Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-03
Former Member of Cabinet
Explains Why He Resigned
Rather Than Be Party TO
Futile Efforts,
PROTECTION OF SERBIA
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY
British War Committee Is Said
to Have Shown Weakness in
DardaneIIeS and in Dealing
With Greece,

lnr MORNING JOURNAL sFEciAL lgAeEn WISH
London Nov , (9:0O p. mD-Sir
Edward Carson, who recently resign
ed from the office of attorney gen
cral in the cabinet, initiated a discus
sion on Mr.. Asquith's statements. He
said he would not have resigned if the
premier had given sufficient informa-
ton 10 the public on matters upon
which they showed anxiety and after
fifteen months of war he thought il
only right that there should be free
debate in the house
The present position, he declared
was one Of grave peril There was
nothing to be gained by minimizing
the danger, he said
we have had an ever widening
lheater of war, which in the east is
threatening the very vitals of our en-
pire The Germans are in possession
of Belgium and part of France and
Poland and are now threatening our
gallant ally, Serbia What the house
and country are really anxious about
is whether our resources in men and
material are being used to the best
advantage whether what have APP
peared 10 be grave miscalCulationS
could have been avoided and, above
ALL whether the machinery of the gov
eminent for carrying on the war is the
most adequate and most effective
which we can devise
Country Cropping in Dark.
Sir Edward declared that on all
these questions the country wa
groping in the dark.
There was the absence of munitions
he referred to that because experience
had shown him that the cabinet, how
ever useful in time of peace, was an
organization utterly incapable of car
rying on the war under present Condi-
IONS. What was wanted was a small
cr number of competent men
Nothing had astonished him more
than the gyrations in relation to Brit
lsh policy in the Balkans on Sep
tember 2S. Sir Edward Grey stated
that Bulgarian mobilization had re-
suited in Bulgaria assuming an ag-
gressive attitude on the side of Great
Hrltains enemies and that Great Brit
ain should be prepared TO give it's
friends in the Balkans all the support
10 its power I'm a manner most wei
come to them.
When he learned that this was no
longer the policy of the government
and that there We're no plans to this
end he severed his connection with the
cabinet writing to Premier Asquith to
mat effect on October r.
Balkan Policy Too Weak.
Sir Edward said he decided to re-
sign as he could not support the con-
clusion reached by the war council Of
The cabinet the day before He quot
ed Sir Edward Grey's statement made
IN the house ON September %, prom
lsinG the allies support to Serbia, and
read part of his letter to the premier:
u cannot understand how England
can abandon Serbia to her fate with
out national dishonor, such a course
would in my judgment, be the policy
of despair and an admission Of fail
ure which could only be justified after
every other alternative had been ahan-
doned. An hope of inducing Rumania
10 come, to Serbias assistance will
nave been abandoned and she may
even find it to her interests to join our
enemies, and every encouragement
viii be given Greece ~ follow the
policy of the king rather than Vent
zelos and his majority in the cham
Der The loss TO our prestige viii be
.ncalculable and a very grave menace
10 our eastern empire.
The former attorney general told