would not have conquered Russia, or, indeed, made it in the least likely that they would ever do so. Nevertheless a tremor would have run round the world because of the...

T HE first thing to note this week is the well-marked general improvement in the situation. We must begin by looking east. There the position has been enormously improved by the...

or rather dare not, go back to Germany, and if they make another attempt to take Warsaw they must first improve the position by getting further reinforcements. But these they...

Friday's telegram to the Times from Petrograd. The Germans tried a great flanking movement, but, instead, were themselves outflanked. It was here that prisoners are reported to...

been going on which have won for themselves the name of the coast battle. Strange as it may sound, it appears that as soon as Antwerp was taken, and the inevitable State parade...

on Friday, is an indication of the nature of the defeat. It runs as follows : "Numerous parties of German prisoners are continually being brought in here. Among them is a...

Nieuport, which is, roughly, south-west of Ostend. There they have come into the " sphere of influence " of eleven British vessels, including three river monitors bought by the...

any ease.

is that the battle was most carefully planned, and that the plan broke down at no point. The wonder is that, though the fight took place in a mist, which was often very thick,...

despatch on the fight in the Bight of Heligoland. [For some inscrutable reason, the day on which it is most difficult for us to deal with news is always the day on which the...

large number of enemy aliens. Most of them were persons of military age. We have dealt with this problem and also that of spies elsewhere, and will only repeat here that the...

immensely pleased our sailors, who deep down in their hearts always cherish the belief that they have an extraordinary aptitude for shore fighting, though they cannot get a...

many days before it could again come into action, has been fighting during the whole week, with the King at its head. Its exact position is difficult to determine, but it is...

died in Rome on Friday week. Although he was Italian Ambassador in London from 1906 to 1910, his inclina- tions were ordinarily towards Germany and in favour of German...

of our submarine ' E3,' which appear to be confirmed. When one thinks of the gallantry and self-sacrifice of the officers and men who man our under-water vessels of war, and of...

four destroyers of the " L " class, had a considerable success in the North Sea. Four German destroyers were sighted off the Dutch coast, and these were all sunk, with a loss of...

fighting has been going on, the Germans considering the Somewhat more to the east, that is, around Lille, heavy fighting has been going on, the Germans considering the French...

coast it is very difficult to form an estimate as we write on Friday, but apparently the German line runs from the coast through Dixmude and Roulers—a place which has been taken...

ground of necessity for the invasion of Belgium, none can be found for her " harrying " and for the wholesale murder of the men seized as hostages, and shot, not for any fault...

tion from Mr. Roosevelt. We hope and believe that it will be remembered and will still be acted upon long after circum- stances have buried in oblivion the scheme of perpetual...

order to find out It was shown that a very solid resistance indeed was intended, but nevertheless Sir Douglas Haig tooleaction of "so skilful, bold, and decisive a character"...

is at this moment situated, it is literally criminal, literally a crime against the nation, not to be adequately and thoroughly prepared in advance, so as to guard ourselves and...

Sir John French, dated September 17th and October 8th respectively. They continue the story of the great retreat from August 28th, and describe the victory of the Marne, the...

'Emden.' Lloyd's agent at Colombo telegraphed on Wednesday that the Admiralty reported that four British steamers and a dredger bound for Tasmania had been sunk and another...

a vigorous article by Mr. Roosevelt on the lessons of the war. He points out that the most important lesson—the need for every country to be strong in defence—comes from the...

south of the Marne, General Joffre gave the order for a general attack on the enemy. The right moment had arrived. The Germans had just discovered the existence of the 6th...

Aug. 8th.

THE ENEMY ALIEN. T HE way in which the question of the enemy alien in our midst, and the spy problem generally, is being handled by a large part of the Press and of the public...

islands, or even of the landing of large raiding parties, were very small indeed. That, however, they would go on to say, must not in the least prevent them from trying the...

has been directed to the part played by Russia in the great European struggle. We have naturally fixed our eyes on events nearer to our own homes, and, though every one has, of...

I N an article in the New York Times Mr. Roosevelt has indulged his idealism—for he is one of the greatest idealists in a country much given to idealism—by sketch- ing a plan...

E VIL practices, when they concern the relation of the sexes, are often allowed to fester into scandals, and even to bring moral and bodily ruin, before ordinary English men and...

W HAT sort of gifts and endowments are most useful to a child who must make his way in the world ? This question is the subject of a thousand fairy stories. The relative values...

T HE following are extracts from the diary kept by a Red Cross probationer in the autumn of 1914:— The Feathers,' Sunday night.—To-morrow Jane and I set out to be, for a...

THE GOVERNMENT SEPARATION ALLOWANCE. [To TIM EDTTOE Or TEl " SmTATM"" Sin,—As one who has been working for the last two months among the soldiers' wives in a very poor district...

[To Till EDITOR OF TER "SPECTATOR."] Sra, — American comment flows on. Thus, an Anglican clergyman in Massachusetts—closely connected by marriage with Mr. Choate—writes :— "...

[To SHE EDITOR or THE "SrEcrAros."] SIR, — As you kindly allowed me to appeal through your columns to owners of field glasses to give the use of their glasses for our...

[To SEE EDITOR OF MO "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,— Shortly after the Boer War I remember having an interesting conversation with a Japanese gentleman who, as a representative of the...

[To Tun EDITOR 01 TEE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—I enclose extracts from a letter from a distinguished scientific and professional friend in New York, which may be of interest as to...

SIR, — At the time of the Jameson Raid, when the German Emperor sent his famous telegram to President Kruger and a Special Service Squadron of the Navy was formed, a remark-...

[To THE EDITOR OF THY "SPECTATOR."' SIR,—The guns of our forts no longer seem to say, " It is sunrise" or "It is sunset." They sound in our ears like echoes from overseas, and...

[TO THE EDITOR OF VIZ "srscrAroa.71 SIR, — The German Emperor's injunction to his troops in China, " Quarter is not to be given. Prisoners are not to be made," finds a curious...

[To THE EDITOR or THE "SrzcTrroa. - ] SIR, —I happened to be reading Dr. Johnson's biographical sketch of the King of Prussia, published in 1756, and found the following curious...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." - ] SIR, — Holland, though a neutral country, is suffering acutely from the war. There is a great deal of unemployment, and trade is almost at...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR, —American newspapers have, most of them, reprinted Southey's "Battle of Blenheim," this month or last. But who wrote the first great...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOP."1 SIR,—I think your readers may like to see the information contained in the following leaflet, which has been prepared and circulated by the...

OP THE "SPECTATOR.”) SIR,—It may interest you to know that the Harrogate Rifle Club, as soon as war was declared, requested the Mayor to call a town's meeting with the object...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin.—Will you allow me through your columns to make a suggestion about the money collected for the purposes of training English competitors...

[To THE EDITOR OY THE " SPECTATOR."] Srn,—In the Times of the 14th inst., under the heading " Social Welfare in War Time," a letter of mine was pub- lished recommending a...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR...1 SIR,—May I remind you that in your campaign in support of " day-boy " battalions you have Mr. Kipling for an ally P Some years ago he...

of the movement which issued in the Commune, and in 1871 was its base." May I ask on what historical grounds this remarkable statement rests P—I am, Sir, &c., C. L. D. [Our...

vas " SrzeTAToa."] SIB,—For the last two months the newspapers have been persistently spreading mischievous reports indicating that a state of war exists between England and...

pro vas EDITOR OP TEN “arscvaros."1 think the enclosed letter from a National Reservist who has lately joined the new Army will interest your "DRAB Ma. —,—My wife tells me that...

Sin, — I think the following example of the way in which Canada is " throwing off the yoke " is worth recording. "J . H. M." went to Canada when a boy, settled there, married,...

THE GERMAN ARMY FROM WITHIN.* THE information of the anonymous author of this book is not quite up to date, but he has given us an interesting account of the life of the German...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — I read with great pleasure in a recent number of your paper an account of the interesting flowers that may be seen on railway banks...

[To THY EDITOR OF THB "SrEcrAvort."] SIR,—Mr. W. Forbes Gray in his chapter on Dryden in The Poets Laureate of England once more repeats the common delusion of the poet's...

TO THE YOUNG MEN OF GREAT BRITAIN IN ENGLISH CAMPS AND TO YOUNG ENGLISHWOMEN. KEPT by their mothers, with no shame to rue, They leave their homes, the cities and the hills : A...

or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the ricers therein expressed or with the mode of...

Two Professors in the Transvaal University College at Pretoria have given us a curious glimpse into the life of the Dutch colonists at the Cape at the opening of the eighteenth...

not a good one, but it was worth translation, Sir Valentine Chirol's able introduction shows very clearly what the Germans expected would be the • The German Empire's Hour of...

PROFESSOR BIIREITT has chosen for his turn as Schweich Lecturer a subject which for some time to come is likely to exercise the religious public. Since Schweitzer discharged his...

THERE is a great deal of miscellaneous information about Brazil in Mr. Bennett's volume, and he speaks with affection of the people and with confidence of the future of the...

THE Quarterly contains a most important article by Sir Valentine Chirol upon " The Origins of the Present War." It is in some ways the most amazing revelation of the tortuous...

THE PASTOR'S WIFE.* THE reader's usually unmixed delight in acclaiming a new book by Elizabeth of the German Garden will be modified by a certain mixture of feeling at finding...

6d.)—Since Mr. Jacobs has already published fifteen volumes of stories of seafaring men, it is scarcely necessary to review at length his last book. This is, therefore, not a...

on which a Temple of Peace can be built up." In these words Lord Bryce concludes his brief but valuable pamphlet entitled Neutral Nations and the War (Macmillan and Co., 2d.),...

begun will have to do a good deal of " marking time" before they come to the actual fighting. Thus the first volume of The History of the Great European War, by W. S. M. Knight...

[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] Swollen-Headed Brilliant. Verses adapted by E. V. Lucas. Drawings by George Morrow. (Methuen and Co....

coloured portrait of Lord Roberts (24 4s.), whose war- worn but cheery countenance is an excellent tonic for those who may be tempted to momentary depression.

of their map of North-East France, Belgium, and the .Rhine (3s. net on cloth, and 2s. net on paper). This is the best map of the western war area upon a moderate scale (sixteen...

vols. (Charles Scribner's Sons. $8 net.)—This valuable contribution to American history begins with the ratification of the treaty by which, in 1821, Spain ceded Florida to the...

good idea for Messrs. Cassell and Co. to issue their _Miniature French Dictionary (le. net) with rounded corners for the soldier's use. It goes easily into a waistcoat pocket,...

War from Ancient Sources, ably translated and adapted by A. C. Champneys (1d.); Harry, a ballad of the V.C., by Mrs. C. N. Jackson (1d.); A Short Office for Children's Services...

origin, who was commissioned by the Graphic to make sketches of the fighting in Belgium. He describes his " crowded fort- night" with obvious truthfulness in the little book...

collection of helpful and encouraging sermons on the situation by Dr. G. Campbell Morgan (James Clarke and Co., Is. net); The Colours of the King, four stirring addresses by...