The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-15

more vigorous support to the Ameri- can blockade.
 The truth about the blockade is a black official mystery; public feeling about the blockade is visible to the most naked eye. The people believe that the blockade has been "muffed.''
 There are three words, profiteers., Dardanelles, and Mesopotamia, which positively stink in the public nostrils. Does the government realize the strength and bitterness of public feel ing with regard toSs those scandals? One would imagine. that such univer- sal anger could not be ignored, that it would, shake the foundations of Downing street and St. Stephens. Not at all.. W
 Mir. Balfeur treats the public wrath and indignation with cynical con- tempt. Mr.. Lloyd George commits the egregious b1under of putting MrI Winston Churchill back in the sacred temple of office. He thinks, appar- ently, that Nthe people will not re- member, or will not mind, or cannot object. And he goes out and makes dramatic appeals for national unity.
 Now, the reinstatement of MT. Churchill in office is not only a. gross insult to the people, it is alsosa serious danger to the Empire and the Allies. That is how the people feel about it, and the only question is how long will the people stand it, how long will the people hesitate to translate the words they are saying into action?
 There has been much fuss and ex- citement over the proposed conference in Stockholm. Is the Stockholm diff ficulty a red herring Is it possible that the wire-pHf1eEs hope to distract the public attention from past and present jobbery and scandals by an agitation over this suggested eonven- tien of windbags?
 The reinstatement of Mir. Churchill is a matter very much more serious than the Steekhe1m conference. It is a very sinister sign of itself, and it be- comes more sinister when it is cap- ped by the confession that Lord Hal dane has been secretly engaged for more than a year in some obscure of flee from whence he "gives cenfiden- tial information and advice to the government,
 What the people think and believe about Lord Haldane, MT. Lloyd George may, or may not; knew. What the people will think and say of a British government which accepts informa- tion and advice from Lord Haldane it behooves MT. Lloyd George to find cut. Lord Haldane has been secret ly working for more than. a year. What has he been working at, and why in secret?
 MT. Churchill out of office is hui sance. Mr. Churchill in office is a danger. This is not Mr. Churchilrs fault: he is the victim of an i1f-balZ anced mind. The blame for his re- turn to office must be borne by Mr. Lloyd George.
 There is nothing the matter with the Army, or if there were no one would be allowed to mention it, and any complaint Which may leak out as to the treatment of our soldiers is at once disposed of by the appeal to discipline. Discipline must be main tained.. It must be severe. Discipline is the soul of the Army. Without dis cipline Gin the army) military suc- cess is impossible.
 If discipline is so necessary in the Army, why is it not applied in other branches of the public service? Why is discipline, so saIutary for officers and soldiers. dead letter in political