The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-12-18

Of wrench FLANDERS and Russian Po-
land; ana Wooiwich. sheffield ana
Birmingham have had to take over
the work OF LILLE and Lod1. And yet.
u the present rntc OF progress. It Is
certain that Ne shall ere long produce
enough 10 supply ourselves ana TO
eiVe further help to our aiiies-that.
In fact, We shall overhaul and sur
pass the German supply Of munitions
during the next phase OF the war
with time ON our side. We shall prove
equal TO this gigantic task but we
cannot perform miracles. Il would
have been g miracle II We had had
munitions enough for the unexpected
demand. In spite OF an scepticism We
have done greatly more han might
reasonably have been expected.
But what about that big 'Kitch-
ener' army Of youraf The Germans
say Il Is blum. They assert cynicaily
that IL IL a rational economy to min
imlze our output of munitions when
you have no men to handle HEM
Lacking IN mem A iasco In recruit
ing2 No deproach could be more ludi-
c~rousiy undeserved and at variance
with the facts. The s-elf-governing
domlnions alone. with their spares
populations, have trained or are
training $4,000 men-one hundred
thousand mere than the total strength
OF the British standing army teNclud-
Ing the reserves) at the outbreak Of
war. And the proportion OF enlist
ments among our nome population
mas been much higher. The much
abused miners were the first to vol-
unteer freely, when the news came
that the German invaders had bat
med down the Belgian miners. TO per-
ish In their pits az CharieroL Men
enough for ave battalioas presented
themselves within "A week at the re-
cruiting depots OF the Durham Light
Infantry. They Rocked in from the
mines in UGH numbers that we be-
came anxious for our coa supply
until We found that the patriots who
stayed at nome were able and eager
to shoulder the. work OF the patriots
who left h mines for FLANDERS. n
when the ministry OF munitions was
formed the other day. what was the
initial step taken? The FIRST care was
to search out n try to recall the
skilled mechanics n engineers IL
h new armies. who had not already
fallen In battle or been proved indis-
pensable 60 the military forces. II
that was worth while. Il shows 10
what large numbers the engineering
profession must have responded to
Lord K~itchener's appeal. and there is
no reason to believe hat the engin-
GERS have been more specially patriotic
than the other trades. professions and
classes In the country. No. the grea,
bulk OF a~ble-bodied men in Great
Britain. worltiag-class n upper
class. married and unmarried. have
put their lives at their cOuutry's dis
posal. and are either fighting. OF
learning how to fight. at this moment
II would not be far from the truth tc
say that the vast majoriy OF mer
have lone their duty and have proved
their patriotism.
why has your great Spring onens'
, i've never materialised on the western
/, 'front.'"
p Who declared officially hat We were
I going to undertake such and such op
! ~erations az such and such a date? l
. may be ascribed To "a section 81 tn
/ British press, speaking Ia It's hopeful
- ness during last winter when there
= was such hard gglng, and certainly
Q may be attributed TO the German
o. press at the present time, Who's
q transparent object Is 10 congratulate
t. itself that our hypothetical plans hay'
failed. But, in any case, Is our su
. preme command bound 90 "fulhll IN
. scripture of Journalists. q enem.
, journalists TO boot?
% Lord Kitchener never promised al
a offensive Ia the spring. lie kept HI
! own counsel, as We wOull expect q
! any minister charged with a publ
a trust: and ne IL not likely 90 depaT
4 from that policy 70 CRAFTY the curios
ity OF the world. He spoke OF May a
a momentOus period. lie said tina
the war would really begin IN Ma
1, Has u not been so? lave not the al
mics OF an the %belligerents greatly ln
creased since then. and have not IA
operations developed enormously;
/, may be said that il has been Gel
maay's operations OF attack Whic
nj have 10 vastly increased. Graote,
/, but 30 have the operations Of deten'
10 increased proportionately.
r- We are well content with what ol
troops and their French and Belgia
b comrades have don u are doin
q under their appointed leaders. B'
e. tween them they are holding up an
al wearing down over 1000. 600 German
= In the west, n II there Is little IN
is dramatic 10 record. u ls "A u
De- Germans have been given TOO roua
d. "a reception TO keep az a demonstr.
OF ton In their earlier style. The eve
ur tual strategy IN the west probab
Il hinges upon the competition Ia mus
We lions: but after an we are not conhI
e. ing our energies TO the trenches
Of Belgium and France. While u
up Germans are making their cost
OF drives" in Poland, the Turkish en-
IN pirc Is al bay In the ~Dardaneiles, m
ar Germany has more TO lose at u
N. straits than she ear ever gain on u
nd Vlstula. Is IL realized how many ma
OF and how much munitions We ha.
ye sent to the ~Dardanelles, and what q
.e- prodigious nature OF hat operati'
ad So II has been said that we enter
Ic- upon IL light-heartedly. That is II
ed the truth, II was a deliberate dec
an ion. in which were taken into accou
to all the difficulties and an the sacl
iis fees which must be made. We ha
,i- sent an army out there which
ia probably as large as tho army sent
Of South Africa; we have yet II 10 wo