THE SUPPLY OF ARMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2433, 12 April 1915, Page 6

THE SUPPLY OF ARMS

EMPIRE'S GREATEST NEED. On. Saturday morning TeeDokinios expressed an opinion editorially that possibly the oversea Dominions and Now Zealand among them might help the Motherland in the vory urgent_ work of manufacturing arms and munitions of war by sending Home men to be employed in the factories. Asked to express an opinion on tho propo6al, the Minister of Defence said he did not know whether he had any number of working men available who could be employed at the manufaoturo of arms and munitions. "But," he added, "it does seem to me to bo tho 'most urgent question in England today—that of keeping up the supply of war material—and if we could do anything to help in keeping up that supplyI have no doubt New Zealand would, do it. A large supply of ammunition, it does appear to lite, is.the most urgent need of the day, more urgent even than the supply of men. My own belief is that they have plenty of men, but it is perfectly plain that they are very anxious indeed about their supply of ammunition. I agree with Mr. Lloyd George that the will be shorter if the supply of ammunition is large, and, although it may seem a curious thing to say, I. think the most humane thing wo can do is to devote all our energies to keeping up the ammunition, supply in order to bring this dreadful war to a close as soon as possible. If the Empire does not keep up tho supply, then it seems possiblo that tho war may drag on over another winter, a horrible thing to contemplate both for the countries concerned.and for the troops who may have to endure another winter campaign."