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REVIEW OF REVIEWS. 



September 1. 1915. 



GOVEENOE SULZER. 



on the part of Tammany, the corrupt 

 organisation which controls New York 

 City, the chiefs of which object to his 

 efforts at reform, and have determined 

 to get rid of him. As he insists on oc- 

 cupying the administrative offices, tem- 

 porary quarters have had to be found 

 for the Lieut.-Governor, Mr. H. Glynn, 

 who has been appointed to succeed him. 

 New York State numbers some ten mil- 

 lion inhabitants, includes New York 

 City, and its Governor is probably the 

 most powerful in America. Mr. Sulzer's 

 election created great surprise last year. 

 He entered on his work with the avowed 

 intention of clearing things up. Writ- 

 ing of him in the American Review of 

 Reviews before the openly hostile Legis- 

 lature had gone so far as to impeach 

 him. Dr. Shaw said : — " Every conceiv- 

 able effort has been made by the mer- 

 cenary politicians to break down the 

 Governor's public strength and private 

 reputation. Their methods, however, 

 have made him stronger than ever, and 

 have given him a standing as a courage- 

 ous hghter and a serious reformer that 

 the whole country recognises as never 

 before. Already he has accomplished 

 notable things. He has so exposed the 

 iniquities of the prison system that its 



reform becomes inevitable. He has un- 

 covered the rottenness of the State's 

 financial system ; and past practices can- 

 not be revived. He has made necessary 

 a reform in the expenditure of vast sums 

 for such improvements as State high- 

 ways. He has made possible a reform 

 of health administration throughout the 

 State that will be of incalculable benefit. 

 He has made many admir.able ajipoint- 

 ments, and has got rid of many objec- 

 tionable officials. His record of achieve- 

 ment is great already, and nothing can 

 deprive him of its credit. 



An Indian Navy. 



In the old days the East India Com- 

 pany maintained a fleet of its own. 

 which was stationed in the Indian 

 Ocean, and the suggestion was strongh- 

 put forward — at the time of the m\thi- 

 cal gift of Indian Dreadnoughts — that 

 India should once more provide a nav)' 

 to guard her shores. This scheme is 

 again being advocated, and ap]->ears to 

 have many supporters. An Indian navy 

 would certainly be welcome here, for 

 it would undoubtedly add greatl)' to 

 the fighting force available to defend 

 our shores. It would natural !)• be 

 largely manned b\- Indians. Would 

 thev be allowed to land here? 



FERDINAND AUGUST BEBEL, 

 The great German Social-Democratic leader. 

 who died on August 13, asjcd 73. A great tacti- 

 cian, organiser, orator and debater— he will be 

 sorely missed. 



