Ger- many's peace proposals we have pointed out that the German Government no doubt hope to rally the drooping spirits of their people by indignantly denouncing the rejection of...

worse follow& The Central Powers, we are told, were obliged to take up arms in order to defend justice and " the liberty of national evo- lution." Then Luddenly the theme of...

reparation, a basis which the Germans will of course reject, Germany's suggestion of terms is a great event, one of the greatest in the history of the world. It marks the...

summarizing, but we may make a few extracts. It begins with fustian talk about the most terrific war ever experienced in history, " a catastrophe which a thousand years of...

a double dose of religious and humanitarian phraseology. We hear of the " un- limited treasures of civilization being destroyed," of "extensive areas soaked with blood," and of...

T RULY do great events come huddling on each other. Last week we recorded the sudden destruction of the Coalition Government. This week will be famous in history for the first...

case.

readers. On us they produce a sense of physical nausea. Tamerlane with words of frightfulness on his lips to match his deeds is a tiger, but in a sense a respectable animal....

Berlin that all thought of negotiations is over owing to the folly of the Allies in not realizing that they are beaten. This will be coupled with threats of the direst...

the way Germany wages war :— " Ur:confused by asseverations, we progressed on our way with firm decision, and we thus continue our progress, always ready to defend ourselves...

by the Allies in general, and by our own people in partioular. Here we can only say that it is summed up in the slang phrase: " Thanks, we aren't takin' any." But though the...

Robert Cecil as Blockade Minister, and Lord Derby will be excellent at the War Office. Mr. Rowland Prothero, the new President of the Board of Agriculture, has a profound...

colleagues have retired, Mr. Lloyd George has ensured the representation of Labour in the War Cabinet in the person of Mr. Henderson. As for himself, he was confronted with the...

there are hints of new and more deadly inventions for intensi- fying the German naval activity. Finally, a German Chemist is said to have perfected a new form of attack,...

of the Govern. ment :- THE WAR CABINET. Mr. LL George Prime Minister et Mr. Henderson Without Portfolio. First Lord of Lord Milner .. Without Portfolio. the Treasury. Mr....

Allies to such threats is easily given. They will still further raise the Sibyl's price for peace—the passion for which, as is shown by the latest news from Berlin, is literally...

Mr. Lloyd George intended to govern with a very small Cabinet of at the' most six members. In the result it has turned out to contain only five- s redaction from the...

of the appointment of Sir Robert Finlay as Lord Chancellor. It is riot too much to say that no man is more highly respected at the Bar. One feels that the fine oath of the Lord...

pushed withont Imitations. Since Germany is forbidden the use of the sea, she means, or rather hopes, by the use of submarines to destroy the mer- eantile shipping of the world,...

Club on 'Friday week, when Mr. Asquith ,explained• the , cireuseetatee' which bad led up to his ;resignation. There bad been, he said, "a Well-organized, carefully engineered...

viction that he could profitably introduce into his Ministry men of proved capacity who have not hitherto had any Parliamenta0 experience. Yet another departure was the creation...

fronts there is little or none, except that the Rumanian Army is still unbroken. It retires fighting, and will no doubt continue so to do 'until the positions prepared in its...

what we did at the formation of the Coalition Government—to bring before the public the question of Ministerial salaries. Whether those salaries are to be pooled by private ,...

he accepted the proposed arrangement subject to the satisfactory selection of the personnel of the War Committee. But Mr. Asquith, after a con- sultation with some of his...

has held high office is when he leaves office to go automatically an half-pay, provision of course being made to prevent a man being given high office in order to provide him...

admit it looks petty, well worth Mr. Lloyd George's attention. We sincerely trust that he will have the courage—a quality , in which happily he is seldom lacking—to take the...

of salaries, comes the provision of an. automatic pension system. Ministers who have thrown up their powers of earning a livelihood in civil employments and devoted themselves...

who have to entertain largely, such as the heads of the War Office, the Admiralty, the. Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, and the India Office, an allowance of £1,000 a year...

July 13th.

the national interest, Mr. Asquith met Mr. Lloyd George and dis- cussed the situation-to find out if an accommodation were possible. They differed not only as to the necessity...

the week, as the cables are now in the hands of the Royalists. But it is plain from the stories of refugees arriving at the Piraeus that large numbers of Venizelists who were...

Mr. Asquith, Lord Grey of Falloden, and Mr. Balfour have been grossly unjust and ffi-mannered, and altogether discreditable. But, after all, did not Mr. Asquith make rather too...

without increasing the burden of Ministerial salaries upon the nation ; or if a slight increase were required, it would be so small as not to be noticeable in view of the great...

that the National Gallery ought to give over to the National Gallery in Dublin Sir Hugh Lane's collection of Continental picthres. It is absolutely clear that by doing so it...

George's revolu- tionary constructional changes. The courage with which he has followed out his ideas to their logical conclusion almost take one's breath away. It is very easy...

REPARATION. " We accepted this war for an object, a worthy object, and the war will end when that object is attained. Under God I hope it never will end until that...

AI R. LLOYD GEORGE'S Administration has begun under happy omens. But better than these omens was the courageous action taken by him while his Ministry was still in process of...

WE venture to congratulate Mr. Boner Law upon his accession to the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer, and at the same time to make an appeal to him with regard to a matter...

S OME of the more beautiful virtues are like gold. A certain amount of alloy seems necessary to them if they are to withstand the wear and tear of daily use. For instance,...

T ° any body of men or women with a corporate sense a journal or magazine seems to be as necessary a means of self-expres- sion as a public dinner. From camps, trenches, ships,...

" WORTHY OBJECTS " OF WAR. [TO THE EDITOR 07 THE " SPECTLTOR.") SIR, —By an odd coincidence the news of Germany's peace move and the New York Evening Post of November 27th...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] 8m, Does any one read Southey now ? I confess I do not, but in Ward's English Poets I came across his " Ode Written during the Negotiations...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The writer of your article on the above subject has, I should think, forgotten that the direct War Tax he proposes would fall, not only...

[To ME ED/TOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—About a year ago you were kind enough to print a letter on the work of the National Food Economy League, which brought us much valuable...

" SPECTATOR."] Snt,—The Shoreditch branch of the Invalid Children's Aid Association is in great need of voluntary workers, one excellent visitor having just left us to do war...

[To tug EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I have received yet another note from the National War Savings Committee, and have replied that when the Government prohibit alcoholic...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") 8m,—I wonder James Russell Lowell's stanza on a " Peace without Honour," which is what a premature peace would be, has not been alluded to...

[To TM EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.") 8m,—The Dresdner Nachrichten comforts its readers with the assurance that the omens favour the Central Powers, having dis- covered that by...

[To THE EDITOR or THE "Sesoraroa."I Sra,—Our soldiers in the trenches suffer awful hardships; they face death and suffering night and day without a grumble. They do not have tea...

SPECTATOR."] Sia,—With reference to the announcement in your columns of the 9th inst. of the ioint proposals for the regulation of employment after the war, subscribed to by...

(To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—You have always taken a practical interest in the Volunteer movement. May I direct your attention to and ask your views on a practical...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Stn, — I think the enclosed, just received, will interest you, first as showing the world-permeating reach and influence of your valued...

DEAR SIR, —A friend has drawn my attention to your letter in the Spectator of September 2nd giving the words of 'The Salute.' The verses are by Mr. Frank Ellis, and were...

be disposed to admit the astounding view that sensus communis, in the passage misquoted in a letter of last Saturday's issue, from the Eighth Satire of Juvenal, has any point of...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Can you find room for a few words on an interesting coincidence which happened to-day? I was beguiling the tedium of a railway journey...

EDITOR. Or THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—The following scraps from recent reading may be of interest :— " Since the expedition of Maximin, the Roman generals had confined their...

bonnet, in which was stuck a jaunty tuft of feathers, I turned to the A rmy List to see who they were. From the Army List of April last I gathered that the 85th was a regiment...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Snt,—Your correspondent "H." is an enterprising translator, but he does not verify his references. It was Juvenal, not Horace, who said: "...

[To THE Barron or ens "Srzerama.") you please accept my sincerest thanks and appreciation for the most valuable help you have given the Scottish Women's Hospitals through the...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") Sin,—Enclosed is a small cheque payable to the editor of the Spectator. It would be a great privilege if I might be permitted, through you,...

EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOL."] SIR,—I read with interest your article on the food problem. Might I suggest for your consideration the advisability of calling attention to the...

MINUTES. [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") think the enclosed extract from a letter dealing with Donald Hankey cannot fail to move your readers as it has moved " On Saturday...

SPECTATOR."] Sin,—I think the following facts in regard to the life led by British prisoners of war at Verdun during the Napoleonic Wars may interest your readers. They are...

SIR,—May I ask you to give publicity to the enclosed Manifesto, which is to some extent a reply to that recently issued by a number of ladies demanding compulsory notification,...

the above Fund the sums of £10 from Charles B. Dunn, Esq., and of £5 from J. S. Cooper, Fin., making a total of £208 17s. 6d.

or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked " Communs- caged," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode...

Tna article under the above heading, dealing with the desecration of beautiful places by the scattering of pieces of paper and other picnic d6bris, which appeared in our issue...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Sie,—In a notice of my book, Denmark and Sweden, in your issue of November 18th, you say of it : " which of course includes Norway, although...

DECEMBER, 1916. 0 GOD of battles, o'er the din of war Hear us we pray, the wives of those who lie Slain on the ravaged fields of France; who gave Themselves for England,...

Tag leading article in the Spectator on the death of Lieutenant Hankey and his article " Don't Worry " have been republished as a leaflet by Messrs. W. Speaight and Sons, 98-99...

LONDON REVISITED.• Mn. E. V. LUCAS'S new book about London is like a string of beads— no, pearls. Perhaps we should say beads and pearls mixed. There are a great many things on...

()vireo to the large and continued demand for copies of the poem entitled " Christ in Flanders," which appeared in our issue of September 11th, 1915, it has now been reprinted...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") SHI,—In your friendly notice of Mr. Roy Horniman's book. How to Make the Railways Pay for the War, there is a somewhat important Inaccuracy...

To compress a history of Music—though it is the youngest of the Arts—. within the compass of three hundred and fifty pages of good print crown octavo is no small feat of...

said this of Watts-Duntoss almost with his latest breath. "To Watts-Dunton, the Worldling," Whistler wrote in a book which he gave to his friendly critio. The reader of...

especially of the finely adjusted word and phrase, will be delighted with the greater part of Mr. William Watson's new volume, Retrogression,. The essence of that poem, as of...

TIIE third year of the war brings us the third issue of The Potsdam Diary. Mr. Masse once again shows himself our champion quota- tionist, both as regards the old and the new....

Tree Round Table for December has two important articles, on " Industry and Finance " and on Labour and Reconstruction." The first is a dispassionate comparison of English and...

(Methuen and Co. 5s. net.)----An admirable novel with William of Orange as its hero.—The Dividing Sword. By Harold Spender. (Mills and Boon. Os.)—An account of the sad fate of a...

SOME BOOKS FOR LITTLE CHILDREN.t Nursery Rhymes of London Town' is a fascinating little book of verses. They have the authentio rhythm and- swing of " the old ago," and are...

THE OLD BLOOD.* Mn. FREDERICK PALMER, one of the very best of the American war correspondents, has been our good friend as a recorder of what he has seen, and he continues to...

7s. 61 net.)—Mr. Muspratt is well known in Liverpool as a good citizen, with a keen interest in higher education, art, and other worthy causes. He is known morn widely as a...

[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] the Trinity registers from 1548, when the College was founded by Henry VIII. The pious task has been...

the Life and Times of John Henry Cardinal Newman. By the Rev. W. Eseott Bless. (S.P.C.K. 5s. net.)—This is a well-written and synlpathetio study of Newinan's life as viewed from...

from the Portuguese of "Chrysantheme" by Christie T. Young. Illus- trated by Florence M. Anderson. (Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. Os. net.)— Though most of these tales are suitable...

of light articles, verse, and comic drawings, which should bring considerable profit to the funds of the printers' and newspaper charities on behalf of which it is published....

Gordon and M. S. Tindall. (John Lane. 3s. 6d. net.)—This will amuse people who know something of V.A.D. work. The pictures and rhymes are clever, and besides being full of fun,...

2s.)—This well-known handbook for parents making a choice of schools has reached its nineteenth annual edition. It includes schools for both girls and boys, and gives much...