2 JANUARY 1915, page 10

The First German Aeroplanes Which Have Visited Us Since The

beginning of the war appeared on Thursday and Friday of last week. On Thursday week, about eleven o'clock in the morning, an aeroplane circled over Dover and dropped a bomb,......

The Passage Just Quoted, If Rendered From Diplomatic Into...

language, would, we venture to say, run as follows: "Surely you must see what a mess your interference with our trade is getting us into with our commercial people. We quite......

Before We Leave The Subject Of The American Note We

must call attention to the following passage in an article in the Philadelphia Public Ledger, quoted in Friday's Times. It needs no comment of any kind:— "The real injury to......

The Foreign Office Will No Doubt Reply In Good Foreign

Office jargon to the American Note, but we shall be greatly surprised if Sir Edward Grey's answer when translated into common speech does not run somewhat on the following lines......

The Concluding Paragraph Of The Note Is As Follows :—

" In conclusion it should be impressed on His Majesty's Govern- ment that the present condition of American trade with the neutral European countries is each that if it does not......

Friday's Papers Contain The Announcement That The King...

a new decoration for distinguished service in the field, entitled the Military Cross. Commissioned officers not above the rank of Captain and Warrant officers are eligible to......

The New Year's List Of Honours Is Not Very Exciting.

On the other hand, there is little to criticize. Lord Derby and Lord Chesterfield are made Knights of the Garter and Lord Lovat a Knight of the Thistle. Lord Aberdeen becomes a......

We Have Dealt At Length Elsewhere With Certain Matters Of

principle involved in the controversy between the American and British Governments as regards interference with neutral commerce. Here we may notice the text of the Note (not......

We Are Glad To Be Able To Announce That The

subscriptions to the Fund which the Spectator is raising to help the Home Guards movement have reached the sum of £1,820 lls. As the Christmas holidays are the worst possible......