17 APRIL 1909, page 2

The Daily Mail Of Saturday Last States That The Army

Council has approved the formation at an early date of a , Reserve to the Territorial Force, Such a Reserve, it declares, will consist of a considerable mimber of ex-Volunteers......

The Standard Of Wednesday Contained A Striking And...

on the attitude of the American Press on the naval crisis. It points out that the interest taken in the comparisons between British and German battle- ship strength is quite......

The Official Answer Is That The War Office Have Quite

as =my rifles—they will not state the number—as they can use, and that it would be quite useless to arm a mob of untrained men with rifles. That would be a perfectly sound......

The Times Of Tuesday States That The Small Fleet Of

steam trawlers which the Admiralty has purchased during the past two or three weeks is to be used solely for the purpose of dis- covering submarine mines which might be laid in......

We Do Not Wish, Of Course, To Exaggerate The Importance

of newspaper comment, but in this case we can hardly doubt that it represents American opinion. In the first place, the sympathies of the two nations which compose the English-......

The End Of Such Events No Man Can Foresee, And

we shall make no attempt at a forecast beyond saying that the situation is grave and disquieting in a high degree. Since Russia con- siders herself unable to take a determining......

This Change Is Attributed To The Fact That The New

York Sun learned privately from Washington of the serious view taken by Mr. Taft concerning Germany's growing Navy, and that its second leading article echoed the opinion of the......

The St. Petersburg Correspondent Of The Daily Telegraph...

in Friday's issue that, in spite of the denials that have been published, M. Isvolsky has already resigned the office of Foreign Minister, and that M. Goremykin has been......

We Sincerely Hope That This Statement May Prove To Be

well founded. There are a very large number of men in the country who have received a military training and who know how to use a rifle, but who at the moment belong to no......