in Dublin was quite inadequate to meet the insurrection, but by Tuesday it had been augmented by reinforcements from the Curragh and Belfast, and also from England, and, to...

gun- running raid on the Irish coast shows clearly the connexion between Germany and the rebels. The Irish conspirator, now a close prisoner in the Tower, was arrested on...

that martial law has been proclaimed in the city and county of Dublin, and that Sinn Fein associations are to be proclaimed as illegal. The Lord-Lieutenant, it appears, has been...

having recourse to isolation tactics. On Wednesday he reported that a complete cordon of troops had been drawn round the centre of the town on the north side of the river. In...

TIIHE past week has been one of unusual liveliness by air, land, and sea. There was the Dublin revolt, which as we write is still going on ; there were three Zeppelin raids ;...

Baltic, coasted up the territorial waters of Norway, and then, having gear a long distance north, turned south and struck the North-West roast of Ireland. Hero, however, they...

a good deal of grumbling against the Government over the Irish revolt, but on the whole nothing could have been better than the temper of the British people. There has been no...

what happened in Dublin, partly owing to the reticence of the Government, who naturally do not want our enemies to get early information of the effect of their action, and still...

readers can help-us to meet the Paper Famine is by informing the Newsagents, Booksellers, or Railway Bookstalls from which they are accustomed to purcha.se their paper that they...

case.

aow become a feature of our social life, and in truth cause a good deal more spectacular interest than annoyance, as the naval raid on the East Coast which took place in the...

nervousness on their part. In spite of its great inferiority, the local British squadron, which at once pluckily attacked the enemy, managed to drive them off the scene. A...

Orders as to the secret Session of Parliament. They take the form of additions to the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and have caused some surprise by their drastic and...

particularly full attendance, both of Members and of otheia whose presence only enabled them to experience the novel demand for their absence. When questions, which included...

great importance to report in regard to Kut. Owing to the floods, it is still impossible for the relieving force to make the effort that they desire to make, and are fully ready...

on in the region of the Suez Canal has turned out to our advantage. At the present moment we have got posts along the El Arish route between Palestine and the Canal at Dueidar...

the war on the Western Front, except that during the week the German attacks on Verdun have been continued, and have been as unsuccessful as before. In the matter of Verdun the...

advantage of the disturbances in Ireland, has led to a resumption of air raids. On Monday a seaplane appeared over Dover and Deal, but was driven off without doing any damage....

shadowed in the leading article on the situation in our last issue. On Thursday week an official statement was made shortly after the close of the meeting of the Cabinet to the...

to Sir Roger Casement's plans, but it is at any rate safe to presume that they wore connected with the Dublin revolt, and that he expected to be able to place his twenty...

New Zealand troops in Gallipoli, was duly celebrated as "Anzac Day." The Australian and New Zealand soldiers, every man of whom had been wounded or invalided, mustering at...

had already been arranged by the Lord Great Chamberlain, even to the point of searching the vaults. This fact led to protests from Lord Salisbury and Lord Parmoor, in which they...

to the heroic dead and their gallant survivors will no doubt be repeated as long as the Empire endures. The campaign in Gallipoli, though strategically a failure, furnished the...

was resumed. The official report merely tells us that Mr. Long moved the adjournment of the House, and that in the course of it he stated that if a Bill were brought in later to...

Govern- ment as announced by the Prime Minister. Among the "minor proposals" made is one for keeping time-expired men with the colours until the end of the war. This will be a...

already dealt with in outline by Mr. Long a month ago, referring to the alleviation of the hardships that might arise from the civil liabilities, not only of the compulsorily...

on Thursday, the 20th inst., when a contingent of Russian troops landed at the port and were welcomed with great enthusiasm. The Russians, who have volunteered for service on...

created by the elevation of Mr. Henry Chaplin to the Peerage, was declared on Thursday week, the figures being : Sir Stuart Coats (U.), 8,970; Mr. Kennedy Jones (Independent),...

on Thursday evening comes the news that Mr. Asquith has announced in the Commons that there are indications of the spread of the Irish revolt, especially in the West. That is of...

papers. The Prime Minister, in moving the adjourn- ment, reviewed in detail the expansion of His Majesty's Forces over the last twenty months, and the result of the balancing of...

8th, 1911.

C ABINET government is government by a Committee or group of men who agree to take common action on common resolves. "Collegiate Government," as the political philosophers of...

THE DUBLIN REVOLT. HERE are plenty of criticisms both true and obvious which can be made in regard to the Dublin revolt, but we mean to make none of them. And for this very...

Mr. Boner Law, accompanied by Mr. Hughes, are to go to Paris to discuss econernie problems with representatives of the French Government. There will also be representatives of...

[COHMITY:CATRD.1 N EITHER the scholar, the politician, nor the general reader can be expected to find much pleasure in a book, recently published, that professes to give a...

O N Shakespeare's day it is natural and permissible to ask: What is Shakespeare's greatest quality ? To such a question our reply would be : Advocacy—advocacy raised to the...

C HARMING people are lucky people. They are not more virtuous than others, but they always seem to have suitable faults. We are using the word "charming," of course, in the...

M OST men, especially in youth, are occasionally distressed because of their ignorance of certain words that in the mouths of historians, controversialists, and superior people...

AMERICA'S ADDRESS TO THE ALTJES. [TO THE EDITOR OF THIC " SPEOTATOR.1 Sin,—Though many of the most prominent Americans have, since the beginning of the war, expressed very...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE SPEOTATOR."I Sta,—The Nibelungenlied (or Nibelungs Not)* is accepted by the Germans as their National Epic, their Iliad ; and I think it is interesting to...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR...I SIR,—I read with much interest your article on the Memorial Road which might be made between the trenches in No-Man's-Land. The idea is a...

following letter addressed to me by a Vice-Presiderd of the Touring-Club de France will interest your readers.—I 1131, "Paris, is 21 Aura 1916. MONSIEUR ET CHER CAMARADE,—Le...

to find you giving your valuable support to the plea for abatement in respect of children irrespective of the total amount of a man's income. Fathers of large families,...

(TO - THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."( r111,—Perucing the Life of the King of Roumania, it occurred to me that the following passage might interest your readers, and be held by...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."( Sra, — Was not Lord Northcliffe ono of the watchmen who, before the war, warned his fellow-countrymen of the coming danger, when many others...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sne,—As the father of a very large family, nine of whom are entirely dependent on me, I was obliged to actually borrow money to pay my...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Ent, — The quotations from Lord Salisbury in your article under this heading in the Spectator of April 15th prove that he clearly perceived...

remarks to the article giving extracts from the valuable essay on "The Danish Duchies," by the then Lord Robert Cecil, originally published in the Quarterly Review in the autumn...

[TO THR EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I must thank you for inserting the letter entitled " ' Jargon ' in the Adult School," by "Antisepsis," in last week's number of the...

Sin.—At this time of his Tercentenary every one is apt to ponder as to Shakespeare's views on the questions of to-day. His truisms on war, peace, trade, suffering, and joy are...

[To THE EDITOR ON THE "SPECTATOR?') 110,—It may seem very simple to deduct tax at 5s., and then to return any excess after a year or so has elapsed and the claimant can prove...

[To THE EDITOR OF THB "SPECTATOR.") EIR,—The poem which you published on April 22nd under this title was written in 1897 by Wilfred Brinton, of the Chancery Bar. He died in...

[TO THB EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") S1E,—It has been decided to set in Rugby Chapel a memorial of Rupert Brooke. It will take the form of a portrait medallion in marble, based...

[TO THZ EDITOR OF THE 'SPECTATOR.') Sin,—I beg to quote from the letter of one of my sons in the New Zealand Army, after his brother had fallen in action. The writer, by...

[TO THE EDFTOR OF TRH " SPBOTATOR."I Sut,—There are slight inaccuracies in the lines quoted by your reviewer in last week's Spectator. The correct version is as follows :— " I...

_ [TO THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR.") Sne,—In the Spectator of April 1st your reviewer in an article on Meleager mentions a similar work of fiction, the late Mr. Percy Grog's...

TO SHAKESUARE AFTER TIIREE HUNDRED YEARS. SWEET Avon flows by " Street " and "Ford," Soft as she flowed of old ; Of Roman and of Saxon lord, Her memory is cold : Nor keeps...

THE GERMANS.* MR. ROBERTSON'S disquisition on The Germans is a learned, useful and withal highly instructive work, but its utility, in so far as it is intended to serve any...

[To ran Emma OF TUB " gramma."' 8m, — Your article on the intensely interesting Report of the Committee on conserving the strength of munition workers contains the following...

writer's name or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked " Communi- cated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or...

clarify British public opinion about Russia, to clear away misconception-3, and to bring home to us what she has done and is doing grows apace. Of pre-war books non is more...

THE so-called "Homeric question" has, in these later years, come to resemble one of those Homeric battlefields where, in rather weary succession, champion after champion enters...

READERS of the current number of the Edinburgh Review will perhaps turn first to Mr. Steed's article on "The Programme for Peace." They will find that he takes a stern attitude,...

PROBLEMS of unusual interest were discussed at last year's meeting of the British Association, and, for obvious reasons, its proceedings took up less space than usual in the...

6s.)—Lover a of 1Vaverley and of the marvellous picture of the Court of Holy-rood sat forth in its pages may be inclined to feel that no novel of to-day which deals with the "...

THE SHEPHERD OF THE NORTH.* Exams)" readers who have not travelled in the United States are for the most part extraordinarily ignorant of their geography. For example, most...

Gs.)—An admirable story of adventure concerning the theft of a priceless string of pearls.—A Bich Man's Table. By Ella Macmahon. (Mills and Boon. 6s.)—A modern comedy of...

University Press, 12s. 6d. net), completes the lists of entries at Cambridge and degrees conferred over the period 1544 to 1912. It is authoritatively prepared at the...

6d. net.)—Birmingham is happy in its public spirit, fostered by leading citizens. In Mr. John Nettlefold it has had an excellent leader in matters of housing, and it has been...

7s. 66. net.)—There is an impressive honesty throughout this work of the Medical Officer of Health for Somerset, who evidently has a refreshingly clear head. He distributes...

[Netted in this column does no necessarily procluh su5seiusn: review-I It is a commonplace to say that liturgic art is dead, that in sincerity alone can our new prayers for the...