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The article focuses on the political and social conditions around the world. It becomes apparent that the course pursued by the American government in regard to the "consequential damages" will occasion, in all probability, a sequel to the history of the treaty in the form of claims upon itself for having first approved and then abandoned the demands of its citizens upon Great Britain. On January 23, 1872, General James Abram Garfield, Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, in introducing the "Civil Appropriation Bill," took occasion, in a financial speech of very great originality and ability, to call the attention of Congress to the circumstance that while the increase of the public expenditures in England "during the last fifteen years of peace had been only one and three-quarters per cent," those of the U.S., had increased in a much greater ratio.

An interview with British novelist Martin Amis is presented. He comments on his new book "Lionel Asbo: State of England." When asked about the London riots, Amis says these incidents are usually triggered by excessive policing. He compares the U.S. and British press and talks about the English press' interest in him.