Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-10-27
Earl Lorebun Criticizes
Government for I'M
called for Secrecy.
SERBIA SITUATION
REGARDED SERIOUS
".Disappointed in Dardan-
clles and May BE Same
in the Balkans" "

T ONDON. oct 26 G p. mD-Re-
Il plying to a question by Earl
Loreburn in the house Of lords this
afternoon as to the progress Of the
campaign in the Balkans, the Marquis
Of Lansdowne, the unionist leader,
who holds a seat in the cabinet with
out portfolio, said.
IL must say with great regret l am
afraid We must admit that the prog
ress Of the campaign in northern
Serbia has been such as to render 1t
highly impossible that the Serbian
army will be able to withstand for any
great length Of time the attacks to
which il is exposed from the AusIro-
German forces on the north, aided by
the stab in the back which Serbia is
receiving at the hands Of Bulgaria"
Earl Lorcburn had asked whether
the dispatch Of troops to Saloniki had
been determined upon with the ap-
nroyal Of the naval and military ad-
yisers and whether the government
could give assurance that fun provision
he'd been made for the communications
of this force an. 4ur It's SUPP, or
men and material to the satisfaction
Of the naval and military experts.
Earl LorebuTn said he understood the
governments desire was that the mat
ter should not be debated at the pres
ent time, but that there was reason
for asking the question.
DardanclIcs Failure.
1--WE are disappointed in the Darda-
nelles enterprise" the earl continued,
and he added that he did not know
whether that enterprise had COM
menced with or without the advice Of
~ ~ ,.f f.lrt
one could not help asking whether
this new venture would be a repetition
Of that The greatest danger from
which this country could suffer the
speaker said, was unprepareduess ana
indeCisiOn.
Tho Marquis Of Lansdowne eX-
plained that there were moments
when it was not I'm the public interest
that questions relating to the war
should be freely discussed in parlla-
ment. lie declared, however that he
could assure Earl LOreburn that
neither I'm the present government nor
I'm anv government Of which he had
been a member had it been the prac-
flee or habit Of amateur strategtsts to
impose their plans upon the profess
sional advisers of the government
Earl Kitchener, minister Of war, ne
continued, was present at every can
met meeting and it was Impossible 10
sltuuosp that he would allow himselt
10 be DETECTED from his course by the
pressure Of his civilian colleagues.
Apart from that, the speaker added,
the procedure by the committees ana
the councils had given a far greater
cDpOrunity to the military and naval
experts to assert themselves ana make
their views known.
The cabinet as a whole considered
both naval and military and political
aspCcts Of the case, so the ministers
and their advisers took account of
both sides Of the problem, but what
ever particular views were given by
tbe military and naval advisers the
ultimate responsibility for a decision
ON them must rest on the government.
AS to the SaloniH expedition the Mar
uuis said;
About Earl Lorcburn.
az cannot enter into the apprehen-
sions which possess Earl LOrCburn.
7 can quite understand, having before
him our commitment in the western
thcater Of the war the position in
which we find ourselves on the CALI
noli peninsula and our interests in
Egvpt and the other possessions Of
tho empire. which should be borne in
mind, it is profoundly distasteful to
him that the matter should be cOmpli-
Gated by our entering into new en-
tanrlements in the new sphere Of the
war"
II did not say that" Earl Loreburn
,nterrupted. "What I asked was II
Won had naval and military opinion to
Justify YOU in your decision
Il quite understand" Lansdowhe
answered. That Earl Loreburn
should dislike the idea Of what might
he described as this further effort on
our part at a time when we are MAX
inc SO many efforts in different parts
Of the world
"I-nder what circumstances has a
p,i+isb force been sent to SalOniki2" ?"
Il should like to recall the position
in the month of September. The CEN
trail powers had made no progress in
the western theater for long time.
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