26 MAY 1917, page 1

On The Western Front Nothing Startling Has Happened...

week, but everything has gone favourably. Bullecourt, which is wholly in our possession, has been defended against all attacks, The fortnight's hard fighting which won and......

We Must Put In A Word Of Warning Here To

our own countrymen. Suppose it happens that a Government of Concentration arises in Hungary, under Count Bela Serenyi, or Count Zichy, very ready to throw the German Old Man of......

Week. "help Me," He Said, "to Show That The Russian

Army is not a demolished temple, but that it is strong and formidable, capable of defending the free Republic of democratic Russia." He went on to say that, though ho had never......

There Could Not Be A More False Or A More

injurious represen- tation of the facts. Sympathy with the Russian Revolution here is universal, and what are foolishly called " Imperialistic " or annexationist demands are......

We Have Written Elsewhere On The Whole Subject Of The

engineers' strike, which is now practically ended, and need say here only that the unofficial leaders of the strike failed to persuade the Government to receive their deputation......

News Of The Week.

T HE situation in Russia, and a most interesting announcement of very significant political changes in Hungary, must take precedence in our thoughts this week over purely......

From A Military Point Of View, The Prospect Of A

new Russian offensive is one of the pivots of our hopes. Such an offensive coming at a time when the German Eastern front is weakened, when the ` '-beats show signs of failing,......

The Italians Have Advanced Steadily If Slowly In The...

narily difficult country of the Isonzo. Nearly everywhere they look up from low positions to high positions, and the wooded country occupied by the Austrians screens gun......

The Announcement That Count Tisza, The Powerful...

has resigned proves that very searching and far-reaching reconstructive influences are at work in Austria- Hungary. Count Tisza has been the fugleman of Germany. His business......

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

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