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ANNA, Norwegian str., 1,189, Arntzen, 4th Deptember-Bangkok 25th August; Nace.-Urder,

General.-Order:

MR. CHURCHILL'S DEFENCE, war, building fleets, increasing their

BLASHING REPLY BY ROBERT BLATCHFORDĮ.

A DEFENCE OF DEMOCRACY,

lucky foulish men: What remarkably nelpful prejudices.

THE VERY FOOLISH MEN,

WHERE GERMANY 18 WEAK

IMPORTANCE OF SALONICA.

for AUSTIN HARRISON, EDITOR OF THE ENGLISH REVIEW."]"

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armies, meddling in their neighbours' affairs, and always bchäving with cynical" arrogance towards the other Powers. They saw and knew all these things, and many more not known to the public, and yet they did not belive that war would come, and now it has come, Mr. Chur- After the failures of sur chill makes the ridiculous excuse that, military expeditions, it is intelligible it was very hard to tell beforehand that we should be, loath to emback upon The Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill, M.., who so thougatruity cante forward whether this thing would come or not." yet another, particularly as it is also a Indeed, it was so hard to see what was grout over-seat war with all the attend- BANCA, British str., 3,904, G. Philipps, 5th ater Actial Je victory to assure coming that the very wise men, in posant difficulties of transport and the con

the world that the dritish Navy was not session of all the facts, camo to a wrong stant danger of submarines: None the Duplomuur - Lay 1st August,

agninilata lune now undertaken, in a conclusion," and only the "very foulist less, the Salonica bee lus been estab- Coston.-P. & U,SIN, Do.

sunday paper, to defend ourLovernment· men,' who gave ren to their prejudices shed; the armies are there, and, what Cueroo, Chinese str., 3,844, J. Morrison,fur leit egregious incompetence before came to the right conclusion. What er in dreimportant, still, the hour, the

3ra Septemour-baigon 30th August," the war, he is the first minister or ex- Minister who has had the courage or the

place, and the objective are strategically of almost decisiva military importance. The weak point in the Germanic de- UncoNosso, British str., 1,250, Hother-impacteace to otter the Empire an excuse,

and 1 nope his lato colleagues will be But, since Mr. Churchill's modesty- ALI Septembe~we anaawei

the unexpectedly formidable onslaught. B01IL August, General➡ardine, gratefui, "tougo i doubt 11. Mr. Chur restrain his frankness, I shall take leave for today is Austria, who, thanks to Alatheson & Co., ltd.

cailt mases a lame and staminering apu: to suggest that the very wise men not,

now finds herself in the predicament CRIALI, British str., 1,149, R. Y. Lloyd,logy of it, and had he not heu a Cabinet only came to a wrong conclusion but made by the Russians on the Eastern front,

a fetish of their error, wallowed in it, 2 August-Tenisin 20th August, Minister is is not likely that any news- General.-Butterick & Swire,

piper would have printed his article. As brandished it, gluated over it, and revil. Fhich laced her at the end of 1914-with this difference, that whereas then ber CHIYUEN, Chinese str., 1,177, w, o. loss, it is, the article has been stridently aded the very fool sh men, who were trying

reserver had not been raised, they are Git Sepiomber-Banghai 2nd Sep

vertised, and will be read by feus of mii- to get the country to listen to the truth.

this summer, potentially at least, pretty tember, General-Order:

Fons of the belligerent and neutral

well exhausted Linked up, economically CHILuan, Norwegian str., 1,102, IL. Niels peoples, sune of wom will smile.

and militarily, with Austria-Hungary, One of the very foolish men was Lord dependent, in fact, upon her power of sen, örd September Bangkok 25th

Our insiracter begins by telling us August, Rice-Order..

Roberts; another was Lord Charles Berda-resistance, the secondary German srm, DERWENT, British sir., 1,728, J. Jenkins, what Lord Salisbury told us so much

4th September-Saigon 31st August,more pitay many years ago, that "the ford; another was King Edward VIL which may be called the Balkan Allience Hice and General.--Order.

British Constitution is a bad fighting Wo know how the very wise Lord Haldane of Bulgaria and Turkey, stands or falls; Mr. Churchill says: "Earliarcated Lord Roberts. We know that the constitutes absolutely the heel of Achilles, Foosao, British sun, 1,423, Jus. H. maznine.

very w Mr. Runciman apologised tü

or the vulnerable spot in the enemy lines May, 20 August-Java 1stli August,mentary Party Governments are

of defence, to which must be added the Sugar-Jardine, Mathieson & Co., artefly incapable of sitting down in cold Germany for Lord Roberts' candour. said the wonderful Runciman, then Ltd.

[sicod and preparing for a vast effeort of President of the Board of Trade, in the piensant propinquity of Rumania

Now the Pan-Germanic scheme aims BATIONO, Britisla str., 1,200, J. W. Evens,offensive war,

The most they very wise Cabinet," He would tender primatily at what the Germans call tho 6th September-Foochow 3rd Septent is in concert the minimum defenis apologies to Germany for Lord economic hegemony of the East. In bst, General-Douglas Laprak die

minim

Roberts' unjustifiable words towards Turkoy it is this economic power, not friendly Power. That was in 1912. At land, which is the German purpose, and that 'mo Germany was almost ready for it may truthfully be said that so long the outrage she had been preparing for as the Germans hold the railway line ten years to commit. Mr Runciman, through Serbia to Constantinople" not like Mr. Churchill, had come to a only is the goal of Par Germaniem at- wrong conclusion."

tained but the military conditions are established which ensure the faithful attachment to Berlin of the Austrian- it is the reason why the Germans are Balkan belligerent group. Incidentally, ready for peace. Not the West but the last is their objective. Not Belgium but the German way to Constantinople is their coveted prize, whence they hope to pursue their sims eastwards and muth- wards to the Persian Gulf.

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A democracy, Mr. Churchill says, can prepare for war on a great scale Had any Minister asked for the necessary unds to prepare for this war he would have been scouted.

WARNING SCOUTID.

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"HEALTHY SELFISHNESS.” It was with this object in view that the Anatolian Railways system was initiated as well as the Kaiser's policy of infiltra tion, which dated from 1893, when he entered the Holy City on a white charger and addressed the Mahommedana as "his friends over the grave of Saladin.

Turkey to Geraiany, is # healthy interest. Cotion, wool, naphtha

KAJO Man Japanese str., 1,120, K. Murakani, 6th September-Swatow 5th September, Genéral.--Osuku Sho sen Kaisha. KOUN BARU, Japanese str., 708, W., Tanaka, 5th September-Tsingtau, General Order.

Mr. Churchill, by way of instructing KWEICHOW, Britiu!! str.. 1,862, E.

That is quite true. Those of us who the democracy, said, in 1909, What does Forsyth, 5th September Tientsin 29th August, GeneralButterfield & wagued the uation of the peril were scout all this snapping and sualing amount

eck The boltest andmeial demand was

tor after all? How many people do you Swire Lood, British str., 1,005, E. for $100,000,000, and that was laughed suppose there are in Germany who really

to convince Mr.

want to make an attack upon this coun Matinews, 5th September-Manila at This

ad Septerther, General-Jardine, chill that democracy makes defence try I don't suppose that in the whole Matheson & Co., Ltd.-

impossible. But it does not convince me

of that great country of ifty or sixty MANTTA MARU, Japanese, str., 6,033, Kobayo have given the matter serious, and millions of inhabitants there are ten thousand persons who would seriously yashi, 1st September Shanghai 29th steady thought. August, General--Osaka Shosen Kai-

That the British people, bere and in the contemplate such a hellish and wicked sha.

Colonies, are rezay to make any suercrime." (Cheers.} MANSANG. British sur. 1,64, J. 11. fees has been, proved during the wat. But General von Moltke, the chief of

Alock, 27th August--Sandakan 2nd August, TimberJardine, Mathesonant they were not willing to make any the German General Staff, thought other aerifice before the war was not their wise. In September, 1913, he said to the &Co, Ltd.

This time we MYOGISAS MARU, Japanese str., 1,741, K. fault, but the fault of the political lead King of the Belg'ans:

Munakata, 3rd September Sanierung ers who deceived them; and amongst must settle the business (war with those lenders Mr. Winston Churchill, Mr Frag) once and for all, and your 21th August, Sugar Order. NAMBANG, British air, 2,501, Gilroy, 4th Lloyd George, Lord Haldane, Mr. Me Majesty can have, o idea of the irresis-selfish

September-Singapore 20th August, henna, and the bulk of the Liberal Pressible enthusiasm which on that day will-they are the things that Germany wants, and the fertility of Mesopotamin General-Jardine, Malleson & Co., were prominent offenders.

sweep over the whole German people.'”

And this Drang towards the East" has How can a democracy be expected t

Moltke was right, so I suppose he was been the life and soul of Pan-Germanism. a fool. PORTROS, French str., 7,357, Costa, 30th grant supplies for an army and a naty

But after war broke out theit being clearly recognised by all Ger August--Haiphong 23th August, when the rulers persistently assure then agile intellect of Mr. Winston Churchill man writers and authorities that "whole Coral-Messageries Maritimes.

that an army is not needed, that the

ean only be accomplished with PROMETHEUS, Norwegian str., 1,024, H.

Rua trapezo. Very wise men are like and through Austria; success, in fact, Jensen, 3rd September-Bangkok 24th Navy's too big, and that there is no sign jumped to the fact as an acrobat jumps work."

that they are slow getting there, but depending on the fate of Austris, on August, Rice, and General Thoresent risk of war! The people made a

great mistake they mistook their feeble once they arrive they arrive with an im-whose fate that also of Turkey, as a fer- & Co.

pact which shakes their teeth in their sex-headaches, pice, olches BSHow ISING; Chinese str., 1,236,5. Rans and subfuscated leaders for statesmet;

land, 22nd August Chefoo 17ththey trusted them; they were betrayed by heade

A few years after Mr. Churchill scoffer August, General-Order. SZECHU, British str., 1,150, J. Peacock, Mr. Churchill knows what happened at the idea of war Germany committed 24th August-Swatow 23rd August, to the run who tried to warn the country. the hellish and wicked crime," and General Butterfield & Swire. He took a hand in baiting and deriding Mr. Churchill told us all about it. Said TACOMA MARU, Japanese str. 3,644. T. them. He is still eager to misrepresente, Germany began the building of a

Hamada, 1st September-Manila 29th and belistic then, He says: "It was great navy for our undoing. Every d August, General-Osaka Shosen Ka very hard to tell beforehand whether this | ta' of the Gernian scheow, proved that on such terms, would incontestably have And this idea it is which, Germans designate as Austria's ethnic land- TATONTSE, French str., 691, le Trogner; thing would cone or not. Very wise ment was meant for us for our exclusive gained the chief part of her objective.

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a very foolish pamphlet in which I had agree that there can be no chance of told the very wise unes how war would success. some and where it would coine, and had This is what the Germans are fighting given reasons (not prejudices) which have for, what they hope to maintain, and as never been met, Mr. Asquith (all wisest it is the Gerinanie central objective, sp, Now, part from its glid impudence, of the very wise) could not discern in militarily, it is the weak spot in their that passige is remarkable for its almost any quarter of the political horizon any armour. The Austrian principle of Gor- It is sillier than cause of quarrel, direct or indirect, beernment, Divide and Conquer," is not credible stup dity. The silliness we expect from its author tween us and that great and friendly suitable in war. Presed on all sides. nution, And the people cheered, and Austria is in dire stress, and because in his speeches. It is siller than Mr.

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swarn of horneta" which were to drive GF the Zeppelins. It the incoherent railing of an ill-balanced mind.

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Salonica.

THE MANDARIN'S MISTAKE.

HASTENING THE END. Now I am quite willing to admit that Without Austrin Pon-Germanism bas It was not very hart to tell before-hand very wise man may come to a wrong neither meaning nor power, for the whole whether this war would come or not. It unclusion. We have several examples in essence of Pan German Imperialism fics. Mr. Churchill's own dazzling career in the territorial expansion of Austria- was as obvious as any political event I

Events had made they mention Lamlash, and Gallipoli, for Hungary, by means of which, alone pres- can remember.

instance; and a very wise man may he sure can be brought to bear on Turkey. and through Turkey on the Balkan langer plain enough, and the facts were

peoples. lluminated by the plainst of plain pardoned for a blunder, or even for

A decisive blow struck upwards from paling by German newspapers, Geravera! blunders, and retain his prestige.

But when an entire Cabinet of very wise Salonlsa, breaking through the Bul man authors, German professors, Ger-

men all draw wrong conclusions, and garian resistance, and liberating Serbia, nai generals, and the Raiser.

wie the cause of their error is mani and Pan-Germanium will receive “a What did the great natal expansion of festly a false political theory and a gross mortal wound from which in this war Germany mean? What could it mean misunderstanding of men and facts, then there can be no recovery. The Young The German Press did not hide the truth, I am afraid we must claim that the men Tarks joined Germany because of their the Kaiser Blurted it out on several who so blunder are not very wise men, belief in German arm and Bulgaria ccasions. He said: "The trident must but are mere political quacks who ought joined Germany, also for the same reason, be in our fist." He said: "The trident not to be allowed to misgovern the nation But if the Bulgarians are defeated and or to mislead the people Mr. Lloyd driven into their own country, Turkey must be in our Est." He said: "Our future lies upon the water." He singalled George, only a few days before the war will find herself cut off, stranded, fooling to the Tsar at sea: The Admiral of the broke out, told the House of Commons, into helplessness, and the hour of Aus- Atlantic greets the Admiral of the Paci-that "next year there will be substantial tria's fate will have sounded,

That is why the offensive from Salonica ic." He said at Damascus: "May the economy without interfering in the three hundred millions of Mohammedans slightest degree with the efficiency of the is of such enormous importance. It is lics. It is there, if we strike well and woman reader of this paper, who is this, all times the German Emperor will be years has been very largely for the pur- victoriously, above all if we strike now. We strongly recommend every man and throughout the world be assured that at Navy. The expenditure of the last few there that the German heel of Achilles pose of meeting what is recognised to be when the Austro-German armies are fully pal, weak or run down, or who has lost their frioud." We are the greatest naval his or her buoyant, youthful energy, or Hower and the greatest Mohammedan temporary emergency." A man who engaged, that a decision may be reached who suffers from loss of appetite, or from nower in the world. What could the could make such an egregious speech as of overwhelming military and political debility, either nervous or Physical, to try Kaiser mean?

that on July 23rd, 1914, is destitute of significance which would not only new, scientifically compounded prepara He told us, too, that we were not popu-political sagacity, and his presence in a frustrate all Germany's ambitions, but inevitably hasten the end of the war, if Aar in Germany. In 1808, in the Daily Cabinet is a peril to the country.

The Mandaris's belief in himself is only by process of distintegration, The trouble with most people who appear Telegraph interview, the Kaiser said: like "a bag of bones is not that they My tast's not the easiest. The prevail. very touching indeed the self-complacen don't get enough to eat, but that they de ing atiment of large sections of the of Mr. Asquith, Lord Haldane, Mr. not assimilate what they do eat. They middle and lower classes of my country encroaches on the tragic; but there are Lloyd George and Mr. Churchill almost

the silly doings of our political Mahat simply go through the sutural motion of

some of us so prejudiced as to hold that mas will be candidly reviewed.

One word with regard to the hero of eating, but the flesh-giving part of what is not friendly to England."

Mr. Churchill and his colleagues could the assumption of the Mandarins that Lamiash. We very foolish persons who they cat just passes away without being

not see the duuger which stared them in everyone inside the Cabinet is very wise were right about the war have no desire assimilated, and cousequently does not do.

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