Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-03

commons yesterday. He said he would
not have risen if the premier had given
sufficient information to the public on
matters upon which they showed anx-
iety, and after fifteen months of war
he thought it only right that there
should be free debate in the house.
The present position, he declared,
was one of grave peril. There was
nothing to be gained by minimizing
the danger, and he could assure the
premier that the desire for discussion
was not in any way to minimize the
main objects of the war. 1t was sym
Dol of the growing determination of
the house and country that everything
that could be done should be done to
bring the war to a satisfactory con-
clusion at the earliest possible moment
Vitals of Empire Threatened.
I'VE have had an overwhelming thea
ter of war;" he said, which in the east
Is threatening the very vitals of our
empire. The Germans are in possess
sion of Belgium and part of France and
Poland and are now threatening our
gallant ally, Serbia. What the house
and country are really anxious about is
whether our resources in men and ma
vantage; whether what have appeared
to be grave miscalculations could have
Deen avoided. and, above all, whether
the machinery of the government for
carrying on the war is the most ade-
quate and most effective which we can
devise"
Sir Edward declared that on all these
questions the country was cropping in
the dark. He held the view that the
country mad never fought so well, or
nad so readily made sacrifices as when
the people understood the whole situa-
tlon, and when. with it's back to the
wall, II necessary, the nation deter
mined at all costs to surmont it's diff
cultles. He did not forget the difficult
ties which had been surmounted, but,
easy with regard to certain things that
mad happened in various theaters of the
war.
Gyrations as to Balkans.
Nothing had astonished him more,
SAID Sir Edward, than the gyrations
they had gone through in relation to
BRUSH policy in the Balkans. On Sep
TENDER 2S Sir Edward Grey stated that
Bulgarian mobilization had resulted
in Bulgaria assuming an aggressive
attitude on the side of Great Britain's
enemies, and that Great Britain should
be prepared to give it's friends in the
balkans all the support in it's power
IN manner most welcome to them.
When he learned that this was no
longer the policy of the government
ana that there were no plans to this
end he severed his connection with the
abinet, writing to Premier Asquith to
that effect on October II.
Sir Edward said he decided to resign
as he could not support the conclusion
reached by the war council of the cab
inetS the day before. He quoted Sir
Edward Grey's statement made in the
allies support to Serbia. and read part
OF his letter to the premier:
Bound in Honor to Serbia.
Il cannot understand how England
can abandon Serbia to her fate with
out national dishonor. Even if we are
not so bound in honor such a course
would, in my judgment, be the policy
Of despair and an admission of failure
which could only be justified after
every other alternative had been aban-
doned. Bulgaria will be given a free
hand to crush our ally. All hope of
inducing Rumania to come to Serbia's
assistance will have been abandoned,
and she may even find it to her inter-
ests to join our enemies and every en-
enlargement will be given Greece to
follow the policy of the king rather
than Venizelos and his majority in the
chamber. The loss to our prestige will
be incalculable and a very grave men,
ace to our eastern empire
The former attorney general told Mr.. |
Asquith that he was quite aware of
the difficulties suggested by the gen
eral staff. but that he felt confident
that If troops were concentrated at
5aloniki and the naval power used it
would demonstrate that England had
resolved to preserve their country for
the Serbians. The result would be that
Bulgaria would be weakened in Ter
power to crush Serbia, the Anglophile
and anti-Turk parties in Bulgaria
would be strengthened and encouraged.