

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 1908.

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

ROBINSON), SCIENCE, ART (by W. T. WHITLEY), DRAMA (by

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

OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS DECEASED IN 1908

INDEX.

39

102

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