24 JULY 1915

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A Reuter telegram in Thursday's papers, no doubt authentic, states

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that the American Note in answer to the German will be despatched on Friday. It will "inform Germany that any further loss of American lives through German submarines, in...

The Reuter telegram adds that it is understood that the

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phrase "unfriendly act" is used by the United States " with full realization of its meaning " in diplomatic inter- course. The Note insists upon reparation for the loss of...

*** TO OUR READERS.—The " SPECTATOR " is now published

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on Friday afternoon, and is on sale at all Messrs. Smith and Son's London Bookstalls and all London Newsagents. AU country readers can now obtain the paper on Saturday morning,...

A good many people here and in America are asking

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how will President Wilson meet the "unfriendly act" from Germany if it takes place, in view of the want of military power of the United States. Those who talk thus forget what a...

The United States Government have received from Germany an admission

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that the American vessel 'Nebraskan' was sunk by a German submarine. The German Government, in apologizing and promising reparation, explain that no attack on the American flag...

*** The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript in any

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case.

On the Isonzo the Italians are engaged in their first

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great battle, a battle which has already lasted some four days, and which may very well lust another four, since four hundred thousand men are said to be engaged on each side....

From Flanders there is not much news, but such as

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there is is good. Neither in the case of the Belgian, British, nor the French is there any indication of German mastery, but rather the reverse. The most that the Germans can...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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W HAT will in all probability prove the greatest, though not necessarily the most decisive, battle of the greatest war the world has seen is proceeding in Poland. Speaking...

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We do not desire to exaggerate the meaning of these

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words, but they were certainly not made leas significant by a remark in a later part of the speech. The House, said the Prime Minister, would observe that in the note appended...

It should be fully understood, however, that the Govern- ment

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were not going to trade in corn, and that any buying or selling that they might do when they had laid in their six months' stock would be merely for the purpose of keeping their...

In the House of Commons on Tuesday Mr. Asquith made

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a statement in regard to the finance of the war. The total amount of money voted since last August was £1,012,000,000. The daily expenditure, he went on to point out, now some-...

We have received a valuable letter from a correspondent in

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the milling trade in regard to our article proposing that there should be a Grand Victualler to the Nation. That letter we do not think it advisable to publish at present, but...

The Canard liner Orattria,' on arrival at New York last

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Saturday, reported that she had been attacked by a German submarine thirty-seven miles off Queenstown. She carried two hundred and twenty-seven passengers, including eighty...

The United States has sent a Note to the British

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Govern- ment which is described as a legal caveat on behalf of those American. whose cases are about to be tried by British Prize Courts. The United States Government announce...

On Wednesday week Sir Robert Borden, the Prime Minister of

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Canada, was invited by Mr. Asquith to sit with the Cabinet. The Prime Minister always has the power to invite any one to join in the consultations of the Cabinet—such persons...

On Monday the Greek Parliament was adjourned for a month

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by Royal Decree. The King has left Athens for his convalescence. M. Venezelos at a meeting of his supporters declared that the Government were ignoring the sovereignty of public...

The Central Control Board of the liquor traffic have made

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their first Order, applying drastic regulations to the Newhaven district. The other scheduled areas will no doubt be dealt with on similar lines. The hours during which liquor...

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After Lord Lanadowne had made a very sympathetic reply to

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Lord Ribblesdale, and had given the names of the Committee who would inquire into expenditure, he announced that, though the Admiralty and the War Office were not to come within...

The South Wales coal strike came to an end on

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Wednesday. By an almost unanimous vote the conference of miners accepted the large concessions offered by the Government and pledged the men to resume work at once. We have...

On Friday week an important meeting was held in the

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Merchant Taylors' Hall to urge on the nation the need for public and private economy. In a resolution in this sense, which was carried unanimously, it was also demanded that new...

In the reply in which he wound up the debate

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the Prime Minister made a statement in regard to the transmission of cotton from the United States to Europe for destinations in many cases hostile to ourselves:— " I can...

Excellent was Lord Cromer's dissertation on the theme that efficiency

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and economy go together, and not efficiency and profusion :— " He did not mean to say that any economy should be effected which would impair the capacity of this country to...

Last Saturday tens of thousand of women paraded through the

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streets of London to express their readiness to serve the nation. The procession included a pageant of the Allies, the most remarkable figure in which was perhaps the lady who...

In this matter we are in entire agreement with Lord

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Cromer. We cannot get on without recourse to indirect taxation. But if we are to have indirect taxation, it will be much safer and much more profitable to have a sort of...

Bank Rate, 5 per cent., changed from 6 per cent.

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Aug. 8th.

In the House of Lords on Tuesday Lord Ribblesdale initiated

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an interesting debate on the Government and public expenditure, in the course of which he reminded the House of the grave warning given by Lord Cromer in 1908 when he said, on...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE STRUGGLE IN THE EAST. A S we write on Thursday the vast combat between the Slav and the Teuton in the eastern theatre of war is still undecided, and probably will remain...

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WOMEN AND THE WAR. T HE thousands of women who marched

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through the London streets last Saturday, earnestly determined to insist upon their privilege of serving the country, made an impressive spectacle. It is not too much to say...

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ARMOUR AND SHIELDS. T HE Times this week has had three

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very interesting articles on the question of armour as applied to modern warfare. When mobility was the essential need of the soldier—that is, when what an army had to dread...

COAL AND ITS PROBLEMS. T HE settlement of the coal strike

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in South Wales will undoubtedly produce a general feeling of satisfaction, although it must be frankly confessed that the events which led up to the settlement were by no means...

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[This series of articles may be 'quoted in whole or

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in part by any newspaper desiring so to do, provided that the usual acknowledgments are made as to the original pubtication by the "SrEcrwron."] I T would obviously be...

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THE PACIFICIST VISION IN AMERICA.

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T HE great makers of the United States dreamed of a world isolated from the pertinacious and perverse bickering. of the older countries. They believed that most wars were thrust...

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LETTERS TO TIIE EDITOR.

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NEUTRALS AND THE WAR. [TO THE EDITOR Of TEE “131 . 1COTAT01.“] Silt,—Murmurs are heard in neutral countries that the war drags on so long. Holland is no exception. I noticed...

MAGNANIMITY IN ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE.

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[To TIE EDITOZ OF TEE " SPZOTATOE."] Sin—The very interesting article in your last issue on " The Magnanimity of Italy " (which I hope may find its way into some Italian...

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[To THE EDITOR or 71111 "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The interesting article, "

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The Crumbling of Austria- Hungary," in the Spectator of the 10th inst. has brought vividly back to my memory my childish friendship with Miss Wratislaw and her telling me that...

BOHEMIA AND THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE.

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[ To THE EDITOR OP THE " arsexarost."] San,—The friends of Slavic liberation, and particularly those interested in the future of Bohemia, owe you a debt of gratitude for your...

THE HEIGHT OF ST. PAUL'S.

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[TO THE EDITOR Or Till "Srscneroli."3 SIR,—In an excellent article on " The Magnanimity of Italy " which appears in the last issue of the Spectator I see a statement which is...

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[To THE EDITOR Or THE "seseleiros."]

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Sin,—When the Hapsburg tyranny crumbles, and Bohemia has a King again, and the nation has wiped off a certain amount of discredit which has attached to its name, our tie with...

OUR FRIENDS AND ALLIES. [To Tax Roma or mu "Srzerkroz.."1

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Sin,—There are those who tell us, especially among the people who make use of German dictionaries, grammars, and other laborious instruments of pedagogy, that we must not let...

POLITICAL HEIRSHIP AND ALSACE-LORRAINE.

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[To TIIR EDITOR Or TIER ..lirilorrros.n Sin — I am honoured by Dr. Rose's reply in your issue of May 28th, but will you accord space to extend the initial argument P It is...

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" PECOATI I"

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[To THE EDITOR OF T111"SPECTATOR.''] Sia,—How is it that we are compelled to admit that there is still something imperfect in our National Service P Is it not because we have...

MORE AIRCRAFT.

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[To THE EDITOR or TEl " SPECTATOR.'] Sre,—We have much pleasure in enclosing a note dealing with a suggestion for increasing the country's output of air- craft. The note...

MOBILIZATION OF SCIENCE.

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[To TER EDITOR or TER "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—Science, we are told, is to be mobilized. In order that this may be achieved successfully, it will be necessary that the different...

REGISTRATION AND RECRUITING. [To TIM EDITOR Or TER "SPECTATOR. "]

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Sun—Instructions were issued early in March that a register of the names and addresses of all men rejected, with the cause of rejection, should be kept.—I am, Sir, Ere., A...

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THE POSSIBILITIES OF TAXATION.

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[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Referring to your article "Possibilities of Taxation" (Spectator, July 17th), it is clear that such detailed measures as you mention...

[TO TIM EDITOR or TH1 " SPZOTATOR."] SIR, — Your paragraph on

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the War Loan and your remarks as to the faoility of borrowing and the difficulty of paying interest are good and to the point. It has struck me that the taxing of amusements...

[To TER EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR. ") Sin, — In your issue of

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the 17th inst. you make some valuable suggestions for new taxes, and I therefore venture to submit the following, which, if you think it impracticable, you will throw into the...

TAXING WAGES AND WAR PROFITS.

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[To TH1 EDITOR or Tull "nritoraroa.1 SIR, — With reference to the letter signed "D." in your issue of the 10th inst., it would, I think, be interesting if your correspondent...

VOLUNTARY WORKERS IN HOSPITALS.

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[To TH1 EDITOR or 131 "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—I have read with interest in your issues of July 3rd and 10th letters relating to the V.A.D. workers and their treatment by the trained...

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LONGS AND SHORTS.

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[To THE EDITOR OT TEE SPECTATOR.”] Sin,—If you are not tired of the subject, will you not give your readers the following passage from the Aphrodisian of the poet Antiphanes...

['re THE EDITOR, or THE "BracTAToz,"] SIR,—I road with interest

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your correspondent's letter (Spectator, July 10th) entitled " Voluntary Workers in Hospitals." May I, through your valuable paper, put in a plea for these nurses ? I wish to...

NECESSITOUS LADIES FUND.

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[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR...1 SIE, — For years past you have been good enough to allow me to appeal in your valuable paper for contributions towards a fund for providing...

THE INDUSTRIAL RESERVE AND MUNITIONS.

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[To TEE EDITOR OF TEM " Sroorrroa."] Sxn,—Raine's Foundation School, Arbour Square, Stepney, is doing its bit for the country by devoting its engineering shop, which contains...

A CORRECTION.

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[To TIM EDITOR or THE “SPECTATOR."] SIR, —I think the gentleman who quotes from Dr. Watts's world-known hymn on the first page of last week's impression should have looked for...

FURLOUGH AND SOLDIERS QUARTERED IN IRELAND.

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[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. " ] these critical times economy is absolutely necessary, and one way our military authorities have of carrying this out is as follows. A...

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BOOKS.

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COUNT HAYASHI'S SECRET MEMOIRS.* THE title of this book prepares us for some sort of irregn• larity, and the expectation is not falsified. The Japanese diplomatist and...

POETRY.

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"CONVALESCENCE "—RYE : MIDSUMMER, 1915. PEACE on the hill beneath the blue of June Lying the day long stretched upon the dune, Fanned by a gentle breeze, warmed by a summer...

THE " SPECTATOR " HOME GUARDS FUND.

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SunscnIPTIons for this Fund should be sent to the Spectator Office, or direct to Messrs. Barclay and Co., Goslings' Branch, 19 Fleet Street, London, E.C. Cheques should be made...

NOTICE.—When "Correspondence" or Articles are signed with the writer's name

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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 erpressed or with the mode of...

THE CENTRAL ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTEER TRAINING CORPS.

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PRESIDENT: LORD DESBOROUGH. Hon. SECRETARY : PERCY A. HARRIS, Esq. Hasp Omen: Judges' Quadrangle, Royal Courts of Justice (Carey Street entrance). The aims and objects of this...

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THE POET AS VIRTUOSO.°

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Ix one of his Oxford Lecturea on Poetry Dr. Bradley remarked that what interested us in a man of genius was his genius, and not the rest of him. Criticism too often ignores the...

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FIVE YEARS UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS.*

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A GREAT many people are feeling just now, not without a tinge of compunction, that they know little or nothing about Australia. They would like to read a plain account of the...

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THE QUARTERLIES.

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Two important articles in the Edinburgh are devoted to the financial aspects of the national crisis. One of these, an unsigned paper upon " The Outlook for Capital," analyses...

ANTIQUE FURNITURE,*

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Tars is the first volume of a new series called the " Home Connoisseur Series," "intended to cover the whole field of household curios." Mr. Burgess remarks in his preface that...

GOD'S STRONG PEOPLE,*

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Tars little book of sermons might be described by a hostile critic as a glorification of war. On the other hand, it is full of an enthusiasm shared, we trust and believe, by...

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FICTION.

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SOME ELDERLY PEOPLE AND THEIR YOUNG FRIENDS.* THERE is no plot and very little incident in Miss Macnaughtan's book ; but the absence of these usual ingredients of a novel does...

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The literature of flies in rapidly increasing, and we have

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before us two more books on the subject. Typical Flies, by Mr. E. K. Pearce (Cambridge University Press, 5s. net), is described as "a photographic atlas of diptera, including...

Mr. C. R. L. Fletcher has published an admirable Handy

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Guide to Oxford (Oxford University Press, ls. net), intended for the use of wounded soldiers from the hospital there. It is written in a delightfully unofficial manner, and...

The proper treatment of youthful offenders is now recognized as

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perhaps the fundamental problem of penology. Mr. Douglas Pepler's small volume upon .Tustice and the Child (Constable and Co., Ss. 6d. net) is a useful study on the subject by...

Professor H. A. Giles in his Confucianism and its Myatt

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(Williams and Norgate, 6s. net) publishes the "Hibbert Lectures" delivered by him in London last autumn. The lectures give an outline of the religious views of the Chinese...

SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.

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Maio. in this column doss not necessarily product. suboequsni review.] So many sensational books upon spies have been published lately that our interest is not so likely to be...

The Harbor. By Ernest Poole. (Macmillan and Co. 6s.) —It

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is curious how seldom the writer of an autobiographical novel seems to know what he is talking about ; and this cus- tomary artificiality makes the sincerity of Mr. Poole's work...

RBADABLII NOVELS.—Oliver. By B. Paul Neuman. (Smith, Elder, and Co.

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6s.)—Mr. Neuman's story of a man who raised himself from his environment, and of his influence on his son, is well written, although with no especial perception.—The Stanhope...

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A Study of Social and Constitutional Tendencies in the Bark

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Years of Edward III. is the title of a thesis by Miss Dorothy Hughes (Hodder and Stoughton for the University of London Press, 2s, 6d. net). Owing to the expense of the war...