His visit to the Near East is a guarantee, which
we welcome, that there will be no looking back. We are committed to the Balkan campaign. If we conduct it in the large spirit of all Lord Kitchener's schemes, we shall turn it to glorious gain. Throughout the whole episode of Lord Kitchener's reported resignation therp was nothing whatever to cause dismay or misgiving, but quite the reverse. Now that Lord Derby is responsible for recruiting, Lord Kitchener finds himself much more independent than he was, and be is using his comparative freedom to what we are sure is the best purpose. The mischief was that the Government, instead of making a statement of the facts, allowed them to leak out bit by bit, thus encouraging the suspicion that there was something to hide. We hope they will recognize that there are disadvantages in treating the country in this way.
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