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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorF RIDAY'S news from the western theatre of the war shows that we have already almost reached the condi- tion of "chock-a-block" described in our leading article. The two...
As we write on Friday the news from Antwerp shows
The Spectatorthat the town is being heavily bombarded. The bombard- ment began on Wednesday. On that night six Zeppelins were in action dropping bombs in all directions, but, except that the...
The moment at which we write is a very bad
The Spectatorone fur speculation, for very likely the fate of Antwerp is now being decided. If by a mixture of good fortune and bravery the city does hold out for another week, the Germans...
Much more serious than the bombardment of Antwerp is the
The Spectatornews that two at least of the outer forts have been taken, and that the Germans are across the Nethe and delivering a furious attack upon the second line of defences. Here, of...
Here we may say that the Germans, who of course
The Spectatorknow these facts as well as we do, must really be in very desperate straits if, as is alleged, they are straining every nerve to prepare a hundred Zeppelins and other aircraft...
In the Russian theatre of the war we learn that
The Spectatorthe Germans who were so heavily defeated on the Niemen have been reinforced, and are making a determined stand against General Rennenkampf's army. Towards the south Russian...
There remains an attempt to pierce the line at some
The Spectatorvulnerable point, but with so well watched a line on both sides that is not very hopeful. Commanders have to think not merely of piercing, but of what they are to do when they...
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The present writer is no mystic, but the sense of
The Spectatorpurpose, of resolution, of anticipation of great results seems to be in the very air of Aldershot. Sir Francis Doyle, the soldier- poet, in one of his earlier poems describing...
It was announced on Tuesday that the Right Hon. Sir
The SpectatorEdgar Speyer, Bart., the well-known financier and head of the corporation controlling the London Underground Rail- ways, bad retired from partnership in the New York firm of...
As may be imagined, men with this spirit learn very
The Spectatorquickly, and do not seem to tire or grow stale. The present writer one afternoon saw men drilling at four o'clock who, but for a few intervals, had been at it ever since six or...
Our readers will remember the Laird in one of Scott's
The Spectatornovels who was always planting trees and hugging the thought that they were growing while he was sleeping. The British people may feel the same about their new armies. The...
The Admiralty issued through the Press Bureau on Wednesday night
The Spectatoran official statement confirming the report that a British submarine had sunk a German torpedo-boat. The submarine was E9' (Lieutenant-Commander Max Horton), the same which sank...
The British Admiralty, in an official communique issued yesterday week,
The Spectatorannounced that the Germans' policy of mine- laying, combined with their submarine activities, bad made it necessary on military grounds for the Admiralty to adopt...
An Amsterdam telegram of Thursday states that a hostile aeroplane
The Spectatorthrew a bomb upon the Zeppelin hangars at Cologne without causing any damage, and that another aeroplane flew over Diisseldorf and caused some injury by dropping a bomb on the...
Mr. Redmond, addressing a meeting of Irish Volunteers and others
The Spectatorat Wexford on Saturday last, insisted on the need of securing proper and authoritative control of that organization. He added that he had in his pocket a letter from Mr. Asquith...
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An amusing example of the extraordinarily laboured stupidity with which
The Spectatorthe Germans work their great lie factory, the Wolff Bureau, is to be found in a letter published in Thursday's Times, and alleged to be written by an American lady, the wife of...
American visitors have been surprised at the apparent absence of
The Spectatoremotion in England at such a crisis as the present. They can see, they say, no signs that we realize the tre- mendous nature of the points at issue. The English people, they...
The New York Evening Post of September 24th contains a
The Spectatorvery interesting interview with Senator Lodge. Very properly, the Senator dwells upon the necessity of America maintaining an absolutely honest neutrality, "equally honest and...
We note with satisfaction the first meeting of the Central
The SpectatorCommittee of the National Patriotic Organization, which was held on Thursday at 8 Carlton House Terrace. The Committee is being organized by Mr. Harry Cust, who is its Chairmen...
it was officially announced in Wednesday's papers that an attack
The Spectatorbad been made by part of the Japanese Fleet upon Jaluit Island, which forma part of the large archipelago known as the Marshall Islands in Polynesia. The island was believed to...
The large German forces which, under General von Hinden- burg,
The Spectatorhad crossed the East Prussian frontier and invaded the Suwalki province, were in the course of last week decisively defeated, and Russian territory was cleared of the enemy....
That is all perfectly sound, and no Englishman whose opinion
The Spectatoris worth anything expects responsible American statesmen to lean in the very least degree towards special friendliness to us. We have, indeed, only one criticism to make on the...
The Belgian Grey Book, dealing with the events preced- ing
The Spectatorthe outbreak of the war, which was summarized in the Times on Wednesday, throws a vivid light upon the wolf- and-lamb methods of German diplomacy. Up to the last moment the...
M. Poincare left Bordeaux at the beginning of the week
The Spectatorin order to visit the troops at the front, and, together with the French Premier and Minister of War, was received at the French and British headquarters. This notable occasion...
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THE NEUTRAL POWERS.
The SpectatorI T would be a base act to try to bribe or to threaten a neutral Power like Italy into joining the Allies. The notion of taking up the attitude that she may find herself in the...
TOPICS OF THE D.Y.
The SpectatorAT LOGGERHEADS. A N old explanation of the phrase " at loggerheads "- whether true or not we do not attempt to say—runs as follows : When two armies met in what we should now...
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THE FINAL CAUSE.
The SpectatorA S the Germans have shown us, it is dangerous to be too metaphysical on a subject like war. Yet it is only human to try if possible to find out the ultimate cause of the...
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THE KAISER.
The SpectatorI N the popular imagination Kaiser Wilhelm II. appears to be taking much the same place that was occupied by Napoleon Bonaparte a hundred years ago. Our news- papers are not...
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KNOWING ONE'S PLACE.
The SpectatorA FEW fortunate people know their own places by instinct, and never forget them. This knowledge, however, does not come by nature to most men and women. We have to learn our own...
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MARCHING SONGS : NEW STYLE.
The SpectatorN EW Words to Old Tunes " is the heading of a column which recently appeared in the Times under the initials of a correspondent rightly described as "an eminent hand" in the art...
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THE FLORA OF THE RAILWAY.
The SpectatorF OR many years past, in my own immediate neighbour- hood, and during the annual holidays, I have kept a watchful eye on the flora of our railways. For, strange as it may seem,...
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A WORD TO AMERICA.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE "BrICTATOR:'] SI31,—Permit me, as an American, to express my gratitude for your wise and outspoken article, entitled " A Word to America," in your issue of...
DEMOCRACY AND FOREIGN POLICY.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF TER SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Those who set out to build a New Jerusalem should be sure as to their foundations. Mr. Norman Angell and his co-signatories have not, if...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
The SpectatorSANS PRECEDENT. [To THE EDITOR OF yes " EIFECTATOR."] L'IMMENSE incendie qui embrase l'Europe a fire an de see principaux foyers sur les territoires de l'ancienne Pologne qui...
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[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPICCTLTOE."] Sra,—The leaflet referred
The Spectatorto by Professor Holland Rose in your issue of September 26th appears, as he points out, to be well calculated to further the objects of the Prussian military party, who will no...
[To TEE EDITOR or THE " spacTrrox."1 SIR, — In an editorial
The Spectatornote on a letter in last week's Spectator dealing with Dr. Holland Rose's comments on my association with a circular issued by the Union of Democratic Control, you say:— "...
[To THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR...1 SIR, — The Spectator has always
The Spectatorproved well able to take care of itself, and you have already given a very adequate reply to the extravagant charge of Mr. Trevelyan that you have for years past "been engaged...
[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECT1TOE."1 SIR, —I notice two
The Spectatorthings about your note to my letter of last week. You make no attempt to substantiate your statements of the week before about the Union of Democratio Control, which were the...
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NATIONAL FOOD FUND.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—May I appeal through your columns for support for an organization which has recently been started under the above title, and which I...
[To THE EDITOR 07 THE " spEcTeron."1
The SpectatortheSpecfatorof September 26th my friend Dr. Holland Rose writes condemning with some severity an appeal issued by Messrs. Ramsay MacDonald, Norman Angell, C. Trevelyan, and E....
ITALY AND THE WAR.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR 07 THE "BrxerIT0a."1 Sru,—It may be of interest to your readers to hear from one who has lately come from Italy, and who has been living in the country and...
[To THE EDITOR 07 THE " SPECTATOR."]
The SpectatorSIR,—What seems so strange to the ordinary outsider is that those "four just men"—Mr. Charles Trevelyan, with his morbid fear that the elements of national education will be...
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PRUSSIAN MILITARISM.
The Spectator[To TER EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—Those who read history do not require any evidence as to the ruthless militarism of Prussia for the last hundred years or more. The...
AMERICA AND THE WAR.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] Stu,—The following extract from a letter just received from a friend in Boston, U.S.A., may be of interest to your readers as showing the...
WALTER BAGEHOT ON THE FUTURE OF BISMARCK'S POLICY.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The following extract from the Economist of March 27th, 1875, may be of interest to your readers. In the article from which it is taken...
AN ITALIAN VIEW OF THE WAR.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF TER "SPECTATOR."] SIR.,—The following extract from a letter just received from an Italian friend, who is a very thoughtful man, and is the author of two very...
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WAR ?
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR 01 THE "SrscrAtoa.."J SIR,—There is one quality in General von Bernhardi's book which one admires more and more as time, and with it the German Press campaign,...
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PRUSSIAN ATROCITIES.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR or THE "SFECTATOE."1 SIR,—Your correspondent Mr. Seymour-Ramadale in your last issue quotes a passage from one of Wellesley's letters, written in 1807, to prove...
NAPOLEON ON THE SCIENCE OF WAR.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SFECTATOR."1 SIR, —I have read with great pleasure the article "Strategy and History " in the Spectator of August 29th. It recalls the passage in the...
THE FRENCH LEVIES IN 1870 AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.n SIR, —You put your readers on their guard against drawing a false inference from Mr. Lloyd George's allusion at Cardiff to the levies raised...
THE BIOLOGICAL EFFECT OF VOLUNTARY ENLISTMENT.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —It is a self-evident proposition that an army recruited by voluntary enlistment is, caeteris paribus, more efficient than one...
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THE SHERIFF'S BADGE.
The Spectator[To THZ EDITOR OF TUB "SPECTATOR:] SIR, —The kindness and generosity of the thought which Las prompted you to present a badge to those recruits in the county of Surrey who have...
"TOMMY ATKINS."
The Spectator[TO THZ EDITOR OF TH1 "STECTLTOR."] SIR,—After reading your article in last week's Spectator dealing with Dr. Johnson's views on the calling of the soldier, I wondered whether...
RECRUITING SPEECHES.
The Spectator[To TER EDITOR OF TEl " SPECTLTOR."] SIR,—During the last few weeks we have had a number of "great speeches" from the politicians on the war ; but, I believe, not a single word...
COUNTY CORPS OF GUIDES.
The Spectator[To TER EDITOR OF TUB " SPZCTATOR.1 SIE,—I write to inquire what exactly is the position of our Guides in regard to the war. In the event of the Germans trying to " run a raid "...
DR. JOHNSON ON THE BRITISH SOLDIER. [To Tax EDITOR 01
The SpectatorTHE " SPRCTATOR."] Sin,—In your article (October 3rd) headed " Dwell as if about to Depart" you quote some of Dr. Johnson's utter- ances concerning the military profession and...
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AN APPEAL FOR PARIS.
The Spectator[To THE Burros or THE "SPECTATOR:] SIR, — I wish to correct a statement in Miss I. S. Wolff's letter of the 3rd inst. where she says : " By their means [Miss Wolff refers to my...
LIKE GRANDFATHER, LIKE GRANDSON. [To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. " ]
The SpectatorSin,—The late Sir Robert Morier, in a memorandum written to Earl Russell, and dated November 14th, 1863, speaking of the Schleswig-Holstein difficulty and the attitude of King...
"NEVER OR NOW."
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOE:] SIR,—The frequent references in your articles to incidents of the American Civil War, and the singularly appropriate illustrations from...
MME. VAN DER TELDE'S REPATRIATION FUND.
The Spectator[To THE Burros CP THIS " SPECTATOE.:1 Sra,—Will you allow us to bring before your readers the needs of the above Fund? The Fund was inaugurated by Mme. Van der Velde (wife of...
A QUOTATION FROM THE BIBLE.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR.'? Sra, — I do not know whether many of your readers have been struck by the appropriateness of our Daily Lectionary just now. The Morning...
A RED CROSS SUGGESTION.
The Spectator[To THE Burros OP THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR, — Having seen " E. R. S.'s " letter in your issue of October 3rd, I would like to offer another Red Cross sugges- tion. Why cannot the...
NAUTICAL COLLOQUIALISMS.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR. " 9 SIR, — On p. 429 of the Spectator of September 26th appears the word "wasters," applicable to men of small worth. The word, so spelt, is...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorSCIENTIFIC PHILOSOPHY.* "PHILOSOPHY, from the earliest times," says Mr. Russell in the first sentence of his book, " has made greater claims and achieved fewer results than any...
THE SHERIFF OF SURREY'S BADGE.
The SpectatorTHE following letter has been sent by the High Sheriff of Surrey to persons eligible for his badge—i.e., recruits who have failed to enter the National Forces owing to some...
POETRY.
The SpectatorAN EPITAPH. LOVED by the gods he perished in his prime, Meeting the death be most of all desired; From tenderest boyhood he had ever aspired To draw his sword for England. At...
NOTICE.—When "Correspondence" or Articles are signed with the writer's name
The Spectatoror initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode of...
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FAMOUS RE V 1.LWS."
The SpectatorB Brimley Johnson. Tins collection of "famous reviews," drawn for the most part from the Edinburgh, the Quarterly, and Blackwood during the first half of the nineteenth...
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THE PURITANS IN POWER.*
The Spectator11B. TATHAM'S object in his interesting monograph is not to examine the influence of the Puritans upon religions thought or the later development of the Church, but their...
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TWO WAR PAMPHLETS.* Wn desire to call the attention of
The Spectatorour readers to two very useful pamphlets, one by Mr. G. W. Prothero, in which England's duty and interest in the war are set forth, and the other an able delineation of...
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THE POEM OF JOB.•
The SpectatorTHOSE who have profited by Dr. King's edition of the Psalms will know what to expect in his new version of the Book of Job. We find the same competent scholarship, the same...
A NEST OF COMBATANTS.t
The SpectatorIN Modern Mexico Mr. MacHugh has given us a book which, as it will be useful while Mexico remains in her present highly unsettled state, is likely to have a long life. Several...
PROFESSOR MACKAY AND THE YEW UNIVERSITIES.* THE Miscellany or Festschrift
The Spectatornow before us is a highly credit- able product of one of the new Universities, published in honour of a very remarkable personality. Professor Mackay, who is now retiring from...
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FICTION.
The SpectatorTHE PRICE OF LOVE.* MR. ARNOLD BENNETT, more fortunate than Homer, for whom "seven wealthy States" contended when be was dead " through which the living Homer begged his...
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Seeds of Pine. By Jitney Canuck. (Hodder and Stoughton. 6s.)—The
The Spectatorwriter of Seeds of Pine has in abundance the gift of words and the joy of them. She can make a sentence as round and sweet as you please. " The roses are in full blast, and all...
In his valuable work on Sea Insurance (Macmillan and Co.,
The Spectator14s. net) Dr. William Gow gives an authoritative statement of the provisions of the Marine Insurance Act of 1906, together with a supplement consisting of the essential parts...
Messrs. G. Allen and Unwin have issued a timely reprint
The Spectatorof The Franco-German War, 1870-71 (21s.), translated from a well-known German work by the late Sir P. Maurice—the best account available to the non-military English reader.
SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
The Spectator[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] Messrs. Stevens and Sons have issued two valuable contribu- tions to the discussion of legal questions...
A History of England and Greater Britain. By A. L.
The SpectatorCross. (Macmillan and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)—In this brightly written and closely packed volume Professor Cross, of Michigan University, traces the development of the English people...
We wish to recommend to our readers two pamphlets on
The Spectatorthe causes of the war which are of high interest and merit. Our Just Cause (W. Heinemann, le. net) is a repertory of " facts about the war for ready reference," aptly described...
The interest which Americans take in Constitutional questions is indicated
The Spectatorby their steady output of conscientious and learned monographs. Amongst recent works of this kind we may call attention to Dr. Gaillard Hunt's history of The Department of State...
Amongst miscellaneous publications relating to the war, we may mention
The SpectatorGermany's Great Lie (Hutchinson and Co., 1s. net), in which Mr. Douglas Sladen performs the useful task of reprinting the semi-official German justification of the war, prepared...
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We can only record the issue of the eleventh volume
The Spectatorof the encyclopaedic Cambridge History of English Literature (Cam- bridge University Press, 9s. net), which deals with the period of the French Revolution in the same spirit of...
Admirers of George Meredith who do not possess the Memorial
The SpectatorEdition of his works will be glad to know that Mr. A. Esdaile has reprinted his useful and accurate Chrono- logical List of George Meredith's Publications (Constable and Co.,...
The revised edition of Mr. A. E. Aspinall's excellent Pocket
The SpectatorGuide to the West Indies (Duckworth and Co., 5s. net) describes one of the most fascinating of holiday trips.
The October part of the New English Dictionary (Clarendon Press,
The Spectator5s.) continues Dr. Craigie's portion of the ninth volume, and covers the vocabulary from " Speech " to " Spring." It contains 3,306 words and 16,733 illustrative quotations, as...
The Cambridge University Press has sent us the first volume
The Spectator(to 1485) of A Picture Book of English History (3s. 6d. net), compiled by Mr. S. C. Roberts. It represents an excellent idea well carried out, and aims at supplementing the...
The _Royal Stewarts. By T. F. Henderson. (W. Black- wood
The Spectatorand Sons. 16s. net.)—The romantic history of the ill- fated House of Stewart has furnished Mr. Henderson with material for a very entertaining essay in what may be called...
We are glad to notice such signs of the growth
The Spectatorof a friendly spirit between Japan and the United States as may he deduced from Asia at the Door (Fleming H. Revell Co., 6s. net), by Kiyoshi K. Kawakami. This study of the...
So much is heard just now of the subject with
The Spectatorwhich it deals that many readers will be inclined to study Professor Rupert Stanley's Text-Book on Wireless Telegraphy (Longman and Co., 7s. 6d. net). It is not very easy...
