was attacked by gun-fire from an enemy sub- marine in the Mediterranean. No date, however, is given. The 'Mercian,' we are told, was not sunk and has reached harbour safely,...

in Italy, and some of the newspapers declare that the submarine was a German, though flying the Austrian flag. That they point out, makes the dastardly crime much worse, as...

British blockade, which was published in this country on Monday.

case.

Note on the British blockade, and especially in the passage in which America assumes the championship of neutral rights on the highest moral grounds, what, we wonder, will be...

practically assuming that the submarine was a German flying the Austrian flag. Wo will give our reasons for our conviction in this matter. We do not believe that Austria is at...

Ancona' has also been received with horror. In the first place, it has made the American people realize that the stopping of submarine murder in the North Sea was due, not, as...

O UR record of the week must open with another deed of shame. On Wednesday news reached England that the Italian steamer ' Ancona,' a liner engaged in emigrant traffic between...

afternoon, and is on sale at all Messrs. Smith and Son's London Bookstalls and all London Newsagents. All country readers can now obtain the paper on Saturday morning, and...

stated that the Allies had determined to co-ordinate their several plans of campaign. The Government recognized that our own General Staff needed to be strengthened, and there...

nothing to be recorded. Winter conditions, however, are beginning to prevail, and we are already hearing a great deal about wet trenches, and consequent inconveniences to, or...

only the very vaguest sketch of what is happening in the Balkans. It appears that the. Germans have now got complete posses- sion, or almost complete possession, of the railway...

afforded by our reference to the Prime Minister's speech to say how strongly we associate ourselves with the language used by the Unionist leader, Lord Curzon, when defending...

in their attack on the Bulgarian left flank, and they are now said to have retaken Veles, a town on the Vardar, twenty-seven miles south-south-east of Uekub, which was occupied...

on Thursday which states that the loan by the British, French, and Russian Governments to Greece has already been placed at the disposal of the Hellenic Government. The matter,...

every direction. On the Riga-Dvinsk line General Ruasky has been taking the offensive in fine style, and a German " wireless " has made grudging acknowledgment of the way in...

has reached a point which we, as friends of Greece and erstwhile believers in her future, can only regard as one of the greatest of national tragedies. We are not going to...

form in which the Greek Government have stated their "very benevolent neutrality" towards the Entente Powers. It is worth putting on record :— "M. Coromilas, the Greek...

by the Press Bureau :— "Lord Kitchener, at the request of his colleagues, has left England for a short visit to the Eastern theatre of war. . . . It is untrue to suggest that...

last week, was brought about by en incident in the Chamber provoked by General Yanakitsas, the Minister of War. A Venezelist Deputy, as we learn from the Times, had criticized...

we welcome, that there will be no looking back. We are committed to the Balkan campaign. If we conduct it in the large spirit of all Lord Kitchener's schemes, we shall turn it...

the stream of atom poured upon Mr. Asquith's bead because we have not yet won the war and have been in so many tight places might recover their balance by remembering that at...

Sunday. The German cruiser Undine,' of a little less than 8,000 tons, was sunk by two torpedoes when she was escorting the steam ferry ' Preussen' from Trelleborg to Sassnitz....

of last Saturday : " During Lord Kitchener's temporary absence on public duty the Prime Minister is carrying on the work at the War Office. There is no truth in the statement...

to withdraw the resignation whioh be had tendered immediately after his defeat in the Chamber. M. Zaimis steadily adhered to his decision. The papers of Monday announced that a...

Ministers, said that the Government were supposed by some people to be morbidly sensitive to criticism and anxious to prevent criticism. He disavowed any such feelings. As...

Sth, 1914.

marked by optimism and unwavering firmness. After Sir John Simon had proposed the toast of " Our Allies " in excellent terms, and M. Paul Cambon had replied with the stately...

number of young Irishmen to emigrate in order to escape 'their military duties. At Liverpool a portion of the crew of the Cunarder • Saxonia.' refused to put to sea if the...

notion that be had ever expressed doubts about King Constantine's patriotism. In a Constitutional country there could be no Royal policy, but only a Governmental policy. After...

THE MILITARY SITUATION. I N spite of the fact that two-thirds of Serbia is overrun, that the Bulgarians and Germans are in her war- capital at Nish, and that from, north and...

has been much discussion in and out of Parliament of the Press Censorship, and the whole question was debated in the House of Lords on Monday. That debate, we think, fairly...

feeling described in the preceding article—a feeling which belongs specially to the layman, who cannot and does not desire to go into technical points—there is also what we may...

as Englishmen. its harsh and unsympathetic tone will not make us relax in the slightest degree the grip en the threat of Germany which sea power gives. us. We shall answer the...

the London County Council deserve hearty congratulations on the strong line they have taken with regard to public economy.. They have set an example to the Government by...

-111M _Lie ELDERS. of the Spectator may remember how, some two years ages, its pages contented, in connexion with the cheap cottage movement,. a good deal. of °erre.. spondence...

I T is certain that when the war is over tens of thousands of soldiers will not want to return to their former urban occupations. No man who has enjoyed the liberty of a greater...

N OTABLE speeches were made at the opening meeting of the Imperial Union of Teachers, held in London last summer, by two Head-Masters—one representing a school of great and...

JOHN TO JONATHAN. [TO TRH EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR, --Lowell was a lover of justice as well as an inspired satirist. I cannot help thinking that if be were alive...

Saturday's issue on the economic waste caused by drink appeals to ma strongly as an agricul- turist hard pressed for labour. It should be known that it is not only in munition...

thoughtful person who has the ardent desire in hie heart to elevate and tune up the efficiency of the nation to the highest degree, especially at this time, in which the Empire...

to you what multitudes are feel- ing. We are thankful for the strong line you are taking on the drink question. I am a total abstainer; I can be nothing else in my position and...

you for the article " Drink and Economy " which I read in last Saturday ' s Spectator. I can endorse every word of it, and, as a medical man, add that the far-reaching...

the Spectator will renew and continue to press its sound arguments in favour of the purchase by the Government of the drink traffic, the whisky distilleries (its sources of...

showing the value of the V.T.C. in passing, or rather in having passed, on an endless stream of recruits for the Regular Armies is most true and interesting. That particular...

[To THE EDITOR OA THE "SPECTATOR."] Sza, — There are now some three hundred thousand Volunteers in the country, most of whom can claim to be trained men. General ()Moore Creagh,...

which you are attacking in your columns the use of all alcoholic drinks at the present time, I will venture to ask the following questions, and to appeal to your sense of...

Sin,—A short time ago you kindly published an appeal for my Fund for prisoners of war in Germany—Lady Burg hclere's Prisoners' Fund. To-day it is my pleasant duty to ask you to...

[TO THE EDITOR OP TEl SPEcrrAmos.."] S1R,—The following analysis of births, as recorded in the Times, seems to be of interest as indicating a marked change in proportion of...

THE "SPECTATOR. "] Slit,—I am sure if your readers were to realize how keenly the convalescent patients at the King George Hospital, with its sixteen hundred and fifty beds,...

[TO TRIP EDITOR or rue SPECTATOR."] SIR., — In answer to the appeal of your correspondent a 0. B.," I should like to quote Virgil, Aen., XI., 11. 378 gen. "Larga guidon',...

[To THE EDITOR. Olt THE "srzervros. - ] SIR,—I am delighted to see a protest in your correspondence columns last week, endorsed by yourself, against the in- creasing use of the...

[To TEN EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 Son,—You are doubtless overwhelmed with letters from the front, but the enclosed extract may be of interest from its reference to our present...

SrrorATon."1 SIR,—The chronicled events of the present momentous struggle between the several nations of Europe cannot but call to mind those majestic lines which are familiar...

5511 SPECTATOIC9 SIR,—If your correspondent S. S. B." would like to know what "the candid author of Lady Baltimore" says now, let him read The Pentecost of Calamity, by Owen...

[TO Tall EDITOR OP THE '' SPECTATOR...1 SIR,—We have lately been reading a good deal about the thievish propensities of the German troops. This habit is ingrained in the Huns,...

[To THE EDITOR or THE SPECTATOR."3 SIR,—I am enclosing a clipping from the Boston Transcript, reproduced from the New York Times. It shows in a plain, unemotional way bow the...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR. "' Sin, — We have now had over forty years of State-provided education and every one can read. Hundreds of newspapers cater for the crude taste...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "' SIR, — If you will suffer me to say so, surely even a devoted reader of the Spectator may excusably feel disconcerted— shall we say ?—by a...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPEOTATOD. " 3 SIR,—The late G. A. Simcox, a scholar of note, was amongst those who were quick at sudden rhymes. At a breakfast or wine at Oxford some...

LTO THE EDITOR Or TUE " SPEOTATOH."] Bin,—The Archbishops of Canterbury and York propose that the opening of the New Year shall be marked by a special period of intercession in...

SPECT1TOIL."] San,—This well-known fourteenth-century barn, one of the finest examples of the mediaeval tithe barn in England, is in imminent danger of collapse. The owner, Sir...

[TO THE EDITOR OP TER " SPROTATOR.1 SIR, —Will you kindly permit me to make known through the medium of your columns the fact that the book entitled Dragon's Teeth was written...

Or THE "SPEOTATOE."1 SIF,—In order to close the debate on the incident in the life of the Duke of Wellington referred to by your correspondent, May I be allowed to state the...

(To THE EDITOR OF TRH " SPECTATOR."] Sue—May we draw the attention of your readers to the work which the National Union of Trained Nurses is doing in con- nexion with the war...

SPECTATOR."' Sint,—We think that your readers may like to hear from us, as representing the Association for Befriending Boys, the results up to the present time since August,...

" SI•EL:TATOR.1 have recently retired, owing to pressure of business, from the chairmanship of the Gordon Hospital for Fistula and Rectal Diseases, Vauxhall Bridge Road, in...

or initials, or with a pseudonym, or ore marked "Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode of...

THE , BATTLE OF KOSOVO. (A SERBIAN BALLAD.) [The great battle of Kosovo, or the Blackbird Field (June 28th, 1889), lives in history as the Flodden of the Balkans. In it the...

PRESIDENT: LORD DESBOROUGH. Hose SECRETARY: PERCY A. HARRIS, Esq. HEAD Oerfces : Judges' Quadrangle, Royal Courts of Justice (Carey Street entrance). The aims and objects of...

THE CHINESE REVOLUTION.} Teti Chinese Revolution was a complete success in so far as the attainment of its original object was concerned. It destroyed the Mantchu dynasty,...

A CULTIVILTED mind, experiences in many parts of the world, humour, geniality, innumerable friendships with well- known people, and a vigorous memory have enabled Lord Redesdale...

with a keen eye to the practical side of the problems studied by the science. War is teaching us that a population of strong, healthy, intelligent citizens, able to fight and...

Few Englishwomen know more about modern French litera- ture than Miss Stephens. The first series of these studies of hers, which appeared about seven years ago, showed a most...

THIS volume by a distinguished American scholar, who is Professor of Church History in the Western Theological Seminary, is a worthy quincentenary tribute to the great Bohemian...

THE " Red Cross Pro." who writes her experiences in 131ac1e. wood gives us a lively account of the inside working of a large military hospital. "I hated the idea of having Red...

684—When, at the very beginning of Mr. Wells's new book, we were told that "the story of William Porphyry Benham is the story of a man who was led into adventure by an idea. . ....

RED BOB OF THE BISMARCKS. 0 WHEN a writer's permanent address is Port Moresby, Papua, there is at least presumptive evidence that he—or she, as it happens to be in this...

Europe, has new published, an account of Naples and. Southern Italy (Methuen and (Jo,, 6s. net): He writes in detail of some forty towns and village's scattered over the whole...

Co. 6e.)—Mme. Albanesi writes in a simple and popular way of the awakening to love and work of a rich, handsome, and quite futile young man,— Passion and Faith. By Dorothea...

Mr. Edward Hutton has given, a detailed narrative of the course of Attla's career. The volume possesses' an addf- , tional value from. the fact that the main original Latin...

have restricted so firmly the length of his book on The krt of Ballet (Martin Seeker, 15s. net). He bee lay its• brevity, forced himself to keep within the narrow . boundaries...

[Notice in this Mame dm not neraswirit9. preclude subeseitent review.] Furniture Making. By R. S. Bowers, John. Bovingdon, and other Designer-Craftsmen. "'Ouselrs Handicraft...