26 JANUARY 1918, page 1

We Hear The Old Regular Army Being Described As A

" Trade Union," " a close corporation," and a " military caste." These are mere phrases. The first act of a Trade Union when it thinks itself aggrieved is to strike or threaten......

As For The Cambrai Affair, We Fancy That If The

whole truth were known, it would be found that there was no failure whatever in Staff work. A popular impression has been created, quite wrongly, that our Staff work is commonly......

A Collateral But Quite Distinct Complaint Against Sir...

and Sir Douglas . Haig is that the brains of the new Army have not been drawn upon for Staff work and high appoint- ment& But this complaint is marked either by ignorance or......

If The Government Do Not Recognize That It Is Essential

for them to back up their chosen military leaders, the Army will inevitably conclude that its suspicion that there is political intrigue behind the Press intrigue is well......

Mr. Macpherson Went On To Affirm ()nee More That The

blame for the partial reverse in the Cambrai sector did not lie with the Higher Command. He declined to ascribe the fault to any one. The General Staff knew two days before that......

News Of The Week.

W E must place first in our weekly record of events the virulent and organized attack which has been made upon Sir William Robertson and Sir Douglas Haig, and we are sorry and......

Major Davies In The House Of Commons On Wednesday Called

attention to the Cambrai affair, and asked the Government for a clearer statement of the causes of the set-back. Mr. Kennedy Jones asked bluntly whether the War Cabinet were......

The Paper Shortage.—we Trust That Readers Of The "...

will give definite orders to their newsagents for a copy of the " Spectator" to be reserved for them each week till countermanded.......