interview which its Paris correspondent had had with President Wilson. The President contrasted the Congress of Vienna, an assembly of "bosses," with the coming Congress of...

to the Bolsheviks a certificate of success. It said that order in Russia is now better established than at any time since the fall of Tsardom ; that the Bolsheviks are cleaning...

the paradoxical state of mind of those who have criticized the Allied policy hitherto. Those critics are all ardently in favour of a League of Nations. They spend their time in...

Bolshevik troops although the Bolsheviks formally recognized the independence of that country and Esthonia threw in her fortunes spontaneously with those of the Allies. Yet...

and will stay at Buckingham Palace till New Year's Eve. We write on Tuesday, before the event, but we are sure that even the Lon- doner's traditional unwillingness to leave his...

11 1HE condition of Russia and the proper relation of the Allies towards that distracted country are perhaps the most puzzling problems of the moment. They are certainly the...

be that it is the very unpleasant but the quite inevitable duty of the Associated Nations to deal with Bolshevism. The Associated Nations have become the policemen of the world,...

We are glad to &Vont' our readers that we have been able to make arrangements to return, with the first number of the " Spectator " in the New Year, to our former typo and to...

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

their intention of sending supplies to our armies on the Rhine by way of the Schelde and Dutch Limburg. Holland, being neutral, has a technical right to prevent war stores from...

President Wilson's fourteen points at length. According to the Times report, Mr. Lodge declared his disagreement with five points. He said that the United States had never seen...

Berlin, resolved on Wednesday week to transfer its legislative and executive powers to the Government under Herr Ebert. This Government consists of tho six "People's Com-...

the Dominions sad India to advise the respective Governments, at their own request, on naval matters. The significance of this mission was explained by Sir Joseph Cook, the...

suddenly changed its spots should be undeceived by the long propagandist message sent out last week by wireless from Berlin to America. The enemy, so far from being repentant...

of economic barriers, for the reduction of armaments, and for a League of Nations. He remarked that Mr. Wilson's economic doctrine would prevent America maintaining her...

in an address delivered in Manchester on Friday week, made an interesting and extremely important addition to the information possessed by the man in the street regarding his...

Allies is worth cultivating. The new Liberal Premier, Count Romanones, has invited the German Ambassador with his crew of spice and mischief- makers to leave Spain, and has paid...

complained bitterly of the Departmental restrictions which hinder the shipping industry. He gave two specific instances. In one case, some steel frames needed for a damaged ship...

had the duty of deciding which statue of Lincoln is to be given to Great Britain have reported exactly in the sense we hoped for. They advise that the well-known and idealized...

and passengers to the number of thirty ; which climb to a height of ten thousand feet ; which travel at a speed of one hundred miles an hour ; and which can make a journey of...

may be well founded, though Mr. Churchill last Saturday denied their validity, and his general conclusion that "it is high time for all this priority permit and licence nonsense...

its own sake ; but he sees clearly that the Air Department must initiate commercial air services. These must be international ; there must be a Convention among the peoples, and...

Saturday, gave a vivid account of the problems to be faced by the Ministry of Munitions, whose stupendous activities were suddenly brought to a dead stop by the armistice. "We...

returned the two old Members, Mr. Rawlinson and Sir Joseph Larmor, the Labour candidate, Mr. Squire, failing to receive an eighth of the votes polled. Dublin returned Mr....

of Mr. W. H. Page, who served as American Ambassador in London from 1913 till his retirement a few months ago. As editor of the Atlantic Monthly and as an enlightened publisher...

reported in last Sunday's Observer, declared that he, as a shipbuilder, welcomed the new American competition. "It is impossible," he said, "that during the next ten years we...

5, 1917.

"A YEAR'S NOTICE." TN his charming speech to the Sorbonne in Paris last Saturday President Wilaon referred incidentally to the League of Nations in words which inspired in us...

attacked during the war that I am loth to criticize him lest I may be suspected of prejudice. His letter in the Times of Monday, December 16th, is, however, so direct a...

W E have received the Report of the second Annual Meeting of the Federation of British Industries, and it is worth while to tell our readers something about the progress of this...

friends of the World-Peace are noting with grave anxiety the strained relations between Italians and the 'Yugo-Slays. The immediate causes of dispute are of relatively little...

- LIVERY thinking man has his own theory as to what pro- !J portion of his time and income he may reasonably give to pleasure. It is not easy to say in which class of life (if...

THD Hindu and Mohammedan Mere and Merats from the Merwara. Hills round Ajmere are men of curious customs and antecedents, very homely folk, and as good friends to the British...

p ERHAPS when the sixteenth century spread its spacious 1. pictures the two houses were one lordly seat ; now, a strip of road divided them, and it was a pretty question which...

(To as EDITOS OF Ma " SPECT ATOR."1 SM.-^I read with some surprise the letter from your correspondent "Fair Play" in your issue of December 14th. He need not fear that our just...

(To ME EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.") Sus,—The importance of our fisheries, which forms the text of an interesting article in your issue of the 7th inst., or rather their double...

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTITOR."] SIR,—The building of suitable cottages must precede any migras tion into the country. I have recently been staying in country places which...

[Letters of the length of one of our leading paragraphs are often more read, and therefore more effective, than those which JILL treble the space.] CAPITAL AND LABOUR. ITO ME...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sia,—May we take it that this popular Housing Scheme, which now bulks so largely in political propaganda, is in itself a com- promise, or...

"SPECTATOR."] Si,—Mr. Barnes-Austin's letter in your issue of the 7th inst. on the above subject seems to me eminently sane in its criticisms and forecasts. As regards the...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Sfs,—You recently referred to the great work which "Ulster has done during the war in supplying linen for the aeroplanes. It Is well to...

[To THE EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—It may possibly interest your readers to hear the experience of an English officer who led his regiment into Cologne. He writes :— "...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Sin,—After reading the letter from Mrs. Hewetson in your issue of the 14th inst., I feel I must endeavour to remove a mistaken idea to which...

8pscrtroa."l SIR,—Your review of a book on the Collects induces me to recall attention to an article by Mr. John Shelly in the Church Quarterly for April, 1912, on the Metrical...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—" One Who Knows" may rest assured that, apart from the question of pensions, in a short time salary scales, with or with- out the...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Mr. Irving writes to you that he finds that the present generation of Winchester boys attaches little significance to some of the...

occupy only the humble place of an aunt, but I have. net forgotten my own childhood or • my position as eldest sister, and I am unable to suppress my surprise at the prayers...

(To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPecturom.") should like to say how fully I endorse the comments made by' your correspondent Mr. Williams in the Spectator of November 80th on the...

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."' Snn—May I through the hospitality of your columns ask all officers and, others who have reoaived gleams or telescopes on lotus through my...

(To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."' Sin,—May I ask if any of your readers have had experience (1) of inducing lade- just leaving school to begin some. work in which they could...

(To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECIETOR.") SIR,—There is some truth in the letter of "A Naval Chaplain," but not, I think, the- whole. truth. There are many young men with a vocation...

THE CHRISTMAS DOVE. Lox° lost, long sought by prayer, by sighe, The Dove descends on Christ once more, The Dove, the Darling of the skies, Christ, Whom to see is to adore....

letters from various correspondents touch- ing on the authorship of the hymn for children that I cited, think you must be right in saying it may have been worked on by Bishop...

CANON BARNETT.• IT is to be regretted that this Memoir, essentially wide-reaching in its appeal, must by reason of its length, minuteness, and costli- ness inevitably be...

Or initials, OP with a pseudonym, or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agree- ment with the views therein expressed or with the mode of...

IT was a misfortune for "George Birmingham" that when he elected: to go to. France as a padre he. could not have as his adviser and protector that redoubtable cleric. the Rev....

read Mr. Arthur Elliot's dispassionate reflee- tions on the war and on the political changes which it has brought. When he edited the Edinburgh Review and sat in the House. of...

Maxee's National Review Diary.' Readers will find it as poignant and as entertaining as any of the previous numbers. The power of the quoted word, without note or comment., is...

Fzw of the minor episodes of the Great War deserve to be remem- bered longer, or in fuller detail, than the work of Dr. Elsie Inglis and the Scottish Women's Hospitals units in...

PROFESSOR SHIELD NICHOLSON has issued a new edition of his book on War Finance, of which the earlier edition was reviewed in our columns at the time of its appearance. The new...

Tax obvious journalistic way of conveying to people who have never seen a battlefield some idea of what war is like, is to describe the objective side of it—the devastation, the...

Tias extremely interesting Life of the founder of the Mogul Empire in India is based on the author's lectures delivered as Professor of Indian History to the University of...

volume of this lively and instructive weekly covers the period from July 18th to October 10th last. It is highly interesting to recall the enemy's diplomatic manceuvres during...

(Brussels and Paris : Van Oast. 3 fr. net.)—This is in the main a study of Dutch neutrality and of the efforts of the German propa- gandists in Holland. M. Pickard thinks that...

George O'Brien. (Dublin : Maunsel. 10s. 6d. net.)—This book contains a great deal of interesting and curious information about Irish agriculture and industry before the Union....

Society, 71 Belsize Park Gardens, N.W. 3.)—This short sketch of Albanian history and of the Albanian claim to independence, recognized by the Powers in 1913, deserves attention....

is a well-written and instructive account of Bohemia's struggle for the recovery of her lost independence, which has now been crowned with success. It began long before the war....

THE GREAT HUNGER.* The Great Hunger is not a story of famine but of conflicting aspirations and ambitions ; the root idea being that in the modern world, in which wealth,...

[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent retietsj Fighting for Sea Power in the Days of Sail. By H. W. Household. (Macmillan and Co. 2s.)—In this...

S. King. Is_ 6d. net.)—This admirable pamphlet explains simply and clearly why Great- Britain, always the champion of the freedom of the sea in time of peace, has steadily...

Kingsley. (Skeffington. 4s. 6d. net.)—The romantic story of the oldest of Nursing Orders has often been told, but it bears retelling in Miss Kingsley's pleasant little book. She...

(Constable. 21s. net..)—This is a useful book by a practical forester. Mr. Webster describes the many species of conifers, and then discusses methods of planting and the...

Williams. (Stevens. 25s. net.)—The indispensable Rogers, so far as it deals with Parliamentary elections and petitions, has been brought up to date in this massive volume, which...

Mrs. Howard Taylor. (Morgan and Scott. 9s. net. ).—The late Mr. J. Hudson Taylor founded the China Inland Miesion in 1865 and took out the first party of missionaries in 1866....

Jones. 25s. net.)—This is a charming reprint of Professor Gollanoz's modernized version of Pearl, the fourteenth-century allegories' poem on a dead child which he has brought to...