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Reprints the first issue of the periodical, which was published on November 7, 1914. Political issues discussed in the periodical that were relevant to the United States and international politics; Contributing authors; Editors.

Focuses on various political developments with emphasis on those taking place in the U.S. and those relating to the First World War. Speculations on the tactics of Bulgaria in view of its entrance into the First World War; Criticism of the policies of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson towards Mexico; Comment on the probable outcome of President Wilson's announcement that he will vote for women's suffrage in the coming election in New Jersey; Question on the diplomacy of Great Britain which enforces trade restrictions on neutral countries.

Discusses developments in United States politics and world politics in the midst of the First World War. American concept of the international proprieties; Rights of aliens under the theory of sovereignty; Increasing disorders on the frontier between U.S. and Mexico; Germany's intention in the destruction of the Hesperian liner; International law does not forbid ships to carry guns for self-defense; Relation of federal and state taxation; New York constitutional convention; Taxation of tobacco is a rich source of internal revenue.

Discusses developments in United States politics and world politics in the midst of the First World War. Crisis in the U.S. relations with Mexico; Armed intervention in Mexico; Ethical aspect of neutral America's sale of arms to a belligerent country; Unfounded accusations against Sing Sing Prison Warden Osborne; Gradual but inexorable disintegration of the Progressive organization since the election of 1912; Doubt over the possibility that a national party will be created that can compete with the Democratic and Republican parties as a responsible organ of government.

Focuses on various political and economic issues from around the world. Realization by the British government of the risk involved by a further restriction of the sale of cotton in Europe; Progressive degradation of the standards of administrative independence and competence in Washington; Information on charges against the striking machinists of Bridgeport; Discussion of a conference on the universities and public service.

Discusses developments in United States politics and world politics in the midst of the First World War. Germany's attack against the "Falaba" ship is a direct challenge to neutral countries; Object of reformers should be to drive special interests into politics; Government's brief to dissolve the International Harvester Co.; Trade Commission to formulate and make concrete the standards by which business should be judged; Assembly of the New York Constitutional Convention; Admitted failure of German diplomacy; Inevitable conflict between strategy and diplomacy in any state confronted with military problems.

Provides several opinions on U.S. politics, world politics and culture. Ways to avoid war; Impact of women in suffrage; Meaning of economy in politics; Appropriateness of nationalizing U.S. telegraph and telephone systems during the war; Efficiency of U.S. diplomatic representatives abroad in spite of limited office resources; Issue of unemployment; Solution to corruption and ineptitude in politics; Question of the viability of providing subsidies for magazines by the Post Office; Forms of art; Critique of a portrait of the pig by M. Paul Claudel; Role of submarines in maritime warfare.

The article focuses various political issues around the world amidst the First World War. The Americans have a right to be gratified by the reception abroad of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's reply to Germany. In that country itself the press pays tribute to his moderation and courtesy, at the same time that it perceives the firmness with which he insists upon a principle which the German Government has denied. Also reported is that nearly all ante-bellum speculations regarding Armageddon and the possible conquest of England's "splendid isolation" were concerned with the airship. Hypothesis invasions of England were always carried out by Zeppelins.

The article presents editorial comments on various events around the world amidst the First World War. During the few days since the publication of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's note to Germany, there has been time for some of its larger aspects and longer results to impress themselves on the mind. U.S. President's note catches up the immediate and separate grievances and places them in their fitting relation to rights and privileges which all the world holds dear. Another editorial states that the readers of the report by the committee appointed by the British Government to inquire into the outrages alleged to have been committed by German troops in the countries, which they invaded, should remember that it is only a summary. Politician James Bryce headed the report.

Provides some insights into political developments and foreign relations. compiled as of December 1918. Emphasis on the division among nations belonging to the Allied Powers relevant to the Peace Conference; Involvement of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in the Peace Conference; Views about U.S. foreign policy; Reconstruction developments.

Focuses on various economic and socio-political developments from around the world. View that the compact of the Kaisers will provide Austria-Hungary military support against the insurgent forces at home; Agreement of Austria-Hungary with the Kaisers on a scheme of economic unity; View that Germany can conceive of the process of internationalism only in terms of the absorption by the greater states of the lesser ones; Information on the agreement between the Jugo-Slavs and a committee representative of the Italian Chamber and Senate; Focus on the constitution of a standing congressional committee on the conduct of the war; Decision of the government to put a fleet of barges on the Erie canal, and thus to divert from the railways a considerable part of the traffic with which they are now overtaxed.

Reports global political developments. Replacement of Chancellor Georg Michaelis by Count Georg von Hertling in Germany; Declaration of Brazil of war against Germany; Subscribers to the Second Liberty Loan by the Officers Training Camp at Plattsburgh, New York.

Comments on a number of developments in United States and world politics. Actions of the German Chancellor; Remarks of the German Chancellor with regards to Russia; Observation that the era of good feeling and of truce between the parties which followed the outbreak of the world war is rapidly disappearing; Importance of the Roosevelt volunteer force; Indication that the U.S. Congress does not seem sufficiently interested in the war to keep a majority of members present while important measures are being considered.

Discusses developments in the United States politics and world politics in the midst of the First World War. Response of the Allied governments to the peace overture of Germany; Tide of conviction which makes Russians, Frenchmen, and Englishmen willing to continue the war; Justifiable resentment and apprehensions created by the violation of Belgium; Object of special treatment in the treaty of peace; Exchange of political pamphlets between the belligerents; Misappropriation of government funds; Legislative bills introduced in the Senate and House.

Focuses on the proposal of U.S. president Woodrow Wilson that aims to end the war between Allied Powers and Germany. Claim that Wilson is asking them to accept an even break plus a cooperative international organization; Effect of the Wilson's proposal on British, French and German interests; Role of the Monroe Doctrine in embodying the American foreign policy; Separation and isolation of the American political system from that of Europe; Opinion of Americans about the participation in European War.

Comments on a number of developments in world politics. Death of Francis Joseph which might signal a change in Hapsburg political power; Belgian deportations which have angered the American people; Indication that the Germans do not understand the neutral interest in Belgium; Importance of the issue of army reorganization among subjects of legislation at the U.S. Congress; Republicans of New York State considering the repeal of the direct primary law and the return to the system of nominating candidates in party conventions.

Provides some insights into global political, economic and social events and conditions as of September 1916 relevant to the events of World War I which began in 1914. Relations and conflicts among the governments of the Germany, Great Britain and the U.S. over the use of the submarine for commerce-destroying and the settlement of international trade grievances; Pros and cons to the national child-labor law prohibiting interstate commerce of goods which employed child labor; Views about the European plans for economic grouping after the world war; Prevalence of libel suits against newspapers relevant to public interest.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. Issues relating to the vice-presidency of the United States, such as the prominence of the Secretary of State appointed by the President-elect; Complaints about the cabinet officers of British Prime Minister David Lloyd-George; Article on "Sheltered Daughters," by Jane Mander, about children who are the victims of a parent's religious bigotry; Article by Lord Bryce titled "America's Traditional Isolation," about former U.S. President George Washington's belief in prepared neutrality; Editorial titled "Money Wanted," in the June 24, 1916 issue, about New York cloak and suit makers.

Discusses developments in United States politics and world politics in the midst of the First World War. New York City, New York municipal government needs and deserves the loyal and unhesitating support of all public-spirited citizens; Former President Theodore Roosevelt's urging for preparedness to defend the country in war and to do well the normal work of peace; Proposal to construct five battle cruisers in a year; American pacifist thinking; President Woodrow Wilson's decision to address the League to Enforce Peace; 43rd meeting of The National Conference of Charities and Corrections.

The article presents some socio-political updates of the world as of November 7, 1907. It was a singular political fate, which made Secretary of State for India, John Morley responsible for the government of India at a time of unrest and danger. Himself an old Radical, sworn enemy or everything that looks like oppression or tyranny, it has been Morley's official duty for the past year, as to employ every resource of the law against seditious agitation. In another update, the London, England, Library has lately come into possession of 600 volumes, which were once owned by writer Leslie Stephen. All of them have to do with religion or philosophy, and every volume has marginal notes in Stephen's hand, or drawings from his pencil.

Discusses developments in United States politics and world politics in the midst of the First World War. Russian army's capture of Przemysl, Austria; Attempt to combine partisanship in New York State politics with progressive convictions; Republican Party dissension and ineptitude; Dispute between The Associated Press and the New York Sun Printing and Publishing Association; Investigation by the Industrial Relations Commission; California is considering the purchase of the Western Pacific Railroad line which parallels the old Central Pacific from San Francisco to Ogden, Utah.

Discusses the future of Constantinople, Turkey and the straits of Dardanelle and the Bosporus in light of Russia's Empire ambitions at the end of the First World War. Turkey risked a war with Russia deprived of the naval or moral support of Great Britain; Turkey opened the straits to warships which have bombarded the shores of Russia's Black Sea provinces; Russian policy toward the Eastern question; Demonstration of the fact that the defense of Odessa, Russia must begin at the Dardanelles; British and French policy toward Turkey.

Discusses developments in United States politics and world politics in the midst of the First World War. Police assault against unarmed strikers at Carteret, New Jersey; Army Appropriation bill does nothing to repair mistakes in military policy or remedy abuses; Supreme Court decision in the Kansas Labor Union Statute; War convinced the U.S. that foreign trade is a vital element in domestic prosperity; Declining importance of the Progressive party; Book "Knowledge and Revolution" by Max Eastman; Federal League's suit against the "baseball trust".

Presents information on several social and political developments around the world. Implications of the abolition of the right of asylum in the U.S.; Efforts of a Presidential commission to solve the present situation of strikes in the coal mines in the U.S.; Views of Senator Albert B. Fall on the relation between the U.S. and Mexico; Discussion on the implications of the victory of Victor Berger, a socialist, as governor of Wisconsin; Stand of the Attorney-General on the packers in the U.S.; Discussion on the remark of Lloyd George, British Prime Minister, that the U.S. Senate would approve the Anglo-Franco-American Alliance; Discussion on the platform adopted by the convention of the Committee of Forty-Eight in St. Louis, Missouri; Resignation by Ignace Jan Paderewski, Polish prime minister, from his post.

Examines key controversies pertaining to establishment of unity and freeom in Yugoslavia and its implications for peace and progress in Europe and the world. Views about the development of military resources in the country; Barriers to union and freedom in the country; Relations among the Serbs, the Croats and the Slovenes; Indications of history, politics and foreign relations.

Editorial. Discusses the development of military censorship organization and propaganda school in the United States designed to limit the amount of information passing from the military establishment to the public during the height of the European war. Efforts of the U.S. government in limiting vital military information in a bid to prevent usage by enemy forces; Consideration for the anti-American policies fostered by European governments; Incompatibility in the adoption of censorship and propaganda in a democratic state.

Comments on several political issues from around the world. Question on the capability of Germany to mount a decisive attack against the Allies; Interpretation of the appeal made by British commander Douglas Haig for his troops to stand ground against German troops; Evaluation of the capacity of Count Czernin, the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, to guide the affairs of the dual empire; Assertion on the diffusion of democratic, rational and anti-imperialist ideas throughout Italy; Reaction to the order given by British Prime Minister David Lloyd George on extending military conscription to men between forty and fifty years; Inquiry on the decline of submarine attacks in the last weeks.

Observes that American public opinion has been indifferent and blind to conditions in Russia and to the bearing of those conditions upon the responsibilities and policy of the United States. Possibility that the armistice may be succeeded by the withdrawal of Russia as an active belligerent; Negative effect on the fighting resources of the Atlantic Powers; Argument that with the withdrawal of Russia there can be no victory over Germany except as a consequence of a complete organization of U.S. fighting power such as that which has taken place in France and Great Britain.

Discusses developments in United States politics and world politics in the midst of the First World War. Experiment in which food supply, shipping, credit, and manpower of nations are to be put under joint international administration; Birth of the League of Nations out of the pooling of economic, political and military interests; Peace after the war will have to be negotiated, administered and supervised; Finance of war through taxation in America; Success of the Anglo-French offensive; Germans have lost ground east of Arras, France.

Explains that the survival of the Hohenzollern monarchy in Germany would depend upon a German armed forces victory in the First World War. One of the oldest reigning houses in Europe; Leadership of Hohenzollern embarked Germany on a war that ensured the hostility of the rest of the world; Victory alone would justify the war; Kaiser William II submitted rather than consented to the original declaration of war against Russia; Power and responsibility of the monarchy is exclusive and practically complete in matters of foreign policy.

Comments on various political developments worldwide. Consequences of the failure of American liners to sail from New York; Creation of the liner contract for the purpose of securing mail communication with Europe in case European nations were at war and the United States was not; Speculation that the German government may have issued secret orders to spare certain ships when the American government and the American press began to talk of war; American government's service of notice on revolutionaries in Cuba of its intention to support the Cuban government; Uncertainty about the abilities of Thomas Gedney Pattern, who was appointed as Postmaster of New York.

Discusses developments in U.S. and world politics in the midst of World War I. Implications of the underbidding by an English ammunitions maker of a U.S. Navy Department contract to supply 16-inch shells; Murder of the husband of Irish suffragist Sheehy Skeffington; Second inaugural address of Massachusetts Governor Samuel W. McCall.

Comments on the influence of Germany's proposed terms of peace with the Allies, on the duration and outcome of the war. Consequences of an increase in German political and military prestige during the war; Basis of Germany's peace proposals; Advice by the "Tribune" newspaper that the Allies should recognize the limitation of their military power and adapt their political objects to it to achieve victory; View of the author on the effect of the collapse of Romania on the war.

Comments on developments in politics in the United States and in world politics. Rumors of the informal submission of very favorable peace terms by the German government; Presidential candidate Charles E. Hughes' pro-German stance; Meaning attached by the Republicans to their demand for a revision of the tariff; Railroad workers union controversy; Costume-makers' strike.

Discusses developments in U.S. and world politics in the midst of World War I. Management's demand for arbitration and labor unions' demand for eight-hour workday in the railroad controversy; Need for compulsory investigation before strike or lockout; Italy's declaration of war on Austria-Hungary; Rider attached to the naval appropriation bill authorizing the U.S. president to take up the question of a limitation of armaments after the war.

Explains that neutral United States is playing a part in the First World War and behaving in a way that promotes the success of a belligerent Great Britain and the failure of belligerent Germany. Flood of British imports and exports; American interference has been of enormous assistance to Britain and a serious handicap to Germany; U.S. has been asserting acknowledged rights of American citizens under international law; Aim to protect the lives of noncombatants at sea; Germans think U.S. is clinging to a disinterested policy which provides Germany with no ground for offense.