action upon the situation in Europe. We shall, however, be greatly surprised if in the circumstances Italy finds it possible to maintain her neutrality much longer. Still more...

T HE most important event of the past week is the entrance of Turkey into the war, announced in the newspapers of Friday. For some time the Committee of Union and Progress, the...

with Britain, France, Serbia, Montenegro, and Japan. Her naval stroke will of course be followed at once by land attacks. Her troops in Asia Minor are said to be massed upon the...

of Turkey into the quarrel, and feel sure that any force she can bring into the field will be more than counteracted by the antagon- istic forces which her action has set in...

is distinctly good. During the earlier part of the week the great battle of the Dunes, the opening chapters of which we described in our last issue, raged with unabated fury;...

that the war might have been represented as a Holy War, and a suc- cessful attempt have been made to treat it as a struggle between the Crescent and the Cross. We do not think...

case.

recorded by us last Saturday has been supplemented during the past week by one almost as great. The first Russian victory was, roughly speaking, opposite Warsaw. The new success...

western fighting, but may record here our admiration for the noble heroism with which the Belgian Army, an army which has as good a right to rest and recuperation as ever army...

the Albanian coast. They announce that their intention is to support the neutrality of Albania proclaimed at the London Conference, and to help the inhabitants, who are said to...

which was expressed in one of Napoleon's conversa- tions at St. Helena. If we remember rightly, he told his interlocutor that he could always win on land, but that when be came...

Prince Louis of Battenberg, has fallen a victim to the foolish prejudice that people with foreign names and of foreign birth cannot be loyal British subjects. It was announced...

by the Navy in the battle of the Dunes and in checking the German advance along the coast road. A statement issued by the Admiralty and published in Friday's papers tells in...

but record with satisfaction the telegram from Lord Buxton published in Friday's papers. It records that one hundred and forty rebels have surrendered to Colonel Van de Venter's...

in Nigeria and the German Cameroons between August 25th and September 20th. On August 25th a British force under Colonel P. Maclear crossed the Anglo-German frontier, and, after...

destruction of merchant ships by German cruisers. It is believed that eight or nine German cruisers are in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. Upwards of seventy British,...

dislikes and avoids the ordinary methods of winning popularity :— "Junior officers sometimes take up the cudgels for him in a newspaper — for Joffre has made enemies like most...

Times of Wednesday, by which the chance of grain being conveyed into Germany from neutral countries will be reduced. Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, which at the outbreak of war...

the Government should have allowed enemy reservists to be con- veyed to Europe in the ships of neutral Powers. The Government have now decided that reservists thus conveyed...

Sir Charles Douglas, Chief of the General Staff, in which position he succeeded Sir John French. He had seen service in the Afghan War, the Sudan War of 1884-5, and both Boer...

prisoners is being generally asked at the present moment, but it is by no means easy to answer. A Reuter tele- gram from Petrograd, dated Wednesday, says that the number of...

amusing account of how he obtained volunteers for a special and very dangerous service :— " When I asked my section, which consists of sixty, for volun- teers, I left them for...

an extremely interesting appreciation of General Joffre. We have presented to us a short, stout man, confident in his own judgment, free of all ostentation, and contemptuous of...

to refrain from treating the recruits in the training camps to drink and from putting any other sort of temptation in their way. Lord Kitchener suggests that local Committees...

is Major Leonard Darwin, whose honorary secretaries are Mr. Theodore Chambers, Mr. Alexander Goddard, and Mrs. A. 0. Gotto, and whose offices are at 13 and 14 Prince's Gate,...

Aug. 8th.

THE MILITARY SITUATION IN THE WEST. F OR the moment the German offensive is reported to be weakening in the western theatre of the war—that is, on the line between Lille and...

T HE very considerable success gained by the Russians in Poland, and the failure of the Germans to break through on their extreme right in the western theatre of the war, give...

W E have read with pleasure the excellent introduc- tion which Mr. Choate has written for a new edition of the late Professor J. A. Cramb's book, Germany and England. When he...

is undoubtedly a serious piece of news, but it would be a mistake to attach too much importance to it. Already General Botha has routed the commando raised by Boyers, and there...

published on Friday week described the first regular action at sea fought by British ships since Navarino in 1826. It is worth noticing, by the way, that at Navarino, as to-day,...

T T is one thing to boast of one's divine dissatisfaction, and quite another to know what it is that one wants. No one thinks the present state of society is very satisfactory....

T HE following are further extracts from the diary kept by a Red Cross probationer this autumn :— Sunday.—Sister was away all to-day. It was her week- end off. I am always...

"A CHANT OF HATE AGAINST ENGLAND." [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,-Of all the war songs and poems that have been born out of the war now shaking the world, one of...

[To TRH EDIT011 OP THE "SPEcTATos...1 SIR, — In common, I am sure, with the vast majority of your readers, I read the article on "Attempts at Invasion" which appeared in your...

[To TER EDITOR OF TIIR "EPECTATOR."] SIR,—May this writer, a minister of religion who has tried to play his part among the Scottish troops in Bedford, thank you from the bottom...

[To TIM EDITOR OP TILZ "SPECTATOR:] SIE,—The idea that the extension of the Sultur of a nation can be effected by the extension by arms of its Empire, put forward by German...

SIR,—I enclose herewith a post office order for one pound. The money was sent to me by a friend living in Knoxville, Tennessee, and I venture to quote from her letter as...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."' Siu,--Being an Englishman, I naturally wish to serve my country in the present circumstances. About two weeks ago the papers here suggested...

Sin,—Your admirable appeal "To the Men of the Training Camps" in your issue of October 24th must have met with the hearty approval of all your readers who are aware of the...

your readers will admire, as I do, your splendid article in last Saturday's issue, viz., "To the Men of the Training Camps." You would do an immense service by having this...

might like to print the enclosed letter, which was written from New Caledonia by an Australian bluejacket to his mother in England. The writer's sister, who allows me to send...

ITO THR EDITOR OP TH. " SPECTATOR:9 SIR,—May I draw the attention of your readers to Mrs. Arthur James's appeal for clothing for wounded and disabled solders ? Great-coats,...

[To THE EDITOR OF TH1 "SPECTATOR:9 SIR,—May I very strongly endorse the letter of "A Soldier's Wife" contained in your last issue, and also your editorial footnote to same? In...

certainly is not correct of all Russian prisons. I was in St. Petersburg last year for a few days, and was told that I might freely inspect any prison under the Ministry of...

[To THR EDITOR Or THR "Sritoreron.'l SIR,—Your reference in last week's Spectator to the decision of the Tsar of Russia to abolish the State monopoly of the sale of vodka calls...

"srrerAvos.1 SIR,—In referring to the South African rebellion, you may care to note the last sentences of General Christian be Wet's Three Years' War, published by Messrs....

THE "SPECTATOR."] Sia,—The Belgians in this country want something useful to do, and doubtless would be glad to benefit the British. Let the education authorities request the...

PTO TIM EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In Monday's Times, p. 6, it is now denied officially from Berlin that an Army Order was ever issued by the Kaiser in which contempt was...

"THE PITY OF IT." "NEVER to know the day was ours; Never to hear my comrades' shout ' Victory! see the enemy cowers ' : Never to see the German rout." "Never to hear of...

[TO THE EDITOR OF TER "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Will you allow me to appeal to any of your readers con- cerning a collection of miniatures by Ozias Humphry which I am particularly...

SIR, — At the Surrey Quarter Sessions at Kingston on the 20th Inst. the following pronouncement was made : "In time of war drunkenness is an offence against and an injury to the...

of the hard sayings of Christianity is to be fotInd in the monition "Love your enemies "; but in our nobler moments most of us instinctively feel that this command touches the...

name or initials, or with a pseudcnvm, or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the viev:s therein esrpressed or with the...

MR. MASEFIELD'S NEW POEMS" MR. MASEFIELD'S Philip the King, and other Poems, will greatly enhance his reputation as a poet. His verse has always shown in parts high seriousness...

Su GEORGE FORREST in this book has expanded a sketch of Lord Roberts which appeared in one of his earlier works called Sepoy Generals. The object of this new Life is "to enable...

WE would open our notice of this delightful volume with a word of reassurance to the general reader. It is certainly written by a distinguished musician, but little knowledge of...

Germany and France, and the present volume is apparently a translation of the German translation. Though it does not trace his history in anything like complete detail, it is...

JAM WISDOM OF FAIL:tilt BROWN.* WHATEVER criticisms may be passed on Mr. Chesterton's detective stories, they have at least the great attraction of unconventionality, and alike...

MESSRS. BEACH THOMAS and Collett have added Summer to their previous volumes Autumn and Winter and Spring, and have completed a very charming trilogy. It is not every field...

Mn. KENDRICK in his introduction gives a short but very interesting account of his subject, telling us something of the designing, the weaving, and the use of tapestry in...

of a new illustrated series, "The Sesame Library," amongst which we specially welcome a timely reprint of Sir J. K. Laughton's Nelson and his Companions in Arms (is. net)....

6s.)—A gossipy, sentiments,. story of perfect saints and perfect villains.— When Thoughts will Soar. By Baroness Bertha von Suttner. Translated by Nathan Haskell Dole....

[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] Amongst books on subjects connected with the war, we may mention three more volumes of reprints from...

really an exhortation to the writer of Tony Bellew. Her first novel, which appeared about a year ago, was clever but not altogether pleasant ; her second dealt with matters so...

Black. 3s. 6d. net.)—The first part of this book contains a brief history of "the roaring game," whilst the second describes its implements and methods. Mr. Grant's work should...

(C. Griffin and Co. is. (3d. net.)—The author of this volume aims at convincing the commercial man that science is able and willing to increase his profits and to help industry...

of Coasting Bohemia (Macmillan and (Jo., 10s. 6d. net), some of the pleasant gossipy papers which he has contributed to the Daily Telegraph. His reminiscences of Millais, Alma...

the spear over a rough country can be equalled by nothing on this earth." Major A. E. Wardrop's preference is quite comprehensible to those who read his exhilarating treatise on...

(John Murray, 10s. 6d. net) makes a heavy volume in more senses than one. It is compiled from official papers, and illustrated with numerous photographs and a few coloured...

(Longmans and Co. 4s. 6d. net.)—In this pleasantly written little book Professor Baldwin, of Columbia University, provides a students' guide to our literature from Beowulf to...

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Son, 6s. net), is a dictionary of heraldic terms, on lines very similar to those of Hugh Clark's well-known work, but with engravings inserted in the text, as well as fourteen...

than his previous explorations, but may turn out to be of more practical importance. Through Siberia (William Heinemann, 15s. net) gives the most recent account of the vast...

editorship of Dr. J. D. Comrie, makes a good begin- ning with an admirable volume entitled Pasteur and after Pasteur (A. and (3. Black, 2s. 6d. net), in which Mr. Stephen Paget...

C. Black, 58. net) aims at meeting the requirements of the average student of electrical engineering, and is based on "a long experience in tutorial work." The clear account of...

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and Co., 5s. net), maintains the high standard of the excellent series to which it belongs. It is illustrated by the delightful drawings of Mr. Frederick L. Griggs, who has...