that the American Note in answer to the German will be despatched on Friday. It will "inform Germany that any further loss of American lives through German submarines, in...

phrase "unfriendly act" is used by the United States " with full realization of its meaning " in diplomatic inter- course. The Note insists upon reparation for the loss of...

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

how will President Wilson meet the "unfriendly act" from Germany if it takes place, in view of the want of military power of the United States. Those who talk thus forget what a...

that the American vessel 'Nebraskan' was sunk by a German submarine. The German Government, in apologizing and promising reparation, explain that no attack on the American flag...

case.

great battle, a battle which has already lasted some four days, and which may very well lust another four, since four hundred thousand men are said to be engaged on each side....

there is is good. Neither in the case of the Belgian, British, nor the French is there any indication of German mastery, but rather the reverse. The most that the Germans can...

W HAT will in all probability prove the greatest, though not necessarily the most decisive, battle of the greatest war the world has seen is proceeding in Poland. Speaking...

words, but they were certainly not made leas significant by a remark in a later part of the speech. The House, said the Prime Minister, would observe that in the note appended...

were not going to trade in corn, and that any buying or selling that they might do when they had laid in their six months' stock would be merely for the purpose of keeping their...

a statement in regard to the finance of the war. The total amount of money voted since last August was £1,012,000,000. The daily expenditure, he went on to point out, now some-...

the milling trade in regard to our article proposing that there should be a Grand Victualler to the Nation. That letter we do not think it advisable to publish at present, but...

Saturday, reported that she had been attacked by a German submarine thirty-seven miles off Queenstown. She carried two hundred and twenty-seven passengers, including eighty...

Govern- ment which is described as a legal caveat on behalf of those American. whose cases are about to be tried by British Prize Courts. The United States Government announce...

Canada, was invited by Mr. Asquith to sit with the Cabinet. The Prime Minister always has the power to invite any one to join in the consultations of the Cabinet—such persons...

by Royal Decree. The King has left Athens for his convalescence. M. Venezelos at a meeting of his supporters declared that the Government were ignoring the sovereignty of public...

their first Order, applying drastic regulations to the Newhaven district. The other scheduled areas will no doubt be dealt with on similar lines. The hours during which liquor...

Lord Ribblesdale, and had given the names of the Committee who would inquire into expenditure, he announced that, though the Admiralty and the War Office were not to come within...

Wednesday. By an almost unanimous vote the conference of miners accepted the large concessions offered by the Government and pledged the men to resume work at once. We have...

Merchant Taylors' Hall to urge on the nation the need for public and private economy. In a resolution in this sense, which was carried unanimously, it was also demanded that new...

the Prime Minister made a statement in regard to the transmission of cotton from the United States to Europe for destinations in many cases hostile to ourselves:— " I can...

and economy go together, and not efficiency and profusion :— " He did not mean to say that any economy should be effected which would impair the capacity of this country to...

streets of London to express their readiness to serve the nation. The procession included a pageant of the Allies, the most remarkable figure in which was perhaps the lady who...

Cromer. We cannot get on without recourse to indirect taxation. But if we are to have indirect taxation, it will be much safer and much more profitable to have a sort of...

Aug. 8th.

an interesting debate on the Government and public expenditure, in the course of which he reminded the House of the grave warning given by Lord Cromer in 1908 when he said, on...

THE STRUGGLE IN THE EAST. A S we write on Thursday the vast combat between the Slav and the Teuton in the eastern theatre of war is still undecided, and probably will remain...

through the London streets last Saturday, earnestly determined to insist upon their privilege of serving the country, made an impressive spectacle. It is not too much to say...

very interesting articles on the question of armour as applied to modern warfare. When mobility was the essential need of the soldier—that is, when what an army had to dread...

in South Wales will undoubtedly produce a general feeling of satisfaction, although it must be frankly confessed that the events which led up to the settlement were by no means...

in part by any newspaper desiring so to do, provided that the usual acknowledgments are made as to the original pubtication by the "SrEcrwron."] I T would obviously be...

T HE great makers of the United States dreamed of a world isolated from the pertinacious and perverse bickering. of the older countries. They believed that most wars were thrust...

NEUTRALS AND THE WAR. [TO THE EDITOR Of TEE “131 . 1COTAT01.“] Silt,—Murmurs are heard in neutral countries that the war drags on so long. Holland is no exception. I noticed...

[To TIE EDITOZ OF TEE " SPZOTATOE."] Sin—The very interesting article in your last issue on " The Magnanimity of Italy " (which I hope may find its way into some Italian...

The Crumbling of Austria- Hungary," in the Spectator of the 10th inst. has brought vividly back to my memory my childish friendship with Miss Wratislaw and her telling me that...

[ To THE EDITOR OP THE " arsexarost."] San,—The friends of Slavic liberation, and particularly those interested in the future of Bohemia, owe you a debt of gratitude for your...

[TO THE EDITOR Or Till "Srscneroli."3 SIR,—In an excellent article on " The Magnanimity of Italy " which appears in the last issue of the Spectator I see a statement which is...

Sin,—When the Hapsburg tyranny crumbles, and Bohemia has a King again, and the nation has wiped off a certain amount of discredit which has attached to its name, our tie with...

Sin,—There are those who tell us, especially among the people who make use of German dictionaries, grammars, and other laborious instruments of pedagogy, that we must not let...

[To TIIR EDITOR Or TIER ..lirilorrros.n Sin — I am honoured by Dr. Rose's reply in your issue of May 28th, but will you accord space to extend the initial argument P It is...

[To THE EDITOR OF T111"SPECTATOR.''] Sia,—How is it that we are compelled to admit that there is still something imperfect in our National Service P Is it not because we have...

[To THE EDITOR or TEl " SPECTATOR.'] Sre,—We have much pleasure in enclosing a note dealing with a suggestion for increasing the country's output of air- craft. The note...

[To TER EDITOR or TER "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—Science, we are told, is to be mobilized. In order that this may be achieved successfully, it will be necessary that the different...

Sun—Instructions were issued early in March that a register of the names and addresses of all men rejected, with the cause of rejection, should be kept.—I am, Sir, Ere., A...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Referring to your article "Possibilities of Taxation" (Spectator, July 17th), it is clear that such detailed measures as you mention...

the War Loan and your remarks as to the faoility of borrowing and the difficulty of paying interest are good and to the point. It has struck me that the taxing of amusements...

the 17th inst. you make some valuable suggestions for new taxes, and I therefore venture to submit the following, which, if you think it impracticable, you will throw into the...

[To TH1 EDITOR or Tull "nritoraroa.1 SIR, — With reference to the letter signed "D." in your issue of the 10th inst., it would, I think, be interesting if your correspondent...

[To TH1 EDITOR or 131 "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—I have read with interest in your issues of July 3rd and 10th letters relating to the V.A.D. workers and their treatment by the trained...

[To THE EDITOR OT TEE SPECTATOR.”] Sin,—If you are not tired of the subject, will you not give your readers the following passage from the Aphrodisian of the poet Antiphanes...

your correspondent's letter (Spectator, July 10th) entitled " Voluntary Workers in Hospitals." May I, through your valuable paper, put in a plea for these nurses ? I wish to...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR...1 SIE, — For years past you have been good enough to allow me to appeal in your valuable paper for contributions towards a fund for providing...

[To TEE EDITOR OF TEM " Sroorrroa."] Sxn,—Raine's Foundation School, Arbour Square, Stepney, is doing its bit for the country by devoting its engineering shop, which contains...

[To TIM EDITOR or THE “SPECTATOR."] SIR, —I think the gentleman who quotes from Dr. Watts's world-known hymn on the first page of last week's impression should have looked for...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. " ] these critical times economy is absolutely necessary, and one way our military authorities have of carrying this out is as follows. A...

COUNT HAYASHI'S SECRET MEMOIRS.* THE title of this book prepares us for some sort of irregn• larity, and the expectation is not falsified. The Japanese diplomatist and...

"CONVALESCENCE "—RYE : MIDSUMMER, 1915. PEACE on the hill beneath the blue of June Lying the day long stretched upon the dune, Fanned by a gentle breeze, warmed by a summer...

SunscnIPTIons for this Fund should be sent to the Spectator Office, or direct to Messrs. Barclay and Co., Goslings' Branch, 19 Fleet Street, London, E.C. Cheques should be made...

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 erpressed or with the mode of...

PRESIDENT: LORD DESBOROUGH. Hon. SECRETARY : PERCY A. HARRIS, Esq. Hasp Omen: Judges' Quadrangle, Royal Courts of Justice (Carey Street entrance). The aims and objects of this...

Ix one of his Oxford Lecturea on Poetry Dr. Bradley remarked that what interested us in a man of genius was his genius, and not the rest of him. Criticism too often ignores the...

A GREAT many people are feeling just now, not without a tinge of compunction, that they know little or nothing about Australia. They would like to read a plain account of the...

Two important articles in the Edinburgh are devoted to the financial aspects of the national crisis. One of these, an unsigned paper upon " The Outlook for Capital," analyses...

Tars is the first volume of a new series called the " Home Connoisseur Series," "intended to cover the whole field of household curios." Mr. Burgess remarks in his preface that...

Tars little book of sermons might be described by a hostile critic as a glorification of war. On the other hand, it is full of an enthusiasm shared, we trust and believe, by...

SOME ELDERLY PEOPLE AND THEIR YOUNG FRIENDS.* THERE is no plot and very little incident in Miss Macnaughtan's book ; but the absence of these usual ingredients of a novel does...

before us two more books on the subject. Typical Flies, by Mr. E. K. Pearce (Cambridge University Press, 5s. net), is described as "a photographic atlas of diptera, including...

Guide to Oxford (Oxford University Press, ls. net), intended for the use of wounded soldiers from the hospital there. It is written in a delightfully unofficial manner, and...

perhaps the fundamental problem of penology. Mr. Douglas Pepler's small volume upon .Tustice and the Child (Constable and Co., Ss. 6d. net) is a useful study on the subject by...

(Williams and Norgate, 6s. net) publishes the "Hibbert Lectures" delivered by him in London last autumn. The lectures give an outline of the religious views of the Chinese...

Maio. in this column doss not necessarily product. suboequsni review.] So many sensational books upon spies have been published lately that our interest is not so likely to be...

is curious how seldom the writer of an autobiographical novel seems to know what he is talking about ; and this cus- tomary artificiality makes the sincerity of Mr. Poole's work...

6s.)—Mr. Neuman's story of a man who raised himself from his environment, and of his influence on his son, is well written, although with no especial perception.—The Stanhope...

Years of Edward III. is the title of a thesis by Miss Dorothy Hughes (Hodder and Stoughton for the University of London Press, 2s, 6d. net). Owing to the expense of the war...