On The Western Front Serious Operations Have Been Stopped By
the wintry weather. The enemy, however, tried twice, on Saturday last and again on Tuesday, to regain his footing in the Hinden- burg line east of Bullecourt. On each occasion......
Last Week Our Losses Of Merchantmen By Mine Or Submarine
were once more very serious. We lost sixteen large ships over 1,600 tons and two smaller ships, with four fishing-boats, as com- pared with seventeen large and four small......
The Break-up Of Austria-hungary, Mr. Lloyd George Wont...
no part of our war aims. But the causes of unrest in that part of Europe would remain unless genuine self-government on true democratic principles were granted to those......
We Comment Elsewhere On Mr. Lloyd George's Speech. Here We
need only record that it was most favourably received by all parties at home, including even the extreme Pacificists like Mr. Snowden and Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, and by the......
As For The German Colonies, Mr. Lloyd George Said That
"they are held at the disposal of a Conference whose decision must have primary regard to the wishes and interests of the native inhabi- tants." The enemy's suggestion that the......
As For Russia, Who Went To War On Behalf Of
Serbia, and whose present rulers had negotiated for peace without consulting the Allies, the Prime Minister pointed out that Germany meant to keep the occupied Russian lands and......
Finally, Said Mr. Lloyd George, There Must Be Reparation For
injuries done in violation of international law, and especially for the abominable submarine outrages. There would be a world . shortage of raw materials after the war, and the......
The German Proposal To Annex The Baltic Provinces On The
ground that their peoples have expressed a desire for German rule has excited indignation among the German Socialists as well as among the visionaries at Petrograd. A vigorous......
The Petrograd Anarchists, After Deciding Last Week That...
German claims to Courland, Lithuania, and Poland could not be accepted, proposed to transfer the Peace Conference from Brest-Litovsk to Stockholm. The German Chancellor stated......
The Hospital Ship ` Rows' Was Torpedoed And Sunk By
an enemy submarine in the Bristol Channel on the night of Friday week. The sick and wounded were all safely transferred to the boats, and picked up an hour or two later by......
Sir George Buchanan, Who Has Served With Conspicuous...
our Minister at Petrograd for the past eight years, has left Russia for reasons of health. No man did more than he to promote a better understanding between Russia and Great......
In Italy The Enemy Remains Quiescent. Snow Has At Last
fallen in the hills to the north of Venice, and has made any large offensive movement impossible. The gallant defence offered by the Italian armies on the Asiago plateau and......