Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-07
RETURN TO HIS OFFICE
IS DOUBTED, HOWEVER
Believed British Military Leader
Will Visit Balkans, Suez and
Mesopotamia.
WELL EQUIPPED FOR TASK
While Away he Also May Arrange
Central Organization to Control
Scheme of General
Operations.

| LONDON, November 6-"Lord
Kitchener, at the request of his
colleagues, has left England for
a short visit to the eastern the
ater of war"
This announcement, made this
evening after cabinet council
an unusual meeting for Saturday
and a long audience Premier
Asquith had with the king,
set at rest the rumors cur
rent as to the war secretary's S
present intentions. Another Off
cial statement issued tonight
says:
"The statement that Earl
Kitchener has resigned his posi-
tion as secretary of state for war
has already been authoritatively
denied. 1t is equally untrue to
suggest that Earl Kitchener has
rendered his resignation, or that
his visit to the king had any rela-
tion to any such subject, or that
his visit to the eastern theater of
war in airy way betokens that
such resignation is contemplated.
"On the contrary, this visit is
undertaken by him in discharge
of his duty as secretary Of state
for war, which duty he has no in
tention of abandoning"
May Take Some Time.
It is generally assumed Earl Kitch-
! ener has gone to the east with the i'm
mediate object of rearranging the mill
tary personnel at the front and effect
| ing, in conjunction with the allied ma
tions. some central organization to con-
troll the scheme Of military operations.
To unravel the tangles in the east in
consultation with Great Britain's war
! partners will be likely to occupy his
entire attention for some time.
Whether. when his task is accom-
| plished, Earl Kitchener will return to
| the war Office is known to only a very
few, and must depend on developments.
| It is not thought Premier Asquith
would undertake the burden of the war
| portfolio in addition to his present
| 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 COM
mons Wednesday there will be full op-
| portunity for debate and for the ex-
traction Of such information as the
government is then in position to fur
| nish.
| 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.
Globe Sticks to It's Guns.
| The Globe. in its issue today, which
was seized by the police. sticks to its
guns and again asserts Earl Kitchener
has resigned because of "maneuvers
and Vaccinations" Of politicians. 1t
says, however, that King George has
refused to accept his resignation.
| Conjectures are as numerous as
l
future plans OF Earl Kitchener The
surmises are for the most part based
on the assumption that the field mar
shall will not return to the war office,
but the temporary installation of
Premier Asauith in the post indicates
that there Is no definite conclusion as
| vet regarding changes in the war de-
| partment should 1T be decided that
| Earl Kitchener's genius can be better
utilized in other fields.
Related to Jofre's Visit.
Comment in the morning newspapers
indicated a belief in some quarters that
| the sudden development regarding Earl
| Kitchener related to oIthe visit of Gen.
loire. the French chief.
to London recently. In this connection
the Weekly Nation made an interest
ing revelation.
| Gen, Joffre's VISIT" 1t says, mas 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
feet, but the air has been magnetic,
and resulting decisions have been rapid.
Who, on such authority. can dispute
them?"
Possibilities Of Situation.
The Daily Chronicle editorfally points
out the various possibilities OF the sit
uation; first. the probability Of a
marked addition to the Importance of
the general stan in London. the ten
dency Of which would be to separate
clearly the administrative responsible
tiles Of the war minister from the stra-
teRtc RESPONSIBILITIES Of the chief OF
stan. and make the war ministers
role different from that which Earl
Kitchener hitherto had filled. Second
| ly, 1t added, there was remote possi-
bility of some kind Of Joint star being
3Conti1ued On Second Pa1s.)