Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-09

otherwise might have been alienated' She is almost a member of the cabi- net herself.
 In suing the. Globe, Mrs. Asquith struck at its moving spirit, Ralph D Biumenfeld, a naturalized British citizen of American birth. Besides owning the, Mail, MT. Blumenfeld has been for several years editor of the Express, which is devoted to batting the Germans in vihdictive manner which is displeasing to the premier.
 Mrs. Asquth had private griev- ance against the Express, too, for this newspaper claims the 'redit, if any is due, of having l ord Haladane secretary for war and later lord chancellor, into retirement. Through out the whole of MT. Asquith's poli- tical life, Lord Haldane had been his most intimate friend and that of his family. It is said that Mrs Asquith herself offered the Lord Chancellor ship to Lcrd Haldane.. who had never sought the office.
 The Globe explained. the attack on Mrs. Agquith as having slipped into its columns in the confusion arising from reorganization after the paper had been suppressed because it stated that Lord Kitchener had resigned when he had simply left for a tour cf the Near East.
 Mir. Blumenfeld, who is said to be the only American ever to attain high rank in London Journalism, was also under discussion in the house of com mons recently on account of the savage manner in which the Express inveighed against the society known as the Union of Democratic Control.
 The Express labelled the members Of the society ".pro-Germans" and in- vlted loyal British citizens to break up its meetings.
 Now some of the speakers at these meetings are Charles Trevlyan, M. F.; Ramsey Macdonald, M. F.; F. w. Jcwett, M. F.; Arthur Ponsonby, M P. ,, and Bertrand Russell, a distin- guishad Cambridge scholar who is known in America for his lectures at Harvard last winter.
 The members of the Union believe that secret diplomacy brought on the war and that the terms of peace stculd not. be concluded without the active cooperation of the people with tLe diplomats.
 While Mr.. Asquith is not sympa- thetic with the Union, he set his face against the Express's efforts to agi- tate in their own districts against the msmbers of parliament named. The question was settled so far as the Ex- pi ess was concerned by Arthur Riar; son, it's proprietor, who shut off MT. E.umenfeld. Then MT. Blumlenfeld returned to the attack on the premier in the Globe, his offensive being against the British leaders wife.
 Ills efforts 7only ,.9 resulted in -..e Globes being compelled to apologize to her and promise to never do it again. Influence Withdrawal from Gallipoli.
 Quite the biggest. thing in which Mrs. Asquith's participation has be- come pubic recently is the British withdrawal of their forces from the Gallipoli peninsula, where they had lost hundred thousand men in vain attempts to break the Turkish line.
 It will be remembered that Lord Fibblesdale, Mrs. Asquith's brother ir-law, speaking in the upper cham bsr of Parliament, declared it was common knowledge that Major c. C. Mcnro, who succeeded Gen. Sir. Ian Hamilton as commander at the Dar- danelles, had recommended with drawal.
 The speech few days later drew from Lord Derby, speaking at the rc- c1uiting meeting at the London Stock Exchange, the words:
 "I am in the war office and knew nothing about it. There must have been a second traitor to give him in formation and we ought to know wht he isl"
 A few hours later the 'traitor" was disclosed to the recruiting leader al the wife of the Premier!
 Lord Derby offered a public apol- ogy to Lord Ribblesdale.
 This attack on Lord Ribblesdale for which Lord Derby made amends was especially galling to Mrs. Asquitt because she has great affection fol her brother-in- law. His eldest soI was killed Tn Somaliland eleven years ago and his other son and his son-in law have died in the present war. I is said that Mrs. Asquith made thu match between Lord Ribblesdale' daughter and poor Percy Wyndham