25 AUGUST 1917, page 3

The Under-secretary For War On Friday Week Made The Grati-

fying announcement that the men of the old Army who went abroad in 1914 would be allowed to wear a distinctive chevron. The gallant survivors of Mons and Le Cateau, the Marne......

Mn Balfour On Friday Week Took Occasion To Reply At

some length to the complaints directed against " secret . diplomacy." He urged that reticence was as necessary in dealing with the domestic life of nations as it was in the......

Under The Title " Wayside Sculpture In France" The...

Guardian last Saturday published the photograph of a most remark- able bas-relief. It is a monument to the 363rd Regiment, stanfs by the woodaide " in the Moselle Country," and......

Mr. Montagu On Monday, In Reply To A Question, Defined

the Government's Indian policy as " the increasing association of Indians in every branch of the administration, and the gradual development of self-governing institutions, with......

The National Sailors' And Firemen's Union Has, We Think,...

a public service in bolding an International Conference of Seafarers to consider the crimes of the enemy submarine commanders. The Germans at sea have shown a persistent......

Last Saturday The Associated Society Of Locomotive...

which of course represents only a small proportion, though it is the most important section, of railway workers, threatened to strike at twenty-four hours' notice. The threat......

The German Chancellor On Tuesday Made A Non-committal...

the Reichstag Committee on the Pope's Peace Note. He said that before replying he would have to consult his Allies. He denied that the Pope's proposals had been prompted by the......

On Tuesday The Labour Party Conference Reaffirmed Its...

send delegates to the International Socialist Conference at Stockholm, but by a very small majority. At the former meeting, when Mr. Henderson explained his reasons for......

We Hope That The School Teachers When They Resume Work

after the holidays will encourage the children to collect horse-chestnuts- not for the mysterious game of " conquerors," but to help in w in- ning the war. It seems that......

The Corn Production Bill Was Dealt With By The House

of Com- mons on Monday, when the amendments introduced by the Lords were considered. Those amendments were three in number. The first substituted District Boards for the Central......

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

April 5th.......