Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-08
KITCHENER GOES
TO EAST FRONT
Government Declares Rumor Secre-
tary Has Resigned or Contem-
plated Doing So to Be
Baseless.
PLANT OF GLOBE IS SEIZED

LONDON, Nov. 7.-'Lord Kitch-
ener. at the request of his colleagues.
has left England for short visit to
the eastern theater OF war"
This announcement, made this eve
ming after n cabinet council--an un-
usual meeting for Saturday--had
long audience which Premier Asquith
had with the king, set at rest rumors
current as to the war secretary's
present intentions.
Later an additional official statement
was issued. as follows;
THE statement that Earl Kitchener has
resigned his post as secretary OF state
for war has already been authoritatively
denied. 1t is equally untrue to suggest
that Earl Kitchener has rendered his
resisnatioa. or that his wisit 10 the king
had any relation 10 that subject or that
his visit to the eastern theater of war
in any way betokens that such resigna-
tion Is contemplated.
VIII Not Give Up Post.
ION the contrary. this visit is under
taken by him In discharge OF his duty M
secretary OF state for war, which duty
he has no intention OF abandoning"
Almost simultaneously with the an
nouncement OF Lord Kitchener's proposed
visit to the east. the authorities seized
the printing plant OF the London Globe.
together with the issues OF yesterday and
today. This is the first action OF the
kind taken by the authorities since the
outbreak OF the war agalnsta daily paper
In the United Kingdom. Some weekly
papers. both In England and In Ireland
including the Labor Leader. were SINH
larly treated some time ago. but the
Labor Leader after a secret trial OF the
case was allowed to resume publication.
The Globe. while one OF the Oldest
papers published In the country and long
considered a staid and conservative or
gan, has latterly lost that character and
has been chiefly noted for its violent
attacks on public men during the ad-
ministratlon of the liberal government.
Governments Bitter Foe.
It has been one OF the governments
bitterest opponents and has, since the
war. attacked virtually ell OF the mem
bers OF the government. On Friday II
bitterly attacked Sir Frederick u. Smith,
the new attorney general. whom IL had
heretofore supported and who the eve
ming before had defended Premier Asquith
against what he described "dlscreditable
personal attacks"
The Globe also published a report OF
the resignation OF Lord Kitchener, this
being based chiefly on the fact that the
war secretary had been received in audi
ence by the king Thursday night and a
brief announcement In a morning paper
that a change OF the utmost Importance
was about to take place in the conduct
of the war.
The Globe Is edited by Charles Palmer,
for many years its parliamentary re-
porter.
The Globe is controlled by Cecil Harms
worth. brother OF Lord Northcllffe. Mr..
Harmsworths brother. Lord Northcllffe,
has been one Of the severest critics OF
the war Office. through his newspapers.
the Times and the Mail
The announcement that Lord Kitchener
is to visit the east did not come as a
surprise. II was generally believed when
II became known that he was about TO
undertake a mission that the Balkans
would be his destination. for there is no
man In the British empire better equipped
with a knowledge OF near eastern affairs.
military and political, than he.
II Is thought that his activities will
not be confined to this theater of the
war, however, but that he will visit
Egypt TO inspect the defenses OF the
suez canal against possible German
or Turkish attack; Mesopotarnia! where
the British expedition is doing bigger
things than was expected OF II and is
now nearing Bagdad. and the Dardanelles.
where steps are being taken TO push the
operations TO a conclusion.
Besides this. II Is undestoOd that his
duties will include efforts to coordinate
the work OF the general staffs OF tho
allied armies.
The police officials. who seized the
Globe newspaper, made a thorough job
Of IL. They cut off the electric power.
removed the sterotype plates, withdrew
the vital parts OF the linotype machines
and presses and seized ali copies OF
yesterdays and today's papers. and even
the manuscript. which had been pre-
Oared