Crewe, Marq. of, [101];
Curzon, Earl, [100];
Haldane, Lord, [100];
London, Bishop of, [100];
Lytton, Earl of, [101];
Oxford, Bishop of, [100];
Selborne, Earl of, [99];
Willoughby de Broke, Lord, [100]

Pauperism, decline of, [253]

Paupers, number of, 5

Peace (with U.S.) Centenary Costume Ball, at the Albert Hall, 17

Pearce, Rev. E. C., elected Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 29

Peerages conferred, Brocklehurst, Major-Gen. J. F., 18;
Bryce, Rt. Hon. J., 1;
Cozens-Hardy, Sir H., 18;
Cripps, Sir C. A., 1;
Cunliffe, W., [229];
Harmsworth, Sir H., 1;
Isaacs, Sir R., 1;
Kitchener, Viscount, 18;
Lyell, Sir L., 18;
Ure, A., 1;
Vincent, Sir E., 18

Penny Bank, National, suspends payment, 25;
compulsory winding-up order, 29

PERSIA.—Ahmad Shah, Sultan, coronation, [402], 23.
Neutrality, policy of, [402].
Oil, [123].
Swedish gendarmerie, work of the, [402]

Pickford, Mr. Justice, appointed Lord Justice of Appeal, 12

Pictures, sales of, 19, 21, 25, 69

Pim, J., appointed Attorney-General for Ireland, 20

Pius X., Pope, his death, [302], 26, 102;
funeral, 27

Plunkett, Sir H., his views on the Home Rule Bill, [18], [257];
conversion to Home Rule, [167], [258];
his pamphlet "The Better Way; an Appeal to Ulster not to Desert Ireland," [258]

Poincaré, President, elected Lord Rector of Glasgow University, 31;
visits to Russia and Scandinavia, [291], [340];
work as President, [277]

POLITICAL SPEECHES.—
Asquith, H. H., at Ladybank, [68];
the Guildhall, [197], [229], 33;
Edinburgh, [210];
Dublin, [215], [259];
Cardiff, [218]

Baker, H. T., at Coventry, [81].
Balfour, A. J., in London, [33];
at Coventry, [90];
the Guildhall, [227], 33;
Bristol, [249].
Birrell, A., at Batley, [7];
Bristol, [12].
Brunner, Sir J., at the Cannon Street Hotel, [7].
Buckmaster, Sir S. O., at Keighley, [2]

Carson, Sir E., at Belfast, [6], [114], [216];
Lincoln, [11];
Ipswich, [110];
Mountain Ash, [111].
Chamberlain, A., at
Shirley, [8];
Skipton, [12];
Birmingham, [16].
Churchill, W., at Bradford, [52];
the London Opera House, [203];
Liverpool, [212];
the Guildhall, [228], 33.
Curzon, Earl, at Manchester, [5]

Devlin, J., at Moate, [12];
Longford, [18].
Derby, Earl of, at Liverpool, [15];
Bootle, [251].
Dillon, J., at Ballaghadareen, [217]

George, D. L., at Glasgow, [13]-[15];
the Hotel Metropole, [17];
Huddersfield, [55];
Ipswich, [110];
Criccieth, [114], [216];
Denmark Hill, [128];
the National Liberal Club, [134];
the Mansion House, [157];
the Queen's Hall, [211];
Cardiff, [216];
the City Temple, [229].
Grey, Sir E., at Manchester, [15]

Haldane, Viscount, at Hoxton, [5];
Oxford, [115];
the National Liberal Club, [134].
Hobhouse, C. E. H., at Bristol, [2].
Hunt, R., at Horncastle, [8]

Illingworth, P. H., at Clayton, [13]

Kitchener, Lord, at the Guildhall, [228], 33

Lansdowne, Marq. of, at the Albert Hall, [89];
Nottingham, [212].
Law, B., at Bristol, [5];
Inverness, [119];
Glasgow, [120];
the Guildhall, [198], 33;
Belfast, [217];
the Hotel Cecil, [249];
Bootle, [251].
Long, W., at the Holloway Empire, [8];
Nottingham, [12]

Macdonald, R., at Glasgow, [13].
Milner, Viscount, at Rothwell, [114]

O'Brien, W., at Cork, [4], [257]

Redmond, J., at Waterford, [11];
the National Liberal Club, [17];
Dublin, [216];
Wexford, [219].
Rosebery, Earl, at Broxburn, [198]

Samuel, H., at Henley-on-Thames, [8];
Harrogate, [13].
Seely, Col., at Ilkeston, [75].
Smith, F. E., at Walton, [2];
Hull, [13]

POLYNESIA, [504].—Marshall Islands, handed over to Australia, [496].
New Britain, Australian expedition against, [496], 28;
Wireless station destroyed, [496], 29.
Samoa, captured, [503], 27.
Solomon Islands, Bougainville occupied, 36

Portraits, sale of, 19, 20, 68, 69

Portsmouth, Naval display at, 23

PORTUGAL.—Amnesty for political offences, [384].
Coutinho, Dom V. H. A., appointed Prime Minister, [385].
Costa, Señor A., charge against, [383].
Lisbon Labour Exchange, Bill re-establishing, [384].
Machado, Senhor B., appointed Prime Minister, [384].
Ministry resign, [384], [385];
the new, [384], [385].
Railway strike, [383];
war with Germany, [452]

Press Bureau, appointment of the, [181];
debate on restrictions, [232]

Primrose League meeting at the Albert Hall, [89]

Prince Eitel Friedrich sinks the Charcas, 36

Privy Councillorships conferred, Colebrooke, Lord, 1;
Cook, Hon. J., 19;
St. David's, Lord, 19;
Dickinson, W. H., 1;
Griffith, E. J., 19;
Massey, Hon. W. F., 1;
Nixon, Sir C., 1;
Starkie, W. J., 19;
Tennant, H. J., 19;
Wilson, Sir G. F., 1


Queen's Hall, London, meeting at, [16]

QUEENSLAND.—Goold-Adams, Major Sir H., appointed Governor, [501].
Land, number of acres taken up, [501].
Pastoral Industry, [501]


Races. See Sports

Railway Accidents. See Accidents

—— Grand Trunk Pacific, completion, 11

Railways, under control of the Government, [173], [266], 25

Ramsden, Dr. W., elected Johnston Professor of Bio-Chemistry at Liverpool University, 34

Recruits, appeal for, [183], [192], [196], [219];
number of, [202], [222], [234]

Reekes, T. K., supposed murder of, 3

Reigate Hill, purchase of, 23

Relief Fund, National appeal for, [180], [181], 26;
amount of, 30

Roberts, Earl, his death, [233], 34;
tributes to his memory, [234];
funeral, [234], 34;
obituary, 110

Roberts, C. S., appointed Under-Secretary for India, [27]

Rodin, M., his presentation of statues, 34, 68

"Romance of India," abandonment of the spectacle, 2

ROMANIA.—Bucharest, Treaty of, [359].
Neutrality, policy of, [359]

—— Charles, King of, his death, [359], 30

—— Ferdinand of Hohenzollern, King of, [360]

Round, J. H., appointed honorary adviser to the Crown in Peerage Cases, 4

Royal Academy, banquet, 13;
exhibition, 66;
portraits damaged by suffragists, [112], 66, 67

—— Society, award of medals, 34

Runciman, Rt. Hon. W., appointed President of the Board of Trade, [174]

RUSSIA.—Alcohol, prohibition of the sale, [337], 31.
Army, mobilisation, [168], [313], [317], [320], [341], 25.
Black Sea ports, attack on, [348], [352], 32.
Budget, [338].
Christmas truce, declined by, 36.
Foreign policy, [340].
Goremykin, M., Premier, [336].
Hungary, invasion of, [345], 29.
Income tax, [348].
Kokovtsoff, M., Premier, his retirement, [336].
Lemberg, capture of, [344].
Lodz, battles of, [346], [347].
Married Women Bill, [338].
Navy, number of vessels, 8.
Nicholas, Grand Duke, appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Army, [342];
his address to the Poles, [343], 26;
appeal to the Ruthenians, [344].
Peace, not to be concluded separately, [198], [349].
St. Petersburg, changed to Petrograd, [348], 27.
Physical Culture, Department of, [337].
Poland, devastation of, [343], [348].
Poles, relations with, [341].
Prussia, invasion of, [344], 25, 27, 28.
Przemysl, siege of, [345], [347].
Rasputin, G., stabbed, [339].
Sazonoff, M., on the increase of armaments, [338];
on foreign policy, [340].
Siberia, discovery of the balloon of Andrée, 15.
Stallupönen, battle of, [344].
Strikes, [339].
Tannenberg, defeat at, [345].
Temperance Bill, [336].
Troops, reported arrival in England, [197].
War, preparations for, [317];
declaration of, [342], 25, 26

—— Nicholas II., Tsar of, his telegrams to Emperor William II., [318]-[320]


Salvation Army, Congress, 17

Samuel, Rt. Hon. H., appointed President of the Local Government Board, [27]

Sankey, J., appointed Judge of the King's Bench Division, 12

Sappho, discovery of fragments of a poem, 13

Saxe-Coburg, Duke of, honorary degree, 19

Scarborough, bombardment of, [248], 36

SCIENCE.—Retrospect of: Astronomy, 50.
Botany, 61-63.
Chemistry, 59-61.
Geography, 52-55.
Geology, 51.
Meteorology, 55-57.
Physics, 57-59.
Zoology, 63-65

Sclater, Lieut.-Gen. Sir H., appointed Adjutant-General of the Forces, 11

SCOTLAND.—Legislative measures, [254].
Presbyterian Churches, reunion, [254].
Sea Fisheries, Report, [255].
Shipbuilding trade, [256].
Trade, effect of the war on, [255], [256]

Scouts, Boy, inspection of, 17

Seely, Col., signs Army Council Minute, [60];
resigns Ministry of War, [61], [64], 11

Senghenydd Colliery accident, verdict, 3

SERBIA.—Army, mobilisation, [360];
casualties, [360].
Austria-Hungary, ultimatum, [281], [312], [330]-[333], [360];
reply to, [332];
war with, [167], [332], [360], 23.
Belgrade, bombardment, [334], [360], 25, 36;
recaptured, [334], 25, 36.
Montenegro, relations with, [362].
Pashitch, M., Premier, his resignation, [360];
reinstated, [360].
Sarajevo, crime at, [137], [329], 20.
Turkey, treaty of peace, [360].
War, declaration of, [360]

Shadwell Park, gift withdrawn, 5

Shakespeare, W., celebration of his birthday, 12

Shearman, M., appointed Judge of the King's Bench Division, 12

Sheerness, air raid on, [252], 37

SHIPPING DISASTERS.—Aboukir, H.M.S., torpedoed, [322], 29.
Admiral Sampson, and Princess Victoria, collision between, 27.
Admiral Ganteaume, torpedoed, [225], 32.
Amphion, H.M.S., strikes a mine, [181], 26.
Anglo-Dane and German destroyer S 124, collision between, 35.
Baron Gautsch, strikes a mine, 26.
Beethoven strikes a mine, 37.
Bulwark, H.M.S., blown up, [239], [245], 35.
California, runs ashore, 20.
Cape Trafalgar, sunk, [322], 28.
Charcas, sunk, 36.
Cobequid goes ashore, 2.
Columbian, blows up, 13.
Cressy, H.M.S., torpedoed, [322], 29.
Destroyer, British, wrecked, 37.
Emden sunk, [230].
Empress of Ireland and Storstad, collision between, [113], [474], 16.
Fethard lifeboat wrecked, 7.
Fisgard II., H.M.S., sinks, 28.
Francis H. Leggett founders, 29.
Good Hope, H.M.S., blown up,
[227], [492], 33.
Gothland runs on the Gunner Rocks, 19.
Hawke, H.M.S., sunk, [222], 31.
Hela sunk, 28.
Hera, wrecked, 4.
Hermes, H.M.S., torpedoed, [225], [322], 33.
Hogue, H.M.S., torpedoed, [322], 29.
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, sunk, [191], [193], [322].
Kometa, burnt, 12.
Königin Luise, sunk, 25.
Lightship lost in a fog, 15.
Linsdell, strikes a mine, 27.
Magdeburg, blown up, [193], [322], 27.
Malachite, sunk, 35.
Manchester Commerce, strikes a mine, 32.
Messudiyeh, torpedoed, [248], 36.
Monmouth, H.M.S., sunk, [227], 33.
Monroe and Nantucket, collision between, 4.
New York and Pretoria, collision between, 17.
Niger, H.M.S., torpedoed, [230], 34.
Oceanic, wrecked, 28.
Oklahoma, sinks, 2.
Pallada, sunk, 30.
Pathfinder, H.M.S., strikes a mine, [198], 27.
Pegasus, H.M.S., disabled, 29.
Pilot cutter and steamer, collision between, 14.
Primo, sunk, 35.
Rohilla, wrecked, [225], 32.
Runo, strikes a mine, [198], 28.
Speedy, H.M.S., strikes a mine, 27.
Submarine A 7, sinks, 3;
AE 1 lost, [497], 28;