Grcnt Britain I i n w estliblislicd n model plant a t tho collcgc, tlie Empire Cotton Corporation Iins scnt four studcnts to carry out resciirch in plant brccding, and grants Iinm bccn promiscd in this country and tlic IVcst Indies. It is trim that tlic applicntion of scientific mctliods will grcntly incrcasc the production of crops, hut IVC hope that thosc in clinrgc of thc Collcgc will maintain tlic widcr vision, and send out trainctl iiicn who will be quick to rccognisc new rcsourccs, wliicli cloubtlces nrc not Incking in our ivi tl c-f 111 iig Em pirc . * * * Tlic coming into poircr of thc Socialist party is n cnlnmity, niitl to-day we, and all otlicr tliinliing people, iirc clcpresscd bcyoiicl mcnsure. Black as tlic outlook is, i r e liarc bccn wondcring, nnd tire as yct uniible to conic to a dcfinitc opinion, whctlicr tlic calnniity is worse than tlic forinntion of any otlicr govcrnnicnt. We liarc ourscl\.cs nict sonic of tlicsc wild, untanicnblc, ill-bnlanccd Socinlists, so that our opinion is not dcrircd solely from the dcnuncintions of the Conscrrativc and Lil)cral prcss. It is dilEcult to rcalise the havoc to our foreign prestige, to our industry and to our finnnccs which Ruth men as Ran~say llacdonald, Haldanc, Sliaw and l'nrmoor will cause. Whcn a number of us wcrc invited to Lord l'armoor's h o u s~ last Junc to mcet the dclegntes to thc Union Intcrnntionalc dc In Cliiniic pure c t nppliqudc, and found Lord Hnltlnnc thcrc also, littic did wc suspect the truth. Tlic Yrimc Jfinister's house in Hanipstcad, which overlooks our niodmt garden, in which we are accustomed to coniposc these trifling cffusions, lins long bccn n tiourcc of anxiety, :uid one niorning some suspicious objects on our l a w conrinccd us that 110 hntl bccn cntertaining sonic of his forcigii anarchist fricnds. Howercr, they turned out, only to bc indinrubber balls. IIr. J. H. 'l'honias~ wc liarc nict nnd played bridgr with ; he certninly waged war on our capital, and no doubt will now continue his dcl)rcdatioi~s on i i national scnlc. The most drcndful thought of all is that tlicse Sociiilists are supported by so largc n percentage of our ignorant proletariat, in fact, they not unfairly reprcscnt the grcat mass of the population. Somc of the youngcr nicnibcrs of tlic Cabinet, who werc educated a t our public schools, oiiglit to liarc knowi bcttcr. Wo have one ndditional disappointment, that no place in tlic illiniqtry has yet bceii found for Rlr. Baldwin's son. It is a sinbwlar niiomaly that in n democratic country a man like Ni. Hendemon, who was ignominiously rcjectcd by tlie ballot, should be allowed to take n pliice in the Cabinet. This is as scandalous as to entrust poivcr to one who has inherited a title, a sent in the House of Lords, niid tlic o\vncisllil, of half i~ county, froni sonic distant anccstor, who cnriclicd himself by spoiling (L monastery. The lack of principle of the Socialists may be judged, either from the ravings tlicy have indulged in on countless platforms, or from tlich own lives, \vhich singularly enough h a...