Venezelott, the greatest of Greek statesmen, unexpectedly resigned. The resignation of the Cabinet at such a time naturally caused great excitement. M. Venezeloe declared...

in the Dardanelles luta been on the whole very satisfactory. Our ships have reached the Narrows and are already engaged with the powerful forts there, which are the most...

more clearly is their vast importance realized. If ia co-operation with the Russian Float from the Black Sea we succeed in taking possession of what remains of Turkey in Europe,...

TIRE chief military event of the week from the British point of view has been the considerable local success obtained by the British force in the western theatre of the war. On...

to suppose, as some people seem to be doing, that it is the beginning of "the great push." We venture to think that it will turn out to be one of those movements which are due...

is in progress in the north of Poland, where no lees than halts million Germans have of late been concentrated for a new effort. Petrograd telegrams, though they chow no sense...

arm Case.

in to mark time rather than attempt any absolute change in Greek policy. Some observers, indeed, are convinced that when the proper moment arrives M. Venezelos himself will...

of an Army debate, Mr. Long strongly condemned the promotion of "amateurs" over the heads of professional soldiers. We ate glad to note, however, that he was not aiming a shaft...

a new Defence of the Realm Bill. Its purpose is to bring the industrial resources of the country where necessary ander Government control. Mr. Lloyd George insisted on the...

on the expenditure incurred in preparing and maintaining Donington Hall as a place of confinement for German officers. He said that the expenditure had not been lavish, but was...

on the vital need for the powers claimed under the new Defence of the Realm Bill. In war it was impossible to conduct" business as usual." Every one must Buffer incon- veniences...

a succession of blank days, had sunk three more British merchantmen, all without warning. The • Tangistan,' 3,738 tons, was sunk off Scarborough on Tuesday. Of the crew of...

that a compromise on the treatment of the Welsh Church during the suspensory period bad been arranged between the leaders of the two parties "at the fifty-ninth minute of the...

with a long overdue and mucioneeded tribute to the National Reserve. We quote the passage in full:— " Turning to the question of the bones to the National Reserve, he protested...

been forbidden to visit night clubs in London. The gambling night clubs have ruined several young officers, and the dancing clubs are almost quite as undesirable in these times....

held with- out drinking and betting, as of course it could be, it would be a war lesson of incomparable value. We do not know whether fresh legislation would be required in...

able compromise here, and compromise is essential. There is something extremely unedifying in seeing the nation forget the war in order to indulge in fierce polemics over...

much anxiety in the United States. The Times Washington corre- spondent stated on Wednesday that in the general belief an ultimatum had been sent to General Clarranza regarding...

the interest in the oadroverey whether racing shall continue proceeds with unabated vigour. Speaking from the standpoint of the impartial observer and without any desire to push...

off Dover by destroyers. The twenty-nine officers and men were taken prisoners. Subsequently the Admiralty announced that they did not feel justified in according honourable...

the operations at the head of the Persian Gulf. For some time it had been known that two or three regiments of Turkish troops, together with tribesmen who are hostile to the...

by the destroyer 'Ariel.' Ten of the crew surrendered and the other eighteen were lost. It was at first announced that the submarine was 'I:TO,' but afterwards she was stated to...

8th.

THE MILITARY SITUATION. T HE British public as it watches the war in the west may be compared to a man in a picture gallery gazing at a picture at close quarters and studying...

MICE King is in one sense the most heavily censored 1. man in the nation. When we say this it must not be supposed that we are finding another cause of complaint against the...

1 IiE discussion in the House of Commons on Weduesday 1_ as to the treatment of British prisoners of war in Germany disclosed a curious variety of information. There was some...

B EFORE dealing with the merits of the Defence of the Realm (No. 2) Bill which Mr. Lloyd George intro- duced into the House of Commons on Tuesday, it is necessary to say a few...

rpn - E men of Cromwell's New Model discussed theology in season and out Readers of Matthew Arnold's essays will remember how Colonel Hutchinson found prolix notes about...

I MADE Sandy's acquaintance at a village in Essex through which flows a small river beloved of those who are not too proud to practise coarse fishing. Some cottage gardens...

y EAss with long spells of drought in spring and early summer entail a death-roll among certain species of birds which it is difficult to compute, but which must undoubtedly be...

"SPIRITLESS AND SELFISH NEUTRALITY." [To rm. rmaa ens. "Brecmon.”) Sta.—Public opinion in the United States, at least so far as the educated classes are concerned, is almost...

['To TH. EDITOR or TIM EDROT/TOL") Sra,—The fact that Italy is more concerned, as I pointed out in my letter of January 2nd, with the question of Mediterranean equilibrium than...

[To raa Earroa or ram .. SraCTLInn"] S18.--If some day in the distant future the United States of America found itself at war with Japan, would you advocate the sale of...

[To TDB Eimer. or ring arrarrroAn San,—" Pleasure as usual" is "certainly a vile motto," say you in your note to "Schoolmaster's" letter regarding Ascot in last week's...

[To TR. EDITOR Or Tea .. SPECTLTOZ."] Sin,—May I put a question or two to your American corre- spondent, Mr. William Stearns Davis, in the Spectator of February 13th? In...

Siz,—In reply to a recent" leader" in the Times advocating the abandonment of racing during the war, Lord Rosebery has in the same paper taken up the cudgels on behalf of those...

or not racing during the war, as to which the Times gave a good lead, Seems to have been badly confused by many correspondents (1) Even if it were true that the particular type...

Snt,—Your correspondent "Erpectans " is right. There are thousands in every branch of the Christian Church who want a simplified religion. They are convinced that the way to...

[To Tar Enna or THE °Error...M."1 Sea.—" Vernon Lee" (Miss Violet Paget) would have been well advised, in the interest of the so-called Union for Democratic Control, not to...

[To rrze Enna or rar .13rronroa."1 fire—The subjoined extracts from a newspaper cutting explain why many of the laity think there is need for a simplified religion. That men...

[To TEE Errron or nor ntarrorrror."] Sut,—In your issue of January 23rd there appeared an article entitled " Economia Quackery," in the course of which sou raised the very...

peace in Christendom till men submit to the guidance of the Spirit of Christ, which He promised should lead them. "Ye shall be all taught of God " is a pledge both encouraging...

ri00 ITS EMT. 07 THE dracrw00.1 SIR,—III your issue dated February filth a correspondent, writing on the above subject, says " During the Indian Mutiny the Cross was frequently...

[To Two EDIT= 07 1E0 SAEMS700..] Sfit,—The story referred to in your review in last week's issue of Mr. Conrad's book, Within the Tides, was entitled "A Terribly Strange Bed."...

[To SIM E74708 07 711:0 ..577C717016"1 See,—I notice that some of your correspondents deny or doubt that a bar Or clasp was ever awarded with a Victoria Cross before that given...

Pampa - NT : LORD DESBOROLTGEL Box. Szcserear, PRRCY A. HARRIS, Esq. Haan Orezens Judges' Quadrangle, Royal Courts of Justice (Carey Street entrance). The aims and objects of...

pro SLIE EINTOZ Or TRY 8170=170111..'1 Silk—Your correspondent's letter recalls the notable resolu- tion of a distinguished Nonconformist divine, happily still with us, and the...

A VOICE IN THE DESERT, A HTINDRED yards from the trenches, Close to the battle front, There stands a little house Lonely and desolate. Not a man, not a cat, nets dog, not a...

be sent to the Spectator Office, or direct to Messrs. Barclay and Co., Goslings' Branch, 19 Fleet Street, London, E.C. Cheques should be made payable to the "Spectator Home...

lame or inaiats, or wait a pseudonym, or ore *narked Commusiented," the Editor must net rweesturrily he held to be in agreement with the Mars therein arrested or with the coeds...

A STUDY OF MR. KIPLING.* 11B, RIIIITAILD KIPLING has already paid forfeit for his popularity by exciting more discussion in the English- speaking world than any other writer of...

there is something less thrilling in peril undertaken for an exclusively scientific cause than in peril undertaken to beat some "record." Thus a merely emotional estimate of an...

SO much of the documentary history of the campaign which proved the turn ing.point of N'apoleon's fortunes isnow accceaible that it was time to bring some of the results to the...

of • Diplomatist's Wife in .Tapan always expect wholesome enter- tainment from a volume with Mrs. Hugh Fraser's name on the title-page. The book which she has written about her...

zeal and care of the Com- tuissioners appointed to inspect and schedule its ancient monuments grows greater year by year. The latest inventory of the Royal Commission on the...

M. BURY'S readable and sympathetic' account of Yemen was sent to press before the outbreak of the Bunspean War, but in the preface he makes an interacting contribution to our...

TBACKERKY somewhere describes the evolution of the annual Keepsakes" once so fashionable, in which eminent artists were first employed to produce illustrations, and more or less...

ENTER AN AMERICAN.* Teen humours of boarding-house life have been exploited at different times by modern novelists, but, to the best of our belief, the most suggestive scenario...

not nmeuanly preclude uttaequ e nt ma i na l Though there is now a considerable literature upon place- names, the best works hitherto have dealt with special localities, and...

2a net.)--A volume of short stories, lack- ing in Mr. Pelt Ridge's usual brilliancy of charaoterization, but admirable in form and idea—lie Royal Happiness. By Mre, Everard...

of Miss Meynell's three chapter-headings is occasionally reflected in the book itself; but that is only because the lino between delicacy and affec- tation is such a thin one,...

felt in the next few years, as an indirect result of the war, has directed attention to the many opportunities which the medical pro- fession now offers to women. In a timely...

Beira Pharmacopeia (H. K. Lewis, 2 vols., 21e. net). It contains , numerous improvements, and has been revised in accordance with the new British Pharmacopeia published last...

net), is a chronicle of inventions, for the Maxim gun was only the climax of a long series of ingenious devices in many different branches of mechanical science. The volume...

of interesting papers chronicling some recent work done there on the general subject of "Memory, Association, and Thought Processes" The first of these Psychological Studies...

of Jews in the whole world. Of these half live in Russia alone, while the remainder are scattered through practically every civilized country. In The Conquering .Tew (Cassell...

be recognized as perhaps the fundamental problem with regard to crime and punishment It was in the United States that the first experiments were made with special Courts for the...

subject in schools by means of constant local illustration that Mr. Ian C. Hannah began the excellent history of Norwich which he now publishes under the title of The Heart of...

made two journeys to North America in the course of the years 1823-1827 on behalf of the Royal Horticultural Society. The Journal kept by him during his travels is now after...

the Catalogue of Scientific Papers compiled by the Royal Society (Cambridge University Press, 22 108. net). The volume includes authors whose names begin with 0, D, E, and part...