" Trade Union," " a close corporation," and a " military caste." These are mere phrases. The first act of a Trade Union when it thinks itself aggrieved is to strike or threaten...

whole truth were known, it would be found that there was no failure whatever in Staff work. A popular impression has been created, quite wrongly, that our Staff work is commonly...

and Sir Douglas . Haig is that the brains of the new Army have not been drawn upon for Staff work and high appoint- ment& But this complaint is marked either by ignorance or...

for them to back up their chosen military leaders, the Army will inevitably conclude that its suspicion that there is political intrigue behind the Press intrigue is well...

blame for the partial reverse in the Cambrai sector did not lie with the Higher Command. He declined to ascribe the fault to any one. The General Staff knew two days before that...

W E must place first in our weekly record of events the virulent and organized attack which has been made upon Sir William Robertson and Sir Douglas Haig, and we are sorry and...

attention to the Cambrai affair, and asked the Government for a clearer statement of the causes of the set-back. Mr. Kennedy Jones asked bluntly whether the War Cabinet were...

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

the Revolutionary Socialists proved to be in a majority of two to one, the Anarchists forcibly closed the sitting and proclaimed the Assembly at an end. The meeting was preceded...

come through Germany and Holland. The strikers complained of the reduction in the flour ration. On Saturday last their leaden were received by the Premier, who was moat...

which, we might say, cannot help supporting him—tried to stam- pede public opinion at a moment favourable for them, they might have their way. It is a contingency for which the...

shown by the decree of Mr. Garfield, the Feel Adminis- trator, suspending. for five days from Monday the work of all but war industries east of the Misaissippi. Mr. Garfield's...

were again gratifyingly small. Five large ships over 1,600 tons and two smaller ships were sunk, while six escaped. In the previous week we had lost four large ships and one...

War Cabinet He explained in a letter to the Prime Minister that, as the outcome of the Irish Convention might demand " a decision by the Government on grave matters of policy in...

cliffe, who had been asked by a repreeentstive of the Press Associa tion whether it had been proposed that he should take the place of Sir Edward Carson in the Cabinet. Lord...

' and the Breslau,' the well-known German-Turkish cruisers, which made their first sortie from the Dardanelles. Those who use ferrets for rabbit-shooting know how their...

to any definite result. The 'enemy claimed, falsely it seems, to have reached an agreement for a separate peace with the Ukraine, involving the withdrawal of troops on either...

reached this country. Our natural desire to believe them need not be wholly repressed by the caution which we have learned to exercise in regard to these neutral rumours. We may...

the consumption of meat, sugar, bread, and butter or margarine in all hotels and boarding-houses, restaurants and clubs, throughout the kingdom. There are to be two meatless...

Commons on Monday. Objections were raised by Mr. Samuel and others to the power given to the Director-General of National Service to withdraw exemptions. Sir Auckland Geddes...

Henson, the new Bishop of Hereford, expressing the belief that " when you repeat the words of the Creed you do so ex animo and without any desire to change them," with Dr....

offering• too aalriag too much." Canning's rhymes are recalled by the moaning effrontery of the Dutch claim upon us for damage done to two Dutch ships by German submarines. The...

in connexion with the Hereford controversy, to a remark by Sir Mountatuart Grant Duff which we recorded in a review of Notea from a Diary in the Spectator of April 29th, 1905....

of 132 votes to 42 to insert a complete scheme of Proportional Represen- tation in the Franchise BilL Lord Curzon, as in the case of the proposal to omit Woman Suffrage, blessed...

April 5, 1917.

nation has now been followed by the gift of Dryburgh Abbey by Lord Glenconner. The public spirit of the givers is beyond praise, and will, we are sure, stimulate other wealthy...

at Westminster that there were no alternatives to the Government's Man-Power Bill but the raising of the military age or the sending of wounded men again and again to the...

with - an excellent speech by Mr. Purdy, a Tyneside ship- builder. The enemy, he said, had shown no sign of his willingness to accept the peace terms formulated by Mr. Lloyd...

acceptance by the Ulster Unionists and Nationalists of the Boundary Commissioners' scheme with two exceptions. Mr. Red- mond's little borough of Waterford is to retain its...

A NORTHCLIFFE MINISTRY. " Security was their ruin. . . . If they had been aware that such a thing might happen, such a thing never could have hap- pened."—(Iimum's " LETTER TO...

any power of political anticipa- tion, or any appreciation of the presages and portents of Press campaigns, must have known that something was going to happen when they noticed...

relevance to the question put to him. The main charge against the Government is that, instead of reducing civil expenditure in order to help to meet the enormous expenditure...

drafts to the Army at the front, as well as to send drafts early enough for adequate training, has created a more anxious situation than most people recognize. The subject is...

recognition, both o? persons and places, which, unless we happen to hate them, is in itself pleasurable. Those who have been long away from their native place recognize its...

W E live not five hundred yards from the White Tower, and yet we are as far from the crush and roar of Army traffic as if we were billeted in a dug-out on the top of Kotos. Our...

THE HARVEST OF THE OCEAN. ITo THE EDITOR OF THE " SPEATEATOR."1 Morning Post of December 29th, 1917, appeared the " FISHERMEN'S SEIZURE OF LAND. Twenty-seven men, mostly the...

[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.] THE HEREFORD CONTROVERSY....

evening of the 18th inst. did I see in the Spec- tator of the 12th inst. the Bishop of Oxford's personal disclaimer. which obviously requires a full and candid rejoinder. As...

Civis " questions the accuracy of my statement that the aim and purpose of the Church Self- Government Association is the recovery by the Church of liberties which she once...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR.—Strange that the Government do not realize that failure to apply conscription to Ireland is not only a discreditable weakness en their...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Bishop Welldon in his interesting letter says that when he succeeded the late Dr. Montagu Butler at Harrow he was told that because of...

thousands to-day whose thoughts are following the Master to his resting-place, my mind travels back down the s-s-sza_lo an occasion when I was a guest at one of the Trinity...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In your last issue there is a letter from Sir James Ramsay. The writer says: " In both cases the opposition came from the Romish...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sia,—The recipe for making bread with potatoes given in your columns three weeks ago has one defect, that the proportion of potatoes to...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") am in entire agreement with your article on the above subject, which I have read with particular pleasure and satisfac- tion. " The meat...

SPECTATOR.") SIR,—It is almost a year ago since the Prime Minister declared that the food position was so grave that imports of paper and fruits, among other things, must be...

[To THE EDITON OF TEE " SPECTATOlt: . ] SIR,—It is interesting to find a writer, in the early stage of the Peninsular War, explaining that our difficulties in Spain, as well as...

[To THE EDITO3 Or THE " SpEcuTort."] Sie,—In one of M. Cunisset-Carnot's delightful country-life articles in the Temps he mentions that the French Army have utilized what...

[To THE EDIT= OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I see a letter addressed to you by " L. M. IL," asking where yeast can be obtained. The Postal Yeast Company will send her yeast, which...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. 9 1 Sta,—There is at the present time a tendency in conscientious and public-spirited households to allow the subject of food rations unduly...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—I shall be glad if you will allow me to inform the piddle through the medium of your widely read paper that the Com- mittee of the...

perfect lady of mine indulges me with much forward chatter. To me it is a sort of lover's talk—sweet nothings and gnrglings in my ear, close; but you should watch her goings-on...

TILE " SriscrAroa.") Ste,—At the present time, when so many united religious services have been held in connexion with the Day of Special Prayer and Thanksgiving, the following...

[To ens Enrroa or THE " Specreroa."3 SIR,—Having discovered, after a recent re-reading of the famous Orley Farm case, indubitable proof of Lady Mason's innocence, I hasten to...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 SM,—The enclosed extract from a letter received from a young officer may interest some of your readers as showing how the present internal...

[To THE EDITOM or THE " SPECTATOR.") read " Scotus's " letter in the Spectator of January 5th with interest. I too am afflicted with the painful " virtue " of over-punotuality,...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTVIOR."] SIR,—Recently one of the leading German Professors, Professor Herrmann, of Marburg, a distinguished writer on Christian ethics, has...

[To THE ED/TOR OF THE " SPECIETOR."1 Sra,—In two weeks I hope the number of the Spectator will arrive at our library reading-room which will contain your comment on Lord...

[To THE EDT/Va. or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,--A layman must needs be cautious in writing of matters in which he is, perhaps, an amateur. Yet I confess I was much struck when a...

SIR,—We are asking the hospitality of your columns to enable us to report the progress of the Ramsay Memorial Fund, which was instituted just a year ago with the object of...

THE " SPECTATOR.") Sta,—Your article of October 13th on " A Decimal Coinage for the Empire" has been read here with much interest, as it is practically the money we have. Port...

books, changeable quarterly, to be sent to the various centres. Some ten centres have already" been supplied, and applications are coming in from many counties. The scheme has...

THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—May I avail myself of your courtesy to ask for more help for our wounded soldiers ? There is immediate need of three hundred voluntary women workers for...

OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sia,—Perhaps you will accord me the hospitality of your widely read review for an appeal in favour of the Prisoners of War Office of the International Red...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " 6PECT1TOR."] Srs,—The writer of the article The Government of Belgium " by Germany " has apparently forgotten the Aristotelian &Ivo/mimic/a. The word...

of lonely fear, The cloud that gave him birth 0 Guardian Angel, share with me • His moments of unrest, Your wings shall be his canopy, His pillow is my breast. See ! The Red...

ITo THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—With reference to the article which appeared in your issue of December 29th, may I draw attention to the fact that the Bureau of...

WE are very glad to be able to inform our readers that we have received permission to reprint the noble Address by Mr. Lansing which was published in the Spectator of September...

" SPECrATOR."3 Sin,—I wonder whether any one, in the hunt for "quotations for the times," has called attention to the following from Dante (Purgatorio, XX.). It seems...

MISS MARY-A HAIR MACDONALD'S three poem s ( In t he Ward," " Epiphany Vision," and " In Last Year's Camp ") have been reprinted from the pages of the Spectator in pamphlet form...

THE poem entitled " Christ in Flanders," which appeared in our issue of September 11th, 1915, has been reprinted in leaflet forth. Copies can be obtained from Messrs. W....

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....

Tram youngest friend of youth, yet wise and old In years and care and counsel.—Lay to rest His heart in Harrow where—herself ensouled- It loved and laboured, joyed and gave its...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTIT02.”1 SIR,—As an old Lincolnshire man, born close to the Tennyson country, I have been interested in the series of letters on Tenny- son's...

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

GENERAL FREYTAG'S DEDUCTIONS.* THE importance of this book is attested not merely by the record and the position of the writer, but by the efforts of the German Government to...

LORD SA-NDERSON'S admirable Memoir of his old friend and colleague, Lord Cromer, is a worthy tribute to that great man. Nothing could be better or truer than the opening...

THERE has been a good deal of talk lately about Guild Socialism' and one therefore turns with special interest to two books recently published which profess to deal with the...

Mn. FAWKES, whose Studies in Modernism are familiar to many outside the ranks of professed students of theology, has now written a small book on an even more attractive...

" Carricism of Nietzsche is rife, understanding rare : this book is a contribution to the understanding of him." It must be admitted that Mr. Salter has amply justified the...

THE publisher's note on the cover of Mr. Sharnol's book informs us that it is " a practical and highly interesting guide to those mental conditions that promote original...

THE OILSKIN PACKET.• WE have to thank Messrs. Reginald Berkeley and James Dixon for proving in their excellent and exciting yarn that the last word has not been said on the...

6s.)—The most interesting part of this novel is con- cerned with the psychology of the Eurasian heroine, and the series of chapters, the first of which is called " A Hindu...

[Notice in this c,lunan d.es not necessarily preclude subuquent review.] The Edinburgh Review.—The new Bishop of Hereford opens the January number of the Edinburgh Review with...

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(T. Nelson and Sons. Is. 6d. net.)—Mr. Buchan's admirable history of the war pursues its even course. The new volume is timely, for it deals with the German " peace offensive "...

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was an attractive if extremely bellicose fox-terrier, with " an enviable strain of bull " in his composition, and in these reminiscences he shows that " a dog's life " can be a...

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the fiftieth annual issue of this familiar and invaluable work. It is as compact, comprehensive, and accurate as ever. The articles on the war are very concise but will be...

Professor John Marr already given his popular book on Physical Geography the happy title of The Scientific Study of Scenery, this title would have served admirably for the...

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