to the Russians throughout the Eastern front. The depression which has throughout history seized on fighters in the great plains of North-Eastern Europe—unless, like the...

on Tuesday was one of the frankest statements yet made in regard to the war. Though distinctly pessimistic in character, it has been welcomed by the public us a sincere attempt...

also dignified and manly, appeal made by M. Pashitch, the Serbian Prime Minister, to the British people. Serbia, he tells us, is being done to death, and he calls upon us not to...

of bombardment, of attack and counter-attack, but the net result, both on the French lines and ours, is "no change."

T HE news from Serbia and the Near East continues to be of a very grave character. Thursday's telegrams show, in the first place, that the German and Bulgarian Armies have got...

is still striving to take Dvinsk, and claims mummies daring the week. It is very doubtful, however, whether his claims can be made good, and we should not be surprised if in the...

case.

are now pushing their offensive bard against the Austrians in the place where it can give most help to the Serbians—on the Isonzo. It is very greatly to be hoped that the...

possess to justify any attempt to " appreciate " the military position. All we can say of the confused fighting is that the Serbians seem to be holding their own bettor than we...

of a futile, but none the less detestable, attack upon Venice. Happily those noblest of Italian monuments, St. Mark's and the Doge's Palace, were untouched, but a bomb is said...

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

would have been for us to reject Serbia's appeal, and how, M. Venezeloe being still in power, we had every right to believe that Greece would fulfil her treaty obligations to...

in defence of British diplomacy in the Near East. We are specially glad to note that Lord Cromer points out that those who assail our Balkan diplomacy as a failure ought, at any...

with what Lord Cromer had to say in regard to smaller Cabinets. The fact that Mr. Asquith's proposal has not been published before we go to press makes it best to avoid detailed...

Article 57 of the Declaration of London shall no longer be put in force. This is a wise and necessary step. Article 57 made-the flag flown by a vessel for all intents and...

must be made to tell why be, a member of the Cabinet, used this language in the message he sent to The Navy, the organ of the Navy Ledgue. Mr. Churchill, it may be noticed,...

powerful speech, and incidentally showed the value of what we may call legitimate criticism. Though he did not mince his words, Lord Cromer was careful not to allow his censure...

criticism was thoroughly sound and sensible. As he pointed mkt, the way to avoid newspaper criticism is to take the trouble not to deserve it. Most useful, too, was his reminder...

asked Mr. Churchill "whether he can state to what delays he was referring in his com- munication to the Navy League when he stated that through our long delays the enemy has...

description of how the new developments in the Near East arose in September. The Central Powers found themselves in difficulties in all the various theatres of war in which they...

an account of a visit to the German Fleet. Although Germans are notoriously not gifted with humour, we venture to suggest that he does the German sailors less than justice in...

should be ereoted, and we hope that this may be done. It is true that Miss Cavell's mother has expressed herself as not in favour of a statue, but we gather that her objection...

very grave charge of conspiring to blow up American vessels carrying munitions to Allied ports. The arrests have caused much excitement, particularly as one of the prisoners,...

the Spanish Minister, then called upon Baron von der Lancken. The three visitors pleaded with cogency and eloquence for mercy. They even pointed out that the execution would be...

genuine, the extraordinary attempts made in Germany to induce Irish prisoners of war• to form an Irish Brigade in order to fight against England and "liberate" Ireland. The help...

and has carried out his plan with his usual quietness and thoroughness. He has spent full days inspecting troops and institutions of every kind. He has also visited the French...

announced that M. Viviani, the French Prime Minister, has resigned, and that M. Briand has been asked by the President to form a new Ministry. M. Viviani will join the new Cabinet.

about the anti-aircraft defences of London. Mr. Balfour said that the degree to which it was desirable to use aeroplanes at night was a very difficult question, but in no...

8th, 1914,

to the trial and execution of Miss Cavell. As soon as Miss Cavell was condemned (on October 11th) Mr. Brand Whitlock, the American Minister at Brussels, sent an urgent appeal...

' on October 23rd off Libau. Only a few of the crew could be rescued. The crew normally numbered 557. Libau is the sea-base for Marshal von Hindenburg's operations. If British...

CABINET IDEALS. M R. ASQUITH'S statement in regard to the possi- bilities of diminishing the size of the Cabinet is apparently not to be made till next Tuesday. We cannot,...

brought him a very substantial political reward. It would not be just to say much more than that abso- lutely, for his enemies, the Nationalists, have been returned to the...

of the Volunteer Bill, and Lord Desborough and his Com- mittee, as those whom we may term " the beneficiaries," are to be heartily congratulated upon what took place in the...

campaign is not only before the public but in operation, it may interest our readers to be reminded of an article which we wrote just a year ago—i.e., November 7th,...

a movement on the part of Somerset House both against private Income Tax payers and against the public Exchequer. In the present Finance Bill there is a clause which would, if...

in his lifetime a legend, and he is likely to remain a legend as long as Englishmen play games. Never was such a cricketer; and it is almost safe to say that there will never be...

O F course one cannot mention his name. He always liked publicity. It was a source of pride with him that his name bad never appeared in the papers. Unless it appears in the "...

W HEN an isolated Italian outpost, perched on an Alpine crag, is preparing to meet the assaults of the enemy, the spirit of the Stone Age is not far away. The Alpine have rifles...

PRESIDENT t LORD DESBOROUGIL HON. BECRETAMT : PERCY A. HARRIS, Esq. HIOAD Omen : Judges' Quadrangle, Royal Courts of Justice (Carey Street entrance). IIMMYPI•■•■■•. 0 ./ The...

BUCKINGHAM PALACE. TO MY PEOPLE. At this grave moment in the struggle between my people and a highly organised enemy who has transgressed the Laws of Nations and changed the...

AMERICA AND ENGLAND. [To THE EDITOR Or VIE e ersceeroa. e 3 Stn,—The issue of the Spectator of September 11th is specially interesting because it increases one ' s admiration...

SIR,—There runs through your pages on political matters a note of apology and, as it seems to me, of undue deference to American procedure and opinion. For example, any steps...

[To Tali EDITOR or TRI " senor...eon:el Sru,—The more deeply thoughtful people on this side of the ocean know that the United States should be aiding the Allies to preserve the...

THE " SPECTATOR: " l Brn s —In your issue of the 23rd inst. there is a letter signed by a " Taxpayer " in which the following words appear : "The time has unfortunately long...

your last issue you say :— "Under Lord Derby's scheme the man of from thirty-eight to forty, with a wife and family, will know that he is in the last of the forty-six groups,...

"SPEOTATOE."1 SIR,—As an American citizen, I am moved to say that I think the reported utterance of the President of the United States, on the occasion of a recent address to a...

rTo THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—Being in Londonderry last Sunday, I attended service in the First Presbyterian Church, which is the largest church in the city and...

Pro THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—By all means let us give the system of voluntary enlistment, unfair and unbusinesslike and expensive to the country as it is, every...

[TO MR EDITOR OF Tni " spxoTAToft. - ] Siu,—In contrast to the noisy protests which some civilian interests are making against the Budget proposals, the silence of military and...

rTo TRU EDITOR OF T5 " SPROTATOR."1 Sin,—It is obvious that you cannot review a' book which is a reprint of articles which have appeared in the Spectator. But a correspondent...

[To TRII EDITOR OF THZ .SPROTATOR."] Sze,,—It seems to me that the clergy have hardly done as much as they could in the matter of the- War Loan. In the middle of July, knowing...

[TO THZ EDITOR Or THE " SPEOTATOR."1 Stn,—As President of the above institution, I venture to ask the courtesy of your columns to plead its cause. Founded in 1840 by naval...

[To THE EDITOR OP TRIO "SPECTATOR."] SIE,-4 observe that Lord Cromer in his article on "The Suicide of the Turk" in your last issue accepts as a fact that the Young Turk...

Or TUE "SPECTATOR."] venture to enclose an attempt of my mother's to supply a hymn for those in peril in the air. It is already in use in several churches near my home, and the...

" SpRcrArotc."] SIB,—I think your readers may like to see the following Dialogue on membership in the Church, which I have published in the Seaford Parish 24.1agazine. — I am,...

THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIE,—A plan for helping prisoners in Germany has been carried out here for four or five months with such success that I think other small places may be glad...

[To Tits EDITOR or THE '4 SPECTATOR....1 SIR, — Despito your ingenious application of your version of the story printed on p. 525 of your last issue, I believe the correct...

[TO TDB EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR, In the paper on " Shopkeepers " in last week's Spectator the question is asked " When does a shopkeeper attain the dignity of a...

[TO TRY EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — After an evening's study of journals and reviews dealing with no other subject than that of the war presented from every point of...

[To THE EDITOR OF TUB "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR, — In the early days of the formation of the Volunteer Training Corps, the War Office advised the Central Associa• tion that "any man...

[TO Tits EDITOR Or TUN "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —In an article entitled " German Patriotism," written by myself and published in your issue of October 2nd, the following passage...

[To vs° EDITOR or THE " SPECTA.T011."1 SIR, — Whether by National Service or otherwise, thirty thousand men must now be supplied every week for our armies, and it must at last...

"SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Your contemporary the New York Nation, of the 14th inst. contains a letter from a correspondent in which the following passage occurs : — " I think I have...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR,..] Sirt,—Few deeds have struck more horror into English minds than the cold-blooded killing of Nurse Cavell. I do not know whether or not she...

rye 'PUN EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR."1 Sin,--A mathematician recently asked his pupils the following questions :- "Assume that a Zeppelin has to travel two hundred miles from...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." SIn, — Like Canon Lyttelton, I confess to a mild surprise on reading the word " woken " in the columns of the Spectator, The expression is...

SIR,—The taking of in-tea from the classics is doubtless an idle and superstitious practice. Still, the following series of sortes may strike you, as it struck me, as uncannily...

sham, all pretext torn away; And swift the searching hours reveal Hearts good as gold, souls true as steel. Blest saints and martyrs in disguise, Concealed ere-while from holden...

numbers of letters we have received and from those that have appeared in the Press, the public feel that it would be fitting to associate the Memorial to Edith Cavell with her...

THE PORTAVOE POACHERS. IT wee rabbits we were after in Portyvoe that night Lyin' snug between the whine there, up on the warren hill, A. red moon rose behind us that made the...

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 mode of...

M. VENEZELOS.* BY far the best thing in this book is the introduction by the well-known Roumanian statesman, M. Take Joneseu. He praises M. Venezelos for the right reasons, and,...

his biography written. He was of the stuff of those men who, from the days of Ralegh to those of Rhodes, have made England what she is. It is an act of posthumous justice on the...

grows with every year. Best known, perhaps, as a writer of patriotic verse, though honour- ably distinguished as a novelist, he has shown ever since the pu blication of his...

WIZEN the Imperial German Chancellor on August 4th, 1914, announced to the Reichstag : Our troops have occupied Luxemburg, and perhaps are already on Belgian soil. Gentlemen,...

ADmInsas of Mr. Austin Dobson's work, and students of the eighteenth century generally, will find much to interest them in his latest collection of essays. One of the most...

"ITALY and the Adriatic" in the new Quarterly Review is partly an historical survey from the time of the colonizing efforts of the Greeks and the invasions of the Romans...

lectures by Dr. Rashdall, both because of the importance of the cause which he advocates, and also because of the singularly lucid manner of his exposi- tion. Even persons...

AT 111.E1 DOOR OF THE GATE! WE had recently occasion to comment on Mr. Forrest Reid'e excellent work as a critic. He now claims our attention, not for the first time, as a...

By F. B. Bradley-Birt. (W. Thacker and Co. ls.)—The proceeds of the sale of this play are to go to "Lady Carmichael's War Gift Fund," which sends out comforts to our troops...

dealing with agricultural topics which we cannot find room to notice at length, but to which we may direct the attention of those interested in the subject. The Principles of...

part of the continent to be explored by white men, is still scarcely touched by advancing civilization. An Untamed Territory, by Elsie R. Masson (Macmillan and Co., 6s.), gives...

and Hall. 68.)—There is no moment more full of adventure than when an accomplished writer sets out on a new road. Perhaps, in Mrs. Sidgwick's case, necessity has been the mother...

[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] There are learned and expensive books about Russia, but for those who cannot or will not read them it...

good work in Miss Parrish's novel, and she will write still better when she has gained experience and has rid herself of vagueness.—A Lion, a Mouse, and a Motor - Car. By...

By William S. Walsh. (J. B. Lippincott. 10s. 6d. net.)—A companion volume to Mr. Walsh's dictionary of the heroes and heroines of modern prose and poetry. Among other things,...