15 JANUARY 1916, page 3

The German Embassy In Washington Has Announced That The...

Government are ready to satisfy the United States in the Lusitania ' dispute. The German Government are pre- pared to admit that the sinking of the vessel was an illegal act,......

It Is Quite Likely, When The Six Hundred Thousand Men

who are the subject-matter of Mr. Asquith's Bill have been fined down, first by the voluntary enlistments, next by the decisions of the doctors, and finally by the exemptions as......

During The Week Enlistment Under The Group System By The

young unmarried men has been distinctly good. Unless however, there is a. greater enlightenment among the compellable men a considerable number of them will still have to be......

We Much Regret To Record The Loss Of The Battleship

'King Edward VU.,' which was sunk by a mine. The ship's company were taken off without loss of life in spite of a heavy sea, and only two men were injured. The King Edward VII.'......

No Doubt The Efforts Of Officers Of All Ranks, From

General to subaltern, and from subaltern to sergeant and corporal, will be strictly exerted to give the compelled men every possible chance and to prevent their being looked......

In Gallipoli Miracle Has Followed Upon Miracle. It Might...

been thought that the Turks, having suffered the great humiliation of allowing their enemy to slip away unobserved from Suvla, would not let the same thing happen at Helles ;......

. The Austrian Government Have Tried To Add Humour, Though

that is no doubt impossible, to the tragedy of assassination by submarine. Through the United States they have appealed to the British Government to grant the request of certain......

The News From Mesopotamia Shows That While General Town-...

is besieged at Kut-el-Amara, General Aylmer has met with considerable resistance in his march along the Tigris to relieve the garrison. The Turks who are between General Aylmer......

Though The Prime Minister Has As Yet Refrained From Pointing

this out, we do sincerely hope that the Press and other leaders of public opinion will make it clear to what a disagreeable adventure the compelled man is exposing himself.......

Sir George Reid, Who Is Retiring From His Position As

High Commissioner for Australia, has been returned to the House of Commons unopposed as Member for St. George's, Hanover Square. He was invited by both Liberals and......

The Financial Braggadocio Of Dr. Helfferich Seems To Have...

more harm than good, as might have been expected, since you cannot allay the anxieties of the Bourses with rhetoric. In Switzerland the German exchange has dropped to 92—tho......

The Times Of Wednesday Gave Some Details Of The Brave

challenge issued by Cardinal Mercier and the Belgian Bishops to the German and Austrian Roman Catholic Episcopate to establish a tribunal of inquiry into the allegations of......

Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent., Changed From 6 P.c. Aug.

8th, 1911.......