THE MUNITIONS CRISIS
•' SIFTING THE'CAUSESEy Telegraph—PresE Association—Odjiyrlsltf'. ' ] ■. (Hoc. July 7, 1.30 a.m.) London, July 6. Lord Haldane, speaking at tho Na« 1 tional Liberal Club,' stated Hliat the Government iii October was.quite aware that the task of obtaining a vast quan,tity .;of.. : munitions was-beyond-.the or-/ "y | dinary. strength of the War Office. , ;i Cabinet consulted everybody, and placed enormous orders , with the groat armament firms, and had they fulfilled ■ them we to-day would be abounding in shells. The munitions difficulties arose out of tho relations of capital and la- ' ' bour. • v These confounded all the calculations of the munition manufacturers. Labour and' Capital were not? their;'organised.' ; "If anybody is blameworthy-it is not General Von Donore, ' the . master of Ordnance, for not initiating in October the immense effort now being made by, the nation. In October we were not ■ •stirred .up to a'sense of the seriousness of tho situation." • ,
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2507, 7 July 1915, Page 7
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148THE MUNITIONS CRISIS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2507, 7 July 1915, Page 7
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