five, and punish the enemy in the way he has done up to the present. Thus the campaign in Libya, which is apparently reaching decisive stage, should humanly speaking, result in the niter defeat of the Italians, for, it Ix doubtful whether the Germans will ever' be able to give them much assistance Jong as the British fleet dominates the Mediterranean. That it does so is apparent from the fact that it can participate in the bom= bardment of Bardia and the road to Tobruk without any great degree of interference from the Italians.
The moral of the story is that Capt. Acworth and the writer of the loiter supporting him really did not know what the Government was doing, nor even have on inkling of the plans which had been prepared. That is only in the nature of things, Dut it is just as well sometimes to accept the opinions of these alleged experts with grain of salt, for if they do not know the whole facts of any particular situation—and itis in the interests of the Empire that they should not—then their guesses are probably no better than anyone else's. The dramatic occurrences in Exypt and Libya clearly prove that the British command knew well what it was about, and laid its plans with efficiency which augurs well for the future. It may have appeared to be moving slowly until the time when the army struck so suddenly, but the successes it has since been achieving fully justify original caution, and present daring. After all it is only results which matter in any war.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.