The British troops were heavily engaged on March 26th and 27th with a Turkish army twenty thousand strong. Our troops advanced fifteen miles nearer to Gaza and inflicted heavy...

the statement by Lord Beresford in the House of Lords on Tuesday that in February the losses were 281 vessels and over 505,000 tons, and for March, up to date, 225 vessels and...

to stand ? We hear much of the " Hindenburg Line." We must not regard it too gravely. It may be an imaginary line, like the equator. We may be sure that if the Germans succeed...

to have silenced all who supposed that the Germans were leading Sir Douglas Haig's forces into a trap. It was not really a difficult thing for the Germans gradually to withdraw...

warfare varies little week by week. The return published in Thursday's papers showed that the arrivals of merchant vessels in the week ending March 25th were 2,314 and the...

satisfactorily towards a stable State. The Petrograd correspondent of the T imes states in Thursday's paper that " seditious propaganda is fast losing its sway over the minds of...

on calling the tune, the German High Command will have to dance to it. We used to have to conform to the German initiative. Why should our sceptics think it unlikely that the...

• THE PAPER SHORTAGE--We trust that readers of the "Spectator" will give definite orders to their newsagents for a copy of the " Spectator" to be reserved for them each week...

of one of its battalions, which has conducted itself with the same cool bravery that distinguished the troops who perished In the Birkenhead ' in 1852. The transport `...

a considerable force of armed men in . the country to meet the risk—though we think it is a very remote one—of internal troubles, and, much more, to prevent raidings by brigand...

that in the Commons. The Lord Chancellor (Lord Finlay), who wound up the debate, drew a very grim but a perfectly fair moral. It was only through the. action of the House of...

the very worst outrages of the war, the sinking of the British hospital ship ' Asturias,' a vessel formerly belonging to the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, on the night of...

January. Our enemies then declared, though of course quite falsely, that our hospital ships were used for the transport of munitions and troops. We may add that under the Hague...

Tuesday. In the Commons the attack on the Government's policy was led by Mr. Hewins. We were not doing enough, he declared, to cheek the activities of our enemies in the Nether-...

shown by the Liberal Home Rule Press in regard to North-East. Ulster is well illustrated by a paragraph headed " Colonials and Ireland " to be found in Wednesday's Westminster...

perplexing, but the general conclusion seems to be that at the moment public opinion as a whole has got well ahead of the President, or at any rate of the President's actions....

American Government are masters of their own actions, and U. is not for us to advise them when and how they should move. H they prefer the gradual development of a state of...

the home production of food " in the interest of national security " issued their Report at the end of last week. Lord Selborne was Chairman, and the Committee included Captain...

pulsion which was broadly hinted at in the Minority Report should be made real. The Committee advise that panels of assessors should be formed with power to supersede owners of...

was the audience. Afternoon meetings held in London to support virtuous causes are notorious for their dulness and for the scantiness of their attendance. But in spite of the...

the demand of the Association of British Motor and Allied Manufacturers that the Government should prevent the erection in Cork of the Ford Motor Tractor Factory. They note that...

against the publication of inducements to gambling in " prominent pro- vincial papers circulating widely in Midland cities and towns in which large munition 'factories are...

local paper of the case of a Canadian soldier who died the other day from acute alcoholic poisoning. The deceased, a lad aged twenty, was a private in a Nova Scotia battalion....

alcohol as a medi eine were withdrawn, the King went back to his policy of non- intoxicants, though prepared, again like a sensible man, to obey his doctors' orders if and when...

voluntary Prohibition—i.e., self-imposed abstention from intoxi- cants during the war—we may note a point in which the strength of the King's example has not been properly...

a Dominion soldier takes to drink, it is the fault of the British nation and Govern- ment, and that the individual is not to blame. We rightly despise Adam for saying : " The...

for any report to be included in our issue of last week, the Strength of Britain Movement held a public meeting in the Queen's Hall. Sir Alfred Booth, President of the Movement,...

argument which could possibly justify the Government in withdrawing the concession. The need of foodstuffs is so urgent as to outweigh even the pro- spective advantage of a...

cent. Jan. 18th.

THE GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY. T HE House of Commons did right in deciding unani- mously, or at any rate without a division, to adopt Mr. Asquith's motion in favour of passing into law...

merely to establish liberty internally ; she has to secure first of all that in its beginnings it shall not be overwhelmed from the outside by Germany. Happily this simple fact...

into cultivation the land which is worth cultivating at short notice, no one who goes through our rural districts, and pays attention to the talk of those who know, can doubt...

W E have repeatedly called attention to the risks that the Government are running by arbitrarily interfering with the law of supply and demand in the matter of food prices. It...

E VERY one who can read the signs of the times sees that the Government have come to the conclusion that newspaper. are a necessary part of the apparatus for making war. The...

TN the past thore was something dim about life on the land. Utter dependence upon Nature is a discipline which quenches the vivid elements in character. The latter-day farmer...

[Letters of the length of one of our leading paragraphs are . often more read, and therefore more effective, than those which fill treble the space.] FOOD FOR BREWERS. [To THE...

Subscriptions should be addressed to THE " SPECTATOR," 1 Wellington Street, Strand, London, W.C. 2. The letters " D. G." should be clearly written on the envelope. Cheques...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—There has passed from among us in Lady Brownlow, formerly Adelaide Talbot, a personality who leaves behind for many a memory of...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—In your footnote to a letter in your issue of March 17th you state that newspapers have shown their unwillingness to print letters for...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.") Era,—May I again draw your attention to the really urgent need of rationing horses as well as human beings? Mr. Lloyd George stated in the...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—To my knowledge no one seems to have drawn one obvious moral and political lesson from the Russian Revolution. The Press of the whole...

Sra,—May not war-time abolitionists make the suggestion that the unfortunate Tsar acted more wisely than lie knew in weaning his subjects of the vodka habit ? He may have...

[To TEE EDITOR Or THE SPECTATOR."] Sra,—At such a time as the present, when all hands are wanted at the pumps to keep the good ship afloat, we cannot afford to overlook any...

or. THE " SPECTATOR. " ] Sta,—For some months the Y.M.C.A. has-provided honorary guides for parties of soldiers and sailors coming to London on leave, and all the places most...

[To DM EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sra,—Thank you for your glorious article, " Short Cuts to Nowhere," on the Ulster question. You state the Ulster position exactly. But there...

" SPECTATOR."i Sm,—A correspondent in far-away Yunnan, the Chinese province, writing under date January 4th, says :- " Unbounded astonishment has been expressed by local...

" SPECTATOR."] Srs,—You tell us that " if only we can get a sufficient supply of food, nothing can now prevent the triumph of our arms." Could not America ensure this supply,...

[To. THE EDrrOR or TRIG " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—It may interest some of your readers to hear about a depart ment of the Y.M.C.A. work which is not so well known as the canteen work....

[To THE EDITOR 011 THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I would be obliged if you would permit me to bring to the notice of the public, through your columns, that the United Russia Societies...

ANY SOLDIER SON TO HIS MOTHER. Jr I am taken from this patchwork life By some swift outthrust of an unseen arm— The death that strikes my comrades day and night— I pray you...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."' SIR,—May I, through the medium of your most valuable paper, appeal for the Cavell Memorial Holiday Home at Westcliff-on-Sea ? The Home has...

tTo THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."' Szn,—The result of my letter to the Spectator some weeks back has been to bring many inquiries as to the best method of making one shilling...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."' SIR,—In your editorial comment on the letter of " M. D. C.," are you not flogging a dead horse ? You may be right in believing there are...

ALFRED LYTTELTON.* IN the introduction to the second part of this memoir Mrs. Lyttelton gives the best justification for its appearance, and at the same time accurately...

THE " SPECTATOR."' Sta,—A limitation of prices imposed on potatoes has made potatoes impossible to obtain. The State now proposes a limitation on prices of other articles. They...

" SPECTAT02."] SIR,—I am obliged to you for inserting my letter, as it appears to have been productive of - useful results. Since it appeared a Roman coin has been sent to me...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."' SIR,—It is proposed to have an Exhibition of Serbian embroidery and homespun linen, &e., at those offices on Tuesday, April 24th. The...

SIR EVELYN WOOD has winnowed his memories rather summarily. We do not of course complain that chaff remains with the grain— for Sir Evelyn Wood's chaff is an excellent sort of...

IT seems late to notice a calendar, but The Johnson Calendar ; or, Samuel Johnson for Every Day in the Year, is so admirable a series of sayings and stories collected from the...

man was violent and extreme, and was emphasized by Watts, who is reported to have said : " Wlen I saw the portrait of his mother I wrote to Whistler and told him it was worthy...

to be regarded with some suspicion by the majority of people, but perhaps the suspicion is even intensified by the present condition of food shortage. There is an idea that the...

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