Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 90, 13 November 1916, Page 2

Great Britain

IN DEFENCE OF CHURCHILL.

SOME OF HIS VIRTURES.

Press Association—Copyright AustraJian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 11.5 a.m.) London, November 12. Lord Rotherraere, in an article in the Sunday Pictorial, warmly delending Mr Churchill from recent attacks, remarks; The majority of the unsparing criticisms against him centre round the Dardanelles. As the mattor is the subject of a Commission of Inquiry, the public must wait for the Commission’s report, when it will form its own conclusions. Early in 1913, Mr Churchill warned the Admiralty of the future role of the Zeppelins. and urged the construction ol similar aircraft for scouts. If his views have not been carried into mil effect, the responsibility, no dou >t, rests in a degree with Mr Churchill, but also, perhaps, to a greater degree, with the Ministers, who were ignorant „r sceptical of the importance of aerial warfare. Mr Churchill, being opposed by the difficulty _of obtaining money, and being convinced that tlu Hornet aeroplane would establish our superiority on land and sea, determined to concentrate the stinted re- , sources mainly thereon. Mr Churchill. in a written communication early in 1915 5 outlined the entire conception j of the “Tanks” to the Government, j and at the end of March, ordered the . construction of considerable numbers which were identical with those used j on the Somme. It is difficult to exaggerate what was . accomplished under his energetic regime in the early days of the war. It is to Mr Churchill’s credit that at the outbreak of war, after a century of peace, we found every ship, great and small, ready and at their war stations. That was wonderful achievement of preparedness alone, and was sufficient to secure Mr Churchill and all the others concerned grateful recognition in the records and minds of bis countrymen. SOLDIERS PLAY RUGBY. Press Association— Copyright, Aust”* Hail and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 9.35 a.m.) London. November 12. ■ Playing at. Rugby, the New Zealand Postal. Corps beat the Australian Pay Corps by 21 points to 9.