BRITISH MUNITIONS
THE SHELL SUPPLY IN 1915.
(UNITED PRBSS ASSOCIATION.—COPIRIQBT.J
(AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
(Received May 31, 10 a.m.)
LONDON, May 19. . Lord French declines to discuss the shell dispute, but denies Lord Kitchener's version of the position in April, 1915.
[In a message published yesterday. it was stated that Mr. Asquith, in a speech at Newcastle, replied to the criticism of his speech at Newcastle on 20th April, 1915, denying that the Army's operations in Franco had been crippled by the Government's failure to provide the necessary munitions, and that it had lulled the country into a sense of false security. The statement denying that there was a lack of munitions was made after consulting Lord Kitchener, who had been personally communicating with Lord French.'1" Mr. Asquith asked where else he could have applied for authentic information than to Lord Kitchener. He added that the statement in 1915 was carefully limited to the past. Ho had hot attempted -to conceal the-Government's anxiety for,the future, but had emphasised, that all the military authorities agreed that a large and rapid increase of munitions was indispensable.]
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Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 127, 31 May 1919, Page 5
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