17 JANUARY 1914, page 4

Topics Of The Day.

THE RIGHT OF THE COMMUNITY TO EXIST. N IVE have placed at the head of this article the words with which M. Clemenceau once summarized the justification of the State in resorting......

The German Military Despotism.

W HILE admiration for the overwhelming vote by which the Reichstag at the beginning of Decem- ber expressed its indignation at the events at Zabern was still fresh on the lips......