Reriew of Keviexcs, 1/7106, 



Leading Articles. 



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THE NATIONALISTS OF INDIA. 



A Notable Credo. 



The Indian World of February publishes the 

 following Credo of Indian nationality, which has 

 won for its writer, a Punjab graduate, the Vive- 

 kananda gold medal which was offered for general 

 competition in the September number of the Indian 

 World:— 



I believe in India, one and indivisible. 



I believe in India, beloved mother of each and all her 



many million children. 

 I believe in India's divine mission. 

 I believe in the saints of her birth and the heroes of 



her bi-eedin^. 

 I believe in India th« invincible, vphom the world's 



loltiesr and holieat mountains defend. 

 I believe in the invi^oratin;? power of the ocean, on 



whose 'lap lies mj' mother secure. 

 I believe in India, the beautiful— Nature's own paradise 



of loveliest flowers and streams. 

 I Ijelieve in the sanctity of her every particle. 

 I l>elieve in India's departed sous, wliose ashes are 



mingled in the air, earth, and water, that give me my 



food, and form my very ijlood 

 I am b'lne of their bone and flesh of their flesh. 

 I believe in the abiding relationship of Indians of all 



times aud all communities. 

 I ijelieve in the brotherhood of all who belong to 



India's soil, be they of whatsoever caste or creed. 

 I believe in the living Indian nation, dearer to her chil- 

 dren than aught else of eartlily kinship. 

 I believe in its golden past and glorious future. 

 I believe in the righteousness, valour aud patriotism of 



Indian manhood. 

 I believe in the tenderness, chastity, and selflessness of 



Indian womaniiood. 

 I believe in India for the Indian ijeople to live for and 



to die for. 

 I believe in one land, one nation, one ideal, and one 



cause. 

 The service of my coi^ntrymen is the breath of my life — 



the be-all and end-all of my existence. 



So help me Bharat ! Bande ilatarani. 



SHIV NAETEN. 



THE BIGGEST SHIPS IN THE WORLD. 



The two new Cunarders which are to cross the 

 Atlantic in five davs are described in the World's 

 Work and Play, by Mr. F. A. A. Talbot. These 

 vessels are the outcome of tfie American combine. 

 The Cunard Companv, refusing to be included in 

 the combine, was supported by the home Govern- 

 ment, who has financed the company in the con- 

 struction of these vessels, which were to surpass anv 

 otht-rs in existence. Of the immense proportions of 

 these new liners he s.iys : — 



They will each be approximately 800 ft. in length, 88 ft. 

 wide, by 60 ft. deep. They will displace 43.000 tons, and in 

 ort'er to obtain the minimum speed of 2A\ knots per liour. 

 the gigantic turbines will develop some 80,000 horse-power. 

 If stood on end beside St. Pai^l's Cathedral, they would 

 tower to twice the height of that edifice, wliile if floate<i 

 hesif'o it the top of the masts would almost reach to the 

 dome of the building- 



The record speed in knots 

 held by the German ships 

 "Kaiser Wilhelm II." at 23.5, 

 25, and when they settle dow 

 expected that th<'ir sjieed will 

 knots. They have been the 

 tania " and " Lusitania." The 

 Clyde Bank Works of Messrs. 

 the latter at the Wallsend 



per hour, at present 

 ■' Deutschland " and 



will in their case be 

 n to their work it is 

 be nearer 26 than 2=; 



named the " Mauri- 

 former is built at the 

 John Brown and Co., 

 shipyards of Messrs. 



Swan, Hunter and Co. At Clyde Bank the works 

 are uncovered, at Wallsend the ship is built in a 

 covered shed. A few other features of interest may 

 be here given : — ■ 



The most important structural element is the double bot- 

 tom, winch is 5 It. 6 in. in depth between the outer and 

 inner shells. The riuider weigl s 70 tons complete, and has 

 a stock 26 in. in diameter. Th.e total weiglit of the stern 

 frame, brackets, and rudder is approximately 220 tons. In 

 transporting the frame from the foundry at Darlington to 

 the water's e:ige at Middlesbrough, tlie frame projected 

 over the side of the special waggon to such an extent that 

 three sets of rails were required. Portions of stations and 

 signal-posts had to be temporarily removed to permit the 

 load to pass. 



The first-class dining saloon extends the full width 

 of the ship, 8o ft., and is 125 ft. long, and will seat 

 500 persons : — ■ 



The ship will have accommodation for SCO first-class, 500 

 second-class, and some 1200 third-class passengers. I'he crew 

 will number 800, so that with a full complement the vessel 

 will become a floating hotel, carrying 5000 souls. By tlie 

 system of lifts, passengers will lie able to reacii any' deck 

 quickly and easily. 



The anchoring cables have been subjected to a 

 tension of over 370 tons, 90 per cent, in excess of 

 the breaking strain imposed by the British Ad- 

 miralty, the greatest tensile strain ever applied to a 

 cable, but have stood the strain without breaking. 

 The only result was the elongation of the three links 

 by six inches. The "Lusitania" will be launched 

 on the Tyne in June. 



POSTER DESIGNING. 



The April number of the Art Journal may be 

 called a Poster number, for Mr. Lewis F. Day has 

 an article on English Poster Design, which is co- 

 piously illustrated with designs by well-known artists. 

 The French artists seem to have been the first to 

 bring the poster into artistic repute. The success 

 of Cheret no doubt did much to make the poster 

 attractive to British draughtsmen, and Mr. Day says 

 that they succeeded at once in finding a field of 

 their own in which they have no occasion to fear 

 foreign competition. The men whose names are 

 most closelv allied with the art number are Mr. 

 Dudley Hardy, Mr. J. Hassall, Mr. Cecil Aldin, Mr. 

 Tom Browne, the Beggerstaff Brothers, etc. 



With reference to the art of designing posters;, Mr. 

 Day writes : — 



The c^esign whicli takes least time to draw upon the stone, 

 the least number of printings, the least care in registering, 

 and so fortli. recommends itself to the printer, and should 

 do to the advertiser. 



It takes brains to design a poster— if onl.v to know what 

 to leave out. Mr. Nicholson ami Mr. Pryde. real innovators 

 in treatment, have carried tlie art of omission to its ex- 

 treme. 



He advises the advertiser to apply to the artist 

 direct for a design, and not to the printer, who is 

 not a designer. But he thinks it would be a good 

 thing if someone would do for the artists what the 

 literarv agent does for writers; or, better still, would 

 be immediate contact of advertiser and artist. 



