23 DECEMBER 1916, page 3

The Changes In The French Higher Command Which Have Long

been talked of have taken effect. General Joffre has handed over to General Nivelle the Commandership-in-Chief of the Northern and North-Eastern Armies. General Jeffre becomes "......

The Blockade Of Greece Is Already Having Its Expected...

and King Constantine has yielded to the Allies' ultimatum as to the movements of Greek troops, which as they were being con- ducted had a distinctly threatening aspect. On the......

There Is Nob Much To Report From The Salonika Front S

except that the pessimists continue to draw menacing pictures of how the Germans are going to bring back divisions by the half-dozen from Rumania, where it is airily said they......

It Must Be Remembered; However, That' By Managing, As They

did in almost every case, to get away from their German pursuers, they forced the pace in a manner which must - have had a damaging effect' upon the German troops. The German......

" There Is Room For Agreement," Says One Of The

articles. True. " There's plenty of room for water," as the camel said while- it toiled over the Libyan Desert. The "Continental question"—that is to say, the geographical......

On Thursday Week The Allies• Delivered Their Ultimatum To...

It expired at 3 p.m. on the next day. It demanded the withdrawal of the. Greek troops from Thessaly, and the transfer of a fixed proportion of them to the Peloponnesn. Allied......

M. Briand, The French Prime )(mister, Has Been Hotly...

in the Chamber during the week. His majority has been suffering from a slow process of attrition. The Opposition's criticisms as to lack of imagination and energy strongly......

The Kind Of Peace Terms Which Germany Would Accept Are

de- seribed in the Frankfurter Zeitung in two long articles. The special correspondent of the Times in Holland says that there is reason In believe that these articles were......

We Need Not Examine Closely The Speech Of Lord Curzon

in the House of Lords on Tuesday, as it was substantially identical with that of the Prime Minister. But we must pay the tribute of a brief sentence to the steadiness,......

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

July 13th.......

The Warrant For The Arrest Of M. Venizelos Was Issued

on Monday. The ridiculous evidence• in support of the charge is drawn from Venizelos's suppressed paper the Kiri= This paper never did anything but support in able and often......