March 1, 1913. 



XVll. 



THE REVIEW OF REVIEWS 



FOR AUSTRALASIA. 

 EDITED BY HENEY STEAD. 



CONTENTS FOR MARCH, 1913. 



PAGE 



Henry Stead ... ... ... . Frontispiece 



An Editorial Foreword ... ... ... ... 3 



Ib the Trenches at Adrianople ... ... ... 4 



The Progress of the World — 



The Biilkau Situation 5 



The Peace Plenipotentiaries 5 



Stumbling Blocks 6 



The Turks Aocept Terms 6 



Euver Bey Once More 8 



Hostilities Eenewed 8 



A Case of Stale Mate b 



The Value of Sea Power 8 



What of the Future? 10 



Roumauia Steps in 11 



Revolution in Mexico 12 



The Death of Madero 12 



A Halt in Naval Armaments 13 



The New France 13 



Ministerial Changes in Germany 14 



The Tragedy of Captain Scott 14 



Further Toll of the Antarctic 16 



I Continued on 



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The End of the Food Taxers 16 



Austin Chamberlain Beaten 17 



The Insurance Act 17 



Home Rule for Ireland 17 



Ijabour Unrest at Home .... 18 



The White Slave Traffic 19 



South African Crisis 19 



The Federal Elections 19 



The New High Court Judges 20 



Which Gauge.' 21 



Sitting Tight 21 



The Dominions' Commissiou .. 23 



The New Naval College 23 



The Bush Capital 24 



A South Seas Novelist 24 



The Primate . 25 



Uniting the Churches 25 



Our Next Number 26 



President Woodrow Wilson. IJy A. (4. Gardiner 27 



Topics of the Month — 



I. The Men and Religion Forward Movement 32 



II. How President Wilson's Election May 



Affect Us 34 



III. Shooting Extraordinary 35 



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