The Great Leap Upwards In The Daily Expenditure Was Duo
to advances to Allies and the Dominions. These had boon at the rate of £2,000,000 a day, whereas the Budget had estimated only £1,000,000 a day. He thought he would still be......
The Admiralty Return Published In The Papers Of Thursday...
an improvement in the losses of merchant vessels. The lows among vessels of over 1,600 tons have fallen to nineteen, as com- pared with thirty-eight and forty-one in the two......
We Have To Congratulate The French On Splendid Successes In
the Laon and Champagne district. They must pitch their hopes high indeed if they are not satisfied with what has been accomplished. Last Saturday they " went for " the Laon......
When The Germans Consent To Pay An Enormous Price For
a particular pc•int the success is of very doubtful value to them. Everything depends upon the price paid, for it cannot be empha- sized too much that the British victories are......
The Germans On Friday And Saturday Of Last Week And
on Monday and Tuesday of this week steadily counter-attacked all the positions we had won. On Tuesday they managed to retake Fresnoy. The positions of our men there had been......
Affairs In Germany Have Become Curiously Interesting...
weakening position of the Imperial Chancellor. One would have thought that his yielding to ruthless submarine warfare would have saved him his position. But he has lost the real......
The Situation In Russia Has Been Disturbed By Objections...
to the Note in which the Provisional Government reaffirmed Russia's loyalty to her Allies. On Thursday week demonstrations were held in Petregre,d, and M. Miliukoff addressed......
In The House Of Commons On Wednesday Mr. Bonar Law
moved a new Vote of Credit for £500,000,000, and caused much surprise by his announcement that the average daily expenditure for the first thirty -five days of the financial......
News Of The Week.
T HE news from the Western front tells us of a continuous pounding of the German line, and of German counter- attacks which, though—with two exceptions—they have all been......
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 till countermanded.......
