German counter-proposals to the Peace Treaty have been summarized in a telegram from Berlin. These minder. proposals are very long, and are introduced by a lengthy tirade in...

has obtained from the Allies a concession in regard to the Saar Valley agreement which is not likely to please public opinion in France, at whose expense the modification has...

of State for India announced that the Bill for Indian Reform would be introduced in June, and reviewed the situation in that country. The question of currency was still causing...

Border warfare in favour of the more highly civilized and more scientifically equipped combatant. The bombing aeroplane will do far more to keep the Indian Border quiet than a...

somewhat conflicting, and a rumour of unconditional surrender has not made itself good. But the drift of the enemy has been towards a sudden friendliness. The position of a...

Satur- day last, has addressed to Count Brockdorff-Rantzau a reminder of some pertinent facts. The Allies are taking from Germany only a third of the amount of shipping which...

successful action on the Murmansk front by British, Italian, Russian, and Slovak troops, Lumbushki, whore the railway touches Lake Onega, being taken. Archangel reported many...

letters submitted to him, but when stamped and ad,dreased encelopee are sent he will do hie beat to return contributions in case of rejection.

troubles, and the situation has not grown less serious in recent days, in spite of the discovery that a community can do much on its own behalf against a deliberate and...

Congress conveyed to Mr. Boner Law the demands of the " Triple Alliance " in regard to some matters with which Labour is only indirectly concerned. It will be remembered that...

responsibility for the foolish and dangerous utterance of the General Secretary of the Police Union, who ventured; we hope without authority, to apologize in the Press of...

how long decent British working men will allow their Trade Unions to be brought into disrepute by this kind of mockery. What the " Triple Alliance " aims at is using its...

slightest wish to upset the accepted methods of making griev- ances known which have served the democracy so well in the past. The reason for refusing to allow demonstrating...

Labour, Sir Robert Home, said that under the homing schemes one hundred thousand houses would be completed in the first year and two hundred thousand in the second year. The...

up Mr. Hawker and. his gallant companion ae lost, both men- were resting from their labours, hospitably entertained in a Danish tramp steamer, which had picked them up in...

announced that the Metropolitan Police are to receive a sub- gentle! increase of pay and better conditions of service, but that the Police Union will not be recognized. Mr....

the folly of some of the leaders of the police, see cannot help feeling very strongly that the pollee ought to have received months ago the better pay and conditions they were...

it was absolutely necessary legislation ; and Mr. Montagu declined to apologize for it. India included a clique of men who were the secret and determined foes of any form of...

reach the Houses of Parliament to demand work, came into violent conflict with the police, and some heads were broken, though the police carried out their duty with no more than...

for a guide would suppose that Lord French was a Samson who killed himself in pulling down the temple. But as a matter of fact what Lord French did, according to his own...

declared that " our production of high explosives has been placed on a footing which relieves us of all anxiety and enables us to supply our Allies" His culmination of...

that while in April, 1915, Mr. Asquith, through folly or laziness, was starving the Army for shells, Mr. Lloyd-ejeorge was strug- gling to tell the country a very differtni...

in the Daily Telegraph of Tuesday, was perhaps the most strain and the most controversial. It contained a grand concluding attack on Lord Kitchener and Mr. Asquith for failing...

little incident, but It is clearly one of very good omen. It shows how wise is the instinct of the Royal Family as a whole in fixing upon the housing problem as the essential...

recent speech at Newcastle seems to have been invulnerable so far as the argument of the speech went, our readers know that In our opinion the real blame for what happened in...

whom the Prince talked, and has delighted the nation, was his power to hold his own, giving good proof that he knew his subject. He demolished the accusation that certain empty...

as a whole, more pleasure than the accounts of the Prince of Wales's visit to North Lambeth on Monday. A great deal of the London property of the Duchy of Cornwall is situated...

go into the question whether ho was or was not a very lethargic Prime Minister--we cannot ourselves see that he could have spoken at Newcastle in 1915 otherwise than he did....

Hays that when he read Mr. Asquith's Newcastle speech of 1915 In another matter he rims counter to public Information. He Hays that when he read Mr. Asquith's Newcastle speech...

THE STATE AND THE PUBLIC CREDITOR. O UR first duty towards the Public Creditor is to deter- mine that, come what may, the nation shall pay its Debt and keep faith with those...

A T last, not too soon, a ray of light has been thrown on the darkness of Russian affairs by the inclination of the Council of Four to recognize Admiral Koltchak. We say "...

A S we go to press on Thursday, we are unable to say whether the summary of the German reply to the Peace Treaty published in the papers of Thursday does justice or not to the...

I F you had asked the opinion of any observant Englishman two years ago about the future of British farming, he would probably have told you that the war had taught us our...

W ITH characteristic generosity and fairness, the editor allows space for a full article stating the case for a measure which he thinks mistaken and against which he has...

ITIHE question of Fiume has its origin in the deeply Italian _L spirit of the citizens of Fiume, and is entirely outside all diplomatic convention and all political intrigue....

MR. LLOYD GEORGE AND LORD NORTHCLIFFE. [To ens Eurros Of TEE " EincuToe."3 Sts,—I happened to read your correspondent's prophecy as to the possibility of a compromise breaking...

[To THE EDITOR or rue " SPECTAT0/1."] Sic,—In an article last week you lay down in very clear language the orthodox role of democratic government. Referring to the proceedings...

EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In the hope that your interest in the nurses of Great Britain may render a brief account of the Edith Cavell Homes of Rest for Nurses and...

[Letters of the length of one of our leading paragraphs are f ten more read, and therefore more effective, than those which Ill treble the spaced THE CLASS WITH CHARACTER. [To...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " EIPECTATOE."1 Ste,—In the final chapter of his book published on Tuesday Lord French says that Mr. Asquith stated that "the Army hail all the ammunition...

THE " SPECTATOR.'] Sts,—The announcement in Parliament by the Secretary of State for India that still another Commission is to examine the eternal exchange problem of silver...

(To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") Sia,—Much has been said and written about the graces is France of our husbands and sdns. Those of us who have disciplined our sorrow and...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—In view of the approaching Parliamentary disetts.ion of Irish affairs, whatever otherwise may have led the Prime Minister to grant...

(To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sni,—Dr. Gordon Mitchell's generalizations regarding the Scottish Episcopal Church are both ignorant and insolent. Four and a half years of...

ITo rue EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") his,—The singing of the Bohemian and MoraVian school- masters in England has electrified all hearers; but few of these will know the great...

ITO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SER,—I cannot see the justice or the common-sense of the Spectator's suggestion to tax people with no children for the benefit of those who...

" SPECTATOR.") notice that your reviewer of last Saturday follows the example of a correspondent whose letter appeared on April 2G tit in treating my book, The Testing of Church...

[To one EDITOR or sus " fiescrs.ma."1 Sic,—In your comments on Museum Guides you expressed some doubt about the success of the system in Picture Galleries. A visit to the...

[To mais Enema OP THE " &EVERTOR."] SIR, —Perhaps you may think the attached lines, describing " The Perfect Guest," worthy of being printed in the Spec- tator. I do not know...

[To ma EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] Pie,—In your very kind notice of our annual volume for 1918 of The English Catalogue of Books you mention that you think far more than five...

[To THE EDITOR or THE "Speortrroa.") Sia,—The war began on August 1st, 1914, on which date the Kaiser declared war against Russia. and it ended on November 11th, 1918, on which...

" Stuarston."] Sm,—In the Spectator of March 29th (p. 401) there is an inquiry with regard to the history of the ' Mayflower.' When working on the American archives and...

TUE " SPECTATOR.") am engaged with Mr. Thomas Wright upon an important work which will deal exhaustively with the history' of lace-making by hand, as carried on in Bucks, Beds,...

THE CALL. AT night when I lie fast asleep A sudden voice cries at my ear, Quick—" Mother ! Mother ! " and I leap Out of my dreams and wild with fear. Whether 'Ds you, dear...

We suggest that there can be no better Present in Peace or War than an Annual Subscription to the Spectator. He or she who gives the Spectator as a present will give a weekly...

name or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must not neceesarilybeheldto be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode of...

POLAND AND THE J.N.WS. * " EVIAT sect saith : Oh, give me liberty I But give him it, and, to his power, he will 5 not yield it to anybody else." Crom- well's words are a fitting...

of about two generations preceding and producing the Plantation of Ulster.: It is a period of the greatest interest to the student of Irish affairs, for in it the fate of the...

ifit. CANDLER is familiar to the newspaper-reading public as a war correspondent, as the late official "Eyewitness" in Mesopo- tamia, and as a highly efficient journalist. There...

This is a very entertaining book. It is written by an American University Professor who was formerly reader to a magazine publishing company. A considerable knowledge of great...

ALIOUSTLN DALY, the famous American theatrical manager of the " nineties," did a great deal for the American stage. He was an idealist, and had the courage and perseverance to...

THE GAY-DOMBEYS.t Ste HARRY JOE/791+0N has hit upon an ingenious device for providing himself with a. ready-made dramatis personae for his panoramic view of English politics,...

Italy and Great Britain have always been,sympathetic, and any effort to strengthen them will be given hearty support. We therefore welcome the appear- mice of this magazine,...

Newton. (Dent. 3s. 6d. net.)—This new volume in the " Im- perial Studies" series contains, among other things, interesting essays on "France and Colonial Power" by Professor...

H. Norman. (Edinburgh : W. Brown. 21s. net.)—Lord Glasgow, who died in 1915, entered the Navy in 1846 as a boy of twelve, and served for ten years in sailing-ships before he was...

(The Essentials of English Teaching, Long - mans, Is.) "to assist Education Committees, officers and teachers in the task of framing a suitable scheme of instruction. The...

WOW in this esteem dote sot neoeseardy pentode etibeeque: review.] PieeNoathenn a:German Raider. By F. G. Trayes. (Headley 13 tetbere, 3s, 61 net.) — In September 1917, Mr....

and Co. 6s. net.)—A story of a mysterious tribe living in an island in remote Eastern seas. This is visited by the hero in search of a mysterious drug. In the end:the...

(ls. 6d. net.)—The War Cabinet Committee have issued a Report on Women's Industry, of which the scope and thoroughness will render it not only invaluable to the country at a...

Primers." (Whitcombe and Tombs. Is. 6d.)—The pub- lishers of the " Australasian Literature Primers " are to be congratulated on their enterprise, which aims at leading the...

6d. net.)—Mr. Hyndman finds himself forced to the conclusion that European domination of the East has been almost wholly harmful, and The Awakening of Asia is an endeavour to...