New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-10

will make him fall suddenly from the
height OF his dreams
Mr.. Balfour. replying for the army
and navy. said that the French Ambas-
sador. in 2 speech of burning, scathing
eloouence, had told them what were
the moral objects for which the Allies
were fighting lie had TO deal with the
means and weapons by which the great
ends were TO be attained.
The whole strategy of the Allies. SAID
the First Lord. was based on the Allied
fleets. Never was there war IN which
dramatic incidents connected with
allied fleets were fewer; never was
there a war IN which The operations of
the allied fleets we're more essential 20
the land forces. Their fortunes would
have been very different from what
they were and what they were going 10
be had it not been for the fact that
the Allies from the first moment took
command of the seas.
Enemy's Tide Is Ebbing.
Dealing with the armies. he said to
praise the armies which Lord Kitchen
er's genius had raised from the coun-
try was superfluous. What they had
done was but a small earnest of what
they would do. lie declined TO appear
in the character OF a prophet, but
wished TO point out one or two facts
on which prophecies might be based.
No historian in the future might say
that there was q moment when the cal
culations of the central powers were
near realization. Their campaign the
first spring. which might have been
fatal. was foiled. 1t was many months
since any success could be claimed by
the Germans on the western 'front.', and
II was two months since there had been
any advance in Russia.
The pause in the war meant that the
tide OF the enemy successes had reach =
ed It's limit. and what they had TO look
forward 70. was the ebb, slow or Ias'
but ebb, all the sane.
One Great success the central powers
might claim. said Mr BalIour. puI IL
vas not military success. II was
di,iomat;c success. Undoubtedly. the
be,rayal b. Bulgaria Of all her tradl-
tio1s. under the leadership Of the KING
vas a triumph for German diplomacy
ard had important military conse
oueuces consequences which ne Woui1
he The las. 10 minimize. The rulers q
BULGARIA.. he declared, were animate
BIZ two simple motives greed and ieH9'
and when they were dealing with rulers
% a certain type greed and rear were
great and powerful motives.
Allies Could Not Prevail.
Mr.. Balfour believed that no dlplo-
mac OF the Alice would have been
sufficient 70 outweigh the simple fact
that the rulers OF Bulgaria thought
that Austria and Germany were the
winning powers. The influences when
guided the. BulGerians, he asserted.
would prove 20 be profound miscalcula-
tons. but the Allies must remember
that II was deliberate miscalculatlon.
ENGLAND. In some part. was 20 blame
Tor this. He was net one OF those VINO
thought the coultry was unpatnotlc.
He would 70 further and say that no
press with the freedom Of the Eng
lish possessed a larger sense Of Us re-
sponsibilities But there were some
sections Of the press which forgot tnal
the articles written Dy them were read
far beyond the limits OF these ISLANDS.
Thcv might he interpreted or mis'n-
terpreted BIZ neoul, who knew nothl
Of the British aims, habits. thoughts
a. the YyEvs this country had OF treat
ing great national emergencies.
I'VE always take gloomy Joy IN
self depreciation said Nj bsiiour.
This is no new phenomenon. We
should End H. in every page OF every
great crisis in our history. Criticism Is
a good thing in IT'S way. but criticism,
however well mentioned, Is apt to be
grossly misunderstood .