China, After All, Has Severed Relations With Germany. The...
who were to he treated by express order of the German Emperor in 1900 as " Attila's Hum of old " treated their enemies, have made a pretty riposte against the author of that......
T He News From The Western Front And Mesopotamia Is...
good. The reasons for the German retreat on the Ancre are no longer in doubt. The enemy goes back not because he wishes but because he has to go. As for the capture of Baghdad,......
" When Is An Overt Act Not An Overt Act
? " seems to be the in- teresting question raised by the sinking of the American steamship Algonquin.' The captain of the Algonquin' says that he was attacked by shell-fire......
News Of The Week.
THE PAPER SHORTAGE.—We trust that readers of the " Spectator" will give definite orders to their newsagents for a copy of the " Spectator" to be reserved for them each week till......
Mr. Wilson, Invested With The Authority He Needed, Has...
to arm American merchant vessels and to call an extra Session of Congress. Popular opinion thoroughly approves of the arming, and the correspondent of the Morning Post says that......
The Facts And Figures Given By Mr. Macpherson In The
Commons on Tuesday involved considerable revision of his previous statement that we still retained the mastery of the air on the Western front. He now stated that the situation......
The United States Senate At The End Of Last Week
did what Presi- dent Wilson wished and adopted a Closure rule. " Filibustering " is thus prevented for the future. The liberunt veto is ended. It will be impossible for a small......
The Trial Of The Persons Charged With Attempting To Poison
Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Henderson ended last Saturday. Mrs. Wheeldon was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude, her married daughter, Mrs. Mason, to five years', and her......
The Return Of Losses From Submarine Warfare, Published In...
papers of Thursday, shows that thirteen vessels of over 1,600 tons were rank during the week. In the previous week the number was fourteen, and in the week before that fifteen.......
