still greater scale. He attacked on the ten-mile front from Meteren, west of Bailleul, to Voormezeele, employing no fewer than thirteen divisions. Sir Douglas Haig entrusted the...

Somme was designed as a diversion. He may, on. the other hand, wish to deliver his sledge-hammer strokes alternately in the two salients. At any rate, on Thursday week he...

mere possession of the hill by the enemy is not in itself decisive. It seems, indeed, that the hilltop is deluged with shells from the Allied batteries and with bombs and...

Monday night, has congratulated the 9th, 25th, 31st, 49th, 21st, and 19th Divisions of the Second Army on their magnificent performances, first in the battles south of Arras,...

few curt lines of Sir Douglas Haig's despatch of Monday night described what in other wars would have been a very great battle and a very great victory. The mere statement that...

on Friday week. He attacked with great determination on a six-mile front from Locre, at the foot of Mont Rouge, past the Scherpcnberg and La Clytte, to the canal. He was firmly...

y F our fighting men at sea, on land, and in the air were in any need 1 of encourageinent to-day, they would find it, in full measure, in the letter from the Queen which was...

middle of ast week, but the enemy has struck his heaviest blows against he Franco-British front in Flanders. East of Amiens on Wed- nesday week the Germans had attacked in great...

TO OUR READERS.—The shortage of paper has obliged us to adopt the policy, already adopted by many of our contemporaries, of refusing to allow the " Spectator" to be "on sale...

that, as General Trenehard had resigned and had not been dismissed, it was merely a question for Ministers whether it was wise to accept his resignation. The Cabinet asked...

the Air Service, and the Government gave no explanation what- ever of the most regrettable resignation of General Trenchard. We will not say that the loss of the inestimable...

brief and calamitous term of office as Chief Secretary for Ireland, had been appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal in the room of Sir Charles Swinfen Eady, who was promoted to...

such a man as General Trenchard in such circumstances ? As Sir Edward Carson declared, the Air Force-felt that with the departure of General Trenchard it had " lost its soul."...

of the fact that the hospital ship ' Guildford Castle' was deliberately attacked by an enemy submarine on March 10th in the Bristol Channel—well within the zone where Germany...

Staff, and of Sir David Henderson, Vice-President of the Air Board, were followed on Thursday week by the resignation of Lord Rothermere, the Air Miniater. In a letter to the...

Lloyd George formed his Ministry, has been appointed by Lord Milner to act as Vice-President of the Army Council and Deputy Secretary of State. Lord Derby held a similar...

authorities have brought three hundred thousand acres of land in the Euphrates Valley under cultivation. Mr. Edmund Candler, the British Press representative with the Army,...

Turks east of the Jordan. Our infantry moved due east to attach the enemy in the hills, while our cavalry, taking a north-easterly route, advanced within two miles of Es Salt,...

force along the caravan road leading northward from Baghdad by Deli Abbas - to MosuL Last Saturday he occupied Kifri, a hundred miles north of Baghdad. The Turks retired in...

declared that from Sir Douglas Haig downwards there was " a universal feeling of disgust " in the Army at the dismissal—so apparently it is called out there—of General...

Mr. Asquith in July, 1916, on Commercial and Industrial Policy after the War, was issued by the Ministry of Reconstruction on Friday week. A recommendation of major interest is...

remain silent while the Irish Roman Catholic Bishops were stirring up sedition, without incurring the disapproval of the Vatican. The Council of the Catholic Union of Great...

the question how far Service Members of Parliament are entitled to use the military information they may have acquired for the purposes of debate. The Prime Minister argued that...

which the Government say they have in reserve for General 'frenchard will prove not only to be worthy of him, but one in which he can exercise all his talents to beat the...

Lord Hugh Cecil himself qualified it, by saying that points of honour and delicacy must arise where a Member must be guided by his own sense of propriety and duty. Mr. Asquith...

in Trafalgar Square of an otherwise blank cheque, duly but prematurely signed by responsible officials of the Ministry of Munitions, or the much more serious disclosures in the...

dual character of Vatican " neutrality." The Corriere d'Italia, the Papal organ, commenting on the zeal of the Irish Roman Catholic Bishops in fomenting opposition to...

scheme were exposed. The work of diverting water power from one Highland glen to another could not be undertaken in any case' till after the war, and no public advantage would...

announcement that we should have three million acres under wheat in England and Wales this year. This was the ideal which Sir• A. D. Hall used to set before a somewhat...

of panegyric ar praise of the services of General Trenchard in the field, but his praises do not console us very much. We cannot help remembering that all the other...

April 5,1917.

to the people of North-East Ulster, made on March 7th, 1917 " In the north-eastern portion of Ireland you have a population as hostile to Irish rule as the rest of Ireland is to...

THE HISTORY OF MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S FIRST AND LAST (?) ADMINISTRATION.—I. Youoan fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool...

into serious di ffi culties with their Home Rule Bill, as we never doubted that they would. It was originally proposed that it should be introduced into the House of Commons on...

I AST week we had not space to do more than refer briefly to the preliminary Report of the Conference on the Reform of the Second Chamber, which was issued in the form of a...

useful piece of work in issuing to the public an analysis of the way iu which the money voted in lump sums by the House of Commons for war credits is estimated to be spent in...

HE violent language employed by Mrs. Besant's allies and their revolutionary demands inevitably caused alarm among the little body of Europeans in India. The British merchants...

W HERE animals are concerned it is pathetically true that little gifts foster great friendships. Before the food regu- lations all the beasts at the Zoo liked the...

[To THE EDITCR or THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—We have lost what has hitherto been a priceless asset : faith in the solemn promise of a British Minister given openly in the House...

(To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."I Sia, — Your courageous articles in the Spectator of April 20th came as a breath of fresh air after the stupefaction induced by the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I enclose a cutting from the Halifax, Nova Scotia, Recorder. This is a Protestant paper, and always has been. Have you courage enough...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I wonder that some attempt is not made to enlighten the vast majority of people in Ireland about the real methods of war- fare...

(To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—It is recognized in Great Britain with practical unanimity that in any scheme of Irish Home Rule or of Federation all military and...

[Letters of the length of one of our leading paragraphs are often more read, and there/ore more effective, than those which Jill treble the space.] THE PAPACY AND THE IRISH...

[To THE EDITOR or. THE " SPECTATOR. SIR,—I have been interested in reading. the letter contributed to the Spectator describing the late Mr. Henry Adams. To those who have had...

" SPECTETOR."1 SIa, — An• episode from the history of Norway may be worth relating at the present moment. In 1808, when Norway was being threatened by enemies on all sides,...

(To THZ EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR, — Referring to "Land Agent's" letter, if landlords are not to disturb their tenants for the period of the war, surely they them-...

" SPECTATOR."] SIR, — Captain Michael Chapman's connexion with the Spectator emboldens me to write a few lines to you, from whom he received such kind and prompt encouragement...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR, — In - the Spectator last week is a letter which tells us that the St. Gaudens in Washington is from henceforth the Adams monu-...

Spectator of January 19th has arrived, and in it Mr. W. O'Brien's letter, " What Might Have Been. " I should like to correct a slip in military history. George II. did not cry...

R." kindly tell a reader of the Spectator whether the sugar beet ought to be grated or peeled before boiling it 1 Of course, if grated or peeled this must be done over the pan...

care to insert the following. The late Mr. Beatson, of Pembroke College, Cambridge, told me that he had as examiner for the ordinary degree received the following rendering. I...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—Nearly two thousand years ago I wrote:— " Quid tristes querimoniae, Si non supplicio culpa reciditur; Quid leges sine moribus...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Only - the stern necessity for reinforcing the funds to aid the sick and wounded and our prisoners would justify a new appeal to the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Fis,—I have been trying sugar beet in various ways, and find the following recipe quite successful: nib. sugar beet cut up into strips; 2...

FOREIGN THOUGHTS FROM HOME IN THE SPRING. OH will you ever look the same again, Dear, lovely places that like lavender In meniory's.folds have lain, Fragrant when longings stir...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "Sszersroa."] Sia, — In your " leader " in last Saturday's Spectator on" The True Naval Spirit " you say : " It required what the Duke of Welling- ton...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.") FIR,—Will you kindly-allow me—in a few words—to thank those of your readers (and they not a few) who so generously responded to the...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—If your basket of chestnuts has not overflowed as yet, you may still have room for the following :—Pas du tout—Father of twins....

name or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked " Communicated, " the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agree- ment with the views therein expressed or with the...

Mit. EORTESCUE'S fascinating book on our campaigns in Flanders from the days of William JII. to those of the Duke of York appearq at the right moment when our thoughts are once...

THE ENGLISH SONNET.* THERE have been many apologists for the sonnet, but Mr. Crosland is not one of them. He is its champion and eulogist.. All the critics, in his opinion,...

HENRI FABRE did not always deal respectfully with his insects. They were his friends and brothers ; he loved and admired them passionately. But he had an impish nature. He liked...

ROBERT SHENSTONE.* Me. DawsoN's romance — the life-history- from childhood to marriage of a bookish boy who seeks his fortunes in London—pmients many familiar features, but...

scene of this book is laid in India. The heroine, whose own matrimonial adventure is disastrous, is unable to withstnnd the intrigues of a most unscrupulous and irre- sponsible...

A WELCOME new edition is that of Coleridge's Table Talk and Ontniana, together with Table Talk and extracts from letters from Allsop's Recollections. As a Preface is given an...

[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent revics.1 THE MAY MONTHLIES.—The Nineteenth Century opens with an excellent article on " The King and the War "...

(Hodder and Stoughton. Is. not.)—In this very able and interesting pam- phlet, furnished with two excellent maps, the Principal of Aberdeen University gives a short...

by Mr. E. Armstrong of Signor Pasquale Villari, the great Italian historian and patriot, who died last December at the age of ninety. He was well known the world over as the...

IV. and V. (15s. net each.)—The new volumes of this invaluable collection of Allied and enemy official documents relating to the war form the second part of the naval section,...

expert Committee appointed by the Prime Minister to inquire into the position of modern languages in our educational system, which has been published by the Stationery Office,...

Courtney Langdon. Vol. I., Inferno. (H. Milford. 10s. ed. net.)— Mr. Langdon, an American scholar who was, he tells us, born and educated in Italy, has produced the first part...

Os. net.)—Dr. Bosanquet's ingenious and readable little essays are intended to serve " ordinarily thoughtful persons who are interested in reflecting upon morality." " How is...

Kipling's posy of twenty poems gathered from his works will be very welcome, especially to our sailors and soldiers on active service. His choice includes " Gunga Din "—but...

(A. Melrose. 3s. Gd. net.)—Peace of Mind is an anonymous collection of " brief essays and fragments." It is charmingly written, and suggests a practised hand. The author seeks...