appointed to inquire into the responsibility of the Kaiser in public law for the crimes of the war have reported that he is answerable 311 his own person. The jurists who have...

document which proves that the Kaiser not only desired and approved but ordered the diabolical methods of warfare which have disgraced the German name. It is a letter written by...

with Proportional Representation. All men and women over twenty years of age could vote ; twenty-one million women and eighteen million mew were possible voters. The country was...

session last Saturday, which was the forty-eighth anniversary of the proclamation of the German Empire in the Hall of Mirrors et Versailles. Twenty.aeven nations were...

Every convention, every agreement reached at the Hague to which the German Empire set its seal, was framed in order tJ defeat the appalling logic of terrorism which the Kaiser...

T HE General Election in Germany last Sunday passed off peacefully. The Majority Socialists will be the strongest party in the National Assembly without having an absolute com-...

Spartacus Party in Berlin, were captured on Wednesday week and put to death by their military escort. The Socialist Government, faithful to the traditions of the Imperial...

'PO OUR READERS. It is still necessary for readers to place a definite order for the "Spectator" with their Newsagent or at one of the Railway Dooketalts. Should any reader...

letters submitted to hors, but when stamped and addressed envelopes are sent he will do his best to return contributions in ease of rejection.

Wilson with regard to Russia. Every " organized group" in Russia and Siberia is invited to send representatives to the Princes' Islands, near Constantinople, by February 15th,...

Note to the German Government on January Sth requesting that Germany should refrain from provoking the Polish popula- tion in East and West Prussia, Posen and Silesia. The...

in the Italian Ministry, made his reasons clear in a recent speech at Milan. While Baron Sonnino stands on the Treaty of London of 1915 and the territorial claims therein...

at Troves on Thursday week and extended the armistice for another month, to February 17th. By the revised terms Germany must furnish a large supply of farming machinery in place...

aggression and come to an agreement without ceasing to be Bolsheviks. Their avowed aim is the destruction of society, not only in Russia but throughout the world. They aro not...

among themselves has naturally led to a Monarehiat rising. On Sunday last the troops in the North, at Oporto, Braga, and Vizeu, rose under Senhor Oouceiro, the Royalist leader,...

a League of Nations, has stated, according to the DailyExpress, that our Government deprecate unduly ambitious schemes. "The British view is that the League should avoid rigid...

week that the Pfess should be admitted to the plenary sessions of the Allied Peace Conference in Paris, the first of which was held last Saturday. The delegates also set forth...

the Government will redeem their pledge to restore the Trade Union rules and modems which were set aside in 191.5 in order to secure a maximum output of war material....

in his libel action against the proprietors of the Daily Sketch. Messrs. E. Hutton and Co. apologized publicly in Court and paid £500 to a Prisoners of War Fund. The libel...

play-acting by holding a mock Parliament in the Dublin Mansion House. The proceedings were conducted in Irish, but for the benefit of the world and, we imagine, of most of the...

stand reflections upon their honour. If they do not make this distinction, the public soon falls into the habit of saying that every sort of criticism of public men is...

a question of urgent importance when he pro- posed an inquiry into the distribution of the burden of taxes. He said that, while the war had doubled the share of taxation borne...

courses, on Tuesday chose a well-known architect, Sir Aston Webb, as its eleventh President, in succession to Sr Edward Poynter. Wyatt, the notorious architect who damaged so...

disposed of the grievances of the police most have been disappointed by the news that the police are again threatening to strike. Their real demand is that their Union should be...

agreement between the engineering employers and ['rade Unions of a forty-seven-hours week has given rise to many local disputes, especially in London, largely, it seems, because...

the King't youngest child, which occurred suddenly during sleep at Sand- ringham last Saturday. The Prince, who was the fifth son and sixth child of the King and Queen, was born...

5, 1917.

A DRY AMERICA. PTIHE decision of more than three-quarters of the States .1 in America to prohibit intoxicating drink is a political and industrial portent which no thinking...

A WAVE of Labour unrest is sweeping over the country of such an incalculable and mysterious kind that it is difficult to define either its purport or its direction. In these...

F ROM the national point of view the most serious aspect of the miners' demand for shorter hours and inoreased wages is the effect which the necessary increase in the price of...

W E note the plan of acquiring land for soldiers and other pubhc purposes by means of annuities which the Government have lately made public. That may be good as far as it goes,...

I T appears to be a point of honour with every decent dog to show no sentiment whatever with regard to place. In this matter he seems more a creature of reason even than a man....

NELSON IN THE WEST INDIES. tTo ore EDITOR or TIM " SPLCTATOR."3 Sur. — Every scrap of information we can get about Nelson is of great interest, especially when it illustrates...

B ETWEEN Lofthouse in Nidderdale and the Hamlet of Horse Houses in Coverdale, a distance of eight or ten miles, there runs an ancient moorland road. Above Lofthouse the Nidd...

[Letters of the length of one of our leading paragraphs arc often more rend, and therefore more effective, than those which fill treble the space.] -- VILLAGE INSTITUTES AS WAR...

ITo THE EDITOR or THE " tirECrATOR."1 Sm,—The enormous Naval Estimates of the United States stilt hang in the balance. It is quite possible that they will be considerably...

for thirty years past, has moved in and out of numerous villages, North, South, and in the Midlands, may I say with what enthusiasm I have read Lady Barrington's letter ? It...

ITo THE EDITOR OF 1HE SPOLTATOH. ") Ste,—From the very beginning of the war the Sinn Fein organs and leaders have represented that the atrocities in Belgium, France, Serbia,...

ITO THE EDITOR or run " SpEETETOR, "3 Sin,—Your interpretation of the addendum of the Allied Governments fo President Wilson's fourteen points surely will not hold water, or,...

(To THE EDITOR or rue " Betel...MC."1 S112,—If "Fair Play" will re-read the clause from the Act of Settlement, quoted in my letter, he will see - that the restrictions apply...

last week's issue you published a letter from Mr. Jukes on the above subject, which I have rend with greet interest, end as he invites criticisms and hints, I venture to hope...

or THE SPECTATOR...I SIR,—If Mr. St. Loe Strachey's proposal to stock a million rifles (and presumably corresponding field-guns sufficient for fifty divisions) had been...

(To me EDITOR or Ins "SescTITO ."1 Sra,—Your correspondent Mr. Pethick Lawrence, in his attempt to refute Mr. Bell's argument against a levy on capital, makes a most...

SPLCIIIT0112 . ] Sui,—As you know, the Government Is committed to the pro- vision of a large number of cottages in urban and rural areas, and owing to the present cost of...

the letter signed by 5Ir. W. A. Jukee in your issue of the lath inst. as one deeply interested in all labour questions, and particularly those dealing with profit-sharing. May I...

(To THE EDITOR or rue SPECTATOR.") Sie,--The State—that Is, the community organized for collect- ive action—bas certainly to pay Its debts, and also, which is perhaps more...

[To TUE Entree or THE "SPECTATOR.") Ste,—The question of pensions for officers disabled in the our has lately been discussed in the Press. The Committee of the Disabled Officers...

[To rat Berme or ran " Serearoa.".) Sui,—The East End of London has played a great part in the war. By its munition, chemical, ship-repairing, and tailoring works It provided...

fTo ma EDITOR. or in "Smerame."3 Sts,—The impending vacancy in the Irish K.B.D. surely give. the Government an opportunity of cutting down the notoriously overmanned Irish...

[To ran EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR...3 SIR,—a was pleated to read the letter in your issue of January 11th regarding cruelty to horses. For many years I have been distressed at...

[TO sec EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."3 SIX,—That the housing of the working classes is inadequate, both in town and country, goes without saying. But is it not a mistake to...

(To ran EDITOR or THE SPECTATOR.", SIR,—CIANCS Dietionneire Etymologique, 1917 edition (which is the only book dealing with the derivations of words of the last few years),...

WAR PENSIONS.* lunar PARRY and General Codrington have written a most valuable little book on the past and present administration of war pensions. It is only too well known...

TO RIFLE NO. 424170. [The riftes issued to the Volunteers are now being called in by Ike autheritiee.1 Wm., it is hard to part, although 'Twos fate's design for you and me To...

1To nis Burros or me "Sexcratoi."1 Sin,—The story which appeared in Household Words, to which a correspondent referred in the Spectator of the 18th inst., was entitled "The...

name or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked " Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily beheld to be in agreement wills the views therein e.vpreatied or with the...

Jr is strange but true that there is no history of the Congress of Vienna, which exercised a profound influence on the develop- ment of Europe after Waterloo, and whose work has...

Tins brief memoir, a small book on a man who accomplished a great work, is a signal proof of the self-restraint of the anonymous author. The materials available were immense,...

Mn. Kewsrmarost. lea a very remarkable power of direct state- ment. He prefers portraits to general impressions, and by his wonderfully realized heads and figures of soldiers...

Miss BUCHANAN'S book is an interesting, lively, and picturesque account of her experiences at Petrograd from the beginning of the war till January, 1918, when her father, the...

THE purpose of Professor Strong's book is to consider " whether consciousness can be so conceived that its evolutionary origin shall be possible," and so to lay the foundations...

and Hall. 7s.)—A story of an illegitimate child, whose mother "makes good" in a country shop, which the son expands into a groat business. The characters of the drama are well...

!AVM. in this Mama does not aeetaarity pseuds subsequent resins.] Ties QUAIITEILLIF3. — The Edinburgh for January opens with suggestive article on "Profit Sharing in...

A LITTLE SH1E.t Taus are changed since Byron wrote :— " Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean—roll I Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with...

Ms. Wn.uaes H. Moons has written an interesting book upon what he calls " the clash " of the two nationalities of Canada— the French and the English. He has written more...

(S.P.C.K. le. net.)—The Editorial Secretary of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge has written a spirited sketch of its long and useful career, from 1698 to the...

Mr. Miller Christy on " Queen Elizabeth's visit to Tilbury in 1588." The Queen went by barge to Tilbury on August 8th, stayed the night at Arderne Hall, and next day reviewed...

volume of this standard navel handbook, now edited by Mr. Maurice Prendergast, is exceptionally interesting because it gives information about the many new and powerful vessels...

in Wales to organize itself as a Disestablished body is contributed by the Rev. Maurice Jones to the Church Quarterly Reriew. Member. ship of the Church for the next three years...

(Nelson. 2s. ed. net.)—Colonel Buchan in his excellent history of the war has reached the eve of the offensive of last March. His account of Caporetto and its consequences is...

(published by the author at Winchester), asserts that there is a Southern Slav intrigue against the independence of Montenegro, and that " the voice of Montenegro and any...

Press, for the British Society of Franciscan Studies.) —Giles of -Assisi was the third disciple to throw in his lot with St. Francis in 1208 or 1203. He is known to readers of...

Chart of Election Results (Macmillan, Is. net), which represents graphically the state of Parties. There are four concentric bands for the four countries ; in each will be found...

lames Moffatt. (T. and T. Clark. 15s. net.)—Dr. Moftatt's well-known manual of New Testament criticism—a painstaking and scholarly piece of work which gained instant recognition...

T. Wilkinson. (Athenaeum Literature Department. Is. 6d.)—The Chairman of the York Education Committee has done a service in preparing this annotated edition of the Education...