... ,, 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 ...

... . One Step Enough IN accordance with the plan of campaign which was laid down at the recent Trade Union Congress at Glasgow, the miners again saw the Premier last week with a view to renewing their demand for full nationalisation. But oh, what a change of atmosphere since the time of the Congress permeated this proposal; in the recent strike the railwaymen were for all practical purposes the ...

... Pictorial Politics. The Voice of Labour. MR. PURDY, the presi dent of the Labour Party Conference at Nottingham, is to be congratulated on the manner and matter of his presidential address, which provided an agreeable contrast to the utter ances of many of the men who profess to speak in the name of the British working man, but who are in reality only the paid minions of anarchy and disruption ...

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... . Snort Reviving:. t ngland certainly paused in the midst of her toil of self- -L-' reconstruction last week to watch with intense interest the result of three of the most interesting competitions in her national sports. At golf the amazing Duncan, not withstanding a bad start, carried all before him, and foreign competitors were practically nowhere. At Wimbledon, alas, Mrs. Lambert Chambers ...

... * 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. In Central Europe. T3y the time these lines are read there may be a development or settlement of the Russo- Polish question. At the time of writing Warsaw seems to have been saved from the Red attack, and it is very likely that that fact may induce them to modify their terms. The whole controversy has been accentuated by the greed of both parties. The Poles started an ...

... PICTORIAL POLITICS. East is West. 1 he solution of the sorely perplexing problem of world peace, for which everv nation is hungering, would hardly seem to be in sight, for from the Niemen to the far-distant empire of China the world is still being shaken by the convulsions of the late upheaval. After every earthquake there are recurrent tremors, and also not infrequently second waves which are ...

... A KIARROWIMGr STORY OF THE ETOM CROP By (Geoir^e Beflclheir. I don't 'old meself with this bobbin' and shinglin'. A woman's crown o' glory is 'er 'air, and I don t think we orter play tricks with it Geo^g'e BelcBeff. ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... lfS%l I . L\ N Lawn-Tennis Notes and Sketches by H. F. Crowther-Smith. THE Gipsy encamp merit at Stamford Hill, though deluged by the downpour on Derby Day, was little perturbed by the consequent loss of play -time, and, when tents were struck on Saturday, everything that really mattered had been brought to a definite conclusion. Appropriately enough, the Gipsy Club's twenty- seventh annual ...