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Mr. Asquith was entertained at luncheon recently at the Cón- naught Rooms by Mr. Oswald Partington, a former Liberal Whip, the occasion having been arranged to give the ex-Premier an opportunity, of further replying to statements made by Viscount French
Mr. Asquith said they had just come to the end of a journalistic serial in which the late Come mander-in-Chief of our Armies in France he made himself. responsible for attacks and asper- sions hoth upon the living and upon the dead, which he (Mr. Asquith) could not allow to dass without an immediate and definite protest.
"I cannot recall," said Mr. Asquith, "any parallel of this ill- advised and unhappy literary effort. (Cheers.) Lord. French is, not only a Field-Marshal on the active list of the Army, but he occupies at the moment one of the highest and most responsible posts in the civil service of the Crown. He is Lout Lieutenant of Ireland. a post which has often, I agree. been more or less a sinecure.
That is not the case to-day. Ireland. I think, is one of the darkest spots on the man, not only of the British Empire but of the world, and while the statesman-' ship of free nations is trying to find everywhere else some foot- hold, some point of new departure for pationalities. The chief Governor of Ireland, who, as one might have thought, would be absorbed in his overwhelming responsibilities, apparently could find no better occupation for his time and his energies than to fill the columns of the daily Press with a narrative which I do not hesitate to characterise as incom- plete, partial, in most serious respects misleading. and as the whole world will soon patiently learn, at variance, and contradict- ing his own statements and written utterances in the past.
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That here and there." Mr. mistakes Asquith continued, were made is of course obriously
It would have been a miracle if But that it had been otherwise. was not the least of the case out forward by Lord French, who alleged calculated- and Frallous neglect daring the first part of the war on the part of the Government in
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A large gathering of members at - Convocation of Oxford University."presided over by the Vice-Chancellor (the President of Trinity) recently disc123sed- the question of State 'aid. “Eveň- tually the following decrep, pro-
the posed by
Waiden of Wadham, was carried by a majority of 38, the voting being- Placet, 126; non-placet, 88
That the Vice-Chancellor be. authorised by Convocation to apply for a Government grant or grants, and to accept the same on behalf of the University on the conditions stated in the letter of April 16 last of the President of the Board of Education- namely, that the University should co-operate with the Gov ernment in an inquiry to be made into its whole resources and the use which is being made of them..
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The Warden of Wadham, in moving the decree, spoke of the needs of science and the miserable sums paid to its teachers. "Evary one, he said, would admit that that was a grievance that must be remedied. It was absolutely necessary that the university should find money somewhere, so that those who did its work should have something approaching
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by the Government or by private liberality. It was most encour aging to the university în recent years to receive such benefactions as those of Mr. Perring and Mr. Welch, and one hoped their good example would, be followed, but he thought it argued a very san- theguine frame of mind to suppose
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London, July 14.--Sir Valen- tine Chiro! writing Times says that it is no secret that President Wilson strongly objected to the Kaiser's trial and that M. Clemenceau was half- hearted in the matter, but that. both yielded to Mr. Lloyd George's pressing solicitations. The dismaying blunder 'rests wholly on Britain if the pro- cedure fails. Britain will suffer immeasurable ridicule in any .case for rescuing Wilhelm from the contempt of oblivion which was the worst penalty that could be inflicted on a man, of such monumental vanity.
The Bishop of Exeter, in a sermon, regretted that such a contemptible character, the object of universal detestation and miserable shame, should have become the object of international vengeance and possibly be made
a martyr.
San Francisco, July 4.-A Paris dispatch says that the announce ment made by the British Premier to the effect that the ex-Kaiser would be tried has caused surprise Among the peace delegates there. Some
delegates profess their
entire ignorance of the programme made public by Mr. Lloyd George, while others suggest that the British Premier is only perform- ing a political manœuvre.
He (Mr Asquith) had stated ar Newcastle that Lord French's account of Lord Kitchener's visit to Paris was a travesty of the real fact. All the contemporary documents would shortly be given to the world, but let him say that the Government received message from Lord French as to his contemplated movement which filled the whole Cabinet with constemation. because the movement which was indicatel would, in the Cabinet's judgment. have amounted in effect to leav ing our Allies in the lurch in themand," Mr. Asquith declared. moment of their, extreme need. and the consternation which the Cabinet felt
shared and WZ8 expressed in moving terms by the head of the French Government It was in those circumstances that Lord Kitchener undertook his mission to France, a mission in which he successfully achieved the common object," and in mei judgment. said Mr. Asquith. "saved our cause from an incred- ible reproach." (Cbeers.)
to consult has, heard of that de-
Lord French had stated that his object was to awaken both the Government and the publië from that apathy which meant certain defeat, and his statement amounted to an allegation that in spite of his warnings the Government as a whole were criminally supine and negligent.
Nobody questioned. Mr. As quith proceed that the Exoedi- tionary Force was fully equipped in all respects, but the losses in the field very soon began to put a severe strain on our machinery of production. From almost the first moment the matter had never ceased to
engage the attention of the Cabinet, and în the month of May 1915 we were producing in three days the amount of ammunition usually produced before in a whole year. That was not a bad record, of apathy and neglect,
The decision to equip our field guns with shrapnel and not with high explosive was arrived at
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Mr. Asquith produced a long folded letter, which he remarked sutto
might become historical document. He said it was a letter in. Lord Kitchener's handwriting, written after his interview with Sir John French. It ran :--
"I have to-day talked with French. He told me I could let you know that the present supply of ammunition will be as much as his troops will be able to use for the next forward movement."
There were tremendons cheers this revelation, and Mr. He said Asquith read it again. that this letter 'made his way clear. He then had to fears of encouraging the enemy when he spoke at Newcastle and warned the people that they must "de- liver the goods."
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that private liberality was going to foot the bill which the present needs of the university presented. They were told that they were asked to buy a Government grant by assenting to a Royal Commis- sion, but if they refused & Govern- meat grant, would they escape a Royal Commission, or would they avoid control? Was there any pro- bability of it.if the powers that be wished in If the change was in- evitable, as it seemed to him, should they not meet it half-way in order that they might have some power of controlling it, or | should they go to the extreme and refusé it until it was forced upon them? It they were going to have an inquiry, and Government interference in any way, had it better not come now than a few years hence? At present they had as Chancellor a man who was representative of Oxford culture, and who thoroughly understood the university, and they had the best Minister of Education that Eng- land ever had. There was no doubt, whether they liked it or not, they had to face thia-that prac- tically the whole of English education was coming under Government.control, and they were likely to do better for them selves and for English education if they threw in their lot frankly with the rest of the country, and worked with them instead of, remaining in splendid isolation" for a few years until compelled to come in.
Mr. C. F. Jenkin. Professor of Engineering Science, spoke from the scientist's point of view, and gave practical illustrations of the present critical position. Befere the war the science departments were just able to get along by scraping together £50 here and £100 there. The pay of the junior staff was scandalously low. Then came the war, and apparatas had doubled in price. The science departments at Oxford were ban rupt, and any possibility search work would be out of the question. They were ring to do their best to carry on at the present moment, but they could not carry on next term, and everything pointed to a large number of men coming up. Moner must be found somewhere. There were three courses open. One was to await donations, another was to go round the country beg-
Lord French, who boasted now of his share in the fall of the Government, wrote to him on. May 20, 1915, three days after the fall, a letter from which Mrging, Asquith read an extract. The extract was as follows:-
My Dear Prime Minister, For two days I have been hesitating. to add an iota to the troubles and anxieties which must weigh upor you just now. (I was forming, the Coalition Government, inter- jected Mr. Asquith alyly, amid roars of laughter.) You have shown me so much true, generous kindness throughout this trying: campaign that I venture at this critical moment to convey to you what is my most thought.
and." the отдет WRA to aak for Government aid." The objections to the last- named were two-fear of control and unwillingness to submit to a financial inquiry. He had bad control for some years past, and knew what it meant visit from an expert in bis own subject, who came and blessed what he saw and out of whom he got a lecture. (Laughter.) What would happen would be that Cambridge would inspect Oxford and Oxford would inspect Cambridge (Langgutters). With regard to as firm miał in.
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