5 MAY 1917, page 3

Fighting Officers Need That Support Just As Much As A

Commander-in- Chief needs to be protected from the slander when he incurs heavy casualty-lists that he is a " butcher." That is the whole sense and purport of anything we have......

In The Commons On Friday Week Captain Bathurst Stated That

the return supplied by the Master Bakers' Association showed that, in the areas to which they referred, the average consumption of breadstuffs a head in March was six pounds a......

We Welcome A General Moving-up Of The Younger Men On

principle. This is a war of young men. Even the Generals and Admirals are comparatively young. In naval warfare the con- ditions have entirely changed during the war, and it is......

We Confess That Whenever We Have Said A Word In

criticism of the Admiralty or of naval policy we have instantly been given pause by finding ourselves unwittingly in association with critics whose language is both grossly......

In The House Of Lords On Wednesday The Archbishop Of

Canter. bury initiated a debate on the policy of reprisals, in connexion with the Allied air raid made on Freiburg by way of retaliation for . the attacks by German submarines......

Finally, Turning To The Question Of Criticism, Major...

to members to recognize the need of reserve. Within proper limits criticism was to be welcomed and might often be stimulating, but there was no more certain way of killing a man......

Last Saturday The Following Retirements - And -promotions...

announced by the Admiralty , Roar-Admirals:a-Drury St A. Wake; CsBa - C.I.E., the Hon. Stanhope Hawke, and Edward - He- Meubray, all placed on the Retired List, at; their- own......

The Intensity Of The Struggle For The Mastery Of The

air on the Western front is revealed in the figures given in Wednesday's Times showing that 717 aeroplanes were brought down during the month of April. In July last year, when......

Major Baird's Statement On The Air Board Vote On Thursday,

week was frank and satisfactory. The present Air Board was undoubtedly another step in the direction of an Air Ministry. All the members worked together in the closest harmony......

Mr. Boner Law Introduced His First Budget On Wednesday In

a concise and able speech. In the last financial year the revenue amounted to £573,428,000, but this year, by increasing the Excess Profits Tax, the Tobacco Duty, and the......

Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent., Change I From 51 Per

cent. April "nth.......