17 JUNE 1916

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We have been greatly tempted this week to deal at

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length with the Irish situation, but have felt ourselves still bound by Mr. Asquith's appeal for silence during Mr. Lloyd George's negotia- tions. We must, however, record here...

We have alluded elsewhere to the interesting sea fight which

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took place in the Baltic on the morning of Wednesday, June 14th. Fourteen German merchantmen, convoyed by an auxiliary cruiser and several torpedo-boats and armed trawlers, were...

On Wednesday the Prime Minister addressed his constituents at Ladybank.

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After a moving eulogium of Lord Kitchener and his services to the nation, Mr. Asquith spoke in glowing terms of the Russian advance and of the heroic efforts of the French Army...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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O N the Eastern Front the Russians are " daily self-surpassed." In the ten days since the advance began one hundred and twenty-one thousand officers and men have been captured....

" The Allied cause," the Prime Minister went on, "

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owes the British Navy an immeasurable debt " :— " The enemy had the temerity at first to claim what was really a rout as a victory. A couple more of such victories and there...

With such figures before us it is difficult to find

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words to express our satisfaction. The strategic objective of the Russian advance has of course not been disclosed, and cannot therefore be described with any degree of...

The news from the British front is wholly satisfactory. On

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Tues- day the Canadians retook the greater part of the ground lost in the Salient on June 2nd, and our front line has now returned to something very near its original position....

Our self-denying ordinance in regard to comment on the Irish

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question during negotiations does not extend to two matters with which we must now deal. In the first place, we desire to draw attention to the letter from the Roman Catholic...

We record without surprise, but with great satisfaction, the news

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that the Italians are holding their own in the Trentino. It is now the turn of the Italians to show us the essential fact about trench fighting—namely, that if the flanks hold...

In the latter part of his speech Mr. Asquith dealt

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with Ireland, and adjured the nation not to add another to the tragic series of missed or misused opportunities in the history of our relations with her. What was dosirea now...

*,,,* The Editor cannot undertake to return Manuscript in any

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case.

TO OUR READERS.—One of the chief ways in which our

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readers can help us to meet the Paper Famine is by informing the Newsagents, Booksellers, or Railway Bookstalls from which they are accustomed to purchase their paper that they...

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The Milan correspondent of the Times in a long telegram

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to Wednesday's paper gave a most encouraging account of the Italian position on the Trentino front before the success which we have recorded above. During the past three weeks,...

Though, as our readers know, we did not think the

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announcement of our naval victory in the North Sea a very happy performance, we are bound to say that we are getting a little tired of the continual veiled abuse of Mr. Balfour...

The second point with which we may deal without imperilling

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in any way the course of the negotiations is the extraordinary delay shown by the Government in setting forth the true facts of the Sinn Fein rebellion. That they have imposed...

The newspapers during the week have been full of speculations

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as to who is to go to the War Office, and naturally enough Mr. Lloyd George, as one of the most, if not indeed the most, prominent figure in our politics after the Prime...

It seems probable that the new Prime Minister will be

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Signor Boselli, who is consulting with various leaders. The Times corre- spondent says that he would unite more parties in the Chamber than any other man. He is seventy-eight...

We are not in the Prime Minister's or Mr. Lloyd

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George's con- fidence, but we can imagine both gentlemen being very much amused by this glaring example of what Disraeli used, somewhat pompously, to call " coffee-house...

The Italian Government have resigned, but out of the crisis

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a new Government will certainly arise enthusiastically resolved to carry on the war vigorously to a happy ending. Last Saturday the Govern- ment demanded a vote of confidence...

A very interesting item of news is published in Thursday's

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papers. It appears that during the past week there have been street demonstrations in many places in Holland owing to the dearness of food. On Wednesday a deputation of women...

Why do not the Government tell the true story, and

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let the world know how, after every excess had been allowed them, the National- ist insurgents fell suddenly upon British soldiers and unarmed loyal civilians without warning...

The policy of the Greek Government in surrendering certain territory

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to the Bulgarians caused the Allies to take measures against Greece in order to retain a hold upon her conduct. Allied cruisers stopped several Greek trading vessels from...

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The naval constraint soon had some effect upon the Greek

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Government. Last Sunday M. Skouloudis announced that there would bo a partial demobilization of the Army. Twelve classes would be disbanded, and the remainder would be given "...

Memorial services to Lord Kitchener were held in several places

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on Tuesday, but the chief one was that at St. Paul's. The King and Queen, Queen Alexandra, and distinguished repre- sentatives of the Services, of Diplomacy, of the Government,...

A judicial murder of peculiar infamy is apparently about to

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be committed in Austria, if it has not already taken place. Dr. Kramarzh, the Czech leader in the Reichsrat, has been condemned (together with three other well-known Czechs) to...

Berlin is still whining the North Sea battle by means

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of telegrams. An extraordinary official statement was issued at the end of last week, in which it was asserted that numerous German destroyers sent out on the night of May 31st...

The Daily Chronicle on Tuesday announced that the Government had

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decided to purchase, through the Board of Control, the whole of the breweries and public-houses—the latter some three hundred in number—in the city of Carlisle and its immediate...

A very pleasing incident of the past week has been

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the exchange of brotherly greetings between the Army and the Navy. Sir Douglas Haig telegraphed to Sir John Jellicoe :— " The Army in France send through me the assurance of...

The treatment of Ireland by England offers a convenient enough

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standard by which to judge the Austrian outrage. The Slim Feiners were allowed to preach and practise sedition, hile the Government did everything to make their path smooth for...

" The universal feeling is that the Government have lost

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their greatest figure, and that his successor must at least be something more than a conspicuous anti climax."—From " Our Parliamentary Correspondent," Times, June 13th. In...

General Joffre, M. Briand, and several French Ministers have visited

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London during the past week. An Allied War Council was held on Friday week. On the same day the visitors were received by the King at Buckingham Palace. The French Prime...

The Admiralty has announced that twelve survivors from the '

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Hampshire,' in which Lord Kitchener lost his life off the Orkneys, were washed ashore on a raft. Seventy-five bodies were recovered, but Lord Kitchener's was not among them. The...

We record with very great interest and strong approval Lord

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Cromer's generous gift of £1,000 to the British Academy " to be held in trast and to be invested in any way that the Council may think fit, with a view to the interest on the...

Bank Rate, 5 per cent., changed from 6 p.c. Aug.

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8th, 1914.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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HOW WE STAND. f iRE moment is one well suited for asking how the Allies stand, for there can be little doubt that we are a pproaching, if we have not actually reached, the...

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THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.

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T HE American people in choosing their next President will be taking one of the most important decisions in their history. They will have to decide by what means they intend to...

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VERDUN. T HE public make many mistakes in regard to strategy

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and tactics and the art of war generally, but none greater than the mistake of giving undue importance to particular places. They will regard war as a kind of game in which...

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T HE PARIS ECONOMIC CONFERENCE. T HE Economic Conference of the Allied

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Powers has at last met, and is at this moment at work. On the whole, little, if anything, has been lost by the frequent postponements which have occurred, although on personal...

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THE SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL STUDIES. T HE issue of the Charter

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constituting the School of Oriental Studies marks a distinct onward step in the improvement of the educational system of this country, and also removes a stain from the...

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THE UNCHANGING TAR.

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W E wrote last week of the unchanging sea fight. This week we must deal with the unchanging sea fighter—the man behind the gun and in front of the furnace. Just as the character...

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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AMERICA AND THE WAR. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—Do you care to print still another word of sympathy from America ? The accompanying .verses are offered simply...

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AMERICA AND THE IRISH REBELLION.

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[TO THE EDITOR 07 THY SPECTATOR. " ] Sre,—I have been told that it is no use to write anything to the London papers that savoured of being pro-German, as it would not be...

[TO THE EDITOR 07 TRY " SPIE:TATOR."1

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SIR,—I feel impelled to offer something more than silent appreciation of your editorial comment in the Spectator of May 6th on the punish- ment of the Dublin rebel leaders....

THE POSITION OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST IN IRELAND IN

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REGARD TO REBELLION. [TO THE EDITOR 07 Till " SPECTATOR."] SM,—I am often asked by English and Scotch friends in correspondence to tell them what is the position of the Roman...

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BIRSAY BAY.

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(To Till EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. ") SIR,—Many people are asking where is Birsay Bay, in which, it is said, the Hampshire' sank. It is on the west coast of the mainland of...

THE NORTH SEA BATTLE.

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ere TER EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR:1 your " News of the Week " (Spectator, June 10th) you offer the opinion that the object of the German Fleet was either to " disperse as...

A GREAT NATIONAL ECONOMY.

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[TO THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTAT03:1 was very pleased to read in a recent Spectator (p. 648) : " The State should see to it that we have in existence plant by which, if the...

WILL THERE BE A FAMINE IN GERMANY ?

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ITO THE EDITOR OP TAR SPECTATOR:1 Sirs—I am addressing to you a letter which ought really to be addressed to the Government and people of Germany, and I do so in the fervent...

PRESIDENT WILSON AND THE LESSONS OF HISTORY.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 STR.—In your leading article under the above title on Juno 3rd, in con- demning " the President's policy of intervention or of...

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TITUS, TITA, AND BARABBAS.

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[TO TEE EDITOR Or TER "SPECTATOR.") Sin,—May I cap your correspondent's tale of the Devonshire guider with a more recent example of a bird's virtues ? In a nesting-box in our...

SOLDIERS AND THEIR RELIGION.

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ITO TEl EDITOR ON TR& " SPECTATOR1 SIE,—I trust that you can spare space for the observations of a country vicar who has been serving as an Army chaplain and desires to lay his...

THE CELT AND THE HUN. [To THE EDITOR OS TER

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"Srsoriroa.1 SIB, I think your readers will like to see the enclosed extract from " Not only was their national unity recognized but feebly as a con- necting bond, but the...

1.11EOLOGICAL COLLEGES AND THE WAR.

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[TO TEl EDITOR Of TEl " SPECTATOR:1 Stn,—May I be permitted to raise the very important question what is going to be the future of our Theological Colleges in England after the...

OFFICERS' SERVANTS.

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[To TER EDITOR OF THE " BPROTATOR.”1 SIR,—I have read in your issue of Juno 3rd a Battery Commander's remarks re " officers' servants," and I fully endorse all ho says. As Mt....

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A TUNISIAN GANDER.

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ITO THE EDITOR OP THE s sescraseese Syr.,—With reference to the letter signed " G." in your issue of the 10th inst., when living some years ago in Tunis I possessed a gander...

THE POSTE DE SECOURS ANGLAIS PERVYSE. ere TRH EDITOR OF

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THE "STECTATOR.") Sin,—A great many people have heard about the work done in the Belgian trenches by the " Women of Pervyse," the Baroness de T'Ser- claes and Miss Mairi...

THE " SPECTATOR " AND BASE HOSPITALS ABROAD. ere THE

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EDITOE OF TEE " SPECTAT3R.1 Fin,--your correspondent " Sixty-four " has made me feel that I too ought to acknowledge my life-long debt to the Spectator by helping to send it to...

CHILDREN'S COUNTRY HOLIDAYS FUND. (To THE EDITOR or TUE "

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SPECTATOR:1 Sirs—As Honorary Treasurer of the Children's Country Holidays Fund, I venture to ask the hospitality of your columns in order to make an appeal for assistance....

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.")

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Sin,--Please use the f.'01. enclosed for further copies of the Spectator to be sent to men at the front.--I am, Sir, &c., H. P. V. wiNchedier.

"UNCLE JOHN'S " LETTERS.

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I To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] Six,--lour readers will be devoutly glad of the inspiration which has caused the letters of " Uncle John " to be published in the...

. NOTICE.—Then " Correspondence" or Articles are signed with the

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writer ' s name or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked " Communi, caned, " the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed...

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BOOKS.

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ENGLISH PROSE.* I wave a lively recollection of an interesting conversation which I once had with Nubar Pasha, erstwhile Primo Minister in Egypt, on the relative =rite of the...

POETRY.

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_ FOR TRINITY SUNDAY. Tim heavens, the earth, the dew, the flower, And bird, and beast, and man, Proclaim the FATHER'S endless power, And still unfolding plan. And through...

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OVER THE BRAZIER.*

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Mn. ROBERT GRAVES'S verses have a quality which renders them memorable. Though in many ways they conform to the new fashions of literary attack, soon to grow old and...

ENGLAND'S EFFORT.*

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Mits. HIIMTHRY WARD has a large number of readers in the United States, and she could not have. helped better towards an understanding in America—and, indeed, in other neutral...

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THE ROUND TABLE.

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THE June number of the Round Table opens with an article on " The Principle of Peace." It is partly historical and retrospective, where it deals with the divergence of the...

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BISHOP HENRY POTTER.*

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Thu Canons of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States require of a Bishop that he shall keep an Official Journal recording his visitations, his sermons and...

A CHILD IN RUSSIA.•

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ENGLISH readers may well be grateful to Mr. J. D. Duff for his trans. lotion of a very unusual book. Recollections of childhood viewed from the standpoint of later life are...

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SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.

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teaties in this column does not nee-snail," preclude subsequent rsetessJ An Introduction to the Study of International Relations. (Macmillan and Co. 2s. 6d.)—This is a small...

FICTION.

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ROYAL HIGHNESS.* IT is hard to preserve complete detachment during the war in dealing with a German novel, but the difficulty is greatly reduced as regards Royal Highness both...

Cerebro-Spinal Fever. By Michael Foster and J. J. F. Gaskell.

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(Cam- bridge University Press. 12s. 6d.)—We must leave criticism of this book to the specialist. Tho disease is elusive, spread by those who do not suffer from it rather than by...

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A French Mother in War Time. By Mme. Edouard Drumont.

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(Edward Arnold. Ss. 6d. not.)—Mme. Drumont'i Journal describing the experiences of herself and her husband (the well-known editor of Libre Parole)during the first year of the...