BRITISH WAR PENSIONS
' CRITICISM IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. London, August 3. In the House of Commons Mr. J. M. Hogge, discussing the credit vote, protested against the inadequpcy of tho pensions, especially for widows with children. The whole scheme was full of anomalies. He also condomned the proposed voluntary funds. The appeal for three millions sterling for the disabled was a disgrace to the Government. Other speakers supported tho protest, urging that disabled fighters and their dependants should not have to depend on charity. _ , Mr. W. 11. Forster (Financial Secretary to the War Office), replying, said the Government had sympathetically considered the pensions, and believed tho scale wa* fair and equitable, remembering the earnings of soldiers m civil life. The majority of women wero sufficiently strong and willing to do work. The nension committees were empowered to deal with exceptional cases, therefore there was no reason for a general increase for those who did not really need it.— Aus.-jSf.Z. Cablo Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 272, 6 August 1918, Page 5
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162BRITISH WAR PENSIONS Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 272, 6 August 1918, Page 5
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