MR. CHURCHILL AND HIS CRITICS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2976, 13 January 1917, Page 9

MR. CHURCHILL AND HIS CRITICS

•-' • ♦ — WARM DEFENCE 1 BY LOED: . BOTHEEMERE. ; , Lord Eothermere, brother of Lord / ■ Northcliffe, recently made a warm re- / . ply to Mr. "\Vinstoil Churchill's critics. / , "in the ihinds oil some writers/' Bays j _ Lord Eothermere, "Mr; Churchill appears to exercise an omnipresent and übiquitous influence" ; and ha. expresses the vieiv that the .continuity with which , the" attacks uagn Mr. .Churchill',are.being^.waged_may well, defeat the object _ ivhich inspires them, and jirouso among ;fair-miiideA .people'"' a strong, .'Tevuteion of feelirig.in. Mr. Churdiiirsrfa.To'nr.'." "TVho nte the 'favolirites?' " he asks, Healing; with a "recent attack upon Mr. : •Churchill's'regime at' the 'Admiralty, "who, .through enjoying Miv Churchill's advanced tb'posi- ■ tion-and po.wer- over the heads - of abler and more trustworthy men? Tfc.names ..of two of Mr. Churchill's "appointments .leap to. the, mind at-.ojsce, vOne-.is-Ad- . miral. Jellicoa and-the-other- is--"'Sir David Beatty. In regard to 'Admiral Beatty, it may not, perhaps, be .generally known that thexomitry wouid have ■'■lost-by'his retirement under ordinary routine the' splendid services of this distinguished sailor a few months after Mr. Churchill assumed the position of First Lord of the Admiralty but for the ■personal intervention of that states- • man. . "In the case of Admiral .Tellicoe, i£ .. is important that the public should remember that it is due to Mr. Churchill's action that this great officer-was nlacod m supreme command of the Grand Fleet at the outbreak of hostili- • To promote Admiral Jollicoe.to sucli. a. position of seniority was > task which in itself. required great .courage and strength of purpose. _Mr. Cliurchill,' according to. Lord ■Rotheraiere, explained . the Zeppelin danger to the Board of Admiralty. at considerable length so long ago as 1913. As to "tanks," Mr. Churchill .outlined, the entire conception in" a written, communication in January,' 1915. "Although it was .not his. business, he formed a, committee, and on its ronort he ordered, at tlie eiid .of March, 1915, the .construction of a considerable number of the identical engines that have been used at tho Somme. "Everything \ that the 'tank' has proved it can do," Lord Jiothcmere declares. "Mr. Churchill claimed "for it in the early days of January 1915. That his 'was. the firsfc ntia only official mind to recog_T)ise their potentialities as weapons of war and that his was the impulse that ■ called them into being are facts which ilo fair-minded man will overlook." ' "To bo safe, never feel sure."—Proverb. 'Always "bo ready' to' repel coughs ; and colds, by keeping BoxWs • Lun? Preserver handy. An- occasional dose is health insurance. Large bottles, Is. 10d.—A'dvt. ARE TOUR, TEETH CLEAN? Of course, you use a dentifrice regularly. But powder or paste won't remove ' tartar or decaying' matter from minute recesses., Let me care for your teeth. My • Dental Service is widely known fof Skill, Carefulness, and ConMdoTation. W. P. Sommerville, "The. Careful Dentist,". Molesworth Street;—