The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1916. PROLONGING THE WAR.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 55, 8 June 1916, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1916. PROLONGING THE WAR.

Discussing the prolongation ol the wai, in the Fortnightly Review, Captain Cecil Batfcine lays blame on the tardiness of the British Government in arriving at a decision to employ the full military strength of the He is also of opinion that a gigantic mistake was made by what he terms “the unnecessary and foolhardy diversion ol troops from the decisive theatre on eccentric and ill-conceived expeditions. Dealing with those expeditions, he writes: “It is indeed fortunate that they did not culminate in even greater military disasters than the blood-stained fields of Anzac and Suvla Bay, which were glorious indeed to the troops \\ ho hurled themselves on almost certain death at the signal of their leaders, but discreditable alike to the Government and headquarters staff, which planned or permitted such folly.” Captain Battiue goes on to accuse the British Government of carrying on tinwar half-heartedly in having forbidden the Navy to exert its power so. t-hat the Germans replenished then stores of cotton, . and even amassed sufficient reserves for a long war through the Dutch ports. He also says that the only explanation ever forthcoming for this policy was that the Foreign Minister, and presumably las colleagues, were not aware that cotton was used in the manufacture ol am munition and other war material. C< itainlv, this is going a very long wav, u.ul 'it is hard to follow the writer to such lengths. Doubtless he is on the right track when ho says we must do more towards stopping the import a lion of war material into Germany d we are to bring the* conflict to an end.