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DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND, JUS?

SIR W. ROBERTSON.

KINGDOM OF POLAND.

In view of the establishment of the AUSTRO-GERMAN DECREE Supreme War Council and the reference made to Bir William Robertson's position, the following article from the Globe is of

particular interest. Les The politicians with all their cloquence have been so chery of tributes to those who are winning the ware, the Fight ing Men-that one naturally treasures. the few we have. Both Lord Milner and Sir Edward Carson, who are big enough to be akove paltry jealousies and conse quently escape that Intel suspicion of soldiers which is the hallmark of Frent Benches, have publicly expressed their ad miration of the character and abilities of Sir William Robertson the C.1.0.8. (Chief of the Imperial General Staff), to give him his familiar titla.Bir Edward Carson informed the House of Commons some time ago that among Sir William's conspicuous merits was his nativo in dependence, especially in his attitude towards politicians, whom he did not allow to sway his opinion on mattera within his own province Lord Milner declared after he became Minister (January 1st, 1917)

The men we look to in these days ara men of the stamp of Sir William Robertson, and the best thing that men like myself and others in a similar position can do is put our back into the work that Hes before us, and give them all the help wo possibly can. We must look to their wisdom, experience, and judgment to show us the right way and we must put our holders to the wheel and drive the coach as hard as we can on the road they mark out for us.

We may be sure that Sir Edward Carson has fought on the right side a the struggle between professional strate gists and civiliau marpiots, and that Lord Milner has followed his own precept General Smuts appreciates the true line of demarcation, while My he trusted in

nian of common-scaso, may be Auch natters, while Mr. Boner Law's

SETTLING ITS GOVERNMENT

Mungu wake The following is the text of the Decree qued by the Austro-Hungarian and German Governments by which the ten

orary constitutional regulations of the Polish State are settled ———

Article I-Firstly, until taken over by a King or Regent, the supreme power in the kingdom of Poland will be placed in the charge of a Rogency Council having regard to the position of the internal rights of the rowers in occupation.c

Secondly, the Regency Council will.con sist of three members, who will be ap- pointed to their office by the monarchs of the Powers in occupation

Thirdly, all Government documents of the Regency Council will require to be counter-signed by the responsible Prime Minister,

Article II. Firstly, the legislativo powers will be carried out by the Regency Connel with the co-operation of the State Council of the Kingdom of Poland, in bocordance with the stipulations of this decree and of the laws to be issued hereafter.

RUSSIA'S RAILROADS. Conditions in Ruseis are not so dia- couraging us many reports tend to convey, according to Mr Henry Miller member of the United States Railway Commission to Russia who is in Yokohams on Ins way back to Americs. He left Petrograd 24th August. The American railway commission passed through Japan in May and all the members have returned to America with the exception of Mr. Miller, and John F Stevens who headed the Government. Mr. Stevens is in Petro, commission sent by the United States grad

became con

Russia is blessed with abundant crops, plenty of live stock and other foods and has other resources beyond conception. says Mr. Miller "Tho fear that the railways will fail to keep the army and civil population supplied is unfounded and has been dispelled by the American gation of track, locomotives, cars and Railway Commission, after full investi other facilities of the main trunk bines. The commission vinced that by supplementing and reinforcing the operating depart

ent, together with the additional arriving from Americe, the transportation locomotives, care and spare parte now Bystem of Russia will fulfil all Mason- Secondly, in connection with all affairs

able requirements that the administration of which has not yet The condition of the railways has been been left to the Polish Supreme Power grossly exaggerated. Like the railways legislative propositions can only be dealt with by the Council, with the permission of America, they are at the present ver of the State Powers in occupation. In taxed with unusual traffic, but in many physics] property and terminals are excal auch affairs, in addition to the organ of respects they are quite all right, and their the Kingdom of Poland,

lenter cordance with Clause 1, the Governor General may, until further notice issue rules with legal effect, only, however, after having heard the State Council Regulations innde by the Governor General may only be suspended or chang ed in the same manner in which they have been issued well as there

Thirdly. The laws as

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For instance, Mecaw, the Hub' of the nation, has a well constructed belt line that has no superior mywhere. It encircles the entire city connecting the nine railways which radiate from there like from a wheel. There are commodious interchange vards at all intersections and there is no congestion of traffic of any We may equally hops also that Mi, Lloyd which are to be found to be desirable, Air Miller's observations are the result Scottish caution should keep him straight. Bulations of the Polish Supreme Powers movements of trainerfere with the free 66 ASAHI BEER. George and Lord Curzon are no less keen and the duties of the population must be of his work with the commission travel

hrought to the notice of the Governoring $5,000 miles over the railway lines of on securing fair play for the Army in General of the Power in occupation in Russia, twice over the trans-Siberian its perennial struggle with amateur whose administrative district they are to system and from Petrograd south to the strategy, though little birds whisper to come into force, and may only obtain Black Sen, returning by the headquarters the contrary, and the unfortunate Calais binding effect if such Governor-General of the army. The commission also went Conference of last February left an un- pleasant taste in the mouth, with its augins not raised a protest within 14 days over the lines north of Petreguad to the gestion that even Sir William Robertson after their submission to him. and Sir Douglas Haig have frequently had a difficult task in keeping their end, up in the way of words in which Parlia montarians of all countriet excel

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It would be, indeed, ungrateful

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little feed is raised near there food prices

Article III will later be formed in accordance with the stipulations of a special law which will be issued by the Regency Council, with the consent of the

over in occupation. __ Article IV-Firstly, the task of dealing 8 they have been left to the Polish work which the C.10.8 whose acer Supreme Pover, will be carried out by reads like a romanchas done for Polish Law Courts and authorities, but the_country which was in a otherwise they will be carried out for bad way at the dark moment when the duration of occupation by the repre- be assumed his present position two years sentative bodies, of the Lower in cccupa ago. He found himself ociated with: Lord Kitchener, who, when he bad once.

not to appreciate the wonderful Justice and of administration, in so far are high, Mr. Miller told of one sale of

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agreed to the constitution of a Chietion of the Kingdom of Poland and the person to feed. of the Staff with proper functions loyally right to conclude international agrees operated to make this scientific divisionments may only thou be executed by the

Polish Supreme Power in nccupation antimely death. He cover attempted to decree isted by the German Emperor interfere with Sir William Robertson, and to the Governor-General of Warsaw om they had no serious differences of phasises that the Polish supreme power opinion, which speaks volumes for the now been put chiefly in the hands of single-minded patriotism of two remark the National Polish Government, and able men. There were plenty around that the rights as well as the interests of them who were anxious to make mischief, the nation are being entrusted to a new so that they might fil in troubled waters, and extended State Council. The Powers but they never had a cluance of success, in occupation will, in fact, only reserve and finally gave it up as a bad job their approval to such stipulations in the Steadfast sagacity would appear to be the chief attributo of Sir William, who, proposals of the country's representatives pitchforked as he was into a most onerous are required by war conditions post which he find to create, hat onerous responsibility of controlling a widely separate series of the most gigantic military operations on which we have ever embed the least of which would at any other time have been regarded as big war. Without laying claim to in fallibility he has so far succeeded in avoiding any capital or irremediablo blunder in campaign, extending from the Yser to the Tigris,

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and political considera the situation, and tions good, bad, and indifferent, have bad to be taken teto account, including the vagaries of some Allies, who have not always seen eye to eye with our soldiers, or even with their own. But since it Formous Channel William's advent a new spirit inspired our policy, and the drifting, the hesita tion, and the fatal delays gave place to South Cost of China between (The saMG AN colerance cf.outlook and framess of purngkong and Lampeks. No. 1. pose. Ho has generously acknowledged

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THE FIGHT AGAINST LITTLE PACKETS It was ar, appalling Lask that confront ed him these gloomy November days in his debt to Lord Kitchener. They made Bouth Cece of Chains bedroom The same a

Hongkong and Hain you 1916, when he exchanged G.H.O. in an unassailable combination which no France for Whitehall. Our aim as some politiciane could withstand, and it is Right Honourables systematically forget, tolerably certain that but for their co- is to overthrow Germany, which can never operation compulsory military service be achieved by merely defeating Austria would have been postponed still further Hungary, Turkey, or Bulgaria, for the until it was altogether too late to sare simple reason that the less does not con- the war aussi Ar tain the greater, though the greater does THE DECISIVE POINT. contain the less. The downfall of cur Sir William Robertson's main work- principal onemy would involve the col though we must not forget that it has lapse of his confederates, but disaster to been carried on side by side with other the latter would not involve catastrophe labours of which Sir Stanley Maude's THE ROYAL to the former Our leading soldiers have brilliant fest gives us a glimpse has been from the outset grasped this truism, but the organization of victory across the they have had a hard, uphill-indeed, at Chantel, with the result that in the MAIL STEAM times almost forfora-hight to knock it

summer of 1916 Sir Douglas Haig for the into the heads of some politicians. For first time found himself at the head of one thing, Cabinet Ministers tre much

an Army which was able to take the offen. PACKET CO. mure articulate than sailors and soldiers sive on a wide front, and, which has ever who have passed their lives not in argn since been asserting its ascendancy over mentation hat inceiving or in giging the mast formidable military Power: the orders. Field Marshal French has lately world has ever seen-one before whom disclosed what many of us long suspected Europe had been prostrate for about a namely, that the battle of Neuve hundred years Had our General Staff Chapelle which, if successful would capitulated to those who slamoured, have involved the recovery of Lille was lost in Gallipoll, whither the divisions lie so urgently needed had wandered, being thus diverted from the decisive point which has always been Flanders and France, to a place the whereabouts which can hardly have been vivid to these who conceived that Constantinople would fall into our lap the moment we showed the British flag at the Dardanelles.

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It is among the signal merits of Sir

William Robertson to have Been an extra. ordinarily complicated situation steadil and to have seen it whole from the bret moment he found hdf in the sddle

and realized the extent to which Briti strategy had been compromised by the multitude of campaigns launched throughout the world, all of whi devolved upon him to sustain or retr It is true te has not be able to our losses or to organize victo where and we must be under hard knocks that tay be impending in some of the oute tres. A nation, which was deli

mmilitary before the war cannot-

in thres weary to develop, scan

anst be remembered

despite the teaching of history and the bittor experiences of the present war for the miserable policy of little packets, against which Napoleon warned us, there would have been no victories on the Somme Verdun would inevitably have fallen and Romania and Italy to Bay nothing of Russia must have been knock- ed out of the war by now

year

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The British victories of this which the Sommo and the Ancre laid the oundation, and which are the more strik the jure one knows about them, are indoubtedly bringing a military decision ne pres, Merin road, and not a few sight the words Arras, Vimy Mes othors, will live for all time. Those of who realize what the men at the front done and are doing, from the Com ander-in-Chios downwards, no less ap quiet, determined, able man Bck who, while never trespassing province of politicians inspir in all the best poli

higliest « opinion.

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which the Army and is great because 42 VI

Br. William – Robertson-

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