The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-11-13
DEBATE ON CONDUCT OF WAR
REVOLUTION OR ANARCHY WILL
FOLLOW GREATER LOSS OF
LIFE SAYS BJ -TTSH
PEER
Severe Criticism of rship i'm Part
of AddrcsS-On n Saws That
England Shout = cpt Any Propo-
sitiOn Which = Termination OF
War Its Objc :


London. N : The debate on the
conduct of var and the censor
ship was led in the house of
lords thi rnoon. Earl Loreburn,
former chancellor, brought up
the subject, declaring that he took
this action, owing to his belief that
the Marquis OF Lansdowne, the minis
ter without portfolio, had not made
adequate reply to the arguments of
Viscount Morley.
Earl Loreburn spoke of what he
termed the ''misadventures" of the
Antwerp expedition, the loss of Rear
Admiral Sir Christopher Cradocks
squadron, the Dardaneiles operations
and the Balkan expedition. The
speaker said he had been told two
months ago that 100000 men had
been killed or disabled for life and
that multitudes had been added to
this number since and that if the con-
fiict continued indefinitely revolution
or anarchy" might follow in Eu-
rope.
Earl Loreburn, one Of the Radical
stalwarts who criticised the South
African war, today found himself sup
ported by Viscount Mllner, former
high commissioner for South Africa,
who was one of those largely respon-
sible for the South African war. Wis
count Milner, however, largely con-
fined himself to a criticism of the
censorship. He declared that the news
had been "doctored in an optimistic
sense" and also denounced the gov
ernrnent for not going sooner to the
assistance Of Servia.
Baron Courtney of Penwith, we'll
known as peace advocate, followed
Viscount Miner. He said the gov
ernment should show itself ready to !
accept any suggestions which would !:
end the war, concluding, however.
that the Germans must asrea I'd
uate Belgium and France and thai
no idemnity should be demanded of
Great Britain.
Earl Curzon of Kedleston, lord
privy seal, who replied for the gov
ernment, defended both the coalition
government, and it's liberal prede-
cesor. He announced that the govern
ment was considering whether ar
rangements could not be made for
creating closer contact between the
press and the fighting forces.
Lord Loreburn, in addition to his
other utterances, asked whether the
landing at Saloniki had been made
with the approval of the naval and
military authorities of the entente
allies, whether they were satisfied
with the supplies of men and money
and if the communications had been
properly safeguarded. He asked these
questions, he said, because there was
an uneasy feeling that there had not
been sufficient expert supervision.
The Marquis of Lansdowne an
nounced that a small committee Of
the cabinet which some of the papers
say will consist of Premier Asquith,
Arthur j. Balfour, first lord OF the ad-
miralty, and David Lloyd George,
minister of munitions, had been ar
ranged and that it's personnel would
hn 10 L.,
The government, the marquis con-
tnued, had proceeded on the assump-
ton that a small committee could
take action by itself and that when
it did so it would have to make the
cabinet aware of it's decisions only in
case where there were entirely new
had been resorted when the concurt
renee of the whole cabinet would be
required
Defending the governments Balkan
policy, the Marquis of Landowne said
that when TIE history of these trans
actions came to be written, it would
be found that mo foreign minister
had ever had a more thankless task
entrusted to him."
When the relations of Bulgaria and
Servia first became strained, the min-
lister went on, it was thought inter-
Nention might precipitate trouble
Which the government wished to
avoid. Besides, it was impossible to
hnd troops then as the big offensive
IN the West was being prepared. The
governments hesitation, he said, was
not due to the fact that it had any
uoupt whether it ought to take part
IN opposing the forward movement cf
Germany across Servia to Bulgaria.