Evening star., 1915-06-27
SAYS LORD KITCHENER
"BLUFFED" ALL GERMANY
Writer in American Magazine for
July Says England Has Army
of 4,ov0. 900.
Greatest Precaution Taken and
Campaign of Silence Is Conduct
ed on Scientific Lines.

An assertion that Lord Kitchener has
'bluffed' the German empire and the
rest of the world into believing that
England has been able only to raise
an army of million men. when ~
reality the new British forces total
four million men. is made without re
serve by j. Herbert Duckworth in an
article in the American Magazine Tor
July Mr.. Duckworth writes under the
title Lord kitchener's Great Bluff.
In an editorial note, he is introduced AS
a member Of family Of well known
London and Liverpool journalists. who
has been particularly fortunate IN Sc
curing the facts.
Following is All extract from Mr.
Duckworth's article.
How 4<itChentr'S army was secretly
increased from one million 70 four M
lion men right under the very noses OF
the uhiuuitOuS German spies is one of
the most amazing stories OF the war.
This grim joke on the kaiser was
concocted by Lord Kitchener himself.
He comma udeered the services Of the
press to assist him to carry out the
great bluff
When the British secretary OF state
for war first conceived the idea Of put
ting into the field four million men
N
strategic bluuuer t. allow the enemy
10 know what Was really atoot.
Rather. the game should be to call for
million men. aud then press agent
tle " orld with stories ian1eEting the
fact thar At last. the British empire
was bout 10 crumble up because the
men IF England had not the pick TO
DEFEND il The scheme worked out ad /
mirabty
Scientific Campaign of Silence.
The campaign Of silence was con-
Quoted OF strictly scientific lines. The
newspaper editors We're first warned
that any indiscretion would mean a
court martial. under the defense Of the
realm act. on charges Of i.aving spread
reports likely to Interfere with the
success OF his majesiy's forces They
were instructed to publis:' only the re
cruiting returns sent out by the war
office. Independent census-taking was
strictly forbidden. All articles on the
new army, and even pictures of sol
diers had first to be submitted to the
censor. \ permit was required even to
own a camera.
"One London editor refused to stay
put. He published a picture of some
soldiers without the permission of the
censor Lord Kitchener sent for the
offender
"a second iudiscretion he explained
viii mean court-martial and jail
ON what charges suffered the
astonished editor.
Never mind answered Lord kitch-
euer: We will clap YOU into prison
FIRST and find the charges after the
war is over
Precaution to Mislead Spies.
When it came to moving the new
troops TO France extraordinary pre-
cautions were taken to mislead the
transported from Southampton to Bou-
logne or Havre Instead they were
shipped from what were really out-of-
the-way and inconvenient ports-Bris-
tol. Avonmouth. Cardiff, Swansea and
Barrow <pfor example-to French ports
as far from the firing line as st. Malo,
Brest and even Bordeaux the west
coast and Marseille on the Mediter-
ranean.
Troop trains were invariably moved
at night with drawn blinds. Often
times they were run half way around
the country before being sneaked
alongside a transport. Not even the
officers were aware of their ultima te
France, Egypt. India or the Dardan-
elles
The engine drivers were changed
every twenty miles or so, and the
captains of the troopships received
their final instructions by wireless
after they had put to sea-