the Dardanelles, which describes from the sailors' point of view the incidents of, the landings already described by Sir Ian Hamilton. The chief events occurred on April 25th...

has made to an American interviewer as to the price of Bulgarian neutrality or intervention in the war makes it no longer possible to say that no one knows exactly what Bulgaria...

afternoon, and is on sale at all Messrs. Smith and Son's London Bookstalls and all London Newsagents. All country readers can now obtain the paper on Saturday morning, and...

turning movement which threatens the Grand Duke's position all along the line, is of extreme strategic importance. But though that cannot be denied, its fall, or the fall of a...

T HE news from Russiais mulch the most important of the week.. The German official message published on Thursday morning stated that Kovno,. with all its forts, had fallen, and...

Monday of the successful British attack at Hooge on Monday week is most encouraging reading. On this occasion there was no doubt whatever of the superiority of the British...

We hear of men roped together climbing over snow at heights of eleven thousand feet. Such is soldiering on the Ortler range on the way to Trieste. Naturally in these cramped...

case.

the Press Bureau on Thursday afternoon. It explains that in the recent Gallipoli.fighting .(on the southern and Anzac lines and at the fresh landing in Suvla Bay) the casualties...

greeted with tremendous enthusiasm by the crowds as he approached the Chamber. In the election of the new Presi- dent of the Chamber M. Delios, the Government candidate,...

been presented to the German Chancellor by a group of eighty-two intellectual(' and politicians. The signatories declare that Germany did not enter the war with the intention of...

the secret Memorandum recently presented to the German Chancellor by the chief agrarian and industrial organizations of the Empire. The Memorandum, which has been published by...

steel mines of Belgium and France, on the ground that this is essential to Germany's welfare and safety ; while to maintain the balance between agriculture and industry the...

aeroplane factories at Dayton, Ohio, and with having actually purchaeed a large American arms concern which has gained control of the output of one of the chief powder...

the side of the Quadruple Entente. But everything depends on what she is offered. She will "close" with Germany's offer if Germany can really guarantee her the restoration of...

"Naturally, the territories which we shall have to evacuate according to our conditions of peace must not become a rampart for our adversaries, and no rival of Germany must...

throughout the week, the publication of a remarkable series of secret German documents revealing the purposes and activities of the official German propaganda in the United...

of opinion between the German Foreign Officeaud the Admiralty over the more outrageous use of submarines. In this Herr von Betbrnann Hollweg, who stood for moderation, was...

was raided by the police. No arrests were made, but all copies of the Labour Leader and the quarterly Socialist Review were carried off, together with a number of pamphlets...

the news from Russia is still black. It would be our answer to Germany—an answer in the spirit of the Romans, who stiffened the terms they offered to the enemy after they...

on the East Coast. Incendiary and explosive bombs were dropped at various places, killing four men and two women and wounding three men, eleven women, and nine children, all...

1914.

Cameroon to an Anglo-French force on June 10th is described in a Memorandum sent by an officer to Sir Frederick Lugar." and issued by the Secretary for the Colonies on Tuesday....

was derailed between Stowe Tunnel and Weedon while travelling at sixty miles an hour. Seven coaches were hurled over the embankment, nine persons were killed, and some thirty...

Cromer's masterly series, " Germania Contra Mundum." We are glad to be able to state that the articles will be published in pamphlet form by Messrs. Macmillan on Monday, price 3d.

the National Service League, since the League is justly trusted and admired as the depositary of all truth in this matter, and the society which has made the country familiar...

is as follows :— " That this mooting of citizens of publicly assembled affirms its belief that justice and the special needs of the nation require the immediate acceptance of...

morning the British transport ' Royal Edward,' a steamer of 11,000 tons, was torpedoed by a German submarine in the Aegean. The transport had on board thirty-two military...

National Service which has been signed by men of all parties, among whom we are glad to notice the names of many stalwart Liberals. The manifesto is described as an appeal to...

correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, a Zeppelin, which had infringed the neutrality of the Netherlands by flying over the Zuyder Sea and remaining over Dutch territory for an...

THE EASTERN CAMPAIGN. A T the time of writing these words it is impossible to reconcile the official accounts from Berlin and Petrograd as to the situation at Kovno, but for...

T HERE are as many different opinions about the Balkan tangle as there are facts, and in this welter of confusion the only plain thing is the demands of Bulgaria. Nothing could...

A CYNIC, looking at the world from a sufficient distance to be himself unperturbed by its troubles, might musingly comment upon the fact that large numbers of people, both in...

O NE result of the war has been vividly brought home to some of us by the changed aspect of Oxford and Cambridge. Not since the days of Charles I. has there been anything...

in part by any newspaper desiring so to da, provided that the usual acicnowleclgments are made as to the original publication by the " sracrieron.n IAN attempt has thus been...

AX. . LL good lovers are not good haters. On the contrary, some are good excusers. It would seem natural that this charitable habit should be an acquired thing, the outcome of...

rip HE time has arrived for a great rapprochement between the British and Russian peoples. It is beyond question that one of the greatest barriers between the two peoplee has...

AMERICA AND THE WAR. N.. Tel EDITOIS or TEM usrsorrros."1 SIR,—As an American citizen, though residing in England. heartily agree with the excellent letter by Dr. J. William...

was written lately to the editor of the North American Review as a sort of protest on my part against an article by Houston Stewart Chamberlain appearing in a recent issue of...

surprise, horror, and disgust that I read in your esteemed magazine the article called England' by the Germanized Englishman Houston Stewart Chamberlain in the July number. Were...

[To ma EDITOR or nix "SPECTATOR."] Sin, — From my last night's local newspaper, published in the very corner of the States, I out the enclosed. One of the clippings is merely...

[To THU EDITOR Op TILE " EFROTATOR.".1 SIE,—It is highly instructive at this present juncture to note a passage in a letter from the late Hon. John Hay, addressed to me in...

[To TRH EDITOR OF TIM "SrEcrAroa."] Sin, — I think the enclosed letter, on account of the frank expression of Colonel Roosevelt's views, may be of interest to your...

ero TIM EDITOR or TION " SrECTATOLn Stn, — A certain amount of attention has been attracted in this country by an article published in the August Fortnightly under the title...

thanks of all students of history are due to Mr. James M. Beck for the skill with which he elicited the information steennutrized by " Americanus " in your article of August...

[To THE EDITOR Op TICE "SPECTATOR. ..] SIR, —In your issue of August 7th Mr. Sidney Whitman takes me to task for stating in my article under the above beading, published by...

[To TEE EDITOR ON THE "SPECTATOR."' SIR,—While it is true, as your correspondent "Poor Law Official" (Spectator, August 7th) points out, that one of the effects of giving...

[To TUN EDITOR. Or TUX " S =TATO II,"] SIR,—Your paper has always taken a broad and far-seeing view of public questions, and among others of the food supply and its possible...

[To TN X EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—In the article entitled " What Will They Do With ItP " in the Spectator of August 14th you describe how you would give certificates...

MO TNT EDITOR OF Tea "Srscmos.") SIR,—This Committee has already issued leaflets showing people why and how to save, and, still more practical, has also published a...

[TO TIT EDITOR Or TUX " SYXCIA Slit,—A. Canadian member of the Over-Seas Club, Mr. Fans Sewell, first suggested the charming idea of planting maple seeds round the graves of...

" SPECTATOR."1 SIR, —I would suggest, if I may, to " a L. G. " another correction (besides the one contained in the Spectator of the 14th inst,) in his poem " Nairnshire...

is quite right. To object to the obvious improvements which have years ago been made in the great hymn "0 God, our help " is pure pedantry. But he must not believe that Watts...

Srn,—I am surprised that in this correspondence no one has reproduced the possibly exaggerated translations credited to a. fatuous Head-Master. I used to hear of them at...

[To Ills Emiroa or Tli• " SYKOTATOR."1 Sin,—In your review of Home Cookery in firer Time in last week's issue you say that you do not feel quite certain that the practice of...

"sracrxeroa."/ Srn,—The word used by "Ignottie " in his letter on " The Victoria League Club " in the Spectator of August 14th, signifying food, should be spelt " Scoff " not...

ETo as EDITOR OF TIE " EINCCTATOIL") Si a,—Islay I, in view of the correspondence upon Dr. Watts ' s noble hymn, "O God, our help in ages past, " say that the use of the...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPROTATOR."I Su,—I sometimes see appeals to your readers in the Spectator, and I am venturing to tell you about a work I have started in Oxford in the...

or 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...

[TO TIM EDITOR OF TITS " SPROTATOR.1 SIR, — We should ho very pleased to invite convalescent officers needing rest. and change of air to stay at this country rectory. The...

[To TILE EDITOR OP TRH "Srixoriaoa,"] SIR, —You were good enough last November to publish a letter from myself commending to the generosity of all lovers of horses the...

have none of us much money left in our pockets, but still I am not afraid to ask your readers to give some- thing to the 'Women's Holiday Fund, which they have so generously...

PERSIDEHT LORD DESBOROUGH. Mom SECRETARY: PERCY A. HARRIS, Esq. HEAD OFFICES: Judges' Quadrangle, Royal Courts of Justice (Carey Street entrance). The aims and objects of this...

BRITISH MERCHANT SERVICE, 1915. OH down by Millwall Basin as I went the other day, I met a skipper that I knew, and to him I did say : " Now what's the cargo, Captain, that...

PAN-AMERICA.NISM.* SUCH books as that by Mr. Hudson Maxim, which we reviewed recently, and this fascinating study of Pan-Americanism by Professor Roland G. Usher, as well as...

task he has undertaken in this valuable and timely book may not be known to all our readers, and on that account it may be worth while briefly to summarize them. He is a Russian...

THIS book is an arraignment of the principle of democracy, and it is alarming reading. The author has a bitter distrust of "the crowd," pinning his hope, on the other hand, to...

THE MS. here edited, with a valuable introduction and notes, by Dr. Wickham Legg is well worth the attention of all who are interested in the sources of the Book of Common...

MB. H. OMMUNDSEN, a former winner of the King's Prize at Bisley, and Mr. Ernest H. Robinson, another well-known expert in all matters relating to rifle-shooting, have col-...

my wonder grew." That is not the sort of sentence we expect to find in a grave official Report. It may serve to show that. official Reports in India are somewhat. different from...

THE FREELANDS.• IN his new novel Mr. Galsworthy adheres to the method successfully followed by him in other works of illustrating social changes and the evolution of publio...

Belgium's Agony r Mr. M. T. H. Sadler has made an excellent translation of the spirit-stirring volume, La Belgique ISanglante, in which one of the greatest of living poets has...

and its Work (Macmillan and Co.. 10s. net) is not merely an account of the structure and functions of the Government. It deals also in some detail with some of the actual...

South Kensington have taught us to understand something of the Southern Slav feelings and ideals. Of the facts of Serbian history we are still for the most part ignorant. We may...

as the standard work upon the subject in English. Its great length, however, prevents it from being very widely read, and it is consequently a matter for satisfaction that the...

many novels of crime have appeared during the last few months that we are inclined to think that the publication of detective stories would be a profitable subject for fresh...

Davis. (J. M. Dent and Sons. 6s.)—An interesting analysis of the characters of a man and a woman, seen as the parties in a divorce case ; the translation is admirable.—It's...

one point in his novel admits that he would have liked to make Barbara Freeth the heroine of the story ; we are, on the whole, sorry that he did not follow out his inclination,...

[Notice in this column don not neemarilv plaid. subsequent rsvinr.] Nothing is more difficult than to persuade an apparently well-educated foreigner that the English are good...