his sympathy with the sufferings that have to be borne in these days that his visits to the injured on Wednesday were so deeply appreciated. His Majesty had a very important...

warning is quite practicable and desirable. But to bring the -life of London to a temporary standstill is another matter altogether. Would it be helpful in any way for Edgware...

at 11.30 a.m., and lasted about a quarter of an hour. Wo regret to record heavy casualties-97 killed and 439 injured. The raiding squadron, which numbered probably fifteen...

On a. previous occasion only a single German aeroplane had dropped some bombs. London, for the most part, treated the raid as a spectacle. Hundreds of thousands of persons...

Salient ceased to exist. We wiped it out and established a straight line. But the memories of that Salient are immortal. Legend and wonder will never cease to play with the name...

who had managed the whole attack, gained more ground piecemeal. All the German counter-attacks were beaten off with heavy loss to the enemy. Sir Douglas Haig, in a generous...

may be that the communications of the Anti-Aircraft Service can be improved. If so, the public will wish that it should be done speedily, but their attitude on Wednesday...

of Thursday week, and was signalized by the explosion of a gigantic system of mines. The engineers with their skilled miners bad been tunnelling for months. This tremendous...

T HE victory on the Messines Ridge, which we could do no more than barely record as we went to press last week, was the greatest offensive achievement of British arms in the...

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

Mr. C. J. Lew, Mr. Boner Law's son, who was believed to have died of wounds,-is a prisoner-with the Turks. The Turks- are said to be treating him well.

night was a good deal less satisfactory than those of the preceding four weeks. Twenty-one vessels of over 1,600 tons were sunk, and nine of undez 1,600':ions. Buti.-thh'i total...

War Cabinet. We ,sincerely lope that he may be able to do so. His wide ex. perience of both military and ; political affairs, and his -fertility of ideas disciplined by a...

who died from wounds received while he was leading .his_men.in the Mesaines Battle. The expressions of sorrow and the tributes of admiration which were) heard in the House of...

Union in their effort to prevent Mr. Ramsay MacDonald and Mr. Jowett from-sailing for Russia.. The general tone of the Leeds Confexe4do and the denial of a hearing to the...

Banal Law's frank statement in the. House. - on Monday we do not sea that -the Government .eould have acted-differently. At the-outset he made it clear that there was no...

follows :— " No• people must - be forced under a soVerel,gtty under which - it does not wish to live. No territory-must-change hands except for the purpose of securing...

second . son, Prince Alexander. The Crown Prince was passed over, no- doubt, because he has the reputation of being a strong pro-German. The abdication was the immediate outcome...

Tribune. A somewhat different tone is to - be found -in the-- New • -York Times, which - on Monday published the following -despatch- - from its Washington -correspondent:- "...

published in Monday's papers, is a powerful and timely warning. He restates the position of America in the war with great clearness. " She seeks no material profit 'or...

Socialists alone,. but to the minority. Socialists as Well, - to - come. to Petrograd. - Oiir Ambassador in Petrograd,' though • at first opposed to the scheme, had, after...

was formally demanded by M. Jonnart, In an announcement of the abdication M. Zaimis said that the King, " solicitous as always solely for the interests of Greece, has decided to...

the best of spirits is a matter for national satisfaction. He spoke of his magnikent reception in the United States, and by general consent he fully earned it. No one could have...

of the Government to .weaken on the question of forbidding horse-racing. We love the horse as much as any Englishman alive or dead, and are a great deal more anxious than most...

of some articles essential for the waging of the war or for the feeding of the population hold their goods back or withdraw them from public gale. In that case the Government...

fact that no country which had adopted Proportional Representation had ever gone back upon it and that its history was one of con- tinuous progress, and Sir George Reid had said...

his speech he let drop a most misleading, and therefore dangerous, word. He hinted that the suggestion that " profiteering " might be partly responsible for high prices of food...

inquire into the causes of the Labour Unrest. Their investigation must be thorough, but it should be completed without delay, and he added characteristically that the...

made an urgent appeal to every householder in the country to reduce his consump- tion of bread, while at the- same time the public is reminded by constant advertisement in the...

defini- tion. As we ask in another part of our issue, does " profiteering " mean such increase as that made; and quite legitimately made, when the price of the Times was...

to a decision on the question and insisted once more that the Govern- ment desired to leave the question to a free and unfettered House, and Sir John Simon having pointed out...

glutei's proposal that the Boundary Commissioners should act on the assumption that Proportional Representation was not adopted. The debate then turned upon whether Pro-...

April 5th.

GRAVITY AND GOVERNMENT. T HE outstanding lesson of the last six months, the period during which Mr. Lloyd George's Administration has been in power, is that gravity, weight, and...

deserve well of their country. In spite of their fears, of their rights, and of the deep anxiety which oppresses them at the thought of being entangled in the meshes of Irish...

11 AST week we urged upon our readers and our countrymen the necessity, if we were to end the war quickly and suc- cessfully, of an intensive cultivation in every theatre and in...

TN a letter to the editor, printed elsewhere, a correspondent directs our attention to what we may call without exaggeration a cruel case. Many stories are current about the...

T "papers of Tuesday published the answer of t he British Government to the Russian inquiries about the Allied objects in the war. By far the most important part of the answer...

"rrIHAT is quite right now, Madam," said a photographer to a 1 lady sitter, " quite right as to attitude, Madam, but do not let the mind recede from the face." The exhortation...

TI J NGLAND'S narrow range of daily food has always amazed 1 people from other countries, especially in view of a family expenditure averaging rather higher than anywhere else,...

A LONDONER'S ALLOTMENT DIARY. ITO THE EDITOR Of THE " SPECTATOR.") Stn,—A few weeks ago I described how J. and I acquired a War Allotment and our labours upon it down to...

[Letters -of the length of one of our leading paragraphs are often more read, and therefore more effective, than:those which fill treble the space.] THE -WORK OF ' U '-BOATS....

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPEETATOE."J Stu,—We venture to beg your hospitality for this letter in order that we may acquaint your readers with something. of the history of the...

SIR, - Mr Ellis's letter is indeed painful reeding That a prie s t of the Church should so undervalue his own sacred commission is nothing short of deplorable. Certainly he...

few word*? The case of the clergy is analogous to that of the medical pro- fession: all are agreed that it would be wasteful madness to put doctors into the fighting line...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] wonder how many of us at the beginning of the war realized the position in which a large number of badly wounded men would had themselves....

Ellis makes a strong case; he can make a stronger. It is not only from military service that the clergy have been barred; the scheme for National Service, into which they threw...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR. —For the last three weeks all England has been watching with feelings of intense sympathy and hope the progress of the great Italian...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I think your readers may be interested to see the following extracts from a letter from a close relation of mine. The writer is only...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Fla,—One is very glad to see your clear and definite statement ton p. 8 of your last issue) that the plea of " No annexations" " must...

or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The recent official statement made by President Wilson fulfils in a way an interesting prophecy made in a work by Samuel Laing, published in 1852,...

" SPECTATOR.") SIR, —Mr. H. Wilson Fox, as Honorary Secretary of the Empire Resources Development Committee, will no doubt do good work at home in arousing thought and...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 don't like the way you refer to me. It hurts me. You have hurt me more than once. In articles, long and short, on Prohibition you have...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sze,—I am loth to trespass further on your space, but I think you will agree that if the prohibition of a commodity which has been...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."' SIR, —This morning (June 12th), when I looked out of the bedroom window to see if there had been any rain on our war potatoes and other...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR."3 SIR, —Is there no woman in the whole of the Empire distinguished in art, literature, social service, or philanthropy whom the King "...

(To THE EDITOR OF Tat "SPECTATOR."' Sta,—May we call the attention of your readers to the fifteenth Vacation Term for Biblical Study, which will be held this year at Cambridge...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 Ere,—As the Spectator has taken a good deal of interest of late in the possibilities of aviation in the future, may I ask you to allow me...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."' 4IR,-1 know you have sometimes been interested in "states of personality.". The following experience (the second of its kind I have had) may...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sra,—Do we milk sheep in England? Here, in Sicily, and also in Italy, they do so, and make. a very good cream-cheese called ricotta from...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."' Sra,—If nobody in the United Kingdom took sugar in tea, we could dispense with the importing services of at least one steamer with a...

A HISTORY OF SERBIA.* Tars history of Serbia is the work not only of a traveller but of a scholar. It is highly judicial in dealing with notoriously contro- versial subjects,...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR.'] Sue—You were-good enough to insert a letter of mine under part of the above heading about three months ago. It produced numerous replies...

CAPTAIN PAUL JONES. CAP'N Pmn. JONES was a Britisher born; he hailed from the Solway shore, But he struck a snag with his folks at home, as many have done before; He shook the...

name or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked " Coin muni. (aka," the Editor must not necessarily be Add to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the...

MR. WILLIAM ARCHER, to whose industry and knowledge we owe this singularly interesting collection, makes no pretence to having exhausted his subject. But, as he says, " enough...

SIR ERNEST Saxow has written a learned and interesting book. His ancient profession has always held aloof from the rest of man- kind, discouraging advice and disdaining...

Ma. IL G. WELLS has always had the courage of his principles and the desire to share thorn with his countrymen; and the frequent changes he has seen cause to make in them have...

Aartn the many new books about the war, the unpretentious volume which does not profess to describe military operations, but merely tells us how men and women behave in these...

Ma. Caorcii's book is essentially one for the ardent Dickens-lover. To any one less than an enthusiast the almost reverent admiration which breathes through it will, wo imagine,...

A YOUNG MAN FROM THE SOUTH.* Mn. Lzaisox Roan: sores novel has a curious history. It was begun in the autumn of 1914, laid aside, finished on the last day of. 1915, and burned...

Co. 4s. 6d. not.)—This very able essay on higher education in Great Britain and Germany should be road and digested by our public men, and especially by those who are always...

(Notice is this colunut does not necessarily preclude subsepteat review.) The Fiddlers. By Arthur Mee. (Morgan and Scott. 3d. net.) — The sub-title of this little book is "...

Dublin and London: *faunae' and Co. 13s. Gd. net.) involving mysterious Hindus and the worship of the evil godeesa Kali. The adventures are erxcitings—The Joyful Years. By F....

Flags. By James Stephen. Edited by Sir F. Piggott. (University of London Press. 5s. net.)—Even if history never repeats itself, there is a very close analogy between the...

in a little pamphlet, entitled Student Captives, an account of the admirable scheme for supplying British prisoners with educational books so that they may continuo or resume...

Bell and Sons. 5s. net.)—Noininally a revised second edition, this is in reality a new book, with a chapter for beginners and many new games with annotations. One of the most...

Cal. net. )— Dr. Pease, of Illinois University, has made a careful study of the Leveller movement led by John Lilburne during our Civil War , Ho emphasizes the Levellers'...

Shearmo's " recollections " make very pleasant reading. The book is not long and it is quite light. We are all often asked to recommend such a book in these days, and the name...

don Press. 12s. Gd. net.)—This " historical study in European diplomacy " is, as the author says, the first complete account in English of the origin and development of the...

mans and Co. 7s. Gd. net.)—Mr. Prothero's admirable book appears unchanged in a second edition. He had intended to shorten it as Minister of Agriculture, he has been unable to...

these imaginary conversations between an Englishman and an American " Ian Hay " states frankly, and then dispels, some of the petty misunderstandings that have arisen since the...

6d. net.)—This admirable memoir of the late Professor of Greek at Oxford is a model of its kind. Bywater was a great scholar, who devoted his whole life to the intensive study...

7s. Gd. not.)—The late Dr. Macbain is justly described in the introduction by Professor Watson as " the greatest of our Scottish Celtic scholars," but his work is too little...

costing sixpence, on the provision made by English Public Health Authorities and voluntary agencies in regard to Maternity and Child Welfare. Mitch has boon done since the...

Fisher Unwin. 7s. 6d. net.)—This is a good and useful piece of historical research, free from the passion and bias that spoil so many books on Irish history. Mr. Butler has...