Review of reviews and world's work . iile the Japanese declined to discuss atall the question of the delimitation of therailroad zones or the question of policing theAntung-Mukden line, in general these termsare understood to prevent the Russian monop-oly of Manchurian trade. Whether or notthe monopoly is simply to be transferred toJapan, remains to be seen. Japanese-Ameri-can relations were cordially manifested dur-ing the past month by the arrival of PrinceKuniyoshi Kuni, a cousin of the Emperor, torepresent his country at the Hudson-Fultoncelebrations, and by the warm reception ac-corded by
Review of reviews and world's work . iile the Japanese declined to discuss atall the question of the delimitation of therailroad zones or the question of policing theAntung-Mukden line, in general these termsare understood to prevent the Russian monop-oly of Manchurian trade. Whether or notthe monopoly is simply to be transferred toJapan, remains to be seen. Japanese-Ameri-can relations were cordially manifested dur-ing the past month by the arrival of PrinceKuniyoshi Kuni, a cousin of the Emperor, torepresent his country at the Hudson-Fultoncelebrations, and by the warm reception ac-corded by President Taft to the members ofthe Japanese Commercial Mission to theUnited States, who met the President at Min-neapolis during the middle of last month. The United ^> the passase On August 19 ofStates of the third reading of the South So)jth Africa. \r • t- j • l-h • < African federation bill in theBritish House of Commons a new nationentered the worlds political family. By free 408 THE AMERICAN REl^IEiV OF RE^ THE BASUTO (SOUTH AFRICAN) CHIEFS WHOTO PETITION KING EDWARD and concerted action, said Premier Asquith, communities which only a few j-ears ago seemed to be fatally and irremediably divided by his-tory-, sentiment, and even interest have workedtogether to make themselves not only a com-ponent part of the British Empire but a com-mmiity which, forgetting all the bad traditionsof the past, will undertake the new duties it isabout to assume in a spirit of loyalty and pa-triotism for the common good. The legislatures of the Transvaal, CapeColony, Orange River Colony, and Natalhave now confirmed the constitution asadopted at the Bloemfontein convention lastyear, and these colonies, covering an aggre-gate of more than 66o,ooo square miles andwith a total population of close to five andone-half millions, of which one million iswhite, will hereafter form a single nationwith a strongly centralized government. Its Organic Law. In general, the provisions of
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