known period, under conditions which as yet are incapable of being ascertained. From the date of his speech at Sheffield, the Prime Minister has never left any doubt in the minds of reasonable men as to the policy he intends to pursue. He has pledged himself to make no alteration in our fiscal system during the lifetime of the present Parliament. When the next general election takes place he proposes to go to the country with a proposal to authorise the imposition of retaliatory duties. Beyond this he is not prepared to go, and, what is more important, he does not believe the British public are prepared to go for the present. If the result of the approaching general election should show that the country is not indisposed to follow Mr. Chamberlain's advice, and consolidate the Empire by a preferential tariff involving the imposition of duties on corn imported from foreign markets, he might, as he makes no secret of acknowledging, support Mr. Chamberlain's idea. But he declares that under no circumstances will he go beyond the possible employment of retaliatory duties during the next Parliament. The constituencies, he pledges his word, shall be again consulted before any further advance of any kind may be made in the path of protection. This is the plain truth, and it did not require a lengthy and dreary Parliamentary debate to make evident the good faith of the Ministerial policy. The attempt to create a schism between Mr. Balfour and Mr. Chamberlain has only resulted in exposing the want of logic and lack of fair play in the ranks of the Opposition. EDWARD DICEY. The Editor of THE NINETEENTH CENTURY cannot undertake INDEX TO VOL. LV The titles of articles are printed in italics ACT Anglo-French rapprochement, 926-936 Apologetics, Religious, 318-322 Army reform, 173-182, 492-502, 517, Army Remounts, English Horse- CHI Barclay (W. S.), Life in Tierra del Beaumont (Mrs.), Sir George Colley Black Peril in South Africa, The, Blennerhassett (Sir Rowland), The Brabant (Brigadier General Sir Britain's Appeal to the Gods, 538–542 Broadbent (Sir William), Dr. Maclagan YARNEGIE (Andrew), Britain's Army, The, and the Esher Scheme, Appeal to the Gods, 538-542 840-847 Art schools of the Royal Academy, 302-309 Art, Whistler's influence on, as an ex- in France and England, 724–733 Australasia, The Church in, 795-810 Australia, Primary Education in, 219-228 BAGOT (Richard), The Pope and lic Protest, 881-888 Cassells (Walter R.), his article on Chamberlain (Mr.) and Tariff Reform, 161-162, 167-171, 336-351, 509-513, China, Japan, Russia, and England, China, Russia, and Japan; and the Chinese conservatism and Japanese Chinese Dreamland, In, 576-584 Chinese jade stone, its uses and legends, Chinese labour for South Africa, 719 CHR Christianity, its credentials and its Roman Catholic Protest, 881-888 Colley (Sir George) in South Africa: Colonial agriculture and the proposed Colonies, The, and the Mother Country, Colonies, The Church in the, 795-810 Commercial prosperity of Britain, DECLARATIONS of war preceded by hostilities, 676-684 Dicey (Edward), Last Month, 165–172, Disestablishment, Lessons from the defence, 603-605 Drama, The Recognition of the, by Dramatic art, need of a State-aided Drew (Mrs.), her Letters of Lord Duthie (Rev. D. Wallace), Sermons EARLS, The Flight of the, 479-491 Eaton (Fred. A.), The Schools FRE Economic consolidation of the British Education Act, The, How Long will Education and religious controversy in Educational Concordats, 40-46 Electricity, The New Discoveries in, Eltzbacher (O.), Russia's Financial Empire, The Unity of the, 353–367 Esher committee for Army reform, Esher Scheme, The Army and the, Etheria and her 'Itinerary' in Pales- FARRER (Reginaldy,). The ARRER (Reginald J.), The Geisha: Ferguson (Lady Helen Munro), The Fire fatalities in theatres, 65-67 - Mr. Black's resolution, 1038–1040, Fiscal theories and Britain's com- Foster (Sir Michael), The State and France and England, cordial relations Franciscan Legends, The, in Italian Free Trade and British Shipping, Free trade policy of Cobden, The, Free-trade scramble, The, and the General Nursing Council, necessity German Empire-builders as painted Gilbey (Sir Walter), English Horse- Giles (Herbert A.), Jade, 138-145; In Chinese Dreamland, 576-584 Grail, The Holy, and the story of St. Great Britain, The United States Greeks, The Religion of the, 243-254 Guazzo's Civile Conversation and its James III., The Youth of, 1005 1019 Japan, Russia, and Ourselves, 368-374 684 Japan's Financial Position, 543-554 Japanese and Russian War, 163-166, Japanese wives and geishas, 630-636 Highlands, Suggested National Park KAFFIRS and whites and political in the, 822-826 Hoffmeyr's (Mr.) proposed Imperial House of Commons, The: New Rules and Old Circumstances, 564-575 parties in South Africa, 712–723 Kidd (Benjamin), The Larger Basis Kimberley, The defence of, 200-203 Kingsley Novels, The, 996-1004 Hurd (Archibald S.), Volunteers for Korea, Japanese Relations with, 207– the Fleet, 1020-1029 218 Kropotkin (Princess), Lending Libra- Imperial affairs and Colonial troops, LABOUR Problem, South Africa 198-200 Imperial defence and Army reform, 517-521, 840-847 Imperial Maritime Council, An, 705 - 711 India and Tariff Reform, 444-448 VOL. LV --No. 328 and her, 848 862 Laffan (Rev. R. S. De Courcy), Last Month, 155 172, 846 352, 509 - 528, 695-704, 863 880, 1035 1054 LAT Lathbury (D. C.), How Long will the Law (Oswald P.) and W. T. Gill, A Ledger (Rev. Edmund), The Nebulæ, Lenbach, Franz von, Historian- Lending Libraries and Cheap Books, Li Hung Chang and Port Arthur, Liberal Unionism, 170-171, 346-349, Liberalism, Modern, The Cobden Londonderry (Marchioness of), The Longford (Joseph H.), Japanese Re- lations with Korea, 207-218; The Naval uniforms and sailors' grievances, Naval Volunteers, 1020-1029 Neutrals, Some Duties of, 503-508 controversy, 387-401 Nurses, The State Registration of, |