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Too Mach of a Good Thing—The Dreyfus A f fa ir : Deputies at War--Mono ay’s Debate : Majority for the Ministry— Interesting to Cyclists—Municipalities and R e creation for the People— A Word for the Army—The United States and Cuba — Fixed Bayonets in the Belgian C h a m b e r — The Chinese Loan Negotiations — ■ Speeches by Mr. Curzon and Earl Grey—The Prosecution of Lord W.JNevill—The End of the EngineeiingDispute--Lord George Hamilton on India — German Foreign Trade ......................... 153 L e a d e r s :

The Uganda Mutiny

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L e a d e r s Continued) :

A French View of the Race E le ­

Page ment in Imperial Expansion . . 157 Millais . . _......................... 158 The Ambrosian Liturgy . . . . 160 N o t e s ... ... — — . . i6 t R e v ie w s :

South Africa o f To-day . . 163 The First Christian Mission to the Great M ogul.. . . 164 The Gospel According to St. Luke 164 Dante’s Pilgrim ’s Progress . . 165 Poverty in Argentina . . . . 165 “ The Dublin Review ” . . . . 165 Jetsam . . . . . . . . 166 The Rejuvenation of Miss Semo-

phore . . . . . . •. 166 Dealings With the Dead . . . . 1 6 7 The Manual of the Confraternity of Our Lady o f Compassion . . 167

Services at St. Ethelburga’s_ Romanism, Open and Disguised . . C o r r e s p o n d e n c e :

Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . ... — — 169 News from Ireland __ _ 172 News from F ra n c e ......................... 172 L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it o r :

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The Pope and Anglican O rders.. 173 Pentateuchal Questions . . . . 173 The Present State of Religion in

England and Anglican Orders . . 175 The New Schools at Tower H ill 175 The Poor Clares of Perugia . . 175 The Troubles in Uganda . . . . 176 The Bull on Anglican Orders . . 177 Archbishop Taylor and the “ Vin­

dication ” . . . . . . . . 178 A Bishop’s Pastoral Tour in India 178

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A Convent W ill C a s e . . . . 1 8 0 Books of the Week . . . . . . 180 S o c ia l and P o l i t i c a l . . . . 180

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The Irish University Question . . 185 The Pope and Manitoba.. . . 18a St. Catharine’s Convent, Edin­

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Westminster . . Liverpool .................................... Nottingham .. ....................... Plymouth . . . . . . Annual Reunion in Birmingham . . The Lambeth Conference The Vindication o f the Bull “ Aposs tolicae Curee ” : Opinions of the

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H E N ew Y o rk correspondent o f The

Morning Post gives particulars of a movement for political reform, which is being made in several parts o f the United States. One o f the proposed reforms has so far taken shape, that it has been embodied in a B ill now before Congress. One o f the things which strike a foreigner in the United States is the frequency with which people are expected to vote. I t has always been understood that the people loved to have it so, but it seems that there is at least an active minority which wishes elections were less frequent. T h e Bill referred to proposes to extend the term o f members o f the House o f Representatives from two to four years. I f this B ill should pass, Federal elections would come once in four years instead o f every two years, and the American citizen would be enabled to discharge all his electoral duties towards the Federal Government at the same time that he votes for President. T h e correspondent points out that apart from the saving o f expense and the avoidance o f the present biennial election commotion, the change from a two years’ to a four years’ term would have other advantages. A s the majority o f the House of Representatives elected in a Presidential year is almost inevitably o f the same political party as the new President, a four years’ term would give the Administration a much better opportunity o f carrying into effect any policies to which it is committed than it now has, under a system the working o f which often places the Administration in a minority in the House o f Representatives in the last two years o f a President’s term. Moreover the longer tenure might probably have the effect o f attracting a higher class o f men into the House. Another proposed reform is the abolition o f what is known as Primaries— an institution which, in our judgment, is far too deeply planted in the political history o f America ever to be in danger. T h e Primary has no recognized place under the Constitution, but has obtained positive legislative sanction in nearly all the States. A Primary is described as a meeting at which the members o f a political party resident in a ward or other electoral district choose candidates for a pend-

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ing election, or elect delegates to county or State conventions, at which candidates are to be chosen. T h e meeting is open to every member c f the party who can satisfy the presiding officer that he voted with the party at the last e le c tio n ; or, in the case o f a newcomer whose record is not known, that he intends to vote with the party at the election in connection with which the Primary is being held. T h e Primary system became general in the forties. It is now at the basis o f all the machinery of both political parties; and in electoral districts in which one party is continuously in the majority, the Primary is more important than the election itself, for the candidates nominated at the Primary are sure o f election. T h e majority o f the members o f the political parties do not take the trouble to attend the Primaries, which thus fall under the exclusive control o f the politicians, and hence the professional attack upon them. T h e ordinary citizen is ready to vote on the polling day, but the choice o f all the candidates for office has already been determined by the bosses who control the Primaries. One o f the suggested remedies is what is known as “ a nominating” ballot. In New Y o rk and in many other States electors must register in person in order to vote, and it is proposed by the advocates o f the nominating ballot that when attending to register, electors should also put on record their pieferences for party candidates. T h e names o f candidates obtaining the largest number of votes on registration day would then be transferred to the official ballot used at the election. T h e movement is interesting, but not likely to prevail under present conditions.

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Most people anticipated a stormy debate in the Chamber on Saturday on a t w a r . M . Cavaignac s interpellation as to the existence o f a declaration made by Cap­

tain Lebrun Renaud, which would confirm the authority o f the sentence against Dreyfus. M. Meline acknowledged that a declaration by Captain Lebrun Renaud did exist. T h e Government, however, would not publish the document because they considered that the affair was a judicial one, which could not be discussed from the Tribune of the Chamber. T h e judgment passed on the ex-captain was sufficient without the evidence o f the document in question. 1 he honour of the generals of France was above the judg­ ment o f a jury. T h e Premier then turned to the Socialists and roundly accused them o f fomenting revolution. H e concluded with a warning that the Government would permit no disorder in the streets. M. Cavaignac then withdrew his interpellation, but M. Jaures took it up. A