There is no news to report from the Dardanelles, except
that the Press representatives who were at Tenedos hare been banished and can no more use their" specular mount " to watch through strong glasses the ships of the Allies entering the Narrows. What the British public must do now is to possess its soul in patience. It may he, especially if the weather continues bad, that we shall make no progress this month. On the other hand, it is quite possible that things are developing muoh faster than they seem. In any case, there is not the slightest need for despondency. Unless we are very much mistaken, the Turks are suffering from a complaint which, to a greater or lesser extent, affects all the belligerents—namely, a shortage of shells. The Turks, it should be remembered, have practically no power of replenishing their supplies.
