high deeds has not yet come, but when it does come the record of the self-governing Colonies will indeed be worthy of inscription. To what Australia and New Zealand accomplished...

face" by a wandering story about an attack made by them on the morning of December 19th and a British counter-attack, with the conclusion that we were so alarmed that on the...

the Greeks maintain their neutrality, but obviously it will be a most difficult business when once the serious attack upon our troops begins. Yet such an attack cannot be...

O N Monday evening Mr. Asquith in the House of Commons made the momentous announcement that our troops had been successfully withdrawn from Suvla, and Anzac, virtually without...

attitude of the Greek Government does not require any very close analysis. Shortly, the Greeks are determined to keep out of the fighting if they can, and to try to limit the...

fate.

our belief that it could not be accomplished without great loss of life, we. not merely acquiesce in but welcome the retirement. No doubt to the onlooker the position of the...

of the bulk of our forces at the Dardanelles, there has been mixed with our satisfaction a very deep regret that the magnificent gallantry displayed by the Australians and New...

for the record of artillery duels. The fact is that in the greater part of the line the ground is so waterlogged that neither side are in a position to move even if they...

We want supplied to us the missing key-piece of the puzzle—the piece which, when fitted in, will give form and substance to all our efforts, from the blockade in the North Sea...

has been appointed Chief of the Imperial Staff in place of Sir Archibald Murray, " who is about to receive an important command." We congratulate Sir W. Robertson, but still...

made by Mr. Redmond and Sir Edward Carson. We prefer, however, to dwell upon the speech of Mr. Stanton, the victor of Merthyr. He expressed the belief that Lord Derby's scheme...

in our opinion, it can only be justified if the announcement has coupled with it a statement to the effect that compulsory legislation will be introduced as soon as Parliament...

for another million men. In the course of it he announced that in the various fields of war we had a fighting force of over a million and a quarter men. Our aim, ho declared,...

Nothing would more certainly shorten the war than if we could convey to our enemies that the British nation have given up their old optimism about a short war and are now quite...

which lies midway between Teheran and Baghdad, has been occupied by Russian forces. Hamadan and Kum (seventy miles south of Teheran) have been the centres of the Turkish and...

French (they would be ingrates if they did not), there is a general feeling that he could not have had a better successor than General Haig. He is a man of stern resolve—now...

that Lord Derby had not yet been able to supply him with the full figures, renewed his pledge to the married men, while at the same time appealing in very firm language to the...

the Government will not find it possible to grant as good terms to the compelled men and those dependent upon them as to the volunteers. To give only one reason, the volunteers...

Asquith will not, however, at once have recourse to compulsion, but will express the opinion that a good many of the young men who have failed to offer themselves did so because...

in the paper of Tuesday that the Armenian population of Adrianople had been extirpated. The men were deported to Asia Minor. We know only too well what must have happened there....

made available to the public in the form of Five per Cent. Exchequer Bonds, which will be redeemed in five years' time. The price of issue is par, and no limit is set to the...

' and a, torpedo-boat were sunk in the Baltic on December 17th by a submarine attack. The ` Bremen' has been something of a mystery. She was reported at various times in the...

the magnificent condition of German finance has already been visited by Nemesis. The German Bourse imme- diately suffered from a slump. No doubt the brokers, who were quite...

Commons was held last week to discuss the desirability of establishing closer relations between members of the British and French Parliaments. M. Henry Franklin-Bouillon,...

to the impertinent and evasive Note with which the Austrian Government tried to defay a settlement of the ' A ncona question. The Times correspondent at Washington says that the...

the Imperial Government in waging war are excellent, and deserve our hearty thanks. The War Loan has been increased to £20,000,000, and £10,000,000 has been set aside to...

8th, 1914.

fighting on the Tigris. General Townahend has been able to hold on to Kut-el-Amara, although the Turkish official report had said that he was unable to make good his position...

the dearth of mercantile vessels. It is needless to point out how much depends upon maintaining the largest possible number of merchant vessels in active use. The food supply,...

ANZAC AND SUVLA BAY. O UR heartiest congratulations must be tendered to Sir Charles Monro for the great military feat achieved by him in the retirement of our troops from Suvla...

A LL fair-minded readers of Mr. Lloyd George's speech in the - Hou'se of- Commons on Monday will admit; we think, that when Mr. Asquith appointed Mr. Lloyd George as Minister of...

A GREAT deal of the criticism levelled against the Ministry for their past actions is thoroughly justi- fied. Yet in spite of that we deprecate the attempts now being made to...

2i GOOD many newspapers appear to be anxious to work up an agitation in favour of raising money for the war by means of lottery loans. The advocates of this measure are careful...

[COMIIINICATED.] W E were fairly fagged out, all of us, after a heavy day of it. One by one we scraped the thick, clinging mud off our boots as best we oould, mounted the shaky...

W E suggest that those who agree with the policy of " Down Glasses during the War should send us, not for publication, but only for registration and reference, their names and...

P EOPLE who call themselves " feminists "—though they might more appropriately call themselves " hominists," since their ideal is not the cultivation of what is characteristics...

THE unprecedented had occurred. For once a national I ideal had proved stronger than class prejudice. In this matter of the war all classes were at one—at one not only in...

SI11,—In respect to the " Drink " question, you say that " we must fight the war on the basis on which Russia is fighting it." Will you please inform us what this " basis " is ?...

" DOWN GLASSES ! " [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SFECTATOR.1 SIR, —May I reply to Mr. Robson ? Ho is mistaken in sup- posing that the only races that have done well during the last...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR;'] Srn,—I am one of those Americans abroad of whom President Wilson says that " they have so far forgotten themselves and their honour as...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sm,—Acting upon the very kind permission given in the footnote to a letter in your correspondence column, this Society is grate- fully...

[TO THE EDITOR OF TRH " SPEOTATOR.1 SER,—The enclosed cutting from the Huddersfield Examiner of November 11th may interest your readers.—I am, Sir, &c., G. D. " Sir Thomas...

subjects will heartily approve of your splendid efforts to back up His Majesty's splendid example not to drink spirits or other intoxicating liquor if need be during the period...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPEOTATOR.1 Snt,—On January 9th last you printed a letter of mine under the head of " America and the War." Since then tragedy has almost sounded the...

[TO. THE EDITOR Or TER " SPECTATOR.") Sm,—I read with great interest your article on "Public Loans and Private Savings," and trust that it may .result in directing real public...

SPEOTATOR. ") Sm,—A great war like this illumines national faults. One of our worst is that wo do not know how, and do not care, to save money. But we should, perhaps, care more...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Ste,,—It was towards the end of morning school, and the Shake- speare lesson was dragging, at any rate, in one quarter. Our young friend, a...

[To THE EDITOR GP THE " SPECTATOR."] hope you will not forget the statement made in your article on " An Example from the London County Council" to the effect that "...

[To Tia Emma OP TRH " SPECTATOR."] S/S,—I think your readers will be interested in the following story of Lincoln, cut from an American paper.—I am, Sir, &o., X. " Lincoln was...

jTO THE EDITOR OF TIES " SPECTATOR.") went recently to visit some of the first lot of our prisoners of war who were exchanged, and who are in the Brompton Consumptive Hospital....

[To Els EDITOR OP TEE " SPECTATOR."] Sre,—On all sides one hears complaints against the newspapers— often too well justified—for their oily optimism on the one hand, and their...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPBOTATOR.n Sm,—Almost immediately after reading your excellent article on " Awed by Rumour " I had occasion to refer to Mr. Canning's speeches, and...

have received the following letters from Lord Kitchener and Lord Derby on the importance of the Cadet Movement :— " War Office, Nov. 2, 1915. DEAR SIR Crtaarats...

[TO THE EDITOR OF TILE SPIOTATOB..1 Sra,—I have been reading romances in which the personalities of Canning and Disraeli are depicted or shadowed forth. Can- ning is a...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPBCTATOR.1 SIE,—It has occurred to me, a constant reader of the Spectator, that the following lines of Shakespeare may excite interest at the present...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—It is strange that the writer of the article on spiders (November 27th) should have remembered Wordsworth's lines to the fly and...

[To TEE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sun,--Mr. Lloyd Parry, of Exeter, says it would be interesting to know of other places besides Exeter possessing these. Has ho ever heard...

]To TUE EDITOR OF TOE " SPECTATOR.") Snl,—In your review of the collection of epigrams in the " Oxford Garlands " (Spectator, December 4th) I am asked for my authority as to the...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPEOTATOE."] SIB, —In a recent article in the Spectator the writer quotes a remark made by a French officer to Mr. Rudyard Kipling, which was to the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—Our bravo soldiers at the front cannot themselves make an individual appeal to those at home. The Y.M.C.A. speaks in their name....

[To THE EDITOR OT THID " SPECTATOR. " ] Sut,—The verses " To the Women they have Left," set out in a letter of Mrs. M. Parkinson in your issue of the 11th inst., were written...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The public's first thought must naturally be given to the fighting line. I plead for a second thought, a thought for an outpost on home...

JOHN HAY.* FOREIGNERS, a term which for the purposes of the present argument may be held to embrace all but the English-speaking races, must find America and the Americans...

name 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...

THE RED CHRISTMAS. (" In these days even our wedding boas ring with a sombre and minted sound." —XL dtiQuan, In the Speaker's Library, November 25th, 1015.] 0 TAKE away the...

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

Mu. IAN My gives us here in a volume the sketches which have made a popular progress through the pages of Blackwood. The humour, the quick vision, and the good feeling of " The...

" IT should be borne in mind that' these are Recollections, not Notes from a Diary—a thing I never kept." In Bishop Browne's case this is a useful announcement, because he has...

Wu recently noticed an enthusiastic study of Mr. Yeats's poetry by Mr. Forrest Reid. Mr. Hone is also a great admirer of Mr. Yeats the poet, but in his essay he is primarily...

Spindrift is a fascinating " blue-water " book. Iu its delight. ful pages live Commodore Trunnion and Captain Oakum in " sweet accord," with long passages from Modern Painters...

was expected by our military thinkers is proved by the fact that there is no official publication on the subject. Among the efforts to fill the gap, the little book by...

THE LATER LIFE" The Later Life is the second part of a tetralogy, the first part of which, also translated by Mr. de Mattos, we noticed in the issue of February 14th, 1914. The...

a part in the recent history of the British Army that most of us are apt to forget the admir- able piece of peaceful work to which his early years were devoted. His personality...

Mn. Pevmosna B. FOSDICK, who formerly held an important position in the municipal administration of Now 'York, has compiled a statistical account of European Police Systems,...

difficulties of Menelaus and the Trojan War itself must have been far more entertaining for the spectators and critics than for the combatants ; at all events, Mr. Hewlett...

(Harrap and Co. £1 net.)—There is a magnificence about the format and printing of this new book upon the Tower that should commend it to any who are still lavish in their...

MORE STORIES FOR GIRLS. THIC last few weeks have produced many books for , girls, from among which we can recommend several. For quite young girls A Troublesome Trio, by Annie...

Marshall, and Co. es.)—We admit that we are puzzled by Allies ; and we are very little helped in our un- certainty by the Latin tag on the title-page—Mutato nomine de to fabule....

should make popular two volumes issued in good causes. The Queen's Cift Book (Hodder and Stoughton, 2s. 6d. net) is published in aid of Her Majesty's convalescent auxiliary...

and Co. is. net.)—Stories of the part which the Australian troops have played in the war ; they are somewhat marred by the imaginative romance interwoven with them.—Countrymen...

(Wells Gardner, Dorton, and Co. 5s. net.)—Sir Harry Johnston has written a dozen brief Lives of famous Britons, beginning with Drake, ending with Captain Scott, and including...

Way Thither. (The Hakluyt Society.)—The first of these new publi- cations of the Hakluyt Society is a continuation of Mr. Glanvill . Corney's translation of the history of the...

[Notice in this column does ,wt neceasarily preclude subsequent review.] Mr. Gerald Lascelles knows the New Forest as well as any an living ; he was made Deputy Surveyor by Lord...

in summer, Mr. E. A. Bowles's My Garden in Autumn and Winter completes his trilogy, and is the best of the three (T. C. and E. C. Jack, 5s. net). Mr. Bowles is a thorough...

John G. Ervin°. (Maunsel and Co. 2s. not.)—One of those pathetic tragedies of rural life for which Ireland seems to afford such abundant material. It has all that atmosphere of...

Co. Os. net.)—This is an illustrated and enlarged edition of ingenious fairy-stories. Miss Florence Anderson's pictures are above the average in daintiness, and, though she owes...

2s. 6d. net.)—This talc from The Arabian Nights has been " deco- rated " by Mr. Charles Robinson ; that is to say, there are five coloured plates in which the artist . tries...

net.)—A new and cheaper edition of Mr. Gouldsbury's vividly written Reminiscences of Forty Years' Sport and Adventure in Bengal. We should imagine it would be a very welcome...

land, M.D. (John Bale, Sons, and Danielsson. 7s. 6d. nets)— " Tod's Well, a corruption of Gode Well (Good Well) or Golding's Well, situated in the Clerkenwdll neighbourhood,...

(Cambridge University Press. 3s. net.)—This is the fourteenth edition of a compilation that gives most useful information for the Academic year 1915-16. So far as the seven...

6d. net.)—Our readers will be interested to know that Mr. Ilankey's moving little dramatic sketch, A Passing in June," which appeared in the Spectator of September 18th of this...