Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-11-10 | Page 1 | Kitchener Will Make Report on Balkan Crisis

KITCHENER ILL HE REPORT OfJ BM CRISIS Premier Asquith Touches on M ission of War Chief in Speech at Inauguration of Lord Mayor. REFERS TO RECENT RUMORS OF PEACE Sir Charles Cheers Wakefield Wake-field Takes Office and Is Given Banquet in Guildhall Guild-hall of London. (8p'-!l r.M by Arrangement with Iyinrton DiHy Tlinriph and lnlei Liauonal N'awa Servle,.) LONDON, Nov. n..The con Jil ions under which the allies will lay down their arms arc the same now as t hoy were a year mo," declared Premier Asquith As-quith in his speech at the Guildhall banquet tonight in honor of the new lord mayor of London. It was the first reference" that he has made to the recent re-cent rumors of peace negotiations, lie added: "Bo the journey long or short, ne shall not cease nor falter until we have secured for the smaller states of Kuropo a charter of independence and for Kurope itself what we all have at heart final emancipation from a reign of force. " In beginning his speech Mr. Asquith said: "Thero is no more doubt now than there was a year ago that England is right and will wi n. ' ' Defends Censorship. He defended the censor.-hip and referred re-ferred indirectly to the recent suspension suspen-sion of the Evening Globe for publishing publish-ing a report that Lord Kitchener had re-signeL re-signeL "It is not to he wondered at," he said, "that an intrumeut so foreign to our habits and traditions as the censorship cen-sorship should fail to work with perfect per-fect smoothness. The English press, with two or throe exceptions,, has shown an admirable sense of responsibility. The government values to the highest degree its co-operation." Lord Kitchener, he stated, had "gone for a short time to survey at close quarters quar-ters the whole situation in the east. His mission is regarded with the unqualified un-qualified approval and warm sympathy of our allies. ' ' Serbian Policy. "Regarding Serbia," Mr. Asquith continued, "the time has not arrived for a full disclosure of our diplomacy and strategy. When that time does arrive ar-rive I do not believe the allies will shrink from the verdict of an impartial tribunal. "Each ally is resolutely determined to secure for the Serbians the future which tbeir heroism and sacrifices deserve, de-serve, each contributing his full share to the common cause." He expressed admiration for the courage cour-age and success of the Italians, who "wore pushing the Austrians back, step by step, and coming weekly nearer to their goal." "The allies," he added, "are united and will stand or fall together." There was a brilliant assemblage at the banquet. The embassadors and ministers min-isters of all the allied powers wero present. pres-ent. Scores Germany. Sir Charles Cheers Wakefield, the new lord mayor, in proposing the usual toast to the king's health, stated that his majesty's progress was satisfactory and that he would soon rosume his activities ac-tivities at, the head of the empire. Embassador Cambon of French responded re-sponded to the toast, "Our Allies," and declared that the Germans were endeavoring endeav-oring to dominate the world by terror. "Their odious acts," he said, "have dishonored the nation and those who govern gov-ern it and have strengthened the determination deter-mination of tho allies to resist and conquer. con-quer. "From the day of the assassination of Nurse Cavell voluntary recruiting in England has received fresh impetus." Arthur Balfour, first lord of the admiralty, ad-miralty, declared that the German triumph tri-umph was not duo to the short-sightedness of British diplomacy, but to "Bulgarian "Bul-garian greed and fear' The central powers had been utterly foiled of their o.hiect on the western front, he said, and added: "Tho whole strategy of the allies is based upon tho allied fleets." Refers to Note. Lord Reading, head of (he recent Franco-British financial commission which went to the United States to no (Continued on Page Three.) KITCiffi TO REPORT JHWI CRISIS (Continued from Pat One.) ffotiute the half-billion loan, said that if he hud rendered any service to flimlund as a result of his visit to America he was proud. '-Prom my experience in the I'liitcd Mates." he said. "I quite believe that ninety millions of people there will follow the nllies with heart and soul." Attorney Ceneral milh referred to the new American note, savior; that the contentions of the I'nited" States were of a purely legal character. Knrriand, he said, must piny her part when the answer is made.