At Dundee last Saturday Mr. Churchill, in the first speech
he has made since he ceased to be First Lord of the Admiralty, gave an account of his services to his constituents. He avoided recrimination, and said that the only thing for every one to do was to help the Government loyally. What did the country expect of the new Government? One thing —action. After the Agadir crisis, when Germany had nearly forced war on us, Mr. Asquith had charged him to keep the Navy in a state of constant and instant readiness. " I bare done my best. The archives of the Admiralty will show the part I have played, and to them I look for my defence." In his opinion, newspapers should not be allowed to attack the responsible leaders of the country. He was only sorry that the late Government had not been able to state its case in Parliament. "Lord Kitchener had a very strong ease to unfold on behalf of the War Office, and even I might have had something to say on behalf of the Admiralty." At the Dardanelles the losses would be cruel and the struggle heavy, but we were "within a few miles" of victory, and victory, with all that it would. mean, would make amends for alL At home the nation must be organized—" socialized." if necessary.
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