... . The Scheme that Failed.-- I learn from a Bombay source that the falling through of the scheme to send a team of Indian cricketers over here next year was largely due to the opposition of the Parsees, who saw as time went on that the team would contain at the most four Parsees, and one of these, M. E. Pavri, only owing to his ability as a captain as his first-class cricketing days are over. ...

... IN LIGHTER VON 8 Kr Striking Another Match. THE announcement of the new book about Deal Hole reminds one of his record of a brilliant repartee called forth by an epitaph upon a tomb in Virginia: A famous author residing in that state was bereaved of his wife and inscribed upon her gravestone, 'The light is gone from my life.' 1 lme not only modified his distress but kindly and wisely ...

... A MAN may be legally attached to one woman and yet sincerely attached to another. T t is sometimes more important to get credit from a good tailor than to get credit for a good deed. XAJ e find that we are not alone in think ing that it is dreadfully difficult to have a really good time with really good people. Just at the present time no one whose signature ends in heim or stein can be said ...

... Pictorial Politics,, The Budget. ALL congratulations to Mr. McKenna upon his second war Budget, which has been re ceived very favourably by the country in general notwithstand ing the few carping criticisms which arose at the debate in the House. Every financial pro posal which takes money out of somebody's pocket for the good of the State is bound to hit that particular class of person more ...

... 0 tt J(^) j o o At Last. THE Coalition Government is to be congratulated on producing a clear and precise measure, making military service obligatory on all men between the ages of 18 and 41. A constant flow of recruits will be obtained through the number of boys who daily reach the age of 18, when they immediately become liable; and the much-debated calling back of the time-expired men is ...

... ,, Mr. Balfour's Triumph. NOT only our Empire but the whole of the Allied nations owe a deep debt of gratitude to Mr. Arthur Balfour, whose presenta tion of the agreement of the En tente Powers to the President of the United States last week was the clearest, most concise, and masterly statement of our case before the world that has up to the present time been given. Its effect upon thinking ...

... * The Mad Dog. THE old saying that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad is the most applicable comment pos sible upon the German challenge to the world which was issued last Thursday, prohibiting sea commerce and the travelling of neutrals within large and impor tant areas round the British Isles and France and Italy under penalty of death and destruction. It will be remem ...

... Pictorial Politics, The Retreat. THE explanation the German authorities gave to their own people, that their' re treat on the An ere is a volun tary shortening of the line with a view to a concentration of troops elsewhere, will not hold water on examination of the map. The bulge that the Eng lish advance has made in the line since the commencement of the offensive on July 1 last year has ...

... In France. GENERAL HAIG'S progress on the Western front con tinues to be most satisfac tory, and by the time these lines are read it is probable that Bapaume and possibly Peronne may have fallen before our victorious troops. The German papers may talk as much as they like about a strategical retirement, but that does not lessen the fact that the informa tion we get as to loss of material and ...

... Pictorial PolitlcSo Our Business Government. THE Business Govern ment is on its trial, and it must be said that its critics grow daily more formidable in number and in attack. Mr. Lloyd George's National Ministry raised great expectations for the efficient conduct of the war on account of the inclusion of big business men such as Lord Rhondda, Lord Devonport, Sir Albert Stanley, and one or ...

... Pictorial Politics,, Racing Resumed. THE domination of British politics in the past by a small section of fanatics was well illustrated by the stoppage of racing, and by the restrictions on the consumption and brewing of beer. Racing in the view of a small minority of fanatics was immoral and wasteful. Drink was the root of all evil. The consequences of the suppres sion of racing and these ...

... Pictorial Politics, The Offensive. AFTER a long and anxious period of suspense, General Haig's new offensive started last Tuesday week in the confines of the Ypres salient, and with the exception of the weather, which again turned to the disadvantage of the attacking forces, the initial stages went well all along the front. By the time these lines are read very important developments may have ...