Another Satisfactory Feature Is The Excellent Record Of...

boys " of the Poor Law Schools, many of whom have done well at the front, some earning distinctions, including a V.C. Indeed, " the ' Children of the State' form perhaps the......

Germany Has Already Replied To Mr. Wilson's Note. But Her

reply, dated December 26th, is as- evasive as her peace proposal of a fortnight earlier. " The Imperial Government considers an immediate exchange of views the most suitable way......

Last Saturday's Papers Contained The Welcome Announcement...

the historic town which marks the coastal boundary of Egypt in the Sinai Peninsula ninety miles east of the Canal, had been retaken on December 21st from the Turks after some......

From Mesopotamia The News Is Also Excellent. The Pressure On

Kut is being effectively maintained by heavy bombardment and aeroplane raids on the Turks' advanced base at Baghela, to which they had withdrawn from Shumran. A further......

Five New Peerages (" Resignation Honours "), Made On The

advice of the outgoing Prime Minister, were announced on Thursday Week. Lord Sandhurst and Lord Cowdray are advanced to be Viscounts, while Mr. Lewis Harcourt receives by......

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Under The Heading "ships And Drink: How Men Lose Time,"

the Daily Mail of Tuesday prints a strong letter from its special correspondent at Liverpool. Ships have been held up and unable to sail to schedule time through the slack work......

The Situation In Rumania Has Not Improved, But Is No

worse than when we wrote last week. Heavy fighting continues from the Transylvanian frontier as far as Braila, on the Danube. In Great Wallachia the Germans claim to have taken......

The Excessive Consumption Of Beer, The Writer Goes On, Is

a matter of habit, and he suggests that the Board of Control should devise some system of beer tickets. Other suggestions which ho mentions are the prohibition of the bottle......

The Annual Article In The Times On " Our Legal

Poor," published in Tuesday's issue, is a reassuring as well as a deeply interesting document. Not only is the decline of pauperism remarkable in numbers—showing a decrease of......

Among The Knights We Note With Very Special Pleasure The

name of the Very Rev. John Herkless, D.D., the Principal of St. Andrews University, and for many years Professor of Ecclesiastical History. Sir Samuel Evans, the learned Judge......

As Regards War News On The Western Front, The Only

item of im- portance is that a considerable new sector of the line has been taken over by the British forces. That is as it should be. It proves how steadily our man-power and......