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Then The Tank Proceeds To A Village With The Following

result:— "Party of Huns came to meet us outside the village. Very stout old gentleman in front. Thought it was the Mayor and village big-pots to give us a civil" welcome.......

If We Take A Lesson From The Actions Of Lincoln

and show courage like his, we shall achieve his success. And we had better do it quickly rather than palter with the problem, for without question the democracy of England and......

The Appeal Committee Have Been Joined By The Prime Minister,

Lord Cromer, Lord Lansdowne, Lord Grey of Falloden, Lord Desborough, Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Mr. Boner Law, and Mr. Henderson, among many others. We admire the Committee's......

The School Of Oriental Studies Have This Week Issued An

appeal for support signed by Lord Curzon, Lord Cromer, the Lord Mayor of London, and a number of other men of light and leading. We hope next week to return to this most......

The University Correspondent Of The Times Reminds Us In...

day's paper that the Cambridge Senate are empowered to remit compulsory Greek in the ease of those who have served in the war for six months. It is amusing to reflect that......

Before We Leave The Debate We Must Say One Word

as to Mr. Duke's speech. It is no secret that Mr. Duke has been looked at askance by Unionists as an innocent and sentimental Englishman likely to be bamboozled and misled by......

The Manchester Guardian Of Monday Published An Uproarious...

a week's work with a tank from the diary of a young Australian. The rattle of bullets on the thick skin of the tank, and the heavy lurches and crashes from the very start, made......

Lincoln Listened To The Arguments And Weighed Them, And Then

without hesitation and without fear decided to apply the Draft, and told the Governor of New York, the Redmond of the hour, in plain terms what he thought of him. The Draft was......

Timid People, Including, As We Have Said, The Governor Of

the State, came to Mr. Lincoln and threatened and cajoled. If be insisted on the Draft in New York, the Irish mob would rise in resistance. In that case there would be a new......

The Speeches Made By Mr. T. P. O'connor, Mr. Devlin,

and Mr. Seanlan were usefuL Like that of Mr. Redmond, they show the British people the true position in Ireland. Mr. Devlin's oration was specially luciferous. He was angry at......

Bank Rate, 6 Per Cent., Changed. From 5 Per Cent.

July 13th.......

It Is Reported That An Excellent Example Has Been Set

to Volunteers by the Inns of Court Reserve Corps. At a meeting of the Corps the members passed a resolution that they would " welcome the oppor- tunity " to offer their services......

In This Context We May Note That In The Commons

on Thursday week Mr. Lloyd George said that there was no doubt that we had the man-power we required, but that the exemptions had been absurdly numerous. If he gave figures the......

In The Crisis Of The Civil War In America Lincoln

was suddenly confronted with almost exactly the same problem as our Govern- ment have now to face. Should the Draft, which he had found to be essen tial, and had carried out in-......