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coraeirrs CHAPTER I. THE DISRUPTION OF THE UNIONISTS. PAGE The Unionists in Power A Programme of Social Amelioration How it was Carried Out The Aftermath of the War The South African Mirage The Fiscal System in Great Britain Mr. Chamberlain and Preference " Tariff Reform " on the Horizon Mr. Balfour Defines his Position The Country Becomes Interested Two Historic Letters Mr. Chamberlain Resigns Some Cabinet Anomalies " The Apostle of Fiscal Reform " Stagnation at the Cape The Question of Chinese Labour Lively Debates in Parliament Rumours of Dissolution Mr. Balfour Resigns A General Election : and its Result . r CHAPTER II. THE UPHEAVAL OF 1906. Christmas at Sandringham King Edward Dissolves Parliament Some Royal Tree Planting The " Platforms " of the Parties Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's Manifesto An Election Incident Items in Mr. Balfour's Address Mr. Chamberlain's Line of Action The Trade Union Group What the Labour Candidates Said The New Parlia- ment Classified The Apostle of Progress The Socialistic Element An Analysis of their Aims and Propaganda Points in the Programme of the Independent Labour Party The King Opens the New Parliament The Speech from the Throne Its Keynote of Sociological Betterment. . . . . . . . . ... . . 21 CHAPTER III. THE ANGLO-FRENCH SETTLEMENT. King Edward Visits France and Italy Why the King went without Ministers Sir Edmund Monson's Influence King Edward as a Reconciler of Nations Victor Emmanuel III. Visits Paris The German Emperor in Rome The European Situation in 1903 Exciting Times in Russia A New Triple Alliance Mooted England and France Adopt Inter- national Arbitration The 1904 Agreement Matters in Morocco Their Effect on Egypt Disappearance of the Dual Control King Edward at Copenhagen .... 41 CHAPTER IV. KING EDWARD AND THE CZAR. The Passing of Russophobia Anglo-Russian Relations An Opportune Time for Readjust- mentThe Effect of the Anglo- J apanese Agreement How the Reconciliation came about A Royal Understanding A Character Sketch of Nicholas II. His Wooing