THE BATTLE OF YPRES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2450, 1 May 1915, Page 7

THE BATTLE OF YPRES

: FEINT OR MAIN ATTACK ? STORY;OF FIVE DAYS'. ./■•BATTLE'. SURPRISE TACTICS BY FOUL PLAY BRITISH LIQUOR BILL MR. LLOYD GEORGE OUTLINES THE PROPOSALS 'Apart from the Dardanelles attack, referred to under a separate heading, the chief item of interest, in the war news to-day iB still the great five days' battle around Ypres, the military aspects of, whioh aTe suggestively canvassed by critical observers, one of whom offers the opinion that the Battle of Ypres was but a feint to larger operations elsewhere on the Western front. "Eye-witness" sends the first connected account of the battle, and his analysis of the situation shows that the Germans, by their foul play in using asphyxiating gases to screen their advance, effected a surprise attack on an opponent who was perfectly aware of the advance. There is a small budget of news from the Eastern theatre, indicating sharp fighting on the East Prussian front, and t}ie continuance of the operations in the Carpathians." Mr. Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has introduced his proposals for controlling the liquor traffic in the areas in which are situated the war munitions factories, describing them as an act of discipline for the purpose of obtaining greater efficiency in war-making. ,