PART II.

CHRONICLE OF EVENTS IN 1914 _page_ 1

RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR'S LITERATURE (by Miss ALICE LAW), SCIENCE (by J. REGINALD ASHWORTH, D.Sc., and others), ART (by W. T. WHITLEY), DRAMA (by the Hon. EVELINE O. GODLEY), and MUSIC (by ROBIN H. LEGGE) 38

OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS DECEASED IN 1914 75

INDEX 116

CALENDAR, 1914. +--------------------+ +--------------------+ +--------------------+ | JANUARY | | FEBRUARY | | MARCH | |--------------------| |--------------------| |--------------------| | S| M| T| W| T| F| S| | S| M| T| W| T| F| S| | S| M| T| W| T| F| S| |--+--+--+--+--+--+--| |--+--+--+--+--+--+--| |--+--+--+--+--+--+--| |..|..|..|..| 1| 2| 3| | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| | 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9|10| | 8| 9|10|11|12|13|14| | 8| 9|10|11|12|13|14| |11|12|13|14|15|16|17| |15|16|17|18|19|20|21| |15|16|17|18|19|20|21| |18|19|20|21|22|23|24| |22|23|24|25|26|27|28| |22|23|24|25|26|27|28| |25|26|27|28|29|39|31| |..|..|..|..|..|..|..| |29|30|31|..|..|..|..| |..|..|..|..|..|..|..| |..|..|..|..|..|..|..| |..|..|..|..|..|..|..| ---------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------

+--------------------+ +--------------------+ +--------------------+ | APRIL | | MAY | | JUNE | |--------------------| |--------------------| |--------------------| | S| M| T| W| T| F| S| | S| M| T| W| T| F| S| | S| M| T| W| T| F| S| |--+--+--+--+--+--+--| |--+--+--+--+--+--+--| |--+--+--+--+--+--+--| |..|..|..| 1| 2| 3| 4| |..|..|..|..|..| 1| 2| |..| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| | 5| 6| 7| 8| 9|10|11| | 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| | 7| 8| 9|10|11|12|13| |12|13|14|15|16|17|18| |10|11|12|13|14|15|16| |14|15|16|17|18|19|20| |19|20|21|22|23|24|25| |17|18|19|20|21|22|23| |21|22|23|24|25|26|27| |26|27|28|29|30|..|..| |24|25|26|27|28|29|30| |28|29|30|..|..|..|..| |..|..|..|..|..|..|..| |31|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..| ---------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------

+--------------------+ +--------------------+ +--------------------+ | JULY | | AUGUST | | SEPTEMBER | |--------------------| |--------------------| |--------------------| | S| M| T| W| T| F| S| | S| M| T| W| T| F| S| | S| M| T| W| T| F| S| |--+--+--+--+--+--+--| |--+--+--+--+--+--+--| |--+--+--+--+--+--+--| |..|..|..| 1| 2| 3| 4| |..|..|..|..|..|..| 1| |..|..| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| | 5| 6| 7| 8| 9|10|11| | 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| | 6| 7| 8| 9|10|11|12| |12|13|14|15|16|17|18| | 9|10|11|12|13|14|15| |13|14|15|16|17|18|19| |19|20|21|22|23|24|25| |16|17|18|19|20|21|22| |20|21|22|23|24|25|26| |26|27|28|29|30|31|..| |23|24|25|26|27|28|29| |27|28|29|30|..|..|..| |..|..|..|..|..|..|..| |30|31|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..| ---------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------

+--------------------+ +--------------------+ +--------------------+ | OCTOBER | | NOVEMBER | | DECEMBER | |--------------------| |--------------------| |--------------------| | S| M| T| W| T| F| S| | S| M| T| W| T| F| S| | S| M| T| W| T| F| S| |--+--+--+--+--+--+--| |--+--+--+--+--+--+--| |--+--+--+--+--+--+--| |..|..|..|..| 1| 2| 3| | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| |..|..| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| | 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9|10| | 8| 9|10|11|12|13|14| | 6| 7| 8| 9|10|11|12| |11|12|13|14|15|16|17| |15|16|17|18|19|20|21| |13|14|15|16|17|18|19| |18|19|20|21|22|23|24| |22|23|24|25|26|27|28| |20|21|22|23|24|25|26| |25|26|27|28|29|30|31| |29|30|..|..|..|..|..| |27|28|29|30|31|..|..| |..|..|..|..|..|..|..| |..|..|..|..|..|..|..| |..|..|..|..|..|..|..| ---------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------

PREFATORY NOTE.

The Editor of the ANNUAL REGISTER thinks it necessary to state that in no case does he claim to offer original reports of speeches in Parliament or elsewhere. For the former he cordially acknowledges his great indebtedness to the summary and full reports, used by special permission of _The Times_, which have appeared in that journal, and he has also pleasure in expressing his sense of obligation to the Editors of "Ross's Parliamentary Record," _The Spectator_, and _The Guardian_, for the valuable assistance which, by their consent, he has derived from their summaries and reports, towards presenting a compact view of the course of Parliamentary proceedings. To the Editors of the two last-named papers he further desires to tender his best thanks for their permission to make use of the summaries of speeches delivered outside Parliament appearing in their columns.

In deference to suggestions which have been made on the subject, a Calendar has been added to facilitate reference to dates.

THE MINISTRY, 1914.

_Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury_--Herbert Henry Asquith, K.C. _Lord High Chancellor_--Viscount Haldane, K.T. _Lord President of the Council_--Viscount Morley of Blackburn till August 4; thereafter Earl Beauchamp, K.G. _Lord Privy Seal_--Marquess of Crewe, K.G. _First Lord of the Admiralty_--Winston Spencer Churchill. _Secretaries of State_:-- _Home_--Reginald McKenna, K.C. _Foreign_--Sir Edward Grey, Bart., K.G. _Colonies_--Lewis Harcourt. _War_--Colonel J. E. B. Seely, D.S.O., till March 30; thereafter Rt. Hon. H. H. Asquith till August 5; thereafter Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, K.P. _India_--Marquess of Crewe, K.G. _Chancellor of the Exchequer_--David Lloyd George. _Secretary for Scotland_--T. McKinnon Wood. _Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland_--Augustine Birrell, K.C. _Postmaster-General_--Herbert Samuel till February 11; thereafter H. Hobhouse. _President of the Board of Trade_--Sydney Buxton till February 11; thereafter John Burns till August 5; thereafter Walter Runciman. _President of the Local Government Board_--John Burns till February 11; thereafter Herbert Samuel. _President of the Board of Agriculture_--Walter Runciman till August 5; thereafter Lord Lucas. _President of the Board of Education_--Joseph A. Pease. _Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster_--Charles Edward Henry Hobhouse till February 11; thereafter Charles Frederick Gurney Masterman. _First Commissioner of Works_--Earl Beauchamp, K.C.M.G., till August 5; thereafter Lord Emmott, G.C.M.G. _Attorney-General_--Sir John Allsebrook Simon, K.C.V.O., K.C.

[THE ABOVE FORM THE CABINET.]

_Admiralty_:-- _First Lord--(See under_ Cabinet). _First Sea Lord_--Admiral H.S.H. Prince Louis of Battenberg, G.C.B., till October 29; thereafter Lord Fisher of Kilverstone. _Civil Lord_--George Lambert. _Parliamentary and Financial Secretary_--Thomas James Macnamara. _War Office_:-- _War Secretary--(See under_ Cabinet). _Financial Secretary_--Harold Baker. _Parliamentary Under-Secretaries_:-- _Home Office_--Ellis J. Griffith. _Foreign Office_--Francis Dyke Acland. _War Office_--H. J. Tennant. _Colonial Office_--Lord Emmott till August 5; thereafter Lord Islington. _India Office_--Hon. E. S. Montagu till August 5; thereafter C. H. Roberts. _Board of Trade_--J. M. Robertson. _Local Government Board_--J. Herbert Lewis. _Board of Education_--C. P. Trevelyan till August 6; thereafter Christopher Addison. _Board of Agriculture_--Lord Lucas till August 5; thereafter Sir H. Verney, Bt. _Treasury_:-- _Junior Lords_--John W. Gulland; W. Wedgwood Benn; W. Jones; H. Webb. _Financial Secretary_--C. F. G. Masterman till February 11; thereafter Hon. E. S. Montagu. _Parliamentary Secretary_--P. H. Illingworth. _Paymaster-General_--Lord Strachie. _Attorney-General--(See under_ Cabinet). _Solicitor-General_--Sir Stanley Owen Buckmaster, K.C.

SCOTLAND.

_Lord Advocate_--Robert Munro, K.C. _Solicitor-General_--T. B. Morison.

IRELAND.

_Lord-Lieutenant_--Earl of Aberdeen, K.T. _Lord Chancellor_--Ignatius John O'Brien, K.C. _Attorney-General_--John F. Moriarty, K.C., till his appointment as Lord Justice of Appeal on June 18; thereafter Jonathan Pim, K.C. _Solicitor-General_--Jonathan Pim, K.C., till his appointment as Attorney-General; thereafter James O'Connor, K.C.

ANNUAL REGISTER FOR THE YEAR 1914.