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The British public should take this example, go below and
The Spectatorput on their boots, and give the Government all the moral backing they possibly can. They may be reminded that the soldier whom the Government have sent to the Near Eastern...
While we are dealing with this aspect of the situation,
The Spectatorwe desire to make quite clear our own position as regards the war in Gallipoli and the Salonika expedition. It would be futile in a high degree for any newspaper to attempt to...
It is to be feared, however, that the Germans will
The Spectatorkeep to their essential object of controlling the railway communications through Bulgaria to Turkey, and when that is accomplished make no further advance into Serbia. What...
We are far from saying that the situation, from the
The Spectatorpoint of view of the Allies, is anything but most grave. At the same time, it would be foolish to shut our eyes to the fact that the Germans are engaged in a terrific gamble. In...
Whatever plan is adopted, there must obviously be great risks.
The SpectatorThis the public must recognize, but must recognize it not for the purpose of filling the air with foolish lamentations or scolding the Government for not having done better....
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorA S we write on Thursday it is difficult to give any very clear or coherent account of the military situation in Serbia. It would seem, however, that the Serbians are still...
The danger for the Serbians is, of course, that they
The Spectatormay be tempted to hold on too long on their main front instead of following what we may call the Russian policy of falling back till they reach positions in the mountains, in...
To such an ultimatum the German General Staff had perforce
The Spectatorto yield, just as they yielded when the Hungarians made a similar demand, and instead of forcing the pace in the West, which is always the essential German objective, invaded...
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A Reuter telegram from Paris published on Thursday afternoon shows
The Spectatorthat our allies have been even more successful in repelling German attacks. On Tuesday the enemy made a most determined assault on the French positions east of Reims in great...
We regret to state that Mr. Asquith has been indisposed
The Spectatorduring the week as the result of gastric catarrh. His indis- position, however, is in no way serious, and it is fully expected that he will be well enough on Tuesday next to...
The position on the Western front has not greatly changed
The Spectatorsince we last wrote, but what change there is has been dis- tinctly for the better. One important event of the week took place in our portion of the line. On Tuesday the enemy...
A description of some of the damage done by the
The Spectatorraid was published by the Home Office in the papers of Monday. It is pointed out that the Zeppelins flew extremely high in order to avoid the anti-aircraft guns, and as a result...
In the Eastern theatre of the war great events still
The Spectatorhang in the balance. The Germans during the week have advanced rapidly in the direction of Riga, and are now fighting in the environs of Olai, which is only some fourteen miles...
We have dealt elsewhere with the case of Miss Cavell,
The Spectatorbut we must say here that the cold-blooded brutality shown has never been surpassed even in the actions of Germany. There was no accusation of spying, and no one can pretend...
On Friday week the full figures were published of the
The Spectatorcasualties from the Zeppelin raid of the previous Wednesday. In the London area thirty-two civilians were killed and ninety-five injured. Outside the London area the civilians...
In the House of Commons on Wednesday Sir Edward Carson
The Spectatormade a statement as to the reasons which impelled him to resign office. After declaring that there never has been, either in the Cabinet or in the House or in the country, any...
In the Lords on Wednesday, in answer to a question
The Spectatorby Lord Desert in regard to the execution of Miss Edith Cavell, Lord Lansdowne said, and wo endorse his words to the full, that the incident has moved public opinion in this...
The speech was in every way worthy of Sir Edward
The SpectatorCarson's high character and sincerity. Since he came to the conclusion that a wrong turn was being taken, no one can deny him the right of resignation. Having resolved to...
Sir Edward Carson then came to what we may call
The Spectatorth operative part of his speech. In effect, he told the House that in his opinion what was wanted in regard to the situation in Gallipoli and the Balkans was a clearly defined...
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There has been a varied discussion both in and out
The Spectatorof Parliament as to whether we do or do not bold Hill 70, near Loos, as the result of the recent British advance. In the Commons Mr. Tennant explained that Sir John French's...
In both Houses of Parliament on Thursday week statements were
The Spectatormade on the new Balkan situation. Mr. Asquith refused to give any opportunity for a debate on the subject on the ground that discussion would be opposed to the public interest....
British submarines have been extremely active in the Baltic, and
The Spectatorin some places seem to have produced paralysis among shipping, At least one German destroyer has been sunk, but most of the German losses are among transports and merchant ships...
The papers of Wednesday published a very interesting message from
The SpectatorMr. Aehmead-Bartlett describing the new types of " torpedo-proof " vessels which are being used at the Dardanelles. When the seas became too unsafe for our ordinary ships of war...
The Allies had remained—here Sir Edward Grey confirmed what M.
The SpectatorViviani had said on the same subject—in friendly relations with Roumania, who had "shown a readiness to promote their policy." Since Bulgaria had joined the Central Powers the...
Sir Ian Hamilton is returning home to make a report
The Spectatoron the Gallipoli campaign, and he will be succeeded in the com- mand by General Sir C. Monro. Until Sir C. Monro arrives the troops will be commanded by Sir W. R. Birdwood. Sir...
In the Lords Lord Crewe's statement followed the lines of
The SpectatorSir Edward Grey's summary. Lord Morley warned the Government against the danger of dispersing the strength of the Allies, and expressed his regret that the Government bad...
On Friday week the Daily News, answering some hot criticism
The Spectatorfrom the Morning Post about its attitude towards recruiting, made what it called a " fair offer." It promised that if the Morning Post and its friends would do all in their...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorTHE CABINET AND THE WAR. W E hold it to be the duty of every good and patriotic citizen at the present moment to support the Government, and to check to the very best of his...
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REPRISALS.
The SpectatorHEN we compare the names and the arguments of those who have publicly deprecated reprisals against Germany with the names and arguments of those who at meetings and in the...
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LORD DERBY'S SCHEME.
The SpectatorO NTuesday, at a meeting of Mayors, Chairmen of Urban District Councils, political agents, and others who will work the new recruiting system, Lord Derby expounded his scheme....
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WEAKNESS AT THE TREASURY. T HE diplomatic and military situation has
The Spectatorabsorbed so much public attention during the past week or two that comparatively little thought has been given to financial problems. This is most regrettable, for experi- ence...
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MERCY AND WAR.
The SpectatorI T is satisfactory news that the American Ambassador in Berlin has made inquiries and written a report shoat the execution of Miss Cavell, the English nurse whose story has...
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SHOPKEEPERS.
The SpectatorW HY is it that the occupation of shopkeeping always seems to be held in such low esteem P The term "only a shopkeeper" is often used as one of reproach, and those who contemn...
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ITALY'S INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE WAR.
The SpectatorA RMA virumque cane." The song of Italy is to-day • ...01s. the tramp of armed men, and her singer is among them. But D'Annunzio's clarion note of war echoes "from the abode...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
The SpectatorGERMANIA MENDAX. [To 'rss EDITOR OF TEX ”SPICTATOTI."] SIR, - 111 his notice of Mr. Bland's translation of the French Minister's Report on German atrocities, Lord Cromer...
[To THE EDITOR OP Tu. "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — I observe that Lord
The SpectatorCromer, in his interesting and suggestive review of Germany's Violations of the Laws of War in your issue of October 9th, remarks that "no amended edition" of the German Army...
THE CIVIL SERVICE AND THE WAR.
The Spectator[To TRH EDITOR OP TDB " SPECTATOR.n Sint, -- It is unfortunate in this time of national stress that your article, " The Civil Service and the Army," should libel the Post...
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THE DRINK TRADE AND THE WAR.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF Tilt "SPECTATOR. "' Sin s —Could you draw your readers' attention to the very important fact that Germany before the war produced more than twice the iron and...
DEMOCRACY AND WAR.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOIL OP THE " SPECTATOR..." Sin,—A great foreign writer—I rather think de Tocqueville- has said that, if the nations of Europe were Federal Republics of the American...
rTo THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECT A. TOR." 1
The SpectatorSIR, — Your correspondent " Senex," writing on "The Civil Service and the Army," does not appear to understand the position when he attacks heads of publio offices for " pre-...
OBSTACLES TO RECRUITING, f To THE EDITOR OF THE "
The SpectatorSPECTATOR."1 SIR, —In your article on "Lord Derby and the Volunteers" you suggest one method in which the needs of the moment may be met. But to the ordinary person there are so...
SPIRITUAL FORCES AND THE WAR.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "' SIR,—Those of your readers who are in sympathy with the letter of Mr. Dennis in your issue of October 2nd may be in- terested to read the...
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THE DUTY OF MUNITION-WORKERS.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR Or TUN " SPACTATOR."i SIR, —Perhaps one would not naturally refer to Vergil for advice on problems of the moment. Yet, in this modern war of giants, where could...
VOLUNTEERS AND SPECIAL CONSTABLES. [To THE EDITOR Or TRU "SPEOTATOP.."]
The SpectatorSTE,—With reference to the interesting articles in your issue of October 16th on the present and future status of the Volunteers, I should like to draw attention to the position...
[TO TIER EDTTOlt Or TIES " SPECTATOrt."]
The SpectatorSIR,—In your issue of October 9th your correspondent "Homo" inquires as to some satisfactory method by which coal-dust can be used on the domestic hearth. A. thoroughly...
THE STATE PURCHASE OF THE LIQUOR TRADE. rTo THE EDITOR
The SpectatorOF TRY " SPECTATOR. " ' Sin,—I notice that the Executive of the Good Templars Order have passed a resolution against the State purchase of the liquor trade. As a total abstainer...
THE IMPERIAL WORK OF THE GIRLS' FRIENDLY SOCIETY.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."' you allow me to bring before your readers the claims of the Imperial work of the Girls' Friendly Society ? This Society has spread far...
BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR IN GERMANY. [To THE EDITOR Or
The SpectatorTIM "SPECTATOR. "] EfrE, — Re British prisoners of war in Germany, may I suggest that a plan for helping to send them supplies, which I started here with the aid of a few other...
ECONOMIES IN COAL.
The Spectator[To Tar EDITOR or 7'IIN " SPESTAT011.") Sin,—Your correspondent "Homo" (Spectator, October 9th) has evidently not realized that the main difficulty in this country is to get...
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A SOMERSETSFIIRE STORY.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR or TUB "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—As I was the means of bringing the saying of the patriotic collier's wife to your notice, I should like to point out to your indignant...
WAR HUMOURS.
The Spectatorrm THE EDITOR OP TRU "SPECTATOR...1 reference to an article in the Spectator of October 9th, it may interest your readers to know that our local greengrocer is fond of telling...
[To TEE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, —The tale in
The Spectatoryour article on the "Humours of War" in the issue of October 9th about the leg which was bitten off is a very old "chestnut." How old probably no one knows. But you will find it...
THE INCOME TAX.
The Spectatorpr. TUN EDITOR OP TUE "ErECTATOR."1 SIR, —Your correspondent "A Surrey Landowner " has pointed out the unfairness of the Income Tax as at present raised from the point of view...
PORTUGUESE CONTRACT LABOUR. [To TEE EDITOR OP TR! "SPECTATOR. " ] SIB,—May
The SpectatorI draw the attention of your readers to a reprint from the Spectator of September 18th of Lord Cromer's article on " Portuguese Contract Labour P This important statement has,...
[TO THit EDITOR OP MIR "SPECTATOR."]
The Spectatoram not one who rushes blindly into print, but the sweeping assertion by the editor that "all bachelors should pay Super Tax whatever their incomes " is more than I, and surely...
" LE BERCEAU."
The Spectator[To rue EDITOR 01 TUN " SPROTATOE."] SIR,—As you have so courteously admitted to your columns notioes in connexion with " Le Beroeau," may I ask you to add to your kindness by...
(To rue EDITOR Or TRU "SFECTATOR. " 1 SIR, —May I add one
The Spectatorto the specimens of war phraseology quoted in your article on " Humours of War Relief " P As Secretary to a Territorial Force Association somewbere iii Scotland, I have received...
"WOKEN."
The Spectatorfib TEE EDITOR OP TEl "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—If I took in the Spectator for no other reason, the delightful article in your issue of October 9th on " Flowers in Flanders" would be...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorTHE SUICIDE OF THE TURK.* SOME hundred and fifty years ago, Horace Walpole thought that the Turk was politically moribund. In 1797, Napoleon wrote to the Directory that "the...
THE CENTRAL ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTEER TRAINING CORPS.
The SpectatorPansinsmr ; LORD DESDOROUGH. Hole, SECRETARY: PERCY A. HARRIS, Esq. HEAR °molest Judges' Quadrangle, Royal Courts of Justice (Carey Street entrance). The aims and objects of...
NOTICE.—When "Correspondence" or Articles are signed with the writer's name
The Spectatoror iltifials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode of...
POETRY.
The SpectatorEDITH CAVELL. [An English nurse charged with harbouring fugitive English and Trench soldiers, and executed by order of the German authorities in Brussels.] WHAT shall we say...
THE LAURA STRICKLAND SCHEME FOR HELPING THE BLIND.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."' SIR, — I sincerely appreciate your kindness in allowing me to lay before your readers a brief explanation of the above, which was launched...
LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY SERVANTS' ORPHANAGE, [To TUE EDITOR Or
The SpectatorTHE " srzci , ATou."1 Sia,—May I be allowed to appeal to your readers on behalf of - what is essentially and pro-eminently "a war charity "—the L. and S. W. Railway Servants'...
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INOCULATING' THE SOIL.*
The SpectatorSUCH a series of discoveries as have revolutionized medical science during the past twenty years is in process of being made in relation to the cultivation of the soil....
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HENRY VAUGHAN.* Tins revived interest in mysticism, which to many
The Spectatorminds in this generation seems to supply a surer foundation for religious truth than the historical evidences which satisfied our fathers, has naturally brought with it a...
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THE WEALTH OF AMERICA.* Dn. WILLFORD ISBELL ICING, who holds
The Spectatorthe post of Instructor in Statistics in the University of Wisconsin, recently wrote a paper on the "National Dividend" of the United States, which Professor R. T. Ely, of the...
POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES. * Boos about America have a
The Spectatorperennial interest for English- men. The two nations are so unlike, and yet so like, that each fresh contribution to our knowledge is sure of a welcome. A writer who is...
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SIR OLIVER LODGE ON THE WAR.*
The SpectatorTHE interesting and thoughtful shilling volume which Sir Oliver Lodge has just published under the title of The War and After is described by its distinguished author as a...
HOUSEHOLD BOOKS.*
The SpectatorMRS. EUSTACE MILES is indignant with the folly which sup- poses that "to give up meat means to eat more vegetables instead." " I want to make it clear," she says, " that to have...
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FICTION.
The SpectatorELTHAM HOUSE.* Mae. WA.R.D'ES new book deals with divorce. It is the story of the "discomfiture at the bands of circumstance" of an essentially good woman who has been led by a...
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Mathilde Laetitia, Wilhelmina was the second child and only daughter
The Spectatorof Jerome Bonaparte, Xing of Westphalia, and her youth was spent in those stormy days when the Bonaparte family were welcome guests in no country in Europe, when polities were...
Some of Miss Lilian Gask's True Stories about Horses (George
The SpectatorG. Harrap and Co., 3e. 6d. net) are-almost incredible, and all are gently sentimental. But they are pleasantly written, and the illustrations, by Mr. Patten Wilson, are spirited...
READABLE NOVELS.—Little Hearts. By Marjorie J. C. Piekthall. (Methuen and
The SpectatorCo. 6s.)—A romance of the eighteenth century. Miss Piathall writes well, with a pleasant fancy.—The Bronze Eagle. By Baroness Orczy. (Hodder and Stoughton. 6s.)—The hero was an...
The subject of Egyptian architecture is usually treated in one
The Spectatorof two ways—either it forms an introductory chapter to a general history of architecture, or it is scattered, in a dis- connected fashion, throughout a book on Egyptian art. Mr....
Mademoiselle Ixe shared the difficulties of most first novels :
The Spectatorit journeyed from publisher to publisher, until "the very appearance of the manuscript . . . growing torn and dilapidated, was enough to condemn it" ; at last Mr. Fisher Unwin...
The Victorians. By /Tata Syrett. (T. Fisher Unwin. 6s.) —If
The Spectatorit is true that all historical novels should be written from the point of view of the characters concerned, it is especially true of novels which deal with the mid-Victorian...
We regret to note the recent death of M. Jean
The SpectatorHenri Fabre. His life was spent in industry and determination, his work was the very last word in specialism, his reward was that of completion and acknowledged authority....
SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
The Spectator[Not i ce In this column (loss 'sot I3ocossos.4 preclude subtle von! revisu.] Sir Gaston Maspero's collection of Popular Stories of Ancient Egypt has been through four editions...