GERMANY'S WAR VOTE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3013, 26 February 1917, Page 7

GERMANY'S WAR VOTE

CREDIT FOR £750,000,000 (Rec. February 25, 5.5 p.m.), Amsterdam, Fobruary 24. In the Reich stq,£, Herr von Roedern, Minister of in introducing the Budget, said the • submarine arm was only introduced duritfg the pre-* sent .war, consequently was not subject to any written- rules or international laws. • ■ The cost of the war wouldi not decrease during the nest few months, hence he required a, war credit of ' fifteen milliards of marks (£750,000,000). He admitted the Budget bore a serious aspect, but our economic life was not of the character to shake our confidence in the future. If our enemies claimed reparation, Germany claimed indemnification. Germanys financial strength was not a paper illusion 'as our enemies -believed. Eighteen ultra-Socialists opposed, but the main party of Socialists supported, the vote. Herr Ledebour, Leader of the Socialist [minority, declared that Germany's peace offer lacked every essential- for peace. The rights of small nations had; been violated; by the manner in which Austro-Germany dealt with the restoration of Poland's independence. Herr Ledebour, amid laughtor, demanded the suspension of the submarine warfare. . ' The war credit was carried. —Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.