Leading Articles in the Reviews. 



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HOW TO IMPROVE THE TERRITORIALS. 

 'VH^/ounial 0/ tJie Royal United Service Institution 

 for January publishes an elaborate article by "Tanj " 

 on the Tetritorial forces. The following are the 

 practical suggestions which he sots forth for remedy- 

 ing some difficulties which, he thinks, militate against 

 the success of that body : — 



(1) A longer eng.igemcnt for men, an earlier reiiieinenl for 

 officers. 



A more thorough and reasonable schedule for training. 



(2) Far greater facilities for attending courses of instruction. 

 Prompt, payments (sufficient to cover all expenses) imme- 

 diately on the conclusion of the course. 



The requirement of •;rc.itcr qualifications. 



(3) The relief of Territorial ofiiccrs from oflice work as much 

 as possible. 



The simplification and reduction of returns. 

 I'he instruction of senior officers in staff work. 

 .\ larger cstablislimenl of subalterns per company. 



(4) The conferring on the Territorial of some advantage 

 over his fellow-men in return for his services, either in the form 

 ■f 1 gratuity, or by some other means. 



The recognition of all practices, classes, etc., as well as drills 



I parades. 



5) A provision by which specially good service will count 



I more than mere attendance at the minimum number of 

 ji.irades. 



The prevention of stagnation in the case of the older officers 

 \-- the restoration of honorary rank. 



\ check on the loo rapid promotion of the younger ones. 



16) The con.sideration of cases of hardship in accordance with 

 llic spirit, and not the mere letter of the regulations. 



The improvement of the headquarters of certain corps so that 

 ihey will be attractive, and not remain such as to make the 

 members ashamed tn bring their friends there. 



The extra cost of the whole of these suggestions would be 

 under half a million I'T the first year, and about three-quarters 

 of a million when Mn- lorce was at full strength, and every man 

 was earning the maxinumi. That conies to from 2J1/. to 41/. per 

 inhabitant. 



GERMAN GENERAL ELECTIONS. 



I'a-J and I'KtsK.Nl. 



In the American Ra'iew of Revieuis for January 

 I'roftssor J. W. Ji-iiks writes on the ('jcrman elections, 

 lie mentions that the Germans, too, have their 

 " bosses " and arc ovi n now usiiii; the I^nglish word 

 to express the fact, lie says also that there should 

 be a reapporlionniciit of the districts. In 1873 the 

 country was broken up into districts, on the basis of 

 I one rcprusL-ntative !■> each 100,000 inhaljilants. The 

 far of llic Socialist, gaining liy a redistribution of 



its has prevented the Government from taking 



i.it .step. Hence .Sehaumburg-Lippc with 44,000, or 



l.aucnburg with 50,000 inhabitants has the same 



•presentation as a district of Hamburg with about 



0,000, or one of lierlin with some 700,000 inhabi- 

 t.iiits. The increase of population rctiuircs that there 

 I should be one representative to every 150,000 in- 

 habitants. 



HIE tSSt'ES. 



Foremost among the issues the writer puts the high 



'-Oit of living, the tariff, and the Anglo-German peril. 



] He says the tension between Germany and England 



is on both sides rather of fear than of hostility, but 

 a nervous fear that is a menace to peace. The 

 Englishman claims that Germany is eager to attack 

 England ; Germany replies that England is the 

 mischief-maker in Europe, and she is evidently 

 jjreparing for war against Germany. He says : 

 ■" We have been gaining England's trade w ith other 

 nations, and England is clearly determined to stop 

 this gain. That is why we, against our will, are 

 forced to increase our fleet." » 



GERMAN VIEW OF HALV IN TRIPOLI. 



The writer says : — 



Germany stands to-day almost alone" in Europe. She is an 

 ally of Italy. For twelve years the Emperor and his govern- 

 ment have promised a helping hand to Turk 'y. .^nd now the 

 war in Tripoli has come under such coi.ditions that she can 

 help neither. Did England, as many think, for this purpose 

 encourage Italy's attack ? 



The elections, then, with the issue of the tariff emphasised 

 by the high cost of living 'and the feelings of international 

 isolation and jealousy, may well prove of significance far beyond 

 the territory of Germany. They are well worth careful study. 



The writer gives a table of the elections hitherto, 

 to which we append in italics the result of the elections 

 in 1912 : — 





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