Mr. Lloyd George went on, he offered the post to Sir William Robert- son. He then found that the General objected on military grounds to the new policy and would not go to...

with regard to this last matter. In particular, mention must be made of the fine protest by Mr. Austen Chamberlain, who has perhaps never spoken with greater force, sincerity,...

accepted with much regret Sir William Robertson's resignation of his post as Chief of the Imperial General Staff. Sir William Robertson at once informed the Press that he had...

" will give definite orders to their newsagents for a copy of the " Spectator " to be reserved for them each week till countermanded.

to make the scheme work as well as possible. There must be no sticking of pins into the Government. Criticism must confine itself to what may be called constructive adaptations...

T HE most important event of the week happened in Parliament on Tuesday, and it would not be surprising if its importance seems to grow continually for good or ill with the...

William Robertson in the House of Commons on Tuesday. He asked at the outset that the matter should be treated as a question of policy and not of personalities. The Government...

each Government suggested the arrangement which has been adopted. The American delegate put the case for it with irresistible logic. Sir William Robertson did not say that he...

Lloyd George might have made his speech a week earlier, end thus answered the questions as to the Versailles Council and Sir William Robertson which he evaded on the first night...

the German Emperor, after vowing that they would never do so, and have declared their readiness to, wept a German peace -with annexations and with indemnities. K Trotsky had...

that two . hundred British merchant ships over 1,600 tons were completed last year, with a total tonnage of 1,087,696. During the year our net loss of large ships was five...

protest against these malevolent Press campaigns. The Government ought to protect the men serving under them, and to give them an unambiguous support. At the same time high...

nights of last Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Six machines came up the Thames on Saturday ; one crossed the defences, dropping a few bombs in the eastern outskirts and one in the...

of ten large enemy destroyers suddenly attacked our Dover Patrol. A trawler and eight drifters on outpost duty were at the moment engaged in hunting an enemy submarine. The...

began a new offensive on - Thursday week, when he advanced for two miles in the hills en either side of Mukhmas , the old Michmash, eleven miles north-east of Jerusalem. On...

mine or torpedo last week, as compared with thirteen in the previous week. We also lost three smaller vessels, as against six the week b e f ore , and one ,fishing-beat. Seven...

that, - after strongly advocating Sir William -Robertson's claims, he had offered to resign, but had agreed to retain office, at the request of the Prime Minister. Lord Curzon...

dis- quietude .caused, not merely by the enforced retirement of .both Lord klli000 , and Sir .William Robertson, but still more by the fact that In each case the retirement was...

past week, and the trench raids on both sides have increased in number and importance. The French, v4hose Champagne raid of February 13th ended with the-retention of the...

cluded, were the very soul of victory. Suspicion and distrust must be discouraged. We were faced with terrible realities, and the Government's sole purpose was to mobilize our...

was on Thursday week condemned to death for treason. It was conclusively proved that he had had dealings with the enemy in Switzerland and America as well as in France, and that...

of the Morning Post, were each fined £100 at Bow Street on Thursday for writing and publishing on February 11th an article on the Versailles Council. The defendants gave notice...

Countries. He has explained that he will direct the work, already begun, of disseminating full reports of important speeches and statements of war aims among the enemy peoples....

Germany's recent condemnation of two British airmen to penal servitude for the " crime " of dropping educational leaflets upon enemy territory. Signor Luigi Barzini, special...

The Anarchists first destroyed the Russian Army, and then sought by wild talk about the "Social Revolution" to bluff the masters of many legions. When their threats failed, they...

British Ambassador to the United States, died suddenly at Ottawa on February 14th while returning to England on leave. Ho was fifty-eight When he went to Washington as...

of the few Belgian traitors in German pay who have constituted themselves the "Council of Flanders." Two of the men were arrested as revolutionaries. The German authorities...

rationing to be applied in London and the Home Counties from Monday next would be extended to the whole of Great Britain—but not Ireland—by Lady Day. In some country districts...

took the oath and his seat as a Peer of the Realm in the House of Lords on Tuesday. His "supporters ". were the Duke of Beaufort and the Duke of Somerset. Many Peers and...

April 5, 1917.

THE MEANING OF UNITY. B EFORE any person begins to consider the momentous debate which took place in the House of Commons on Tuesday about the Versailles Council and the Higher...

"UR: AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN'S speech on the relations -MK. of the Government and the Press in the debate on Tuesday produced a deep impression, because he said with patent sincerity...

T HE fanatics at Petrograd who have sought peace by throwing away their arms and speaking with the enemy in the gate have had a rude surprise. Germany, after declaring that, if...

F OR several months past the country has been hearing of bank amalgamations, and the last of the series is apparently the most important. The London City and Midland has...

- I - HAVE seen small but promising riots started in foreign 1 places, as far apart as Vigo and Jerusalem, by children, with the hearty co-operation of British Blues. They are...

N OTlong ago, in America, I came across a young housewife of a peculiarly thrifty turn of mind. The child of wealthy parents, she had married very young, as the custom is in...

[Letters of the length of one of our leading paragraphs are often more read, and therefore more effective, than those which fill treble the space.] FOOD HOARDING ORDER 1917....

[TO THE EDITOR or THE " SPIECTATOR."] SIR,—In "A. C. B.'s " letter of February 9th there occurs this sen- tence: "It is well to hear from the Bishop of London that our younger...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECEATOR.'1 ffia,—The following is a copy of a circular (without printer's name) which has been sent to the Secretaries of Trade Unions and Friendly...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—As to what kind of dogs people should be encouraged to keep your correspondent's excellent suggestions will be looked upon as a counsel...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sta,—It is announced in the Press that Lord Rhondda has directed that the rations of V.A.D. nurses shall be reduced. It is remark- able that...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sie,—The touching and suggestive letter, which so honours your columns of February 9th, regarding the death of this fine gentle- man, leads...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'!] SIR,—Many Anglo-Indian readers of the article on "Limericks" in the February Cornhill will have been disappointed to find no mention of T....

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTAT0112] feel I must enter a brief protest against the article by your contributor "C. W.-E." in reference to Crossley and Howard's English Church...

read the letter in the last number of the Spectator with interest, but may I protest against Pekingese being classed among the "odoriferous and useless," for if properly treated...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sue—You would be greatly assisting our troops in the various theatres of war if you would be good enough to remind your readers of how...

[To FEZ EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR"] would draw the attention of your readers to the progress of the Educational Councils in several London boroughs. The first of these Councils...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.' ! ] Sia,—Your correspondent Mr. H. Wignall, whose letter appears in the last number of the Spectator on "The Art of Eulogy," attributes to...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] you permit me to correct a slight error which has crept into your article on "The Basis of Industrial Concord" in your last issue ? You...

BEFORE BATTLE. (Spring, 1918.) BEFORE BATTLE. (Spring, 1918.) 0 GREAT eternal Spirit of Good, Whom we, Thy children men, adore, Attend the prayer, in patient Parenthood, We now...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") &a,—Jut before noon on Monday, February 11th—an unusually warm and sunny day—I heard it lark sing as he rose from a field at Adel, near this...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") g 15 ,_ Could any of your readers tell me anything about the culture of eels, and if it is possible to keep them in tubs of water in a...

IMMORTALITY.* Tins is a volume of essays edited by Canon Streeter, in which the question of Immortality is discussed from various points of view. For the scientifically inclined...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIE,—In taking my weekly treat by perusal of your issue of the 9th inst. I read in your article "To Our Fellow-Countrywomen ": For the first...

or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agree- ment with the views therein expressed or with the mode of...

AT the request of many of our readers our leading article "New Year Resolves," which appeared in the Spectator on Decem- ber 29th. 1917, has been republished in pamphlet form....

agreed to regard the Civil War as an historical drama. Mr. Oberholtzer's book, learned and impartial though lacking the graces of style, seems to show that the time is coming...

Lee's pleasant volume, as set forth on the title- page, is further defined and circumscribed in her Introduction. With one exception, her studies are of those wives who were...

A GIRL ALONE.* MR. MOWEL EvAws is careful to make it clear in his Preface that this is not exactly a novel with a purpose, though there are chapters in it which deal with...

The Labour - Saving Home is an amusing little book which raises many questions of interest to the modem housewife. "The greatest labour-saving apparatus which we possess is the...

net.)—This valuable survey of Berkshire farming, made on behalf of the Oxford Institute for Research in Agricultural Eco- nomics, is planned on the same lines as the author's...

Mayor. With a Translation by A. Souter. (Cambridge University Press. 12s. 6d. net.)—Tertullian, the first of the three great Christian teachers whom Carthage gave to the world,...

By Wilfred Buckley. (Country I/ife. 15s. net.)—Mr. Buckley's book, though handsomely produced with many photographs, is strictly practical in its purpose. He attributes his...

an interesting paper by Major Filippo de Filippi on "The Geography of the Italian Front," with some fine photographs, notably one of the AEdago Plateau, illustrating the...

[N0606 ws thi.3 CONVItt does net necessarily prreituie subsequent review.] Englishman, Kamerad I By Captain Gilbert Nobbs. (W. Heine- mann. 3s. 6d. net.)—Captain Nobbs was...

City Press. 5s. net.)—This is a memoir, with many extracts from his letters and some of his poems, of a talented artist metal- worker, the son of the late John Bedding, the...