The morning's newspapers had just arrived from England, with the official communiques of the morning.

On March 11 Field Marshal Sir John French described the fighting which led to the capture of Neuve Chapelle in Northern France as follows: "Since my last communique the situation on our front, between Armentières and La Bassée, has been materially altered by a successful initiative on the part of the troops engaged.

When their organization was complete, they took care, before acting, to publish each day for a week in their communiques, little notes announcing that the enemy were "making wide use of this new method of warfare,"a statement contrary to fact, and known by them to be so, but one that was calculated to mislead public opinion.

Here are the facts as stated in the following Government Communique dated 10th July 1920:

The Communique says that the Government are making further inquiry.

It is a matter of deep sorrow that the Government of India communique offers a defence of the terms, calls them a fulfilment of Mr. Lloyd George's pledge of 5th January 1918 and yet apologises for their defective nature and appeals to the Mahomedans of India as if to mock them that they would accept the terms with quiet resignation.

It would have been dignified if the communique had boldly admitted Mr. Lloyd George's mistake in having made the promise referred to.

[below], which indicates graphically the organization given in the Admiralty communique.

Information N. information, enlightenment, acquaintance, knowledge &c 490; publicity &c 531; data &c 467. communication, intimation; notice, notification; enunciation, annunciation; announcement; communique; representation, round robin, presentment.

Adj. informed &c v.; communique; reported &c v.; published &c 531. expressive &c 516; explicit &c (open) 525, (clear) 518; plain spoken &c, (artless) 703. nuncupative, nuncupatory^; declaratory, expository; enunciative^; communicative, communicatory^. Adv.

He read about the Retreat and the Advance, skimmed the prophets' forecasts, gulped the communiques with interest a good deal fainter than he read the accounts of the football matches or a boxing bout.

In the morning, before I'm supposed to be up, I'll issue a communique fromany old place; or tell 'em face to face.

In one of the French newspapers I saw the following verse: Boches, a l'univers votre zele importun Fait des "communiques" dont personne n'est dupe.

As a man of the world, you will realise that though our general public here do not know that the English have captured many Germans lately, and the fact is never mentioned in the communiques, we have had a hint from Headquarters that the British prisoners may one day balance ours, and that hardship for these verfluchte Englander may result in hardship for our men in England.

All these newspapers pretend to print the official French, British, and Russian communiques.

I remember studying the British Zeppelin communiques with Germans.