THANKS TO THE NAVY AND ARMY

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 31, 31 October 1917, Page 5

THANKS TO THE NAVY AND ARMY

MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IN PARLIAMENT OUR SHEET ANCHOR THE FLEET (Roc. October 31, 0.15 a.m.) London, October .'l(s. In the House of Commons, the Prime Minister (Mr. Lloyd George), in moving a resolution of thanks to the Imperial and Overseas Forces and munition workers and other war workers, said that tho deeds to which his resolution referred had won the admiration and erntitude of every subject of the King. No words were needed to commend the acceptance of the resolution. ■ The Navy was the anchor of the Allied cause. If it lost hold, the hopes of the Allies would be shattered. If the Navy had been defeated oven a year ago our armies in Prance, Mesopotamia, Salonika, and Ejrypt would have languished nnd finally vanished for lack of support of men and material. Since the wnr began the Navy had transported 13,000.000 men, 2.0(10.00(1 horses, 25.000.000 tons of explosives and supplies, .11,000.000 tons of coal and nil fuel for thn Fleet, the armies, nnd the needs of the Allies. Out of these 13,000,000 men onlv 3500 had been lost., and of these onlv 2700 were lost through . the action of thn enemy. That, apart from the prodigious Quantity of food and other material, totalling 130.000.000 tons, transported by ships. Refcrrine to the Dominions' part in ! the war, Mr. Lloyd George said that thev had contributed between 700,000 and 800,000 men. He pmphasised how well they had fought.—Renter.