so wanting in numbers was the French professional Army, and so efficient and so numerous were the Germans, that at the beginning of the war the Germans outnumbered the French by...

Allied armies and destroy them ? No. The Allied line is too long, for though of course the Germans might be able on our left wing to surround and cut off the British force, or a...

T HERE is cause for manly anxiety, there is cause for stern determination; above all, there is cause for unflagging energy in military preparation; but there is no cause for...

then would be enough, for long before she is beaten back, say, to the line of the Loire, the double advance of Russia on Berlin and Vienna must relieve the pressure upon France,...

with a terrific impact and with splendid collective courage, as every one who knew anything of the German military machine knew they would. They are pressing their attack as men...

fate. They must look to the end that will crown the work. The only danger is that they may look to it in a fatalistic spirit, and not with that helpful and alert energy which...

theirs means, even apart from the wastage of war, a loss of two hundred thousand men in masking fortresses and guarding lines of communication. In an enemy's country lines of...

case.

age to thirty-five. He had much better, however, have altered it to forty-five, which is now the age limit for ex-soldiers. At the other end of the scale he should, we think,...

a report of the last incidents in Berlin written by our ifinbassador, Sir Edward Goschen. The Emperor had the bad taste to send an Aide-de-Camp to the Ambassador with a...

but we can hardly doubt that their losses were very heavy. Our cavalry were as good as our infantry and our gunners, and there appear to have been cavalry charges quite in the...

that are now coming in from our wounded and from other sources show that our men not only acquitted themselves with great valour—that was certain—but showed the very greatest...

has made a serious statement in the House of Commons. Sir John French had just reported that in the fighting which took place between our Army and the enemy on Wednesday our...

an impressive tribute to the heroism of the Belgians, and moved an address expressing the thanks and the admiration of the House of Commons at the heroism displayed by the...

at the front. All we know definitely is that Sunday last found our troops in and around Mons in Belgium; that they were heavily engaged on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and...

to take the field in a recruiting campaign, and we trust that Lord Curzon will stand by him. The Chancellor of the Exchequer could not be doing better or more legitimate work,...

be described as very good indeed. The greater part of East Prussia has been overrun by the Russians. Konigsberg, it is true, stands out as an island in the flood of advance, but...

the Belgians are worrying the Germans from Antwerp, and that a force of British Marines has occupied Ostend—a move of no great importance, but one which the Navy can carry out...

during the week. On Thursday Mr. Churchill was enabled to announce in the Commons that the British cruiser Highflyer ' had, "off the coast of West Africa," sunk the swift German...

fifty thousand troops made a spectacular march through the city with bands andsong. The Civil Government of Brussels bad at the last moment disbanded the Civic Guard, whom the...

Jef Dierickx, of Neerhespen, bears witness to the following acts of cruelty committed by German cavalry at Orsmael and Neerhespen on August 10th, 11th, and 12th:— An old man of...

list. We earnestly hope that the Belgian Committee may be mistaken as to many of these awful charges. We are bound, indeed, to say that we cannot believe accusations like that...

Abraham Lincoln a propos of the suggestion so often made by the Kaiser that his chief and most powerful ally is God, and that He has always been on the German aide. During the...

to the Austrian defeat of the day before on the Drina. It describes the Servian success as a "great victory," and says that the Austrians were being pursued. "They offer no...

these columns that men of family, wealth, position, and education who want to serve their country should not, unless they have special qualifications, wait about in the hope of...

six poets will prove of value to their country is unques- tionable. They should make it their special duty to teach their fellow-recruits that a certain amount of suffering from...

Press Bureau a list of terrible acts said to have been committed by German troops in Belgium. The outrages are vouched for by a Belgian Committee of Inquiry, consisting of the...

had been received to the ultimatum requiring Germany to withdraw all her armed vessels from the Far East and to surrender unconditionally the territory of Kiao-chau. The...

Aug. 8th.

HOW TO RECRUIT. " W E need all the recruits we can get," said the Prime Minister in the House of Commons, and he said no more than every thinking man knows to be true. We need,...

W E shall perhaps be told by the authorities at the War Office that it is all very well for us to talk about rapidly taking in masses of men, but that we have forgotten the...

N O decent or self-respecting person will ever indulge in a, word of recrimination even against those men who supported Germany and German aspirations till the beginning of the...

I T is most gratifying to Englishmen who value American sympathy to know that public opinion in the United States is wholly with them in the war. We may be told that we...

T HE action taken by the bulk of Trade Unionists since war was declared has been a surprise to various pessimists, who had, without the slightest warranty, assumed that English...

as a very egotistical record. It may, however, prove of use to Sheriffs of other counties who are burning for a job, and, indeed, to all men who are too old to join the ranks,...

W AR is an art, and the principles of it are eternal. Changing conditions impose a different aspect on war as the years pass, but these changes are only super- ficial; the...

A SHERIFF may be compared to the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland, which faded away till nothing but its smile remained. The ancient office has gradually faded away till...

T HE loafers in London look more pitiable than ever. The best have enlisted, and the rest are drinking to their good fortune and safe return. In the poorer streets a kind of...

O F most out-of-door games played by Englishmen it would probably be true to say that they fit the player for the activities which may be required of him in war. They train the...

POLAND'S GRATITUDE TO RUSSIA. WE have received the following telegram from Mr. De Z wan, the well-known Polish man of letters :— " Warsaw, August 21st, 1914. Spectator,...

LTO Tag EDITOR 07 TEN "SPICIATOL1 SIR,--It is long since I have written you anything, but the enclosed clipping from a local daily newspaper offers an extended text which may...

SPECTITOR."] SIR, — In the last two Spectators I have read with great pleasure your strong advocacy of enlistment for active service. As I fear much that a sufficient number of...

[To TIM EDITOR OF THR " SPECTATOR. " 1 Sra,—There are a very large number of young men employed in gardens who, with a little encouragement, would, I am sure, willingly enlist,...

[To THE EDITOR OP TER "SPECTATOR. " } SIR, — The Spectator is doing splendid work in aid of recruit- ing, and it is greatly to be hoped that it will go on "rubbing in" the...

[To TIM EDITOR OF TIER "SPECTATOR:1 Si, — The Spectator for August 22nd quotes an interesting passage from Mr. Cramb's references to Treitschke's remarks on war. The latter,...

see Mr. Tristram's very proper protest in your last issue against professional football at this time of national crisis. May I suggest that the Press should combine to take the...

to tell two stories of the past, and to add a few words on the present situation. One day during the darkest phase of the Boer War I saw, on a railway platform, three or four...

[To THZ EDITOR OF THY " SFRCIATOR."1 SIR,—You say it is imperative that we should have at least half a million men in training. No doubt it is. Mr. Spenser Wilkinson, in the...

lTo ma: EDITOR Or Tan " SPECTATOR.1 SIR,—I am doing my best in this country parish to get young men to enlist. It is a district of bucolics, sluggish and slow to move. I begin...

[To THR EDITOR or TRY " SIIICTATOR.n read with great interest the review of Mr. Cramb's book in your last number. I should like to call the attention of your readers to a book...

LTO MR EDITOR Or rag " snicarcat."] Sin,—Will you allow an old and constant reader of the Spectator to make an earnest protest against the line you are taking with regard to the...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR, — A. large number of papers throughout the country have been good enough to print a coupon on behalf of the National Relief Fund, and...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sfa,—The war is slowly taking hold of the imagination of the village, and here on the east coast of Essex the possibility of invasion is...

why rifle ranges should not be opened on Sundays ? Drills also might be arranged, an hour being chosen which would not interfere with church services.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPEC TATOR.") should be much obliged if you could find space to inform your readers of the work the Emergency Committee for the Assistance of Germans,...

[To TUB EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Srn,—We are calling a meeting early next week in this parish (a) to encourage enlistment in " Kitchener's Army," and (b) to form a Village...

[To THE EDITOE OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SER,—You say in one of your artieles in the issue of August 22nd that "the ruling military caste in Germany and Austria, who have made this...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sin,—There appears to be a feeling of discouragement among members of the County and Divisional Branches of the British Red Cross Society...

[TO TILE EDITOR OF TEE SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—On p. 475 of Miss Sarah Austin's translation of Professor von Ranke's History of the Popes of Home occurs the following passage : "When...

SIR,—The other day in this little Norfolk village, as a relation of a young fellow had been trying to persuade him not to enlist for the war, be put the matter to his mother,...

[TO THZ EDITOR Or 1HZ STECTATOH.1 SIR,—Many of your readers may be pleased to be reminded of Pope's lines complaining of a would-be poet's importunity in asking the great...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR:] SIR,—It is the desire of all good citizens to assist in endeavouring to "carry on business as usual." The Govern- ment have done much to help...

[To TIM EDITOR Cr TEl " tirECTATOR."] SIR,—We may take God's goodwill for granted; our prayers should be that our will may be conformed to it, that we may know and do it, our...

[To IRS EDITOR Or T51 "Srscisros.” J should be very glad to know whether any of your readers could give me any information as to where I could find the rate books kept by the...

ELIJAH ON CARMEL. KINGS Xii.) TO-DAY our Church ponders the scene On Carmers height ; how that fierce throng, The prophets of the Punks queen, Called on their Baal loud and...

[To 273X EDITOR OF TRX "SPECTATOR...1 SIR, — Will you kindly insert the subjoined P—I am, Sir, &e., With the official sanction of the War Office and the Red Cross Society,...

THE MILITARY POLICY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.* WE rejoice in the republication of Pasley's famous essay, which made so wide a stir amongst our grandfathers and called forth the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THU "SrEcriron."1 SIR,—At a time when many ladies are thinking of coming up to London to help in relief work, it may be of use to some to know that Bishop...

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 mode of...

it is in teresting to return to it again in view of the latest examples of German diplomacy and conduct. The Life of the man who bore in his own country the nickname of...

Mn. CIIRLE'S study of Mr. Conrad is in one respect hard to review, in that he spikes the guns of his critics by his disarming admissions. Books of this sort, when inspired by...

THE countryman who looks up at the most conspicuous of the Government offices in Whitehall, and is told that it is the new War Office, may sometimes wish to know—the Londoner...

of the Romans, old as it is, has not yet lost its interest, and Mr. Lloyd may be sure of finding many readers, even though his theory is at every point con- troversial and...

bailed with enthusiasm by a very large public. Some people will acclaim it with one kind of delight, some with another. We select the following fragments for quotation :— " Oh,...

ALBERTA AND THE OT.HERS.• THE recent influx of settlers into Western Canada is beginning to bear literary fruit, and when it springs from first-hand experience, as in the case...

a King steals his own crown jewels and runs away from his throne, both the private life which he adopts and the public and political life which he has left behind are full of...

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.) —In July, 1913, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace appointed a Commission of eight to undertake an impartial inquiry...

title-page of Miss Cobden's study of second-rate society both deceives us as to the nature of her wares and underestimates their value. She calls her book "episodes in a life,"...

net.)— Although most of this little book was written some years ago, it still gives a stirring description of "how the British seamen prepare for war." Brief picturesque...

[Under this heading tr. Notice such Books of ths vests as hays not iests TIMITTC11 for review in other fora's.] With Wellington in the Pyrenees. By Brigadier-General Beatson....

pamphlets containing Forms of Prayer for Public and Private Use in Time of War, and Forms of Prayer for Domestic and Private Use in Time of War, by Canon Newbolt (S.P.C.K., 2d....

of farm life in Pennsylvania. The heroine is a school teacher lodging at the farm, who carries out her duties in an unconvincingly able fashion. Maria. By Baroness von Hutton....

E. A. Altham. (Macmillan and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)—The author of this admirably written book begins by expressing the opinion that it would be impossible for him to improve on the...

(The Bible House, s.) records, amongst other signs of the progress of this useful institution, the appearance of six new versions of one or more of the Gospels. These are...

and VI. By Northcote W. Thomas. (Harrison and Sons.)—Mr. Thomas is the Government Anthropologist for Nigeria, and has collected a great mass of interesting details about the...

for Missionary Education. 2s. net.)—The author of this book has enjoyed fifteen years of varied experience as a missionary in China, and is now a Mission Board Secretary at...

Walter Hutchinson. (Hutchinson and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)— This is the first volume of a popular history of the world, which has the commendable feature of being written by men who...

their clear and excellent war maps, comprising The Franco- German Frontier and Western Germany, on a scale of eighteen miles to the inch (5s.); The North Sea and the Baltic,...

Murby and Co. is. net.)—This little book by an eminent dental surgeon aims at calling the attention of the general public to "the enormous, the vital necessity of maintaining...

Esther Cameron's Story, Aunt Diana, and Averil, by Rosa Nouchette Carey, and Good Wives, by L. N. Alcott (Religious Tract Society, is. net each).—San Celestino, by John...

Mott. (John Murray. 3s. 6d. net.)—This little book is an amplifi- cation of three lectures which Dr. Mott delivered last year under the auspices of the Chadwick Trust. It is...