Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-27

smmalIer War Cabinet Suggested.
While there was no criticism of the
conduct of the Near Eastern cam.
paign, there was a general demand,
when the house Of lords met, for in
formation and the suggestion OF a
smaller cabinet to have charge Of the
war received support.
= Lord Lansdowne in nis report gave
a general review of the aloniki oper-
ations, while Earl Curzon made the
statement that Premier Asquith had
under consideration t.le matter Of q
smaller executive.
Serbia Asked For Saionki Troops.
Lord tLansdoWne explained that the
British force landed at ,Saioniki, which
suffered the loss OF about lSS 900 men.
was sent at the request of Serbia and
at the instance of yenizel0s ,tthen
premierl, for, the .pur Of enabling
Greece to fulfil her treaty GDltgn tiohsl
to Serbia. A much stronger fcrce ;lad
been placed under orders at the same
time the ':Saloniki troops were dig
patched, but its ultima:e destination,
would depend Son the situation, and
the report OF General Monro, the new
British acommandel-in-cnief, who has
already reached the Gallipoli benin.
Sula. ~ % -: ~ Is y etaga: !'hHst5' l'iiS Y
ri. Lord I.orebdrn had asked whether
the dispatch of troops to 'Saloniki had
been determined on with the approval
Of the navy and military advisers and
whether the government could move
with assurance that provision lla:
been made for the communication Of
t:is force and if it's supply Of men anu
maeral was to the satisfaction Of the
naval and military experts. Lore
Loreburn said he understood the gov
ernment's desire was that the mat
ter should not be debated at the pres
ent time, but that there was reason
for asking the question.
Marquis Answers Lord Loreburn.
1--WE are disappointed in the Darda-
nelles enterprise" the earl continuei.
and he added that he did not know
whether. that enterprise had com
menced with or without the service of
the naval and military authorities and
one could not help asking whether
this new venture would be a repeti-
'tion of that The greatest danger
from which the country could suffer
was unpreparedness and indecision, -
The Marquis of I.ansdowne deciar-
ed ne could assure Lord Loreourn
that neither in the present govern
ment or that in any government in
which he had been a. meglk3er aal sit
been the practice of amateur suffrag-
lists to impose their plans on the ad-
wiser of the government.
with the present government ne
continued, it was unlikely anything Of
the kind could occur
To Check Crossing Of Bulgaria.
Lord Kitchener, minister of war.
was present at every cabinet meet 'nY
and it was impossible to suppose tina;
he would allow himself to be sniiiei
from his course by the pressure o:
his civilian policy
Lord Lansdowne said that every e:.
deavor would be made to use force at
Saloniki to counter the movement Of
tne Central Powers to cross Bulgaria
but that the precise methods of en-
countering the attacks must obviously
he left for, further very careful con-
sideration.
The Earl of Cromer, who was foS
many years general counsel at Cairo,
added his voice to that of Earl Lore
burn for more information. "Lor:
Kitchener" said Lord Loreburn mas
been singularly parsinonious in his
utterances in the house OF lords, anc
speaking candidly ais statements have
never contained much more than wlla:
we had already read in the daily news.
parers. We want something which
will show that there is real grasp
of the situation and to be told in gen.
eral outlines what is to De done
about it,
Withdraws Offer.
Great Britain and France, accord
ing to the statements of the Marquis
of Lansdowne, in the House Of Lords.
are dispatching a strong force to the
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