The Present Writer Is No Mystic, But The Sense Of
purpose, of resolution, of anticipation of great results seems to be in the very air of Aldershot. Sir Francis Doyle, the soldier- poet, in one of his earlier poems describing......
The Moment At Which We Write Is A Very Bad
one fur speculation, for very likely the fate of Antwerp is now being decided. If by a mixture of good fortune and bravery the city does hold out for another week, the Germans......
It Was Announced On Tuesday That The Right Hon. Sir
Edgar Speyer, Bart., the well-known financier and head of the corporation controlling the London Underground Rail- ways, bad retired from partnership in the New York firm of......
As May Be Imagined, Men With This Spirit Learn Very
quickly, and do not seem to tire or grow stale. The present writer one afternoon saw men drilling at four o'clock who, but for a few intervals, had been at it ever since six or......
Our Readers Will Remember The Laird In One Of Scott's
novels who was always planting trees and hugging the thought that they were growing while he was sleeping. The British people may feel the same about their new armies. The......
The Admiralty Issued Through The Press Bureau On...
an official statement confirming the report that a British submarine had sunk a German torpedo-boat. The submarine was E9' (Lieutenant-Commander Max Horton), the same which sank......
The British Admiralty, In An Official Communique Issued...
announced that the Germans' policy of mine- laying, combined with their submarine activities, bad made it necessary on military grounds for the Admiralty to adopt......
An Amsterdam Telegram Of Thursday States That A Hostile...
threw a bomb upon the Zeppelin hangars at Cologne without causing any damage, and that another aeroplane flew over Diisseldorf and caused some injury by dropping a bomb on the......
Mr. Redmond, Addressing A Meeting Of Irish Volunteers And...
at Wexford on Saturday last, insisted on the need of securing proper and authoritative control of that organization. He added that he had in his pocket a letter from Mr. Asquith......