New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-22
BRITISH PRESS
ASSAILS KITCHENER
Continued from page 1

continued from page
attack makes Lord Kitchener a more
powerful leader than ever. This seems
10 be proved by the public outburst at
the Stock Exchange to-day. The
Mail" was denounced, copies of the
paper burned and resolution passed
supporting Lord Kitchener. The Baltic
Exchange passe a similar resolution,
while some one hung on the door OF
The Mails" City othce the sign: Ger
many's latest any" The Mails" atti-
tude tomorrow morning is awaited
with expectant curiosity.
Lord kitchener's friends declare "The
Mails" attack is simply the culminat-
ing point OF a carefully planned con-
splracy, which has been carried on for
several months. If the object OF the
campaign is TO Dust Kitchener it is APP
parently doomed to failure.
The Daily Mail" editorial which pro-
voked the storm follows:
"A Liberal newspaper which is in
very close touch with the government
spoke yesterday Of the quarrel be-
tween Lord kitchener ana Sir John
French There should be no such
quarrel. 1t has never been pretended
mat Lord kitchener Is a soldier in the
sense that Sir John French is soldier.
Kitchener Is gatherer of men, and
very tne gatherer, too, but his record
in the South African war as fighting
general, apart from his excellent Or
ganIzatIon work as Chief OF Staif, was
not brilliant.
Not Qualified for European Battles.
The opinion which Lord Roberts
expressed as to the handling of the
troops at Paardeberg is well known,
and we have never met solder who
Ibid any other opinion. Nothing in
Lord Kitcheners experience suggests
that he has qualifications required for
conducting a European campaign in
the field, and we can only hope that no
such misfortune will befa!l this nation
as that he should be permitted TO in
terfere with the actual strategy of this
gigantic war
ut is an admitted fact that Lord
Kitchener ordered the wrong kind OF
shells the same kind of smell which
he used largely against the Beers in
1900. He persisted in sending shrapnel,
. useless weapon in trench warfare. lie
was warned repeatedly that the kind of
shell required was a violently explo-
sive bomb, which would dynamite its
way through the German trenches and
entanglements and enable our brave
men to advance In safety. The KIND OF
shells our poor soldiers have had has
caused the death of thousands OF them.
IF by any mischance Lord Kitchener
went to France TO conduct the cam
paign we should probably have con
-. IN 40
ence between African and European
warfare. 1t is to be hoped that Lord
Kitchener, with proper and necessary
assistance, will remain at the War Of
fee. though when compulsory service
COMES his sphere Of usefulness will, Of
course, be greatly diminished.
Objects to Recruiting Advertisements.
THAT compulsory service is coming,
and coming soon, is proved by the ex-
tremities to which Kitchener is re-
duced. The advertisement he published
Yesterday, urging the enlistment OF
men of forty, and married men, which
we greatly regret having printed, and
which The Daily Mail will decline TO
print again, is proof of it. Men OF
forty should not be used until the re-
cruiting powers of the country are ex-
hausted. The expenditure that IS com
ing upon this nation in the near future
in the matter of the dependents OF
married men who have been advertised
into the army is one that nooody
thinks of in this moment OF extraVa-
gance. The expense, however, IS a
small part of it. There are also TO DC
considered the breakup of homes ana
the breakup Of businesses wnlch iol-
low the enlistment of married men
and the sorrow and grief OF wives ana
children. II is no testimony 10 organ
ling ability that this gross unfair
ness should continue. Rather is IL an
indication that his life IN lndla ana
Egypt has made him unacquaihteu
with British conditions
Other newspapers IN less outspoheh
manner seek TO reduce Lord hltcneher
value to that of good recruiting Oh
6cer. or they excuse him on the GROUND
~ being too much occupied in produc-
ing recruiting advertisements TO at
tend TO the supply of proper ammuni-
ton. "The Times" says:
"Our armies in the field require re-
Endorsements and shells OF the rlgnt
kind. Neither has been provided IN
adequate Quantities, for the simple rea-
son that Lord Kitchener's orders were
given too late. Plain warnings were
disreparded, and the nation was luiied
into a false security by misleading
official reports, with the result that
thousands Of British lives were sacri-
feed in an unequal contest
"The nation will not allow that stu
ation 10 recur. IL must be set right,
and be set right quickly, or the CON
sequences will be swift and startling;
The whole trouble arose because Lord
Kitchener assumed burden to which
no man could have proved equal.
"The Evening News" says tonight;
at is assumed that Lord Kitcheners
great gift OF organization Will now De
turned 10 the raising and training o.
new armies--A tremendous TASK IN ~,
1 49, ~ will bA Liberated