ALL THE VOLUMES OF THE NEW SERIES OF THE ANNUAL REGISTER 1863 to 1913 MAY BE HAD THE ANNUAL REGISTER A REVIEW OF PUBLIC EVENTS AT HOME AND ABROAD FOR THE YEAR 1914 NEW SERIES LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON NEW YORK, BOMBAY, CALCUTTA, AND MADRAS SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT, & CO., LTD.; S. G. MADGWICK SMITH, ELDER, & CO.; J. & E. BUMPUS, LTD. BICKERS & SON; J. WHELDON & CO.; R. & T. WASHBOURNE, LTD. 1915 CONTENTS. PART I. ENGLISH HISTORY. CHAPTER I. BEFORE THE SESSION. The Political Outlook: the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Armament Expenditure, [1], and the Liberal Programme, [2]. The Kikuyu Controversy, [2]. Labour Unrest, [3]. Mr. Chamberlain's Retirement, [4]. Views on Ulster, [4]. Mr. Bonar Law at Bristol, [5]. Sir Edward Carson at Belfast, [6]. Mr. Birrell on the Situation, [7]. The Armament Controversy, [7]. Position of Parties, [8]. Mr. Long on Urban Land Reform, [8]. International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea, [9]. Coal Porters' Strike, [9]. Other Labour Disputes, [10]. Militant Suffragists and the Bishop of London, [10]. Home Rule: Mr. Redmond at Waterford; Sir E. Carson at Lincoln, [11]. Other Speeches, [12]. Labour Leaders' Deportation from South Africa, [12]. North Durham Election, [13]. Chancellor of the Exchequer at Glasgow, [13]. The Bootle Estate, [15]. Sir Edward Grey at Manchester, [15]. Meetings on Naval Expenditure, [16], Mr. Austen Chamberlain at Birmingham, [16]. The Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Insurance Act, [17]. Mr. Redmond at the National Liberal Club, [17]. Other Utterances: Sir Horace Plunkett's Plan, [18]. Political Prospects, [19]. CHAPTER II. THE SESSION UNTIL EASTER.