The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16
LOSSES IN STRAITS
LAID TO CHURCHILL
First Lords Enemies Say IIc
Was Too Hasty in Oar
danelles.
POLITICIANS NOT NEEDED
sssets, correspondence 10 Tn, srs

S0act0I COTresb0ndSnce 10 TIM arS
LONDON, May SIN a previous le,,.-
with the Dardanelles campaign.
reference was made to the attacl.,
Z. the Admiralty in connection
with It.
This attack II really aimed At Winston
Churchill. II will he recalled that ~
the time OF the Antwerp expedition q
attack was made on the Firs,
Lord Of the Admiralty with the evidcr,
object of getting him removed from his
post. In the result NJ. Churchill cam.
through unframed. Public opinion ~.
erall y~recognized hat tho Antwerp ~
petition. n not OF very great value from
d. military point OF view. Mt least justified
itself from a moral point Of view. pro,-
ing that England was anxious 90 com.
in arms to the support Of Belgium whom
that country had hitherto received 'ery
slight actual support.
The Dardanelles expedition has rrw
been made the occasion for another
strong attack upon Mr.. Churchill h, his
enemies.
C~hurchiIl's Campaign.
Briefly told, the charge against him .
this: The question OF forcing the bar
and taking ~Constantinople hav.
ing been mentioned in n Cabinet con
ference. II is said that Mr.. Churchrl
consulting nobody else, went 10 tho head
OF the Intelligence Department ~ me-
Admiralty and asked him If he though,
tho scheme possible. The reply was
that It was quite possible when the
Queen Elizabeth and other heavy ships
should be available but that the work
Of the feet would have 10 DO supported
by a and force.
Tho story hen goes that Mr.. Churchill
simply told his colleagues that IN. In.
~telligenoe Department OF tho Admiralty
considered the scheme perfectly feasihl..
but said nothing to them Of the necessity
for a supporting land force.
With the memory of tho First Iord-
great work In having the grand fee,
mobilixed before the outbreak OF the war.
II 10 said that the Cabinet once nor.
rave him a free hand and that NJ
Churchill Immediately proceeded - order
an unassisted feet operation against ,hA
Dardanelles. This, II IL said, he dd
against most urgent requests Of Lord
Fisher and also Of Lord Kitch.nnr.
AZ told in q previous letter, IN. ri-.
ter charge IL made against Mr.. Churn-
hill that when the feet operations began
TO appear slow he ordered the AdmlrL
by cable to hasten matters, with ths
result that three battleships were snc-i-
afNVe. ~ hh6y 10 Nj lItdt shTs tnuTT1'l
as First Lord Of tho Admiralty. assun-
ing that he acted In tho way described,
did so within his technical rights hn.
contrary to general usage.
A will b easily understood, II IA I'm.
possible to voucf. for the accuracy OF ths
foregoing: but II is an accurate state.
ment Of the charges made against Mr..
Churchill by those who are anxious 10
soc him depoeed from the post OF FRS,
Lord.
"MsSnin6 Post" Leads Attack.
A. 1t the time Of the Antwerp *.
petition. h attack pom him is led ny
~ Morning Post. which returns to -
argument that tho nan at the wheel
In this war 10 tho soldier and sailor.
and that for politicians TO interfere
in the conduct of naval and military
operations Is altogether wrong and may
easily be disastrous"
In slightly more yelled terms. me
Morning Post. In its editorial, put 20.
ward the charge against Mr.. Chu-rH,,.
practically as stated above. This Vas
the morning after Lord Charles Rer.s-
ford asked the Prime Minister ir "a
House OF Commons a series of questions
implying that the First Lord had ordered
the feet to attempt the forcing NJ 80
D~ardanelles. not only entirely upon is
own responsibility but in direc. oppo.
sitton 10 the professional advice ~ 'he
four Sea Lords.
Neither the accusation Of Lord Chsr'r'
Beresford o that OF the Nor1ru0 P"''
has received any contradiction J. =
supporters OF Mr.. Churchill. whose views
are well expressed by the Wcytmu'r'r
Go.efte. argue that perhaps the at..i
sation has not been contridIc ,i I'D,
cause II seems TO bear on the ft.o -
II evidence OF its own in|acCurpr'"
AS in the case OF the Antwerp 'N' .'
ton. they & that TO send a fec ~
such immense power n of mpd"'' Joe
sign was a major operation IN n
both the French and the English a..
rally were involved. Moreover, cou-''''-
ing the number OF Turkish troop ' I'
pied In tho Caucacus and Egypt, p ~
have been obvious that the military o." =
which the Turks could bring ne ms 3 It
Allies. both on the European ard as 800
side OF tho Straits, would he form .
and that a we'll equipped eNpcdl' y
force would sooner or later "a 80 '
Grafton he essential.
General Joffre, Therefore. rs $40, -
Lord Kitchener, II Is maluta MOD '.
have been a conserving party 20 81 4
considerable detection from the am
theatre OF war.
Mr.. ChurchiIl Again Accused
The Morning Post, returning 20
charge declares that their sta'"''.
has not beer denied because y : : 49,
II repeats the charge tha' N''
Churchill rs habitually overriding ,
experts In tho direction Of the nov
campaign" and goes o n W asset !
that he had done 40 at Antwerp 7'.| ;
the Government Is we'll aware, ~.
substantial proofs on which to found Z
assertion. We assert again ''H' q
naval attack on the Dardanc'' "''
against tho opinion OF Lord F'sh'
As to the argument that Cen jon
and Lord Kitchener must also ''
been asserting parties tho Post ~'
1T Ii obvious that an operation '0.
was carried out solely by Inc Zee. "
not require the specific support e.'...
our War Office or the French ''
mander in Chief"
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