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BRITISH PRIME MINISTER REVIEWS THE SITUATION

.;.;,-, £300,000,000 CREDIT VOTED MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S "TIMELY INTERVIEW" (By TeleKrauh—Press Association— Copyright). (Reutcr's and Australian and New Zealand Cable 'Association's Cablegrams ■ < : -■■••■'• Combined.) (Reo. Ootober 12, 8,5 p.m.) ■ . , . ■ --\ ■'"'■ London, October 12. . In the' House of' Commons, Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, introduced a credit vote for £300,000,000. He stated that since April 1 loans to the oversea Dominion's and Allies amounted to £253,000,000. We were exceeding the estimate of these loans, but did not regret them, because no part of the war expenditure-was more important.- The war continued to cost £5,000,000 per day. The Army's expenditure had slightly decreased, but that for munitions had increased. The amount hitherto voted for the war alone was equivalent to the previous twenty years' expenditure on all points, including the South African War. The expenditure sinco April 1 totalled £949,500,000, confirming his forecast of July 24 'They still had £100,500,000 in hand, which would suffice till October 27. At the present rato of expenditure, which there was no reason for assuming would decreaso in the immediate future, the new vote would suffico till Christmas. ■> ' * The Situation N on the Battle Fronts. ; Reviewing the situation on tho battle fronts, Mr. Asquith said that the Allies had advanced seven miles on a front of 'nine miles on the Soname. All gains'were held, and the enemy's losses wero of the heaviest. .The Germans had practically abandoned the attack on Verdun. The total captures by the Allies on the Sqmmo was 60,474 prisoners, 304 guns, 1030 machine-guns. Tho most noticeable features on the Western front were our steady progress the enemy's inability in overy caso to recover his lost ground, our artillery's great superiority, our aircraft's complete mastery of tho air, and the enemy's heavy losses, which had drained his resources, while his continuous retirement had destroyed his army's morale. The Allies'offensive at Salonika was a considerable success.. They were now within eight miles of Monastir. Tjiey had received Italian and Russian roinforcements at Salonika with the object of combining their operations with that of the Russians and Rumanians in the Dobruja and Transylvania. The Macedonian operations not only entailed heavy losses on the enemy, but prevented the latter from transferring troops to the Dobruja. A Hint to Creecc. .■ Referring to Greece, Mr. Asquith said that even now if sho wore wisely guided and governed she might take a worthy post at our side, and inherit the great and glorious tradition committed to her. Though the weather in Syria and Arabia did not allow of extended operations, much progress had been made along tho railway to Katia, the Senussi bad been reduced to impotence, while Gerinano-Turkisk intrigue in Western Egypt and the Sudan had been effectively checked. Tho defeat of the Turks at Katia had gone far to remove the danger of attack on the Suez Canal and had impaired Turkish prestige in Arabia and Syria. R-eal headway was being mado in Mesopotamia dospite the difficulties. The health of tho troons was good. -'.;■•■- .Tho British and Belgian troops now occupied tho whole coast-line in East Africa, and the complete conquest of tho country was only a matter of time. He paid a warm tribute to General Smuts and the Belgians. Completo intimacy and Mutual Confidence of the Allies. In conclusion, the Prime Minister paid a tributo to the achievements of Russia and Italy. The completo intimacy and mutual confidence of the General Staffs of the four Great Powers was resulting in co-ordinated purpose and effort. Gratitude was equally due to the smaller States. On the Allies' achievements the best hopes of humanity would depend) f'We have given without stmt and regret what wo could least afford, and have done so only as the price by which the world may purchase and hold dear afterwards—the ' protection of the "weak, the supremacy of. right over force, the free develop-ment-of equal-conditions in each State, great and small. This is not themoment for faint hearts or wavering counsels. All the suffering that has' been undergone cannot be allowed to end with a patched-up, precarious, dishonouring compromise masquerading under the name of peace. We are not vindictive, but we require adequate .reparation for the past, and security for the future." Sir Edward -Carson Insists on Adequate Man-Power, ' Sir Edward Carson followed Mr. Asquith. He declared that it; would be disaster if Germany were permitted to crush Rumania. It was no use to oonceal the fact that we wore faced with a herculean task in securing ultimate victory. Ho asked Mr. Lloyd George whether' he would givo assurances that we possess the necessary man-power. If not, the steps necessary to secure this should be taken without, delay. The question of the man-power of Ireland must also be debated soon. We must be prepared for more sacrifices, involving far greater inconvenience to the country's trade. Mr. G. J. Wardle, on behalf of the majority of the Labour Party, supported the Government to the utmost. They had the- most complete sympathy with every objeot enumerated by Mr. Asquith.

Mr. Lloyd George's Well-Timed Interview. n. tt l- ' '• ) ' •^°" i (^' Bera 'l) complained of Mr. Lloyd George's interview with the United Press of Amorica, and tho idea of fighting to a finish. ~_ Mr - L °yd George (Secretary of State for War) replied that there was no difference between himself anctMr. Asquith. Ho recalled Mr. Aequith's declaration that Prussia's military domination must be wholly and finally destroyed. This was a complete answer to thoso who wero trying to spread dissatisfaction. Asserting that ho spoke only for himself in tho interview, ho expressed tho opinion that Cabinet, tho Government's military advisers, and' every one of her Allies realised that neutral intervention would have been a military triumph for Germany and a disaster to us. As Secretary of State for War lie had a right to prevent that disaster. His interview was timely—how timely would be revealed in duo course. The House adopted the credit vote. NEW POLITICAL PARTY IN BRITISH PARLIAMENT THE "CIVIL LIBERTY GROUP." Australian-New Zealand. Cable Association. „ London, October 11. Tne Jlanchester Guardian" states that tho resumption of Parliament will witness an informal alliance of the Nationalists and Simonites, to be known as the Civil Liberty Group. Tho group is 120 strong, with a growing number of Liberal sympathisers. . ____________ f

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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2901, 13 October 1916, Page 5

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BRITISH PRIME MINISTER REVIEWS THE SITUATION Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2901, 13 October 1916, Page 5

BRITISH PRIME MINISTER REVIEWS THE SITUATION Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2901, 13 October 1916, Page 5

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