5 DECEMBER 1914, page 14

There Is No Very Certain News From Egypt, Though There

are plenty of rumours that the Turkish Army is nearing the Canal. In all probability, however, such bodies as have been seen in the desert are only the Bedouin fringe of the......

The Papers Of Monday Published A Long Despatch From Sir

John French. It is dated November 20th, and covers the British operations in the region of Ypres and Arruentieree since the beginning of October. Early in October Sir John......

The Italian Parliament Met On Thursday, And The Prime...

made a long statement in which he defined the policy of the new Ministry and explained its attitude towards the war. The general effect of his speech is that Italy feels at......

Here Again The Country Has Cause To Be Grateful To

Lord Kitchener for his brave and sensible words, and for his avoid. ance of that easy optimism which offers so many temptations to popular soldiers. Whether Lord Kitchener's......

Asked How Long The War Would Last, Lord Kitchener: Replied

:— "Not loss than three years. It will end only when Germany is thoroughly defeated, not before—defeated on land and sea. That the Allies will win is certain. That for us to win......

On Friday Week In The Commons Mr. Churchill Reviewed The

work of the Navy. His most important announcement was that there will be an accession of fifteen battleships by the end of 1915, as compared with a maximum reinforcement of......

The Speech As A Whole Seems To Have Been Well

received by all parties. Certainly the friends of Italy, such as we are glad to count ourselves, have nothing to find fault with in these general expressions of Italian policy.......

Another Potent Reminder Of The Need For Men Is To

be found in " Eyewitness's " contribution to Friday's papers. After a passage describing in generous, but, we are convinced, not too generous, terms the courage and soldierly......

Friday's Times Contains Extracts From An Interview With...

published in the Saturday Evening Post— a weekly newspaper with a large circulation in all parts of the United States. Nothing could be better than the passage in which Lord......

Mr. Lloyd George On The Same Day Surveyed The Financial

situation. The war loan had been over-subscribed, and thus Britain had raised the largest sum ever raised in any country, and that without employing Germany's expedients in......