on the north and south and in the centre. It would appear that the Russian infantry is advancing towards the Carpathian passes in Transylvania, while in the extreme north there...

announced that the August Bank Holiday would be suspended by Proclamation. He gave a most encouraging account of the progress of the Allies in the field, but pointed out that...

con- templating a new outbreak of frightfulness on the sea, and that before long we shall hear of unarmed merchant ships with civilian crews and civilian passengers on board...

that, if the rations of German civilian prisoners were reduced, the German authorities would not only withdraw the collective consignments, but prohibit the receipt of...

the policy which we have advocated in the Spectator in regard to interned prisoners, we cannot say that it in any way satisfies us. We are glad to note, however, in the...

readers can help us to meet the Paper Famine is by informing the Newsagents, Booksellers, or Railway Bookstalls from which they are accustomed to purchase their paper that they...

any case.

W E have dealt at length elsewhere with the battle of the Somme, and will only say here that the latest official news to reach us is satisfactory. On Tuesday night the enemy,...

been going on during the whole week, often of a desperate character, but the Germans have gained little or nothing of importance. We might almost apply the same words to the...

a Munich paper, the Neueste Nachrichten, given in Thursday's Morning Post :- " There have been articles in various Berlin newspapers during the last few days dealing with the...

of Thursday gives an interesting little picture of the way in which a picked detachment of the Prussian Guard which had held out most gallantly were overcome by, and forced to...

summarized in the Times of Tuesday, explained the Venizelist policy nhich is to be submitted to the Greek electors. The chief point is whether the Crown can impose rulers upon...

Italy conferred last Saturday with the British, French, and Russian Ministers of Munitions as to the financial arrangements necessary to satisfy the requirements of all the...

or three thousand war-worthy men among them, can it be suggested that, with a German Army consisting of six or seven millions of fighting men, this tiny addition would turn the...

by the War Savings Committee has achieved good results. We have dealt elsewhere with the subject as a whole, but must dwell here upon a most unfortunate omission in an otherwise...

in London with enthusiasm, but most impressive of all the celebrations was the military spectacle in Paris. Down the Champs Elysees marched, besides the French Regulars, British...

delight of their enemies, had what is described as " another knock." While the Small Holdings Colonies Bill was going through Committee, Mr. John, a Welsh Liberal, proposed that...

were made about the Mesopotamian campaign. Mr. Asquith refused at present to publish papers relating either to Mesopotamia or the Dardanelles, on the express advice of the Army...

that our expenditure for some time had been over £6,000,000 a day. The increase of £1,000,000 a day over the estimate was due to causes which he had been " unable to foresee and...

interned Germans here want is to be repatriated, and that the great majority of them would refuse to go back. That certainly is a difficulty ; but surely it could be met by...

mention the word " intoxicants," or to ask people to remember that, even if they take what we may call the most genial view of the uses of alcohol, it cannot be regarded as...

the Pasteur Institute, where he had done valuable work in maintaining the health of the Allied Armies. The British public readily connects his name with the " sour milk " cure....

for it is his job, to make that sacrifice when he notes that the Government spokesmen never dare mention the subject ? Who can blame him if he assumes that the Government have...

by the Petrol Control Committee, and from August 1st onwards it will be impossible to buy petrol without a licence. The licences will last for six months for doctors, for four...

and industrial policy to be adopted after the war, with special reference to the conclusions of the Economic Conference, and to the following questions : (a) What industries are...

July 13th.

Amster- dam, states in Tuesday's paper that the Weser Zeitung, " the great Bremen paper," in appealing for whole-hearted support of the Chancellor, summarizes the position in...

trades, presided over by Mr. Henderson, on Tuesday, it was decided that all holidays should be postponed till the military situation permitted them to be enjoyed without...

&c., Statutory Committee, 22 Abingdon Street, S.W. :— " A letter on The Disabled Soldier' in your issue of the 15th inst. rightly emphasizes the need of a Soldiers' Friend' in...

appeal to the Government which is being organized by the " Strength of Britain " Movement, demanding " the suspension of the Liquor Traffic during the war, on the grounds of...

chosen to succeed Dr. Edward Lyttelton at Eton. Mr. Alington was educated at Marlborough, and at Oxford ho became a Fellow of All Souls. Before going to Shrewsbury, where his...

THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. D URING the past week there has been a good deal of steady progress in the British movement on the Somme. The enemy have been driven back, not of course...

W E are at the end of the " War Savings Week," and we believe that, thanks to the energy and ingenuity of the National War Savings Committee, many most valuable lessons have...

M ANY generations of Englishmen have been brought up to accept as a profound truth the statement made by Pliny the Elder that big farms or big landed estates destroyed...

T AST week we discussed the minimum terms of peace which .4 it will be possible for the Allies to offer Germany, terms of peace which, however, must be to some extent governed...

A N anonymous collector has presented to the British Museum some specimens of the medals which have been struck in Germany to commemorate episodes in the war. These will not be...

They have never lived among them, and they do not know what they suffer. They have only time to look upon the surface of things. They see the soft raiment and the palace. They...

WAR MEMORIALS EXHIBITION. THE Civic Arts Association are to be congratulated upon the excellent beginning they have made at their Exhibition, now open at the Galleries of the...

article on the terms of peace to be dictated by the Allies there is one matter of supreme importance which was not touched upon. That is indemnification for losses at sea caused...

was much interested to read your article on terms of peace. It is very important that conditions which would be acceptable to the Allies should be widely published, as it is...

have seen your "leader" of July 15th. The terms of peace are to be dictated and not subjected to negotiation I The Spectator has said it, and who in England will suggest that...

TERMS OF PEACE. [TO Ins EDITOR 07 TSB " SPECTATOR-1 5IR,—Your resolute leading article of last Saturday on " Terms of Peace " is as useful as it is timely, and I shall take...

[TO THE EDIT O R OF THE SPECTITOLI SIR,—I have read with much interest the excellent and pertinent letter under the above headin g written to you by Colonel Robert Standen and...

Sra,—Much is bein g written to-day to illustrate and brin g home to En g lishmen the true meanin g and appreciation of the fine spirit of the French nation. This Mrs. Himaphry...

THE " SPECTATOR. " ] lInt,—My friend Dr. Russell Wakefield's War Sermon in the Times of the 1st inst. put tersely and well the Bishop's case in support of the high military...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sra,—In these days wo have to get our bulletins from Germany in a more roundabout way than her bullets, and it will doubtless interest a...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE EPROTATOIL, SIB,—Could you find room for these verses, which appeared in the Calgary Albertan from the pen of Robert J. C. Stead ? I believe you will...

[To THE EDITOR OP TUE "SPECTATOR."] 11111,—" On the other side of the Atlantic, we see the destinies of a great democracy at a critical moment of the world's fate being led by...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:'] Sra, — I am very glad indeed to co-operate in placing literature of the character which the Spectator affords at the disposal of our...

SPECTATOR."] Sue,—What Melbourne said (see Spectator, July 15th, p. 63) was I " No d—d nonsense of merit about it "—a little neater.—I am,

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR-1 Srn,—It was recently necessary to transfer over forty conscientious objectors from a military camp near one town to a civil prison in...

[To TEE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] Sra,—Here in Bournemouth we have large numbers of men away on service, and many gardens and some allotments have been deprived of their...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR"] Srn,—Since the irreparable loss of Lord Kitchener there have come from all classes of the nation and all parts of the kingdom expressions of a...

[To THE „EDITOR OP THE SPECTATOR"] Sin,—" X." in your number for last week says " Bumpycoes " is the same ad Welsh " Bwmp-y-gore," " which means the booming of the gorse." "...

[To ME EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] 8111,—Your contributor 1 ' E. B.'s " article will hale delighted many husbands. For males, too, are of two kinds. Readers of the New Arabian...

[To PRE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Se.,—Would you allow me to draw your attention to an error in the interesting article in - your last number, " Faithful unto Death " ?...

[To THE EDITOR OF TER SPECTATOR " ] Sin,—May I point out that you are hardly speaking with your wonted justness when you call the present fighting in France the battles of the...

[To TEX ED/TOR 07 THE " SPECTATOR] FIR,—With reference to the letter of Mrs. Macdonald in your issue of the 15th inst., I beg that you will be so kind as to draw attention, by...

THE FOUNDATIONS OF GERMANY.* Em ma= once bid the whole world " beware when the great God let loose a thinker on this planet." If he were alive now, ho would perhaps extend the...

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...

THE " SPROTATOR."1 Sm,—For several years past you have been good enough to allow me to appeal in year , valueble paper for oontributions towards the Necessitous Ladies Holiday...

MASTER AND PUPIL (To J. F. R.) Two years ago I taught him Greek, And used to give him hints on bowling His classics were a trifle weak ; His " action " needed some controlling....

Mn. J. N. HALL belongs to that army, not great in numbers perhaps. but universal in distribution, which is composed of men who cannot keep out of a fight when they happen to be...

long been established on this side of the Atlantic, and to the regard in which she is justly held as a writer who thinks sanely and expresses herself with distinction there has...

" THE essential facts," says Dr. Kelynack in his preface to this collection of expert opinions on the drink problem, " regarding alcohol and alcoholism and associated morbid...

PROFESSOR RAWL/1150N has chosen a romantic subject for his book and, within the limits he has proposed to himself, has done justice to iti Academic India is at present very busy...

iNsties in this column does not mustard/ preclude subsequent reetce.1 Two Months in Russia. By W. Mansell Merry, M.A. (B. H. Black- well, Oxford. 2s. 6d. net.)—Going to...

FAR-AWAY STORIES.• TN a graceful dedicatory epistle to the reader Mr. Locke explains and lastifies his title. The title of a volume of short stories, he observes, is always a...

that it is not necessary to describe or criticize them, but many may be glad The speeches of Mr. Hughes have attracted so much attention that it is not necessary to describe or...

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By his Daughter Mrs. Adrian Porter. (John Lane. 10s. net.)—This record of the life of the great Postal Reformer gives us a pleasant picture of his wide circle of friends, of his...

By Colonel Sir Edward Thackeray, K.C.B., late R.E. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 5s. net.)—Some of the chapters of this book have appeared in the Cornhill and other magazines, but they...

suggested books for use by boys and girls in reformatory and indus- trial schools. The " Foreword " by Mr. Charles E. B. Russell, Chief Inspector of these schools, is full of...

American " text-book for secondary schools " " covers the ages of transition from the barbarian invasions to the Peace of Westphalia," giving a rapid, but at the same time an...