The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-07
War Office Makes Repeti- ton of Denial of Resigna- tiOn-May Reorganize AL lied Forces in Balkans
ENGLISH PRESS IS SADLY AT SEA IN
 ITS CALCULATIONS
London Globe Seized by Po- lice Following Assertion That Kitchener Had Re signed Because of Plot

It was officially announced this after noon that Field Marshal Earl Kftch- ener had gone to the eastern theatre of war.
 The official statement reads.
 '.Earl Kitchener. at the request of his colleagues, has left England for short visit to the eastern theatre of war.
 .sThe statement that Earl Kitchener has resigned his post as secretary of state for war has already been authori- tativeIy denied. It is equally untrue to suggest that Earl Kitchener has ten- dered his resignation, or that his visit to the King had any relation to any subject or that his visit to tho east ern theatre of wmr In any way be- tokens that such resignation Is con- tcmplated.
 "On the contrary, thIs visit Is un- dertaken by him in discharge of his duty ns secretary of state for war.
 which duty he hHs no intcntie-, of abandonine."
 It is generally assumed Earl kitche- ner has gone to the east with the imme- diate object of rearrangine the military personnel ther@ and effecting, in con junction with tive allied nations, some
 central organization to control the scheme of military operations. To un- ravel the tangles in the east will be likely t,;. ott for time.
 London Press SpeculatiOns Whether when his task is accomplished Earl Kitchener will return to the war or flee is known to only a very few. and must depend on developments. It ls not thought Premier Asquith would under take the burden of prologned tenure or the war portfolio in addition to his pres ent heavy labors. and so speculation may soon be set at rest.
 When the vote of credit is introduced by the premier in the House of Commons Wednesday, there will be full Opportunity for debate and for the extraction of such information as the government is then in a position to furnish.
 The London News Agency claims to have authority for the statement that Earl Kitchener intends to remain in office as secretary of war until the end of the war.
 The Globe in it's issue of today. which was seized by the police. sticks to its guns and again asserts Earl Kitchener has resigned because of ''maneuvers and machnations" of politicians. It says. however, that King George has refused to accept his resignation. Conjectures are as numerous as known facts are new regarding the future plans of Earl Kitchener. The surmses are for the most part based on the assumption that the field marshal will not return to the war office, but the temporary installa- ton of Presmier Asquith in the post indi- oates that there is no definite conclusion as yet regarding changes in the war de- partment, should 1t be decided that Earl kitcheners genius can be better utilized
 in other fields. Comment in the newspa- pers indicated belief in some quarters that the sudden development regarding Earl Kitchener related to the visit of Gem eral Joffre. the French commandcr-in- chief, to London recently. In this connec- ton the Weekly Nation made an inter- esting revelation.
 Further Newspaper Comment General Joffres visit" it says. "has been one of the personal sensations of the war. Our politicians expected to find a strategist; they saw rather the orator and enthusiast. It would not be right to say they were carried off their feet. but the air has been magnetic, and re- sulting decisions have beei rapid. Who. on such authority. can dispute them?" The Daily Chronicle editorially points out the various possibilities of the situa- ton. first the probability of a marked addition to the importance to the general staff in London, the tendence of which would be to separate clearly the adminis- trative responsibilities of the war min
 ster from the strategic responsibilities of the chief of staff and make the war minister's role different from that which Earl Kitchener hitherto had filled. Sec ondly. 1t added, there was a remote pos sibility of some kind of Joint staff be- ing constituted by the allies at Paris for the purpose of pooling military councils.
 "If this were done," says the Chronicle,
 the head of the British section would manifestly occupy q very important posi- ton"
 Thirdly" adds the Chronicle, it is possible that in view of the importance of our near eastern armies some higher east ern command might be constituted to CO., ordinate their action. For such post Lord Kitchener's peculiar authority in or iental matters might be thought to mark him ont. Fourthly, there are a number of problems centering more closely on India