Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-31
NOT 100000 BUT 100000 MIN
Secretly Raised Army -Four IlIncs as
Big rs Has Been Admitted.

In the July American Magazine APP
pears an exceedingly important article
entitled Lord Kitchener's dreat
Bluff" 1t is a report of how England
has secretly raised an army lour
as big as she has admitted Inc
details Of the story include an lhl'l-
rsting account OF the tremendous
Tart that ADVERTISING played IN per-
suading mon to enlist.
The author of the article rs j. Her
bert Duckworth, OF whom the editors
of the American Magazine say IN Il
note:
mir. Duckworth is an Englishman
belonging to "a family Of wcll-knoWh
London and Liverpool journalists nut
for the past ten years, with the eNcep"
ton of two years in London, mas
lived most of the time In New york
where he has been connected WIN
At the outbreak or the
wa he went to England, where ne mas
remained most Of the time, DURING
The winter, because Of his unusual
opportunities for getting INSIDE inlort
nation pertaining TO Englands part
I'm the war. he came c|onfidcntlally
INTO uossession Of the facts In THIS ar
ticle. on account OF the strict GEN.
sorship imposed by Lord Kitchener,
no English journal has pubnsheu
Them. and in truth few E~ngltshmen
have known the real facts. lhueeu'
MIR. Duckworth himself has been UNI
| willing, until now, TO communicate
| publicly what he has learned
Following is a brief extract from
Mr.. Duckworth's article;
"How K%itchoner's army was sec
rety increased from % million 10
| four million men right under the
% Tho YIl1tIIInnG 1rnI1nln
epics is one Of the most amazing
| stories Of the war.
"This grim joke on the kaiser was
connected by Lord Kitchener himself
lie Communicated the services OF me
| nress to assist him to carry out the
great bluff.
"Wbcn the British secretary OF
state FOR war first conceived the idea
Of putting into the field four mlllloh
men. he realized that IT would be a
grave strategic blundcr TO allo" Jho
enemy to know what was really dIo"tt.
Rather, the game would be TO eau
for a million men, and then press
aDeut the world with stories lamcntlnB
the fact that, at last, the BRUSH en-
Miro was about TO CrumbIe eau
the men of England had not the
pluck to defend II, Ihe scheIl'
worked out admirably.
1.-THE campaign of silence was con-
Quoted on strictly scientific hnes. Inc
~pewspaper editors were first warned
that any indiscretion would mean q
court martial, under the defense ol
he realm act, on charges Of havinl
spread reports likely to interfere
with the success Of his majesty
forces They were instructed TO pup
fish only the recruiting returns sen
out by the war office. lndependcHi
rensus-taking was strictly forbidden
All articles on the new army, an'
even pictures Of soldiers, had first u
be submitted to the censor. A per
nit was required even to Own a cam
era -.
Zone London editor refused t.
stav nut He published a picture o
some soldiers without the permission
II the censor. Lord Kitchener sen
for the offender.
"'A second indiscretion,' ne eN
planned, will mean a court marta
and Jail
astonished editor.
"'Never mind, answered LoI
Kitchener: we will clap you int
prison first, and find the charBe
after the war is over
when it came TO moving the ne'
troops to France extraordinary pre-
cautions were taken 20 mislead IN
spies. The regiments were not q
transported from southampton {
Bolougne or Havre. Instead the
were shipped from what were real
uut-of-the way and lnconyenient port
bristol, Monmouth, CardIt'
Swansea and Barrow for example
10 French ports as far from the IN
ing line as St. MalO, Brest, and eve
Bordeaux on the west coast and Maj
%reilles on the Mediterranean.
Troop trains were lnVarlabl
b moved at night with drawn blinds
Oncntimes they were run halt-wa
around the country before bein
eueaked alongside ~a~.ransport. Nc
even the officers were aware Of the
ultimate NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IL wa
to be France, Egypt, India or tn
Dardanelles.
THE engine drivers were change
! every twenty miles or so, and III
captains Of the troop ships receive
their final instructions by wirele
after they had put TO sea-"
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