COMPLAINTS, QUESTIONS, OPINIONS
HOUSPOMMMONS ,: TRIVIAL, BELATED AND INADEQUATE ACCOUNTS OF EVENTS
(Bee. February 10, 6.5 p.m.) tv. »r x- - , , . London, February 9. Ut. MaeJVamara, Secretary to the Admiralty, interrogated in the House! ofc Lommons, said that thirty out of thirty-six of the enemy's interned steamers) were being employed in coastal trade, resulting in reduced freights.—"Times": and bydney "bun 1 ' services. Mr. W. Joynson-Hieks (Unionist) complained that the Turks captured labriz on January 6, and the fact was not announced in the Press till January 13. Britishers, he remarked, did not mind knowing the truth, however : Mr. H. J. Tennant, Under-Secretary for War, stated that of 421 cases-ci typhoid among the British, 350 had not been inuoculated within two veara,' Inere bad been_thirty-five deaths,' thirty-four being of those not inoculated. '■ the Right Hon. W. H. Long (Unionist) urged the Government to take/ Me country into their confidence regarding reoruiting. There was one risk in) telling the enemy £omething'h& does not know, and there was the other risk of? discouraging our own people. Personally, he would prefer the first risk. Ho* behoved we could get as many men as we want provided we made it clean what we really wanted. ' '■ Lord Eobert Cecil (Unionist) hoped the War Office would publish." widely our treatment of Gorman prisoners. He urged that letters from / wounded'! soldiers be carried by post free. . . .. Sir W. P. Byles (Liberal) asked whether any misfortunes or disasters had/ been concealed from the nation. The nation onght to he told whether it lost or had not lost a war vessel off the coast of Ireland. Highlv qualified and es-l penenced journalists were not permitted to approach the'trenches, but aina-'. teur journalists were allowed to send trivial, belated, and inadequate accounts' of events the nation was thirsting to know.—"Times" and Sydney "Sun" vices. ...,.',..
THE BUDGET IN THE PRUSSIAN DIET , "ENGLAND MUST NOT STARVE US INTO A" ! DISGRACEFUL PEACES .:, . ~=• " (Reo,"February 10, 7.35 p.m.) v ~',;: .•.'.... London, February 10. Dr. Lentze, Minister of Finance, in submitting his Budget to the Prussia!* Diet, said: "Never was a peaceful people nrare outrageously attacked than thai Germans. The fleet, however, has' taken good care to prevent England attack-* ing our coasts. Tho political economy of the country is. thoroughly able to, cope with the financial situation for a long time to como. England, must not; starve ns into a disgraceful peace." Herr Hirsch (Socialist) declared that his party refused to support-th« Government policy. The people demanded a termination of tho war. _ Herr Heydebrand (Conservative), voicing the views of other parties, saidi "The unity of the people remained as at the beginning of the war." Herr Lieubknecht interjected: "You have no 'right to speak for- - tha people." (Commotion.) The Budget was remitted to the committee.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2382, 11 February 1915, Page 7
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