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in the woods and low hills to the west of the Montagne de Reims Up to Wednesday, the French, here assisted by Italian troops, had fallen back no more than six miles in the...

sides of the new salient which the enemy established by his great drive of May 27th, the enemy has had some success, though he is very far from having achieved his objects. His...

Einem and a new army under General von lgudra, including twenty-five picked divisions, attacked the whole Champagne front, which is com- manded by General Gouraud. The French...

the Government whether there was any precedent for debarring an elector of this country who had committed no offence against the law from speaking in public, and whether they...

T HE new German offensive—the fifth in this year's campaign— opened on Monday to the east and west of Reims. The attack was delivered with vast forces on a front of over fifty...

the Marne on Wednesday resembled that of the Austrians in their last defeat on the western bank of the Piave. It was absolutely essential for the Austrians to widen their...

uneventful week. The Australians irr.de a successful local attack on Wednesday south of the Somme. In Palestine last Sunday the Turks, strongly reinforced by Germans, attacked...

political as well as military importance. It is obviously the answer of the German General Staff to those critics inside as well as outside the Govern- ment who share the doubts...

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...

extreme to those of Dr. Nair, and if the Government consistently took the view that all controversy about.India during the war was undesirable, we should heartily support them....

signed an agreement to effect an exchange of combatant and civilian prisoners, on the lines of the recent agreement between France and Germany. Lord Newton informed the Times...

unwarrantable legend to inflame themselves on their anniversary by heady talk about the " pious and immortal memory." There was not a trace of any such language in the speeches...

in Ulster, when Sir Edward Carson was the principal speaker. We could wish that those who are continually being invited, and who have perhaps been prevailed upon, to think of...

been placed on the retired list, with loss of rank and pay. His Under-Chief of Staff, General Porro, and General Capello, who commanded the unfortunate Second Army on the...

trated both in the Chancellor's reference to Belgium and in its trans- mission abroad. Monday's papers contained a statement made by him on Friday week, to the effect that...

P. Sinha's manifesto, and hoped that it would not be repeated. That would have been a fair and just course for them to take if Sir S. P. Sinha published his remarks on his own...

Thursday week that while Germany was willing " to hold out her hand towards an honourable peace," Mr. Wilson " wants war until we are destroyed," and Mr. Balfour's last speech "...

to be true, but we are afraid the proof of what we say is clear enough. For example, the Times of July 8th published a long statement by Sir S. P. Sinha in support of the...

the Allies have landed troops on the Murman coast of Russia, at the request of the inhabitants, and that reinforcements are being sent. It is reported from Moscow that this...

Roosevelt, Mr. Roosevelt's youngest son, who has been killed in an air-fight. The• addition of such a famous name to the list of those who have gladly offered up their lives is...

of Mr. W. M. Hughes, made to the Executive Committee of the Pilgrims on Friday week, that Australia "could not, dared not, assent to the islands formerly owned by Germany in the...

Sinn Feiners 'and Nationalists clamour for nothing but their right not to help in-the war. What a shameful right And what are we to say of the extraordinary absence of logic,...

week made a frank and courageous speech on the treatment of enemy aliens. It is refreshing in these days, when so many politicians— as well as the journalists to whom Mr. Lloyd...

of last week in honour of the Canadian editors now in this country, paid a tribute to Canada's share in the war, referring particularly to the gallantry with which the first...

all their strength and all their will. They send into- the Army as many recruits as they dare, remembering that they have to rely upon their own manhood to protect their homes...

were not natural- born British subjects would be required to obtain a Hanle Office licence if they wished to change their names. He reminded the House that enemy aliens were...

Cave moved the second reading of the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Bill, which widens the power of the Home Secretary in revoking certificates of naturalization. At...

surprise at the facts we stated last week about the continuation of slavery in German East Africa. We have not room to deal with the subject again now, but our correspondents...

their good sense by returning Mr. H. E. A. Cotton, the Coalition candidate, who polled 1,156 votes to the 576 votes which were given to Captain Spencer, the candidate of Mr....

April 5, 1917.

W E can best give an idea of the pamphlet to which we have referred in the preceding article by quotation, and we only regret that our quotations must necessarily be few, and...

THE REAL VOICE OF INDIA. T HE abuses of publicity are very great. During this war the British nation has been introduced to the great uses of publicity in waging war—publicity...

revolutionary fever in Russia is abating, and that the Russian people, having passed through the stage of delirium, are regaining their sanity. The collapse of the Bolshevik...

" They gave him of the corn-land, That was of public right, As much as two strong oxen Could • plough from morn till night." -E VERYBODY is talking, and quite rightly, of our...

W ELCOME in every respect as was the news of the splendid achievement of our Italian Allies in defeating the great Austrian attack last month, from the British point of view it...

T HAVE just received a letter from a friend whom I knew I well in the days when the world was young for us both, which shows alarming signs that she is growing old. Her husband...

[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 MONTAGTJ REPORT. [To...

Sia,—Your vehement denunciation of 'the Montagu-Chelmsford proposals for Indian reform impels me to ask apace for some reply. Clearly your attack is levelled not merely against...

SIB, — In 1909 Lord Morley, historian, Constitutional writer, Parlia- mentarian, administrator of Ireland during a period of trouble, undertook as. Secretary of State for India...

your interesting " specific suggestion " in your issue of July 13th that the experiment of representative govern- ment in India should be tried on a small scale in a selected...

[To THE Emma or TEE " Brzerwroa."] Ste, — The writer has taken an active part in Irish public affairs for over forty years, and has spent most of the time in intimate...

THE " SPECTATOR. " ] Sia,—You write in regard to the ne-v :cad regulations : "The careful householder will probably find little difficulty in keeping well within these...

[To THE EDITOR OF vs " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—Your correspondent " Australian " need hardly have asked the question " whether the Vatican is more political than religious, more...

[To THE Emote OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Sir Alfred Mond's attention has been drawn to an article in your issue of the 6th inst., entitled " Indefensible Waste," in which you...

IMPERMANENCE. THESE lovely things I saw in flower, White-veiled and tall the woodland cherry trees, For carpet at their feet anemones, All lovely for an hour. This gladsome...

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."3 SIR,—In answer to a request in your paper for some simple verses for a child's first prayers, I quote the following, which I used more than...

MR. ASQUITH ON THE VICTORIAN AGE.• THE terms of the Trust under which the Romances Lecture is delivered have to some extent simplified the task which Mr. Asquith undertook in...

name or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked " Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agree- nand with the views therein expressed or with the...

MAJOR Bunior, one of Canada's brilliant airmen, has written a wonderful book about his fighting in the air. A man who last year won the Victoria Cross, having destroyed...

and its probable future, must be received with the respect due to deep seated convictions, based on long acquaintance with the country, and ex- pressed with manly courage and...

THE HUMPHRIES TOUCH.t Ma. WATSON would probably be the last person to claim a serious purpose for his story, which is carried out in a mood of extravaganza • The New...

brief sketch of some of the more recent questions and answers of Psychical Research, and an attempt to correlate and explain its religious and scientific aspects. The author has...

calling attention to this memoir of a young Christian soldier when it was first published some months ago, we can do so now with all the more confide-ries because in the...

(Manchester University Press, and Longmans and Co. 15s. net.)— Professor Unwin has edited some valuable essays by students of the Manchester History School on various economic...

2s. net.)—A survey of the allotment movement, which will be of special interest to those who, in Mr. Butcher's happy phrase, ' " perceive in their plots of land the tangible...

not necessarily preclude subsequent review] In the Scottish Historical Review for July will be found a valuable paper by Professor Firth on " Macaulay's Treatment of Scottish...

Co. 68.)—A novel dealing with the psychological results of mixed English and French parentage. It is written with all Mr. Norris's well-known accomplishment.—The Mystery of the...

by Mr. J. W. Robertson-Scott, gives prominence to the new Japanese Foreign Minister's message to Mr. Balfour, assuring him of Japan's " un- swerving determination " to stand by...

ls. 6d. net.)—Captain Solano, who enlisted as a volunteer at the outset of war and has done good service in more ways than one, puts the case for the soldiers and sailors...

6d. net.)--Miss Black's scheme is for federated housekeeping. Householders are to form themselves into groups—she suggests fifty as a sound figtire—each with its " domestic...

Richards. Gs. net.)—This book purports to be the autobiography of Patrick Traherne, a schoolmaster who was out of sympathy with his chiefs, his colleagues, and his pupils, and...

sketches of Eastern life Mr. Pickthall recalls his first experiences of Syria more than twenty years ago. He says that his English friends tried vainly to discourage him from...