The Annual Register 1914 / A Review of Public Events at Home and Abroad for the Year 1914

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On the 2nd, aged 95, Alexander Campbell Fraser, LL.D., Emeritus Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at Edinburgh University, and editor of the standard edition of Bishop Berkeley's works. On the 2nd, aged 66, John Hew North Gustave Henry Hamilton Dalrymple, eleventh Earl of Stair; Lord High Commissioner of the Church of Scotland, 1910; succeeded his father 1903; m., 1878, Susan, dau. of Sir James Grant Suttie, sixth Baronet (he divorced her 1905); succeeded by his s. On the 2nd, aged 75, the Rt. Hon. John Henry Crichton, fourth Earl of Erne, K.P., Conservative M.P. for Enniskillen 1868-80, for Fermanagh 1880-85; Conservative Whip 1876-85; succeeded his father 1885; m., 1870, Lady Florence Cole, dau. of the third Earl of Enniskillen; succeeded by his s. On the 5th, aged 74, Colonel William Frederick Prideaux, C.S.I., F.R.G.S.; sometime Indian Staff Corps; one of King Theodore's prisoners in Abyssinia in 1867. On the 6th, aged 89, the Rev. Sir John Francis Twisden, eleventh Baronet, sometime Professor at the Staff College; established his claim to the Baronetcy in 1909; m., 1855, Catherine, dau. of P. Ramskill; succeeded by his s. On the 7th, aged 71, the Rev. Thomas M. Lindsay, D.D., Principal of Glasgow United Free Church College; a learned ecclesiastical historian and promoter of foreign missions. On the 8th, aged 60, William Woodville Rockhill, sometime United States Minister in Peking and Ambassador in St. Petersburg and Constantinople; had just been appointed Adviser to the President of China; an able diplomatist. On the 8th, aged 56, Melchior Anderegg, one of the earliest Swiss guides; originally a chamois hunter, and also a skilful wood-carver; made over twenty first ascents, the first being that of the Lämmernjoch in 1856; his patrons included Sir Leslie Stephen, the Rev. Charles Hudson (killed in the first ascent of the Matterhorn), Mr. Tuckett, and other famous Alpinists; a notable personality, and one of the greatest of Alpine guides. On the 9th, aged 67, the Rt. Hon. Sir John Winfield Bonser, sometime Chief Justice of Ceylon; Senior Classic (bracketed) at Cambridge in 1870, and sometime Fellow of Christ's College, and subsequently Attorney-General, and then Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements; since 1902 a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. On the 9th, aged 70, Sir Standish O'Grady Roche, third Baronet; succeeded his father 1908; m. (1) 1874, Mary, dau. of C. Colmore; (2) 1910, Sybil, dau. of Colonel Julius Laurie; succeeded by his s. On the 13th, aged 81, General Bronsart von Schellendorf, Prussian War Minister 1896; took part in the wars of 1862, 1866, and 1870; had commanded various Army Corps between 1886 and 1896; a native of Dantzig. On the 14th, aged 73, Bertram Dobell, a well-known London dealer in second-hand books; a bibliophile and poet, and devoted to literature; edited James Thomson's poems, and rediscovered the works of the seventeenth century poets, Thomas Traherne and William Strode. On the 14th, aged 79, the Rt. Hon. Edmond Robert Wodehouse, M.P. for Bath 1880-86 as a Liberal, as a Liberal Unionist 1886-1906; had been offered the Colonial and then the Foreign Under-Secretaryships in the Gladstone Ministry of 1886; had been Chairman of the Common Committee on Public Accounts. On the 15th, aged 71, Giacomo Sgambati, a famous Italian composer and musical conductor; well known in England; his mother was English. On the 15th, aged 84, Lieut.-Colonel Henry George Lindsay, sometime Rifle Brigade; served in the Kaffir and Crimean Wars; distinguished in the Indian Mutiny. On the 16th, aged 74, Sir John Barker, first Baronet (cr. 1908), Liberal M.P. for Maidstone 1900, but unseated on petition, and for Penryn and Falmouth 1906-10; founder of a great drapery business, and previously associated with the rise of Whiteley's; a noted horse-breeder; only a daughter survived him. On the 17th, aged 82, the Hon. Robert Jaffray, a Canadian Senator, President of the Toronto Globe Newspaper Company, and prominent in Toronto. On the 17th, aged 53, Sir Henry Foley Grey, the son of Sir Henry Lambert, sixth Baronet, he assumed the name of Grey in 1905 under the will of the seventh Earl of Stamford; m., 1883, Catherine, dau. of Rev. Alfred Payne; succeeded by his s. On the 18th, aged 66, Archibald Ross Colquhoun, sometime Deputy-Commissioner of Burma, and first Administrator of Mashonaland; had travelled and explored extensively in Siam, Burma, the Shah country, and China, and had written notable books, especially "Across Chryse" (1883), "The Key of the Pacific" (1895), and "China in Transformation" (1898). On the 21st, aged about 41, Arthur Owen Jones, a famous all-round cricketer; captained the English team in Australia 1907-8. On the 22nd, aged 64, Sir Robert Simon, M.D., hon. physician to the Birmingham General Hospital 1891-1914; and Professor at Birmingham University, an authority on the diseases incident to certain industries. On the 22nd, aged 80, General Charles Boileau Pemberton, C.B., C.S.I., sometime R.E.; distinguished in the Mutiny; sometime Director-General of Indian Railways. On the 23rd, aged about 56, the Rev. William Yorke Fausset, Vicar of Cheddar and Prebendary of Wells; had a distinguished career as classical scholar of Balliol College, Oxford, and winner of many University prizes; sometime Headmaster of Ripon Grammar School, and later of Bath College. On the 23rd, aged 60, the Rev. Edward Melford Mee, sometime Fellow, Tutor, and Junior Bursar of Queen's College, Oxford; Rector of Crawley, Hants, 1885-96. About the 25th, aged 93, Lieut.-General Arthur Wombwell, sometime 46th Regiment, distinguished in the Crimean War. On the 25th, aged 75, Dr. John Muir, an explorer of Alaska, and an eminent naturalist and geologist; a native of Scotland. On the 26th, aged 74, General Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., sometime 2nd Foot; distinguished in the China War of 1860, the Abyssinian Expedition, and the South African War, where he commanded the Sixth Division; Inspector-General of Auxiliary Forces 1897-1900, Adjutant-General to the Forces 1901-4. On the 26th, aged 71, Colonel William Johnson, C.B., M.D., Army Medical Service; distinguished in the Zulu War of 1878-9 and the Boer War, and compiled a Roll of Graduates of Aberdeen University. On the 27th, aged 53, Lord Henry Grosvenor, third son of the first Duke of Westminster; stood for Cheshire (Northwich) 1887. On the 28th, aged 82, the Rev. Richard Hobson, hon. Canon of Liverpool, and Vicar of St. Nathaniel's, Liverpool, 1863-1901; had been very successful in a very poor parish; a strong Evangelical. On the 29th, aged 61, Colonel Henry Broadley Harrison-Broadley, Unionist M.P. for Yorks, E.R. (Howdenshire), since 1906, and sometime M.P. for the East Riding. On the 29th, aged 75, Colonel John Chadwick Doveton, Indian Army, a pioneer of forestry in British India. On the 30th, killed in action in France, aged 47, Lieut.-Colonel Reginald Alexander, Rifle Brigade, distinguished in the South African War. On the 30th, aged 86, Thomas Bryant, an eminent surgeon, long on the staff of Guy's Hospital, Hunterian Professor of Surgery 1888-9, Surgeon in Ordinary to King Edward VII., President of the Royal College of Surgeons 1896-99; wrote important works on surgery. On the 31st, aged 55, the Hon. Sir Edward Charles Macnaghten, K.C., fifth Baronet; succeeded his father, Lord Macnaghten, a life Peer, 1913; m. (1) 1888, the Hon. Gwen Abbot, dau. of the first Lord Tenterden; she d. 1891; (2) 1894, Edith, dau. of Thomas Powell; succeeded by his s.

INDEX.

The figures between [] refer to Part I.

[Speeches in Parliament are entered under their subjects under the heading "Parliamentary Speeches," and those outside Parliament under "Political Speeches." Books are entered under "Literature" under their authors' names. Law cases, except criminal trials, are entered individually.]

ACCIDENTS.
Avalanche, Ortler Spitz, Tyrol, patrol of soldiers, [9].
Aviation, Airship Z. I., wrecked, [17];
Allan, Capt. C., [9];
Anderson, Capt. E. V., [14];
Annesley, Earl of, [33];
Beevor, Flight-Lieut. C., [33];
Burroughs, Lieut. J. E. G., [9];
Campbell, Serg., [23];
Carter, Air-mechanic, [14];
Cresswell, Lieut. T. S., [16];
Cudmore, G., [14];
Downer, Capt. C. P., [9];
Empson, Lieut. J., [14];
Fethi Bey, [8];
Fischamend, [18];
Gibb, Mr., [4];
Hamel, G., [14];
Hordern, Lieut. L. C., [23];
Legagneux, [22];
Marty, [12];
Rice, Com. A., [16];
Sadik Bey, [8];
Temple, G. L., [4];
Treeby, Lieut. H. F., [10];
Wilson, Lieut., [14].
Balloon, Sezanne, Marne, [17].
Explosions, Achenbach coal mine, [4];
Ardeer, Messrs. Nobel's factory, [7];
Challapata, Bolivia, magazine explodes, [7];
Cleckheaton Chemical Works, [35];
Eccles, West Virginia, coal mine, [12];
Hillcrest mines, Alberta, [18];
New York, house blown up, [22];
Wharncliffe Silkstone colliery, [16].
Miscellaneous,
Bornim, Potsdam, [22];
Clapham, house blown down, [37];
Cradley Heath, subsidence, [7];
Montreal, houses blown up, [31];
motor-car, struck by a goods train, [31];
New York, lions escape, [37];
Rochdale, tramcar derailed, [6];
Sheffield, wall collapses, [5];
Tramway service, London, [36].
Railway, Burntisland, [11];
Cannon Street Station, [20], [28];
Carrbridge, [18];
Exeter, N.S.W., [9];
Finchley Road Station, [12];
Hex River Pass, [28];
Hither Green, [29];
Lebanon, Missouri, [28];
Lötschberg, [7];
Marquise, [31];
Mont-Grazzien tunnel collapses, [18];
Pont d'Empalot, Toulouse, [23];
Reading, [18];
Riardo, [35].
Shipping, H.M.S. Albacore, explosion, [11];
Aldeburgh, coastguardmen drowned, [13];
Columbian, blows up, [13];
Venice, ferry steamer run down by a torpedo boat, [10];
Mauretania, explosion, [4];
Somerleyton, Boy Scouts drowned, [16]
Adam, Maj. W. A., libel action against Sir E. Ward, [7]
Adam v. Hayes Fisher, case of, [11].
Addison, Dr. C., appointed Secretary of the Board of Education, [[174]], [26]
"Aerial Derby," result, [16].
AFGHANISTAN.—Frontier, outrages on, [[402]].
Neutrality, policy of, [[403]]
AFRICA, EAST.—Abyssinia, [[446]].
British East Africa, Germans, attacks of, [[444]].
German East Africa, [[445]], [[446]];
British reverse, [[227]], [33];
Dar-es-Salaam, wireless station destroyed, [[183]];
railway, [[446]];
prehistoric man, remains discovered, [[447]].
Jubaland, attack on, [[445]].
Nyasaland, fighting in, [[447]];
Karonga, attack on, [[447]].
Somaliland, Burao, camp at, [[443]];
Dervishes, attacks of, [[443]].
Uganda, railway, attempt to blow up, [[444]].
Zanzibar, [[447]]
—— NORTH.—Algeria, [[449]].
Morocco, [[447]];
Germans, measures against, [[448]];
Taza, occupied, [[448]];
Zaian district, native unrest, [[448]].
Tripoli, [[449]]
—— SOUTH.—Beyers, Gen. resigns command of Union Defence Forces, [[420]];
his rebellion, [[227]], [[423]], [32], [36];
drowned, [[425]], [36].
Boer rebellion, [[418]], [[423]]-[[425]].
Botha, Gen., on the war, [[420]];
appeal for volunteers, [[421]];
on the termination of the rebellion, [[425]];
his tribute to Gen. Smuts, [[426]].
Budget, [[430]].
Buxton, Viscount S., appointed Governor-General, [[27]].
De Wet, Gen., rebellion, [[227]], [[423]]-[[425]], [32].
Germany, war with, [[322]], [[421]].
Gladstone, Lord, resigns the Governor-Generalship, [[27]], [6];
at the opening of Parliament, [[428]].
Indemnity Bill, [[429]].
Indian question, [[407]], [[431]].
Johannesburg, Labour conflict, [[427]], [3];
Labour, Commission on, [[430]];
leaders, deported, [[12]], [[35]], [[428]].
Legislative measures, [[429]].
Maritz, Lieut.-Col. S. G., his rebellion, [[222]], [[418]], [[422]], [30].
Martial law, proclaimed, [[418]], [2].
Railway strike, [[427]], [2].
Rhodesia Charter, provisions of the, [[432]];
Finance, statement on, [[433]];
Gold, production, [[434]];
Land ownership, question, [[432]];
Legislative Council, elections, [[431]].
Smuts, Gen., on the disloyalty of Gen. Beyers, [[421]];
tribute to his services, [[426]];
on the industrial troubles, [[429]].
—— WEST.—Belgian Congo, Estimates, [[451]];
railway construction, [[451]].
Cameroons, Duala, war in, [[218]], [[450]], [[451]], [29]; 32.

Lüderitzbucht, occupied, [[322]], [[421]], [29].
Nigeria, German raids, [[449]];
North and South Protectorates, amalgamation, [[450]];
Tin mining, [[450]].
Portuguese West Africa, Angola, Germans enter, [[452]], [32];
Bowskill, Rev. J. S., his arrest, [[452]].
Togoland, Kamina occupied by the British, [[183]], [[451]].
Air raids: on Brussels, [[252]];
Cologne, [29];
Cuxhaven, [[252]], [37];
Dover Castle, [[252]];
Düsseldorf, [29], [30];
Freiburg, [36];
Friedrichshafen, [[245]], [35];
Sheerness, [[252]];
protection against Germans, [[214]].
ALBANIA, STATE OF. Burhan-ed-Din Effendi, usurpation by, [[357]], [29].
Durazzo, demands of the insurgents, [[355]].
Epirus, insurrection, [[354]].
Essad Pasha, receives Prince William of Wied, [[353]];
appointed War Minister, [[354]];
deported, [[355]];
Prime Minister, [[357]].
Ismail Kemal Bey, President of Provisional Government, resigns, [[353]].
Koritza, intertribal feud at, [[354]].
Turkhan Pasha, his Cabinet, [[354]].
Wied, Prince William of, Mpret, [[353]];
at Durazzo, [[354]];
on the difficulties of his position, [[356]];
insurrection against, [[356]].
Albert Hall, meetings at, [[34]], [[90]];
Peace Centenary Costume Ball, [17].
Alexandra Day, sale of roses, [19]
Alexandra, Queen, inspects Boy Scouts, [17];
honorary colonelcies conferred on, [19]
AMERICA.—Vide Canada, Mexico, Newfoundland, United States, West Indies
AMERICA, CENTRAL.
Guatemala, [[487]].
Nicaragua, Treaty with the United States, [[461]], [[487]].
Panama, Canal opened, [[486]], [26];
Sanitation in, [[487]]
AMERICA, SOUTH.
Argentina, Budget, [[490]];
debts, amount of, [[490]].
Bolivia, treatment of natives, [[493]];
railway, construction, [[492]].
Brazil, Braz, Dr. W., appointed President, [[489]];
Budget, [[489]];
Ceara, State of, rebellion, [[488]];
Roosevelt, T., "Through the Brazilian Wilderness," [[489]], [54].
Chile, Anglo-German naval engagement, [[247]], [[492]], [33];
financial crisis, [[491]];
neutrality, [[492]];
Railway Bill, [[492]].
Colombia, Concha, Don J. V., elected President, [[493]];
neutrality, failure to observe, [[227]], [[238]], [[494]];
Treaty with the United States, [[461]], [[494]].
Ecuador, neutrality, breaches of, [[227]], [[238]], [[493]].
Paraguay, [[491]].
Peru, Benavides, Col., deposes the President, [[490]];
elected President, [[491]];
Billinghurst, President, deposed and exiled, [[490]].
Uruguay, monetary crisis, [[491]];
Public debt, [[491]];
railway construction, [[491]].
Venezuela, [[494]]
Amphion, H.M.S., sinks the Königin Luise, [[181]], [25]
Ancient Monuments Act, prevents destruction of a Georgian house, [3]
Andover, rioting at, [18]
Anniversaries, celebration of, Benedictine Abbey at Disentis, [23];
Boyne, [[152]].
See also Centenaries
Anson, Sir D., drowned, [21]
Armstrong, Sir W., resigns Directorship of the National Gallery of Ireland, [8]
Army, increase of the, [[180]];
mobilisation, [25];
the new formation of, [[183]];
number of the, [[234]]
Army Order "Discipline," in Ulster Crisis, [[63]]
ART.—Retrospect of: Artists' War Fund, [68].
Burlington Fine Arts Club, [67].
Exhibitions, [66], [67].
Fine Art Society's Gallery, [67].
Grosvenor Gallery, [67], [68].
Leicester Galleries, [67].
London Museum, opened, [68].
Royal Academy Exhibition, [66].
Sales, [67], [68], [69].
Tate Gallery, pictures presented to, [68].
Victoria and Albert Museum, statues presented to, [34], [68];
free admission, [68]
Ashburnham, Earl of, sale of his collection, [10]
Ashton, A. J., appointed Recorder of Manchester, [4]
Asquith, Rt. Hon. H. H., appointed Secretary of State for War, [[64]], [11];
on the development of Inter-Imperial trade, [9]
AUSTRALASIA.—Vide New South Wales, New Zealand, Polynesia, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
AUSTRALIA.—Budget, [[498]].
Cook, J., Prime Minister, his resignation, [[498]].
Denman, Lord, resigns the Governor-Generalship, [[498]], [4].
Development works, [[499]].
Dominions, Royal Commission, Report, [4].
Election, general, [[498]].
Ferguson, Sir R. M., appointed Governor-General, [[498]], [5].
Fisher, Mr., appointed Prime Minister, [[498]];
his views on Imperial Defence, [[503]].
German New Guinea, expedition against, [[496]].
Holmes, Col., in command of the Expeditionary Force, [[496]].
Marshall Islands, handed over, [[496]].
Ministry, the new, [[498]].
Navy, construction, [[499]].
Northern territory, [[502]];
railway construction, [[502]].
Papua, [[503]].
Rain, shortage of, [[494]].
Recruiting, response, [[497]].
Sydney, H.M.A.S., sinks the Emden, [[410]], [[497]], [34].
Volunteers, number of, [[495]].
War, feelings on the, [[495]]
—— SOUTH.—Galway, Sir L., appointed Governor, [[501]].
Young, F. W., Agent-General, [[501]]
—— WESTERN.—Election, general, [[501]].
McMillan, Mr., appointed Chief Justice, [[502]].
Ministry, the new, [[502]].
Railways, [[502]].
Scaddan, Mr., appointed Premier, [[502]]
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.—Army, mobilisation, [[286]], [[332]].
Berchtold, Count, on foreign policy, [[328]].
Charles Francis Joseph, Archduke, heir-presumptive, [[330]].
Delegations, opened, [[327]].
Espionage, cases of, [[328]].
Foreign policy, [[328]].
Francis Ferdinand, Archduke, murdered, [[137]], [[329]], [20];
his funeral, [[329]].
Hohenberg, Duchess of, murdered, [[329]], [20].
Lemberg, capture of, [[335]];
defeat at, [[344]].
Libau, bombardment, [34].
Miklossy, Bishop, bomb outrage on, [7].
Naval estimates, [[327]].
Navy, number of vessels, [8].
Poland, advance into, [[343]].
Ruthenians, trial of, [[327]].
Sarajevo, murder at, [[137]], [[329]], [20], [32].
Serbia, dispute with, [[317]];
ultimatum, [[281]], [[312]], [[330]]-[[333]];
reply, [[332]];
war with, [[332]], [[360]]-[[362]].
War, declaration of, [[167]], [[188]], [[286]], [[334]], [23], [26]
—— Francis Joseph, Emperor of, his manifesto, [[332]]
Aviation Accidents. See Accidents
Aviation flights, Briggs, Engineer-Lieut., [9];
Gran, Lieut., [25];
Hamel, G., [5];
Linnekogel, O., [10];
Parmelin., [6];
Seddon, Lieut., [3]
Badger, H.M.S., sinks a German submarine, [31]
Bailey, Mrs. L., murder of, [20], [33]
Baker, Dr. H. F., elected Lowndean Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge, [2]
Balfour, Rt. Hon. A. J., his address at Bedford College, [13];
freedom of Hertford conferred, [20]
BALUCHISTAN.—[[402]]
Bank Charter Act, suspension, [[175]]
Bank holiday, August, extension of, [[169]], [[262]]
Bank rate, high, [[168]], [[262]], [25];
reduced, [[175]], [[262]], [26]
Baronetcies conferred, Beecham, Sir J., [19];
Benn, Sir J. W., [19];
Bowater, Sir T., [19];
Lowther, Sir G., [1];
Ward, Col. Sir E., [1]
Batavier V., steamer, German lieutenant discovered in a box on board, [36]
Bateson, Prof., President of the British Association, his address, [27]
Battenberg, Prince Louis of, First Sea Lord, resigns, [[226]], [32]
Beauchamp, Earl, appointed President of the Council, [[174]];
Order of the Garter conferred, [19]
Bedford College, gift to, [3]
Beecham, Sir J., baronetcy conferred, [19];
his purchase of Covent Garden Estate, [22]
Beit, Otto, offers a South African Research Fellowship at Oxford, [7]
BELGIUM.—Antwerp, siege of, [[220]], [[294]], [[368]], [30];
Court remove to, [[366]], [26].
Army mobilisation, [[365]].
British squadron, at the battle of the Yser, [[370]].
Brussels, occupied, [[366]], [27].
Dinant, sacked, [[367]].
Election, general, [[363]].
French troops enter, [[367]], [26].
German invasion, [[288]], [[320]], [[366]], [25];
atrocities, [[367]].
Insurance Bill, [[363]].
Liège, fall of, [[366]].
Louvain, bombardment, [[194]], [[366]], [[367]], [27].
Malines, fighting at, [[368]].
Mons, retreat from, [[189]], [[367]], [27].
Namur, fall of, [[189]], [[288]], [[367]], [27].
Neutrality, violation of, [[174]], [[178]], [[283]], [[314]], [[364]].
Ostend, occupied, [[191]], [[193]], [[369]].
Railways, reorganisation scheme, [[363]].
Refugees, number of, [[221]], [[371]].
Schools Bill, [[363]].
Termonde, bombardment, [[368]], [26].
United States, mission to, [[371]], [[463]].
Ypres-Armentières, battle of, [[222]]-[[224]].
Yser, battle of the, [[224]], [[295]], [[368]].
Zeebrugge, bombardment, [[245]]
—— Albert, King, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, [[370]]
BELGIUM, Elizabeth, Queen of, at Dover, [[371]], [27]
Benedict XV., elected Pope, [[203]], [27];
his appeal for peace, [28]
Berwick, H.M.S., captures the Spreewald, [28]
Birkenhead, Messrs. Cammell, Laird & Co., engineering works opened by the King, [[67]]
Birmingham, H.M.S., sinks the German submarine U. 15, [26]
Bisley, National Rifle meeting at, [23], [24];
rifle ranges opened on Sunday, [11]
Blind, National institute for the, new buildings opened, [10];
midnight ball in aid of, [19];
provision of books in Braille type, [14]
Blomfield, Miss M., intercedes for hunger-strikers at Court, [[116]], [16]
Boat-races. See Sports
Bond, L., arrested, [6];
attempted suicide, [6]
Brade, Sir R. H., appointed Secretary of Army Council, [2]
British Association, at Sydney, [[499]], [27], [61], [63]
British Museum, suffragist damage at, [[71]];
Edward VII. Galleries opened, [13]
Bryce, Viscount, honorary degree, [19]
Buckingham Palace, suffragist riot, [[112]], [14];
windows broken, [[113]];
Conference on the Ulster question, [[158]], [[161]], [[258]], [23];
members, [[158]];
views on, [[159]];
King's speech at, [[159]];
failure, [[161]], [[258]], [23];
man arrested in, [17];
patriotic demonstration before, [25]
Buckland, W. W., appointed Professor of Civil Law at Cambridge, [5]
Budget. See Parliament
BULGARIA.—Budget, provisional, [[358]].
Election, general, [[358]].
Neutrality, policy of, [[359]].
Radoslavoff, M., re-appointed Premier, [[358]]
Buresk, collier, captured, [29]
Burney, Rev. C. F., appointed Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture at Oxford, [19]
Burns, Rt. Hon. J., appointed President of the Board of Trade, [[27]];
his resignation, [[173]]
Buxton, N., and C. R., wounded by a Young Turk, [[360]], [31]
—— Rt. Hon. S., appointed Governor-General of South Africa, [[27]]
Bye-elections. See Elections
Cæsar, death of King Edward's dog named, [12]
Caldey Island, dedication of the House of St. Benedict, [13]
Camberwell, German shops wrecked by a mob, [31]
Cambridge University, Baker, Dr. H. F., elected Lowndean Professor of Astronomy, [2];
Pearce, Rev. E. C., elected Master of Corpus Christi College, [29];
Physiological laboratories opened, [17]
CANADA.—Alberta, [[479]].
Borden, Sir R., on the war, [[476]].
British Columbia, [[479]].
Budget, [[472]].
Connaught, Duke of, his speech on the opening of Parliament, [[469]], [[476]];
address to, [[475]].
Empress of Ireland, disaster, [[474]].
Estimates, [[471]].
Farmers' Bank failure, [[472]].
Frost, severe, [3].
Grand
Trunk Pacific Railway, completion, [[473]], [11].
Laurier, Sir W., on the War, [[476]].
Manitoba, [[478]].
Naturalisation and Alien's Act, [[474]].
New Brunswick, [[478]].
Northern Railway, [[473]].
Nova Scotia, [[478]].
Ontario, [[477]].
Parcels Post system, [[470]].
Prince Edward Island, [[478]].
Protective policy, [[470]], [[472]].
Quebec, [[478]].
Redistribution of Seats Bill, [[471]], [[474]].
Revenue, [[472]].
Saskatchewan, [[479]].
Strathcona, Lord, tributes to, [[470]].
Teck, Prince Alexander of, appointed Governor-General, [[474]], [13].
Trade, [[472]].
Transcontinental Railway, report on construction of, [[471]].
Volunteers, numbers of, [[477]];
at Plymouth, [30].
War session, [[475]];
gifts, [[477]]
Cannon Street Hotel, meeting at, for reduction of naval expenditure, [[7]]
Canteens Case, trials, [15], [20]
Carlisle, Sir E. H., his gift to Bedford College, [3]
Carlton Club, meeting at, [[204]]
Carman, Mrs., her trial for murder, [20];
jury disagrees, [32]
Carson, Sir E., at Belfast, [[6]];
his house picketed by suffragists, [[72]], [[112]];
his reviews of the Ulster Volunteers, [[80]];
reception at Belfast, [[152]]
Centenaries, celebration of, Bacon, R., [17];
König, F., [18]
Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. J., retires from Parliament, [[4]], [2];
his death, [[144]], [20];
funeral, [[144]], [22];
memorial service, [[145]];
obituary, [98]
Channel, English, war precautions, [35]
Chaplin, Milne, Grenfell & Co., failure of,

[17]
Chatham, H.M.S., bombards the Königsberg, [[230]], [32]
Cherry, Lord Justice, appointed Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, [6]
Chester, new infirmary opened, [[66]]
CHINA.—Constitution, the new, [[415]].
Finance, [[417]]; foreign trade, [[417]].
Missionaries, attack on, [[416]].
Moratorium proclaimed, [[417]].
Parliament, dissolved, [[415]], [2].
Salt Tax, result, [[418]].
Tsingtau, blockade, [[218]], [[227]], [[322]], [[413]];
surrenders, [[414]], [33].
White Wolf, ravages of, [[416]].
Yuan Shih-kai, elected President, [[415]]
Christie's, sales at, [5], [19], [21], [23]
Civil List pensions, [21]
Civil Service report, [[76]], [12]
Coats, A., sale of his collection, [21]
Collings, J., retires from Parliament, [[4]]
Colman, Sir J., his purchase of Reigate Hill, [23]
CONFERENCES and CONGRESSES.—"All-for-Ireland," [[52]].
Co-operative, Dublin, [16].
Football, [[247]].
Home Rule, Buckingham Palace, [[158]]-[[161]], [[258]], [23].
Labour party, Bradford, [[76]];
Glasgow, [[13]].
Postal employees, [[76]].
Railwaymen, Swansea, [[127]].
Safety of life at sea, [[9]].
Salvation Army, [17].
Teachers, Elementary, [[76]].
Trade Union Congress, Memorial Hall, [[73]]
Cooke, Rev. Canon, appointed Professor of Hebrew at Oxford, [19]
Covent Garden Estate, purchase of, [22];
King's Hall, mock trial at, [2];
Opera House, first performance of "Parsifal," [5], [72]
Cowes Regatta abandoned, [25]
Cradock, Rear-Adm., defeat of his squadron, [[227]];
obituary, [111]
Cricket matches. See Sports
CRIMINAL CASES.—Ahlers, N. E. H. A., [36];
Ball, G., [5];
Crosland, T. W. H., [22];
Dick, W. D., [33];
Douglas, Lord A., [35];
Eltoft, S., [5];
Fenner, C. E., [15];
Gould, F. A., [11];
Hatton, H. G., [14];
Hume, K., [37];
King, J., [20];
Lody, K., [[232]], [33];
Minto, A., [15];
Pankhurst, Mrs., [[71]], [[112]], [[151]];
Pankhurst, S., [[71]], [[117]];
Richardson, M., [[71]];
Starchfield, J., [11];
Whitaker, Col., [15]
Crystal Palace, completion of the purchase, [26]
Cumberland, H.M.S., captures German merchant steamers, [30]
CYPRUS.—Annexation of, [[226]], [[352]], [33]
Denman, Lord, Governor-General of Australia, his resignation, [4]
DENMARK.—Budget, [[391]];
supplementary, [[386]].
Constitution, reform of the, [[386]]-[[390]].
Elections Bill, [[388]]-[[390]].
Legislative measures, [[390]].
Malmö, meeting of Kings at, [[391]], [[398]], [37].
Neutrality, policy of, [[390]].
Thomson, M. A., elected President of the Landsthing, [[390]].
Women's suffrage, [[386]]
—— King and Queen of, their visit to London, [[101]], [14];
to Paris, [[277]]
Deputations received by, Asquith, H. H., [[28]], [[34]], [[35]], [[127]], [[128]], [30];
George, D. L., [[200]]
Development Commission, Report, [28]
Distinguished Service Medal, instituted, [31]
Distress, measures for the relief of, [[184]]
Doré Gallery, picture damaged by a suffragist, [[116]]
Douglas, Lord A., and R. Ross, case of, [35]
Douglas, Sir C., appointed Chief of the General Staff, [11]
Dover Castle, air raid on, [[252]], [37]
DRAMA, The.—Adaptations, [70].
"Land of Promise," [70].
"My Lady's Dress," [70].
Plays, new, [69]-[71].
"Pygmalion," [69].
Revivals, [71]
Drummond, Mrs., arrested, [[68]]
Earthquakes, Asia Minor, [31];
Corfu, [35];
Etna, Mount, [14];
Greece, [31], [35];
Ionian Islands, [35];
Leucadia, [35];
Papua, [18];
Sumatra, [19]
ECCLESIASTICAL.—Birmingham Cathedral, suffragist outrage, [[71]];
Bishoprics, the new, boundaries defined, [3];
Blenkin, Rev. Canon G. W., appointed Dean of St. Albans, [29];
Browne, Rt. Rev. G. F., resigns Bishopric of Bristol, [13];
Burrows, Rt. Rev. L. H., appointed Bishop of Sheffield, [5].
Canterbury, Archbishop of, his appeal against Disestablishment in Wales, [[115]];
appoints a Committee on the relations of Church and State, [4];
Church Councils, election of women, [[151]], [22].
Church (Wales) Bill, protest against, [[27]];
churches, prayers for the
preservation of peace, [[168]], [25].
St. George's Church, Hanover Square, bomb explosion, [[119]];
Gravesend Parish Church, windows unveiled, [23].
Hodgson, Ven. H. B., appointed Bishop of St. Edmundsbury, [5].
Intercession, Services of, [[187]].
St. John the Evangelist's Church, Westminster, bomb explosion, [[71]].
Kennington, St. Anselm's, foundation-stone laid, [17].
Kikuyu controversy, [[2]].
London, Bishop of, interviews with suffragists, [[10]];
his memorial on the question of Faith and of Church Order, [6], [12].
Nickson, Rt. Rev. G., appointed Bishop of Bristol, [13].
Sight, thanksgiving services for the gift of, [14].
Theologians, German and British, on the war, [[217]].
War, Day of Intercession, [27].
Watts-Ditchfield, Rev. J. E., appointed Bishop of Chelmsford, [5];
Westminster Abbey, bomb explosion, [[119]], [17].
Worcester, Bishop of, dedicates the House of St. Benedict, [13].
York, Archbishop of, his sermon on peace in Ireland, [[6]]
Edinburgh University, Regius Professorship of Sanskrit, [31]
Edward VII., King, death of his dog Cæsar, [12]
EGYPT.—Abbas Hilmi, Khedive, at Constantinople, [[434]];
attempt on his life, [23];
deposed, [[250]], [[435]], [37].
British Protectorate, proclaimed, [[250]], [[435]], [37].
Budget, [[438]].
Cairo, martial law proclaimed, [[434]].
Crime, report on, [[439]].
Finance, report on, [[438]].
Hussein Kamel Pasha, Prince, appointed Khedive, [[250]], [[435]], [37];
honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, [[436]];
his career, [[437]].
Legislative Assembly, the new, opened, [[437]];
measures, [[438]].
MacMahon, Sir A., High Commissioner, [[250]], [[437]], [37];
his statement on affairs, [[435]].
Maxwell, Lieut. Gen. Sir J., his address to Bedouin Sheikhs, [[434]].
Press, censorship of the, [[434]].
Schaade, Dr., appointed Director of the Library, [[439]].
Soudan, Kitchener, Lord, his report, [[440]];
Wingate, Sir R., Governor-General, his address on the war, [[441]].
Waffs, Ministry of, [[439]].
White Nile, construction of a dam, [[438]]
ELECTIONS.—Bethnal Green, [[33]], [6];
Birmingham, [23];
Bolton, [29];
Bucks, South, [[33]], [6];
Derbyshire, N.E., [[109]], [14];
Durham, North, [[13]], [4];
Fife, East, [[71]], [11];
Galway, [35];
Grimsby, [[103]], [14];
Hartlepool, [29];
Ipswich, [[109]], [14];
Leith, [[36]], [7];
Londonderry, [35];
Oxford University, [20];
Tower Hamlets, [7];
Tullamore, [36];
Wicklow, [26]
—— Municipal, [33]
Emden, raid on Madras, [[218]], [[410]];
sinks four British ships, [[322]], [29];
sinks the Zhemchug, [32];
sunk by H.M.A.S. Sydney, [[410]], [[497]], [34]
Emigration, report on, [22]
Emmott, Lord, appointed First Commissioner of Works, [26]
Empire, unity of the, [[250]], [[252]]
Empire Day, celebrations, [15]
Empress of Ireland, result of the Court of Inquiry, [22]
Endurance, starts on her voyage to the South Polar regions, [25]
Espionage, [[185]], [33];
measures against, [[220]]
Estimates. See Parliament
European crisis, official documents summarised, [[175]]-[[178]], [[193]], [[282]], [[313]]-[[320]], [[330]]-[[331]], [[365]]
Ewart, Gen. Sir J. S., Adjutant-General of the Forces, signs Army Council Minute, [[60]];
resigns, [[63]], [11]
Expeditionary Force, British, despatched to France, [[175]], [[367]];
lands, [[188]], [26];
retreat from Mons, [[189]], [[367]];
casualties, [[190]]
Faith-healing, Report on, [13]
Falkland Islands, naval engagement, [[247]], [[322]], [36]
Finance and Trade in 1914, [[261]]-[[267]]
FIRES.—Abbeylands, house at, [[72]];
Ascot, Lady White's house, [[35]];
Ballymenoch House, [[151]];
Barton Hall, [2];
Birmingham racecourse, grand stand and offices, [[112]];
Ceiba, Honduras, [9];
Cheltenham, St. Paul's Training College, [2];
Colombian liner, [13];
Edison Works, West Orange, N.J., [36];
Felixstowe, Bath Hotel, [[112]];
Glasgow, Kingston Dock, [18];
Harborne, cricket pavilion, [[112]];
Herbertshire Castle, Denny, [37];
High Wycombe, [[117]];
Highland Railway, mail train, [30];
Kometa steamer, [12];
Lanark, house in, [[10]];
Little Chesterford, [11];
Llandaff, Bishop's Palace, [27];
Missouri Athletic Club, [9];
Quebec, Dufferin Terrace, [22];
Salem, Mass., [19];
Trieste, Monfalcone Shipbuilding Works, [30];
Wargrave Church, [[116]], [16];
Wellesley College, Mass., [10];
Wellesley training ship, [9];
Whitekirk Church, East Lothian, [[35]];
Yarmouth, pier pavilion, [[112]]
Fisher, Lord, appointed First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, [[226]], [32]
Floods. See Storms
Folkestone, First British wounded at, [27]
Food, prices of, [[184]]
Football matches. See Sports
Foundation stones laid, St. Anselm's Church, [17];
Glasgow, Municipal Buildings, [[151]];
Wallasey Town Hall, [[67]]
FRANCE.—Aerial warfare, [[295]].
Aisne, battle of the, [[213]], [[293]], [[321]].
Alsace, advance on, [[187]], [[286]].
Amiens, Congress at, [[270]];
bombs dropped, [34].
Army condition, [[271]], [[280]];
mobilisation, [[283]], [[320]], [25].
Army Bulletin, issue of, [[293]].
Arras, bombardment, [[221]], [30].
Bill-posting, electoral, law regulating, [[274]], [[275]].
Bordeaux Government at, [[291]], [27].
Boulogne-sur-Seine, Penitentiary Convent School, attacked by Apaches, [9].
British and Danish Sovereigns, reception, [[277]].
British Expeditionary Force lands, [[188]], [26].
Budget, [[270]], [[280]].
Caillaux, M., defence of his financial policy, [[272]];
charges against, [[272]];
his resignation, [[273]].
Caillaux, Mme., kills M. Calmette, [[273]], [10];
her trial, [[281]], [25].
Calmette, G., shot, [[273]], [10].
Defence, National, Bills, [[285]].
Deschanel, P., elected President of the Chamber, [[269]], [[277]].
Doumergue, M., his political declaration, [[275]];
resignation, [[278]].
Dubost, A., elected President of the Senate, [[269]].
Dunkirk, air-raids on, [37].
Elections, general, [[275]]-[[277]].
Electoral Reform Bill, [[269]].
Embassy leaves Berlin, [25].
Finance Bill, [[274]], [[280]].
Fleet clear the Adriatic, [26].
Income tax, [[269]], [[271]], [[298]].
Indian troops land at Marseilles, [29].
Joffre, General, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, [[286]];
his order to the troops, [[291]].
Legislation, [[269]], [[273]], [[285]], [[297]].
Lorraine, reverse in, [[287]], [26].
Lyons, Civic Exhibition at, [[277]].
Marne, battle of the, [[199]], [[291]], [[321]].
Meuse, fighting on the, [[288]].
Ministry, Doumergue, reconstructed, [[273]];
Ribot, new, [[278]];
Viviani, [[279]];
reconstructed, [[289]].
Monis, M., his resignation, [[273]].
Morocco Protectorate loan, [[270]].
Nancy, attack on, [[287]], [37].
Navy, number of vessels, [8].
Paris, bombs dropped on, [29], [30];
Bourse, opened, [[297]];
Boy Scouts' fight with roughs, [13];
Defence, measures of, [[290]];
invasion, threatened, [[290]];
Postal strike, [19].
Peace, agreement not to be concluded separately, [[198]].
Poincaré, M., his visits to Russia and Scandinavia, [[291]];
to the armies, [[296]], [30].
Press, censorship of the, [[285]].
Relief Committees formed, [[292]], [[297]].
Rheims Cathedral, bombardment, [[213]], [[294]], [29].
Ribot, M., his Cabinet, [[278]].
Rochette case, [[272]], [[273]].
Three years' service law, interpellation on, [[278]].
Tramps with bombs, arrested, [22].
Trenches, system of, [[295]].
Viviani, M., Prime Minister, [[279]];
reconstructs the Ministry, [[289]].
War, preparations, [[282]]-[[286]];
declaration of, [[286]], [25], [26].
Ypres-Armentières, battle of, [[222]]-[[224]].
French, Field-Marshal Gen. Sir J., Chief of the Staff, signs Army Council Minute, [[60]];
resigns, [[63]], [11];
appointed Inspector-General of the Forces, [[173]];
his dispatches on the war as British Commander-in-Chief, [[189]], [[192]], [[199]], [[213]], [[220]], [[222]]
Gales. See Storms
Geikie, Sir A., Order of Merit conferred, [1]
George V., King, opens Parliament, [[19]];
offers prize for a yacht race at Panama, [8];
at Knowsley, [[66]], [10];
Cheshire, [[66]], [10];

the National Institute for the Blind, [10];
his visit to Paris, [[82]], [12];
opens the new buildings at the Leys School, [12];
opens the Edward VII. Galleries at the British Museum, [13];
his birthday, [16];
Honours, [18];
at Welbeck Abbey, [[137]];
Hull, [[137]], [19];
in Scotland, [[151]];
at the naval review, Spithead, [[157]];
his speech on the Ulster question at the Buckingham Palace conference, [[159]], [[258]];
his message to the Dominions, [[173]], [[201]], [[419]];
to the Army, [[188]];
receives the Belgian mission, [27];
his message to India, [[202]];
visit to the Front, [[245]], [[296]], [[370]], [35];
inspection of the troops, [[246]];
order to the Army, [[246]]
George, Rt. Hon. D. L., his views on naval expenditure, [[1]];
his land campaign, [[2]], [[72]], [[166]]
GERMANY.—Air-raids, [[245]], [[252]], [29], [30], [35], [36], [37].
Aisne, battle of the, [[293]], [[321]].
Anglo-German relations, [[309]].
Antwerp, siege of, [[220]], [[368]], [30].
Army Bill, [[310]];
Estimates, [[310]];
mobilisation, [[168]], [[283]], [[313]], [25].
Atrocities, [[323]], [[367]].
Belgium, violation of neutrality, [[174]], [[178]], [[365]];
invasion of, [[174]], [[178]], [[283]], [[288]], [[314]], [[366]], [25].
Bethmann-Hollweg, Herr von, his statement on the war, [[324]];
on terms of peace, [[325]].
British subjects, treatment of, [[186]].
Brunswick, Duke of, birth of a son, [10].
Bülow, Prince, Ambassador at Rome, [[304]].
Colonies, reforms, debate on, [[311]];
loss of, [[322]].
Crown Prince, attacks of Socialists, [[307]];
his indiscretions, [[308]].
Dernburg, Herr, on terms of peace, [[325]].
Espionage, cases of, [[312]].
Falkenhayn, Lieut. Gen. von, appointed Chief of the General Staff, [[326]].
France, invasion of, [[287]], [25].
Haase, Lieut. and Lieut. von L. St. George, duel between, [8].
Hindenburg, Gen., Field-Marshal, [[347]].
Hohenzollern Canal opened, [18].
Hopf, K., convicted of murder, [3].
"How the Franco-German Conflict Could Have Been Avoided," [[315]].
Humanity League, appeal, [[323]].
"Hymn of Hate for England," [[305]].
Jagow, Herr von, on foreign policy, [[312]].
Japan, ultimatum from, [[322]], [26].
Kiel Canal, British Navy at, [[310]];
new locks opened, [[310]].
Lodz, battles of, [[346]], [[347]].
Louvain, bombardment, [[194]], [[366]], [[367]], [27].
Luxemburg, invasion of, [[169]], [[283]], [[314]], [[373]], [25].
Manufacturers, visit England, [19].
Marne, battle of the, [[291]], [[321]].
"Memorandum with regard to the Outbreak of War," [[316]]-[[320]].
Merchant steamers captured, [30].
Mielzynski, Count, result of his trial, [7].
Moltke, Gen. von, Chief of the General Staff, his dismissal, [[326]].
Namur, fall of, [[189]], [[367]], [27].
Nancy, attack on, [[287]].
Naval operations, [[322]].
Navy Estimates, [[310]];
number of vessels, [8].
Poles, grievances of the, [[309]].
Prisoners, exchange of, [[325]].
Prussia, Prince Henry of, his telegram to King George V., [[315]].
Rheims Cathedral, bombardment, [[213]], [[294]], [29].
Schleswig-Holstein, anti-Danish policy, [[308]].
Solf, Dr., on colonial administration, [[311]].
Spies, system of, [[185]].
Stallupönen, battle of, [[344]], [26].
Tannenberg, victory at, [[345]].
Termonde, bombardment, [[368]], [26].
Thormann, H., his career, [12].
Tirpitz, Adm. von, on Naval Estimates, [[309]], [[310]].
War, declaration of, [[174]], [[178]], [[314]], [25], [27];
preparations, [[282]];
views on, [[305]];
operations, [[321]];
casualties, [37].
War Loan, [[323]].
Wedel, Count, Governor of Alsace-Lorraine, his resignation, [[308]].
Wolf, Prof. J., his estimate of financial losses, [[321]].
Women's suffrage, petition, [[311]].
Yser, battle of the, [[295]], [[369]].
Zabern, incidents, [[306]]
—— William II., Emperor of, at Kiel, [[310]];
Vienna, [[311]];
Venice, [[311]];
Norway, [[312]];
his telegrams to King George V., [[315]], [[316]];
to the Tsar, [[318]]-[[320]];
letter to Lord Tweedmouth on the Navy, [33];
his escape from bombs, [33]
Gladstone, Lord, Governor-General of South Africa, his resignation, [[27]], [6]
Goeben, escape of, [[183]], [[351]];
damaged by Russian battleship, [34]
Gomme, Sir L., clerk of the London County Council, his resignation, [6]
Gough, Gen., refuses to serve against Ulster, [[56]];
document signed by War Minister, [[60]]
Gravesend, Mayor of, warning on hostile aircraft, [30]
GREAT BRITAIN (in War).—Army, mobilisation, [25].
Austria-Hungary, war with, [[188]], [[334]], [26].
Cyprus, annexation, [[352]], [33].
Germany, ultimatum to, [[174]], [25];
war with, [[174]], [[284]], [[315]].
Martial law proclaimed, [26].
Neutrality, views on, [[169]], [[313]].
Peace, agreement not to be concluded separately, [[198]].
Turkey, war with, [[226]], [[352]], [33].
War, preparations for, [[168]], [[172]]
GREECE.—Ægean Islands, question, [[350]].
Chios and Mytilene, annexed, [[357]].
Fleet, increase of, [[357]], [[459]].
Neutrality, policy of, [[357]]
Hamel, G., loops the loop at Windsor Castle, [5]
Harrison, F., his proposals on the Home Rule Bill, [[33]]
Hartlepool, bombardment, [[248]], [36]
Hawke, H.M.S., sunk by a submarine, [31]
Heligoland, naval engagement off, [[193]], [[322]], [27]
Herkomer, his portrait of the Duke of Wellington injured by suffragists, [[112]], [14], [67]
Hertford, pageant at, [20]
Hobhouse, Rt. Hon. C. E. H., appointed Postmaster-General, [[27]]
Hooch, P. de, sale of his picture, [25]
Horse Races. See Sports
Howard, Sir H., mission to Vatican, [[250]]
Hull, King George Dock, opened, [[137]], [19]
Hundred Years' Peace, with the United States, plans for the celebration, [[468]], [5]
Hunter v. Coleman, case of, [[66]]
Hyde Park, demonstrations in, [[35]], [[68]];
review in, [15]
Income tax, amount of, [[237]]
INDIA.—Budget, [[403]], [[404]], [[406]].
Conspiracies, cases of, [[408]].
Delhi, cost of the work, [[405]].
Estimate, revised, [[403]].
Expenditure, [[405]].
Famine, [[406]].
Finance, [[403]].
Gifts from, for war, [[200]].
Indians, treatment of, in the Colonies, [[407]], [[479]], [30];
riot, [[407]].
Loyalty, professions of, [[200]], [[409]].
Madras, shelled by the Emden, [[218]], [[410]], [29].
Native States, [[410]].
North-West Frontier, [[403]].
Plague, [[407]].
Revenue, [[404]].
Troops, despatch of, [[409]], [27], [29].
Ways and Means, [[405]], [[406]]
Insurance Act, working of the, [[17]], [[38]]
IRELAND.—Belfast, Ulster Day celebrations, [[216]].
Casement, Sir R., disloyalty, [[259]].
Cherry, Lord Justice, appointed Lord Chief Justice, [6].
Co-operative Congress, at Dublin, [16].
"Defence of Ireland Fund," [[123]].
Dublin, riot, [[162]], [[258]];
strike, [[256]], [3].
Enlistment, opposition to, [[259]].
Gun-running, [[258]].
Home Rule Amending Bill, [[258]].
Housing, Report on, [[257]].
Legislative measures, [[260]].
Mahaffy, Rev. J., appointed Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, [34].
O'Connor, J., appointed Solicitor-General, [20].
Pim, J., appointed Attorney-General, [20].
Police (Dublin) in 1913 strike, inquiry, [[256]];
in Howth gun-running, [[162]].
Press, seditious, [[259]], [[260]].
Provisional Committee of Volunteers and the Nationalist party, [[121]].
Recruits, number of, [[259]];
opposition of the Press, [[259]].
Shipbuilding industry, [[261]].
Sinn Fein and the War, [[259]].
Trade, [[261]].
Ulster, military operations against, [[56]], [[80]], [10];
review of Volunteers, [[80]];
landing of arms, [[84]], [[258]], [12], [23];
Provisional Government, preamble to the Constitution, [[152]];
conference at Buckingham Palace, [[158]], [[258]];
resistance to Home Rule, [[6]], [[114]], [[257]];
alleged plot against, [[80]] seqq., [[257]] seqq.
Volunteer force, [[114]], [[121]], [[258]]
Isle of Man, Douglas, German prisoners' riot, [34]
Islington, Lord, appointed Under-Secretary for the Colonies, [26]
ITALY.—Army, mobilisation, [[303]].
Benedict XV., elected Pope, [[303]], [27];
his policy, [[303]];
appeal for peace, [28].
Budget, [[300]].
Bülow, Prince, Ambassador, [[304]].
Civil Marriage Bill, [[299]], [[300]].
Elections, provincial and municipal, [[301]].
Fleet, mobilisation, [[302]];
at Valona, [[304]].
Giolitti, Signor, his resignation, [[299]].
Howard, Sir H., his mission to the Vatican, [[250]].
Irredentist demonstrations, [[300]].
Libya, expedition, expenditure on, [[299]].
Ministry, Giolitti, resigns, [[299]];
the new (Salandra), [[300]], [[304]].
Navy, number of vessels, [8].
Neutrality, policy of, [[302]], [[303]].
Oggioni, Signora, her acquittal, [16].
Peruggia, V., convicted, [16].
Pius X., Pope, his death, [[302]], [26];
funeral, [27].
Revolution, suppression, [[301]].
Salandra, Signor, Prime Minister, [[300]], [[304]];
his policy, [[300]].
Socialists, demonstrations, [[301]].
Taxation Bill, [[300]]
James, Henry, his portrait damaged by a suffragist, [[112]], [13], [67]
JAPAN.—Budget, [[412]], [[414]];
naval, [[413]].
Empress Dowager, her death, [[411]].
Germany, ultimatum to, [[322]], [[413]], [26];
war declared, [[413]], [27].
Hokkaido and Hondo, famine, [[411]].
Kagoshima, volcanic eruption, [[411]], [2].
Kiao-chou, blockade of, [[322]], [[413]];
surrenders, [[414]].
Kongo battleship, scandal, [[412]].
Marshall Islands, handed over to Australia, [[322]], [[415]], [[496]].
Ministry,
resign, [[413]];
the new, [[413]].
Navy, number of vessels, [8].
Okuma, Count, his Ministry, [[413]].
Sakurashima, eruption of, [[411]], [2].
Tsingtau, blockade of, [[218]], [[227]], [[322]], [[413]];
surrenders, [[414]], [33]
Jellicoe, Admiral Sir J., in command of the Home Fleets, [[173]]
Jones, Sir D. B., appointed a Commissioner of Lunacy, [[250]]
Jones, L. A. A., appointed judge of the City of London Court, [1]
Judges, appointment of, [1], [12]
Keats, J., publication of two sonnets, [14]
Keith, Dr. A. D., appointed Regius Professor of Sanskrit at Edinburgh University, [31]
Kemp v. Yexley, case of, [15]
Kinnaird, Lord, Order of the Thistle conferred, [19]
Kitchener, Earl, appointed Secretary for War, [[179]], [25];
his instructions to the Army, [[188]];
appeal for more men, [[192]];
elected Lord Rector of Edinburgh University, [32]
KNIGHTHOODS conferred, Frazer, Dr. J. G., [19];
Garforth, W. E., [1];
Henschel, Dr., [19];
Hope, Dr. W. H. St. J., [19];
Rutherford, E., [1];
Seaman, O., [1];
Sharkey, Dr. S. J., [19];
Smith, Judge L., [1]
Koehn, O., discovered in a box on board the s.s. Batavier V., [36]
Königsberg, German cruiser, bombarded by H.M.S. Chatham, [32];
discovery of, [34]
Labour party, manifesto on the war, [[221]];
unrest, [[3]], [[9]], [[72]], [[113]], [[150]];
strikes, [[9]], [[10]], [[72]]
Land Inquiry Committee, Report, [[72]];
Welsh Report, [[166]]
Lane, Sir H., appointed Director of the National Gallery of Ireland, [8]
Lansdowne, Lord, his house picketed by suffragists, [[112]]
Lavery, W., his portrait of the King, damaged by suffragists, [[113]]
Leader, B. W., receives the freedom of Worcester, [16]
Leeds, Territorial barracks, attempt to blow up, [2]
Leys School, new buildings opened, [12]
LITERATURE, principal works—
Aliotta, Prof., "The Idealistic Reaction against Science," [40].
Allen, Mr., "The Age of Erasmus," [38].
Allison, Sir R., translation of five of the Plays of Plautus, [42].
Armstrong, E. C. R., "Irish Seal-Matrices and Seals," [42].
Ayscough, H. G. C. P., "With the Russians in Mongolia," [46]
Baedeker's "Guide-book to Russia," [46].
Baring, M., "The Mainsprings of Russia," [46];
"An Outline of Russian Literature," [46].
Barron, E. M., "The Scottish War of Independence," [44].
Baudry, Lieut. A., "The Naval Battle," [47].
"Bayeux Tapestry, The Book of the," [48].
Benson, A. C., "Where No Fear Was," [43].
Benson, Father, "Lourdes," [41].
"Beresford, Memoirs of Admiral Lord Charles," [39].
Bertrand, L., "Saint Augustin," [38].
Bickersteth, J. B., "The Land of
Open Doors," [48].
Binyon, Mr., "The Winnowing Fan," [49].
Björnson, B., "Plays," [49].
Bonnerot, J., "Life of Saint-Säens," [45].
Booth, M., translation of "Eucken's Essays," [40].
Bosanquet, Dr. H., "Social Work in London," [40].
Boutroux, Prof., "Natural Law in Science and Philosophy," [40].
Brandes, G., "Essays on Nietzsche," [40].
Bridges, J. D., "Life and Works of the 'Admirable Doctor,'" 38.
Broad, C. D., "Perception, Physics and Reality," [40].
Brown, P. H., "The Legislative Union of England and Scotland," [44].
Browning, R., "New Poems," [49].
Buchanan, E. S., "The Epistles of St. Paul from the Codex Laudianus," [41].