19 OCTOBER 1918, page 3

General Allenby's Cavalry With Armoured Cars Are Rapidly...

through Syria. Last Sunday they occupied the port of Tripoli. On Tuesday they entered Hems, ninety miles north of Damascus, and nearly half-way from that city to Aleppo. The......

Interest Keen And Widespread Was Shown In The Re-entry,...

so long an abstention from publio affairs, of Lord Grey of Fallodon when he spoke of a League of Nations on Thursday week at the Central Hall, Westminster. The League, he said,......

The Admiralty Answer Is That The Speed Of The Passenger

vessels is their best protection, and that they are safer when alone than when being convoyed. Whatever may be the justice or otherwise of this defence, the last people who have......

In Serbia And Albania The Allies Continue To Drive The

Germans and Austrians before them. The gallant Serbian Army had the satisfaction on Saturday last of recapturing Nish, which was held by a German garrison. The German " Balkan......

Vice-admiral Sims, Who Was Also A Guest Of The English-

Speaking Union, made a brief and interesting statement about U '-boat strength. Many people thought that from fifty to a hundred U '-boats kept the sea at the same time ; the......

One Of Our Correspondents Tells Us That The Latest Of

all Irish grievances is that the British Government are withholding Con- seriptionin order that they may blacken the Irish military character 1 This is perhaps an ironical......

The First Lord Of The Admiralty, Who Is Visiting America,

has warned the American people that the enemy submarines are " held but . not mastered." " A great renewed effort on Germany's part is impending," he said in a message to the......

Mr. Balfour, In Welcoming The American Press...

luncheon given in their honour on Friday week by the English- Speaking Union, opened with an observation which should have restrained the early-peace ebullition of the end of......

A German Submarine On Thursday Week Torpedoed And Sank The

well-known Irish mail-steamer Leinster ' soon after she had left Kingstown for Holyhead. The ship carried six hundred and fifty passengers, including many women and children,......

The French And American Armies Operating On Either Side Of

the Argonne completed by Thursday week the task of clearing its tangled thickets and swampy ravines, obstinately defended by German machine-gunners. They thus united their......

The Necessary Papers For The Introduction Of Conscription...

have been laid on the table of the House of Commons. The familiar cross-currents of rumour as to whether the Government will or will not reach the actual point of imposing......

Bank R Ate, S Per Cent., Changed From 51 Per

cent. April 5, 1917.......