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CONTENTS.
PART I.
ENGLISH HISTORY.
CHAPTER I.
BEFORE THE SESSION.
The Political Outlook: the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Armament
Expenditure, [1], and the Liberal Programme, [2]. The Kikuyu
Controversy, [2]. Labour Unrest, [3]. Mr. Chamberlain's Retirement,
[4]. Views on Ulster, [4]. Mr. Bonar Law at Bristol, [5]. Sir
Edward Carson at Belfast, [6]. Mr. Birrell on the Situation, [7].
The Armament Controversy, [7]. Position of Parties, [8]. Mr. Long
on Urban Land Reform, [8]. International Conference on Safety of
Life at Sea, [9]. Coal Porters' Strike, [9]. Other Labour Disputes,
[10]. Militant Suffragists and the Bishop of London, [10]. Home
Rule: Mr. Redmond at Waterford; Sir E. Carson at Lincoln, [11].
Other Speeches, [12]. Labour Leaders' Deportation from South
Africa, [12]. North Durham Election, [13]. Chancellor of the
Exchequer at Glasgow, [13]. The Bootle Estate, [15]. Sir Edward
Grey at Manchester, [15]. Meetings on Naval Expenditure, [16],
Mr. Austen Chamberlain at Birmingham, [16]. The Chancellor of the
Exchequer on the Insurance Act, [17]. Mr. Redmond at the National
Liberal Club, [17]. Other Utterances: Sir Horace Plunkett's Plan,
[18]. Political Prospects, [19].
CHAPTER II.
THE SESSION UNTIL EASTER.
Opening of Parliament: the King's Speech, [19]. Opposition
Amendment to the Address in the Commons, [20]; in the Lords, [24].
Labour Amendment on the South African Question, [24]; on Railway
and Mining Accidents, [26]. Temperance Amendment, [27]. Ministerial
Changes, [27]. Address: Amendment on Welsh Church Bill, [27]; on
Tariff Reform, [28]; on Housing and the Land Agitation, [29];
on the Dublin Strike, [30]; on the Road Board, [31]; on Local
Taxation, [31]; on Purity in Public Life, [32]. Statement by Lord
Murray of Elibank: Committee Appointed, [32]. Home Rule Discussions
and Suggestions, [33]. Bye-Elections, [33]. Opposition Resolutions
on Home Rule and the Insurance Act, [34]. Titles and Party Funds,
[34]. Labour and Militancy, [34]. Arrival of the South African
Deportees, [35]. Leith Burghs Election, [36]. British Covenant,
[36]. Supplementary Navy Estimates, [36]. Attack on the Insurance
Act, [38]. Motion on Redistribution of Seats, [38], Home Rule: the
Amending Bill and its Reception (March 9), [39]. Army Estimates,
[41]. Debate, [42]. The Navy and Invasion, [44]. Territorial
Forces Bill, [45]. Attack on the Chancellor of the Exchequer's
Inaccuracies, [45]. Navy Estimates, [46]. Debate, [48], Home Rule
Crisis: Mr. Churchill at Bradford, [52]. Further Statement by
Prime Minister, [52]. Vote of Censure, [53]. Expected Military
Action in Ulster, [55]. Sir A. Paget in Dublin: Officers Object
to Serve, [56]. Ministerial Explanations and Debate, [57]. Labour
Views, [59]. Army Council's Minute, [60]. Naval Movements, and
Further Explanations: Debates, [60]. Resignation of Sir John French
and Sir J. S. Ewart, [63]. New Army Order, [64]. War Minister
Resigns, Mr. Asquith Succeeding Him, [64]. Further Debates on the
"Plot," [65]. The Arms Proclamation Invalidated, [66]. Royal Visit
to Lancashire and Cheshire, [66]. Home Rule Bill: Resumed Debate,
[67]. Hyde Park Demonstration, [68]. Mr. Asquith at Ladybank,
[68]. Home Rule Bill Debate Concluded, [69]. Suffragist Outrages,
[71]. Labour Troubles, [72]. Report on Urban Land Reform, [72].
Commons' Resolution on the South African Deportations, [73]. Minor
Legislation, [74]. Colonel Seely at Ilkeston, [75]. The Ulster
Appeal to Germany, [75].
CHAPTER III.
FROM EASTER TO WHITSUNTIDE.
Easter Conferences, [76]. Report on the Civil Service, [76]. The
Session Resumed, [77]. The Dogs Bill, [77]. Proposal to Shorten
Speeches, [78]. Housing in Ireland, [78]. Welsh Church Bill:
Second Reading, [78]. Ulster Unionist Council on the "Plot,"
[80]. Demand for a Judicial Inquiry, [82]. Further White Paper,
[82]. Army (Annual) Bill, [82]. Royal Visit to Paris, [82].
Plural Voting Bill, [83]. Gun-running into Ulster, [84]. Motion
for Inquiry, [85]. Division, [89]. Army (Annual) Bill Passed,
[89]. Lord Lansdowne at the Primrose League, [89]. Report on
the Charges against Lord Murray, [90]. Post Office Estimates,
[91]. Civil Service Estimates, [91]. Budget Introduced, [93].
Budget Tables, [96]. Reception of the Budget: Debate, [97].
Women's Enfranchisement Bill, [99]. Debates on Capture of Private
Property at Sea and State Provision of Grain in War, [101]. Visit
of King and Queen of Denmark, [101]. Guillotine on Parliament
Bills: Debate, [102]. Grimsby Election, [103]. Welsh Church Bill:
Financial Resolution, [104]. Government of Scotland Bill, [104].
Welsh Church Bill: Third Reading, [105]. Home Rule Bill: Financial
Resolution, [107]. Storm in the House, [109]. North-East Derbyshire
and Ipswich Elections, [109]. Home Rule Bill: Third Reading,
[110]. Division, [111]. Traffic in Titles and Hereditary Titles
(Termination) Bills, [111]. Suffragist Outrages, [112]. Labour
Unrest, [113].
CHAPTER IV.
THE POLITICAL STRUGGLE AND ITS CLOSE.
Whitsuntide: Political Situation, [114]. Chancellor of the
Exchequer at Criccieth, [114]. Recess Speeches, [115]. Parliament:
National Insurance Amendment and Milk and Dairies Bills, [115].
Post Office Vote again, [116]. Foreign Companies Control Bill,
[116]. Home Office Vote: Militancy, and the Remedies, [116].
Outrage in Westminster Abbey, [119]. Further Home Rule Agitation,
[119]. Plural Voting Bill, [120]. The Irish Volunteers and Mr.
Redmond, [121]: Debates, [121]. Oil Fuel for the Navy, [123].
Board of Agriculture Vote, [126]. Local Government Board Vote,
[126]. Great Trade Union Alliance, [127]. Suffragist Deputation
to the Premier, [127]. Chancellor of the Exchequer at Denmark
Hill, [128]. Liberal Opposition to the Budget, [128]. Finance
Bill: Second Reading Debate, [129]. Division, [134]. The Lord
Chancellor on the Budget, [134]. The Amending Bill Introduced,
[135]. Welsh Church Bill Referred to a Committee, [136]. Their
Majesties in the Midlands, [137]. Foreign Office Vote, [137].
Address on the Murder of the Archduke Francis-Ferdinand, [138].
Denial of an Anglo-Russian Naval Agreement, [139]. Attempt to
Revive the Marconi Scandal, [139]. Finance Bill: Committee, [139].
Amending Bill: Second Reading, [140]. Division, [144]. Death of
Mr. J. Chamberlain: Tributes to his Memory, [144]. Finance Bill
Guillotined, [146]. Board of Trade Vote, [147]. Foreign Office
Vote: Further Debate, [147]. Council of India Bill, [148].
Amending Bill Transformed in Committee, [149]. Strike at Woolwich
Arsenal, [150]. Further Suffragist Outrages: Successes of the
"Women's Movement," [151], Their Majesties in Scotland, [152],
The Agitation in Ulster, [152]. Amending Bill: Third Reading,
[153]. Plural Voting Bill Rejected, [154]. Government Plans, [154].
Finance Bill: Committee, [155]. Chancellor of the Exchequer at
the Mansion House, [157]. The Government and the Amending Bill,
[157]. The Fleet at Spithead, [157]. Conference on the Ulster
Problem, [158]. King's Speech on Opening It, [159]. Finance
Bill: Report Stage, [160]. Third Reading, [160]. Failure of the
Conference, [161]. Gun-running at Dublin: Troops Fire on the
Crowd, [162]. Debate in the Commons, [163]. Report on the Affray,
[165]. Demonstration in Favour of the Government, [165]. Colonial
Office Vote, [165]. Education Vote, [166]. Report of Welsh Land
Committee, [166]. The European Crisis and Great Britain, [167].
War Preparations, [168]. Liberal Attitude, [169]. Postponement of
Payments Bill, [170]. Sir Edward Grey's Speech, [170]. Promises
of Support by Party Leaders: Debate, [172]. Further War Measures,
[172]. Ministerial Resignations, [173]. Definitive Anglo-German
Rupture, [174].
CHAPTER V.
GREAT BRITAIN AT WAR.
More War Preparations, [175]. War Legislation, [175]. White Paper
on the European Crisis: England's Action, [175]. Prime Minister on
the Vote of Credit, [178]. Debate, [180]. Measures for the Relief
of Distress, [180]. Was Funds, [181]. The _Königin Luise_ and
_Amphion_, [181]. Press Bureau Established, [181]. War Legislation:
First Instalment, [181]. Current Controversies Suspended, [182].
Lord Kitchener's Army, [183]. Naval Combats, [183]. Successes in
Africa, [183], Charitable Aid, [183]. The Supply of Food, [184].
Spy Scares, [185]. Treatment of Alien Enemies: Relief Measures for
Tourists, [186]. Day of Intercession: British Feeling on the War,
[187]. The War Extends, [188]. Arrival of the British Expeditionary
Force in France: Message from the King; Lord Kitchener's
Instructions, [188]. The Retreat from Mons: Sir John French's
Despatch, [189]. Earl Kitchener's Statement, [190]. Address to
Belgium: Speech of the Prime Minister, [191]. Indian Troops to
Come, [192]. Precautions on the East Coast, [193]. The "Scrap
of Paper" Despatch: Naval Warfare; Engagement off Heligoland,
[193]. Destruction of Louvain: British Recruiting Campaign, [194].
The Retreat from Mons: the Press and the Press Bureau, [195].
Further War Legislation, [195]. The War and the Parliament Act,
[196]. Recruiting Campaign, [196]. Myth of Russian Troops, [196].
The Prime Minister and other Leaders at the Guildhall, [196].
Encouragement to British Hopes: Agreement of the Allies not to
Conclude Peace separately; Further Operations in France, [198].
Naval Sweep of the North Sea, [199]. Chancellor of the Exchequer
on Local Loans, [200]. Parliament Reassembles: Offers of Help from
India, [200]. King's Message to the Dominions, [201]; to India,
[202]. Further Vote of 500,000 Men: Prime Minister's Statement,
[202]. Recruiting Movement: Speeches by the First Lord of the
Admiralty and Others, [203]. Treatment of the Home Rule and Welsh
Church Bills: Party Controversy; Debates, [203]. Earl Kitchener
on the Military Situation, [207]. Prorogation of Parliament,
[208]. Legislation of the Session, [209]. Bills Dropped, [210].
Mr. Asquith at Edinburgh, [210]. Mr. Lloyd George at Queen's
Hall, [211]. Other Speeches, [212]. Sinking of British Cruisers:
Air Raid on Düsseldorf, [212]. From the Marne to the Aisne: Sir
John French's Despatch, [213]. Protection of London against Air
Raids, [214]. German Responsibility for the War: Fresh Evidence,
[214]. The Prime Minister at Dublin, [215]. The Chancellor of the
Exchequer at Criccieth and Cardiff, [216]. Ulster Day Celebrated,
[216]. German and British Theologians on the War, [217]. Recruiting
Campaign, [218]. The Prime Minister at Cardiff, [218]. Recruiting
in Ireland, [219]. Incidents of the War, [219]. Fall of Antwerp,
[220]. Effects, [221]. Labour Manifesto, [221]. British Operations
in Flanders, [222]; on the Belgian Coast, [224]. Incidents of the
Naval War, [225]. Turkey Enters the War, [226]. Prince Louis of
Battenberg Resigns, [226]. British Naval Defeat off Chile, [226].
Ministers at the Guildhall, [227]. Mr. Lloyd George at the City
Temple, [229]. Opening of Parliament, [230]. Debates, [231]. The
Press Bureau Criticised, [232]. Allowances to Soldiers' Dependents,
[233]. Vote of Credit, [233]. Funeral of Earl Roberts, [234]. War
Budget, [235]. Table, [237]. Concessions, [237]. Further Debates,
[238]. The _Bulwark_ Blown Up, [239]. The Spy Peril, [239]. Earl
Kitchener on the War, [240]. Financial Position: Statement by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, [241]. The First Lord of the Admiralty
on the Naval Position, [243]. Further War Legislation, [244]. New
Departure in Recruiting, [245], Progress of the War: Flanders,
Friedrichshafen, the Persian Gulf, [245]. The King at the Front,
[245]. The Prince of Wales at the Front, [246]. Continuance of
Football, [246]. Naval Warfare: Battle off the Falkland Islands,
[247]. A Turkish Battleship Sunk, [248]. German Raid on Hartlepool,
Scarborough, and Whitby, [248]. Mr. Balfour on the War, [249], The
Opposition Leaders and National Unity, [249]. Liberal Friction
at Swansea, [250]. Gifts of the Colonies, [250]. Egypt a British
Protectorate, [250]. Mission to the Vatican, [250]. Committee on
German Atrocities, [251]. Mr. Bonar Law at Bootle, [251]. Treatment
of Soldiers' Wives, [251]. German Air Raids on Dover and Sheerness:
British Raid on Cuxhaven, [252], British Grounds of Hope of
Victory, [252].
CHAPTER VI.
SCOTLAND AND IRELAND _page_ [254
SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER.
FINANCE AND TRADE IN 1914 [261
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL HISTORY.
CHAPTER I.
FRANCE AND ITALY [268