to pass votes of thanks to the Armies in the field. We hope that this will be done. The thanks of Parliament are an ancient and honourable form, not sufficiently used in them...

attempt to counter-attack our men on the ridge or on its north-western slopes. They bombarded the ridge on Monday, but their infantry did not move. On Tuesday the enemy...

expression of confidence was in any way prompted by some rather violent criticisms, particularly in the Globe, of the relations between the Primo Minister and our military...

immediate battle-front, mate a successful raid into Germany on Wednesday afternoon. Our airmen attacked a factory to the west of Saarbrilcken, forty miles within the German...

any ground for supposing that the members of the War Cabinet, while nominally reposing their trust in Sir Douglas Haig, were in reality peering over their shoulders to look for...

and counter- raids, with several German attacks in force at Verdun and on the front north of the Aisne. The attacks came to nothing, but the enemy is evidently nervous about...

rilHE Prime Minister, on behalf of the War Cabinet, htur sent a JI. message of warm congratulation to Sir Douglas Haig upon the achievements of the British armies in Flanders in...

the battlefield of Western Flanders into a quagmire, restricted the MIMOSA of the great attack of Tuesday, the 9th, on the Passchendaelo Ridge. Despite the rain, Sir Douglas...

give definite orders to their newsagents for a copy of the " Spectator" to be reserved for them each week till countermanded.

distinctive badges for oversea service. Soldiers who "entered a theatre of war " in 1914 will receive a red chevron. Those who have seen service since 1914 will receive a blue...

be transmitted by cables under British controL This privilege has been withdrawn from Holland because the Dutch Government persist, in spite of our repeated remonstrances, in...

regard to the reconstruction of the Air Services. The most important of these was Mr. Boner Law's statement in the House of Commons on Tuesday that the Government were drafting...

during the abnormal conditions of war even when the facts are clear before one and it is possible to build on a sure and solid foundation. But Sir.David Henderson's...

have nothing to do at this stage but to express our satisfaction. We are quite sum that the affairs of the air. are much too important to be cabined within the walls of any...

in replying on behalf of the British people to the German Foreign Secretary's assertion that Alsace-Lorraine constituted the only "'absolute " impediment to peace. On Thursday...

ships. And as for military aeroplanes, they are of course the very eyes of the artillery, and a modern army could not take the field without them. The gunners who have not got...

the mouth of the Gulf of Riga. On Friday week German trans- ports, protected by a large German fleet, approached the north of OeseL The enemy landed and quickly drove the...

of lighter burden were sunk by mine or submarine Three were attacked unsuccessfully. In the previous week we had lost thirteen large and two small vessels. The armed mercantile...

Friday week that, before Herr von Kilhlmarm's declaration that Alsace should " never " be given up, "Germany whispered to us that France would, through the intermediary of a...

week, made a telling expOsure of the German elan to embroil.America and. Japan. Germans in America had, he said, tried for years to persuade the American public that Japan wee...

Fran- ehise Sill; Sir John Leetsdale raised the question of Ireland. Should the Irish constituencies be redistributed, or should Ireland be denied the wider franchise amended by...

interest of the sitting was furnished by Ministers' answers to questions. Mr. Boner Law, in announcing that an Air Ministry would be set up, declined to add to General Smuts's...

redistributed the English constituencies after a genera. tion, has made many drastic changes. London gains three Members, and the Parliamentary and municipal boroughs in London...

of a German naval mutiny at Wilhohnshaven on July 30th. It purports to be the story of a German naval Lieutenant, Glatfelder by name,. who says that he was one of the "Central...

forming a Coalition Ministry in Canada. blight well-known Liberals, headed by Mr. Rowell, of Ontario, and Mr. Sifton, the Premier of Alberta, have joined his Conservative...

celebrated in London on Monday. It is pleasant to recall the great patriot now that Poland, for whom he fought so gallantly, may confidently expect to regain her liberties. "...

reported to have resigned. It is said that lie went fa thee in attacking the Independent Socialists as accessory to the naval mutiny than the Chancellor thought desirable. It...

three seats, the new borough of Rhondda two, and Swansea two instead of one Glamorgan and Iifonmouth will each, have two more Members. The Commission gravely explains that by a...

April 5th. •

THE SITUATION IN IRELAND. B EFORE we deal with the Irish situation, let us say what we have said a dozen times before, and always with absolute sincerity--namely, that nothing...

TN regarding Germany as a great military Power we too 1 often forget that she is also, and even primarily, a great commercial Power. To our mind, what emerges most clearly from...

Germans have obtained almost complete control of the Gulf of Finland. It would be useless to try to disguise this fact. They have just accomplished what they tried bat failed...

O NE of the most difficult problems in the whole range of political economy is the connexion between the volume of currency and the range of prices. Yet, partly perhaps because...

M EN and women like to live among those whose interests are the same as their own. By "interests" we do not, of course, mean material interests, but favourite preoccupations....

T HE recluse instinct survives in England, perhaps, better than in other countries these rushing centuries. " Every Englishman is an island," wrote Emerson sagely, in reference...

INTERCOMMUNION. (To THE EDITOR or THE " &POTATO/L . 1 Sse,—The reunion of Christendom, or in our present hope reunion of the Anglican with other Reformed Churches, is a...

[Letters of the length of one of our leading paragraphs are often snore read, and therefore more effective, than those which fill treble the apace.] "SCRAPS OF PAPER." (To THE...

CTo sus Forms or rue " arm-mon:1 Sea,—The interesting article by Professor Hearnshaw in your issue of October 6th tempts me to make a few random remarks on Tennyson and his...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPUNATOR."3 Sur,—Professor Hearnshaw, whose article on Tennyson 1 have just read, apparently considers it a weakness in the " Idylls" that rude warriors...

[To THE EDITOR or ens " SPECTATOR."] Sta n I am sure you are right about Captain Bowen-Colthurst. I was Professor of Tactics, Military Law, and Administration at the Royal...

CTo ran Enema or THE " SPLETATOR."3 STE.—Professor Hearnshaw is rather wide of the mark when 110 ref Wele to credit Tennyson with any false rhymes. A cursory inspection has...

S18,-1 do not know, personally, Captain Bowen-Colthurst, but I am thankful that you are interesting yourself in his cause, for the cruel and callous way in which he is being...

[To rue Eurros or roe " 5rsorsroa."1 SIR,—The follow ing extract from Goethe may possibly interest some of your readers who are asking themselves what the great masters of...

RSE,—Referring to the remarks in your last two issues respecting Tennyson's rhyme of "hundred" with "thundered," I suppose the writers are too young to remember, as I do, that...

of imperfect rhyming than that of " hundred " with " wondered " is in the same poem where "hundred " is rhymed with " onward "! Tennyson made free use of the so-called "...

Rm.—Professor Hearnshaw's article entitled "Tennyson Twenty- five Years After " in your issue of the Gth inst. cannot fail to have given pleasure to many of your readers. Those...

[To THE EDITOS or THE SPECTATOR."] SIL—Tour issue of September 1st contains a very interesting review—headed "Switzerland and the War "—of four books on that subject, and that...

not so imperfect a rhyme to " thundered " as Professor Hearnshaw conceives, nor is it necessary to follow your correspondent of last week in supposing a syncopated form of the...

in his interesting article overlooked abut is sorely 'Tennyson's worst rhyme occurring in the bust four lines of " The Lord of Burleigh "?— " Then her people, softly treading,...

Mr. Carr is correct in his explana- tion of Tennyson's rhyme of " thundered " with " hundred." At the time he write the poem " hundred " was always pronounced " hunderd," as...

ran SPECTATOR.") Sia,—The following letter was written to a Manchester newspaper as a comment on the assertion of one of its correspondents that Ile must not disobey the...

(To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sua n —A good deal is being written upon the conditions of the expected peace, upon a League of Nations, and upon disermament. Surely we...

P. H. Walker's letter in your last issue with much interest. I had already had my attention culled to the Cheltenham resolutions to which he refers. As a Free Church- man, and...

(To THE EDITOR or THE SPECTATOR.") Ste, Writing from a Wesleyan manse, and as one who, on this many-sided subject, has aforetime taxed the Spectator's hospi- tality, may I...

(To THE EDITOR or ran SPECTATOR.") Sra,—We of the Divorce Law Reform Union earnestly born that we may have the support of the Spectator in our efforts is improve time shocking...

Decimal Coinage for the Empire" will, I hope, attract attention to a much-needed reform. Looking at the question from a special point of view, I cannot but feel some surprise...

A Decimal Coinage for the Empire" holds out a most cheering prospect for those who, like myself, find figures " kittle cattle" to deal with. Bat is it necessary to use the very...

[To THE EDITOR OF THU " SPECTATOR."3 Ste,—In your issue of October 13th the following statement occurs in a paragraph dealing with National Service: "The general appeals made...

Sin,—To the decimal system advocated in your last number there is one serious objection in the fact that a coin would be intro- duced half the sine of the smallest coin in...

the threepenny-piece would be excellent— per Sc, but 1 fear that 10-mil piece '.—I ant, Sir, Ac., CHURCHWARDEN.

[To THE EDITOR Or THE SPECTATOR."3 SIR,—Therearetwochief reasons for introducing a decimal coinage: (1) Provided that decimal weights and measures, and especially the metric...

[To THE EDITOR or ran " Smorsroa."] SIR,—Will you allow me to make a few comments on the article under the above heading which appears in your issue of the 19th us et.? Like the...

[To THE Herron 07 THE firscriroa."] Sta,—Sir Auckland Geddes emphasizes the fact that there is a great demand for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, especially for women with...

(To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."' Sia,—The writer of the article on this subject in your ieaue of the 13th inst. very properly emphasizes the importance of a correct...

your argument under the above heading is this: (I) " Ordinary " persons do not eat the same amount of meat, bread, and sugar, &c., &c. (2) A beer-drinker eats less of the above...

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."' Sta, — If, as your correspondent Mr. B. Houghton says (Spectator. October 130), " nearly all India, without distinction of race or language...

(To THE Eerroa or sue Srecraroa."1 Sra, — Your correspondent, the author of The New Pacific, writing from Sydney about the Indians in Fiji, mentions the shortage of Indian...

(To THE Enema or zee " Sesocrwros.."1 Ste, — It would be very interesting to know what may he Mr. Lucas's authority for the story quoted in the review in last Saturday ' s...

(To THE EDITOR or 7. " EIPECILT011."1 Suf i —After reading your most interesting article on General Sukhomlinott, I all left with the impression that one rather im- portant...

(To THE EDITOR or TEE " SPECTATOR."" SIR, — The quotation of the appealing lines from "The Canadian Boat Song " has naturally awakened the interest felt by many of your readers...

(To ran Enron or lee " SPECTATOR.") Sun,—In this county of Northampton ono of the best-known taro- verbial expressions is "It's all along o' Colly Weston." There is a village of...

Its the Roma or THE SPE4TATOR."3 Sin,—The voice of Meredith the " obscure," the "prose Browning," speaks out clearly enough now. For instance, from One of Qur Conquerors, "If we...

Srs,—The Bishop of London desires me to say that, as you have taken such a keen interest in the proposal to form " Parsons' Ambulance Corps," he thinks that you may like to...

SFECFATOR."1 Stn,—I think that perhaps the beauty and calm hopefulness of a seventeenth-century epitaph may have a message for many of your readers who have suffered through...

[To ran Eenou or THE SITLTATOR."3 SIR, — Could any of your readers tell me the author of this line?- " The murmuring prelude to the ruder gale." I believe it was written before...

ITo THE EDITOu OP TOL " SPECTATOR: '1 SIR, — Y011 speak of the letter " aitch" as having nloue " the dignity of a name." Stay I point out that another letter has at trait the...

LORD ACTON'S CORRESPONDENCE.* Lorn ACTON once told Mr. Gle.datono that ho had included in his library many volumes of letters " because they give the moons of knowing...

WHY I BELIEVE. " Das Blend der Mensolun in to gross. Man mite slashes." WEIRNESS makes one orthodox, Weakness and the nasty knocks Dealt us, and the staggering shocks, When...

Tee article under the above heading, dealing with the desecration of beautiful places by the scattering of pieces of paper and other picnic debris, which appeared in our issue...

or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked " Cont. Inunicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode...

Ownre to the large and continued demand for copies of the poem entitled "Christ in Flanders," which appeared in our issue of September 11th, 1915, it has now been reprinted in...

Tux leading article in the Spectator on the death of Lieutenant Mulkey and his article "Don't Worry" have been republished ar, a leaflet by Messrs. W. Speaight and Sons, 98-90...

MISS MART - ADAM MACDONALD'S three poems (" In the Ward." "Epiphany Vision," and "In Last Year's Camp ") have been reprinted from the pager; of the Spectator in pamphlet form...

Dr this little volume are reprinted a most noble series of State Papers, perhaps the most disinterested pronouncements on tho rights and liberties of free peoples which have...

Tatmn are many who believe that the war will do great things for the advancement of medicine and of surgery. This belief is not likely to be fulfilled. Our present knowledge...

THE labour of recording the discoveries at the lake village near Glee- tonbury has now been finished by the publication of the second volume of the work dealing with this most...

THEME are many reasons why wo should value a book on education from the pen of an officer in the Bengal Educational Sen-ice. It was chiefly with a view to the educational needs...

P. Statham. Vol. I. (Kagan Paul. 42e. net.)—This elaborate family history, based on materials collected by Colonel C. A. Maunsell, belongs to the old school rather than the now,...

[Notice is this estunas dm. Int necessarily peseta" embusses's! rseics.1 The &Wash Ilia:orient Review for October (Glasgow : J. MacLehoso and Sons, 2s. Od. net) contains is...

and Co. Ss. net.)—There are few contemporary writers who are able to leave as poignant and living a picture on the minds of their readers as Mrs. Dudeney. The parlour at the...

Rushbrook Williams (Longman and Co. 7s. 6d. not.)—This is an interesting and work- manlike history of one of the greatest monastic foundations of mediaeval England. Little is...

6s.)—A story much concerned with the financial upsid e. downs of the war, in which the poor are made rich and vire erred. The chapters which deal with the war in France are not...

(Edin- burgh and London : Hodge. 7s. Od. net.)—This now volume of the "Notable Trials Series" contains a verbatim report of the pro- ceedings in Casement's ease, based on the...

THE LOST NAVAL PAPERS. * SINCE the passing of Monsieur Lecoq of happy memory there has been no such masterly figure in official detective circles as that of Chief Inspector...

net.) —Walt Whitman's phrase about, "the little that is good steadily hastening towards immortality" is not, perhaps, the moot fitting title for these stories of Ragged School...

(Cambridge University Press. 3s. net.)—This is another volume of the excellent " Cambridge Travel Rooks." which ought to he in every school. Mr. Alexander line selected from the...

Italy on a Beale of twenty miles to an inch (is. 6d.) and sit excellent map of Germany on a scale of eighteen miles to an inch (15s.)—with the various States in strongly...