The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-01-08


Incipient Scandal Over Date C Re.
ceipts of u. S. Note-Press Holds
Him Responsible For Some Mis-.
fortunes of Army.
NEW YORK = Last Saturday
1t was cabled from London that it
was probable that Lord Haldane, lord
higI chancellor of Great Britain
would resign shortly. No reason wa4
given, but it was thought likely that
the incipient scandal over the date of
the receipt of President Wilson's note
might have caused friction which
would have forced him out. It VIII
be remembered that Sir Edward Grey
was away the day Ambassador Page
delivered this note and Lord Haldane
was in charge of the foreign office
The note was handed to him, Ambas-
saGor Page got his receipt, and theH
the news was made public. Sir Ed
ward Grey received the note the next
day, and the British press assumed
that this was the first official deliV
cry: There were charges of lack of
courtesy on the part of American OF
fic!als for making public the contents
of the note, but Ambassador Page
showed the date of his receipt and
the scandal died quickly.
Says He's Pro-German.
But now comes a story by mail,
which shows that the British press has
beer openly attacking Lord Haldane
as a pro-German, and accusing him of
responsibility for some of the misfor,
tunes of the army. Lord Haldane has
haC distinguished public career, hav-
Ing been secretary of war from 1905
until he became lord high chancellor
in 1912 The mail story says that the
feeling against Lord Haldane, lord
high chancellor, is exceedingly bitter
in some quarters and several of the
London newspapers have directed a
bitter crusade against him.
Arnold White, in the Daily Express
has written q strong article under the
title of "The Case Against Lord Hal
dane" His opening paragraph fol
lows:
Hatdane Thrice Deceiver, Charge.
IF a man deceives you once that
is his fault; if he deceives you twice
that is your fault; if he deceives Won
three times it is because he takes YOU
for d fool, and because you are a fool
oh
sleepy. Our nation has been deceived
three times by Lord Haldane. 1t w9"
deceived about the army: it was de,
ceived about Germany and it was de-
ceived into thinking that 10000 pounds
a year was sufficient money to insure
that the spoken word of the lord high
chancellor might be implicitly trust
eG''
The writer calls his article an Gin
dictment of Lord Haldane," and says
that when secretary of war he recon-
mended the abolition of ten battalions
of the line This loss and the loss of
the reserve which would have been
created if they had not been abolished
wCUld have given Great Britain $4,000
additional trained troops to aid the
evolutionary force sent into Belgium
shortly after the start of the war
Another accusation is that Lord
Haldane struck out of his territorial
bill the provisions for training youths
i'll the manual.
Called North Ocean German Sea.
At another time Lord Haldane re.
ferred to the north ocean as the Ger.
man ocean. Mr. White feels bitter
about this.
Mr.. White says further: THE Sec
Ond point on which Lord Haldane has
forfeited the confidence of the coun.
try is in reference to the intentions
Of Germany. At Lord Haidane's house
Ramsay Macdonald was presented to
the German emperor. We know the
result. If Ramsay MacDonald's an
gIophobia is equivalent to a reinforce.
ment of three divisions to the Ger.
mans. what is the strategical euuiva.
lert of Lord Haldane's loyalty to the
German emperor.
"On the subject of spies. Lord Hal
dane has misled the nation. He fears
injustice to Germans and spies.
fear injustice to Great Britain.
''The soldiers and officers who have
died in Flanders because one bat.
TALON had to do the work of four NAV
not be superhuman, but they wer- not
given a dogs chance either in ~um.
bers or equipment. Nothing but the
supreme ability of the generals and
the magnificent unapproachable cour
age of the British and Irish saved
them from determination
Those of US who have lost friends
ana relations killed or broke in the
war no longer desire to stand between
Lord Haldane and his well earned
rest. If he remains in office the next
result may be a shameful peace"