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An Admirable Running Commentary By Mr. Balfour On The...

Reply to President Wilson's Note was published in the papers of Thursday. It was written for the British Ambassador at Washington to communicate to the President. The British......

But Territorial Rearrangements Are Not In Themselves...

essential that Germany's methods should be brought into dis- repute. It must be shown that it does not pay (we paraphrase Mr. Balfour's better language for the sake of brevity)......

King Constantine's Government- Have Accepted The Demands...

without reserve, and Sir Francis Elliot, the British Minis- ter, has returned to Athens after having spent a month on board a ship of war at the Piraeus. It may be assumed that......

The Week's Record On The Western Front Is A Chronicle

of raids, always to the great advantage, on the balance, of the British and French troops. It is very interesting to notice that the Germans, borrowers of other people's ideas......

The Object Of The German Thrust Through The Various Valleys

in Southern Moldavia is to force the Gyimes Pass by indirect means. The direct attack on the pass did not succeed, but it is most im- portant for the Germans to obtain......

At The Other End Of The Sereth Lines Mackensen's Force

has also been checked. The Russians have recaptured the village of Vadeni, half-way between Braila and Galatz. The Germans have not yet crossed the Sereth at any point. It must......

NEWS OF THE WEEK T HE news from Rumania is more satisfactory than any that has been received for some weeks. The worst seems to be over. The Rumanians, so far from having been......

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