Editorials.

The article presents some political updates as of September 16, 1909. One of the updates focuses on the political condition of Europe. The recent announcement of issuing a Turkish loan of $30,000,000 draws attention afresh to the extraordinary changes, which the past year has wrought, on the European equilibrium. Some other events include the restoration of the Turkish Constitution, the proclamation of Bulgarian independence and the annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Another update reports on the appointment of a new tariff commission by U.S. President William Howard Taft.