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ro-day the establishment ot" a submarine 

 station at Alexandria means more to us in 

 the Mediterranean than tliil the blockade 

 of Toulon then. The submarine, with its 

 great range of action and despite its 

 relatively slow s|)ced, is the real commerce 

 destroyer, and the knowledge that one is 

 cruising in any of the narrow seas . will 

 immediately stop all conimerce. 



The results of the Army 

 The Progress acrojjlane trials have re- 

 Aviation, suited in a triumjih tor 

 Mr. Cody, the e\-l^nitcd 

 States citizen, who was placed first in every 

 class of the competition. This demonstra- 

 tion of the superiority for |)ractical pur|)oses 

 of a large aeroplane over the lighter and 

 more fashionable French models mav be 

 taken as a sign that in aviation this country 

 is not so hopelessly outdistanced as has 

 seemed to be the case up to the present. 

 What will be exactly the rok- of 

 aeroplanes and dirigibles in a future war it 

 is im|)ossible to predict, but there i^ no 

 tiucitioii that they must inevitablv plav a 

 very considerable part, and it mav be an 

 :poch-making parr. Mr. Cody's success 

 coming as it does after years of personal 

 enileavour, will encourage those who are 

 prepared to devote their time and risk tiieir 

 lives in the advancement of aviation in this 

 country. I'or the first time aeroplanes are 

 to take a considerable |)art in British 

 mancruvres, although on a very small scale 

 com|)ared to the PVench and (urman 

 manauivres. In the latter country a (om- 

 prehensive scheme for the subsidising of the 

 private owners of aeroplanes and airships is 

 being elaborated, with the obiecr of increas- 

 ing the reserves at the disposal ot tlie ( ieriuan 

 (iovcrnmeiit in time of war. 'I'liose who 

 have thought fit to laugh at the idea of 

 danger from Cicrman dirigibles would do 



well to note that one of the leading German 

 papers has set down as the minimum 

 requirement of a German dirigible that it 

 shall be able to make the vovage from 

 Germany to this country and back. 



Mr. Asquith has not 



Hypothetical ' 



Rebels tollowed up the charge 



and of " open incitement to 



the Crown. violence" which he made 

 in" the House of Commons against the 

 leaders of the Opposition, by instituting 

 proceedings in a court of law. In place of 

 this more dignified but certainly more 

 dangerous course there has been a very 

 trenchant letter published by Mr. Winston 

 Churchill insisting that " the doctrines of 

 Mr. Bonar Law at Bleiiheini are the doc- 

 trines of Mr. Ben Tillett on Tower Hill." 

 'J'hey arc, he urged, doctrines that are sub- 

 versive of the |)eacetul evolution of the 

 British Em|)U"e, which is engaged in the 

 mighty task of reconciliation ami consolida- 

 tion amongst the many races which com- 

 pose it. Mr. Churchill concluded bv a 

 reference to the time when the direction of 

 national policy might |)ass to others. But, 

 he added, with an authoritative tone, which 

 only a much higher source could warrant : 



The tr.infferencc of power will not be effecled by violcni 

 nieuns. It will not come unlil our work is (l.inc. It will not 

 come until llie leader of (lie Conservative I'arlj- clivesis himself 

 of doctrines which dii-qiialify him and ihose who back him from 

 the discharge of oflicial responsibilities, by which every lawless 

 or disrepulnblc nioveiiicnt in any part of the Empire can be 

 jnsllfied. 



Mr. Bonar Ljiw replied dioic .sv/r*, with 

 rejoinder tVom Mr. Churchill, antl other 

 inciters to civil war joined in the wordv 

 frav. Hut the unmistakable hint conveved 

 in Mr Churchiirs letter has not been 

 without its eftect. There has been a 

 peiceptible impro\enient in the language 

 ot the leaders of the Opposition. The 

 pro^i)ect of perpetual 'exclusion from office 

 under the Crown if thev continue their 



