. Review of reviews and world's work. st humanity as war between England andthe United States. The best men of France,and the men now at the helm there, desire goodrelations with England and with all the there is real danger that political reactionmay now at almost any moment overthrow theexisting ministry, and bring an element of awholly different temper into responsible controlof French affairs. The best guarantee of peace,therefore, and the greatest kindness that Eng-land could possibly render to the French repub-lic, would lie in the direction of Englandsprompt and energetic atte
. Review of reviews and world's work. st humanity as war between England andthe United States. The best men of France,and the men now at the helm there, desire goodrelations with England and with all the there is real danger that political reactionmay now at almost any moment overthrow theexisting ministry, and bring an element of awholly different temper into responsible controlof French affairs. The best guarantee of peace,therefore, and the greatest kindness that Eng-land could possibly render to the French repub-lic, would lie in the direction of Englandsprompt and energetic attention to her prepara-tions for possible attack. Lord Rosebery, onNovember 16, made a stirring address on theBritish empire on the occasion of his being in-stalled as lord-rector of the Glasgow tone was not so cynical and despondentas that of Lord Salisbury, but it was full of aringing appeal to the British people to recognizeand face successfully the perils of their situation,both military and commercial. He advocated,. From a new photograph by Elliott & Fry, London. LORD ROSEBERY, NEW L,ORD-RECTOR OF THE GLASGOWUNIVERSITY, AND FUTURE HEAD OF LIBERAL PARTY. above all things, a higher degree of thorough-ness in the training of men for the pursuits ofwar as well as those of peace. Rosebery is the oneman in sight to unify and lead the Liberal party. Tu M u ^ Lord Lansdowne, who had been sec-The New Head . of the English retary for war since 1895, and whosewa. Office, conduct of that office had been ex-tremely unsatisfactory to almost everybody, hasbeen removed from that position in response to ageneral demand. It was characteristic, however,of Lord Salisburys contempt for public opinionthat this removal took the form of Lord Lans-downes promotion to the portfolio of the foreignoffice, which heretofore Lord Salisbury had heldhimself, in addition to his responsibilities asprime minister. The popular member of the oldwar-office organization was Mr. George Wynd-ham, the
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