30 JUNE 1917, page 1

The Degrees Of Blame Apportioned By The Commission Are...

Several of the most important members of the present Government are involved (Mr. Lloyd George, for instance), and to demand a con- dignpunishment for all is simply to bring......

The News From Greece Is Important, And On The Whole

highly encouraging. M. Venizelos has returned to Athens and has been entrusted by King Alexander with the formation of a Ministry, M. Zaimis having resigned. M. Vcnizelos was......

An Officer Who Loses All Employment As Well As His

reputation is most heavily punished. And in general we would say that Voltaire's grim irony about " encouraging the others " contains the most profound wisdom. Is General Nixon......

News Of The Week.

T HE Mesopotamian Report, which was issued on Tuesday night, is the one topic of the moment. It is the most searching and outspoken Report published during this or any other......

General Haig Has During The Week Pushed Our Lines Still

nearer to Lens. Between last Sunday night and Tuesday our troops ad- vanced on both sides of the Souchez rivulet and occupied the village of La Coulotto in the southern......

The French, After Sustaining And Repelling Some Violent...

on the heights north of the Aisne, delivered on Monday a well-planned counter-attack which restored to them the full command of the ridge overlooking the Ailette Valley......

The Enemy Submarines Were Less Successful Last Week....

vessels over 1,600 tons were sunk by mine or torpedo, as compared with twenty-five and twenty-four in the two preceding weeks. Six smaller vessels were sunk, as against five and......

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

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

One Newspaper Finds A Pretext For Retrampling On Mr. Asquith

; another for pursuing Lord Grey of Fallodon into his temporary retirement ; another for hounding Lord Hardinge permanently out of diplomacy because he failed in another branch......

The Turning-point Of The War. These American Regulars Are...

advance guard of a mighty Army, with the unlimited resources of America behind it. Within three months of the declaration of war against Germany on April 6th, they have arrived......