New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-22
Charges He Sent Shrapnel
When High Explosives
Were Necessary.
WANTS UNNEEDED
SECRECY ENDED
Recruiting of Married Men and
Offensive Advertising Also
Attacked.
(By Cable 20 The Tribune.l

London, May 2l.-The latest feature
of the ministerial crisis. which with
all the suddenness of an April shower
changed the whole complexion Of Brit
ish politics, is the sudden launching OF
severe newspaper attack on Field
Marshal Earl Kitchener. the Secretary
for War. Led by "The Daily Mail" and
"The Times" and others of the North
cliffe papers, which at the outset were
the most insistent on the calling Of
Kitchener to the War Office, these
papers are now charging not only that
the Field Marshal has too big a bur-
den to carry, but that in many vital de-
tails he has made grave errors OF judg-
ment.
"The Daily Mails" vicious attack
has brought forth an equally virulent
defence of K. of K, and at the mo-
ment, at least, it looks as though Inc Inc
Mails" attempt to unhorse the war
Lord will result in his having nrmer
seat than ever Theie are few IN
stances during the whole war where
the press has been aroused 10 sucn
open fury as against "The Daily Mail
and Lord Northcliffe.
Tonight it seems as if all Fleet
Street is arrayed against the North
cliffe papers, while the public appears
to support the hero of Khartoum.
Hits Frenzied Office Boy.
A. G. Gardiner, the editor Of The
Daily News" publishes a signed article
this morning dealing trenchantly with
the 'Northcliffe Peril" Describing the
fall of the Liberal government as tht
greatest blow this country mas sus'
tanned since the war; he says,
/ at is due ultimately to tnis rae
that, in the midst Of the most stupen
dous struggle in the history OF th'
nation, the issues of life and death arr
the sport of a sensational Journalist
/ This is the plain fact OF the situation
and no one intimate with events
doubts it.
at is this fact which the countr!
has to face, and the most serious prop
! lem at this moment is not who is goin'
to form the new government, but VIVA
| is that government going to do VIII
/ Lord Northclffe? II is clear eithe
! that this frenzied Office boy must d
suppressed or no government can 1--we
! ave have to choose, IN fact, oetweei
responsible government and press dic
tatorship. Now there may be some
thing TO be said for a dictatorship. but
/ there is nothing to be said for an anon
vmous dictatorship effected by the sim
ple process of capturing newspapers
and using them to poison public opin
! ion. ,
"A dictator has to come nito the
open, but an anonymous dictator wno
sulks behind his newspaper can play
the secret assassin without ever belnf
seen by the public or ever being called
on to explain his motives or ever suffer
ing the penalty Of exposure.
A "Comic Cuts" Brain.
Lord Northclffe is a man whom the
public has never seen and never heard
He came to fortune by exploiting the
shallowest form of journalism, repre-
sented by Answers" Comic Cuts" ant
multitude of similar sheets, and
these journals are the measure of his
mind. His whole career has been q
record of vulgar sensationalism, de
void not only Of any moral purpose
but Of any ineligible meaning excep
the exercise Of power.
Lord Northcliffe has now got tn,
whip hand of Kitchener. and day b.
day the venom Of his attacks on tn
man who refused to be his obedien
servant increases. The fact that h
had been his patron only embittere'
his campaign, for Northcliffe is a
faithless to men as to causes.
+ LET it be clearly understood by tn
government that they cannot buy thi
mad dervish off with bribes. That ha
been tried. Balfour gave him a peer
age, but that did not win his loyalty
The more the government pays Il
tlackmail the more 1t will have L
pay"
"The Pail Mall Gazette" declares tn
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