WAR COUNCIL

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 883, 8 December 1916, Page 7

WAR COUNCIL

NEED FOR EXPERTS

MR ASQUITH DECLINES LORD CHANCELORSHIP MORE (REEK BARBARITY GERMANY TO START NEW SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN | TROOPS ON WEST FRONT SUFFER HARDSHIPS ! ] | The political crisis has brought forth several suggestions 1 for improvement in the constitution of the War Council. The chief point made is that it should consist of experts, experience having proved the futility of opposing amateurs to professionals. It is reported that Mr Bonar Law suggested that Mr Asquith should become Lord Chancellor, with an earldom, i but that Mr Asquith declined, as his Liberal colleagues would not join the Cabinet. Further reports have been received of the terrible excesses of Greek soldiers in Athens. The 70-year-old Mayor of the city was treated with the utmost barbarity, the per- | petrators of the crime being encouraged by a Princess. The Russian offensive in Dobrudja has been brought to a standstill. Terrible conditions prevail on the Western front in consequence of atrocious weather. The Germans threaten to institute a new campaign of submarine ruthlessness on January 1. Germany explains the sinking of the Arabia in the Mediterranean by the fact that the commander mistook her for a transport. ;