to retire, as we retired at Mona and the Germans retired at the Marne, and though at the moment there seems very good reason to believe that the Germans are being held along the...

is happening pleasantly for the Allies on the Somme, make one incline to think that when the war is over we shall have to offer a salute to the great gun. One of our largest...

D IMING the earlier part of the week the gloomiest fore- bodings were indulged in here as to Rumania. But what are the facts 1 Rumania, like other Powers in the course of the...

too numerous—as the French and the British were in the first stages of the war—to be overwhelmed by the tiger spring, if they fight every inch of ground doggedly, refuse to be...

sight of Bucharest, we should not ask for smelling-salts I We venture to say, however, that he will not do anything of the kind. Our belief is that his push has reached its...

when it was supposed to be at its worst, never gave us any serious uneasiness, and we are utterly at a loss to know why it should have caused so much alarm among serious...

All we really know is that something happened which forced him back, and that this something was in the last resort connected with what at the time we ventured to call military...

case.

Venizelos handed to the correspondent of the Times is admirable. He explaini how King Constantine told him that, though willing to leave the internal affairs of Greece to the...

that there has never been a more confused Presidential campaign than that which is now entering its last month. The betting in Wall Street is slightly in favour of Mr. Hughes....

Greece, whose ambiguous policy was too full of menace to be tolerated any longer. French and Italian bluejackets have been landed, and several important points at Athens and the...

control of the railway from the Piraeus to Larissa. It had been discovered that troops and ammunition were being collected in Thessaly. No Greek troops are now allowed to be...

on the speeches made in the Irish debate of Wednesday, but we must record that Mr, Redmond's vote of censure was negatived by a majority only three short of two hundred...

war to Mr. Stanley Washburn, the special correspondent of the Times. He said that Rumania was moved by no cynical or material policy, but by the biggest principles of...

not sensational. From the Southern Trentino the news is good, as also from the region of the Isonzo. It was stated in the earlier part of the week that the Austrians are growing...

of semi-summer weather with which the end of October and the beginning of November sometimes favour us, we should hear of very big doings on the Western front. It is indeed all...

At the beginning of the week we did little more than consume our normal portion by nibbling, taking of course the usual batches of prisoners, but towards the middle of the week...

result:— "Party of Huns came to meet us outside the village. Very stout old gentleman in front. Thought it was the Mayor and village big-pots to give us a civil" welcome....

and show courage like his, we shall achieve his success. And we had better do it quickly rather than palter with the problem, for without question the democracy of England and...

Lord Cromer, Lord Lansdowne, Lord Grey of Falloden, Lord Desborough, Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Mr. Boner Law, and Mr. Henderson, among many others. We admire the Committee's...

appeal for support signed by Lord Curzon, Lord Cromer, the Lord Mayor of London, and a number of other men of light and leading. We hope next week to return to this most...

day's paper that the Cambridge Senate are empowered to remit compulsory Greek in the ease of those who have served in the war for six months. It is amusing to reflect that...

as to Mr. Duke's speech. It is no secret that Mr. Duke has been looked at askance by Unionists as an innocent and sentimental Englishman likely to be bamboozled and misled by...

a week's work with a tank from the diary of a young Australian. The rattle of bullets on the thick skin of the tank, and the heavy lurches and crashes from the very start, made...

without hesitation and without fear decided to apply the Draft, and told the Governor of New York, the Redmond of the hour, in plain terms what he thought of him. The Draft was...

the State, came to Mr. Lincoln and threatened and cajoled. If be insisted on the Draft in New York, the Irish mob would rise in resistance. In that case there would be a new...

and Mr. Seanlan were usefuL Like that of Mr. Redmond, they show the British people the true position in Ireland. Mr. Devlin's oration was specially luciferous. He was angry at...

July 13th.

to Volunteers by the Inns of Court Reserve Corps. At a meeting of the Corps the members passed a resolution that they would " welcome the oppor- tunity " to offer their services...

on Thursday week Mr. Lloyd George said that there was no doubt that we had the man-power we required, but that the exemptions had been absurdly numerous. If he gave figures the...

was suddenly confronted with almost exactly the same problem as our Govern- ment have now to face. Should the Draft, which he had found to be essen tial, and had carried out...

• IRELAND AND COMPULSORY SERVICE. M R. ASQUITH'S words make it clear that the Government have not closed the door on the idea of compulsory service for Ireland. If they could...

W HILE we write the fate of the King of Greece, of his dynasty, and indeed of the whole dynastic principle in Greece, hangs in the balance. Though the absence of any decisive...

Commons on Tuesday on food prices shows once more the tremendous advan- tage that a Minister in the long run gains by refusing to yield to a baseless popular agitation. The...

(Second lieutenant DONALD HANKEY, 1st Royal Warwiekshire Regiment, Killed in Action on the Somme, October 12th, 1916.) "His ashes in a peaceful urn shall rest, His name a great...

present the soldier's favourite chorus at the front:- " What's the use of worrying ? It never was worth while Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag, And Smile, Smile, Smile...

A T the same time that we came across a passage in Mr. H. G. Wells's new book (reviewed elsewhere in this issue) about the influence of the British " Court" on the war and the...

IRELAND'S MANHOOD. Pro THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOE."] Bra,—It is England's tragedy that Ireland continually forces her into a position in which justice seems oppression, and...

contends that the proposal which he advocates " is merely to modify the procedure by which Parlia- ment gives consent to laws relating to the Church." He says that, in the case...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The multiplication of permanent officials, petty and grand, is an inevitable outcome of a policy under which the State undertakes to...

"SPICTATOB."1 Sia,—The enclosed quotation from Westward Ho! is worth recall- ing d propos of the present situation in Ireland, I think.—I am, " The Irishman, when he is brought...

(TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR ,—I think the following extracts from an article entitled " Ireland's Honour and Interest " in the Tuam Herald of Satur- day, the 7th...

Six,—Let us be very gentle with the commissioned or non-conv missioned white " Babu " (see Spectator of October 14th). He is often a sore trial to us, but we tolerate him...

SPECTATOR.") send you a contribution on the question of compulsory service in Ireland. As a former Member of Parliament for many years, and having given all my three sons (who...

DR. RASHDALL AND LORD HUGH CECIL. (To THE EDITOE OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sra,—I am very glad to have elicited Lord Hugh Cecil's letters. I find great difficulty in reconciling...

[To THU EDITOR OF TITS srsorsroa.1 think the enclosed cutting from the Victoria Times of British Columbia of a recent date may interest your readers.—I am, Sir, &a, "Two...

official (in Scotland)—that is, I am head of a municipal department, and should like to be allowed to remark briefly on two letters that have appeared under the above head- ing....

srscrieroa."1 Sra,—Can you spare me a few lines to say, in answer to a correspondent in your issue of October 7th, that I was only concerned with Lord Wellesley's effort in...

or THE " SPECTATOR.") Sia,—I write to beg you to use your influence in support of a move- ment that is being started among Northumberland miners. They propose to buy bonds...

[To T® EDITOR OF TVA " SPEOTATOIL, Snt,—Your reference in the Spectator of September 30th to the semi- official communication which is going the round of the small provincial...

have for some time felt that it might be of real spiritual help to our men at the front if their women at home would arrange with them a fixed hour each clay for the...

Sin,—Tou may like to know that I know an Englishman who— seriously or imitatively—has tried for some months to buy land in

(To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.") Bra,—The writer from the B.E.F. referring to the via sacra, though admiring your previous correspondent's idea of a foret de guerre, does...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Bra,—With reference to your article on " The Consolations of the Classics " in last week's Spectator, I think the following incident may be...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR.—" War is a young man's game," says Authority. True, but I beg to raise a word for those who, in the afternoon of life, waited for no...

(To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") Sia,—With reference to your remarks on the above subject, may I remind you that there is an interesting parallel ? When the fortunes of...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.") Sia,—Knowing your interest in any effort towards raising or improving the conditions of life for country folk, I venture to ask space for...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE '" SPECTATOR. " ] Bra,—I am grateful for nothing more than my weekly Spectator. It grinds no political axe, but guards the spiritual interests of the...

given by your correspondent Mr. L. J. Roberts may be found in the Lays of Modern Oxford published is the early " seventies " in this form (I quote from memory) " There was a...

SIR, —The verses on Jesus College (p. 441 of your last issue) appeared some thirty years ago in Lays of Modern Oxford, by " A Don," and to the best of my recollection ran...

for me to criticize the conduct of a Fellow of Exeter, old or young; but in bare justice to the young lady mentioned in the Limerick of which two lines are quoted by Mr. L. J....

Sal,—The late Silvanus Thompson was an expert in the manufacture of French Limericks. In tho spring of 1897 he was staying at the Tote d'Or at Dinant (now, alas ! a heap of...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Ste,—Seeing some Limericks in last week's Spectator, I think you may probably be interested in the enclosed. They were written long, long...

[TO TH1 EDITOR OF TER " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—There is no need for me to remind you that next December witnesses the bicentenary of that delightful rural genius, Thomas Gray....

Sni,—A friend of the late Canon Aingor told me the following Limerick. which he composed at her house on the spur of the moment :- " There once was a nun of Siberia Who of...

[To THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Might not the Provisional Government of M. Venizelos take as its motto two of the lines which were inscribed on the monu- ment of those...

THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY. Tax war has contracted the number of practising artists as drastically as it has contracted other professions, but there are not very many signs that...

A VERY HAPPY WARRIOR. WS cold of a night in the trenches, But old Fritz must be feolin' the same. 'E don't like trench mortars, an' whizzbangs an' mud, An' e 'ides the barbed...

.`43riterrros."3 Sia,—Would you kindly allow us through the medium of your paper to give notice that in future the Church of St. Martin-in-the- Fields, Trafalgar Square, will...

name or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked ".Communi- cated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the...

(To TEE EDITOR or THE SPECIATON.”3 would like to draw your attention to the enclosed, taken from the columns of a great daily, hoping that you will comment upon it as you see...

Ten 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...

WE have received the following additional subscriptions to the above Fund:— s. d. I s. d. Preciously acknowledged 85 13 6 I Mr. and Mrs. J. Rowett 3 3 0 Mrs. Munro Ferguson.. 5...

[To THE EDITOR OF TEl "Brzeriroa.1 ill a,—Do you remember a discussion in the papers some time ago as to the origin and significance of the term " Boche "? I believe the...

[To THE Dines or THE "Sem-mm."1 his pleasant account of Captain Millet's Souvenirs de Cempagne your reviewei writes that the gallant author has made a wi th in the phrase un...

are still open to "Limericks," perhaps you will kindly admit the following :— " There was an astute aviator Who delighted to land on a traitor; When they asked how he knew Who...

EDITOR OF TR) SPECTLTOII."] Sie,—It is 1.:Oposed tc erect a oi....1:aorial to Miss S. Macnaughtan, well U.:limn both as author and as an indefatigable war worker. Maenaugb tan,...

SUPERNATIONAL GOVERNMENT.* Ix has for long been apparent that, if the Allies have not yet gained the victory, the Central Powers have already incurred defeat. It is now...

really a philosophical diary of the war, and it may be noticed as a war book with not less appropriateness than as fiction. Mr. Britling, essayist, ideologue, and talker,...

intellectual gifts and in spite of his Ill-health, was an immensely enviable man. He was able " to accept the conditions of life with some heroic readiness." It is "a poor...

of this little book, beyond the particular merit of its constituent parts, is that it comes from the Extreme Left of English thought both in politics and religion. A set of...

PROFESSOR OMAN in his " Foreword " to Mr. Robinson's book traces the " pernicious attitude of mind " which prompts boys or men to label history as dull mainly to the influence...

[Notice in this column doss not necessarily preclude eubseguent regime.] A Nation and its Books. (Welsh Department, Board of Education. ls.)—This comely pamphlet, printed in...

Bible Society. (184—The war has intensified the activity of the Bible Society. In 1915-16 it surpassed its own records by distributing eleven million copies of the Scriptures....

sample of Mr. Cobb's usual social studies.—Lilla a Part of her Life. By Mrs. Belloc-Lowndes. (Hutchinson and Co. 6s.)—A novel in which the author deals with the strange...

one more to the debts under which he has laid us, by this handsome volume dealing with the various orna- ments, altar and altar rails, reredos, piscine, sedilia, Easter...

B. H. Blackwell. 6s. net.)—The intelligent student of Russian will be fascinated by this clever book—the work of a Russian lady who knows English extremely well, and is...

THE VERMILION BOX.t THE art of letter-writing is (quite erroneously) said to be dead. If any additional proof were needed of its healthy survival, it can be found in Mr. E. V....

which Mr. John Oxenham and Miss Beatrice Chase make an eloquent appeal for sexual purity among our soldiers. The Y.M.C.A, and the United Army Board are anxious that it should...

Sons. Is. 3d. net.)—The Income Tax was complicated enough before the war ; now it is for most people outside the Inland Revenue Depart- ment an insoluble riddle, and very few...

and Co. 13s. net.)—A detailed and interesting record of thirty-one years' service with the North-West Mounted Police. Existence on the prairie and among the growing, struggling...

Norman O'Neill. (Kagan Paul, Trench, and Co. 2s. fid. net.) —Whether or no one approves of the growing tendency to extract scenes from famous poems and prose works and adapt...

H. Bradley. (Clarendon Press. 2s. M. net.)—The latest part of " Murray," as every habitual user of it calls the great Oxford dictionary, brings near comple- tion the letter "...

net.)--Mr. Mackie writes foi the general public, but he is in no wise to be confounded with the untutored-patriots or " common Burnsites," as Henley called them. who have too...

F. Tout. (Longmans and Co. ls. net.)—This reprint of a lecture at the John Rylands Library, Manchester, deserves notice for the light that it throws on the way in which England...