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THE HISTORY OF THE MONTH, 



The Late Mr. 

 W. T. Stead. 



Melbourne. May 24, 191 2. 

 There is no doubt of the death of 

 Mr. W. T. Stead. It is pathetic 

 to read the paragraph on page 350 

 of this issue, in which he tells of his 

 projected trip to America. By last week's mail I 

 received a letter from him, written just on the point 

 of his departure for America, in which he said that 

 he was going to speak at the final great meeting of 

 liie Men and Religion movement convention in New 

 Vork. " Review " readers will remember that in the 

 histor}' of the month written by him, he has frequently 

 I'eferred to this great movement, which is moving so 

 rapidlv in America. He also said, " I often wonder 

 when I shall be able to get to Australia to see you." 

 .So do our expectations fade and our plans alter, and 

 alike vanish away before the tragedies of life. It 

 was one of the big expectations of my life that some 

 day I should meet face to face the chief whom I 

 l()\-ed for his worth, his bigness and for what he was 

 to me personally. It will be a comfort to his 

 family to know that so many of our readers have 

 written tri me with messages of their sorrow and 

 s\ mpathy. This issue of the " Review " will be held 

 bv many as a remembrance of ihim, as it contains 

 th<" last things that came from his pen. I make 

 iiold to again appeal to'our readers to do all that in 

 them lies to carry out the great programme of good 

 that he .set before him as his ideal. The cables re- 

 jX)rted that one of the .stewards, in giving evidence, 

 said that Mr. Stead was in -the grouj) that he ga\'e 

 lifebelts to, and that IVIr. .Stead was the last to take 

 lino. Tliat is just what one would ex]iect him to 

 do. .And the same deep-seated principles in him 

 which made him the hig-liearted philanthropist he 

 w.is. with eyes ever open to the needs of his fellows, 

 made him stand aside in the hour of ilealh. We 

 sh.'ill not look on his like again, for no on" 

 stands on the horizon just like him. But we can 

 perpetuate his work. 



Labour's 

 Reverse in 

 Queenslnnd. 



as her own. 



Eager eyes throughout Australasia 

 watched the Queen.sland elections. 

 Every State recognised that Queens- 

 land was fighting its battle as well 

 Liberal and t.abour alike saw in the 



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MK. D. P. DENHAM. 



Premier of Queensland, who rendered a national service 

 in prei-ipitatiiig tlie State elections. 



result a pro|)hery of their own future. The issue 

 was so clear cut that there could lie no confusion. 

 Labour had defied .S(X'ietv. and had trampled on 

 every right it posses.sed. It defied law and order, 

 and upset trade and commerce (which means daily 

 bread) on the most ridiculously trivial of excuses. 

 Every one of the States has had similar experiences, 

 more or less, at .some time or other, and when the 

 gage of battle w\as thrown down by Mr. Denliam 

 it W'as realised that the wild revolutionary siiirit of 

 insurrectionary .socialism would receive a big help 

 forward <ir a forceful push l>ack. It was a lx)ld 

 ]K>licy on Mr. n<-nham's part. Great issues were 

 at stake. But. like most holdlv righteous deeds 

 of daring, it succei^ded. Mr. Denham knew how 

 the spirit of the people had been stirred, knew their 

 resentment at the outrage they had suffered, and 

 gu<^ssed rightU thai they wovilii respond. It was a 

 national benefit that he conferred upon all Australia 



