The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-24
This Preoipltates Debate In
Which Mistakes Of Military
Leaders Are Criticized
iALLIPoLl WITHDRAWAL
NOT ATTENDED BY LOSS
Lord Derby Says Entente Victory
viii Come Sooner Than Most
" Persons Expect
ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wireless. }

(Associated Press BY Federal wirelsss.)
r oNDoN, December 22.-The re.
quest made Of the commons yestcr.
day by Premier Asquith for author.
ity TO despatch another million mon Ia
the front precipitated debate In
which the mistakes of the British mill.
tary leaders were criticised and the gen
eral question Of CONSUMPTION was
brought mp. A statement was also ellie
tied from the Premier regarding the re.
cent withdrawal Of the British troops
from the Dardanelles campaign.
Referring to this feature of the fight.
ing, the Premier ridieulcd the Ger.
man claims, said to be based on Con.
stantinople advices. that the British
were driven from the GallipoIi with
heavy losses. These Constantinople adj.
vices described the British withdrawal
as disaster, the Turks SCATTERING the
British resistance and defeating them
Withdraw without Loss
s As n matter of fact, said the Pre-.
mier, the British forces were all taken
aboard their transports and only three
soldiers were wounded during the whole
operation of withdrawal. This with,
drawal he said, had been decided upon
by the advice Of Lord Kitchener, minis.
ter Of war, who had visited the Brit.
ish positions, and that of General
Munro, the British commander who had
succeeded Sir Ian Hamilton at the
Dardanelles. ".
The Premier praised the troops for
the gallantry they had shown on the
field in the Gallipoi and praised the
naval and military authorities for the
manner in which they had carried
through the hazardous and difficult
task of the withdrawal
Troops Did Pull Duty
Premier Asquith moved vote for
an additional million men for the army
He announced that the British forces
in the various war arenas total mill.
ion and quarter now. He said that
the wastage of men is enormous and
that the British must aim atsgettinO
every man of military age, physically
qualified to serve, under the colorE His
speech surveyed the widening theater
of war and tho new needs for larger
forces. g@
"Before Parliament sanctions the en-,
hstmcnt of the fourth million of troops
asked for, the government should tell
the nation the basis for the demands
for more men," insisted John Dillon.
In no case can the failures of lapd
campaigns be laid to lack of men OF
the inefiiciency of enlisted men. Be.
fore the government enfoIces cOnscrip.
ton, the men higher up, who are re
sponsible for our failures, must be re,
moved. AZ
"What is the uso," Dillon conclul
eel, "of sending more troops away tC
be led by men like those responsible foi
the failures on the Gallipoh pcninsu,
Iai'
Heart OF Nation Right T..
John Redmond, the Irish leader, said
that the Irish Nationalist are opposed
to CONSUMPTION and that any attempt
now or in the future to impose any
draft or CONSUMPTION legislation would
find serious opposition. H.
A statement regarding the recruiting
campaign was made yesterday by Lord
Derby, who announced that he had
found the heart of the nation in the
right place, with the men determined
to do their full duty by the flag and
country.
"ComPlete victory for tho Allies Is
coming sooner than most expect it, "
he said.