Allies must be made secure, the British nation will tolerate no military enterprise inspired by mere viewiness. We cannot afford gambles. In our present circumstances they would...

filHE retirement of M. Clemenceau and his succession by M. Millerand as French Prime Minister have necessitated an interruption of the Peace- Conference in Paris. It was not to...

by the charges which Admiral Sims has brought against the Navy Department. He made these charges in his evidence before the Sub-Committee of the Senate appointed to investi-...

gation into decorations is to be extended to cover the entire activity of the Navy Department. Mr. Daniels has stoutly denied that he was the author of the oral instructions...

India, and also in the Far East will, of course, emphasize this professional point of view. But we still hold strongly to the opinion that it would ruin the Territorial Force to...

Rumour is extremely busy. It is reported in many quarters that 200,000 men are to be sent to the Caucasus. Of course if the Bolsheviks arc really on the point of attacking...

cannot be considered apart from all these foreign difficulties. The Conference of the County Territorial Authorities has been postponed more than once, but something must be...

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

be another stage of negotiations. An arbitrator will •be appointed 'by the Government - of India, and the- Non-Brahmins. are naturally extremely anxious that an arbitrator whose...

the Allies that they-could not accept the Adriatic compromise proposed by the Council. The Allies had with much difficulty persuaded Italy to reduce her claims on Dalmatia and...

munication about the meeting of Brahmins and non-Brahmins convened by Lord Willingdon, the Governor of Madras, to arrive at an agreement upon the distribution of seats according...

French Republic last Saturday. On the previous day an informal vote of the Senators and Deputies revealed a slight majority for M. Deschanel, whose candidature had been...

be President of the Allies' Supreme Council was to sign a Note inviting Holland to hand over the ex--Kaiser for trial. The Allies reminded 'Holland that, if the ex-Kaiser had...

to reopen trading relations with Russia without changing its attitude towards the Bolshevik despotism. The Council agreed to allow the Russian Co-operative organizations to...

remembered his characteristic and warm-hearted out- burst when at the Guildhall in London in 1910 he announced that if ever the British Empire were hard pressed by enemies,...

meeting on Friday week in Paris. It had been summoned by President Wilson, in accordance with the Covenant, but no American delegate attended on this historic occasion because...

between the Lower Don and the Caspian. Dr. Harold Williams, in a message dated January 12th, reported that the patriot army was still intaot, with its headquarters at...

approximately resembling the remark about not allowing the wool to be pulled over Admiral Sims's eyes, was his st - -tement that Admiral Sims had been chosen to command, " not...

the new permanent wages-bill of the railways would be £110,000,000 a year, as compared with £47,000,000 before the war. He was not speaking of the present wages-bill, which is...

" was that the indignation and resentment of a certain number of men in the Force which has been marked down for regular extermination by assassins at last boiled over. It is...

would be a splendid thing if there were a prosperous factory run in the conviction that restriction of output does not pay. The ex- officers would no doubt enter upon their work...

in Ireland. On Wednesday evening Mr. Redmond, Deputy- Assistant-Commissioner of the Dublin Police, was shot and killed in Harcourt Street, one of the main thoroughfares of the...

the Morning Past of Wednesday to the effect that something like a " middle-class factory" is to be sot going by the Ex-Officers' National Union. The Union is the outcome of a...

as its candidate in the by-election occa- sioned by the death of Sir John McCallum. The Association had voted by a narrow majority for Mr. Asquith in preference to a Coalition...

who are visiting Ireland is enough to make one despair. Mr. Adamson, who leads the Labe& Party in the House of Commons, is one of the deputation, and he stated in an interview...

week. It is admitted by most people to have worked well. Very few votes were spoiled, and the counting occasioned no difficulty. The minorities obtained some representation,...

said that their advocacy of thrift had con- tinued to yield good results, and that the War Savings Certifi- cates still had a ready sale. For those small investors who had...

ensured an absolutely accurate representation of the minorities in proportion to their estimated strength. The Belfast Telegraph points out that in Dublin, where the Unionists...

6, 1919.

THE AMERICAN LEGION. I N the Observer of Sunday last Mr. Price Bell, the well- known American publicist, describes the organization of the American Legion, a political but...

W HEN we say that we long to see a British Legion with five or six million members organized in this country on the lines of the American example, it must not be supposed that...

on by Admiral Koltchak and General Denikin is a very disagreeable fact—also a hurtful one to British people, since it shows that our Government failed in insight— it is...

I F we look back at the outward conditions of life before the war, their salient feature seems to have been promptitude. " No sooner said than done," were the words which sprang...

I 0 more important proposal has been made lately 1. 1 1 than that contained in a Memorial presented simul- taneously by well-known citizens in many countries to their...

T HIS may sound like the heading of a tract, but I can assure you it isn't. It's just the result of reading an account in the paper of an incident that happened on board lately,...

[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.] --- DEMOCRACY AND THE...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SEEOTATOR."] Sia,—Last night I attended a service at the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church in New York. This is one of the largest and most important...

[To l'HE EDITOR OF THE " SPEC1ATOR."3 Sne—Thoee with 'Axed incomes, especially those with fixed incomes who live in Ireland, will have read with some amuse- ment the pAthetic...

A' SPECTAT011.73 'SIR,—To those who like ;nyself have been " nationalizers " ever since they can remember, nothing so encouraging has recently happened as the ,accession to...

[To TEE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sus,—In reference to an article in the Spectator of January 10th, " The Will of the Majority and How to Ensure It," may I be permitted, as...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR "] SIR, — The Government are proposing to introduce a Bill limiting the profits of the coal-owners. Labour leaders are busy with schemes for...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Why does " English Churchman " (Spectator, January 17th) merely abuse his opponent ? The words complained of in the diocesan magazine...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—In your version of the events recently taking place in Germany you assert that President Ebert is a Socialist. That is not correct. He...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—In your last issue a note of the week on the ironmoulders' strike ends with these words: " The men's demand for an inquiry into the...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—It was my good fortune on Wednesday week, when travelling to the West of England, to be joined at Taunton by the crew of the Santa...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR, — Most of your readers will be interested in the development of University education; many will be especially interested in that of the...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—By your favour a letter from me on the foregoing topic appeared in your issue of December 13th, and therein I gave special prominence...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR .' SIR, I have a small " birds' table " about twelve feet front the house, which is like a Noah's Ark without sides nailed on the top of a...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE `' SPECTATOR."] Sta,—Here is another instance of a pied blackbird—or two! Three years ago a blackbird frequented a, small plantation near this house. This...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 Sre,—You have made room for so many matters in the Spectator that are of moment to the public at large, that I believe the appeal which I...

name or initials, 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...

THE PERSONAL TOUCH. A CUNNING man Tom Fool must be to-day For friends who find his poems in a book To swear : " Tom Fool wrote that; I know his way; Unsigned, yet eyed all...

THE PAPACY AND THE WAR.* DANIEL interpreted the word " Tekel," in the writing on the wall that alarmed Belshazzar, as " Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found...

book. He looks back over his life as a literary man and a student of politics, and recalls his more interesting experiences very much as if ho were conversing with a friend. His...

THE reader who begins The .Road to En-Dor after dinner will probably be found at one o'clock in the morning still reading, with eyes goggling and mouth open, beside his cold...

modern rhymes ; And 'tis but just to let them live betimes." rOPE'S jeering jingle suggested itself irresistibly to our mind when we first looked upon the array of volumes...

statement is frequently made, and can hardly be denied. But what do we mean when we say that India is a poor country ? A comparison is implied, and we rarely ask ourselves with...

Tatar is a' certain sadness in reviewing the last book: written by an author so long familiar to the British public as Miss Betham-Edwards. A- year or two ago she kept her...

THE PLOUGH.* Miss Finmon's new novel is so far a war story that it begins , with a , dinner-party in the last days of July, 1914, and ends with the Armistice. In the interval...

Anglo-French Review for January, subjects Lord 'French's account of the days preceding the battle of the Mame to a severely critical examination. He contends that Lord French's...

contains interesting articles on Erasmus by Dr. Whitney and on the late Professor Haverfield by Dr. Craster. Mr. Neale prints for the first time an official record of the...

/Notice in this column does not necessarily prelude subsequent ree!as.) THE QUARTERLIES.—The Edinburgh Review opens with a trenchant article by the Bishop of Hereford on " The...

net.)—Gives an account of an unequal marriage during the war. The end is perhaps not very convincing, but the description of the hero's home over the grocer's shop at Stoney...

of knowledge," has made a promising start. It has been founded by a number of Societies interested in education, including the Head-Masters' Conference, the National Union of...

there has been some excellent verse written in praise of wine and beer is an undoubted fact. All lovers of literature, therefore, whether in favour of Prohibition or of State...

F. W. Deane, 7s. 6d. net) deserves a word of commendation. It is the official reference-book of the Asso- ciation of Head-Mistresses, and has been revised with care for this...

journal, The Gunner (9d. net), which deserves all success. The first number is well written and well illustrated, and contains, besides Service news, some articles of general...

American Soldiers in French Universities " in the American Educational Review for January. After the Armistice six thousand men selected from the American Army in France were...

Henrietta Street, Cavendish Square, a copy of Barbizon House, 1919: an Illustrated Record, 9f which a small edition has been printed for private circulation. It contains full...

Cause of the Highland Emigrations of 1783-1803 " in the Scottish Historical Review for January. The emigrations have been used by Scottish Radicals and by Mr. Lloyd George...

Saxon Mills - and M. G. Chrussachi. (Stanford. 2s. 6d. net.)— The authors of this scholarly pamphlet show that the population of Thrace is predominantly Greek by reproducing a...

to the Geography of Macedonia " by Mr. Alan G. Ogilvie, the well-known Oxford geographer, who served with the British Army at Salonika. Mr. Ogilvie points out that Mace- donia...