27 APRIL 1918, page 2

On The Remainder Of The Western Front, The Chief Ineident

avas a determined German attack on a sector of the line east of St. Mihiel, in the Woevre, held by French and American troops. Last Satur- day the enemy, after -a heavy......

On Wedneeday Morning, After A Night Of Heavy Gunfire, The

enemy resumed the offensive on the.Amiens front. He attacked the British lines south of the Somme, and the French to their right on the Luce and Avre as far as the ridges west......

On 'tuesday By Far The Greater Part Of Ireland Was

given over to a public holiday as a protest against Conscription. On that same day the Six-County area of •Ulster, in which is a virtually homo- geneous Unionist and Protestant......

The Situation In Ireland Is Very Far From Promising, But

this was only to be expected after the- Government, for reasons which we do not pretend wholly to penetrate, decided to give the insurgent Irish a long notice of ' the intention......

No Sinn Feiner Wants Any Fantastic System Of Federalism. He

wants practical independence. So, at prevent, do the Nationalists. In spite of Mr. Lloyd George's denial that Conscription and the grant of 'Home Rule are in any way dependent......

The Enemy Suspended His Attacks For A Few Days In

Flanders and east of Amiens, and the Allies took the opportunity of improving their lines by email local enterprises. The most important of these was a French advance in the......

We Implore The Government, Before They Proceed In Their...

of combining Home Rule with Conscription to a point at which retreat will become impossible, to consider most anxiously the meaning of the grave fact that the Roman Catholic......

Some Of The Leaders Of The Roman Catholic Clergy, At

a preliminary meeting, pledged themselves to every opposition to Conscription that might be " consistent with -the law of God." But the official manifesto of the Hierarchy......

The Withdrawal Of The Nationalist Members Of ' Parliament...

Westminster is characteristically clever. No doubt they think .that since they repudiate all responsibility for what happens at Westminster, nobody will be able to say......

The Lord Mayor Of Dublin Has Been Requested To Go

to Washington and present a statement on behalf of Ireland to President Wilson. If he should do this, we hope and- believe that he will get much more than he gives. President......

The Admiralty Has Discontinued The Weekly Return Of...

mine or submarine, and will publish monthly the figures of the gross tonnage of merchantmen lost by enemy action or marine risk, and of the Railings to and from the kingdom. The......