Great Britian

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 54, 2 November 1915, Page 6

Great Britian

HIS MAJESTY THE KING. PUBLIC SYMPATHY. n I CmiEi’ Press Association.! ■i. (Received 1 .oo p,ni.) i . . London. November 1. The King renewed Victoria ktntiqn at 7.30. The station was closed, aml the streets nearly cleared. Ihe elaborateness of the precautions to ensure privacy attracted a large tiowd. There have been many public oxptessions of public sympathy. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. London. October 31. Mr R. Blatchford. in the Weekly Dispatch, denounced Mr Asquith as the man chiefly responsible for all the blunders of the war. He is all l,n " readiness, timidity, and hesitation. It is untrue that we have a Government of 22; really it is a Government of one man, who sat on the rail before the war and during the war. Mr Thomas i s appealing for greater liahorjefforts. Ho has announced that ninety-two thousand railwaymen have enlisted,-; The Daily Telegraph says that the general feeling is that we have reached the decisive moments of the war, and Mr Asquith’s' statement is anxiously awaited. The developments in the Balkans have inflicted a grievions blow to the ’people’s hones, and there is Hit ter disappointment at so little tangible success. It is regarded that the unsurpassed heroism of the Australians and British at Gallipoli hits been detracted from by Cabinet dissensions, and the people are gravely concerned tit the plight of the heroic Serbians.

' AFi- Asquith, says tbe Mail, faros a nation which is solid for war, and insisting on a peace that, must inclndo tlio downfall of German militarism. Mr Asquith’s pronouncement on ■TUesday will ho comprehensive, covering the whole held of controversy. Lord Uosohorry’s suggestion is not likely to he carried out. as there is a strong impression that the exclusion of Sir E. Grey would ho fatal, ft is more likely that the War Committee Will not consist of less than five men of the highest eminence. Lord Sydenham, in a letter to the limes, says that what we have failed in is in the superior direction of the war. If we deserve the confidence of the people at Home and Overseas, the inethods must he radically changed. The Empire looks' to Mr Asquith for in assurance that a system which has Plainly failed shall he abandoned, and iich mistakes rendered impossible in utnre. i The Paris Journal says that Lord Hahsdowne’s speech has caused much ■sappoin tmen t. ■Mr Briand. in a message to Sir EdHard Grey, said the new Cabinet Honld adhere strictly to the policy of ■rnnonions collahorati > i with Britain H the common struggle. Sir Edward ■ rev reaffirmed Britain’s unswerving Bi-operation with France.