12 DECEMBER 1914, page 2

The Battle Of The Falkland Islands Was A Great Feat

of arms and worthy of the best traditions of the Navy. While recording it we must be allowed to protest against the talk of injudicious and ignorant people who have been saying......

Friday's Papers Contain A Manifesto Addressed By General...

the people of South Africa, which announces that the rebellion is now practically at an end. The gallant General and Prime Minister of the Union appeals to the people "to......

In The Western Theatre Of The War There Has Been

very little doing during the week in Flanders, but in the centre of the French line—that is, in the Reims district—we hear of many German trenches being carried and of their......

An Incident Connected With The Naval Action Off The Falkland

Islands which has touched us deeply, and which we are sure will touch the whole of our countrymen, has been the chorus of delight—no other phrase will do—with which the victory......

For Ourselves, We Shall Make No Apology For Saying Tha

we earnestly hope that it may be found possible for the Union Government to spare the life of General De Wet. It is not a matter on which the Imperial Government can dictate to......

The "eyewitness" Sent To The Papers Of Tuesday An Admir-

able review of the King's visit to the front. On Monday, November 30th, the King was received with great enthusiasm at headquarters. On Tuesday, December let, accompanied, as on......

In The Eastern Theatre Of The War, Though It Must

be confessed that the news is not as satisfactory as one hoped it might have been, there is nothing which should cause least anxiety. All that one can say is that the Russians......

Nothing Is Said By The Admiralty As To The British

vessels engaged. To this wise reticence no sane man will make any objection whatever—till, of course, the facts are published in Germany and America, which presumably they will......

The Serbians Have Won A Considerable Victory Over The...

and the special correspondent of the Times says that the third Austrian invasion of Serbia seems likely to be a greater dad cle than the first. When the Serbs recently retired......

Before We Leave The Subject Of The Naval Action We

must record that the ' Scharnborst ' and Gneisenau ' were cruisers of 11,400 tons displacement, the ' Leipzig' of 3.250 tons and the Narnberg ' of 3,450 tons. It is to be feared......