17

Chatham, H.M.S., bombards the Königsberg, [230], 32

Cherry, Lord Justice, appointed Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, 6

Chester, new infirmary opened, [66]

CHINA.—Constitution, the new, [415].
Finance, [417]; foreign trade, [417].
Missionaries, attack on, [416].
Moratorium proclaimed, [417].
Parliament, dissolved, [415], 2.
Salt Tax, result, [418].
Tsingtau, blockade, [218], [227], [322], [413];
surrenders, [414], 33.
White Wolf, ravages of, [416].
Yuan Shih-kai, elected President, [415]

Christie's, sales at, 5, 19, 21, 23

Civil List pensions, 21

Civil Service report, [76], 12

Coats, A., sale of his collection, 21

Collings, J., retires from Parliament, [4]

Colman, Sir J., his purchase of Reigate Hill, 23

CONFERENCES and CONGRESSES.—"All-for-Ireland," [52].
Co-operative, Dublin, 16.
Football, [247].
Home Rule, Buckingham Palace, [158]-[161], [258], 23.
Labour party, Bradford, [76];
Glasgow, [13].
Postal employees, [76].
Railwaymen, Swansea, [127].
Safety of life at sea, [9].
Salvation Army, 17.
Teachers, Elementary, [76].
Trade Union Congress, Memorial Hall, [73]

Cooke, Rev. Canon, appointed Professor of Hebrew at Oxford, 19

Covent Garden Estate, purchase of, 22;
King's Hall, mock trial at, 2;
Opera House, first performance of "Parsifal," 5, 72

Cowes Regatta abandoned, 25

Cradock, Rear-Adm., defeat of his squadron, [227];
obituary, 111

Cricket matches. See Sports

CRIMINAL CASES.—Ahlers, N. E. H. A., 36;
Ball, G., 5;
Crosland, T. W. H., 22;
Dick, W. D., 33;
Douglas, Lord A., 35;
Eltoft, S., 5;
Fenner, C. E., 15;
Gould, F. A., 11;
Hatton, H. G., 14;
Hume, K., 37;
King, J., 20;
Lody, K., [232], 33;
Minto, A., 15;
Pankhurst, Mrs., [71], [112], [151];
Pankhurst, S., [71], [117];
Richardson, M., [71];
Starchfield, J., 11;
Whitaker, Col., 15

Crystal Palace, completion of the purchase, 26

Cumberland, H.M.S., captures German merchant steamers, 30

CYPRUS.—Annexation of, [226], [352], 33


Denman, Lord, Governor-General of Australia, his resignation, 4

DENMARK.—Budget, [391];
supplementary, [386].
Constitution, reform of the, [386]-[390].
Elections Bill, [388]-[390].
Legislative measures, [390].
Malmö, meeting of Kings at, [391], [398], 37.
Neutrality, policy of, [390].
Thomson, M. A., elected President of the Landsthing, [390].
Women's suffrage, [386]

—— King and Queen of, their visit to London, [101], 14;
to Paris, [277]

Deputations received by, Asquith, H. H., [28], [34], [35], [127], [128], 30;
George, D. L., [200]

Development Commission, Report, 28

Distinguished Service Medal, instituted, 31

Distress, measures for the relief of, [184]

Doré Gallery, picture damaged by a suffragist, [116]

Douglas, Lord A., and R. Ross, case of, 35

Douglas, Sir C., appointed Chief of the General Staff, 11

Dover Castle, air raid on, [252], 37

DRAMA, The.—Adaptations, 70.
"Land of Promise," 70.
"My Lady's Dress," 70.
Plays, new, 69-71.
"Pygmalion," 69.
Revivals, 71

Drummond, Mrs., arrested, [68]


Earthquakes, Asia Minor, 31;
Corfu, 35;
Etna, Mount, 14;
Greece, 31, 35;
Ionian Islands, 35;
Leucadia, 35;
Papua, 18;
Sumatra, 19

ECCLESIASTICAL.—Birmingham Cathedral, suffragist outrage, [71];
Bishoprics, the new, boundaries defined, 3;
Blenkin, Rev. Canon G. W., appointed Dean of St. Albans, 29;
Browne, Rt. Rev. G. F., resigns Bishopric of Bristol, 13;
Burrows, Rt. Rev. L. H., appointed Bishop of Sheffield, 5.
Canterbury, Archbishop of, his appeal against Disestablishment in Wales, [115];
appoints a Committee on the relations of Church and State, 4;
Church Councils, election of women, [151], 22.
Church (Wales) Bill, protest against, [27];
churches, prayers for the
preservation of peace, [168], 25.
St. George's Church, Hanover Square, bomb explosion, [119];
Gravesend Parish Church, windows unveiled, 23.
Hodgson, Ven. H. B., appointed Bishop of St. Edmundsbury, 5.
Intercession, Services of, [187].
St. John the Evangelist's Church, Westminster, bomb explosion, [71].
Kennington, St. Anselm's, foundation-stone laid, 17.
Kikuyu controversy, [2].
London, Bishop of, interviews with suffragists, [10];
his memorial on the question of Faith and of Church Order, 6, 12.
Nickson, Rt. Rev. G., appointed Bishop of Bristol, 13.
Sight, thanksgiving services for the gift of, 14.
Theologians, German and British, on the war, [217].
War, Day of Intercession, 27.
Watts-Ditchfield, Rev. J. E., appointed Bishop of Chelmsford, 5;
Westminster Abbey, bomb explosion, [119], 17.
Worcester, Bishop of, dedicates the House of St. Benedict, 13.
York, Archbishop of, his sermon on peace in Ireland, [6]

Edinburgh University, Regius Professorship of Sanskrit, 31

Edward VII., King, death of his dog Cæsar, 12

EGYPT.—Abbas Hilmi, Khedive, at Constantinople, [434];
attempt on his life, 23;
deposed, [250], [435], 37.
British Protectorate, proclaimed, [250], [435], 37.
Budget, [438].
Cairo, martial law proclaimed, [434].
Crime, report on, [439].
Finance, report on, [438].
Hussein Kamel Pasha, Prince, appointed Khedive, [250], [435], 37;
honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, [436];
his career, [437].
Legislative Assembly, the new, opened, [437];
measures, [438].
MacMahon, Sir A., High Commissioner, [250], [437], 37;
his statement on affairs, [435].
Maxwell, Lieut. Gen. Sir J., his address to Bedouin Sheikhs, [434].
Press, censorship of the, [434].
Schaade, Dr., appointed Director of the Library, [439].
Soudan, Kitchener, Lord, his report, [440];
Wingate, Sir R., Governor-General, his address on the war, [441].
Waffs, Ministry of, [439].
White Nile, construction of a dam, [438]

ELECTIONS.—Bethnal Green, [33], 6;
Birmingham, 23;
Bolton, 29;
Bucks, South, [33], 6;
Derbyshire, N.E., [109], 14;
Durham, North, [13], 4;
Fife, East, [71], 11;
Galway, 35;
Grimsby, [103], 14;
Hartlepool, 29;
Ipswich, [109], 14;
Leith, [36], 7;
Londonderry, 35;
Oxford University, 20;
Tower Hamlets, 7;
Tullamore, 36;
Wicklow, 26

—— Municipal, 33

Emden, raid on Madras, [218], [410];
sinks four British ships, [322], 29;
sinks the Zhemchug, 32;
sunk by H.M.A.S. Sydney, [410], [497], 34

Emigration, report on, 22

Emmott, Lord, appointed First Commissioner of Works, 26

Empire, unity of the, [250], [252]

Empire Day, celebrations, 15

Empress of Ireland, result of the Court of Inquiry, 22

Endurance, starts on her voyage to the South Polar regions, 25

Espionage, [185], 33;
measures against, [220]

Estimates. See Parliament

European crisis, official documents summarised, [175]-[178], [193], [282], [313]-[320], [330]-[331], [365]

Ewart, Gen. Sir J. S., Adjutant-General of the Forces, signs Army Council Minute, [60];
resigns, [63], 11

Expeditionary Force, British, despatched to France, [175], [367];
lands, [188], 26;
retreat from Mons, [189], [367];
casualties, [190]


Faith-healing, Report on, 13

Falkland Islands, naval engagement, [247], [322], 36

Finance and Trade in 1914, [261]-[267]

FIRES.—Abbeylands, house at, [72];
Ascot, Lady White's house, [35];
Ballymenoch House, [151];
Barton Hall, 2;
Birmingham racecourse, grand stand and offices, [112];
Ceiba, Honduras, 9;
Cheltenham, St. Paul's Training College, 2;
Colombian liner, 13;
Edison Works, West Orange, N.J., 36;
Felixstowe, Bath Hotel, [112];
Glasgow, Kingston Dock, 18;
Harborne, cricket pavilion, [112];
Herbertshire Castle, Denny, 37;
High Wycombe, [117];
Highland Railway, mail train, 30;
Kometa steamer, 12;
Lanark, house in, [10];
Little Chesterford, 11;
Llandaff, Bishop's Palace, 27;
Missouri Athletic Club, 9;
Quebec, Dufferin Terrace, 22;
Salem, Mass., 19;
Trieste, Monfalcone Shipbuilding Works, 30;
Wargrave Church, [116], 16;
Wellesley College, Mass., 10;
Wellesley training ship, 9;
Whitekirk Church, East Lothian, [35];
Yarmouth, pier pavilion, [112]

Fisher, Lord, appointed First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, [226], 32

Floods. See Storms

Folkestone, First British wounded at, 27

Food, prices of, [184]

Football matches. See Sports

Foundation stones laid, St. Anselm's Church, 17;
Glasgow, Municipal Buildings, [151];
Wallasey Town Hall, [67]

FRANCE.—Aerial warfare, [295].
Aisne, battle of the, [213], [293], [321].
Alsace, advance on, [187], [286].
Amiens, Congress at, [270];
bombs dropped, 34.
Army condition, [271], [280];
mobilisation, [283], [320], 25.
Army Bulletin, issue of, [293].
Arras, bombardment, [221], 30.
Bill-posting, electoral, law regulating, [274], [275].
Bordeaux Government at, [291], 27.
Boulogne-sur-Seine, Penitentiary Convent School, attacked by Apaches, 9.
British and Danish Sovereigns, reception, [277].
British Expeditionary Force lands, [188], 26.
Budget, [270], [280].
Caillaux, M., defence of his financial policy, [272];
charges against, [272];
his resignation, [273].
Caillaux, Mme., kills M. Calmette, [273], 10;
her trial, [281], 25.
Calmette, G., shot, [273], 10.
Defence, National, Bills, [285].
Deschanel, P., elected President of the Chamber, [269], [277].
Doumergue, M., his political declaration, [275];
resignation, [278].
Dubost, A., elected President of the Senate, [269].
Dunkirk, air-raids on, 37.
Elections, general, [275]-[277].
Electoral Reform Bill, [269].
Embassy leaves Berlin, 25.
Finance Bill, [274], [280].
Fleet clear the Adriatic, 26.
Income tax, [269], [271], [298].
Indian troops land at Marseilles, 29.
Joffre, General, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, [286];
his order to the troops, [291].
Legislation, [269], [273], [285], [297].
Lorraine, reverse in, [287], 26.
Lyons, Civic Exhibition at, [277].
Marne, battle of the, [199], [291], [321].
Meuse, fighting on the, [288].
Ministry, Doumergue, reconstructed, [273];
Ribot, new, [278];
Viviani, [279];
reconstructed, [289].
Monis, M., his resignation, [273].
Morocco Protectorate loan, [270].
Nancy, attack on, [287], 37.
Navy, number of vessels, 8.
Paris, bombs dropped on, 29, 30;
Bourse, opened, [297];
Boy Scouts' fight with roughs, 13;
Defence, measures of, [290];
invasion, threatened, [290];
Postal strike, 19.
Peace, agreement not to be concluded separately, [198].
Poincaré, M., his visits to Russia and Scandinavia, [291];
to the armies, [296], 30.
Press, censorship of the, [285].
Relief Committees formed, [292], [297].
Rheims Cathedral, bombardment, [213], [294], 29.
Ribot, M., his Cabinet, [278].
Rochette case, [272], [273].
Three years' service law, interpellation on, [278].
Tramps with bombs, arrested, 22.
Trenches, system of, [295].
Viviani, M., Prime Minister, [279];
reconstructs the Ministry, [289].
War, preparations, [282]-[286];
declaration of, [286], 25, 26.
Ypres-Armentières, battle of, [222]-[224].

French, Field-Marshal Gen. Sir J., Chief of the Staff, signs Army Council Minute, [60];
resigns, [63], 11;
appointed Inspector-General of the Forces, [173];
his dispatches on the war as British Commander-in-Chief, [189], [192], [199], [213], [220], [222]


Gales. See Storms

Geikie, Sir A., Order of Merit conferred, 1

George V., King, opens Parliament, [19];
offers prize for a yacht race at Panama, 8;
at Knowsley, [66], 10;
Cheshire, [66], 10;