The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-11
A CANADIAN PROTEST.
The chronological Inexactitudc' Of
Mr.. Frank Harris.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: The
articles Of Mr.. Frank Harris, famous
English author" in THE SUNDAY SUN.
contain many statements that Horace
Greeley used TO pronounce damned lies,
but which must be censored into ter
Theological inexactitudes"
Mr.. Harris opens his campaign with a
column or two OF studied depreciation
OF the intellectual ability of Lord Hal
dane, Mr.. Asquith, Mr.. Lloyd George,
Sir Edward Grey. Mr.. Balfour, Mr.
Austen Chamberlain and others. He Ii
especially brilliant as critic Of the
war and the censorship as conducted by
the Allies All the Generals from Joffre
TO Kitchener are incapable, and the
censorship has been established to hide
their blunders and to prevent criticism
and condemnation. In his view the
British and French reports are alb
surdly incomplete and incorrect, and
The Berlin reports only are full. cor
rect and satisfactory.
Because all this and much moro has
appeared In THE SUN many people may
think at Is So: and therefore II is
necessary to state that competent mill
tary critics admit that Sir John French
conducted the retreat from Mons 70
Paris with remarkable dexterity. and
that he showed military ability and
II
Mr.. Harris does not explain why the
Germans turned back from Paris to the
line OF the Marine and commenced to
dig In line OF trenches long before
carefully planned out In a prophetic
preparation for failure. Paris was
within their grasp. They still outnum-
bered the ALLIES by three TO one. In Bel
gium and northeast France their pre-
pondcrance was still much greater why
a a. 4.
German armies retire from the vicinity
VI Paris and reform and reorganlze on
the banks Of the Marne2
Did the commissariat give out or
break down? or was It the adoption
by Joffre and French Of a certain brill
liant but little known plan used only a
very few times by Napoleon and used
with remarkable success?
The Allies have thwarted or defeated
every forward or offensive movement
OF the German forces without ruth
lessly sacrificing countless thousands OF
their men. The Germans have en-
joyed a monopoly OF vain assaults and
reckless slaughterings to reach Calais
or Ostend or to make break again
for Paris. Time is ali important to the
Germans. They must win now or fall
utterly. In fact the winning day is
past. and none know II more acutely
than the German Great General Stan.
The Allies can well afford to wait for
summer skies and better roads to press
forward to the finish.
Next Sunday l suppose the "dstin-
gulshed English author" will tell what
miserable failures are Lord Fisher. Sir
John Jellicoe and Winston Churchill
what lot OF uneducated nincompoops
control the British navy; and how ad-
mlrabiy Won Tlrpitz will sail out OF
the Kiel Canal and sweep the British
fleet from the North Sea.
II these papers had been written by
Or. Dernburg or General Rernhardi or
Count Bernstorfr. taking the extreme
German view for the benefit Of the
American public. II would have been
less surprising But Mr.. Harris claims
10 he a famous English author"
There Is one way. and only one, for
Mr.. Harris TO redeem one phase OF this
almost international episode. Let him
initiate Cranmer and burn that I'M
worthy right hand. c. ID. BARR.
LINDSAY, Ontario. February 8.