patience and confidence. It is a great thing for us to get the invasion over. If it fails, as we believe it will, our strength in the Mediterranean will be enormously increased,...

been drawn to the Turkish invasion of Egypt. Though the com- batants are not yet in contact, it is clear that the unwieldy Turkish Army, led by its German officers, and...

(1) The movement may be the beginning of a real effort on the part of the Germans, very naturally discontented with the position of stalemate, which is much more dangerous for...

sensational to report this week, but there seems to be a general belief that on the Lower Vistula operations are developing favour- ably for the Russians. It is stated, however,...

I T is is difficult to state with any accuracy the position at the front at the close of the week. On Wednesday a well. marked aggressive movement on the part of the Germans,...

Bureau. Like all other contributions from this source, the article, dated January 12th, contains a striking series of war vignettes. For example, there is a picturesque account...

uncrosa- able. History shows that with luck it has been crossed and recrossed again and again. It is much sounder and safer to say that if the Turco-German force does cross the...

gratis, an Eight-Page Supplement, containing the Half-Yearly India and Title-Page—i.e., from July 4th to December 26th, 1914, inclusive.

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in these columns—that it is nothing less than a scandal that the soldier on duty should be allowed to refuse cover against enteric. No one dreams of allowing him the option of...

appeal to our soldiers by Sir William Osier in regard to inoculation against typhoid. He tells the soldiers in simple but stirring language that it is their bounden duty to keep...

that the exports from New York, which amounted to 92,772,000 in November, 1913, rose to $21,000,000 in November, 1914. These figures do not include cotton, but we have been...

desertions "to the enemy" have ever taken place among British soldiers. As, of course, happens in every army, a certain percentage of mien skulk, straggle, run away, and...

satisfied that continuous strategic co-operation was being ensured between the armies of the east and the west, and between the fleets and the armies ; whether the technical...

week, when the House adjourned till February 2nd. Lord Midleton asked for figures as to the progress of recruiting in Ireland, and pointed out the patchiness of the recruiting...

on contraband was published in the papers of Monday. It is a preliminary reply, expressed in terms at once friendly and frank, and designed to clear the ground and prevent...

did not ask for secrets to be revealed, but he thought it reasonable to say to the Government: "Are you getting sufficient men ? Do you want more? Are you satisfied with your...

" There has been no unwillingness to respond, and so far we see no reason to anticipate a breakdown of the voluntary system. I wish to add this. By the common law of this...

It is estimated that twelve thousand persons have been killed and twenty thousand injured. But for the preoccupation of the war, the consternation aroused throughout the world...

Legislative Council at Delhi on Tuesday dwelt upon the manner in which the war had been brought about and Turkey had been dragged in. For Turkey it was an unneces- sary and...

Times, that Mexico ought to be free to misgovern herself in her own way :— " Have not the European nations taken as long as they wanted and spilt as much blood as they pleased...

Report of the Royal Commission on the Civil Service, which deals with the Diplomatic and Consular Services and the Foreign Office. The Report recommends the abolition of the...

paper that the ' Dacia' will shortly sail from Galveston for Bremen. The owner has obtained American insurance on both vessel and cargo. The American Govern- ment are said fully...

interesting conversation between Bismarck and Mr. Beatty Kingston which took place in September, 1867. Mr. Kingston sent home two reports, one for publication and one private....

protective screen in some of their advances bear so familiar a resemblance to accusations which could not be proved in other wars that we confess we were disinclined to believe...

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COMPULSORY SERVICE. C OMPULSORY service has not come yet, but it is drawing -very near, and will certainly come unless some miracle should intervene—as, for example, the...

W E are in full agreement with a clear and far- seeing article by the Naval Correspondent of the Westminster Gazette published on Wednesday. The lesson derivable from that...

W HILE dealing with the question of compulsion we cannot do better than quote once more in our columns the very striking words which Mr. Lincoln addressed to his fellow-citizens...

1111E well-informed correspondent of the Times in the Balkans stated on Thesday that Roumania had apparently "come to a final decision" to take action in Transylvania, and that...

O N the whole, the reception of Sir Edward Grey's reply to President Wilson's protest has been friendly, and has furnished a most gratifying proof of the general fair-...

T HE power of music to cheer and stimulate the fighting man is beyond question, but the conditions of modern warfare make it difficult to employ its aid, except to an extremely...

T HAT there is a way of getting into the fighting line for those who have the will to be there has been hitherto a common experience of warfare. Campaigns, since war is com-...

CLAUSEWITZ AND THE RIGHT WAY OF THINKING ABOUT WARS. Ire ran Evrron cc SUM .. SOniCI.T.0 . 1 Sin,--Nothing is so rare as a first-rate general except a first-rate statesman. Men...

THE ANILINE DYE DILEMMA.—DUTIES 011 SUBSIDIES P [To ram Eamon or rim " Srsorsres.'] 8174—Although at the time of writing it is not known how far successful the Government has...

[To rue Eevroa or Tan " arm . ..ton:1 Slie, — Collectivism unmitigated, naked, and unabashed! State ownership of the " means of distribution "! And of " distri- bution " to...

To vas EDITOR or vs. "erss - rsros."1 Sin.—I have been reading the article " The American Protest" in the Spectator of January 2nd. With reference to the selling of copper by...

[To rill EDISON or Tor •'Srscraror."1 SrE„—Lord Kitchener in the House of Lords on January 61.11 said that recruiting was normal, whatever that may mean; but the fact remains...

or ran ..SPIECILT01:] /313., —Your readers need not disturb themselves on the subject of the soldiers' cape. The new ones now being issued are quite soft ; they have ear-flaps...

various letters in the Spectator com- menting on the conspicuous nature of the round, flat surface of the headgear of the British troops with anxious interest As a regular...

[To ran ROMP OP Ts. Sescraroa."] Sre,—For the past few weeks I have been reading with the greatest interest and ever-increasing anxiety your remarkable and inspiring articles...

[To ran Enrros or Tao “SrocrAroo..1 SIR, —Yon may be interested to hear that the other day—in a place which the Censorship regulations forbid me to mention —I saw a number of...

[To TEM EDrroe or Tire “SraCTATOR."1 Stn, —I have read with interest the letter of thanks to the London special constables addressed by the Home Secretary to the Lord Mayor on...

[To Tore EDrrOR or roe .BeDOTATOIC"1 SLE,—I send you a rough translation of a Credo by M. Henri Lavedan, of the French Academy, which seems to me to express the spirit of that...

two Tim EDITOR Or Tea " EPICTATOR.71 Sts.—The following words from Dr. Edward Caird's Ballot College Sermons, published in 1907, are, I think, worth recalling now. It will be...

To Tim EDITOR or Tim .ErrersToa"1 SIR,—When visiting that part of London where every stranger addressee one as "My dear," one's path is greatly lightened by the unexpected...

Sis,—We think it may interest your readers to hear of the work of the Friends' War Victims Relief Committee, which is striving to bring tokens of sympathy from our more favoured...

[To roe Emma or TEM arm...Toe - 1 SIR,—There is obviously much misconception in this country regarding the nature of the German element in the United States and Canada...

[To TH. EDITOR Or TOM "EirrCT■708.1 Sra,—The Spectator has reached the servants' hall, and need I any that we who are fortunate enough to read that journal are greatly...

[To Tea EINS01 or Ter BexeraToo.."] SIR.—I notice that in the last number of the Spectator you are at pains to dissociate yourselves from the attitude of the editor of the...

LT. res Eorrox Or 787. 4 13113OLATOL, Sin,—Perhaps you will be willing, even at a time when the war occupies all our thoughts, to give space for mention of a domestic event...

[To ma Emma or ma ..Smormos.”1 Son —I enclose a letter received from a German-American acquaintance and a copy of my reply, which I think may "December 10th, 1914. Dawn. — ,...

[To sea EDITOR OP ran SPECT.1.70. " 1 Sin,—We seem to be particularly favoured this year in the North-East in wild bird life. In half an hour's walk at 9 a.m. in Jesmond Dene...

January 2nd a correspondent asks : " How is the teaching of cookery in elementary schools to be got? Can the County Council enforce it, or must it wait for an Act of Parliament...

OXFORD IN WAR TIME. The 1iBare7111Tthrtth:1:(.r.aT":rtr"e:°'far:togre..oriaie2:.agotb1ts2aresevinz Ewa UNDER the tow-path past the bargee Never an eight goes flashing by ;...

Sea,—The questions which are being asked by the "man in the street"—or in the parks—naturally centre around the war. Some pacificists are saying that to take part in any war is...

Or ens Soscrnnon...1 Sire,—In your last issue you have noticed at some length Dr. White's A Primer of the War, published by the J. C. Winston Co., Philadelphia, at 50 cents. May...

PRESIDENT r LORD DESBOROlIGH. Siecnirrear PERCY A. HARRIS, Esq. HEAD OFrices Judges' Quadrangle, Royal Courts of Justice (Carey Street entrance). The aims and objects of this...

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or initials, or with a pseudonym or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must not necenars7y be held to be in ogreenient with the views therein expressed or wills the anode of...

BERNADOTTE.* Ma. Renee:nes excellent study of the first phase of Bernadotte's career has been written to throw more light than has been thrown by most of the biographers on the...

So much local piety and patriotism have gone to the making of this anthology, so much interesting and beautiful verse is contained in its pages, and such industry and research...

Tun Treaty of Ghent, which was signed a hundred years ago last Christmas Eve, was mainly the work of Albert Gallatin, a Genevese who went to the United States in 1780, at the...

M. FAGG - EV . 8 brilliant book is something like an indictment of the French people. All the same, the reader will not, we are sure, think it unpatriotic. It is easy for a...

PERCY AND OltiLbRat Tun appearance of a volume of collected sketches from the pen of Mr. Anstey reminds us of the accumulated debt of gratitude that we owe him for more than...

Timm who remember Mr. Lukach'a earlier volume, The Fringe of the East, will be quite prepared to hear how delight- ful are the series of sketches which make up its successor....

he calls .4 Villa for Conch, (Smith, Elder, and Co., Os. net) was intended " to bind up and transmit to the indifference of posterity" papers which he bad contributed to various...

example has been an encouragement to the aged ever since. Even more greatly daring is the Rev. W. Spooner Smith, who had never set foot outside the United States until he...

tion in the compilation of local history is to be found in Bygone Haslemere (West, Newman, and Co., 54 Hatton Garden, 21a.). This book originated in the work of the late J. W....

Social Progress (T. Nelson and Sons, 5a. net) covers the period between the appearance of the previous volume, September 80th, 1218, and the outbreak of the great war—which has...

Nati. in Das colony does not necessarily Invalids subsequent retina] Since Loudon published his famous Arboretum in 1838, no adequate account of the trees and shrubs which can...

sonnet on Toussaint l'Ouverture without wishing to know more about its hero, whose "Friends are exultation., agonies, And love, and man's unconquerable mind." The story of his...

Miss F. E. Harmer for her scholarly edition of Select English Historical Documents of the Ninth and Tenth. Centuries (Cambridge University Press, 6s. net). This book contains...

Co. 6s.)—A farther series of loosely connected episodes concerning the delightful Pollyooly.—The Voice on the Beach. By C. L. Ryley. (David Nutt. Is. net.)—These ghost stories...

(Mauxu3e1 and Co. 6s.)—Among the characters familiar to reviewers of fiction, there is one whom we find exceptionally madden- lug — the mystical Irish girl, with deep blue eyes...