A DASTARDLY attempt on the life of M. Clemenceau has shocked the Allied world. The " Grand Young Man of Franco" was driving on Wednesday morning from his home in the Rue...

mine a scale that is " fair and reasonable," and this scale must not be exceeded by any State in the League without the Council's permission. But the League undertakes to defend...

as a corner-stone of the Alliance, has been as deeply moved as it was when Lord Kitchener was lost. The wonderful old man incarnates for us the spirit of French patriotism, in...

draft Covenant of the League of Nations, drawn up by a Committee representing the five great and nine small Allied Powers. The preamble defines its purpose as " to promote...

In reading it, he broke off to state that the Mandatory clause had been discussed very carefully by the five Great Powers and embodied their unanimous conclu- sion, no that it...

which the ex-German colonies and parts of the Turkish Empire will be governed. The former Turkish provinces will be provisionally recognized as independent nations, "subject to...

or letters submitted to him, but when stamped and addressed envelopes are sent he will do his best to return contributions 1/1 case of rejection.

TO OUR READERS.-11 is still necessary for readers fo place a definite order for the "Spectator" with their Newsagent or at one of the Railway Bookstalls. Should any reader...

the draft scheme for the League. Mr. Taft said that it surpassed his hopes, and that it ought to be accepted by the Senate. On the other hand, some Senators asserted that the...

by his landlord to buy his house at a war price or leave it, was raised in the House of Commons on Monday. In the present scarcity of houses, some landlords seem to be acting in...

snaking the new condition that the Germane must cease their military operations against the Poles and respect a temporary frontier which leaves the greater part of Posen to the...

the absence of " definite proposals " for dealing with the causes of industrial unrest, brought a sensible speech from Mr. J. H. Thomas. He admitted that no Trade Union was eo...

Industrial Conference will be held next Thursday to consider the labour unrest. All the Industrial Councils and other bodies representing employers and workmen in the various...

critical of the Bill to relieve new Ministers of the necessity of seeking re-election under the Statute of 9 Anne. It is ad- mittedly undesirable that a Prime Minister should be...

defeat by claiming the pictures which were forcibly removed from Venetia by its Austrian rulers eighty years ago, and which have since formed some of the chief treasures of the...

by 311 votes to 59, pointed out that the Government had done a great deal to increase wages and reduce the hours of labour, and that it bad checked " profiteering " with more...

before the House of Commons on Tuesday and Wednesday. It may be noted, as a curious instance of the strength of Parliamentary tradition, that the Labour leader, who avowedly...

of an increase in wages and an inquiry into the whole question of coal production, thought fit to publish on Friday week a long statement of its case. It admitted that its...

The Ministry is to absorb the Local Government Board and the National Insurance Commission, and is to take over certain powers exercised by the Board of Education, the Privy...

Graves Commission, published in Monday's papers a kindly article explaining the official proposals. He made it clear that the Commission have not come to an irrevocable...

of the unpleasant rumours about Sir Berkeley Milne, who has just retired. It was said that Admiral Milne had been denied the command at the Nore, to which he was appointed...

at the age of seventy-seven. He was Prime Minister of the Dominion for fifteen years, from 1898 to 1911, and we shall always remember with gratitude that it was be who sent the...

said that it was sure to Le abused if it were not carefully regulated. What we expected has come to pass. Sir John Butcher in Monday's Times stated that in the South and West of...

mean to boycott Germany and the friends of Germany in retaliation for the murder of many of their comrades by U '- boat commanders. A new instance of their power and their...

of the House of Representatives' Foreign Relations Committee on December 13th last. An Illinois member with the suggestive name of Gallagher had proposed that the American...

men of the Durham Castle' and of the people of Cape Town who cheered them as the ship sailed. It is a reminder to any would- be seceders that the British spirit has to be...

5,1917.

THE MINERS' MONOPOLY. T HE Government have done well in meeting the demands of the miners by summoning the men with the best brains in the ranks both of Labour and of Capital...

LETL ET there be no mistake. If it comes to a struggle the miners and the nation, the nation will win, in spite of its apparent helplessness. There are plenty of ways, many of...

T " presentation of a draft Constitution for the League of Nations is a momentous event. What- ever critics may say in its dispraise, and we confess that there are only too many...

W E publish elsewhere a review of Lord Jellicoe's most interesting book. After reading that book we do not wonder that Lord Jellicoe has won the affection and esteem of the...

I T is a hundred years to-day since James Russell Lowell was born at Cambridge, Massachusetts. We are glad to know that the American Academy at New York is doing honour to his...

T HAT we Englishmen have a great deal to learn upon the subject of education we are all ready to admit. We are not, however, very ready as a rule to learn it from foreigners....

BRIGHTER CRICKET. [To me Eorroa or THE " BrEcuarolt."] Soh —Every ordinary person knows—and what the Intellectuals think about it doesn't matter as few of them are-sportsmen-...

[Letters of the length of one of our leading paragraphs ore often more read, and therefore more effective, than those which Jill treble the space.] -- 'THE COAL QUESTION. [To...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."3 SLR,—I find myself in full agreement with what you say as to the need of educating Labour to the truth that increase of output is the only...

(To me EDITOR or run " BpaCnTOR."3 expected to find in your issue of the 15th inst. a complete retractation of, and apology for, the article in your previous issue an " The...

my testimony to that of many bereaved mothers who are so troubled at the proposal of the Graves Commission to permit only a memorial in the shape of a "milestone"? Surely a...

[To ear EDITOR or v." Sererwros."1 you allow me to enter a strong protest against thy latest attempt to create illwill between Christians and Moham- medans? Newspapers of...

To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") have read wills amused interest the simulated wrath with which the Spectator has been attacked by certain " authorities " upon the Indian...

to the hundreds of letters you meat be receiving, but it is a real relief to one's painful anxiety about our war graves to add another mother's protest, and also to thank you...

[To THE EDITOR or rag " Sriersrox."1 Sta,—Toci narrow and fast rules may not be made as regards the memorials to our dear fallen soldiers in France and Flanders. The gates of...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") Sta,—There is much in the German attitude, as illustrated by Count Itantaates speed% of February 10th, that is plausible enough if we agree...

mother, one of whose eons lies in France, I crave space to make two euggeshoin—quite short and easily carried out. One, that if the present plan of uniform stones with oral top...

your restrained and most sympathetic article about the graves of our war heroes abroad in your issue of February 1st, and also the two excellent letters you printed, with a...

(To TEA EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR. " ] Sin,—May I be allowed to correct the statement I made in your issue of February 8th that a tenth on land imposed by Edward I. came as the...

(To THE EDITOR 01 THE " SPECTATOR. " ] SLR,—Nothing is more important for the real authority of the Church of Christ and her influence upon civilization than the oneness of her...

THE GRAND FLEET, 1914-16.* LORD JELLrCOVS candid and circumstantial history of the Grand Fleet during the first two years of the war is of the highest interest. His narrative,...

THE VOLUNTEER. I womn teat God's purposes I will go up and see What fate He'll give, what destiny His Had holds for me. For God is very secret, Slow smiles. but does not say...

or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are 'narked " Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to As in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode ....

WE have received the following communication from the Ministry of Pensions:- " In the review of War Pensions Past and Present (by Judge Parry and Lieutenant-General Sir A. E....

Ix Mount Vernon Street, in the third house below Mount Vernon Place, Boston, a child was born on February 16th, 1838. That child was Henry Adams. When the Fairies came to visit...

Mr. George Wyndham to write " a big book about romantic literature." He sketched the design in a letter to his mother ; there were to be twelve chapters, of which rather more...

Guise were the moat brilliant and striking figures in the French history of the sixteenth century ; and it may be added that there were many worse men in that history than...

ALL Mr. Compston's enthusiastic research has not been able to add much to our knowledge of the life of Thomas Coram, the old merchant shipper to whom the Foundling Hospital owes...

THE PEDLAR'S PACK.t THE pedlar whose wares Mrs. Mann unpacks is a gloomy fellow, anything but an Autolyous. There were always streaks of seriousness and realism in her earlier...

(Hodder and Stoughton. 65.)—Mr. J. E. Buokrose has abandoned his usual vein of delicate comedy for something nearly allied to farce, and the book is therefore not so dis-...

B. Scott. (H. Milford. 21e. net.)—This volume, published for the Carnegie Endowment, ccertains the State papers relating to the armed neutralities of 1780 and 1800, together...

MASEFTELD'S latest volume is made up of a narrative poem and two one-act plays, all of which exhibit the qualities of swiftness of movement, picturesqueness of expression, and...

[Notice in NU column does not necessarily preclude subsequent radar.] The Royal Regiment of Artillery at Le Coteau. By Major A. F. Becke. (Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution....

X., "Picts—Sacraments." (T. and T. Clark. 32s. net.)—We must record the appearance of a new volume of this valuable encyclopaedia and commend its careful ieholar- ship. The...

Atlas of the War. (Constable. 5s. net and 3s. 6d. net.)—The war has been so vain and many-sided that few people can remember the sequence of events. This admirable summary, in...

: Superintendent of Government Printing. 5s. 6d.)— This interesting Report deserves to be noted. Education is a plant of slow growth among the masses in India, barely six per...

Portraits) (Sheffield: Sir W. C. Lang; Is. each part) of those British women who have won the Military Medal for " bravery and devotion under fire," and is issuing it in parts,...

( 11 . Milford. 15s. net.)—The American historian who is known to specialists by his work on our early corn trade has written another valuable book, based on fresh researches in...

Laws of War Committed by the Anstro.Bulgaro.Germans. By R. A. Reiss. (Allen and trnwin. 3s. 6d. net.)—As a few pro-Bulgars are now resuming their campaign, this temperate...

Battalion, 2':F., 1914-18 (2a.), which is published for the Bucks Territorial Force Association, and may be had from Captain Stewart-Liberty at The Lee, Great Missenden. The...

7s. 6d. net.)—This old-established handbook for artists, col- lectors, and dealers seems to have a new interest now that peace is approaching and the museums and art galleries...

: Bemporad. 1 lira 50 c.)—This little book deserves to find English readers. It reminds us that Italy's diplomatic support at the outset of the war was of great value to the...

net.)—Mr. Fisher's very able address before the Edinburgh Philosophical Society deserved reprinting. He surveys the field of prophecy from Polybius to Bloch, and shows that the...

6s. net.)—This readable little book is mainly con- cerned with the blocking operations at Zeebrugge and Ostend, but describes also the work of our naval gunners in the Belgian...

net.)—Mr. Boyd, the son of " A. K. H. B." of St. Andrews, has written an amusing autobiography, which begins among ministers and Bishops, but is mostly concerned with Fleet...