The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-03
SMALL TOWNS WILL
 GET SCHOOL FUNDS
Feagin Notifies Superin- tendent of No Change
 Under New State Law

Montgomery, November 2.-(Special.) In a communication addressed to all the county superintendents, William F Fea- gin, state superintendent of educatian, called their attention to the fact that public school funds in towns of less than 2oOo population will be paid to the city treasurer as provided for under the old school laws.
 Superintendent Feagin informed the county superintendents that no change had been made in the matter of paying these funds to the city treasurer be- cause of the fact that some superinten- dents might suppose the system had been changed, in view of the large number of school laws passed at the recent session of the legislature
 Superintendent Feagins letter is as fol- lows:
 ITO the County Superintendent:
 Under an act approved September 1e, 1915,- public schools in towns of less than 2o00 population shall be under the man. agement and control of the county board of education. After consultation with the attorney general, I have come to the conclusion that that part of section 1852 of the code requiring all school funds to be paid to the city treasurers has not been repealed, hence in paying public school funds to incorporated towns in your county under 2000 population, you will continue the policy heretofore pnr- sued by placing the name of the city Urea surers on the pay roll for the amount you desire to pay in any particular month. Of course, in cities of 200o inhab- itants or more, you will continue the same policy as heretofore.
 q do not believe that the county board of education has any right under the law to interfere in any way with the con-
 
 hesitated and as result some valuable opportunity for giving help had been lost"
 Had Pledged Support
 The foreign minister said that his statement of September 2S, promising to aid the Balkan states friendly to the entente powers 'in manner that would be most welcome to them," was founded on something of a definite promise the government had made In answer to request from Greece. This promise had been made in common with the French government and was that definite number of men would be sent to Saloniki for the express pur- pose of enabling Greece to fulfill her treaty obligations with Servia.
 He said that when during the speech of September 2S, he said without re- serve and without qualification, he meant that while expressing them selves ready to help to realize the na- tional aspirations of Greece and Servia the government had also worked to achieve a Balkan unity by urging cer- tain concessions to Bulgaria. What he desired to convey was that since Bul- 4 ,,,t xnnx .r.e there could be no more talk of con sessions from Greece and Servia and that the help Great Britain was pre- pared henceforth to give those coun- tries would be given without qualifica- tions or conditions.
 Accusation Denied ''Sir Edward Carson's speech" the for eign minister continued, must have con- veyed the impression that after the promise was made the government had lost opportunities of helping Servia and that more troops might have been landed at Saloniki than had been landed or that more might have been on the way than were on the way. That was not the case.
 Tt was perfectly true that after the Greek government took different view of their treaty obligations to Servia than that we had accepted, there was close consultation between the British and French as to the best use which should be made of the forces to be sent to the near east. But there was no delay in the preparations.
 ''The forces which were immediately at our disposal were landed at SalonilSi and are now engaged in the operations in the Balkans, and the preparations went on for sending further forces to the east. No time has been lost in giv- ing any assistance in the British and French power to Servia in her hour of need"
 Admiral Lord Charles Beresfora did not think that Premier Asquith's speech would relieve the anxiety of the country with regard to the conduct of the war. The naval authorities had never been consulted as to the Dardanelles opera tions. They were simply told "to do it." The whole thing, he declared, had been grossly mismanaged
 The government, continued Lord Charles should have sent a larger army to Servia In the first instance, instead of embarking on a blind gambling risk in the Dardanelles.
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