South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-04
Christabel Pankhurst Talks
On Englands Muddled
Diplomacy.
On Sir Edward Gray Whose "Heath Is Not Good and
Whose Nerve Is Shaken by the Shock Of the War"
She Places the Blame for BIunder After Blunder

tag personnel OF thc British Embassy. yn:ted
The German game. the ciSllant. experienced
AMI Turkish-sp Kipg rItzmaurics WAS fully
qualified 70 act as NEt-Ados OF British IN.
ieTestst
Diplomatic rearrangemeats 5eola 20 HAYS
been r-s1s in the Balkans during the crucial
2'~'co which were similarly dangerous TO
:t''ish r-,ercsts.
iaer taere is the case OF ths Dsr;ancIss.
"a Or. commentator Las said The Turkish
FNrs''iI Of the purchase by tho Ottoman En- Pie
e" 'rA GOc5eI and the Bressu wns accepted
> the British Foreign Office wi:h tie result
VSi 'ou's Gays after their entrance into the
I@rdaUelles these vessels were bOTnHArG' ng
nc Russian coasts OF the Rack Seal"
This faa't and others have been dearly paid
!oy by ADDED sacrifice OF life
TO Bulgarian biunder has been something
- 70 same order--and yet the enthusiasm OF
tn" cJo-Germans in our midst for Bulgariss
CR's. in itself surely significant enough
" 10 1rue state Of affairs
So &dward Grey has committed hfMself-ha
has ret committed and shall not commit the
ratiCu--tO some sort OF acceptance OF the nor
strOus doctrine that while Germany makes war
on land against the life and commerce Of her
neighbors, she shall be free 10 conduct her corr
MERGE usual AT sea
By his past offer to renounce the doctrine ot
contraband and by his present acceptance OF
the German idea OF the freedom OF the seas in
wartime, Sir Edward Grey has shown him.
self to be lacking in tina: understanding
OF the question of sea power which is prime
and indispensable qualification .; a British
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Sir Edward Greys health. "a ali regret 20
know Is not good, and his nerve, il would seem.
is shaken by the shock Of The war and its in
cidents. Then there is the employment as his
principal permanent servant OF Sir Eyre Grove
who is more than half German, IL we con
slider that lie is the son % a German mother
aud is married TO a German. All that In adj
dition To his ncOmprebensioD OF what Is the
very essence OF the life II he INDEPENDENTLY
sea power.
II all means that Sir Edward Grey Is not
equal 10 the Atlas task which is incumbent n.
tIis supreme crisis in human history upon the
diplomatic chiefs Of the ellied nations
Against sir Eyre Groves employment at the
forei~1 Office We have over and again pleaded
and protested knowing this 10 oe a question
vital to the safety of the naticl AID to the
victory of the Allies.
AS regards Lord Robert Cecil = has to ba
said that the hereditary principle az applied 10
Ministerial appointments is rarely al
and IS not proved to De successful. IN this case.
Lord Robert Cecil has identified himself with
the policy whose results the country mcarns
to-day. including the retention Of Sir Eyre
Grove principal permanent official at the
Foreign Office and the naval policy q injurious
to British and allied interests These are the
reasons why we ask for HIS resignation.
Persons or Drinciples-the individual or the
nation! Can the choice be doubtful?