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SIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S DESIRE
Interesting correspondance between the Earl of Derby and Sir Henry Dalziel with regard to the granting of leave to the troops,
лого especially on the Western was issued through the Press in our telegrams.
recently and referred to briefly War provides
which show that situation
of
says the Daily Chronicle. It is idely be despite the Secretary for ration, it interesting to traverse they The ex Minister of Munitions, who added affect a nation whose warpizit and ring the last two moni) the
as many
of
dur
and he
I desirability of graating
sa possible" men to
to
been willing to stretch our chivalry to planes came before the Ministry of Muni dread American spectre, are all of them Bad Place, W1 Sept. 20th
Dear
towns that have been in no way connected their manufacture, the whole of the in.necessity of immediate economic pressure them here a
nddition, we have an infinitely bigger
par target, p
As in many other innovations in this wives behind the front. Where we have its uttermost, and have overlooked much,
they have been always active in bombing with the offensive movements of our armies. The Germans used gas first, and we ollowed reluctantly. Our reluctance to adopt this new form of warfare did not however, Interfere with the effective ness of our gas when it was once teed, nor did it stultify the efforts of our che mists and scientists in their researches It is now a commonly known fact that the German gas, bad as it is, is in no way as terrible as ours. No one knows this better than do our enemies, and prisoners taken in our many offensives all testify to the terrible effects of our RA shells and gas clouds. So it is that the British public can now rest certain that any aerial offensive carried out in re taliatory spirit by our airmen will not fall behind the efforts of the Germans,
ECONOMIC BOYCOTT.
You will re-
We have got the mastery of the sub marins menace, and I am perfectly con-
THE ENEMY PLANS. fident that before ve
very long we shall
We have now arrived at a phase of the Now that we have a definite pronounce achieve as great supremacy in the sir war when cconomic pressure, might be ment from -General Smuts on behalf of whether over this country or over their exercised on our enemy with the maxi the Government that a system of re- own," said Dr. Addison in an address mum of hope that it would be effective, prisals will be put into immediate ope delivered recently in a bombed district,laved that this pressure would powerful possibilities of an aerial offensive behind that the output of aeroplanes had in war will are gradually deteriorat he expresses the hope that the average num the German frontier. There is no doubt creased at a gigantic rato, was accom under the staggering blows leveled ber cent on leave may be even Increases
the immediate future. that we can do this thing much more Panied by Lieut-General Sir Francis against it The recent tightening of the
Lord Derby
doing it. We have a great meaty advan London The Mayor presided. trickle of supplies hitherto received by out for eighteen months and hna, & right thoroughly than the have been Lloyd, of the Defence of blockade adversity afecting anticipates that the next offers Day
show that
every man who has been said that everybody Germany from friendly neutrals the to leave will have received it, and he tages that our enemies have not, and, in Dr Addison, Mich had suffórechammerstrokes on the Passchendaele adds that Sir Douglas Hair has impresso
in that borough probably the most of any in the air raids, Ridge under which her strongest army is on him the would be glad that Bir Francis had come reeling, the growing anxiety about & win. to reassure them on matters relating to ter campaign in which the western army visit their continued of the manufacture of scrotally, the eerie uneasiness caused by the
Ministry, therefore, were concerned with arriving at a conclusion regarding the tion; in January this year, and the riders its volen gol kepang the
the adjournment of the terns resources of the country were on the enemy
Housew raised the question -- of mobilised to deal with this matter. The It should be clearly understood that more leave being granted to the troops, output has increased at a gigantic rate, even yet, wo have not arrived at definite more especially on the Western front, and will increase very much more. Like views on this subject. The Paris Con-you were good enough to inform me that every other form og ruthlessere, the ference, while 16 did much ureful work, you well,ooking at the whole question Germans got a start of Lamanity who did not go beyond ng arrangement prefereed leave, if it could be arranged, they started bombing open towns. Viding that the Allies were us give each Civilised people no more counted on the other a preference in the distribution of
bad
your complete sympathy. I am still
of large number of com sinking of ships by submarines than they raw materials after the war. This was from the front
munication did on the present form of ruthlessness most important as far it it went, and to
reference But I can tell you this, that we have got many at the time was proof enough of the whether anything further has been done the agonised outcry it caused in Ger the mastery of the submarine, menace.
natter, and I should be greatly obliged you would kindly tello We have done very well lately, and I am severity of the intended blow; but it did sad whether there is any prospect of the perfectly confident that before very long go far enough, we shall achieve just as great supremacy
whole leave question being put on a in the air, whether over this country or
more systematic basis-Yours faithfully, over their own, as we have over the sub the Conference are, we know that it was Dear Sir Henry,--Thank you for your
(Signed) HENRY DALZIL But, incomplete na the resolutions of marine menace. It is peculiarly hard that part of its design to adopt such subsidi letter. You are quite right to remind
October 5th somehow or other this residential district There have always been men in our ait should have been the victims of these why measures as would shorten the war me of my promise with regard to what services who have said that they but want raids want to make two observations and there is certainly nothing contrary is being done about the increased amount ed the chance to bomb German towns to The first is, that I am quite aware that to the spirit of the Conference in the of leave, and I apologize for not having show that could be done in this direction. people are inclined to blame the Govern adoption of a policy which would inflict sent it to you before I waited, however, We are fortunate in having not only the ment because of these matters but theconomic penalties of a progressive char- until I could get certain returns from beit pilots for the purpose that we are air is a very big place, and Sir Francis acter on Germany with the object of com France. I now enclose these, and I am now setting ourselves to, but we have will tell you of some of the problems to pelling her to conclude peace. That the more you will find the returu, satisfactory without doubt the best machines. In ba overcome in defending the coast and exists among German commercial circles daily returns 1 get 1 can assure you that anost vivid apprehension on this point till the middle of August, but from the
You will note that it is only made deed, it is owing to an unhappy mistake London. I am sure you will all bave we know already, but the policy of
are able to end pacieuse with the military authorities comprehchalve dajeti, fa als vnd gust, has certainly been Gothas to England. Early in 1917 the working out a scheme for stopping these not fully known to the masses of the up, if not exceeded, and I am
average amount of leave granted in Germans were inadvertently made a pre raids. Our airmen are brave enough to people, and its significance and power are therefore, that the next retum will show Lept am hopeful, seat of ond the latest and certainly the do anything (Cheers, and a Voice not yet realised by them. There is cer that nobody who has been out largest machines we had ever built. It And bomb Germany too.)
out eighteen tion, and from it the big coomy raiders business, and the object of the enemy 18 man is anything but a fool. From the not by now have received it. I say landed at Laon in an undamaged condiThis question of defence is a colossal tainly room here for amplification months and has had a right to leave
where his pocket is concerned the Ger- will which come over Loadon were designed to disturb the civil population. They
right to leave If these machines are kept, my, 20 miles know very well that they are doing no very beginning of the war he be shown will see by the behind our front line in France they can military damage, but what they want to fatal incapacity to appreciate the maid with case aach towns at Essen, do is to destroy the nerve of her a bigger probleme of human nature to an Cologne, Limburg, Coblenz, Frankfurt, population. Their sole hope is the de-honour and the nobler instincts of the derstand those spiritual realmg in which Darmstadt Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, and struction of British nerve at home, so that race are conspicuous. All through he has Freiburg. They can also make trips to we shall be unable to hang on long enough acted on false moral conceptions. But Constance, where are the great Zeppelin to see the armies in the held secure Vic when it comes to grosser and moroshater ha agars and workshops. Cassel would 'got tory. You may say that this is sinal al considerations, he is fairly accurate be outside their radius, and there are comfort to those who are being bombed in his deductions. He does not under hundreds of towns in the long strip of agree, but I am sure that you will hang stand the causes of the mental, and air Ge.man territory laid open inside a line on long enough to see victory through tual opprobrium which fills our hearts drawn parallel to our front and 220 miles The defence of the past week shows an and of which he is the object, nor has he from it. Indeed, the whole of the most immense advance in our defensive plan."the least regard for it, but he does under, densely populated port of the Rhine val.cy is vulnerable. We have a further
GENERAL AS MESAENGER
stand a determination to advantage in that German machines com
conomically, nation to coerce him ing to stick England are all of them forced to take sot routes. This does not mean that they cannot vary their path by even a hundred miles but that they must ultimately converge on to well known aerial roads, where it is fairly certain British nad French machines will be waiting for them. We are not so situ Fated, for we can comb German towns from any point along the Western front, from Nieuport to the Swim frontier. We can make our squadrons so molile that they car start on their raids from any
as you
FNER, there
are certain men who, owing to their own faule, have forfeited this right.
me the great desirability of granting na Bir Douglas Haig has impressed upon many facilities as possible for men to come on leave, and I have promised to do my best to help him in this respect. ties that exist for both be sex and land 1 am hopeful, You will quite understand the difficul
however, that not only leave be kept up,
transport of men:
but may be even increased during tho next few months. You may rest assured I shall do all in my power, in this direc tion.Yours sincerely
(Signed) Deney
MEMORANDUM.
Economic boycott is an ugly phrase, but it roughly sums up all those measures which would exclude Germany from the 1. SYSTEM UNDER WHICH Leave freedom of overseas markets and purtar UIS ÁLLOTTED, were she to refuse the conditions of peace
(a) Allotments are made from time to laid down by the Allies. Even without time to the co-operation of our friends, the fres sure which the British Empire aloite could exercise would be tremendous
LANG COALING STATIONS.
Armies
Cavalry Corp
G.H.Q Troops
L. of C. Area.
neral of Transportation. Director of Labour, Frincipal Naval Transport Officer. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.
town behind our front They can be over and dropped their bombs all over main trade routes, for example, Gibral by The leave allotment is calculated
stabled in out of range of the guns, or even of German raiders, and can make their journeys by stages.
than
A RAIDER EVERY FOUR MINUTES
The Italians have shown what can be perfect, as possible. The gun defences of to sail the seas these are indispensable. 1. (e) preference is to be given to
with the greatest care, so that all forma. tions receive correct and proportional amounts aerording to the number of who have been and
have been Inugce; away from Eng Instructions have been
been issued to these who have been longest out of the United Kingdom Service anywhere.out of the United Kingdom, and not only in France, is
EXCEPTIONS.
whits
Lieut. General Sir Francis Lloyd, who received a hearty welcome, did he was given a difficult task when it was said that he was going to reassure the people there on matters relating to air raids, "I can assure you first of all, he observed, you, who have suffered probably more than any other district in London, of the deep sympathy of those in authority with those who have been killed or injured
uat look back two years ago, when the coming of the Zeppelin was whispered We did not think very much of it. Well, In the first place there are our coaling they found us unprepared They came stations and docks scattered all along the London, anywhere they liked. Well, tor, Malta, Port daid, Colombo, Singa these aeroplanes have come, and they are pore and Hongkong on the routes to the finding that it is not such an easy matter East, as well as numerous other places to bomb London. Everything is being in African, West Indian and Pacific done to make the defences of London as waters. If a German mercantile feet is
accomplished by methodical bombing the past week have attained very con- places of call. We command, moreover, raids in their sorties against Pola. They aiderable success. If the gunfire did not rast sources of supplies in our Africa started tavir Capron squadrons across the exist, the first-class machines which the Indian, Australian and Canadian Di Adriatic, and at four-minute intervals Germans had would come loaded with one, supplied with like me of the world they appeared above Pols and delaged the bombs, and drop them anywhore they does not produce în measure g harbour works and warehouse, for war liked. The Iden of the defences of It is a curious obsession of the commer, material with bombs: Every four minutes Londen is to split these groups up and cial German, the firm belief that the as regularly as clockwork these raiders prevent them loading their bombs when future is his, that to him the portents of crossed the town and dropped their and where they like. The authorities are fate are favourable, and that after peace freight of high explosive. They returned doing their very utmost to render such has been concluded he will be able to to their base on time to a minute, and immunity to the civil population as was resume his overseas activities, without (b) Meri awarded field punishment, see not one machine failed to come back, possible. A very few of the German seropposition from his present enemies. Not put back on the leave roster, the decision although the raid lasted for over three planes were able to get through, else we for a moment will he entertain the iden as to the position they are relegated to hours. Now that the Germana bave in-
should have had a very much worse time of Germany's future economic condition
rests with Army commanders, directoza, vited us to try our hand at this new war The flying people are bringing the whole as dependent on the attitude which the
to whom they delegate the gama we shall be able to show them that of their brains to bear upon a scheme of allier will: sdopt towards big country, such operations can be carried ou as well protection. Now comes the question of The belief has entered his son that the As on from France as from Italy, and instead reprisals. It is a question with which conclusion of the war will see him con- be spared from a unit at any one time, only a certain number of men can of communiquet reporting the dropping the fighting man has no concern. He has trolling the resources of an economie emit follows that when a man overstays, for of 10, 20, or even 20 tons of bombs on only to do what he is told. It is for pire stretching from the North Bea to obicing an extension of Leave he German towns we shall hear of all-night you to put that question to the autho the Persian Gulf, and that in controlling frequently prevents another man going raids carried on with mathematical pre- ritier if you think it. If you desire re- this inexhaustible continent it will be who had earned it. This is almost the cision and a regular time table like that prisalg you should let the authorities an ensy matter to impose terms to his variably the case
with officere. of the tube trains
know"
profit on the rest of the world.
The following table will show hop It is absolutely necessary that
were the situation had improved during the pare to counter the sustained efforts on laat two months Or BO S Germany's part to reenter the world's Number of men without leave for —
(b) 12 months. (includes (a)). No Sgures.
Indeed, there are now surprises in store for the Germans that we shall doubtless be teld of some day soon in the bald lang
A man in the audience exclaimed, "We are going to pass a resolution calling for
reprisalta Lloyd replied, "If yon
Sir Francia Lloyd replied, ask me to see that it is conveyed to the right quarter, then I will hand it on at once. (Prolonged cheers, and cries of
Good old Francis
anrkets. There can be no doubt, last
these efforts are being made on an erinr- meus scale, and with all the skill and determination, which she has displayed
(a) Meo admitted
admitted to hospital suffering
from venereal disease are not granted leave until one year has elapsed from their discharge from hospital
officers
Date) 18 months. June 20, 1917 July 28, 2017
107,748
71,48
$36,583
the immediate fature by
uage of the official communiques. There is another side to the question, and ʼn neutral recently returned from Germany fully bears out the information brought back by returned prisoners who have as.
on the military side of the struggle Aug 28, 1917 caped within recent months All these In answer to a question, he said that There is, bardly a country in the world þ reports say that the Germans are in the whole of the raid was fought from where German agents, amber, secretly or finitely more afraid of or raids than arene centre, and in a systematic manner, openly, are not at work, to-day laving the the people of England Indeed, in which was the only way to beat enemy foundations for or unscrupulous can neutral stated definitely that the most machinez
Amercial war against the Allies. The bit mic measures as ruthless, as cin pitiful appeals had to be made to the Asked whether he would support theer and implacable enemy we know in the scientific as those abe 23 population of bombed towns to return to resolution he replied, "I am a soldier, field clearly intends to be our deadly foe in war work He also said that desultory air and it does not concern me
In the economic world in the years to
Should Germany be raids were of little or no use, for the A résolution calling for reprisals was com
enter reason, that the inhabitants of a town buscumqualy carried, and Bis Francis bombed but once in a while soon forget. promised to convey it to the right quarter In some centres, however, where the p French mechanes dropped, their
eggs
at close and regular intervals, the panic are of little are for was extraordinary, and the already re than for bezabin stricted railway passenger traffic was
taxed to the uttermost with refugees
making for the safety ne
the raids
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are of little or no use for
poses hay are too slow and too
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fection, to which
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(Continued, și foot of next
commetitor the will as ster is ever, MA UIN
which made her
How is this menace to be met1. Ger- many in this mood--and it is not so much
mood as a fixed national intention→→→ and employing, all: IL Ba great danger in peace is in war. Her commercial and industris) plang elaborated during the qout three yeasty there only dimly known to us in
other purpose
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