New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-27

,,..L "a Is the situation IN SERBIA
..,rlsxing as are the military and
matte problems in all the Near
=. ,bsre are recent CLEANS Of light
=, among them I put Lord Kitchen
,,,urn. He was supposed to have
...,bt his presence required in Egypt
:, Ia, not, 50 far as we know been
r,vpt. His return, leaving Egypt
.I'i,.d. can only mean that ne IS no
- ANXIOUS about the Suez Canal
that any German move toward
La. IN the future. II anywhere.
+ - NAV happen in Europe, the
sch Empire is not now threatened
+, most vital point. As for India
-. The Germans are always an
-,,i,c a native rising, a Revolution
,,s otberthrow Of British rule 1t
=, safe as Piccadilly.
The Merthyr Election.
va, nut second a purely domestic
3.,t the Nerthyr election and the
...,r - Mr.. stanton by over 1000
s,,i,v. You may in America put
:, aside as politics. but politics had
,.s;,g 10 do with it except on the
side Mr.. Winstone, the defeat
,,aisate. had on his side the whole
'.n,,,s NJ the Trades Unions, the So
lists. the pro-Germans, all shades
v,r;sties of the anti-war party
,,stis incredible but true q Cabinet
y.,i,-sr. Mr.. Arthur Henderson in his
..,.itv as Chairman Of a Labor or
,.;..tion The scene was Wales, the
,..o-s are miners, the very men who
IA and defeated the Government
-.. over and more. Mr.. stanton
,,,l and for the. War, and the War
.r and won an overwhelming VIC
,- II marks something more than
Improvement in the Welsh temper
-ssns that not only Wales, but the
,,rv az a whole, is beginning to
i.rs,and that nothing now matters
the War.
Peace Fanatics Silenced.
here are other signs that the anti
r factions are losing their hold on
s,ls whom they have deceived. The
,s.psnden, Labor Party, the Union Of
.,-oeratic Control, and other seditious
,naizations gain no ground any
here. They do not gain; they lose
Re breakup Of a recent Peace meet
q in London is q sign. II was an
l.1,k on Free Speech against the
Tr-by men in khaki, and the men IN
cad swept OF the platform and into
e street Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, Mr.
lrhur Ponsouby, and other peace fire.
,1nds, and the meeting came then and
ere 70 an end. They and their fell
'v.,snaties naturally did not like It;
~ 10 the visionaries who think rights
r;.sh in time OF peace are inviolable
ar Be maintained untouched In
a; FOR the existence Of the Kingdom
"a the Empire. But the public TOOK
3 soolly. and even the Home Secre-
AZ, when questioned IN Parliament
rihed calmly.
Tier. was none Of the indignant
i's,ss, heard at the time when the
AZ End rose against the Germans
teYs them out % their homes, burnt
u sacked their houses, and woke up
4. Gekenna 70 the fact that his toi-
sl'lon Of German enemies on BRUSH
Nj during a war with Germany would
=: be endured. Such outbreaks are
q the uncomfortable expression OF q
ss,sous public opinion 20 which Gov
.n-eat otherwise might pay no heeo
Recruiting and National Service.
Nd Il Is the suRening Of public
'itlon all over the Kingdom which Is
s'sntisl 70 the winning Of tnls war
?. evidences Of 10 multiply. There are
'I strikes, but they are inslgnihcah'
numbers The Trades Unions are
1.hg into line. Recruiting well we
~ not know about recruiting un-
lbfe Derby makes his report mex,
''ss, but II The report is bad 10 Will
- good, for the decisive failure OF
"a = called, ironically, voluntary re-
wing will be followed by compul-
y service iu some form or other.
700 Derby'F effort has been a mis-
isfy effort. lie has applied various
''a, Of pressure, which may or may
tfng I'M the men who must be
&c somehow But he has led a
Hses which has stirred the magma
"a he intelligence. the consciences
Ai' people az they have not been
TED before.
lord Derby and the Radical.
t91n'cd among the good omens
a.fhg Lord DeTby's Recruiting
- ~ many have kept their per.
spihions and wishes in suspense
e9Iscrpt Press" has been
IN. Lord Derby himself oct tho ex
~ ne Do O. convinced believer ir
!, "a Service; and has long been
10. no The business Of getting Vol
yrs ~ has pu, oil his heart and
-. even The Radicals admit o,
4. n an1 ! no not believe that even
Ss.ngham himself, The arch Rad
ia AZ has thought 70 worth while
- ~ ~ Loro Derby a. he insulted N,
~. yo1 forgotten what Mr. Mac
|gl1,I weekly, the Nation" SAID
leiss H1Dgefts's speech a. Manchester
=. smboeying bio moderate state
~, =, We need Tor compulsory mill
I,y, aaSsiningl I quote from .lr. OH
., vrdssi b. Batue"; that weight
,.,i.,t ssi,,est u 81 books on The War
ius,,i's.1 last summer and now ira IA
ala InousanC. The Nation
No. LTes1 Roberts's speech "A Die
III :, 9pfech" The proposition H.
,s~~~ merely foolish. Ill way o.
D.. .pi'g b Hls mercly WICKED.
Il ~ sttcry 81 Germany since 1870
@'h A~as.ngham gives . yer