was not much of interest. We are glad to record that Mr. Harcourt refused to consider the adoption of the system of meat tickets. As German experience has proved, tho system...

T HE military situation continues to be satisfactory. Though we fully recognize that one must not exaggerate the effect of the Russian advance, it is none the less not only a...

become familiar during the past four months has prevailed throughout the week. " Mutual cannonading" has been almost constant, and there has also been a considerable number of...

and Mr. Boner Law paid eloquent tributes to Lord Kitchenees services to the nation. Later some important alterations in the Chancellor of the Exchequer ' s original fiscal...

on metor-cars. We are to have instead an extra duty of 6d. a gallon on all petrol used for pleasure, or at any rate private, purposes Commercial users, doctors, and veterinary...

improved, and shows that even when it was at its worst on the eastern side of Lake Garda our optimism was well justified. Not only have the Italian flanks continued to hold, but...

news which comes from Arabia, but may record here that the Grand Shereef, who is supported by the tribes of West and Central Arabia, has actually preclaimed Arab independence of...

All the signs show, however, that in every part of our line we possess the local mastery. This will not, of course, prevent the enemy attempt- ing to anticipate attack by us by...

were paid to Lord Kitchener by Lord Lansdowne, Lord French, and Lord Derby. Lord Lansdowne said that no one but Lord Kitchener could have conjured up the new Armies as by the "...

case.

Iter unconstitutional and unpopular Government occurred during the week. M. Skouloudia has resigned and M. Zaimis is once more Prime Minister. Probably ominous disturbances...

effort is to be mado by the National War Savings Committee to observe the week heginningJuly 16th as a National War Savings Week. All leaders of eninion in the country are being...

Presidential candidate at the Democratic Convention. Mr. Marshall was nominated for the Vice-Presidency. Mr. Bryan spoke after all, and said that, though he had differed from...

Staff, died suddenly last Sunday when attending a memorial service to Field-Marshal von der Goltz. He was sixty-eight years old. He was a nephew of the famous Moltke who won...

the naval constraint, and it was no surprise when M. Zaimis informed the Entente Ministers on Wednesday night that the demands made by the Allies were accepted in their...

In Italy, and the orisis has thus passed, leaving the country in a better position than before to play its part in the war. Signor Bissolati, the well-known Reformist Socialist,...

under General Smuts. Wilhelmstal, the capital of Usambara, has been occupied, as well as Korogwe (the second town in im- portance) and the bridge across the Pangani. The enemy...

describing the first stage of his East African campaign. He reached Mombasa on February 19th, 1916, and in four days reported that he was prepared to occupy the Kilimanjaro area...

Kilimanjaro, with the object of passing through Mosbi, and of eventually cutting the Usambara Railway at Kahe. The principal fight . came after the capture of Taveta, when it...

on Friday week, when Mr. Balfour said that it was quite a mistake to suppose that Admiral Cradock had been brought to action against his will. On the contrary, though he knew...

thousand members of the London V.T.C. Enormous crowds watched the review, and to those who had not followed the work of the V.T.C. it was a revelation that these men, in spite...

Germany. The Allies agree to preserve their natural resources for the Allied countries during the reconstruction period. They undertake to facilitate the interchange of those...

to object to in principle. We must repeat, however, what we have just said in regard to the specially drastio precautions recommended for the transition period. Everything...

mended. The first of these deals with the period of the war, and can be briefly summarized as specific proposals for making more effective the principles of the blockade and the...

is the manner in which the provisions of the Agreement are approached. There is no suggestion that what the Allies are proposing is a method of making themselves rich. Rather it...

circulated by Renter's agency :— "Yale University has awarded the Howland Memorial Prize of 500 for distinction in literature to Rupert Brooke. The announcement is made as...

has put an end to all the treaties of commerce between the Allies and enemy Powers, and since the liberty of none of the Allies should be ham- pered by any claim put forward by...

all depends upon how they are worked. If they are carried out in- telligently and reasonably—as we trust and believe they will be—their effect should be entirely good. It will,...

undertake to adopt measures for facilitating their mutual trade relations, both by the establishment of direct and rapid land and sea transport services at low rates, and by the...

and examined the ships which had fought in the battle of Jutland. His Majesty in addressing the officers and men of the Grand Fleet said :— 4 Unfavourable weather conditions...

the Economic Conference of the Allies, held in Paris during last week. After a general statement that the Empires of Central frope, having forced a military contest upon us, are...

8th, 1914.

TURKEY AND THE HOLY PLACES. N EWS was received in London on Thursday morning that the potentate who in the Mohammedan world holds the status nearest to that of the Pope in the...

A S we go to press on Thursday evening comes the news of a cavalry skirmish on the border between the forces of the United States and Mexico. In view of this fact, only the...

only the London Corps—gave on Saturday last capital proof, not only of what good material they are composed, but also of the soundness of their training. Ten thousand Volun-...

T HE Government have acted very wisely in appointing a strong Committee to consider the question of food supplies and prices. The Chairman of the Committee is Mr. J. M....

W Epublih elsewhere a letter from Mr. Pat B. , Marston in which he protests against the use of the w Tn.! England " for "Britain," both by Mrs. Humphry Ward in her book,...

T HE return of the bittern to its old breeding-grounds in Norfolk is one of the groat events of the last few years for those who follow the records of British ornithology. It...

THE SURREY GUIDES. ITO THE EDITOR OF TEl " SPECTATOR:I Brit,—Yon have often given the hospitality of your columns to the Surrey Guides, and especially to their practices in...

[To THS Eorros OF TUB " S:ECTATOR-1 Sur,—After the vigorous appeals which were made in your columns some time ago in favour of "Down Glasses" and prohibition during the war and...

'ENGLAND'S EFFORT." ITO THZ EDITOR OF TEl " S1'EOFATO7t.") Sm,—When I began to read your review of Mrs. Humphry Ward's most useful endeavour to show Americans and other...

of them. An one of many possibilities between this and that date may upset the most carefully constructed estimate. A great loss of American life by the action of a submarine at...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sna—The National Economy Exhibition at Prince's Skating CIA% Knightsbridge, will be opened by the Lord Mayor on Monday next at noon. It is...

[To THE EDITOR OE TEE " S PECTATOR." 1 Sin,—Almost every day one finds in the newspapers that the workers in some part or other of the country are calling for increased wages...

ITO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.. 1 Snt,—Apart from the war, it is long since a more important announce- ment has appeared than that you reproduce from the Daily Chronicle that...

[To 273E EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." I Snt,—May I point out, in answer to Mr. Carlin, that the Government In dealing with the Ulster and the Sinn Fein organizations, so far...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."' Sin,—Could you not follow up your article on Mr. Redmond's manifesto with another giving in more detail the facts and figures of the British...

(To Till EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR."] STR,—Since the State itself recognizes that there are "conscientious objectors" to war whose scruples must be respected, we must needs be...

leo THE EDITOR OF THE " segererove Bin,—I have read many comp'aints that our soldiers at the front are frequently unable to find their way about the Prayer Book, and are,...

tee THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—In these days of exceptional pressure upon its restricted space, can the Spectator place on record the Lord Mayor of London's suggestion...

[To me EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR?) S1R,—If I read aright Lord Cromer's most interesting article, his view is that the School of Oriental Studios should provide an adequate system...

SPECTATOR.") Sm,—May I draw the attention of readers of the Spectator to a very " special " little Lending Library of Braille books that has been started by a few book-lovers...

[TO THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR."] Sia,—As the lamentable loss of Lord Kitchener and his Staff is liable to be hailed in Gormany—at least by the vulgar crowd (which is large,...

" SPECTATOR.") Sra,—The manner of Lord Kitchener's death recalls the noble epitaph written by Propertius on the death of his friend Pae . ..us, drowned off the coast of Asia...

" SPECTATOR."] Sra,—Your columns often contain interesting references to lore of birds and folk and ships. I submit a conjoint reference to all three, with, as cement, the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.") Srn,—It is evident from recent articles in the Press that a new attempt is to be made to reclaim waste lands. The expression "waste lands" is...

[To TIER EDITOR OF THE • SPECTATOR.") S111,—Many of my fellow Dublin " G.R.'s " agree with me in thinking that a curious omission has been made by not sending an invitation to...

FEDERATION.* Tin victory which the united British nation is resolutely determined to secure in the great contest now being waged is not in itself an end. Rightly considered, it...

SPEOTATOA:1 Bra,—Will you allow me to bring to the notice of your readers the fact that the Fresh Air Fund is in dire need of support, if it is to continue its beneficent...

OA TAZ " SPECTATOR:1 Sra,—The liberal response made to the recent appeal for educational books for the use of British prisoners of war interned in enemy or neutral countries,...

KOSSOVO DAY. ("For an Angel of Peace, a faithful gum, a saantlan cd our golds and bod!es, !el ns aak the Lora."---Serbian Liturgy.] TO SERBIA, IN EXILE. Yous land lies hushed...

Wic have received for the above Fund sums of £1 Is. from Mrs. Maurice F. FitzGerald, Co. Dublin, and of £6 from "F. R. M."

or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked " Communi- cated," the Edit& must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode of...

written about such experiencee as other visitors to the front have had, his remarkably readable book would have deserved high praise on its merits. But he has done much more...

Tun title of Mr. Mais's book is slightly misleading, since the sketches of which it is made up deal with Public School life before as well as during the war, and this composite...

from correspondents giving quotations from Shakespeare's plays applicable to the present war. Mr. Francis Colmor had anticipated this idea by compiling a book of such...

LrrxRATErrim that has appeared in the daily, weekly, or even monthly Press seldom stands the test of reproduction in the form of a permanent book. It is often perforce hastily...

of the matter in thorn, and know how to bite into tho live man's flesh for parchment, loose him, and let the wretch go rankling through London, are rare, and therefore we are...

Wolk* in ihis column does not necressrilf preclude subsezisent revive.) The Family Laundry. By the Hon. Mrs. Lionel Guest. (Central Committee for National Patriotio...

THE HUMAN BOY AND THE WAR.* We deal in another column with the schoolboy in war time as interpreted by a schoolmaster. Here we have him depietel by a novelist, who has already...

net.)—The assistant-editor of Poultry has written a timely book that ought to encourage the farmer, small-holder, or " back- yarder " to keep poultry for producing eggs or...

2s. 6d. net.)—We have already drawn attention to Professor Hearnshaw's views on National Service as expressed elsewhere. Here he republishes three articles which appeared in the...

6s.)—A theatrical novel of the present day.— Chapel. By Milos Lewis. (William Heinemann. 6a)—The title does not refer to a place of worship, but to the story of a father and son...

6d.) —which admits to the Sale—of the Royal Horticultural Society's Sale In aid of the Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John, which is to be held on Tuesday, Wednesday,...

not.) very handy little volume of phrases in four languages, English, French, Dutch-Flemish, and Esperanto. As the manual is partly Intended to help in the growth of the...

L. W. Shakespear. (Macmillan and Co. 5s. not.)—There is nothing like a knowledge of local history for endearing a place even to temporary residents. Therefore a volume such as...