Review of reviews and world's work . nd disturbing influence of the season,marring all plans, interrupting public and privatebusiness, and bringing beieavement into every as Pestilence always follows Famine, we arewarnjd that from the hunger-stricken plains ofRussia this disease in more malignant forms, andother ptagues, perhaps, will stalk forth within ayear to ravage all nations. There is nwji for gloomy forebodings; but mean-while the call is for action. Elsewhere we publish 2 THE REyiE[V OF RE^IEIVS. articles showing what the American millers are do-ing to help the Russian starv
Review of reviews and world's work . nd disturbing influence of the season,marring all plans, interrupting public and privatebusiness, and bringing beieavement into every as Pestilence always follows Famine, we arewarnjd that from the hunger-stricken plains ofRussia this disease in more malignant forms, andother ptagues, perhaps, will stalk forth within ayear to ravage all nations. There is nwji for gloomy forebodings; but mean-while the call is for action. Elsewhere we publish 2 THE REyiE[V OF RE^IEIVS. articles showing what the American millers are do-ing to help the Russian starvelings, how the Tolstoifamily are serving nobly in the death-smitten prov-inces, and how Madame Novikoff and others in Lon-don are endeavoring to make some impression uponBritish apathy. The House at Washington has notacted fittingly in its refusal to give assent to the Sen-ate bill which provided for a ship at public expense tocarry the cargo of flour to Russia. There should be»a reopening of the question, with a different SENATOR CULLOM (REPUBLICAN), OF ILLINOIS. (From photograph by C. M. Bell, Washington, ) It will be a year of political excitementMi^Hi^ throughout the English-speaking world. The general parliamentary election inGreat Britain will probably coincide very closelywith the date of the presidential and congressionalelections in this country. The question of presiden-tial candidates has begun to assume an acute the domain of personal politics the significantevent has been the recognition by the country atlarge of the extraordinary ascendancy that Mr. Hillhas gained. It is now universally admitted thathe is in complete control of the New York Democ-racy. The achievement of securing the State Sen-ate for his party through technicalities which,whether in keeping with the provisions of the ballotlaw or otherwise, defeated tlie intention of a major-ity of the voters, is credited to Mr. Hills personalinfluence and bold, unflinching tactics. Mr. Hil
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