26 JANUARY 1918, page 2

The Russian Constituent Assembly Met On Friday Week, But As

the Revolutionary Socialists proved to be in a majority of two to one, the Anarchists forcibly closed the sitting and proclaimed the Assembly at an end. The meeting was preceded......

Suspiciously Full Accounts Of Strikes In Austria Last...

come through Germany and Holland. The strikers complained of the reduction in the flour ration. On Saturday last their leaden were received by the Premier, who was moat......

If The Organs Of The Press Which Support Lord Northcliffe—

which, we might say, cannot help supporting him—tried to stam- pede public opinion at a moment favourable for them, they might have their way. It is a contingency for which the......

America's Determination To Subordinate Everything To The...

shown by the decree of Mr. Garfield, the Feel Adminis- trator, suspending. for five days from Monday the work of all but war industries east of the Misaissippi. Mr. Garfield's......

Our Losses Of Merchantmen From Mine Or Submarine Last Week

were again gratifyingly small. Five large ships over 1,600 tons and two smaller ships were sunk, while six escaped. In the previous week we had lost four large ships and one......

Sir Edward Carson On Monday Resigned His Position In The

War Cabinet He explained in a letter to the Prime Minister that, as the outcome of the Irish Convention might demand " a decision by the Government on grave matters of policy in......

The Papers Of Wednesday Published A Statement By Lord North.

cliffe, who had been asked by a repreeentstive of the Press Associa tion whether it had been proposed that he should take the place of Sir Edward Carson in the Cabinet. Lord......

Our Vigilant Navy Last Sunday Morning Disposed Of The Goeben

' and the Breslau,' the well-known German-Turkish cruisers, which made their first sortie from the Dardanelles. Those who use ferrets for rabbit-shooting know how their......

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......

The Russo-german Peace Negotiations At Brest-litovsk Have...

to any definite result. The 'enemy claimed, falsely it seems, to have reached an agreement for a separate peace with the Ukraine, involving the withdrawal of troops on either......

Reports Of Another German Naval Mutiny, Among Submarine...

reached this country. Our natural desire to believe them need not be wholly repressed by the caution which we have learned to exercise in regard to these neutral rumours. We may......