ECONOMY DEMANDED

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 171, 14 April 1919, Page 5

ECONOMY DEMANDED

MOKE SOBER VIEW URGED UPON LABOUR - ■ INDICATIONS OF A NEW WAR By TeleE'ranK-PrcEs AESociation-CopyriEht London, April 2 (delayed), v The House of Lords accepted Loru! Farringdon's motion demanding the strictest economy, in view'of the serious financial outlook. Lord Lansdowne urgotl Labour to take a more sober view. He questioned whether' the war was really over, for he saw unpleasant indications of a new war, involving huge Continental operations in many different .theatres in pursuit of a. policy which bad hitherto been undeclared. . . ■ • Lord Middloton suggested the establishment of a Committee of Public Safety in ' order to stop the bureaucratic autonomy which was ruining \ the country.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. . . FUTURE OF LIMBURG DECLAEATION BY-THE QUEEN Ul? ' HOLLAND. ,;. (Rec. April 13, 5.5 p.m.) The Hayue, April 0. A deputation from Limburg Province waited on the Queen and. the Premier, declaring their desire to remain Dutch. They'presented a. petition signed by 172,513 persons. The Queen has since declared that she w\)} never abandon Lim-berg.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE RETREAT TO KUT • GENERAL TOWNSHEND PAYS A TRIBUTE TO HIS.MEN. London, April 3 (delayed). General Townshend, in a speech in Lon. don, said that during the ninety miles retreat to Kut, with the Turks it their heels, his disciplined veterans never fal- , tered, did not lose a single man or gun, i and did not leave a wounded man behind. They even turned round and wiped out ten thousand of the Turkish advance guard—Aus.-N.Z.- Cable Assn.