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. BarneSi in l : i | > il
ont the following
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which
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tjtutii . whole
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la t ? iji ol the seation of
I ai .'? d npon ' ' ? im
portance of rr tc
the votera the main features of the
titntion. Only twenty-.-ev? :? rm-m
that c< ? i i." ion i I
of my
titntion has tone <l"wn
tun to convene in Un
DOrtV 0 (ne
i ntion adopted with
CARSON BREAKS
POLITICAL TRUCE;
ATTACKS ASQUITH
Lx-Attorney General Says
Great Britain Is Grop?
ing in Dark.
CABINET, HE SAYS,
CANT RUN HIE WAR
Tells of His Own Inability 10
Agree with Colleague? on
Balkan Situation.
London, Not. " Sir Edward Canon,
i ho recent ? . ? ! from tl..
of Attorni Genen too Cabinet,
Ifl the li B I ' I
1 ommoni ? discussion of the speech
Premie! Asqnitb made earlier in the
?: He eritleised tho Govern?
? with almost as much freedom as
? ?? days, before the war, ?r.d
? f thai .1 partial break-op o!
?greed opon in .\u,-i; t,
1914, it met a hostile reception ill
? re.
Sir Edward began by remarkii v that
: en even if the
er bad given suSeient Informa?
tion to the pablic on matten upon
ivhich they ihowod anxiety, for after
fifteen months of war, be thought it
<.nly right that there should be free
te in the Homo.
The prescht position, ho declared.
grave peril. There w ,s
>. . by mil 'iiizintr
he eonid assure the
Premier thai the <
Ol m any way to minimi/
war. It was ..
? kr determinal Ion
of the Hon ? inti
. >>? done ?
the S I tory conclu
rliest possible moment. "
s.r Edward di dared tl ?< on all 1 ? i
quest m the country eras gropl
the dark. He held the Hof
country had never fought so well, or
had so readily made aaei fices at when
tl c ; ' epic und< i lood the whole situa
.-m i when, with it? back |
ry, the nation
? s to surmount Its dif?
ficulties.
Tell* of Cabinet's "Gyration-,."
Perhaps the ti I mee end the
* of how the Cs
? ed, io sail
in. . Nothing
,. ... . ? i ?y re?
di j had gone through in* ri
o British policy in the Balkans On
I i
thai Bulgarian mobilisai on bad re alt
Balearia oncoming an ag*rri
' ' sat Britain's
id that Great Britain should
he prepared 10 Rive its [riondl in the
Balkans nil the support in its power in
a manner most wflcome *o them.
When lie learned that this was no
policy of the government
and that there were no plans to this
?. severed h ith the
? ? writing to Premier Aeojuith to
thai effeel on October IX
i -. erd said 1 e< ded t" ra?
it he could not support I he eon
eachi d bj the war c luncil of
day hi fore. He q
I Grej tatoment ma ? In
the Hoii i on September 28, : :
. i1 apport to Sai ? ;
rear) part of hi? letter to the Promit r:
"I cannot understand low England
can abandon Serbia to her fate with?
out national dishonor.
A Policy of Despair.
"Eva? if we are not yo bound in
. such a course would, In my
judgmei t. be ? polie- r and
are which could
i i after ' ierj other al?
tiva hi 'i bei n tried and ban
rill b riven a free
to i.or ally
"All hope i ? ? lia to
to Sei bia'i
? n And
? to her ii:' r> its te i * ? i
: ? d every encouragement ? II i> ? given
Greece to fellow the polies of King
? ne rather than hat of If.
islos and his majority in the
Chamber. The loss to our proatiga will
be incilculable and a veiy (-rave men
to our Kas'ern empire.
" \ regards Greece, I think," he con?
tinued, "vigor?os effort" should be
smpel her to fulfil her treaty
obligations. It was at her Invitation
n ta, m
i onjuni tion witl md ? I
? : i ms la the
,-\ es i ire If s
nonoi ? .i
the King's parti : i
i ? itral Powers we ought to
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? :ne Alli?e m defence of Serbia ?
would break off friendly relations.
(alls Polio t utile.
"Flut to *cnd an army to Fgypt ti
B, which may or may not re
an the report of a genera
. ?oenu the most futib
and hi tating decision that could b<
to, un I one calculated merely t<
lead to further dissipation of oui
"1 do not believe that when (iermanj
has gained acc?s* to the line? of com
munication to Constantinople it will bt
possible to maintain our effort* in <ial
lipoli. Indeed, I dowht very much
wb< ther our troops can stay ther?
until that event happens."
With respect to the Dardanelles
operations, Bit Edward said he could
no? anderatand how at the very time of
a shortage of ammunition the govern?
ment took on such a military exped?
h had hung "around our
necks like a millstone all these
He did not believe the government
Wai notified in entering on that ex
n. which had cost 100,000 men
in CatUftltiea, and suffering which
ha fill ! de er ption, inleM they had
'rom their naval and mili?
tary adviaen that they were likely to
carry the expedition to a successful
conclus.' n.
"Was there ever such a story of
miscalculations," he exclaimed, "bs
those in the Dardanelles?"
The failure at Suyl? Hay he regarded
as the moot d saetrone and vital of
the war. From thai day to this, under
the Cnhlnot'l system, they had never
able to moke up their mindi
whether they ought to proceed with
the ? opt rations or boldly withdraw
the;r men and MVC suffering and
further loss.
He eipreaaed the hope that aow
plnm for the campaign in the near I
Bast hnd 1. ? ? ' eh arly an
definitely, because nt ,v ?? tisse he ws
Il the Cnblnot h. eould And no trar
>' al ?II
sand aot a stiaw whe von the sh
eondoet Bg the war, so long as the
?arried It <?? A.'h every possible eftor
to realize victory
"In ? ." lie remarked, "t
I any nail ??? may I sa
that I am SBtiri '' 1 with you
policy thai the wni wool he fonght t
an end a' ? sad until Wi
have brought if to a lUCCSStfol con
elusion."
John | Redmond, the rfatlonalis
leader, declared tha' the Sttochs upor
the Prtmior and the persistent pi?*im
ism of a portion of the proal had liai
no weight m Ireland and that tJv
propoeal whlel Mr. Aaquith liad mab
with refererre to the Cisb Bet was oni
which, in his opinion, woo?d, for t h.
time boinf at any rate, sileUCS th(
"wreckers."
Sir Edward fire\ then Hrmc to cor
feet what he described as a in.-ui"
honslon that had arisen from Big Ed
ward Canon's speech, which, he Mid
contained some itatOMOt ts that af
forded an example ef the difllcfl '
apoakini' ;< < (???!?'. v mi time of war a
in time of peace?
Sir Bdwatd (irey Eipiaino
"Sir Edward Canon," laid the re
eign Becntary, "ainsi have loft the
ll'ii'p of Commons, and probabl)
would leave our Allies, under the mi
pression that the government ': sds i
pnmise to ?end help to Serbia and
? hen vacillated sad hi litatod and that,
i L soms valuable opportunity
for gi'. ig hi In hsd heel
SU Eowara '?rev said that his
- n | ? ?.
? ? e Balkan it I ?dly to 'Le
te I'" ren "in a manner th it
would he moa welcome to them," was
founded on something <>f a d?funte
promise the government had made In
I anew?! to a request fnm Greece This
I promise had been made in common with
(the Preaoh government, and was that
? rium'ier of men would be se
.ess purpose
? . ilflll lier trot
? ..ins toward : >'rbm.
He added that whon during h
speech of September 2H he said "wit
out rOOOTVO and without qUalinOOtiOl
1 I ? ant that whil.? expressing Itee
read ta help to realise the nation
? >ns of Greece and Ber
i meal had also worked to achie^
a Balkan unity by urging eertol
II to Hull-aria. What he d<
sired to convey win that since Itu
gal i bad joined the ( entrai Pol I I
Wore could he no more ta'k of OOOeei
-lor - from OrOOCO and Serbia, and tha
the help Groat Hritain was prepare
henceforth t.. give those eountrii
u.U. .i be given without qualification
or conditions.
Preparation? Never Halted.
"S.r Kdward Carson's speech," th<
I ;? ,-n MlalctOf continued, "mu<t havi
i-o?r eyed the impression that after thl
promise was made the government ha.
: to take advoatage of opportuai
ties of helping Serbia, and that mort
I troops might have boon landed at Sa
Ionice 'han had booo loaded, or thai
I more might have been on the way than
on the way. That was not th?
?-..
"It was perfectly true that after the
Greek government took a different
of their treaty Obligation! to
than we had accepted, there was a elooc
consultation between the Hritish and
Prei eh as to the best use to be made
of the forces to be sent to the Near
Boot
Hut there was no delay in the prepar
Thc forces which were imm?di
ately a* our diepoeal ?ere landed at Sa
. and arc bow engagi d t. opor
in the Balkans and the prepara
tiom went on for lending further
for ? - to the Boot No tune has been
loot n giving any assistance in the
Hriti-h and F'reneh power to Borbia,
in her hour of need."
ASQUITH GIVES
SERBS NEW HO
(niitlmied from pit*e 1
?. successful conclusion, and ?
the government, by whomsi
-. every mean? ti
... ? ,.. thS< PUI 1"' -r'-"
? ? ? .tinned, "tha
- m ? parti of 'he hoiison are <
I his, like "tht r wars, has
fruitful "f surprise? and disapp
Ths moment calls for t
thugs a proper SOnso Of perspec
I limitlesi took of patience, and <
flowing nservoira of courage, bot!
I i sssive."
Mr isquith referred to the "s
coterie of professions! whimpt
which kept our enemies supplied i
with a diet of falsehoods." The
ernment. he said, had no inter?s
concealing anything, subject to
one overriding consideration that
would not sssist G
's enemies.
How F.ngland Stands To-da>.
"How do WS stand to-day'"' I
. Pn lier. "In August of ia~t
eri pnparod to send abroad
rj snd two eavalry divisions.
escribed I y Field I
i l rench m his last dispatch he
hi? command not far short i
rli 11 ion men. To these must be ?<
the troops at 'he Dardanelles, in E|
and in other theatres of war, as i
as our garisons and troops in rese
"How has ,his gigantic force h
got together, by a power which
i ever aspiren to be a military row
?. by the manhood of tl '
Il m. In the last fifteen moi
rutted" Mr. Asquith i
. then remarked. "I do : ? I
? ligan of men.
contribution of ladle
splendid." he continued. "Canada i
and nun, .>
tralis 92,000, New Zealand 26,000, So
Africa, alter a brilliant campaign s
rlulng the Germans, sent 6,500, i
Newfoundland l.'ioo. Ceylon, Fiji ?
I other parts of the empire all sent c
tingents.
"Nc account is taken in these flgu
! of preparation for maintenance
these units in the Held."
What the Navy Has Done.
Turning to the work of the navy
? ng I " OPS, the Premier s
? :..ooo officer* and men l
...... iddition to 320,000 s
inded, 2,1. tons of sappl
nd mules.
??l'|i to tin pn ei ' " be added, "1
loss of life in the whole of these
gantic oversees operations ibas be
rabil less than one? nth of
per cent. There never has been at
thing i omparable in history to the M
\ ce of the navy.
I hen they ?re the men of the gra
fleet living unnoticed, unadvertisi
l i i orming with an efficiency and
\igilanee which cannot be describ?
but which has cleared the whole hi
?000, from one end to the other,
German warships and mercantile m
tVhon II the great German le
?i as mm b money was pi ?
m n ?;. Baltic! It dan n
ratei where it can I
attacked. The whole maritime ?
i,e, nian> have been rodui I
te sporadic and constantly diminishii
..t' lubmarines."
Galas Since April Last.
In re) I western front, M
Asquith said he had nothing to add t
| stehet from Field Marsh;
French except to say that, on the hi
anee, since last Apr.l the Germans ha
not pained a single foot of ground.
"Tha?, Indeed? il an understatemen
of the rase," he added.
Referring to the eastern war thea
tre, the Premier paid a warm tribut
?? ?? fighting qualities of the Rus
and expressed eonfidenn m the'
?v "before long to roll bach ti i
gnemy."
to Mesopotamia, Mr Asquith re
niarked, tie British object wai '
the Arabs, safe
guard Hr. iah interests In the l'ersiat
1 . and uphold the authority of thi
Qnloi lack In the Fast.
"Our victorious fone is now withir
measurable distance of Bagdad," h?
continued. "No operations have beer
conducted with greater brilliance ot
with better prospects of final success '
Turning to the operations in th?
Dardanelles, for the launching of which
Winston Spencer Churchill, then First
Sea I.ord of the Admiralty i- -the gov?
ernment felt justified in aanctioning
that attack
"From the moment Turkey declared
' was impotaible to concentrate
attent I a wi it?ra front
Problem More Than Strategic
"The Turki threatened our Ru
allies and Egypt The advent of Tur
. groa! effect on the
itos, ana the government had
to f.iev a question which was not mere
' ? a'egic.
"In a itreat war like thia you cannot
mine the policy er.trely by naval
and military considerations. Sometimes
it is not or.ly expedient but necessary
to run risks which clear naval or mili?
tary considerations would have warned
you against. In January sr? had not
sufficient military forces available in
the Fast to do more than cope with the
Turkish attack on Egypt, which was de?
feated. The question of a naval attack
:n the Dardanelles was then considered.
sad, sfter full consultation with r.aval
experts, including the admiral i
spot notwithstanding some doubts ?n
tas miad of Bann Fisher Mhen First
Lord of the. Admiralty) the goi
felt justified in sanctioning that
"The proposed attack was carefully
considered. It was approved by the
French and enthusiastically received by
th? rrand duka. The matter came again j
before the war counei!. Before a shot!
was fired it was communicate,I to I
Cabinet M was decided at firot
make the attempt with the navy, a1
the navy alone. 1 take mv foil ll MTC
responsibility and deprecate ettemi
to allot the responsibility to one mi
ister or another."
OvJoH "f Gallipoli Campaign.
l>otallli g the objecta -
the Dardanelles, the Premier i
mark* d:
??ii ?? : ?ew ?rai thai it would :? flaei
the Hainan tUOt i !"'' '
\s:,y for ^'l| : ' :
blow at the heart "*" 'he Tor
i-h Empire.
"Naval operations continued lystei
a month, and ttntil t!;
culminated in the attai
rows, which resulted in a l(
was then lUggestod 'hut by aid of i
ad?quat.iry force the attai
( ould be driven home .'.
"General Sir Ian Hamilton
out, and reported he was m ogreemei
with the luggeetion that ? r
and milit
the arbole conree of the war I have no1
letained a ki
'lian il ?
Mr. A nted e that if t
effort to ?
been they would havi bei
of immeasurable value.
"They d <l not succeed." he eon<
"note '
hibinon tod never surpassed gollonti
of our ' ! oi
The Premier then said thai In tl
Sea of Marmora up to October '-''> Bri
ish submarines sank or damaged tw
battleship?. live gunboats, one torped
boat, eight transports and 1!?T soppl
ships. He alluded to the services c
the novel monitors, which he said WCI
largelj the eroation of Lord Fisher.
200,000 Turks Held.
"Ti<. resulta i tat attempt,
led
mus? i ?
?rhat ?
might hai
had a serious
Caucasus, and *
fa,. .;? i gypl and Mesop
Our i'o..<- on the Gallipoli Peninsul
was holding up 200,000 Turks.
"The lituation in the Dardani I
receiving the most anxious considera
tion of the government, not as an iso
luted thing, but as I I ut of the large
strategical question raised by KOMI
'of development.? in the Balkans. Ther.
I il a complete agreement between U
and Prance, both as to the end and thi
[P.-an I in till
:
in reinar lg the Ul
'
.?ut that i-., rj -, p ha?
to be taken it threi
and. latt nta.
"Unlike I I government," hi
said, "we cannot barti i awaj the prop
! erty of our Alliaa beb i .1 tneir hacks
When the Alliei are reproached for nol
acting with sufficient spoed as regardi
j Serbia, it must be remembered that ui
to the last moment there WM tin
strongest roOOOH to believe that Greece
would act up to her treaty obligation?
with Serb:.-,.
What Veni/elo? Asked.
"On September "?, after the Bulgar?
ian mobilisation had begun, Premiei
Venin loi ni d Fi anee and Gr ml Brit
ain for 150,000 men on I
understand^ g thai the Greeki
mobilisa u.so. Greece ? ' d raobi
Septcmbei 24. bul not until October ?
did Premiei \ enii ele find hlmeelf able
to agree I i the land ng of Brit
French troopi indar t"rm..i protect.
"On I Ictobt r ! I'm .:...|| |f, \ , I
announced ;n the ( haiiihet that G
must be bound by her treaty with
Serbia. The next day the King re?
pudiated the dec ara' toi of M,
zelos, who resigned, but the new (?ret k
government daci?n i ti dm n to re
main on friendly termi with the Allies.
at the same time declining to depart
from the attitud itrality. The
resal? i > that - i ? oui < ire> k
i central at
from Bulgai
"We in thi Unit . \
and Rossis con rbia to
become the pre] of thi
nefarious combinat on rhe g<
nd Gn I Britain hai i
en, a
consultation which ha- culminated in
the welcome vii illustrioui
commander m chief. The recuit, I am
glad tO say. i.-, a complete agreement be?
tween us as to the end ami the means,
but I can disclose nothing more. Serbia
may rest assured that her Independence
is regarded by us a? one of the essen?
tial objects of the war."
Dealing with the financial aspects
of the situation, Piemier Asquith laid
stn ?? upon the importance of retrench?
ment
Discusses < ompu!?or> Service.
"Every mai ti >>" he de
dared, ical on of
rig the thing
? .
hoi boon a dif?
ference i,i opinion among the mil
?s to whetbei the foil exploitation of
the recru i table area COOld be obtained
by the voluntary system Personally. I
think it is purely a question of practi- '
cal expediency. Admittedly, our system
.f rolantary recruiting operates in a!
haphazard, capricious way. and ray ob- ?
jection to the employment of compul
sioa under preeent eonditioni is not
due to any blindness to the merits of
the exis'ing system. My objection is
tha1 the rmpioyment of compulaion
?ould endanger the maintenance of na.
tional unit; |
rithout jtencrs laaent you di fe it >our
ii >si
Beforriug to Lord Derby's recruiting
schema, the Premiei premiaod to In?
form the country as seen after Novem?
ber M ss it was possible to collect n -
formation, whether it was successful.
"I believe," he continued, "it will pro
dOOS a satisfactory result, but if it i
does not and if it is shown that in th?
recruiubl? reservoir there are numbers |
of men of military age who still hang
back, I will not hesitate to recommend
supplementing the voluntary system by
oni' form Of legal obligation."
Supreme War Committee.'
The Premier stated that he ..ad con?
cluded that it was desiruble to maintain
I . .
ths higher direction of the war,
i limit its membership. H<
. ... -,
h ne nor more than five, hut '
i have the power to lummon i sr
mi ? having -peri:.! knowledge or In?
formation for the purpe of < insults
Tl S relations of 'lie committee
Cabinet, he thought, should he
>, but the Cal st i lould be kept
informed of important doeisiona a-.d
ted before any important de
parture in policy was taken
The Premier stated that there also in
future would bo more co-ordination be?
tween the staffs of the Allied powers.
Touching upon the question of sup
of men. munitions and money,
the Pnmioi laid that the financial po?
sition was serious. He QUOtl I '
ports and import- and of SX
pel ? it ure upon the war.
"Wo cannot ko on discharging hui
? u iinlei 111 ? ' I ? . ? '? rnra i I md
mli adopl ; agent econ
omj Our position. i ot compon un
? i't.ly with that Of our ei I
The itandard of life in Germany has
ISod tO S VOrj low point, in?
deed, bul we must bo prepaied to mike
tar greater sacrifices than WS have
done. The average cost of our army
in peace times is glOO per head per
year. To-day it is between twice and
throe times this."
Reviewing his own share in the tak?
ing of the decisions of August last
year, Premier Asquith declared:
"There is nothing I wish to nnsay or
undo. I challenge eritidjsm. I am as
? nl now as flfi ? i ago
re are going to carrj our :
. to o triumi hant cone iusion.
not goii to sn< the burden
.- HOI ?I 1 all
lied I ran B0 longer bear the I.urden.
\ ig ., - I enjoy health and the con?
fidence of my sovereign, the House ai I
ths country, I trill not surrender the
task, heavy though it be."
Pnmior Asquith'l closing words were:
"Let us endure to the end."
DuitoinV
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FIGHT IN PASSAGES
NORTH OF ARRAS
Trench Meet Enemy at Close
Quarters in Sector of
Neuville.
London, Nov. '2 After the vigorous
battle of the last fortnight there hn
come a slackening in the activity ei
? h. U i -'. r:i fror '
Spirited combats at close quart-'-*
have taken place in the advanced pa?
sageways at Neuville-St. Yaast, nor'h
of Arras, and artillery surprise h*
tacks were launched by the French CO
the Butte de Tahure. Hut along the
rest of the line the opposing arm ?
have been relatively quiet.
PUNCH official.
The statement issued at Paris
A cannonade on both s.des, son.e
what violent in character, occur:- ;
to the west of Lievin, :n the regio.i
of the Catenae Fort. Spirited com
hats at close '?'jur'ers continue n
the advanced pasageways of the sec?
tor of Neuvdle-St. Vaast.
To the south of tne Somme, in the
region of ChaolnOS and Fouqu?tl
court, our artillery concentrated ,?
effective lire on the German trericr..
and reached enemy groups at tr ?
moment of their formation.
In the Argonne several Germn
mines were explodeci without dani
age to our works Our infant r\
prevented the enemy from uccu;..
ing the excavations
GFKMAN OFFICIAL.
The Rerlin War office gave out th
statement:
Apart from strong artillery sur?
prise attacks or BottC <le Tohuic
and lively artillery battles on th
front between the Meuse and th?
A story as big,
amazing, noisy, and civ
thralling as the city it
depict?. Never such a novel
of Snw York as this! The Jin,,
that nice boy, in business as ,
blackmailer; Velvet Voice, that
nice girl who had to have ??*
clothes and motor-cn. Pinj.
and Bean, the lovable dancen
of a doubtful trade;?these are
four of the hundred New York
paradoxes in
George Bronson-Howard'i
Impressive New Novel
Iti largene?? and power raanoi t* deaitd.
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1HE BOBBS MFJWiLL CO, Publuhw,
_
hfeoello, 'here le i i of .m|>art.
anee to report.
Accord Closer Amon? Alhei.
1 '-' it o
? here thai \ evu are beinf ?I
changed regard as tenues
bi ? m.-ei. 'ho powei \
lUlfl tt
their armie?, the sbjecl he n* to ar?
range for quicker and more harmonio?!
I -tnom
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