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In the other theatres of the war these is little
The Spectatorto record beyond the fact that the Russians by a combined naval and military movement have captured the town of Rizeh, a port on the Black Sea forty miles east of Trebizond....
We have dealt elsewhere with Mr. Balfour's speeches in regard
The Spectatorto the state of the Navy, and also with Colonel Churchill's amazing intervention in the debate. It remains only to refer to the well-merited castigation which Colonel Churchill...
Unfortunately our space will not allow us to quote tho
The Spectatorwhole of Mr. Balfour's scathing exposure of Colonel Churchill's sinister paradoxes, and no attempt to compress that exposure would be successful. We must he content to advis3...
Though the history of the past week is that the
The SpectatorFrench have held their line, the German attacks have been maintained, or rather ranewed, with no little violence. It is still, however, uncer- tain whether this renewal of the...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorT HE French hold their own at Verdun. That is the essential fact to record in summarising the week's news, and it is enough. The strain upon the French, hitherto always happier...
Turning to Colonel Churchill's declaration that Lord Fisher was the
The Spectatornecessary man at the Admiralty, Mr. Balfour spoke of "the profound stupefaction" caused by his words. Colonel Churchill a very short time ago had stated in publio and in private...
Thursday's news is distinctly of a reassuring character. And this
The Spectatoris true not only of the ground around Verdun, but of the rest of the line. For instance, on Wednesday, March 8th, the French recovered trenches in Champagne which the Germans...
TO OUR READERS.
The SpectatorReaders of the " SPECTATOR" are no doubt aware that the Press is now required to practise drastic economies in the use of paper. Speaking generally, we may say that the...
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President Wilson's boldness has been very handsomely rewarded. He asked
The Spectatorfor what was in effect a vote of confi- dence, and he has received it. A courageous statesman may always be sure of such a response when he appeals to his country- men to...
After this action by the Senate there was not much
The Spectatordoubt that the House of Representatives would follow suit. This happened on Tuesday, when there were three tests by voting, and the President's policy gathered adherents during...
Another Zeppelin raid took place last Sunday night and covered
The Spectatora wide area- It was a surprise to every one, as the weather was very unfavourable. During the raid there wer& several snowstorms. It may be that the Zeppelins travelled above...
For the rest, Mr. Root traced three fundamental errors in
The SpectatorMr. Wilson's foreign policy :— " First, laok of foresight to make timely provision for backing up American diplomacy by actual or assured military or naval force. Second, the...
All doubt as to what line the Republicans would take
The Spectatorin the coming electoral campaign in the United States seems to have been removed by Mr. Elihu Root's speech at the New York State Republican Convention on February 15th. It was...
Once more we must remind our readers that nine months
The Spectatorago, when Lord Fisher was just as much a necessary man as he is now, Colonel Churchill was not only willing to fling him over, but in effect insisted that he must go. Now,...
An important debate on the working of the Military Service
The SpectatorAct took place in the House of Lords on Thursday week, when Lord Derby spoke very plainly about the number of exemptions. These, he said, were excessive beyond all reason. The...
Lord Selbome argued that the food of the people was
The Spectatoras important as munitions. It was inevitable that some single men should be exempted in order to work on the land. Lord Harris entirely disagreed with Lord Selborne, and as a...
Colonel Churchill's reply to what he somewhat conventionally °ailed Mr.
The SpectatorBalfour's " sword-play " was a very poor affair. After a whining complaint that Mr. Balfour's dialectical skill had been used against "one so much younger than himself," Colonel...
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We feel certain that this method of handling the Volunteers
The Spectatorwill be regarded with warm satisfaction. We may recall here that it follows the linos which were suggested by the Central Association in May of last year. The Act of 1863 and...
Speaking at Manchester on Tuesday, Lord Derby said that he
The Spectatorfelt strongly for the married men, who were being called up much sooner than he had anticipated. At the same time, he would be casting a slur on the patriotism of these married...
The Women's National Land Service Corps was inaugurated in London
The Spectatoron Monday. This is a truly important movement, and we heartily wish it success. The Duke of Marlborough, as "the largest farmer in England, with perhaps two excep- tions," said...
The New York Times has obtained from the British Admiralty
The Spectatorthe statement that the 't127,' the German submarine which sank the 'Arabic,' was herself sunk on the same day—August lath. This is particularly interesting, for, as the New York...
The Central Association of Volunteer Training Corps have issued an
The Spectatorexplanation of the position which the Volunteer Corps will occupy on the recognition which has been promised by the Government, and which will very shortly take concrete shape....
On Tuesday Mr. Asquith received a deputation from the Chambers
The Spectatorof Commerce on the defence of trade and employment within the Empire after the war. Ho admitted that, since the war was bound to revolutionize the whole economic outlook of the...
To that, of course, no Volunteer will dream of objecting.
The SpectatorAll that he is afraid of is being told that he must do Volunteer duty at some hour which makes the carrying on of his usual vocation impossible. No man need fear such...
If any one should suggest that this is an impotent
The Spectatorconclusion, he will be entirely wrong. What we have been saying only applies to the Volunteers under normal conditions and before embodiment. If embodiment takes place, then the...
Unless the great emergency arises, what will happen will be
The Spectatorthat the War Office will invite Volunteer units to take on specifies pieces of work in such a way that the ordinary vocation of the Volunteers will not be interfered with. By a...
We believe that a great deal of miscellaneous work will
The Spectatorbe done by the Volunteers ; but even if only a small amount of work were accomplished, the Volunteer movement would have justified itself. Not only do the men know their drill,...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorTHE ANATOMY OF AN ALTERNATIVE.' T ORD HALIFAX, greatest and keenest of political JILJ critics, once gave to the world The Anatomy of an Equivalent. We wish that some of the...
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THE STATE OF THE NAVY. D URING the past few weeks
The Spectatorthere have been certain rumours that the Navy, owing to want of foresight in this or that direction, or owing to a lack of driving-force in the Board of Admiralty, was not in so...
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COLONEL WINSTON CHURCHILL.
The SpectatorI N private life Colonel Churchill may very likely have all the virtues, or even the graces, of personal conduct. We should not be surprised to learn that he was scrupulously...
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"CAPTAIN COB'S CONSOLS."
The SpectatorI N view of the possible necessity of another War Loan, the Daily Mail and some other newspapers are now booming the idea of what are called bonus bonds. In substance a bonus...
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"MORAL."
The SpectatorT HE moral of troops was pronounced by Napoleon to be three times as important as numbers. No doubt when Napoleon said that he spoke in a figure, for he was also the author of...
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THE MAKING OF A MAN.
The SpectatorW E are a Special Reserve battalion, and here on our barrack square you may see both the raw material and the finished product : the Derby recruit but newly arrived from the...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
The SpectatorTHE SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS. [TO TEl EDITOR Olt TH3 " SPECTATOR.") Sre,—We are reluctant to add to the multitude of public appeals, but we feel ourselves justified in urging...
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LIEUTENANT SMITH, V.0.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OP TRH "SPROTATOI.n SER,—To do is easier than to suffer. The blood-boiling enthusiasm of the charge in attack must be less strain than the protracted patient...
A MEMORIAL GIFT TO THE NATIONAL TRUST. [TO TRH EDITOR
The SpectatorOr TRH " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—Your readers will be glad to know that at the last meeting of the National Trust we accepted an important gift of an open space, which has the added...
CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS. [TO THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—As
The Spectatorthe case of the conscientious objector skims for argument the verbal surface of the parabolical sayings of Jesus Christ, it may be worth while, for the sake of a younger...
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(TO THE EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR:1
The SpectatorSIE,—As one who was present at some of the interrupted meetings at Devonshire House, Bishopsgate, I feel that we must in fairness give the anti-Germanists credit for abstention...
COMMERCE AND PHILOSOPHY.
The Spectator(TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.") Sin,—If "our foolish want of adequate preparation cannot be attributed to Free Trade," to what then are we to attribute it ? The country,...
COB, "WATTLE AND DAB," AND " SLAB " BUILDING.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sin,—I have been much interested in the description of cob building by your correspondent in the Spectator of February 26th. I re- member a...
THE ANTI-GERMANISTS AND THE BISHOPSGATE STREET MEETINGS.
The Spectator(To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—Will you allow me to give the facts in regard to the protests made at the Devonshire House pacificist meetings by members of the...
THOUGHTS IN A SOLDIERS' HUT.
The Spectator(To THE EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR:) SIR,—" This is a war of finance." "It is the non-combatants that must vin this war." I quote these words spoken in Edinburgh lately by...
"MUD AND STUD" BUILDING
The SpectatorITO THE EDITOR 07 TUE 'SPECTATOR" ) Siu,—The "mud and stud" cottages of Lincolnshire, which I do not think I have seen mentioned in your articles and correspondence on pith de...
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SECTARIANISM AND SECULARIZATION.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") 8111,—Give mo leave to say with what deep regret and astonishment I observe that you have given the weighty sanction of the Spectator to...
QUAKERS AND INDIANS.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR Or THP " SPECTATOR."' SIE,—Contributors to your correspondence columns in recent issues have made the following statements about the affairs of Pennsyl- vania in...
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FIELD GLASSES AND TELESCOPES: ON LOAN OR FOR SALE.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] you find me space to name a development in the scheme Inaugurated by the late Lord Roberts for providing field glasses and telescopes for the...
BOOKS.
The SpectatorSOUTH OF PANAMA.* Tun graphic account which Lord Bryce published in 1912 of his travels in South America does not purport to be a political disquisition on the present...
THE WOMEN'S LEAGUE OF SERVICE.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF TUB " SPECTATOR:1 Sin,—The Women's League of Service, which is striving to check the death-rate of infants and help the mothers by providing them with dinners...
POETRY.
The SpectatorDTTONUIT DOMENTS. THUNDERS and lightnings and the trumpet pealing Loud, through the smoke of Sinai aflame, Witnessed to Israel at the Law's revealing, Told of the terrors of...
NOTICE.—When "Correspondence" or Articles are signed with The writer's name
The Spectatoror initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode of...
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THE SUPERMAN IN LITERATURE.*
The SpectatorTHE Nietzschean idea of the superman is so familiarly associated with the German motive in making war that Herr Berg's attempt —translated into excellent English—to trace the...
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RUPERT BROOKE'S LETTERS FROM AMERICA.*
The SpectatorA PECULIAR interest attaches to this volume, apart from the intrinsic merit of the letters from America, Canada, and the South Seas originally contributed by Rupert Brooke to...
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THE ROUND TABLE.
The SpectatorTHE now number of the Round Table is as good as ever. But the Round Table is the despair of the magazine reviewer, because it is not a magazine in the ordinary sense—that is, a...
THE MAGAZINES.
The SpectatorTHE first place in the new Nineteenth Century is given to Sir Francis Piggott'spaper on "The Reorganisation of the Empire: Counsels of Perfection." Theoretically, the claim of...
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FICTION.
The SpectatorMRS. BALFAME.* Is one of the "Bab Ballads" the late Sir W. S. Gilbert described the career of a man who indemnified himself in middle age for long years of impeccable integrity...
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NEW EnrrioN.—Mr. C. H. Robinson's The Improvement of Towns and
The SpectatorCities (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 61-25 net) has reached a fourth edition. Primarily a record and secondarily a thesis, it is useful to those who care for civic art, even outside the...
A Voyage in Space. By H. H. Turner, D.Sc., F.R.S.
The Spectator(S.P.C.K. 6s. net.)—The Savilian Professor at Oxford delivered these lectures to children at the Royal Institute in the Christmas holidays two years ago. In book-form they will...
SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
The Spectator[Notice in this celumn does not necessarily preclude sampan: review.] The Man Napoleon. By William H. Hudson. (George G. Harrap and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Hudson's avowed aim is...
The Rediscovered Country. By Stewart Edward White. (Heckler and Stoughton.
The Spectator10s. 6d. net.)—Mr. White " redis- covered " a tract of country lying on the German side of a barrier of mountains between British and German East Africa, and gives us his diary...