20 JANUARY 1917, Page 3

Remember that the Hapsburgs feel towards the Hohenzollern the sort

of feeling, which a Devonshire- country gentleman might have for a 'Manchester or Glasgow millionaire who not only was deter- mined to ran him, but had 'actually run him into the Bankruptcy Court. The fact that the Empress is of Italian birth probably does not make the situation easier. But in spite of all this we must not be surprised if the Emperor Charles is compelled officially to make strenuous declarations in favour of " full speed ahead " for the war.