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NORTHCLIFFE AND KITCHENER.

BY MAJOR-GEN. SIR F. MAURICE.

Owing to my absenes in Paris I have only just had an oppor- tunity of reading Lord Narth- Maike's famous article in the New Illustrated of. Feb. 15 on Mr. Lloyd George. In this article occurs the following passage: *The British nation, is generous towards those who serve it well. It fallows good service to wipe cut past weakness or arror: and it is right in this. It did not recall Mr. Lloyd George's silence in 1915, when it was whispered about, and knoWD for a certainty, that by failing to ad our Armies in France the high explosive for which Sir John

• French (then Commander-in Chief) was repeatedly asking. Lord Kitchener was endangering our chances of victory.”

This is a repetition of the attacks made upon Lord Kit-| chener by Lord Northcliffe a papers in May, 1915. Those attacks ware then so far justifia- ble that they were an attempt to rouse the country to a sense of the dangers of a'sery perilous situation. It is notorious that

that time there Was a grave deficiency of heary guns, *.of high explosive shell, and of

munitions of all kinds. It is, at least, excusable that Lord North- cliffe did not stop to inquire too nicely who was responsible for this state of affairs. Further. Lord Kitchener was then alive, and was able to defend himself if he thought fit to do so. Now he is dead, and Lord Northcliffe has bad ample time in which to investigate the truth of This charge, which he repeats.

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Lord Kitchener was called to the War Office by Mr. Asquith on the outbreak of of war. He was not a magician, and he could uot at a touch provide the vast machinery and establishments re- quired to equip a nation in arda, but he could and did foresee, what no one else foresaw, that in order to win the war we should have to arm and train the manhood of the nation.

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Neither he nor any other difficulties, and to develop to the soldier in Europe had, how-utmost such of our industries as

of conceived ever,

A war could be turned to the manu- in which guns would be in action facture of war material. There- all day and every day. In pre-fore, early in April. 1915, Mr. vions wars collisions between the Asquith appointed a Special Com- opposing forces had been inci-mittee, with Mr. Lloyd George dents: in this they were as chairman, to deal with these permanently touch. and matters, and the responsibility needed for their daily work for them passed out of Lord as much ammunition as had Kitchener's hands. in the past sufficed for a great engagement. I remember well

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As is well known, the attacks hearing of Lord Kitchener's look of horror when he heard that on made by Lord Northcliffe's paper!

MR. KIPLING AT A WEDDING. the morning of March 10. 1915, at in May. 1915, nine months after Neuve Chapelle. the first and the outbreak of war, upon Mr. Miss Cecil Bailey, daughter of least of our batiks in trench war-Asquith's Government and upon Sir Abe Bailey, and god-daughter fare, our guas had fired off more Lord Kitchener, were largely in of the late Cecil Rhodes, was ammunition than, had been ex-strumental in bringing about a married recently at St. Mary's, pended during the whole of the political crisis and the formation Bryanston-square, to Major W.F. South African war. The Ger- of the first Coalition Government. Christie, R.A.M.C. Mr. Rudyard Dans had not supposed that such The Ministry of Munitions was Kipling gave the bride away is masses of shell would be required inaugurated on June 5, 1915. the absence of Sir Abe Bailey,

that May 1916. and they attribute their failure In

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in 1914 largely to the fact that just cleven months later, and Her train of white satin, which. they ran short of ammunition;thirteen months after the institu- like the rest of the wedding-gowe. our French comrades ware equal- tion of Mr. Llord George's was draped with Limerick lace,8| ly surprised. and Sir John Committee, the first complete was carried by Miss Mary Bailey, French, who as Chief of the Im-shell produced by the perial General Staf before the Ministry was fired in France. war was responsible for our pre-In the interval between May, parations, had not supposed that 1915, and May. 1916, every round should be insufficiently of ammuntion fired by our guns provided with shell. All armies was produced under arrange- engaged had, in fact, to learn by ments for which Lord Kitchner experience what the new condi-was responsible; this included the tions entailed.

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her step-sister, and Miss Sylvia Christie, sister of the bridegroom. both little girls wearing pale pink frocks, with pink veils held by wreaths of leaves.

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NO CHEAPER WINES. Although port wine is now er- provision of the large quantity of riving in considerable quantities shells fired in the Battle of there is not yet enough on the MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S PART. None the less Kitchene did at Luos, in September, 1915. Lord market to meet the demand, and Northcliffe, in fact, charges Lord prices show little sign of once proceed to expand Our manufacture of guns, shells, and Kitchener with having failed to declining. Regarding the scar- do in nine months what Mr. city, a wine merchant explain- other munitions.

to a representative of 1914. Mr. Asquith appointed a Lloyd George first began to ed

accomplish in thirteen. During the Daily News that after its Special Munition Committee of

those thirteen months Mr. arrival it requires time to become the Cabinet, of which Mr. Lloyd George, then Chancellor of the Lloyd George had, and rightly acclimatised. Some months at had, far larger powers to least are necessary before it is fit Exchequer, was a member, to assist the War Office in these control labour and industry than for consumption, and some wine matters. The first warning as to Lord Kitchener ever possessed, requires to be kept years in bottle. Further. when Mr. Lloyd During the war large quantities the seriousness of our position came, not from Lord North-George assumed control, the needs of wine were lost through enemy

of our Army and the requirements submarines. cliffe, but from Lord Kit of trench warfare, which had sur-months before the armistice 600,- chener, who, on March 15, 1915, stated in the House of Lords prised the military world, were 000 dozens were destroyed in this that owing to such difficulties as beginning to be appreciated, and way. As to the high price, it was he had the benefit of all the ex-explained that the first cost of absence, irregular time-keeping, slack work, and the temptations perience which Lord Kitchener wine has gone up in some cases as of drink, the output of muni-had gained, and of all the prepar much as 400 per cent. Whereas

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latter had made. before the war it cost no more then tions was insufficient to supply Lord Northcliffe's statement 30s. to bring a pipe of port from Op- the enormous demande, not only That, by failing to send orto to Londoh, the freight extra of ourselves, but of our Allies,*

to our armies in France the and insurance charges increased and he added, "I can only say high explosive for which Sir John this price to £30. It is true that that the supply of war material is French was repeatedly asking. freight and insurance are now causing me very serious anxiety.Lord Kitchener was endangering going down, but the cost of bot- He said further, "This output can only be obtained. by a care- our chances of victory is there tling is double what it was, and unwarrantable attack in addition to this and the great ful and deliberate organisation of fore an

man who laid the increase in the first cost there is the whole resources of the coun- try. Mr. Asquith's Government foundations of the victory which a shortage in all wine-producing recognised that it would be beyond we have wOD.

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May we hope countries. I do not think, the power of the War Office that in future Lord Northcliffe, therefore," the authority added, to carry through alone such an like the British public, will be organisation, to obtain the neces- generous towards those who have there Bary labour, smooth our Labour served us well-Daily News.

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