to evacuate Belgium, France, Alsace-Lorraine, and Luxemburg within fifteen days from Monday last, and to retire quietly, without plundering, within a line six miles east of the...

She is to surrender within fourteen days all submarines now in specified ports ; the vessels with full complement are to make for Allied ports, and those which are unseaworthy...

it obviously impossible for Germany to resume the war. The armistice is to last for thirty-six days, and may be extended. If any clause is not fulfilled, the armistice may be...

his troops Arid civilian agents within his old frontier, from Russia, Rumania, and Turkey, though the Allies may require German troops to act temporarily as police in some...

T HIS memorable week has brought the war to an end with a complete victory for the Allies. The imposing edifice of Prussian militarism has come toppling to the ground. While the...

public is tottering on the verge of Bolshevism ought to join in one of the daily festivals of the London streets, which when we write show no sign of coming to an immediate end....

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...

letters submitted to him, but when stamped and addressed envelopes are sent he will do his beat to return contributions in case of rejection.

the splendid public ovation accorded to him. Though he has deserved them also, he has not received, and cannot by virtue of the office he holds receive, any of the honours or...

that grand old man, M. Clemenceau, and to Marshal Foch, and decided that statues of them should be erected at the public expense, and that a sword of honour should be offered to...

have been more remarkable than those directed towards the persons of the King and the Royal Family. The demonstrations outside Buckingham Palace, as indeed anywhere when the...

and were immediately received by the King. The example spread. Other heads of the great Departments directing operations also wished to pay their tribute to the personal part...

the first words of the Prime Minister last Saturday, in a speech which will have an assured and eminent place in the records of the nation as well as in those of the GuikihalL...

the Frankfort Gazette, once famous for its cautious Liberalism, but an ardent supporter of the aggressive war, asked in plain terms for the Emperor's abdication. The Prussian...

on Thursday week to meet Marshal Foch, Germany was seething with revolution. Before they started on their return journey on Monday the old order had been swept away. Tho...

hope that the cheers and sympathy of the mass of his people will finally put an end to the insidious, nay, malignant, gossip of a tiny handful who have set going a whisper that...

on Monday. The object of the war, he said, was attained. Prussian Imperialism was at an end. The Allies were united in their purpose to set up a Peace of disinterested justice....

Versailles," during which he had seen " Empires, and Kingdoms, and Kings, and Crowns falling like withered leaves before a gale." The Allies had latterly secured Germany's...

to say hero that we devoutly hope that the people of North-East Ulster will now take into serious consideration the view that we have several times impressed upon them in these...

anchored off Constantinople on Wednesday morning. British and Indian troops manned the Turkish forts which barred our way in 1915, and which had only once been flouted by a...

day, announced that he had invited the Independent or Minority Socialists to share in the Government, which would organize the election of a National Parliament. His chief...

and deserted by all but a handful of courtiers, crossed the Dutch frontier near Maastricht and went to Amerongen Castle, near Arnhem, the seat of his friend Count Bentinck. It...

of Belfast desire and require security in order to allow them to play that great part which they are entitled to play in reconstruction and industrial development. But...

on the tacit understanding that the Coalition shall continue to act upon it during a two-year period of reconstruction. The voice of Labour has not yet been heard, but the...

abdicated, and that he acknowledged the dicision of German Austria to form a separate State. It is not certain that he has also relinquished the Hungarian Crown, but we may...

of the Prime Minister's character, and of course reserve all our right to criticize, we are less afraid of him and of what he stands for than we are of some of the persons and...

deal with political subjects, and especially with those that involve polemics. The nearness of the General Election, and the need at that General Election for safeguarding the...

conquering Bulgaria and recovering Serbia, forced the passage of the Danube at several points and entered Rumania last Saturday and Sunday. Rumania had mobilized and declared...

and to proceed to a General Election as soon as may be. Now that the war has ended, we admit, of course, that the objections we have repeatedly raised during the past few months...

Mod 5. 1917.

THANKS BE TO GOD. T HE thought that filled the mind of the nation on Monday, and has possessed it ever since, is the thought, Thanks he to God. Under a thousand names and forms,...

Reproduction of Flaxman's Model of the colossal Statue of Britannia, designed in 1799, to be placid on Greenwich Hill to commemorate the Sea-Power of Britain. The toy soldiers...

not a whit more severe than Germany must have expected. In some minor respects they were slightly modified at the last moment on the side of leniency. Nothing less than the...

Nv HAT is to happen to the Kaiser ? It is a question that every one asks. In a situation like the present, hen the greater part of Europe is in dissolution and the r.,ind is...

anticipates so exactly what the world feels to-day as it views the Kaiser's downfall that we need make no apology for quoting a large portion of the poem. Byron believed, as did...

SEA." [Readers of the " Spectator " may remember that we suggested that Parliament should vote its thanks to the Merchant Seamen of Britain for the, reat and noble part they...

T HERE'S no doubt about it, that hospital is one of the happiest places going. It was almost the only haven of construction in a world mad on destruction. It doesn't always...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Sns,—I venture to think that the following extract frets% a letter written by a well-known French journalist and novelist, himself a son of...

[To rue EDITOR OF TER " SPECTATOR."J 814,-11 is related of ancient Greece that when Demetrius attacked the city of Rhodes, Protogenes was painting a picture of Ialysus. "This,"...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR, —Is it fair to attack President Wilson's definition* of the " freedom of the seas " by oompletely ignoring the last half of it ? What...

regarding " freedom of the seas," it may be well perhaps to recall what the British Navy has done to secure this end (1) in abolishing the slave trade; (2) in the suppression of...

[To Taz EDITOR or THE " SPEOTATOR."3 SIR,—The reoent strike for the principle of "equal pay for equal work " as between men and women is opening up certain problems which demand...

[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 WOMAN'S SENIOR WAR...

THE " SPECTATOR."] Sts,—Before a " Major-General's Wife " accused me of inaccuracy in my facts it is a pity she did not take the trouble to verify her own. I am the widow of a...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sta.—The old-time schoolmaster stood above his pupils and imparted knowledge which none dared to question. The modern schoolmaster is a...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPEC/MOH:'] SIR,—It is important, even to politician., that the pensions awarded to our wounded and invalided soldiers should commend themselves as fair...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—For many years I have been a reader of your valuable periodical, and increasingly admire your sane and courageous attitude towards most...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR, — M 11C11 that is exaggerated and untrue has recently been said about the conduct of our women and girls, but, on the other hand,...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." ] SIR,—We desire to invite further sympathy and support for the work of the National Home-Reading Union, which has entered on its fifth war...

[To ens EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] S I R,—Amongst the many problems occasioned by the war there are two which by being brought into contact may solve each other. One is the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—As soon as I had finished reading Sir Evelyn Grant-Duff's article, " Another Bundle of Old Letters," in the Spectator of Noveniber 9th,...

SPECTATOR." ] lovers of old Winchester will be thankful to Miss L. G. Moberly for her protest against the proposed destruction of the houses in Kingsgate Street. Individually,...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR ,—Having occasion to read an interesting passage in Aulus Genius on the various words for " red " in Greek and Latin, I was led to...

" FOR PERPETUAL GENERATIONS." WHEN, from the bitter waters of God's wrath, The olive lifted up her leaf And faith's glad family rejoined their dove On Ararat's emerging reef,...

fl'o THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The motto of the Province of British Columbia is Splendor sine occasu, having reference to its western situation, and this motto is...

THE DARDANELLES CAMPAIGN.* Ma. NEVINSON'S clear and vivid account of the Dardanelles cam- paign, like Mr. Masefield's Gallipoli, is one of the very few out of an unnumbered...

in agree- ment with the views therein expressed or with the mode of expression. In such instances, or in the case of "Letters to the Editor," insertion only means that the...

SIR ARTHUR QUILLER-0017CH, as we have already had occasion to observe, is one of the most unprofessorial of Professors. In spite of his use of unusual words—e.g., " suppeditate...

fills the mouth and warms the mind ; it is as good as cursing." Professor Hobhouse, on the contrary, thinks that it empties the mind and poisons the soul ; and in the present...

on the Art of Indexing points out that there is high authority—no less than that of Dr. Johnson—for furnishing even novels with an index. Indeed, he himself subscribes to this...

pamphlet, one of a series of " Trench Books," which he picked up in an enemy trench. In this adroitly written pamphlet a Dr. Negenborn, of Silesia, discusses Germany as a State...

and Windus. 6s. net. )—A novel about Ceylon in which gypsy snake-charmers and a native background play a large part. The vast forests are picturesquely described. It is a war...

[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subvwent review.] Parliamentary Elections under the Reform Act, 1918. By J. Renwiok Seeger. (P. S. King. 5s. net.)—Mr....

and Stoughton. 6s. net.)—Mr. Benson's interesting statement of the Polish problem is worth reading. His account of the nefarious German and Austrian dealings with occupied...

SClioNBRUNN.* THERE is something almost tragic in the appearance of this extra- ordinary novel ; a posthumous work, with no Preface or explanation of the delay in its...

Sir John Marshall. (Calcutta : Superintendent of Government Printing. 27s.)—This new volume, delayed by the war, exemplifies in the variety of its contents the vastness of the...

7s. 6d. net.)—Mr. St. John Adcock's new book is an eloquent appreciation of the works of our soldier-poets fallen in the war, together with numerous extracts, biographical...

Jordan. By Sir W. Willcocks. (Cairo : French Institute and C.M.S. Bookshop. 5s. net.)—Sir William Willeocks has beguiled his leisure with this interesting little book, in which...

Wavell. (Con- stable. 2s. 6d. net.)—The late Major Wavell, who was killed in East Africa in 1916 while guarding the frontier against enemy raiders, was a very able young soldier...

Bartimeus " writes invariably well about the Service to which he belongs. His new book contains' short sketches of the war at sea, illustrating the work of all classes of ships,...

Andrew Boyle. (Allen and Unwin. 7s. 6d. net.)— Brazil's reasons for entering the war are clearly set forth in this volume of diplomatic papers, which deserves attention. She was...