29 JULY 1916, page 1

News Of The Week.

W E have dealt elsewhere with the military situation in its more general aspects. Here we may say that throughout the week the news from the Western Front, both British and......

We Of Course Know Nothing As To The Plans Of

the Commander- in-Chief, or as to what moves are to be expected on the chess- board of war. One thing, however, is clear. The nation has every right to feel the utmost......

The Proposed Irish " Settlement " Reached What We Must

assume to be an irremediable breakdown in the House of Commons on Mon- day. Mr. Redmond opened fire by asking Mr. Asquith whether the Government had made up their mind to insert......

In This Context We May Hazard The Remark That It

might perhaps be wise now to give up the use of the word " Territorials," except on formal official occasions. It seems to suggest a little patronage, or a kind of mild surprise......

Mr. Redmond At Once Retorted With: "i Emphatically...

interpretation which has been put upon one clause of the agreement. That clause was inserted in the draft Bill by the Government. We stand by every word of it." He then went on......

The Russian News Is Very Good. In The First Place,

Thursday's telegrams show that Erzingan, the base of the Turkish armies in the Caucasus and a place crammed with munitions of all kinds, has been taken by General Yudenitch, one......

Happily The Men Who Go Out In Drafts After Only

three months' training, and are such very new wine poured into such very old bottles, seem to do just as well, and are just as steady in action, as the oldest of old soldiers.......

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The Debate On The Adjournment Came On After Dinner. Mr.

Redmond promised the House a " dispassionate statement, leaving the facts to speak for themselves." The feature of the agree- ment was that the proposals should remain in force......

In The Northern Section Of The Galician Front General...

has added another to the two military successes already obtained by him since the early part of July. He has driven .back the enemy on the Slonuvka River, a tributary of the......