S INCE our last issue the western extremity of the western theatre of the war has been the scene of furious fighting in which the French, Belgians, and British have been...

the line. Very naturally our gallant allies, taken by surprise owing to the use of these infamous devices, were forded to fall back. By these means the Germans gained a...

ture of these gases and the creation of a poisoned zone, which shows that Sir John French was perfectly justified when he spoke of the "long and deliberate preparations for the...

of Ypres was the counter-attack of the Canadians. In spite of the poisonous gases to which they were exposed, they charged the enemy and retook a considerable line of trenches,...

and is concentrating his efforts upon maintaining the pieces of new ground that still remain to him, and finding this very hard work, there is no doubt that the Germans will...

all exposed to the poisoned-gas attack, though the French experienced it first—recovered from the surprise caused by the new tactics, vigorous counter-attacks were organized and...

Chancellor, has made a valuable report upon the gases and described their nature. From his report and from a report pre- sented to M. Carton de Wiart by the Belgian Commission...

case.

hills, but if our troops can work up towards Bulair, their right protected by our warships in the Straits and their left by our ships in the Gulf of Same, our military position...

Lion Gambetta; which was torpedoed in the Adriatic by an Austrian submarine at 1 a.m. on Tuesday. The ship sank within some ten minutes, and the lose of life was very heavy,...

midnight on Thursday and dropped a number of bombs, apparently chiefly of an incendiary character, which set fire to several houses and buildings. Though the houses burned...

Tuesday the British portion of the Expeditionary Force landed on the point of the Gallipoli Peninsula—i.e., on the European side—while the French landed an the Asian side, and...

of self- sacrifice in order to give our soldiers the maximum of support, they would have received an instant response. Every glass would have been turned down empty till the war...

ended, as we feared, in "a moist relentment" of small beer and large taxation. Mr. Lloyd George, whom we must entirely exempt from our condemnation of the Govern- ment's...

believe that our next issue will show how greatly the power of the Navy is increased in operations like those at the Dardanelles by the cooperation of a competent land force....

in the North Sea, except that the so-called German blockade by submarines has become weaker and weaker. Indeed, it can hardly now be called more than a danger and annoyance to...

Ida Lloyd George. He tried and failed, bet he tried hard. On the contrary, we desire to express our unstinted admiration for the courage with which he spoke out and told the...

clearly seen in the Chancelloe's speech. He showed by figures which cannot be denied how free drinking facili- ties, pins high earnings, have impeded the essential war work, bow...

a lecture at Brooklyn, Herr Hamburg declared that Germany would not give up Belgium, or the parts of France and Poland which she occupies, unlese she were allowed to expand...

officers who have been placed under arrest as a reprisal for the treatment of German submarine crews in England. The names, which were ascertained by the American Ambassador in...

received with loud approval: " When we come to an end of this war we shall not forget this horrible record of calculated cruelty and crime; we shall hold it to be our duty to...

the Chancellor of the Exchequer published in Friday's Times :— The duty on spirits is to be doubled. There is to be a graded surtax on beers containing over 7 per cent. of...

lately seems to have taken the peculiarly brutal forme of sinking trawlers. In all previous wars fishermen have been exempt from attaok. On Thursday week the steam trawler ' St....

on the affairs of the Post Office. He had expected a profit of five and a half millions, but owing to the war the surplus was only three and a quarter millions. The revenue had...

published in the recent White Paper as to the treatment of British prisoners of war in Germany. In the Lords, Lord Kitchener spoke with much feeling of the dis- graceful...

the Admiralty announcement as to the treatment of submarine prisoners which had caused the German Government to take reprisal, on thirty-nine British officers. It was necessary...

Aug. 8th.

CABINET RESPONSEBILITY. VE maintenance of Cabinet responsibility, that is, the responsibility of the Cabinet as a whole for the acts of individual Ministers, is of the utmost...

E XCEPT for the terrible death-roll, there is nothing to disquiet us in the second battle of Ypres, the embers of which are glowing as we write. The Germans have once more made...

I T seems that the Ottoman Empire is likely to crumble away, and in that event, whether it happens soon or late, the question of the Khalifate will cause many searchings of...

[COMMUNICATED.] D URING a large part of the last century the foreign policy of this country was shaped by two Foreign Secretaries, Lord Palmerston and Lord Salisbury....

T O all men there is attraetivenese in the combination of the soldier and the poet, and perhaps the combination gives a more satisfying pleasure to the countrymen of Sir Philip...

F ROM time to time some man of pseudo-science believes himself to have discovered the origin of life. More often, and with yet greater presumption, a Pharisaical charlatan in...

W E lately received from a correspondent in America the following letter:— "Sra,—I feel confident that readers of Cooper's ' Leather- stocking Tales' would like to hear...

[To ens Enrron or nr. “Brecraroa."1 Sin,—It is announced that a Union has been formed of the various Associations interested in Belgian repatriation. This is not only a hopeful...

NATIONAL CONCENTRATION [To Wle EDITOS or on ..SPZerLSOL'.] SIR,—I wish to thank you for your splendid article, "National Concentration," in your issue of April 3rd. I have...

[To not Eamon or Tax ..S.C1.17014”1 SI12,—A study of the second article in last week's issue suggests one or two reflections which may be worth while translating into words. It...

Sra,—Since you were so kind as to publish a communication from me with regard to the steps that are being taken to help soldiers and sailors who have lost their sight in the...

[To vas Eons. or 77r1 "sroerorsn."J Sin,—In your issue of April 17th there is a leading article, and there is also a letter, both on the subject of the Pope's neutrality in...

..Srserero..1 Sort,—A great number of sailors and soldiers serving in the war have already been disabled by loss of limbs, and there will be many more before the war is ended....

[To mu EDITOR or mm .Ersorerom"] SIR,—May we plead in your columns for the work of the French Wounded Emergency Fond, which provides help for many of the military hospitals in...

or min ..tirscreron.'1 San,—The farmers in this district are experiencing great diffi- culty in obtaining milkers. One friend of mine has found the difficulty so obstinate that...

"Srsernma"l Sra,—Volunteer Corps have been singularly successful in their commanding officers. A large number of old Army officers and ex-Territorials have identified themselves...

[To rigs Banos or rim ..iirscrsros.'1 Snt,—Since my letter printed in your issue of April 17th in reply to your correspondent " X." I have received several communications from...

Tao ..SencriTos.") Ste.,—May I be permitted to announce that arrangements hare now been practically completed both in London and the chief provincial towns for holding a Russian...

(To THE EDLTOlt OF 281 Sra,—Your number for April 17th had a very interesting article on " Loquacity." The writer abounded in theory—it was not for him to encumber it with...

riv , on Enrros or on "Seseroros."] Snt,—May I call the attention of your readers to a concert to be given in aid of the above charity—which is in great need of fund. to carry...

[To vas EDITOR or res .Srecravos."] Sin,—Those of us who are working at home on war materials and making extra profit, whether as employers or workmen, would do well to think of...

ETo vas Mirror or ran SIR,—I, too, am an alien. May I as such say a few words in reply to the article by Mr. Sedlik in your issue of April 17th P For, with all due deference, I...

[To THE EDIToa or nu ”13rxerrroa.1 Sm, — May I call the attention of your readers to the series d advanced lectures in French on the history of Belgium by M. Emile Cammaerta,...

on ..Srscraron71 Sla,—In happier times, some years ago, we met in friendly intercourse many German families attracted to the neigh- bourhood of Manchester by the facilities...

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PRESIDZIVS LORD DESEOROUGH. Hole. Swarm:: PERCY A. AbitRIS, Esq. Haan Omens: Judges ' Quadrangle, Royal Courts of Justice (Carey Street entrance). The aims and objects of this...

THE ACADEMY. Tura' is a strange irony in the fact that a picture which may go a long way to reconcile some of the most modern develop- ments of painting to unrevolutionary...

RUPERT BROOKE. Mereoalasf.) I nevelt knew you save as all men know Twitter of mating birds, flutter of wings In April coverts, and the streams that flow—. One of the happy...

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

Susscturrrows for this Fund should 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...

THE AMERICAN VERSUS THE GERMAN VIEW OF THE WAR.* WE have often observed in these columns that some of the best and most powerful anti-German war literature comes to ns from...

last season in honouring Lord Brassey, a paladin among yachtsmen. Longer than most of us care to remember we have watched the comings and goings of the famous auxiliary steam...

who are interested in the technical side of artistic creation, will never grow tired • Bark Is These Mr. Talk .Lout Stale. By /Una Moan. London: B&W Mathews. Lla aa. nat.] of...

Ms name of Dr. Paton of Nottingham is honoured by all @indents of social science, and all advocates of social service, as that of one of the meet large hearted and wide minded...

Music is the most international of the arts, and in virtue of that fact its great interpreters belong in a sense more to the world at large than great writers or painters. Few...

TWO SINNERS! WE are not going to follow the precedent set by so many contemporary reviewers in dealing with new books by new authors and declare that Mrs. Ritchie's novel...

Tire Master of Christ's College, Cambridge, has turned his biological learning to useful account in a small book which gives an interesting popular description of the offensive...

6s.)—We are somewhat bewildered by A Lover's Tats, which is, according to an author's note, a free adaptation of a genuine but little-known saga, and which seems in some...

6s.)—A costume comedy, full of delicacy and happiness, with an admirable hers—Yes. By Mary Agnes Hamilton. (William Heinemann. ffs.)—Joan is a neurotic and exasperating young...

curious essay. Those variously coloured oblong pieces of material which stir such passionate feelings in the human heart are surely not the least strange of the conventional...

M. Dent and Sons, 5s, net), a book which was completed before the outbreak of war, seeks "to discover some underlying factor in accordance with which history may be interpreted...

Press, 5a.) covers the words from "Spring" to "Standard," the first portion of it being by Dr. W. A. Craigie and the second by Dr. Henry Bradley. The most striking feature of...

makes it very difficult for us to enjoy his book. Re is deliberately affected, as a humorist he is often a poseur, sometimes he talks wildly and with evident insincerity, as...

History of the War, by Mr. John Buchan (T. Nelson and Sons, ls. net). It carries the narrative of the Western campaign from the battle of the Aisne to the fall of Antwerp, and...

[Notiss Si this column don not neosssorily ys•aIud. subssgtrntreoiots.] The British and Foreign Bible Society (146 Queen Victoria Street, E.C.) are issuing every convenient...