Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-08

Of II all may be n new election. whicf
would be sure Ia mean the overthrow
OF the present government.
The measure proposed by the pre-
iuier does not contemplate nation
wide eonscrIp,on. compulsion q t,
be applied 70 unmarried men. II ap-
piled az all But even that form Of
compulsion win not be immediate
! drafting. but compulsion 20 attest
themselves under Lord Derbs$s plan
ireland is exempted probably on the
ground that an Irishmen fight when
they have the chance
How desperately Great Britain has
needed men. and how little truth
there Is in the claim thai Earl Kiteh-
oner has already modified an army Of
100000. IL shown IN the report Of
General sir Ian Hamilton who com
manded the Inflated expedition on
the Galilpoll peninsula, After los
INK 1900 men and inflicting ter
ribIc defeat on the Turks at suyla
bay and ANIME ne asked the govern
ment for but $4,000 more men and
ammunition 10 cross the peninsula.
reduce the TURK fort AZ the narrows
and open the way for the British
fleet 90 conataniInople. Tha, was
August :.
He was Informed that the roquisi.
ton could not be granted. and rea-
sons were given which made II plain
that It would be useless for him to
renew tho request From time to
time reinforcements were sent, but
never enough to hope for success
During the next four months there
was continuous fighting and fearful
losses. when the end came and Suv-
Ia bay and Amaze were abandoned.
the British forces were little larger
than when the landing was made,
but the casualties. 10 say nothing Of
the ravaees Of disease, aggregated
$4,000,
The British had dribbled IN their
endorsements 10 I'll up the gaps
instead Of sending enough men to
win At one desperate stroke. which,
while Il would have been bloody,
would have cost no more than one
fourth Of the men eventually. sacri
feed. and would have attained the
most important object Of any move
ment b. the allies since the war be-
gan.
Had Great britain been able to
lend 10000 men when asked for. the
Turkish power would have been bro
ken. Bulgaria would have been fight
ing on the side Of the allies instead
Of against them. Serbia never would
have been invaded. Rumania would
rave been marching her armies to-
ward. Budapest Warsaw would now
be in Russian hands and the ears ar
mics probably would nave been men
lcing Viennu.
Here Is the summing up Of the /
london sunday Observer Of what has
brought disaster 10 Great britain.
AT the Dardanclles we undertook J
a formidable task with n magnifi- /
cent purpose. In all the critical
OF the enterprise the govern
nent never showed. 1T any stage, q
trace Of resnlu'e unanimnv With re-
yafd . II Delays ana adiournments
infrcd our enunsels trOl hegiunlng
10 trd Az If one lesson - thai hind
Aere not enough. We undertook the
ialonica expedition In the same yea
ind-nay temper. First we would
rot Then we would Then We had /
iouhts once more Then we dallied
with thoughts OF evacuation just at
he wrong moment for dealing firmly
With the GroekR- Then we were
brought once more and At last 10 "A
Timer temper, But only after the
pirit OF our policy had recalled
lnthing so much as the mind Of the
nan whose IDEAS would run into any
mould. but would not keep shape. IA