19 MAY 1917, page 3

In Spite Of The Inflamed State Of Public Opinion, Mr.

Gruban did not assume, as many men would have done, that it would be unsafe to bring an action alleging fraud against a powerful Member of Parliament, in which his origin would......

We Have Many Things To B3 Proud Of As A

nation in the history of the war, but perhaps of nothing more than of the part played by a British Judge and jury and a semi-judicial tribunal, the Ad- visory Committee on......

Nothing Could Have Been More Free From Bias Than The

Judge's summing up, no attempt being made to influence the jury in either direction. As we have said, we must refrain from editorial comment till we know whether the subject......

Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent., Changed From 51 Per Cent.

April 5th.......

General Foch Is The Hero Of The Marne. It Was

ho who, with the true commander's eye, not only saw that a gap had appeared between the two German armies opposite him, but instantly realized what could be done, and therefore......

Monday's Times Contains The Following Very Interesting...

news:-- " For tho purpose of economizing the food supply, the United States Senate has adopted an amendment to the Espionage Bill for- bidding the use of grain in the production......

Equally Renowned As An Advocate, A Diplomatist, And A...

and witty orator, Mr. Choate, whose death took place last Monday night, made friends innumerable during his tenure of the American Ambassadorship in this country, and since his......

We Do Not Wish To Be Hypercritical, But, Looking At

the Admiralty changes generally, we are bound to point out that what matters is not so much the soundness of the principles in the abstract as the manner of their application......

These Changes Are Intended In The First Place To Establish

what has long been wanted at the Admiralty—a true Naval Staff—and to free the First Sea Lord from serving tables and doing adminis- trative and routine work rather than brain......

How Far The Omnibus Strike Is Really Connected With The

engineers' strike remains obscure. In any case, the inconvenience caused to the public is a good deal less than one might have anticipated, and it is being met distinctly with a......

To This Item Of American News We May Add Another—namely,

the uncompromising declaration by Colonel Roosevelt at a recent meeting of a Farmer's Club on Long Island. He told them that, in his opinion, the United States "should see that......

In The House Of Commons On Monday Si Edward Carson

an- nounced that Sir John Jellicoe was to have the additional title of Chief of the Naval Staff, that Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Oliver was to become an additional member of the......

We Note With Satisfaction The Very Great Success Already...

by the King's Proclamation. It has unquestionably done far more to bring home the need for food-saving than any other means yet adopted. We are glad to say that that most......

While We Have Been Making Changes At The Admiralty, The

French, but with a bolder hand, have been altering their high military commands. At the French Cabinet Council on Tuesday General Petain, who was lately made Chief of the Staff,......