6 JANUARY 1917, page 11

Professor Murray Admitted That As A Nation We Neglected...

languages, partly, however, because English is spoken all the world over and because our great literature is almost inexhaustible. He touched on the true cause of much ignorance......

Wednesday's Papers Announce That, As The Result Of...

between, the Grand Shereef of Mecca and -the Allies, carried on mainly through the_ intermediation of _British authorities in Egypt and the Sudan, it has . been agreed that the......

Mr. Reginald J. Smith, K.c., Whose Tragic Death—the...

ill-health and overwork—occurred last week, had been since 1899 the head of the publishing then of Smith, Elder, and Co. In this position he faithfully and genially maintained......

The New Emperor Charles Of Austria And The Empress Zita

wore erowned as King and Queen of Hungary at Budapest ornSaturday, December 30th. Count Tisza as Palatine .placed the. Iron Crown on the King's head. When Francis Joseph came to......

Mr. Bell Next Asked Whether The Allies Would Have Treated

Belgium differently during the war if there had not been an over- whelming demand upon their humanity. Lord French said that from a .purely military point of view the right......

Lord French Has Made Some Interesting Statements In An...

view with Mr. Edward Price Bell, the London correspondent of the Chicago Daily News. Mr. Bell asked whether Lord French thought the small neutral countries were in danger of......

Mr. Prothero, The New President Of The Board Of Agriculture,

has lost no time in inviting the county War Agricultural Com- mittees to find out how much land can be brought under cultivation this spring and how much more can be made ready......

As The Annual Conference Of Educational Associations,...

Monday at the University of London, Sir Henry. Miers, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manchester, who presided, spoke of the general interest in educational matters as the......

Professor Gilbert Murray Took A Hopeful View Of Our National

education in an address which he gave to the Conference oa Tuesday. " We • were now improving, or were before war broke out," especially in " the older, deeply rooted schools."......

Sweden, Norway, And Denmark, Acting In Unison, Have...

axample of Switzerland in informing the belligerent Powers that they sympathize with President Wilson's Note and hope that something may come of it. On the other hand, Spain,......

Bank Rate,6 Per Cent., Changed From 5 Per Cent. July

13th, '16.......