The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-31
ny p. CuNLIFFE.OwE IN
~ABRIEL uANOTAtN occupies
r 80 important and influential u

r 80 important and influential u
place In the public life of
during the many years that
he spent in office as Minister Of
Foreign Affairs he used TO be nick
named Richclicu, because Of his meth
4 Of statecraft-that his cabled mes
sage to the American people on
Thursday last, calling attention to the
TACT that II is Germany and her allies
WIN are manPuvring in every pos
siblc way for peace. while the Powers
OF the Quadruple Entente are unwili-
ing to consider the matter at the pres
ent Juncture, has served to relieve
the fears Of the friends OF Great Brit
ain. France. Russia and Italy. and
also of those two brave little nations
Belgium n Serbia, us to the ultimate
issue Of the conflict. II cannot be
denied that h apprchensions of the
sympathizers with the cause Of the
Powers Of the Entente In the United
States, that IL TO say, Of about 30 per
cent. Of the population Of America.
have been growing apace for several
weeks past; so much 80. that an al
together impression has
been gaining ground. to the effect tina,
the great war. IL 1t did o end in n
victory for the two kaisers and their
strange bedfellows, the Sultan and the
unsavory and repeatedly perJured
King of Bulgaria, would at any rate
result in n draw.
There Is no real foundation for any
such belief. The ultimate defeat OF
Germany and Of her allies is more
thar ever assured. and indeed Is al
ready within measurable distance. al
though the Entente Powers may re-
ceive some hard Knocks and sustain
some severe setbacks. and even dis
asters, before the end Is reached.
Whatever pessimism has been Gre
ated here VA been attributable not 80
much to the temporary successes OF
he German coalition. nor vet to the
procrastination, the indecision n
the lack of proper organization which
have characterized certain phases OF
the policies Of Great Britain during
the last twelve months. but rather to
the extraordinary ~Uttcrances OF Eng
lands public men.
Admiral Lord Charles Beresford
has been availing himself Of his I'M
walled position as Il popular favorite
on both sides of the Atlantic tn pro-
claim that Great Britain is headed
straight towarl disaster and toward
imperial bankruptcy. eve going so
FAR an to imputc disloyalty to her to
her allies. Capt. Ashmead- Bartlett.
whose father was a native Of Brook
1yn. n. Y. has been holding forth in
London on the subject % the costly
failure of the campaign m the penin-
sula Of Gallipoli and along the Straits
Of the D%ardanelles. painting the mis-
takes made there in the most sOmbre
colors with all the authority Of II
who has been following The operations
In the capacity of an official OH
server" while. as II this were not suf-
fcient, the Marquis of L~ansdowne.
former Secretary of State for For
eign Affairs and still one Of the most
influential members of the present
Cabinet, delivered on Wednesday
night last in the House of Lords n
most amazing speech, in which he ad-
mitted that Serbia was virtually lost
and that it was hopeless. owing to
the lack OF time. to dream of arrest
ing the German drive through Serbia
and Bulgaria to Constantinople. In
deed, Lord Lansdowne's remarks.
though couched in perhaps more par
llamentary language. were even more
depressing by reason OF the Cabinet
rank Of the speaker than those OF
Admiral Lord Charles Beresford and
Of Capt. Bartlett.
Unfortunately such expressions OF
opinion during the last week have
been by no means rare in the United