Show I r The Forum for December has as its leading article The Policy of Annexation Annexa-tion for America by the Rt Hon James Bryce author of An American Commonwealth Nothing could be more timely than this article as it is a discussion of the Hawaiian question a question destined to be a very important import-ant one this winter He is of the opinion opin-ion that a policy of creating great armaments ar-maments and of annexing territories beyond the sea would be an unAmeri I I can policy and a complete departure from the maxims of the founders of the republic Hon Daniel Agnew exchief justice of the supreme court of Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania discusses the Unconstitutionality Unconstitu-tionality of the Hawaiian Treaty The Wolcott Commission and its Results Re-sults by Comptroller James H Eck els is a discussion of what the famous commission accomplished He thinks the impossibility of obtaining a conference confer-ence was apparent to the French supporters sup-porters of Senator Wolcott and his associates as-sociates but that the responsibility of demonstrating the fact was shifted to the British cabinet Senator Justin S Merrills very interesting Notable Letters Let-ters from My Political Friends is continued con-tinued A question of great interest that is discussed in the present number num-ber is Railway Poolingfrom the Peoples Peo-ples Point of View by Hon Charles I H Prouty member of the interstate i i commerce commission This is a question ques-tion that is destined to be prominent before the present session of congress There are other interesting articles all timely The Forum Publishing Co 111 Fifth avenue New York Price 35 cents The American Monthly Review of Reviews has the usual variety The Progress of the World department contains portraits of the members of the international sealing conference Hon John A Kasson Hannis Taylor exminister to Spain Sir Robert Giffen and other notables Current History in International Cartoons is exceedingly exceed-ingly 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