Cabinet, put together to carry on the King's Government owing to the two parties being too nearly balanced or to some Parliamentary deadlock. It ie a case of a constitutional...

the war has been distinctly good. The French have made very considerable progress, and are slowly but surely gaining ground at the point where the line turns northwards. The...

attempt to impose any particular statesman upon the Govern- ment. We most sincerely trust, however, that Lord Curzonwill be among the members of the National Government,...

the personnel of the new Government are extremely fascinating, they matter very little compared with what the Cabinet is able to accomplish. What we want is a Cabinet which will...

have also done exceedingly well during the week. The French bare won very impor tant positions on rho north, or German side, of the Yser Canal. Steenstraate, a village in this...

lain in a National - Cabinet goes without saying, and need not be discussed. We shall be very glad if the rumour is true that Lord Derby is to hold office. Lord Derby has done...

THE week that has just passed was predicted as likely to prove "the most critical of the war." As so often happens in cases of political prophecy, the prophets have proved...

of the Italian Army. We venture to express our belief that Italy, both on sea and land, will prove herself in every way a worthy ally. Though we are sorry that the Italian...

the improvement in the position of the Allies will be seen to be very considerable, so considerable indeed that there has been a great revival of rumours as to a German...

German successeaeln the eastern theatre of the war. At the same time, there seem to be signs that we are approaching the crisis of the great German advance towards Przemyel. In...

an important statement on the progress of the war. The French offensive south of La Bassee, which had been marked so far by complete success, was proceeding with every indica-...

which Garibaldi wrote to a British. Member of Parliament on leaving England in 1854. Garibaldi says :— " Born and educated as I have been in the cause of humanity, my heart is...

the debate in the House of Lords on Thursday week. But Lord Lansdowne's speech on the Defence of the Realm Amendment Bill was a splendid example of candour and courage, which we...

have, however, Lord Kitchener's assurance, and also that of an official telegram published on Wednesday, that we are making good our positions and gradually gaining ground. What...

write on Thursday evening the declaration of war has not yet actually taken place. All the arrangements, however, have been made for the diplomatic rupture. It is a curious...

Lord Selborne declared that the Army Act Amendment Bill, which enables the War Office to transfer a man from one branch of the Service to another—say, to make a Medical Corps...

last week and has been successful in its aim. The revolutionaries desired to end the methods of General Pimento. de Castro'e Govern- ment, which they declared amounted to a...

letter which he wrote in English on the prisoner's slate before he hanged himself was distinctly to his credit. It runs as follows :— " To whom it may concern. My name is...

' AE2,' of the Australian Navy, which was aunk on April 30th while trying to enter the Sea of Marmura. It ie believed that the three officers and seventeen out of the crew of...

bombs on Ramsgate. The first bomb, which was of the incendiary type, passed through two floors of the' Bull and George' Hotel and exploded in the basement. Three visitors at the...

at the Old Bailey began on Tuesday, committed suicide in Brixton Prison on Wednesday evening. He was found banging behind his cell door, having made use of his scarf as a rope....

have at last come to the decision to put a atop to racing. All race-meetings are to be discontinued except those at New- market, on the ground, we presume, that Newmarket is the...

the Allies in self-defence to employ gases against those who had begun to use them in violation of the rules of war and of their own solemn pledge. Unless our men also need gas...

officer. But though we cannot but admire the courage of the spy, and though we are far from thinking that a spy may not be a true patriot, it would be very foolish in a rush of...

marine warfare was published in the papers of last Saturday. (1) Germany is informed that her methods are incompatible with the "freedom of the seas." (2) It is "practically...

a speech said: " We stand for humanity and for the things humanity wants. We want no nation's property. We question no nation's honour." The last phrase is probably justified on...

Aug. 8th.

A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. W HEN we wrote last week there seemed little possibility that our hopes for the formation of a National Government would be fulfiller!. Yet on Tuesday a...

W HEN the King of Italy found himself unable to accept the resignation of Signor Salandra at the end of last week the intervention of Italy on the side of the Allies became...

T HERE have been many surprising things in this war, but perhapit the most surprising of all is Lord Kitchener's speech in the Upper House on Tuesday after- noon. In it he told...

T HE Report of Lord Bryce's Committee, with which we dealt at some length last week, closes with the expression of a hope that "as soon as the present war is over the nations of...

L ONDON is busy with rumours just now as to an imminent air raid upon the capital by German aircraft. It may be that some definite piece of information has leaked out of...

S INCERITY is the typical virtue of to-day. We have got rid of all the old pretences. The wise ones have been brushed aside with the silly ones, and to people who remember...

S 0 crafty was it—the " river " of the Dardanelles—that the ungainly little ships of thirty centuries ago preferred to unload before they reached it. Their cargoes went by land...

wrecking of the shops of alien enemies is exceedingly timely. You well emphasize the following points : (1) The importance of maintaining unflinch- ingly the civilized standard;...

DOWNWITH MOB LAW [To VIM Lanes 07 ass " SPIC7/20‘...] Sive,The recent menaces to the lives, and more often the destruction of the property, of Germans, or of persons who...

"Brzorwroz...] have read with interest your outline of a possible echeme of compulsory service. I think your idea of a military census is sound, but it should be extended to...

rTo TH2 Emros or roe 372CTATOIL71 Sea,—In your number for May 8th there appears a passage from Heine quoted by a correspondent. The following may perhaps be considered apposite...

or TUB ”arzersroan Stn,—Your American correspondent most usefully corrects the assertion, strangely accepted since 1871 by German friends and foes alike, that ' Germany' was...

[To rot Emma or run "Srcomeros."] Sin,—As you say, the issue in the present war is the existence of our civilization. It is whether the law of justice and humanity or mere brute...

[To roe Damn or vas "Srrersros."3 SIR,—Some of your readers, depressed by recent German successes, may possibly find comfort in a Sors Words- worthiensis. The lines are from...

[To Ts. Emma OF roe .• SFSOTB701...] Six,—I crave a brief space for reply to the courteous criticisms of Professor Forrest Morgan on my Origins of the TVar in your last issue....

firer...ma" J Son,—Yes, there are hundreds of solitary souls scattered up and down the British Isles—poor scholars, men and women with no money and little " gear "—who will...

recent publication by Messrs. Stanley Paul and Co. of a selection from Juliette Drouet's love-letters to Victor Hugo is accompanied with a statement that these letters hare...

os THE "Srruraroa."] Sxa,—In the midst of one of the most titanic conflicts the world has ever known, the voice of the Times critic is raised in scorn against that section of...

(To rue Emma or vas “Sreererrean Sea,—The article in the Spectator of May 15th on the Urgency Cases Hospital, Bar-le-Duo, makes me think that we English wounded might subscribe...

f To ena Intros or rea nerseratoa"1 SIR, —As one of the seventy-four brewers who have been refused permission, through the action of the Excise, to render their beer teetotal,...

[To rim Dame or rem " srarmea."] Stn,—There is an omission from the calculation made when dealing with the Budget in the article published on May 8th, for that article takes no...

. t3rooxxxx.a"1 Sco,—Having recently, through the courtesy of the Press, been able to make known the urgent need of convalescent hospitals for those who have lost their limbs...

[To on Boma or on ..Sracxxxon."] am a country clergyman who am heart and goal in favour of the Volunteer movement. I have enrolled myself. and I think it is my example that has...

Srn,—Tbe enemy is only fifty miles from England. Those who cannot help to make munitions or turn recruiting sergeant can help the Imperial Maritime League in its educational...

[TO ens Soma or SOY "Srscraroan BER.,—I am sorry that I made a mistake in my article last week on the Urgency Cases Hospital at Bar-le-Due. Among our Expedi- tionary Force...

[To ran Eoeeoa or Tao "Sracraroo."] So ,—In other years you have kindly published letters from me suggesting that other districts might take corresponding action to that which...

" smormon.") Eire,—We think your reader, will be interested to hear that a hundred and five of the boys placed in the country by the Boys' Country Work Society have enlisted...

[To to Boma or can . 13rscrAroR...] Snt. — I am collecting the names of past and present members of this College who are serving in His Majesty's naval or military forces in any...

Paasmatrr, LORD DESBOROUGH. How. Secarrany PERCY A. HARRIS, Esq. BEAD Ounces: Judges' Quadrangle, Royal Courts of Justice (Carey Street entrance). The aims and objects of this...

res worms or me "amen:roan Sre,—May I ask if you will kindly put in your paper this account of the helpless Christians who are being massacred by Turks in Persia ? Although...

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 payable to the " Spectator Home...

or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must not negararily be held to be in agreement with the Mews therein eapressed or wills the mode of...

DEFENCELESS AMERICA.* la this book Mr. Hudson Maxim has virtually followed the argument of General Homer. Lea in The Valor of Ignorance, but he has done it with a liveliness...

R. W. P. P. (Killed in the Trenches.) ("He was probably the greatest nagby three-quarter-leek of all tinse...— Tkr Times.] Roue ..n is dead; and we shall watch no more His...

very great majority of American, readers will be grateful to the compilers of this little book, the value of which is enhanced by the fact that it was sent to the press before...

desires, whatever their form, to spend every moment in self-expression, be it in shaping the romantic revolution or in the redemption of his mistress's soul, Victor Hugo's...

IF the first condition of a good book of travels is that the traveller should thoroughly like the people and the country which he is describing, Russian Life To-day has this...

Mr. A. G. Bradley calls "the mysterious magnetism of the stream" will find Clear Waters to be an extremely attractive book. Its author chats pleasantly about "trouting days and...

THE BLUE noRIZON.f FISHING yarns are as a rule somewhat limited in their appeal. They attract the faithful votaries of an ancient sport, and they also serve to exhibit the...

dealing with the economical biology of China, now tackles the problem of Chinese forestry—a subject which had pre. vionsly, we imagine, to be studied ander conditions as...

ADMIRAL STocirrote, who was formerly a distinguished officer in the American Navy, since he retired has turned his leisure to good account by compiling a clear and authoritative...

[Notice to this column doss not neemsarily procludo outnoquent moist.] Professor Gilbert Murray recently delivered the annual "Conway Memorial Lecture" at South Place Institute....

to prophetic powers exercises a formidable effect upon the ignorant and superstitions. It may be questioned, however, whether it was worth while to write a serious refutation of...

Comrade is a capital story of the escape of an American and a beautiful Alsatian spy through the German lines on the outbreak of the war. There is a striking account of the...

(Hutchinson and Co. 6s.)—This society novel is bright and vigorous, and less melodramatic than is usual with such fiction.—Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land. By Mrs. Campbell...

and History in the United States Military Academy, has brought out a political text-book called An Introduction to Use Study of Government (Macmillan and Co., 8s. 6d. net). It...

which originally appeared anonymously, are now issued in a new edition with Mr. Charles Whibley's name upon the title-page (Constable and Co., 3s. 6d. net each volume). —" The...

various writers, has just been published (Burns and Oates, 2s. 6d. net). The first part contains some personal recollections by Mrs. Warre Cornish, which appeared originally in...

Henry Jones Ford to collect and publish a quantity of interesting material upon the subject (Humphrey Milford for the Princeton University Press, 8s. 6d. net). His volume opens...

the third number of Amtirica - Latina, the admirable periodical issued in Spanish in the interests of the Allies at W. Gresham Street, E.C., and conducted with great ability by...