out of their entrenched positions on the heights to the north of the Aisne, and even if they can issue forth from those positions and inflict losses upon our troops, the...

women and children, were shot, and the town was then pillaged and fired. Another town, Creil, was threatened with military execution in the most barbarous terms, while at Reims...

sketched will not happen. Of the practical alternatives the first is that the Germans, owing to pressure upon their right flank, and possibly also from the Belgians on the...

and published in Friday's papers is a very interesting piece of official journalism, though, after the manner of things official, somewhat belated. Though published on the 18th,...

T HE situation (as we write on Friday) is very different from that which we chronicled last week. It is true we then had high hopes of better things, but we did not dare to...

but no news has yet come as to the result. All we can say is that Lord Kitchener, who, of course, knew everything that was to be known, in his speech in the House of Lords on...

our first leading article, the Germans suffered, as they always do in action, very heavily, and also lost a good many prisoners and guns and a quantity of war material,...

once more that she will make a capital error if she does not take action at once and join the Entente, and join it not in a half-hearted but in a whole-hearted way. To put the...

case.

on Lord Kitchener's hint. It includes, of course, all persons who served as officers in various temporary corps in the South African War. As to the shortage of material, we have...

some slight amends for using. the nation's peril to exact his full pound of flesh from Ulster by issuing a manifesto intended to encourage recruiting in Ireland. If be means...

and Ourselves" which will give a double pleasure to thousands of readers. Its wise and vigorous terms are most useful and most timely in themselves, and they show how completely...

of the French troops, a general assurance that the tide bad turned, and a striking acknowledgment of the vast import- ance of the Russian victories, he proceeded to deal with...

been a very considerable slackening in recruiting. That is greatly to be deplored. We sincerely trust that all who can influence public opinion and the flow of recruits—and the...

of South African Mounted Rifles, which surprised and over- whelmed a force of Germans who had invaded the Union and established themselves at the principal drift on the lower...

Australian Squadron under Rear-Admiral Patey had occupied Herbertshile, in the island of Neu Pommern (formerly New Britain) in the Bismarck Archipelago, east of New Guinea. The...

would never take up that line, and would, whatever happens, appreciate at their proper value Italy's difficulties. But though the British people have always been, and we hope...

be of good omen) Lord Kitchener's appeal to the housewives of Britain to spare at least one pair of blankets from every well-supplied home for the soldiers of the new Army. The...

on the administration of the Prince of Wales's Fund. Mr. Balfour contradicts two errors which are curiously prevalent. The first is that no money is to be expended on the relief...

the Belgian Commission which is inquiring into German conduct in Belgium. The Report deals with Louvain and the district of Malines. As the Commission points out, there could...

to point out, that Mr. Asquith in his Guildhall speech did not mention the neutrality of the Scandinavian countries, and drew from the omission the extraordinary con- clusion...

of things capable of dealing with it is the Government Committee for the Prevention and Relief of Distress. This Committee has at its disposal all the sources of information of...

to a defence of German policy sent by the German Chancellor to the Danish Press Bureau. Hen• von Bethmann Hollweg asked whether any one believed that England would have...

Turkey. The Porte has informed the Powers of its decision to abolish the judicial and financial Capitulations. It is obvious that there can be no complacent acceptance of this...

of naval news. On a day unrecorded, in the North Sea, six miles south of Heligoland, Submarine E9 ' torpedoed and sank the German cruiser ' Bela.' This is the first autbentio...

the fighting in France from September 4th to 10th, both days inclusive. It ends with a eulogy of the Royal Flying Corps. "It is impossible either to award too much praise to our...

Paul Vinogradoff, Corpus Professor of Jurisprudence at Oxford. Professor Vinogradoff is a strong Russian Liberal who finds much to deplore in the political backwardness of his...

Aug. 8th.

A REVIEW OF THE WAR. O N September 5th we wrote : " We and the French have got the wolf by one ear and the Russians have got him by the other, and though he may use his teeth...

O N August 8th we published an article entitled "The Origin of the War," in which we argued that Germany had deliberately brought on the war because she wished for it, but we...

Tuesday's Times for a judicial investigation into the alleged atrocities committed by the Germans in Belgium and France deserves the close attention of all right- thinking men...

" 0, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant." I T is with deep regret that we have to chronicle the fact that the Government...

The broad contrast between the position of Britain and Germany lies, as everybody is able to see, in the fact that we command the seas and Germany does not. From this primary...

A LL men's minds are now turning to the question how we can, in the quickest time, convert our new recruits into soldiers. It will, therefore, be of no small interest, and we...

W HAT a nefarious little person is the captious critic! His watchword is caution, and he goes about damping down the fires of enthusiasm, only happy when be can hear some...

I N reviewing lately a book called Bismarck's Pen—the Life and letters of Heinrich Abeken, the Foreign Office official who acted as Bismarck's secretary—we asked the question...

W E have no war correspondents present with the forces, to our great loss; and we are now in the quaintly topsy-turvy position of reading accounts of battles and of fighting in...

FRENZIED FINANCE. [TO THE EDITOR Or TEE " SPECTATOR :1 Sin,—Mr. Moreton Frewen's suggestions in your last issue in regard to the State endowment of speculation add a new terror...

ITo vas EDITOR or TH1 - srxcTrroa.") SIR, — On September 5th you quoted a letter of Scott's which expressed in simple words his readiness to devote everything • Droit...

130 THIC EDITOR OW THE " SPACTATOR."1 Sin, — The possibility that there might be grave breaches of international law during the next great war in Europe was anticipated by one...

[TO THA EDITOR OF TEM " SPICTATOR."1 Sin,—The warm response to my appeal for field glasses emboldens me, in this time of emergency, to suggest another way in which sportsmen...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPNCTATOR."] Srn, — I am forwarding separately copy of the local paper, by which you will see that No. 1 Company in Canada is alive and active. The body...

[To THE EDITOR or THE "STECTITOR.") SIR,—I have not seen the following lines from Milton quoted. They are remarkably apposite and bracing after the medita- tions of Cramb,...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "EracTr.roa."] SIR,—I notice in your last issue, in an article on "Maritime Capture," a statement that "on Friday, the 4th inst., the first British Prize...

" SPECTATOR:1 S/R,—The Board of Trade Returns for the month of August show, as compared with the same month last year, a shrinkage, roughly speaking, of over one-third. It is an...

SIR,— You may care to print the following extract from Caesar, as bearing on the policy of Germany in Belgium to-day " Civitatibus (sc. Germania) maxima Isms est quam...

[To THE EDITO1 OF THE "SPECTATOR] SIR, — Now that his Majesty the King-Emperor has given expression to our national pride and satisfaction in having the cheerful and loyal help...

"SrEcTeroR."J Sin,—The Spectator in its latest issue inquired, in the interest of the British public, what had been our relations with Wolff's Telegraphic Bureau, and as this...

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE " BrEcTATOR."1 Sin,—Will you permit me to make a few comments on Lady Chance's letter in your columns of September 12th P She urges all women desirous of...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Will you allow me to ask Old Cliftonians, who have joined the Army with commissions or in the ranks, or their friends, to be good...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR. "] Sin, — I venture to inform you that I have several hundred pounds' worth of Alpine plants for rock gardens. I could send splendid...

LOUVAIN. (To Dam. Bruno Destree, 0.8.B.) IT was the very heart of Peace that thrilled In the deep minster bell's far-throbbing sound, When over old roofs evening seemed to...

[To THE EDITOB. OP THE "SPECTATOR. " ] Sin,—The villagers who are in the habit of consulting the doctor on all the important events of their lives, from the tilling of their...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. " ] Sin,—To those who are anxious to do something to help in this crisis, even in a small way, and with a desire only of inducing others to do...

or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked " Communicated," the Eiitor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode of...

THE ROYAL NAVY IN HISTORY.* Ma. JOHN LEYLAND's short study of naval influence in the growth of the British Empire demonstrates how early the significance of sea-power was...

Ma. FRANgots CELLIER., who for some thirty-five years was connected as musical director with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, had only reached the year 1884 in his genial...

be read anywhere, it can be read in its universities and schools ; he that would know America should learn to know the American student first. If he is not available in his own...

IN this modest little volume Mr. Jaques makes a real addition to Dickens literature. He has had the curiosity to search out the records of the proceedings which, as is well...

Im has been said that if a man wants to be admired by the peasants of Servia he must prove himself a good fighter, a good drinker, or, above all, a good singer. The Southern...

PERCH OF THE DEVIL.t IT is not necessary at this time of day to insist on the clever. ness of Mrs. Atherton. But before coming to close quarters with her new story we may note...

6s.)—If we are to judge Mr. Capes's work fairly, we must admit that he has many points in hie favour. His style is ingenious and vivid, and be is able to create whatever...

THE " Special War Number" of the Bound Table provides the best survey of the remote and immediate causes of the war that we have seen. The magazine begins with a general article...

note How Armies Fight, by " Ubique" (T. Nelson and Sons, is. net), an imaginary account of a British campaign against Germany in Belgium, which was written in 1903, and which...

Bishop of London's inspiriting sermon on the war, Drinking the Cup (1d.), preached in St. Paul's on August 9th, and some topical leaflets published by them for the Mothers'...

Byron. (Hodder and Stoughton. 2s. 6d. net.)—So many cookery books have been written that it might seem a hopeless attempt to produce one on original lines. But Mrs. Byron has...

well with a timely volume of Patriotic Poems, and also includes collections of Love Poems, Religious Poems, Sonnets, and Poems on Sport (H. Milford, 7d. net each). Judiciously...

and a Nursing Manual, by Colonel James Cantlie, of the R.A.M.C. (Cassell and Co., ls. net each), which are well designed for those learning to assist the wounded.

admirable history of Princeton University will find a far larger audience in the United States than in this country. But we can strongly recommend it to those English readers...

" represents the free offering of English poets to the cause of National Relief," the profits being assigned to the Prince of Wales's Fund. It contains some exhilarating verses...

Society, 48. 6d. net) is a collection of stories edited by Mr. A. R. Buckland and written by various bands. Most of them are obviously fiction, and not very good fiction; the...

Mr. Sholto 0. G. Douglas undertakes to prove that "civilisation only exists as the resultant of faith "—or, as he prefers to put it, that " civilisation always has been...

[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] We wish to call our readers' attention to an admirable presentation of Great Britain's case in the...