Germans by the Saturday evening 11..0 shot their bolt. Their efforts on the Sunday were great, but not quite as great, and certainly not as successful. By Monday they were...

one of such moment as has been represented, was the capture and recapture of Douaumont, one of the star forts which form what has been called the inner defensive line of Verdun....

minds than trench-lines. Spend a million on bricks and mortar, concrete arcades, and steel cupolas, and give the whole a sonorous name; then when it is blown to smithereens and...

like the Germans to argue : " It would be better to add three hundred thousand Swiss troops to the enemy forces than to lose perhaps double that number of men in failing to...

next German blow will fall, for it is obvious that the Germans cannot break off the encounter and sit still. After such a beginning as Verdun they must go on, and go on in " a...

A S we ventured to anticipate last week, the attack on Verdun was the beginning of the groat German push, the charge with the bridle off, the assault to be pressed through at...

German losses have been. We only know that they must have been exceedingly heavy. Some reports speak of forty thousand dead men, which is by no means impossible. Others put the...

the battle raged without ceasing. On Saturday last it reached its crisis. During that day it is not too much to say that the fate of the world hung in the balance. If the French...

case.

to report except one or two interesting items of news from the Near East and the Middle East. For example, it is said that reinforcements for the Allies are constantly pouring...

desist from expenditure on mere luxuries, and the loss wealthy must postpone till the war was over the spending of their savings on things which, though it would not be fair to...

unhappily. As the recruiting offices had not kept lists of those rejected since August 14th, the " yellow form " had been sent out indiscriminately. As for the latest poster on...

is it not just one of those cases in 'which human nature prevents your taking the best way and forces you to adopt one less theoretically excellent 7 It would be very much to...

of the Consolidated Fund Bill on the same day. The tribunals, he asserted, had failed to give effect to the promise that single men who were " sole supporters " should be...

that the Government would do their best to transfer attested married men to reserved occupations in order to take the place of single men in those occupations. The single men...

imposition of the needful taxes is a dead loss. As our readers know, wo believe the time has come, nay, is overdue, for the imposition of a general tariff. And here we desire to...

whom the tax-collector now takes close upon half their incomes. They have been obliged to take action which we can only describe as " heavy saving." They have no choice. Money...

gave a rather different version of tho facts which Lord Kitchener recently described when he said that the manufacture of anti. aircraft guns had been given priority over other...

frightfulness at sea, except to say that up till Thursday evening there was no news of the now sea campaign, which was timed to begin at twelve o'clock on Tuesday night. Of...

place on Wednesday, but unfortunately the Primo Minis- ter, owing to a bad cold and temporary hoarseness, was unable to attend. The chief speaker, as was of course right and...

and said just the things that one would expect able, sensible, and patriotic men to say on such an occasion. We fool, how- ever, that their speeches, like that of Mr. McKenna,...

the Brad- ford Dyers' Association on Monday contained some interesting and very important statements on the relation of the dyeing industry and the manufacture of explosives. He...

Mr. McKenna said that we must never again be depen- dent for any essential product on a nation which in peace had steadily planned war. Though trade might be free, it would...

in the United States to build " standardized " ships. One company proposes to build a ship a month. Although the cost of ship- building has hitherto been higher in America than...

steamers which have been lying in the Tagus since the beginning of the war have been seized by the Portuguese Government. Those vessels should do a little to relieve the...

has been the despatch of an ultimatum from Berlin, the with- drawal of the German Minister, and the hurried flight of German residents to Spain. This rumour, though not...

Government to give an official status to the Volunteer Training Corps under certain conditions. This will be done without a new Bill by means of the Volunteer Act of 1863. This...

reported. The British steamers Flamenco ' and Horace,' the British barque Edinburgh,' and the Belgian steamer ' Luxembourg ' were sunk between the South American coast and the...

people in the loss of a transport in the Mediterranean on February 26th. It is assumed that she was torpedoed, but no submarine or torpedo was actually seen. There were about...

anything which is closely related to our military needs. From the economic point of view, we are entirely in favour of letting trade follow the lines of least resistance, and...

and 0. liner Maloja,' the largest vessel belonging to the company, which sank between Dover and Folkestone last Sunday morning after a violent explosion. It is generally...

8th, 1914.

VERDUN. H ONOUR to France ! Honour to her Army and her Generals, who have withstood unconquered the greatest, the bloodiest, the most carefully planned attack in the course of...

I F the evidence on which we judge the mental state of the German nation is not entirely at fault, the failure to take Verdun will cause the German rulers to look about for some...

111HE war has been full of dreams and delusions on both 1 sides, but nowhere have these been so potent and n o portentous as in Berlin. The German mind seems to find extreme...

the Public Retrenchment Committee is fully justified. This Committee was appointed in July last as the result of a demand by the City of London, backed by the news- paper Press,...

E NCLISIDIEN are not likely ever to forget the generous thought which inspired tho late Henry James to become a naturalized Englishman at - the moment of England's greatest...

M Y friend " Vitruvius " is to be counted happy in many particulars, but in none more than in the possession of the most beautiful view in these islands. To begin with, his is a...

1 - ONCE heard Mr. Ramsay MacDonald hold forth on the glories of the ideal Socialistic State. In a spirit of exalted prophecy, he told how in that State there would be no...

MANCHESTER AND THE FUTURE OF TRADE. [TO TIM EDITOR Or ma " SPECTIT011."] Sra,—There has been some confusion of thought over what has been in progress at Manchester. So far as I...

[To THE EDITOR OP TUB " SPECTATOR:1 Sm,—In the second article of your last issue you say : " We may have caused inconvenience to Holland and the Scandi- navian countries, but...

[To TEE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—When so many expedients are suggested for effecting economies so much needed at this time, I venture to ask why the lato Mr. Willett's...

[To TER EDITOR 01 THIS SPECTATOR:1 gIE,—I see by the reports of Parliament that Mr. Asquith has again made an appeal for individual economy. He has made several before, he may...

[TO TM EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Srn,—One is naturally shy of attempting to correct the touching draft epitaph in the Spectator of February 19th, but you may admit a...

[To THR EDITOR OF THY " SPECTATOR.") Srn,—We have read lately that, from the official record of the German Chancellor's well-known speech, the acknowledgment of the wrong done...

[To MR EDITOR OF THE " SpEoreroa.1 Sm,—The curious document adduced in support of his argument by Mr. D. G. Barron in your issue of February 26th will doubtless receive...

the Quaker pacific policy withihe Indian tribe in Pennsylvania is often laid stress on. Recent historical investigations corroborate the unfavourable view of Parkman as cited by...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sra,—May I be allowed a few words in answer to your corre- spondent's question (Spectator, February 12th) ? Not ex- termination, but...

[TO THE EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR. "] Sgt,—The speculations of " A Student in Arms " remind me of an ancient Mahomedan folk-tale which may be new to your readers. Once upon a...

[TO THE EDITOR OP TUB " SPECTATOR."] Six,—Some weeks ago, in your columns, Sir Herbert Maxwell pointed out that in the Times for September 29th, 1803, is found the considered...

8314-Our parish minister being in France on Y.M.C.A. work, we are dependent on others to fill the pulpit on Sundays. It fell to my lot last Sunday to meet the minister at the...

[TO TEE EDITOR OP TEE " SPECTATOR."] Sra,—Your correspondent " J." (Spectator, February 19th) has written a letter which is of real service to all those who are concerned with...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " Srr.crATos."I BiR,—I hope you will add your protest to those of other honour- able men against the cowardly violences by which the anti- Germanists and...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR,. "] Bra, —Will you allow me to ask one or two questions of the anony- mous writer in your issue of February 19th concerning the soldiers'...

" SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—I trust you will find your way to print this letter by Abraham Lincoln It certainly applies as truly to the conditions of this Great War as to our own War...

[TO THE EDITOR, OE THE " SPECTATOR1 Sra,—The Battersea Polytechnic is endeavouring to give practical help to the wounded by enabling them to qualify for work where some...

WOUNDED. HERE day by day and night by night Pinned to the self-same bed I lie, While one by one in furtive flight The hooded weeks steal quickly by. Somewhere o'er the...

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

THE NEW EUROPE.• EvEav European will probably agree that at the close of the present war there ought to be, and, indeed, that there must be, some reconstruction of the map of...

" Trairmixo " has become a kind of courtesy epithet to apply to an adventure well described, but wo can apply it sincerely to Mr. Geoffrey Pyke's book. Mr. Pyko not only had the...

Quiller-Couch was appointed King Edward VII. Professor of English Literature at Cambridge, he made careful inquiries whether Dr. Verrall, his predecessor, had left any " legacy...

Thus Mirabeau, in half- affectionate contempt, wrote in 1790 to the young rising journalist, who had already done his best by speech and pamphlet to inflame the mob and to make...

DAVID PENSTEPHEN.* PLEASANT remembrances of Mr. Pryce's earlier novels encouraged in the present reviewer anticipations of further favours in his new venture, and they have not...

A. E.'s " publishers to suggest to him that the readers who had found pleasure in his poetry might find equal pleasure in his prose if a convenient selection were placed within...

(Lippincotts. £2 2s. net.)—Here is a " Who's Who " of all nations, languages, and ages, from Adam, who, " according to the computation of some writers," was created earlier than...

: Teachers' War Service Committee. 3d. net.)—The Scottish educational bodies, whose Committee has had this pamphlet compiled, are doing good work. There are here some forty...

[Notice i n Mir column dou not necessarily preclude sub:epos:a revicz] Tales from Japanese Dramas. By Asataro Miyamori. (G. P. Putnam's Sons.)—The Pine-Tree. By Takeda Izumo....

has given us yet another book about the members of the Ingestre clan, and the family chronicles are growing so complicated that she has had to provide us with a genealogical...

Tho mere list of titles has a charm which it is difficult to define. And in the Bibliography of Unfinished Books in the English Language, by Albert Corns and Archibald Sparke...