16 FEBRUARY 1918, page 2

Last Week Our Losses -of Merchantmen By Submarine Or Mine

were again serious. Eleven large ships over L600 tons—the American troopship Tuscania ' among them—were sunk, as compared with twelve the week before. Six smaller ships and......

In The House Of Lords, During The Debate On The

Address, Lord Curzon took occasion to declare that at the Versailles Conference " both Sir Douglas Haig and Sir William Robertson were present at all the meetings of the Council......

When The Debate Was Resumed On Wednesday, Mr. Samuel Re-

viewed the domestic policy of the Government, and said that the results had not justified the new form of administration by a large number of Ministers working each by himself......

President Wilson, In A Speech To Congreas -on Monday,...

to Count Hertling and Count Czernin. He recognized the very friendly tonaof the Austriarespeeoh, which had not been submitted to him beforehand, as a lying German report stated.......

The Western Front, After A Long Calm, Is Now Becoming

agitated. The trench raids undertaken by both sides In search of information have grown more serious. In the first three days of this week Rir Douglas Haig reported four British......

Speaking On A Pacificist Amendment To The Address, Which...

only twenty-eight votes on a division, Mr. Balfour took the opportunity of explaining, what should be the very obvious truth, that diplomacy was out of court as far as the......

Mr. Lloyd George, In Reply To Interjections, Warmly...

paragraphs found their way from Downing Street into the Press. When Lord Hugh Cecil, pursuing the same topic, said that there was either collusion between the Government and the......

The Enemy Treaty With The Ukraine Provides For The Cession

to that Republic, of the south-eastern corner of Russian Poland, and other territory, with an area of about ten thousand square miles, which is now in enemy occupation. The......

The Ukraine Rada Made Peace With The Enemy At Brest-litovsk

last Saturday. The same day the Petrograd Anarchists announced that their troops had occupied Kieff, and that " nothing remained of the Rada but a sad memory." The enemy had,......

The Enemy Newspapers Report That Germany On The 6th Wet

presented an ultimatum to Rumania, requiring her to negotiate for peace within four days. A semi-official telegram from Berlin says, however, that Germany only seeks an......

Lord Jellicoe, Speaking At Hull On Friday Week About The

diffi- culty of exterminating the enemy submarines, ventured on a fore- cast under the impression, as he has since explained, that the meeting was private. He was confident, he......

Mr. Lloyd George Went On To Deprecate The Discussion Of

stra- tegical questions in the newspapers. " There is only one way when we go to councils of war ; you must leave it to those who arc there to decide ; and if you have no......