In The House Of Commons On Wednesday A Very Important
and satisfactory announcement was made by Lord Robert Cecil in regard to the Declaration of London. Adhesion to that ill-omened pact has now been totally abandoned. In agreement......
In The Minor Theatres Of The War There Is Little
or nothing to record, except that the forces of the Grand Shereef are stated to have taken Medina. It must not of course be expected that the Turks will sit down and see the......
The Rest Of The Parliamentary News Of The Week Can
be briefly recorded. On Thursday week in the Commons Sir Edward Grey stated that some two thousand British prisoners transferred to parts of Russia in German occupation had......
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On June 21st A Still More Unfavourable Report Was Re-
ceived, from which it appeared that the rations were again reduced at Ruhleben, and the money which should have been spent on them had been accumulated. The British Government......
From The British Front There Has Been Little Or No
news of Im- portance this week, though a note of preparation and suspense can be found sequestered between the lines of the despatches. It is not for us to pry into the......
It Remains To Be Said That The Total Number Of
prisoners taken by the Russians is now just over two hundred thousand, and there- fore the estimate of half-a-million total casualties can hardly be called extravagant. It is......
On The Russian Front, Though The Pace Of Victory Has
very much slowed down, the omens are promising. No doubt the Austrians have been very heavily reinforced by the Germans, who realize that it is vital to them to hold the Luck......
In The Italian Theatre Of War The Progress Made By
our Allies has been of the most satisfactory kind. Almost the whole of the ground lost when the great Austrian push took place has been regained, and we may expect before long......
News Of The Week.
T HOUGH during the past week there have been no military events of great importance, the whole tendency has been distinctly in favour of the Allies. In the first place, the......