PATIENCE AND METHOD

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2606, 30 October 1915, Page 13

PATIENCE AND METHOD

LOUD 11. CECIL ON SUCCESS IN THE DARDANELLES. Lord Robert Cecil, the British Under' Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in an interview published in the ''Petit Parisicn," in September, declared that the fact that Great Britain regards the war as a national one is proved by tho hasta with which all classes havo taken up arms. "All now understand," ho said, "that it is not only a question of going to the help of an 'ally who was unjustly attacked, but also of defonding ourselves. That is so truo that if Lorn Kitchener asked us to introduce obligatory service, which we would do «t once, there is not an Englishman who would nob accept tho measure." ■ Lord Robert compared the operations in tho Dardanelles to the South African, War. 'We were much admired during the South African War for our methodic patienco in sending ' 200,000 men with all tho materials uecessary; for them to a land where there wero no resources availablo. Well. I can. assure you t'hat our effort will be the same in tho Dardanelles. In the Dardanelles everything must be transported, organised, and there, as in Africa, a.-consid-erable army i 6 required. In the Dardanelles, as in Africa, • patience and method are necessary, and in the Dardanelles, as in Africa, the result will ba tho same. It is materially impossible that we should not win. "We shall win in this war becauso at the moment when Germany is exhausted wo shall be in full power. When tho last German 6oldior joins bis decimated regiment, thousands upon thousands of l men will bo available in Russia- and in: England, who have largo futuro re6ervos."'-