29 MAY 1915, page 5

Topics Of The Day.

THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. T HE now Government is in every sense a National Government, and not a Coalition. Gossips and quidnuncs may say what they like as to " the real origin......

What Italy Brings To The Allies.

T HE more the entrance of Italy into the war is con- templated the more romantic and gratifying it seems. Italy has joined the forces of Freedom with whom her heart has long......