5 MAY 1917, page 1

News Of The Week.

W E, being persuaded that the abstention from all un- necessary consumption of grain will furnish the surest and most effectual means of defeating the devices of Our enemies and......

This Proclamation Was Published In The Press On Thursday...

the length and breadth of the land; it was read from the steps of the Royal Exchange that morning, and will no doubt be read at every service in everyplace of worship in the......

On Monday The Prime Minister Spent All Day At The

Admiralty slis- CUSLing for the most part the submarine problem. On the same day, in the House of Commons, Sir Edward Carson said that the number of German submarines was......

Another - Heavy Return Of Merchant Ships Sunk By...

the King's request to his people. The Admiralty reports for the week ending on Sunday last the loss of thirty-eight large and thirteen small British merchantmen and eight......

The Chief Defect Of The Weekly Return Is That While

the railings and arrivals include neutral vessels and small coasting vessels that dodge in and out of ports, the list of losses excludes all but British vessels. The ordinary......

The Losses Of Shipping Through Submarine Attack Continue...

the absorbing topic. We may fairly say that they are now the only cause of anxiety. In the House of Lords on Thursday week Lord Beresford said that we lost more vessels from......

The Paper Shortage.—we Trust That Readers Of The...

give definite orders to their newsagents for a copy of the " Spectator " to be reserved for them each week till countermanded.......