Show ENGLAND IS CALLED IN WAR kNAR BY CORRESPONDENT Work of of- General Staff Is 1 Seve Severely refY Flayed Tommies Hated Britain i ir r r of i f it By Floyd Flold International News S SlA Staff C Cor- Cor Correspondent 4 respondent London April p-Il p 10 Tearing Tearing away tho mask that has hid from tho the British public the tho realities of ot tho world war t Gibbs E England's Glands premier war correspondent who saw sa tho gigantic s conflict from tho the first days to the tho reveals tho the inefficiency tho muddling the needless wastage v. of ot young Joung manhood tho the hopelessly bad British staff work and md the e lack of ot great leadership that characterized t Britain's part In the struggle gle on tho western front In his rook look Realities of ot War War- Just published ho shows how the tho British Tommy stuck at despite Incapable l leadership and gives Fives accurate pictures at df t the tho war as lS It actually was ws In tho the tat heat of or conflict Summarized some of ot the points he be benakos makes arc Censorship Attacked The censorship was all wrong an anac anda and d was a ac dictated not ot by fear of ot tho the enemy but for fear of ot the people back home home home- the tho fear tear that the tho public would demand tio heads of ot the ho policy of ot concealment made mado tho the soldier r almost hate England Ind nd the tho people back home because lacking Jacking Information of ot tho the suffering g and terrible losses at tho the front they seemed callous the civilians evidently 1 nil 1111 WAS wen well and that War was a a. kind of ot sport t Most of ot the tho soldiers b became came fatalists believing that If It they wore were tagged for tor death creath by a German shell there was no escape The Tho secret of ot the tanks was di divulged dl- dl to tho the Germans too soon by employment e of ot a small number of ot tho the first land ships which proved Ineffective ive ic and consequently 10 lowered the army's army's arrays array's ar ar- mys my's morale The Tho tanks should not hove been used until perfected British losses in many of or the battles of Ypres and tho the Somme In 1917 totaled 50 per cent yet the tho Tommies kept I I their courage although the they lo lost t hope They thus disproved Napoleon who said no army could keep Its courage If It it lost more than 25 per cent C. C IT Q Q In Contempt Generally tho the men In tho the trenches n id tho the lower grades of officers re- re the British general headquarters with contempt and dislike becse be- be Q causo USI of inefficiency Until Field Marshal Foch was named flamed generalissimo there thero was wa no single gen gee general cal eral who appeared on the British front of ot Inspiring largo JarG masses of ot with his per personal onal qualities of ot It leadership such as Napoleon had Rc Results which havo have followed the i ar war to end war tear indicate that most of oft t the o British who perished for tor that Ideal died in v vain n for tor militarism far from being dead Ia is i triumph triumph- triumphant ant at In Inmany many quarters I Speaking of Lord Hal Haig the British Britis b c commander In chief Gibbs says Ho He was Intensely sh shy and reserved shrinking from publicity In a morbid c 1 y and holding himself aloof fro from m tt a human hUmn side of the war He lie wa was 9 constitutionally to make a dramatic dra dra- matic gesture before a a. multitude or or orto t to o say easy stirring things thinS'S to to officers officer s and men mon wh whom m ho reviewed Of General Currie tho the Canadian rea real 1 estate agent Gibbs says Ho lio cut clean to the heart of ot things ruthlessly like a surgeon Burgeon When he smiled I thought tho of or him as Oliver Cromwell Ho Re was a man of or o ostrong strong ability free tree from those tram tram- rr ls of red tape tapo and tradition swathed around so many of or our leader lead lead- c er Heroes Unrecognized Regarding censorship ho says sass It It would have been better to lc let t tho the people know more of ot tho the truth c of f What 11 at was happening In France the Prance tho a of ot tragedy instead of or carefully y camouflaged hiding th the tho 0 losses looses Ignoring the deeds of ot famous s regiments rc veiling all aU the tho drama o of or sf f that early fighting b by a deliberate e s screen roen of ot mystery though all was wa s known to the enem enemy It It was tear car o of ot f their own people not net the enem enemy which h guided tho the rules of ot tho the censorship This policy of ot concealment wile which h k kept pt the tho people at home buoyed n up p with s n a sense of ot false falso security made th tho soldiers when they got Sot leave hate hat e the smiling women In the streets ts the they desired that profiteers should die dlo b by y poison gas they thoy prayed God Goo to get th the C G Germans ans to send Zeppelins to England Englan 1 to o make the people know what the tho th o war meant Wh What t mainly was wrong with ou our c says sas Gibbs was the tho SS S'S tern tem which put tho the high command Into rat o th the hands of ot a group of ot men belonging to loathe th the old school of war g war unable b by Y a reason of or their age are and traditions to t get Fet away from rl rigid ld methods and t to 0 t become elastic in n the face o of ot v ne new co con con- Butcher r Shops D lu d' d I saw man many butcher sho shops p s In the tho years that followed where where- the there o was a great reat carving of ot human flesh s h which was once our boyhood while the old men mch directed their theft sacrifice and the profiteers grow grew rich and t tho h o f fires ires of ot hato hate veto stoked up at p patriotic pa 13 a- a banquets and in n editorial aal al chairs chair His picture of ot the tho British general gener al headquarters follows Within their close corporation the there I were rivalries Intrigues perjuries a and treacheries lIko tho those f of ot a mediaeval a l co court rt Each general and start staff officer had his followers and his sycophant W who ho jostled for each others' others Jobs w who ho fawned on tho great reat man flattered h his vanity and made him believe In h his omniscience Those In n tho the lower grades grad cs fought for tor a a. higher grade with ever eve every r kind of or artfulness rn and diplomacy a and n b backstairs influence The war to the them was a off tar thing thinS essential to ti tho o way of ot life lIto Occasionally they visited t the h e trenches as 38 society folk go so slumming and camp camo back homo home proud of or haul having ra s sex o a a. shell burst burrt haYing having braved t the lice and dirt |