LIBERALISM AND THE SOCIAL PROBLEM By The Right Honourable Winston Spencer Churchill M.P. LONDON MCMIX CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE vii INTRODUCTION xiii I THE RECORD OF THE GOVERNMENT THE CONCILIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA 3 THE TRANSVAAL CONSTITUTION 16 THE ORANGE FREE STATE CONSTITUTION 45 LIBERALISM AND SOCIALISM 67 IMPERIAL PREFERENCE—I. 85 IMPERIAL PREFERENCE—II. [x] 106 THE HOUSE OF LORDS 124 THE DUNDEE ELECTION 147 II SOCIAL ORGANISATION THE MINES [EIGHT HOURS] BILL 173 UNEMPLOYMENT 189 THE SOCIAL FIELD 211 THE APPROACHING CONFLICT 225 THE ANTI-SWEATING BILL 239 LABOUR EXCHANGES AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE 253[xi] III THE BUDGET THE BUDGET RESOLUTIONS 277 THE BUDGET AND NATIONAL INSURANCE 297 LAND AND INCOME TAXES IN THE BUDGET 318 THE BUDGET AND THE LORDS 344 THE SPIRIT OF THE BUDGET 357 THE BUDGET AND PROPERTY 384 THE CONSTITUTIONAL MENACE 405 IAN HAMILTON'S MARCH By Winston Spencer Churchill 1900 CONTENTS A Roving Commission Exit General Gatacre At Half-Way House Two Days with Brabazon Two Days with Brabazon--*Continued* The Dewetsdorp Episode Ian Hamilton's March Ian Hamilton The Action of Houtnek The Army of the Right Flank Lindley Concerning a Boer Convoy Action of Johannesburg The Fall of Johannesburg The Capture Of Pretoria "Held By The Enemy" Action Of Diamond Hill APPENDIX IAN HAMILTON MAPS AND PLANS Operations in the Orange Free State, April, 1900 Diagram Explaining Hamilton's Action at Israel's Poorte, the 25th of April Diagram Explaining French's Operations Round Thabanchu, the 25th and 27th of April Diagram Explaining the Action of Houtnek Diagram to Explain the Passage of the Sand River, 10th of May, 1900 Ian Hamilton's Action at the Sand River, 10th of May, 1900 Ian Hamilton's Action before Johannesburg Plan of the Operations of 11th and 12th of June, 1900 Diagram Explaining the Action of Diamond Hill Map of March from Bloemfontein to Pretoria At end of book LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL By Winston Spencer Churchill, M.P. 1883 LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL VOL I. Lord Randolph Churchill Volume I. Contents Volume I. Illustrations To The First Volume Lord Randolph Churchill Volume II. Contents Volume II. Illustrations To The Second Volume Index: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, Z CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME CHAPTER I 1849-1874 EARLY YEARS PAGE Blenheim—Woodstock—Birth and parentage—Childhood—Cheam—Eton—The family borough—Merton—The Blenheim harriers—Life at Oxford—Cowes 1873—Miss Jerome—The Woodstock election—Marriage 1 CHAPTER II 1874-1880 MEMBER FOR WOODSTOCK