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told of the victories and advances
but it is claimed that the disasters
and defeats were not fully revealed
official England is said to have
known for months that the wrong
kind OF shells were being furnished
Lord Northcljffe knew those condi
tions because he had visited the
front ON several occasions. He sen:
the military correspondent of the
London Times. Colonel Rspington
to France, and Repington sent and
the Times published a despatch ey
posing the situation and attributinf
the failure of military operations and
heavy casualty LISTS to a deficiency IL
shells. ~
- Criticized Kitchener 81
This was followed by an editoria'
criticism. OF Lord Kitchener. who ur.
to that time had been regarded as
Englapd's greatest war genius. The
revelations and criticism shockeos-
England t-to quick action Mr.. Lloyd
George appealed TO the British work
men to b1ck up the British army
and England became vast shop for
the manufacture of guns, and ammn-
uition. Meantime Lord Northcliffe
was denbineed = on all esidss, by-the
British press, his newspaper pub
licity burned in tbe streets and his
life is said to have boon threatened
I Through his newspapers and pc
riodicals, Lord Northcliffe had de-
manded more vigorous prosecution
of the wer He attacked the GOV
eminent for It's failure in the CALI
poli campaign AMI in Mesopotam'a.
He demanded that, conservation be
NUT into effect Next he turned his
journalistic guns upon Premier H.
H. .Asquith. denounced the/ General
War Committee as town meeting
and demanded a compact war cahd-
net He supported Lloyd George in
a derHnd for small and efficient
cabinet of which Asduith should not
be member. Mr.. Asquith resigned
and Lloyd George succeeded him.
! Lord Non'hcl.ffc had pointed out
Hdn. At1cIitd was W1Nt
qa,t Of the war until Germany forced
yer 70 act. Because of his acqnaint-
,rc, VII American conditions. Lloyd
:ec~~a rrev"ilci on him to accent
III fret public office. contrary TO
his resolution. and Northcliffe came
% .be United States as head of the
pritqah Misaion in which hi directed
ne work If some 500 officials and
| 10000 assistants,
Is Made viscount
| For his services to the government
in this and other respects. he was
made Viscoupt. Returning to Eng
land ne WIS Offered the post OF Air
Minister. This evoked "a letter In
which Visco,Irt Northcliffe sharply
criticized tho British conduct in the
war. In declining 10. accept the
r,crrtion. he deckred, that while the
! United Statcs was preparing with
| fervor and enthusiasm for the war,
England warbled for two years over
consumption WIS dallying with the
question. OF unity Of war control. era
1icat.on @of ,sedEaton. mobilization or
the whole man and weman power sof
the country and introduction of com
pulsory food rations. z ~ - +
,,"I feel that +, can do better. work
Il maintain my ind spendence and
am not gagged by a loyalty that | do
not feel toward the whole OF your
demonstration" he wrote to Mr..
LLOYD George He denounced tho
"a bsurd secrecy about the war
which he said. YVES still prevalent
and gave warming that unless thcre
Is swift Improvement in cur methods
here. the United States will rightly
take into is own hands the entire
management OF a great part OF the
war. 1t win not sacrifice its blood
and treasure to the incompetent
handling of the affairs Of Europe
WscoInt Norohcliffe. however. ac-
ce--ted The rost of Director OF Prupa-
eauda in Enemy Countries and for
the remember OF the war directed
an organization in the nations which
had aRents. in Germany and Austria
and an extensive Organization In tho
nations bordering on them.
Peculiar Train Shown
with the armis.ice and the subse
aucnt appointment Of Winston
churchlI az Minister Of Munitions.
y;scpmm NNahciiffe. !. who long had
been /. hostile TO Churchill turned