Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-27
STRONGER LEADERSHIP
GREAT BR!TA|N'S NEED
Every Means Uf Counsel and Action
That Can Promote Success
Must BE Grasped.
MIST BIZ no FURTHER DELAYS
Editor Of Pail Mall Gazette Declares
People Must Have More Nigor,
Vision and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Ell
for! OF MisnanaErmeni Ends.
nl J. l.. GAVIN.
I Editor Pail Wall suScttr.J

LONDON. December oG.-Wc are IN
tile closing days Of 1915. and before
entering upon the months which grad
u#lly car, MS into the ;hird wear of
war we look backward and forwar ri.
w. look backward upon Il year of
MAGNIFICENT effort, chechcred by
:hwartiuGs and disappointments and
Ta:rcd by di!atory and irresolutc man
agement, as we'll as by a policy indis
putabiy deficient in foresight and re-
sources.
We look forward in 4 spirit Of in
donitabl" confidence. stripped % delu-
sionS TO year Of still mighticr struS-
Gie. with which nothing whatever can
cope but Increased effort aud MASTER
full direction. These will do our husi-
ness.
We have proved ourselves - uation
second 10 none in inmate greatness:
tHc capacity OF our clor ious dominion
has surpassed all dreams. and IN tn.
righting the brotherhood "f ;hc empire
has been consecratcd by iinperlshahle
valor.
Why. then. not only in the East
since the Russian rccoll which soon
wc hope Will be made eood. but every
where, except at sea-, are We further
from our ends than We thought To
be twelve months ago" Let us hc Ger
tain that nothing bu, stronger lead
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the goal OF our desires Whether we
viii Still be al war next Christmas
aud after. wi,hou, being i'm sure sight
81 our purposes. depends upon our
grasp OF one thing ouly---upon our
conviction OF the Imperative necessity
for greater leadership and upon our
trcnchant determination TO secure II
AT any cost.
We must have more vigor, vision
ANA inspiration. and all the men ctpa
bic Of breathing this spirit aud these
energies into our councils and action.
must take Il rev sacrament of patriot
ism and come together in forgctfui-
ness Of old fcuds. Let it he their
watchword ana ours that the night
est effort makes the shortest strug-
gle. We are ready for il If at least
given the guidance Give us but one
thing. the leadership filled with soul
that made us great. the ringing nc
cents. the prompt unshahahle resolves
raising us above ourselves. ana Britain
and her empire Will change he face
Of the struggle.
After a year's bitter cftor, OF po!ti-
cal miSmauagcmcnt, waNcrinE, with
drawal and fundamental miscalcuia-
ions, both in diplomacy and in the
field. on no terms can VIC consent to
further delays in grasping once for all
every means OF counsel and action that
can promote success Every hour OF
political delay and ivresolution is paid
for by human life and the waste OF
treasure
For a spcedicr and more thorough
mana cement We need stronger gov
crnmcNt, and for that we must have q
greater leadership, which would bring
new soul into the nation.
The fleet is tn. founda tiou OF vie
tory. but success will mover rise To its
pinnacle before another war Christ
mas. or after unless We make M our
minds here and now that by inertia.
Hesitation and waverinr in The course
adopted. not one hour shall be lost that
might BE- filled with energy, resolution
and resource