Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-03
Rumor Is Current but Not
Generally Credited, That As
Quith viii Give Way to
Lloyd George,
WAR COUNCIL FAR
TOO BIG TO SUCCEED
TWenty-three, as at Present,
Likely to Be Reduced to
Five in Number Criticism
Is General,

London, Dec. 2.-The political cri-
sis, which is the sensation OF the
hour, is generally believed to mean
the future control of all war meas
lures both military and economic, by
a cabinet directorate OF five advised
by Gen. Sir William X. Robertson,
chief of the imperial staff and Ad-
miral Sir John Il. Jellicoe first sea
lord.
The. question of the resignation Of
Premier Asquith to give place for Da-
vid Lloyd-George or Andrew Bonar-
Law also Is discussed, but that Mr.,
Asquith will resign appears improba-
BILE
The premier had a long audience
with the king today, which furnished
a basis for the afternoon papers to
predict his resignation. He said he
would consult with the king as mat
ter of course. over any important gov
ernnient changes.
War Council a Failure.
A war council was formed in the
council last year. but the minimum
number of five, which Mir, Asquith
then announced, has been exceeded,
and the popular impression is that the
NOullNil HAS uttiA ltl HttA a AtAlAhAN b'"
cause its decisions were subject to de-
bate and ratification by the full cabi-
net.
The forecast of the new war coun-
cil--Premier Asuuith David Lloyd
George, Andrew Bonar-Law, arthur
J. Balfour and Sir Edward Carson
still stands, bat doubts are expressed
whether Sir Edward Carson, who re-
signed from the cabinet year ago
because he was dissatisfied with the
governments policy in the Balkans,
when Serbia was being hard pressed,
viii rejoin The attacks upon the
government have recently risen TO the
Highest tide attained since the begin
ming OF the war Although the news
papers have attacked the government
and individual ministers, whenever 1t
was thought affairs were going wrong,
there has been no press censorship
whatever on political discussion, and
the papers deal with the administra-
tion and public men as freely In war
times as the American papers do in
the heat of a presidential campaign.
Government Inefficient.
While the Northcliffe press and the
Morning Post have made the fiercest
assaults, even such speaking
journals as the Daily Chronicle, the
Gazette and the Man
chester Guardian recently have been
critical. The trend of discomfort has
been partly against the government
system, partly against certain mem-
bers of the cabinet. Slowness in |
reaching decisions and nacton, is the |
gist of the Indictment The principal |
counts of this are the man-power and |
food questions, while recently dissat- !
isfaction with what some considered |
a want of vigor in the management Of |
the navy and weakness in the foreign /
office, has been increasingly eX /
pressed
The appointment Of food dictator
was announced more than a fortnight |
ago, but none has been appointed yet
This is one complaint. The unwieldi-
ness of a cabinet Of twenty-thrce for
a great war is a point on
which the critics seem unanimous. AS
| counter balance to critics, there Is
! widespread and weighty but less
ocal sentiment, that they fail to cred
{ the administration with the great
work it has accomplished in the mill
ary and financial fields within two
years.