from the positions west of the Ancre which they had held since March. They had failed to hold the ridge west of Albert, and had remained in the swampy valley under our incessant...

S IR DOUGLAS HAIG issued last Sunday a special Order of the Day in which he said that "the conclusion of the fourth year of the war marks the passing of a period of crisis," and...

tried to bring it about through the Versailles Conference, about which to-day we hear very little. As regards ;the appointment of a Generalissimo, he was no doubt discouraged by...

various points, but met with increasingly stubborn resistance during the next two days, especially to the west of Reims. The narrow triangle between the Vesle and the Aisne east...

for his brilliant skill, and his Chief of Staff, General Petain, has received the high honour of the Military Medal. It will be remembered that the title of Marshal was revived...

south of the Vesle, Marshal Foch left him no option. A dashing attack by French and British troops on Thursday week drove the Germans off the Grand Rozoy Ridge, north-east of...

published a message to the Empire, the motto of which was "Hold Fast ! " He pointed out that to stop short of victory would be to compromise the future of mankind. Only by...

often said, that Marshal Foch was the one man that all Armies could trust if there was to be a Generalissimo. We could not disguise, however, and we do not now wish to disguise,...

TO OUR READERS.—It is now necessary for readers to place a definite order for the " Spectator " with their Newsagent or at one of the Railway 'Book- stalls. Should any reader...

night. Our airmen, in co-operation with the Navy, promptly engaged the Zeppelins over the sea and brought three of them to setion. One Zeppelin fell in flames ; another was...

that the German effort was exhausted, but their chance of March 21st would not come to them again. The American Army alone would increase until it was almost as large as the...

in the House of Commons on Tuesday by 81 metes to 77. The Home Secretary and Mr. Boner Law supported the Bill, but left *embers to vote as they pleased. Sir George Cave urged...

was torpedoed and sunk in mid-Channel early last Saturday morning Over a hundred of the wounded were drowned,, as the torpedo struck the ship near their ward. Mrs. William Long,...

an encourkging account of the situation. The Navy had been quadrupled in tonnage since the war and, with the Merchant Service, employed a million and a half of men. It had...

the National Union of Manufacturers. He declared that the essential Industries must never be "let down," and that a real partnership between our Dominions, our Allies, and...

House of Commons on Tuesday. He denied that he was the originator of the policy, which he had inherited from Mr. Chartiberlain. The Government pronouncement of August 201,11...

have agreed to send "a certain number" of troops to Vladivostok, to co-operate with "a certain number" of Allied -troops in relieving the pressure upon the Czecho-Slovalt army,...

he knows that the task of statesmanship frequently resolves itself into choosing between evils. No one can pretend that it is an ideal course to ferm rallying-points in Russia...

'sin;gle'force in the occupation of Vladivostok, and in safeguarding, so. far as it may, the country to.the rear of the westward-moving - *Deaf:Ito-Slovaks." Militaey...

is a cause of sore perplexity to those British newspapers which have continually raisrepresensed the nature of his idealism. They have assumed, absolutely without warrant, that...

Gazette were made the basis of an attack on the Ministry of Informa- tion, in the House of Commons on Monday. Some of the criticism was very wide of the mark. The suggestion...

it natural to hold a General Election directly a new Register is complete. By-elections on an old and obsolete register wear a farcical air. This argument no doubt deserves...

as a High Court ended on Tuesday. M. Malvy, who was Minister of the In- terior during the first three years of the war, was acquitted on the charges of treason brought against...

of fancy be aided by a General Election, whereas an election might involve the Government in all kinds of pledges which would distract their attention or tie their hands. For...

General Election not later than the winter or the spring, If the conviction Is well founded, we must - view the prospect with considerable anxiety, The Government have no duty...

with Irish Conscription. They established the principle of Conscription for Ireland, but left the application of it to an indefinite date by Order in Council. The Reform Acts of...

must be mentioned. Attention is drawn to the fact that the managing director of Reuter's Agency by virtue of his position in the Ministry of Information is connected with the...

a name of fear unpleasing in an official's ear, has turned its searchlight on the Ministry of Information. The Committee's sixth Report, issued last Saturday, shows that three...

April 5, 1917.

IMPERIAL PREFERENCE. W E see no* objection to an immediate adoption of the policy of Imperial Preference. The changed circum- stances of the world, and the changes in our own...

O F all the irregularities which have been disclosed by the House of Commons Select Committee, none has attracted so much attention, and naturally so, as what is popularly...

House of Commons on Wednesday was an admirable survey of the situation, full of cheering facts, and framed in the right spirit. If we find certain points to criticize, our...

13 Y raising a debate in the House of Lords on the fhianoial position of the country Lord Inchoape has rendered a real service to the public. It does not need any profound study...

I T is an old town as age is counted in America ; for fourteen years ago we celebrated the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of white men in this part of...

" S HOP !" cried Sylvia, and we hurried through from our meal to the " three-deep " at the counter. If lunch happens to be late, the men are always early. There is some causal...

UNMUZZLED. [To THE EDITOE or THE "SPECTATOR."] Sni, — On getting my muzzle removed I feel that my first duty is to thank you for your kind and disinterested efforts to have...

[Letters of the length of one . 4 our leading paragraphs are often more read, and therefore more efiectine, than those which fill treble the space.] THE MONTAGU REPORT. [To...

important aspect, a question of fact rather than of policy or principle, which is in danger of being overlooked in the controversy over the Montagu `reform scheme for India. It...

(To THZ EDITOR Or THR " SPECTILTOR21 Sia,—The Representatien of the People Act of this year has left the Uo,iversity of Oxford its two Members, but has changed the whole basis...

(To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.") &a,—It is not necessary to be an Oxford man to approve and enjoy the frank loyalty to his University of your contributor, who is obviously...

THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The cogent and sane article on this subject which appears in the Spectator of July 27th deserves, in my opinion, very great com- mendation, and forms an...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Si,—Your correspondent "M." in his letter on "The Souices of Taxation" falls into the same error as those who would penalize capital in...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Permit me to point out that the opposition to the abolition ef fees in elementary schools is not in any way limited to Church schools....

EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Writing some five centuries ago, the Spanish author of the Cronica del Conde Pedro Nino says that a man may save his soul in Christian warfare...

THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The following extract from the account of an interview with Napoleon III. at Wilhelmsholue in 1870, which occurs in a book called Glances at Great and...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sia,—In your issue of June 8th you publish a most interesting letter from Major Nobbs, entitled "A Food Truth Offensive." At the beginning of...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I am rarely in Ireland without being struck by some expression which, though not Hibernian, in the usual sense, seems peculiar. Why...

several of your correspondents draw attention to the undoubted fact that among unthinking people domestic service is looked down upon. Many people would, I alit convinced, share...

(To TRE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTAT03."1 have not seen any letter on this subject that quite goes to the root of the matter. Surely between employer and employed, in whatever...

the correspondence on " Domestic Service" in your columns lately, we, as servants of some years' standing, would like to give our opinion. We- think with "F. W." that the chief...

of domestic servants. I feel those who live with me my friends in the deepest sense. I enter with real in- terest into their family joys and sorrows, and find them ready Is...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—May we beg a short space in your valuable paper to solicit the help of your readers in the following matter? Those of us who have given...

the question of the domestic service diffi- culty now being discussed in your columns, it has often occurred to me that the offer of some fixed period of free time daily would...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE 0 SPECTATOR.") SIR,—A similar instance to that mentioned by your correspondent in the issue of July 27th happened recently. I was billeted in a French...

THE " SPECTATOR.' I Sin,—As you have been good enough to allow me to appeal for years past for contributions towards the Necessitous Ladies' Holiday and General Fund, I venture...

TEE" SPECTATOR."] Six,—In your issue of June 29th you say that careful housekeepers will have little difficulty in managing with the amount of fuel and light allowed under the...

[To THE Enrroa or TEl "Srscviros."1 Sia,—Now that the raffling of the Red Cross pearls has been rendered impossible by the rejection of the War Charities Lotteries Bill, I beg...

8th suggests the thought that there is in the minds of domestic servants and their friends a wholly wrong conception of the word "service," which should surely (especially in...

[To ma Enrron or ma Sezersroa."3 SIE,—I feel that it may be well worth while pointing out a feet which your readers, and particularly your numerous soldier readers, are...

G. Williams would find what he requires in the "Prayers for Little Children " printed on a card for the Mothers' Union, and to be obtained from Messrs. Warren and Co., Win-...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sus,—I shall be grateful to you or to any of your readers if you can inform me where I can find in its entirety the epitaph of the Tired...

[To THE EDITOR or rag " SPECTereli."] Sue—Knowing the great interest you take in preserving the beauty of rural spots, I write to you for advioe. There is a lovely walk, a...

SIR,—In the Spectator of July 13th one of your correspondents asked if any one could suggest a simple child's prayer, in the form of a hymn. The following simple hymn was taught...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sra,—In connexion with the specimens of ohildren's prayers recently quoted, the beautiful one commencing- " Ere on my bed my limbs I lay,...

[To THE EDITOR OP THIS " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—As many readers of the Spectator have taken so much interest in our toys, I venture to write a little more about this small...

SEEN FOR THE SECOND TIME. (To T. M.) PETER, Do you remember the stage box —The one on the left— Twelve Christmas holidays ago, And the smallest sailor there, who cried When...

SIR,—In answer to your correspondent who is endeavouring to find some simple verses for a child's first prayers, may I suggest fbr morning prayers the following I'— "Father, we...

NATIONALITY AND GOVERNMENT.* IN its outward form Mr. Zimmern's book is unusually attractive. Like other volumes lately issued by the same publishers, it shows that care and...

name or initiids, or with a pseudonym, or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agree- ment with the views therein expressed or witn the...

expansion of the Thesis which Mr. Dempsey submitted for the Degree of M.A. in the National University of Ireland. Professor R. S. Conway. of the University of Manchester, one of...

qf Erasmus, translated and arranged in order of time by Mr. Francis Morgan Nichols, is now published by Messrs. Longmans and Co. A charming and touching • Introduotion by Mr. P....

IN this record of the childish days of herself and her sisters Mrs. Blundell has nothing more exciting to describe than a picnic or more thrilling than a visit to the dentist....

THERE are three kindsof preacher whose sermons are worth sending to press, even in these days of dear paper : the scholar who can bring new light to illuminate the dark places...

Mn. M. G. Wasse has republished his newspaper articles on the League of Nations and on War Aims, together with an effective plea for Proportional Representation. Writing as "a...

ONE of the pictures reproduced in the present volume is Ge's "What Is Truth ? " Pilate, prosperous, stout, and self-satisfied, is shown confronting his prisoner, whom he is...

the necessity of poetry on a theory of psychology which seems to us, unfortunately, to be not quite adequate, and as he has omitted many of the logical steps which connect his...

SOME HAPPENINGS-t MR. VACITE1.L'13 " happenings " range from burlesque to tragedy ; the scene shifts from California, Oregon, and Honolulu to London and Brittany ; we are...

10s. I3d. net.)—This well-written and interesting book contains a full account of the production, marketing, smelting, and industrial applications of zinc, or opener, as it is...

Professor Conyers Bead's paper on England and America is of special interest as a sympathetic attempt to explain our institutions to the Middle West. He says that of all...

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Lock, and Co. 5s. )—A novel dealing with the dis- appearance of a pearl necklace which once belonged to Mme. du Barry. The best thing in the book is the character study of...

Welke in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] The National Review for August contains a highly interesting "Retrospect and Reminiscence" by Mr. Masse,...

The Belgian Front and its Notable Features (Chatto and Windt's, 6d. net), with illustrations and a map. The Belgian front is not more than twenty miles wide, but it is by far...

and Windus. 10s. 6d. net.)—This is a very readable book, describing Alsace-Lorraine and relating the history of the Provinces in con- siderable detail. No fair-minded reader...

Co. 4s. 6d. net.)--Mr. Green in this interesting little book emphasizes the value of the North Sea fisheries and the importance of our fish- ing-fleet, and urges that the trade...

by Mr. MacLeod, the British Consul at Fez, is printed in the Geographical Journal for August. The French have done a wonderful work in the past six years in establishing order...

(Published by the Author at 100 South Hill Park, Hampstead. 2s. 6d.)— Mr. Lewis, who is the Secretary of the Central Committee of Poor Law Conferences, has written this...

Harpenden, has issued an interesting Report for 1915-17 (Har- penden : D. J. Jeffery) on the agricultural research work which the war has made far more important than ever. The...

(Paris: (Blond and Gay.)—This little volume of speeches and articles by Signor Tittoni, who was the Italian Foreign Minister from 1903 to 1909 and the Italian Ambassador in...

6d4—The three lectures by Mr. Fiertnes, Sir Francis Piggott, and Mr. Leyland, with a concluding summary by Admiral Slade, which are reprinted in this valuable pamphlet, contain...

by L. Si. Turner. (Putnam. 128. 6d.) —M. Cestre, who is a graduate of Harvard and Professor of English at Bordeaux University, has sought in this able book to explain our...

Conscription Movement (Wimbledon : E. Trim and Co.), a letter which he addressed to an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop, asking him to explain why he and his colleagues had opposed...

Agent. (Hodder and Stoughton. 3d. net.)—This pamphlet contains the diary of a certain Oriesinger, who accompanied Dr. Niedermayer's mission to Afghanistan and Southern Persia in...