19 SEPTEMBER 1914, page 2

We Trust That The Retired Officers Will At Once Act

on Lord Kitchener's hint. It includes, of course, all persons who served as officers in various temporary corps in the South African War. As to the shortage of material, we have......

We Are Glad To Note That Mr. Redmond Has Made

some slight amends for using. the nation's peril to exact his full pound of flesh from Ulster by issuing a manifesto intended to encourage recruiting in Ireland. If be means......

Friday's Times Oontains A Letter From Lord Cromer On...

and Ourselves" which will give a double pleasure to thousands of readers. Its wise and vigorous terms are most useful and most timely in themselves, and they show how completely......

Of Sir John French's Generalship And Of The Fighting Quality

of the French troops, a general assurance that the tide bad turned, and a striking acknowledgment of the vast import- ance of the Russian victories, he proceeded to deal with......

The Result Of The Better News From The Front Has

been a very considerable slackening in recruiting. That is greatly to be deplored. We sincerely trust that all who can influence public opinion and the flow of recruits—and the......

The Union Government Of South Africa Has Sent A Force

of South African Mounted Rifles, which surprised and over- whelmed a force of Germans who had invaded the Union and established themselves at the principal drift on the lower......

The Secretary Of The Admiralty Announced Last Sunday That...

Australian Squadron under Rear-Admiral Patey had occupied Herbertshile, in the island of Neu Pommern (formerly New Britain) in the Bismarck Archipelago, east of New Guinea. The......

So Strong Is The Sympathy For Italy Here That England

would never take up that line, and would, whatever happens, appreciate at their proper value Italy's difficulties. But though the British people have always been, and we hope......

As Friends Of Italy, We Feel Bound To Point Out

once more that she will make a capital error if she does not take action at once and join the Entente, and join it not in a half-hearted but in a whole-hearted way. To put the......

We Desire To Back Up Most Warmly (let The Word

be of good omen) Lord Kitchener's appeal to the housewives of Britain to spare at least one pair of blankets from every well-supplied home for the soldiers of the new Army. The......