Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-07
LORD KITCHENER GOES
TO EASTERN WAR ARENA
His Journey Taken Mt Request of
Colleagues, According to Of
fetal Announcement.
MISSION HELD TO BE IMPORTANT
Generally Believed That His First
Hand knowledge Of Affairs in
Balkans Will Aid Him In Straight
ening Out Near-Eastern TangIe.

LONDON, November 6.-Lord Iitch-
has left England for n short visit to
the eastern theater of war"
This announcement made this eve
ming after n Cabinet council-an un-
usual meeting for Saturday-and a
long audience with Premier Asuu'th
had with the King. set ut rest the
tary's present intentions. Later an ad-
ditional official statement was issued
as follows:
'rhe statement that Earl Kitchener
has resigned his position rs Secretary
of State for War has already been
authoritatively denied. 1t is equally
has rendered his resignation, or that
his visit to the King had any relation
to the subject, or that his visit to the
eastern heatcr OF war in any way be-
tokens that such resignation is con-
templated
"On the contrary. this visit is under
taken by him in DISCHARGE of his duty
as Secretary of State for War, which
duty he has no intention OF abandon
ing"
LONDON GLOBE PLANT
SEIZED DY AUTHORITIES
Almost simultaneously with the an
nouncemcnt OF Lord Kitchener's pro-
posed visit to the east the authorities
seized the printing plant of the Lon
don Globe, together with the issues of
yesterday and to-day. This is the first
action of the kind taken by the au-
thoritics since the outbreak of the
war against "A daily paper In the
United Kingdom. Some weekly papers
both in England and in Ireland in
cludinG the Labor Leader, were SINH
iarly treated some time ago. but tho
Labor Leader later was allowed TO
resume publication.
The Globe. while one OF the Oldest
papers published in the country. and
long considered a staid and conserva-
tive organ, has latcrly lost that char
acter and has been chiefly noted for
us violent attacks on public men dur
ing the administration of the Liberal
government 1t has been one OF the
governments bittcrcst opponents. and
during the war has attacked virtually
all OF the members of the governments
On Friday il bitterly attacked Sir
FREDERICK E smith. the new Attorney
General. whom it had heretofore sup
ported and who the evening before
had defended Premier AsUuith against
what he described as "tliscredItable
personal attacks"
The Globe also published n rcport of
the resignation OF Lord Kitchener. this
being based chiefly or the fact that
the War Secretary had been received in
audience by the King on Thursday
night and brief announcement in n
morning paper that q change of the ut
most Importance was about to take
place In the conduct of the war
ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT
COME AS SURPRISE
The announcement that Lord Kitch-
cncr Is to visit the east did not come
rs sururisc Ii Is thought that his
activities Will not be confined to the
Balkan war thcater, but that he Will
visit Egypt To inspect the dcfcnses OF
the Suez Canal against a possible Ger
man or Turkish attack: Mcsopotamia,
where the British expedition il doing
bigger things than was expected of il.
and Is now near Bagdad, ana the Dar-
danelles, where steps are being taken
to push the operations TO Il conclusion.
Besides this. II Is believed his duties
will include efforts 20 coordinate the
work of the general stats OF the allied
armies.