Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-11-16
Former Director British Admiralty Blames Kitch-
 ener for Two Failures.
CAN'T WIN WITH
 LORD KITCHENER
Sir Arthur Markham Tells Commons War Lord BInpders, Will Not Ac- rept Advice, and Treats Country
 men as a "LOt of Deryishes."

UIen fS u LVJ VI uCIS London Nov. 15.-Before starting fer the front to join his regiment. | Winston Churchill defended himself 1 in the house of commons today against the charga that he was rS sponsbla, when first lord of tn admiralty, for British failures at the Dardanelles and Antwerp. l As to the Dardanelles, he placsd the responsibility so~arely upon tha exp rt military advisers of t:le government, naming specifically Lor> Fisher, who, he said, was present a l the meeting of the war council or January 2s when the Dardanellas enterprise was decided upon. He stil insisted, howev-r. that it was "a legi- ti,nate war gamble, for prize of in estimable value, which had reasc.
 able chance of winning on tha
 basis" and he would not hesitate b accept full responsibility therefor.
 Lik wise. in regard to Antwerp, .la
 brought out clearly the fact that Lort
 Kitchener had been party to- tn
 arrangements. and that the confer
 ence at which plans were made fer
 the relief of Antwerp was held al
 Lord Kitchener's house. AS hsad ot
 the admiralty, MT. Churchill offer Il naval division to Kitchener, which
 was accepted. This is the divisioc which, owing tc its numerical weas- nesses and the over whelmil
 strength of the Germans, was fore to flee to Holland, where it was in , termed.
 Blames Kitchener. MT. Churchill statad that the
 scheme of sending "a relieving army
 to Antwerp originated with Lord
 Kitchener and the French govern ment That the Antwerp expedition
 arrived too late, he said, was not his fault.
 ? "I think ] ought not to leave the
 country without referring to certain incidents at the admiralty in the di- rection of the war which Occurred { during my period at the admiralty" said MT. Churchill.
 In explaining why he had resigned from the cabinet, MT. Churchill said , bis reasons did not apply to the other Administers. Another form of service, Tie said, was open to him with which
 he was perfectly content.
 In concluding, he expressed the
 hope that Sir Edward Carson would
 continue to occupy the front opposi-
 ton bench, which was his war sta tion."
 'sWe al1a passing through 3 bad time which probably will be worse . before it is better, but it will be
 better" MT. Churchill said. If we . endure. then the campaign of 1915
 should be decided against Germany
 by her shortage of men," : MT. Asquith then made 8 little
 speech in which he declared he had
 always found MT. Churchill "a wiss
 couns allor, "a brilliant colleague, and
 a faithful friend"
 o Too Late to Aid Servia. IF Sir Edward Carson told the hous> of commons this evening that at the , last meeting Cf the war commute q which he attended. it was decided Il 2. was too late to assist Servia. He
 protested that if so, Servia ought to 2 be warned to preserve herself from d destruction.
 l. 'I left the cabinet Tn consequence g of that decision," said the former a,-
 torney- general. "Mr. Bonar Law and 5. MT. Llcyd George did not dissent
 from my view. Each sent the gov r ernment g. memorandum which y challenge the government to pro- e duce."
 To this. MT. Asquith replied: r, "There was no unavoidable delay in
 sending troops to Saloniki and other d ports. The necessity of helpins l. Servia has always bulked largely in l. the governments view"
 Markham Caustic. Fl Lord Kitchener, who is responsi-
 ble for the blunders at Antwerp anl ,t the Dardanelles, is also responsible d for withholding the publication of the n news," declared Sir Arthur Markham at in debate on state credit. He con n tinued:
 o While Lord Kitchener, who will n not accept advice, remains in the war Il office. we will not win .1s war. Lord l. Kitchener is treating his ccuntrymesl sr as a lot of dervishes. They are not at dervishes, but 3 free people" e-l A. R. Cooper is among the Plnt to Bluff Shriners who expects to go to O. Dallas to attend the ceremonial ses- ct sion Friday ol Heala1 temple of thu!
 lcity.