waters. On the 26th of October the Japanese land forces brushed aside with slight resistance the Chinese on the Yalu, which is the boundary between Corea and China, and began their advance through the Chinese province of Manchuria, apparently aiming at Pekin.—The war with China had a markedly beneficent influence on the internal politics of Japan. A newly elected Parliament met at Tokio, May 12, but was dissolved on the 31st, owing to a renewal of the deadlock between the House and the ministry, the latter refusing to accept an address of censure. This was the fifth dissolution on substantially the same point since the new constitution was adopted. The elections in September gave results which made no great difference in party strength; but the development of the war and the successes of the army had aroused so strong a patriotic spirit that at the opening of the Parliament, October 19, there was manifested a general willingness to support the government in its war policy entire. - A treaty concluded with Great Britain, August 25, made a beginning in the recognition of Japan's position among the civilized powers. This treaty opens practically the whole land to British trade and industry, and in return Great Britain agrees that the jurisdiction of foreign consuls in the old treaty ports shall be abolished, though not till after five years from the date of the treaty. It is understood that other nations, including the United States, are in negotiation for treaties on similar lines.

LATIN AMERICA. The unsettled condition in Brazil did not immediately disappear with the collapse of the naval insurrection in April. The Congress met on May 14, but accomplished little beyond proclaiming a renewal of the state of siege after its expiration June 30. The government seems to have been carried on since chiefly by presidential decrees, Peixoto's term having not yet expired. On the day that Congress met, the president broke off diplomatic relations with Portugal, because the latter would not give adequate satisfaction for the conduct of her captains in allowing insurgents to take refuge in, and then to escape from, her warships. — The disturbed condition of the Musquito coast (see last RECORD) continued through the early part of the summer. Supported by intriguing British and American residents at Bluefields, the Indians made some resistance to the Nicaraguan authority, but finally, with the approval of the United States and Great Britain, the Nicaraguan government assumed full sovereignty over the Indian reservation, and on August 8 sent a force which put resistance out of the question and ended the turmoil. A number of the intriguing British and Americans were banished from the country. A military uprising in Salvador, headed by General Gutierrez, on the night of May 29, resulted, after a few days of severe fighting, in the overthrow of President Ezeta, who escaped to the United States.

WM. A. DUNNING.

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The University Faculty of Political Science of Columbia College have in preparation and intend to publish a series of systematic works covering the entire field of political science proper and of the allied sciences of public law and economics. The method of treatment will be historical, comparative and statistical; and it will be the aim of the writers to present the latest results of institutional development and of scientific thought in Europe and America. The series will consist of the following nine works:

The work of Prof. Burgess was published in 1891, by Ginn & Co. That of Prof. Goodnow was published in 1893, by G. P. Putnam's Sons. Those of Profs. Mayo-Smith and Giddings are expected to appear in 1895.

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Seth Low, LL.D., President. J. W. Burgess, LL.D., Professor of Constitutional History and Law. Richmond Mayo-Smith, Ph.D., Professor of Political Economy. Munroe Smith, J.U.D., Professor of Comparative Jurisprudence. F. J. Goodnow, L.L.B., Professor of Administrative Law. E. R. A. Seligman, Ph.D., Professor of Political Economy and Finance. H. L. Osgood, Ph.D., (Adj.) Professor of History. Wm. A. Dunning, Ph.D., (Adj.) Professor of History. J. B. Moore, A.M., Professor of International Law. F. H. Giddings, A.M., Professor of Sociology. A. C. Bernheim, Ph.D., Lecturer on New York History. F. A. Bancroft, Ph.D., Lecturer on American History. W. Z. Ripley, Ph.D., Lecturer on Anthropology. G. L. Beer, A.M., Lecturer on European History. A. M. Day, A.M., Assistant in Economics.

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