19 MAY 1917, page 2

The Fact That The Newspapers Have Been Permitted To Publish

these words unties our tongue. For the last two years we have been wondering why the attacks on Zeebrugge have always been so tentative and so half-hearted in character—why,......

We Do Not Think That Much Good Is Likely To

come of newspaper writing in regard to the engineers' strike, or from discussion of what are the various causes at work. At bottom the movement is due to the desire of a certain......

Somewhat To Our Amazement, The Figaro Has Been Allowed To

publish, and Reuter's Agency to despatch here, the following very frank and, in our opinion, well-justified criticism of the Zeebrugge bombardment :— " Foresight would have......

As To The Proposed Alternative Of A Convention, We Can

only say that though we have not much hope of any result from it, no sensible English Unionist would raise any objection to the proposal. On the contrary, if it offered any......

The Council Of Ireland Is To Be Composed Of Two

delegations consisting of all the members from the excluded area and a delegation of an equal number from the Irish Parliament. This Council by a majority of votes of each of......

An Admiralty Communique Issued Last Sunday Night...

important area at Zeebrugge had been heavily and success- fully bombed and bombarded on the morning of Saturday, the 12th. We may add that a Zeppelin of the latest type was......

The Government, Mr. Lloyd George States, In Proposing The...

of the Council recognize the profound sentiment in Ireland for unity. But though they are prepared to introduce a Bill on the above lines, they feel that it would be idle to......

What The Nationalists, With The Views Of The Sinn Feiners

on the one side and the majority of the Roman Church on the other, will say to this proposal, we shall not attempt to guess. Again, we shall express no opinion whatever as to......

All That Herr Von Bethmann Hollweg Said On Tuesday Was

a heavy blow to the beliefs of Pacificists. They had persuaded themselves that Germany, having " learnt her lesson," was ready to come to terms. But there is not a trace of this......

Thursday's Papers Contain The Text Of A Letter Addressed By

the Primo Minister to Mr. Redmond, giving the Government's general proposals for an Irish settlement. A copy was also sent to. the acting leader of the Ulster Unionists. The......

A Great Many Of The Chatham Workers Showed The Best

possible spirit, and the Woolwich correspondent of the Daily Chronicle, writing in Wednesday's paper, states that in a London district, apparently Woolwich, where the members of......