17 JUNE 1916, page 1

We Have Been Greatly Tempted This Week To Deal At

length with the Irish situation, but have felt ourselves still bound by Mr. Asquith's appeal for silence during Mr. Lloyd George's negotia- tions. We must, however, record here......

We Have Alluded Elsewhere To The Interesting Sea Fight Which

took place in the Baltic on the morning of Wednesday, June 14th. Fourteen German merchantmen, convoyed by an auxiliary cruiser and several torpedo-boats and armed trawlers, were......

On Wednesday The Prime Minister Addressed His...

After a moving eulogium of Lord Kitchener and his services to the nation, Mr. Asquith spoke in glowing terms of the Russian advance and of the heroic efforts of the French Army......

News Of The Week.

O N the Eastern Front the Russians are " daily self-surpassed." In the ten days since the advance began one hundred and twenty-one thousand officers and men have been captured.......

" The Allied Cause," The Prime Minister Went On, "

owes the British Navy an immeasurable debt " :— " The enemy had the temerity at first to claim what was really a rout as a victory. A couple more of such victories and there......

With Such Figures Before Us It Is Difficult To Find

words to express our satisfaction. The strategic objective of the Russian advance has of course not been disclosed, and cannot therefore be described with any degree of......

The News From The British Front Is Wholly Satisfactory. On

Tues- day the Canadians retook the greater part of the ground lost in the Salient on June 2nd, and our front line has now returned to something very near its original position.......

Our Self-denying Ordinance In Regard To Comment On The Irish

question during negotiations does not extend to two matters with which we must now deal. In the first place, we desire to draw attention to the letter from the Roman Catholic......

We Record Without Surprise, But With Great Satisfaction,...

that the Italians are holding their own in the Trentino. It is now the turn of the Italians to show us the essential fact about trench fighting—namely, that if the flanks hold......

In The Latter Part Of His Speech Mr. Asquith Dealt

with Ireland, and adjured the nation not to add another to the tragic series of missed or misused opportunities in the history of our relations with her. What was dosirea now......

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