important to report. There is also a lull in the news from the Eastern theatre, if not in the actual military movements. The Russians are holding their own in the South as in...

not want to attack us, and are quite content to see us wasting our strength by accumulating a large force at Salonika. They know well how dangerous that force may be. They, and...

and restraint. Though he would have liked to see -Ireland included, and though he made play with a remark interjected by Mr. Dillon in Mr. Boner Law's speech that the...

O N January 13th the Austrians entered Cettigne, the capital of Montenegro, and since then a great part of the country Is believed to have been overrun by the Austrian armies....

occasionally reasserts its complete neutrality, but public opinion in Greece is apparently becoming more and more hostile to, and afraid of, the Bulgarians, and therefore tends...

the Compulsion Bill, and Mr. Chambers moved to include Ireland, a policy in which he was supported by Captain Craig, the well-known Ulster leader. Mr. Bonar Law, whose manage-...

must register our disagreement with him on a point of detail. We do not think that Lincoln was really reluctant to impose compulsion. On the contrary, we gather from his...

week seemed very promising, and it looked as if General Aylmer, who commands the force which is proceeding to the relief of Kut-el-Amara, would very soon have accomplished his...

Bulgarians to attack us and the French at Salonika is a notable sign of weakness. Consider the situation. Here you have armies, which are supposed to be flushed with their great...

case.

the common-sense point of view w hen he said that people who declared that they would not even state their case to the tribunals must be all owed to wear the martyr's crown. In...

had either been negatived on a division, or elsedefeated by very large majorities, the House passed on to a discussion of the safeguards against industrial compulsion. Mr. Boner...

tight policy. Logically, no doubt, Sir Edward Carson would have been justified—and it must have been somewhat of a temptation—in demanding that Protestant Ulster, i.e., the six...

regard to tho ago of service, Mr. Williams wishing to sub- stitute twenty-one for eighteen years as the age at which liability to serve should begin. As Mr. Bonar Law pointed...

Mr. Long made an urgent appeal that the amendment should not be pressed, in the course of which he gave the House a message from Lord Kitchener, the effect of which was that in...

Sir John Simon's amendment, which, as the Prime Minister pointed out, cut at the very base of the Bill. Its ostensible object was to con- sider the grounds of exemption before...

Viceroy of. India. He has been serving as a Captain in India almost since the beginning of the war. He has had considerable experience in Australia. His wisdom in guiding a...

` Baralong' . case (together with the three Gorman acts of inhumanity at sea committed about the same time that the ` Baralong's ' crew are alleged to have murdered German...

bound to say that this does seem to be pushing the tenderness of con- science very far indeed. During his speech, in which he described the extreme Quaker position, and while he...

pretend that they had conscientious objections to taking human life by letting them feel that they would thus escape the disagree- ableness of national service. We want to...

Wednesday. In regard to the conscientious objector, Mr. Bonar Law stated that the right of exemption on the ground of conscience did not mean that a man had only to say " My...

an extraordinarily interesting account of Lord Montagu A special correspondent of the Times sent to Wednesday's paper an extraordinarily interesting account of Lord Montagu of...

unanimously decided to oppose the Military Service Bill. The delegates took this decision in virtue of their voting, which had gone as follows :—For the Bill, 38,100 ; against,...

paper that Germany had bestowed on Bulgaria all Macedonia recently in Serbian possession, including Monastir. Doiran, and Ghevgeli. The Austrians had been disputing about these...

called attention to the huge exports of cocoa to neutral countries. Cocoa was not only a food ; it had military uses as well, and he could not understand why it had not been...

to the Times of Wednesday. The shipping figures, he says, mean that during the last three months sixty-seven merchant vessels were doing the work which was done formerly by a...

Consul at New Orleans in a letter dated December 4th, 1915, remarked that von Papen was probably not sorry to "shako the dust of this unfriendly country from off your feet" ! "...

a form as ever by the murder of seventeen Americans, who were dragged from a train and shot by officers of General army. The American State Department have informed General...

of the correspondence seized at Falmouth on Captain von Papen, the German Military Attache at Washington, who had been given a safe-conduct to Germany. His cheque-book shows...

Ambassador, gave examples of the efforts of German agents to sow distrust between Russia and Britain. According to the account in the Times, he said that a report had been...

8th, 1911.

THE MASTERY OF THE ADRIATIC. T HE fall of Cettigne and the overrunning of the whole Montenegrin Kingdom by the Austrians are a strategic annoyance to the Allies which cannot be...

A N excellent opportunity has arisen for the Government to declare to the whole world thit the blockade of Germany will be made as thorough as it is in the power of the British...

rr HE Military Service Bill has not actually been passed by Parliament, but so nearly has it reached that point that it is quite safe to say that failure is now im- possible. It...

D EFEATED in the House of Commons, the pacificist party seem inclined to do their best to stir up trouble in the country. They are evidently relying upon the extreme section of...

TA MP week the Methodist Times published some remarkable extracts from sermons recently preached in Germany and reprinted in the German newspapers. The extracts were trans-...

W E suggest that those who agree with the policy of " Down Glasses during the War " should send us, not for publication, but only for registration and reference, their names and...

VALUES. A N undergraduate once received a simultaneous visit from a subaltern and a High Church Socialist curate. . Unfortunately he was unable to entertain them in the...

the last few days to the late Lord Burnham. Most of these have naturally come from those who knew him mainly as a public man—the head of a great newspaper, the veteran chief of...

Srs,--Your correspondent " Plain Speech " exhorts the clergy to preach the best of all sermons : " the declaration that they themselves will abstain from alcohol while the war...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE n SPECTATOR:1 Sin, Permit me, as an American who has no hyphen but rejoices in English ancestry, appreciates the kindly hospitality of England, and thanks...

"DOWN GLASSES ! " [To me EDITOR or SHE " sesames."' Sm,—Every lover of his country must warmly thank you for your strenuous advocacy of " Down Glasses during the War." If the...

(To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTiT01.1 Sra,—At this critical moment of our national existence, when the service of every Englishman is needed for the defence of his country, it is...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ) SIR,—Your recent eulogy of Mr. Lloyd George, describing him as the " best speeder-up " in the country, while the concluding portion of the...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPEOTATOL ") SIR, —As a Moravian and a keen reader of the Spectator, I was very much interested to note in your issue of January 8th that after...

[TO TUB EDITOR OF TRH SPECTATOR."[ SIB,—I have read with much interest in your issue of the 8th inst. the letter of " M." in reference to the " Two Spectator Articles." I am in...

Six,—I have read the criticisms of my article on the above subject with the greatest interest. May I, with a view to the further elucidation of this vital subject, criticize my...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SEECTATOR.1 S111,—I have read with interest the article in your issue of January 8th on " A Mobilization of the Church," signed by " A Student in Arms."...

ITO TER EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") wonder if you would care to print the enclosed rhymes. I wrote them for a serious purpose, but they may amuse your The people of our time,...

[To THE EDITOR or TIER " SPECTATOR.") Sm,—For fifty years and more I have sat at the feet of the Spectator with great advantage and pleasure to myself, and I can testify that it...

ITO MI EDITOR OF TBa " SPECTATOR-1 Sr ,—Your paper is water in the wilderness to many of us here, The issue of December 4th of the past. year was especially . notable. Its...

SPF.CTAITOL") SIE,—It is hardly necessary to call attention to the strenuous and valuable work carried out prior to and since the outbreak of war by organizing officers of the...

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

FAILING TO SEE. ("I fail to see that the war makes any difference."—Mr. LARDER?. The minority against the Compulsion Bill was chiefly composed of men who voted steadily before...

copies of your paper I noted a letter from an American living in Philadelphia regarding the humiliating course pursued by the United States Government in connexion with the...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 Sni,—Enclosed you will find a cheque for a thousand dollars. This small contribution is not sent for the destitute or the hospitals, but to...

[To 77iE EDITOR OP TEE "SPECTATOR."' Sts, — An organization has been formed with the title of " The Fighting Forces Book CounciL" It is important to know that while this has the...

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

A NEUTRAL ON THE WAR.• Timm is probably not a single subject of King George V. who, if he were asked to give his opinion on the relative merits of absolutism and democracy,...

Toe title of Mr. Boyd Cable's book is a very happy mot a double entente. What happens in the narrative is mostly the ebb and flow of trench-fighting, and therefore may be said...

Maccomar.o dates the preface to his History of France from a Hfipital Temporaire, Are-en-Barrois, Haute-Marne. "This book," he says, " was in the press before anyone dreamt...

THREE of the chapters in Battle Sketches' have already appeared in the series of " Oxford Pamphlets." On republication they find themselves in good company. All the sketches are...

FEW people perhaps realize that when Alfred of England visited Rome before his accession to the throne he was invested with the belt and robes of the office of " Consul...

or guardian of a child under seven years old. " Character," says the author, " is nothing more than the sum total of habits." We do not quite believe this ; neither, we...

THE ANVIL OF CHANCE.? Mown the scene of Mr. Chittenden's story is laid at an American school, and deals largely with the problems of schoohnastering, it differs in many...

and Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—Even the most critical little girl will be interested in this school story, because it has a real plot, and some good illus- trations by Mr. T. Baines,...

[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] A King's Favourite : a New Life of Madame Da Barry. By C. Saint Andre. (H. Jenkins. 12s. 6d. net.)—A...

Elliot. (Seeley, Service, and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—We recently noticed an anthropological book by Professor Keith, which is quickly followed by an equally absorbing volume by...

States may be glad to know of an English-Serbian Phrase Book (Oxford: B. H. Blackwell, Is. net). This is a short grammar of the South Slav language, with phrases classified...

£2 2s. net.)—In compensation for appearing a few days later than some other peerages, Burke claims tohave broughtits records more up to date in this distressful year of many...