impossible because at many places from which ships sail there are no food supplies available. Nonsense ! If you take the trouble to look for them, there are food supplies of...

T HE Food Problem remains the question of the hour, and the public aro at last beginning to realize this fact, and to understand why we have worried, as they once thought, so...

from the Western front. General Maude by a most skilful piece of strategy has taken Samarra Station, and no doubt will soon be in Samarra town, which, however, is on the...

could, if they liked, bring home to the nation the peril in which it stands by a complete reversal of their policy as regards the destruc- tion of Food by the Brewers—i.e., by...

been alto- gether admirable. On Monday, true to plan, we renewed our attack in the Arras region on a front of about ten miles. That attack went on throughout Monday, Tuesday,...

policy at Whitehall, but how little they affect action at sea is shown in the thrilling account of the fight in the Channel which took place on April 20th in which two British...

food supplies as we have already got in the country, a great deal of help can be accomplished by " tapping " fresh supplies of food in all quarters of the world, and proving...

should, in a year of famine, be pleading on its knees to the Government not to destroy a million quarters of grain, and a Government who at the same moment are telling us, and...

give definite orders to their newsagents for a copy of the " Spectator " to be reserved for them each week till countermanded.

to the torpedoing on Tuesday, the 17th, of two British hospital ships, the Lanfranc ' and the 'Donegal.' Of the ' Donegal ' twenty-nine wounded and twelve of the crew are...

£133,000 for the secondary schools, which are the key of the situation." He lamented, as every true patriot must lenient, the small proportion of children who proceed to the...

be paid to Local Authorities, in proportion as they raise adequate sums from the rates, improve the conditions under which their teachers work, and provide for the special needs...

new Corn Production Bill. The chief opposing speaker in Tuesday's debate was Mr. Runciman, who criticized tho Govern- ment proposals in a speech of considerable ability, the...

witty speech that the success of the schools depends upon the teachers, and that the best men and women must be drawn into the most noble and arduous of professions. For our...

hope and trust, a new and fruitful epoch in the history et our schools. The Minister of Education fulfilled all the expectations that had been formed when his appointment...

from lbading American statesmen contributed to the New York World at the request of Lord Northelfffe. It is, however, obvious that the statesmen in question do not fully realize...

greater measures that he hopes to bring -forward at a later date. He desires to co-ordinate all the schools of every type, to give to each its right place in one great scheme....

promptly asked : "Why didn't you do it ? " Mr. Runeiman's proposal is simply astonishing in view of his action, or rather inaction, as President of the Board of Agriculture in...

Public School boys over sixteen years of age to help in the work on the land during the summer holidays and for a fortnight of the summer terra. We may take oredit to ourselves...

issue, remarks that "a good deal of comment is heard on the lack of hospitality shown by the Government towards General Smuts during his visit here, and a Parliamentary...

machinery for re- pudiating Mr. Turner till the Trade Union Congress meets, our answer is : Let them instruct their representatives in the House of Commons to move the...

in our correspondence columns. The enclosure to - which it refers shows that at a meeting of the Motherwell Trades Council on Wednesday, April 11th, a resolution supporting the...

Francis Fox gave an interesting account of the engineering problems involved in the construction of the Channel Tunnel and of its far-reaching influence on traveL To keep the...

April 5th.

- say that with all their faults we would not have them other than they are ? They seem born for whatever is arduous ; diffi- culties vanish at -their touch, and their work is...

forward and repudiate their self-elected spokesmen, and tell the Prime Minister that he is making a great error in regarding Mr. Turner as speaking for them, can we and the...

for additional workers from the Commandant-in-Chief of the V.A.D.'s. We trust that the Commandant-in-Chief will have her womanly and straightforward call for volun- teers...

of Lords on April 18th quoted Frederic Myers's charming schoolboy poem on the Prince of Wales at the grave of Washington. We will quote the concluding stanzas from the "Letter...

even for the best of causes, to any section of the women of England ? It has been the special, the priceless, privilege of the present writer to live during the past two and a...

I T might savour of frivolity or irony if we were to apologize to our readers for once more touching on the Food question. When the seriousness of the crisis has been brought...

SUBMARINES AND FOOD. T HE weekly report on submarine activity issued on Thursday is the worst yet published. The number of sinkings of large vessels of all sizes is forty—double...

no small satisfaction in the proposals contained in Mr. Prothero's Corn Pro- ductioa Bill. The principle upon which it is founded is a sound one. We want national security of as...

T ET us go a little further into the details of the ease we are suggesting. Suppose the estate upon which the mortgage is held to be one with a nominal rent-roll of 18,000 a...

O NE of the very best things that the present Ministry have done is the selection of Mr. Balfour to conduct a Mission to the United States. The other members of the Mission seem...

[COMMUNICATED.] I MMEDIATELY J. saw that a portion of one of our local open spaces was being cut up into allotments he applied for one. For weeks past he had been looking out...

W E all try to get back to our village for Easter Day. The circle of the city's lights seems imprisoning then. There is a call from the skies, from the earth—the glow of angels'...

EDITOR Or THE " BrEcTATos.") Brit,—I have just been reading your interesting article OR this subject in your issue of last week, and it reminded ma of a. remark which I made to...

(To TEE EDITOR Or TVS " SPECTATOR."J SIR,—It will perhaps interest your readers, some of whom may have heard disquieting reports of the spread of anti-English propaganda in...

[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.] JOIN THE V.A.D.'s. Pro THE...

Subscriptions should be addressed to THE "SPECTATOR," 1 Wellington Street, Strand, London, W.C. 2. The letters "D. G." should be clearly written on the envelope. Cheques should...

THE " SPECTATOR."' Sia,—Your interesting article in the Spectator of March 24th entitled "A. Grand Victualler to the Nation" encourages me to send you a cutting from the...

Sia,—Your highly interesting revelation about the visit of the Kaiser's brother to the United States in 1902 reminded me that the Pan-German Professor von Halle, in his book...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTLTOE."1 Sin,—I am greatly indebted to you for the courtesy which you have extended to me in publishing my letter, and affording me the information...

SIR,—The objection to State Purchase is not confined to Temper- ance extremists. If the food position be as serious as the Govern- meet represents, the nation has the right to...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR , —I have read with very much interest and approval your able article on State Purchase of the Liquor Trade, and as a valuer and...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR , —I have followed with much interest and thankfulness your strong advocacy of Prohibition for the war and period of demo- bilization,...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR ,—I thank you most heartily for publishing my letter. I enclose a copy of the report of the Motherwell and District Trades Council...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR , —I have just read with much interest in the Spectator of April 14th (now forwarded to me) your article on " Bread." Will you forgive...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." you kindly permit me to direct attention to the new relation to the Drink question in which we shall scon find our- selves through the...

(To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."] Suo—The suggestion contained in the last paragraph of your article "Some Specific Proposals," if carried out, would probably do more to...

(To THE EDITOA OF THE "SPECTATOn."1 SIR,—I have been much interested in the articles on "Prices and Profiteering ' " which have appeared in the Spectator. The arguments seem...

Sin,—Referrino, to your article " Some Specific Proposals" in last Saturday's Spectator, I fail to see how you can expect poor people to use barley flour or oatmeal instead of...

SLR.—I noticed with the greatest pleasure the letter of your correspondent Mr. J. Forbes-Townshend in your last issue. At last it seems to be dawning on Britain that valuable...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."3 SIR,— Neither you in your editorial note to my letter on the above subject, nor Mr. J. Forbes-Townshend in the Spectator of the 21st, have...

Schools, journeyed into Devon to plant potatoes for the Army Canteen Committee. Terms: board and lodging free and railisay expenses paid. Quarters: a large empty house on the...

" SPECTATOR.") Sin,—Dr. Henry Barnes, and perhaps Sir Frederick Treves, would be pleased to hear that their theories as to education—handi- crafts and "literary" combined—have...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I have been much interested in the diecussion in your columns regarding the possibility of using malted barley other- wise than for...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—The country is under a deep debt of gratitude to you for your sound, logical articles on food prices and politicians. May I submit a few...

[To Ms EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."] Sra,—In your article on "Victualling the Nation" you say that If the Government had left the problem alone, "high prices and a free market...

" SPECTAT02.."1 Sin,—Enclosed is a copy of what I have written to Captain Bathurst. If other mothers would do the same, it might have some influence.—I am, Sir, &c., LILIAN...

[To THE EDITOR or rns " Srrenteroz."3 Rre,—I see in the Evening Dispatch to-night (April 9th) a quota- tion from your excellent paper to the effect that serious waste goes on in...

(TO TEM EMTOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.", note in your last issue that you suggest the use of bread made from maize. May I suggest another way of using mraizo for human consumption,...

[To rna Eorroa or THE " Spserrroa."3 Srs,—What I, and doubtless many other people, wish to know i3 this : Is the shortage of flour confined exclusively to wheaten flour ? Is...

[To THE EDITOR OT THE "SPECTATOR."] Srn,—In these days of fool economy might it not be well to draw attention to the following extract from Evelyn's Diary, which I came across...

OF TIIE SPECUTOr.."1 SIR,—On p. 451 of the Spectator last week, re the banning of the Nation, I read the following :— "In Mr. Massingliam's acrid and despairing utterances the...

[To THZ EDITOR OP ens " SPECTATOR.") S1R,—I travelled in the twain last Saturday with three soldiers. One was an argument for War-time Prohibition. The second, home on leave,...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIE,—It seems curious that, though prayers are offered for the Navy and Army and hymns have been written especially for their use, no...

ao THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sue—There hare lately been placed on record two further instances of submarine outrages on the part of those who may justly be called enemies...

[TO THZ EDITOR OF THZ " $PECT/TOR.1 Sne—In your review last week of Lady Newton's history of Lyme you allude to the "shock experienced by a certain owner of an historical...

worry about that!") -(To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPWILTOR."3 Stn,—" The Government only say this to frighten us "—the state- meet you put into the mouth of your hypothetical...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sin,—May a country parson endorse the truth of what you say- countryfolk are not appealed to by the Press? They are, at the best, untrained...

[To THE EDITOR. OP THE " SPECTILT0.1."] SIR,—Attenticn having been called to the fact that the recent conviction of a contractor under the Prevention of Corruption Act (he was...

ITSELF. [To THE Enrron OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—The would-be Teutonic Napoleon conscientiously imitates his model in this matter. "Napoleon," says de Seger, "ecrivait Mors au...

THE " SPECTATOR.") Site—In the Spectator of April 7th there was published an article showing how the German people must share with their rulers the blame for the crimes that...

[To THE EDITOR. OF THE " SPECTATOR."] S:a,—Inspiration is coming just now from the trenches rather than from the pulpits. The Episcopal Bench may be experts in Canon Law, but...

[To THIS EDITOR Of THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Some years ago in your columns I related a few reminiscences of Swinburne which need a slight correction, and may, I think, be worth...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sut,—In the Spectator for the last few weeks I have seen letters and an article on the sagacity of the horse, and I thought perhaps some of...

[To Sex EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] see in your last number a reference to the dogs. The tax in Ireland is only half-a-crown. I have Always advocated an increase-5s. or 7s. 6d....

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] was lately in the Ante-Chapel at Balliol, and, in reading the names of members of the College who have fallen in the war, the lordly lino of...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—As one who took part in the advance of the Light Brigade of cavalry against the Russian batteries at Balaclava on October 25th, 1854, I...

MUNITION MAKERS.—THE TEACHER. BESIDE the blackboard's dull expanse, Gray-haired and spectacled they stand : Forging through good and evil chance Munitions for their native...

(To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIH, — Have you room for a plea in connexion with the Kitchener Memorial ? Has anything happened in this war more wonderful than the...

EIDOLA.• Tax little volume of poems which forms the subject of this notice is one of the most curious literary phenomena of the war. Mr. Manning has boon known to lovers of good...

Taman Swinburne outlived man's allotted span, his health until middle age was a constant source of anxiety to his family and friends. Ho was liable to sudden and alarming...

"MY step-father is the Comet and we are the tail," said Hortense of Napoleon. St. Hilaire's Personal Recollections of the Empire might be called a book about the tail of the...

prepared a small illustrated pamphleta dealing with the subject of wayside crosses, which seem likely to be used in England as war memorials, on account of the impression...

[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subseptent review.] The April number of the Edinburgh Review (Longmans and Co., 60.) contains two articles of exceptional...

excellent number. Among the many interesting articles is one on "German Steel and Iron," by Professor W. J. Ashley, who contends that the very remarkable growth of the industry...

THE AMAZING YEARS.* Is choosing a domestic servant for the beau role of his new novel Mr. Pett-Ridge is following an example set by some of the very greatest masters of...

Co. 6s-:—A thrilling detective story in which German spies and English diplomats and secret police are inextricably interwoven.—The Blue Lights. (Same author, publishers, and...

L. Humphreys. 6d. net.)—Many of our readers will be glad to know that this manly and vigorous sermon has been printed. The Bishop contends that our brave men who have died on...

5s. net.) —A short and popularly written history of the drama in Scotland from the days of the Mystery and Morality plays. The book contains a number of interesting anecdotes,...

for the British Red Cross Society. is. net.)—This attractive little book describes a visit paid, at the end of last year, to the various units of the British Red Cross in Italy,...

3s. net.)—This is a translation, with notes, of a series of articles published by the chief commercial organ of the German Press in November, 1915. They present a German view of...

The owners of broad acres and the owners of suburban back gardens alike are digging up their pansies and Mrs. Simpkins, their delphiniums and lupins, and putting in their places...

so to say, in her Recollections of an Admiral's Wife. The daughter of Dr. Graves, Bishop of Limerick, she spent a happy youth in Dublin, Limerick, and County Kerry, with less...

by J. D. Duff. (Cambridge University Press. 5s. net.)— This very able and illuminating little book contains six lectures delivered at the last Cambridge Summer Meeting by Paul...