News From England

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 317, 17 June 1915, Page 5

News From England

? COST OF THE WAR.' 1 THE SEASON FOR COALITION. L [j SPEECH BY MR. ASQUITH. ■ONE AND A HALF MILLION A DAY. * Received June 10, 5 p.m. if 1-iondon, June 15. Mr. Asquith, in the House of Commons, said tile naval casualties to May [Were 13,547. Mr. Asquith, in moving a vote of £250,DOO,OOO, emphasised the need for national co-op&ration and concentration in the single purpose of prosecuting fie .war to a successful issue. The' Expenditure on the war during the last financial year was about a million and .6 half daily. The expenditure from ijfcpril 1 to June 12 was £2,<wo,ooo„psr 'day. He estimated the new vote till September at the rate of £3,000,<(01) ; daily. •• Referring to the reconstructic-.i, Mr. ;2LsK}uith welcomed his new colleag.ies ;u; J 'paid a tribute to their public spirit ... responding to his invitation in this supreme crisis. It hail lieen a paimul c\ perlence tu ;jart with hi i own colleagues: l ilt if he were a»kcd why lie bad brought about a political upheaval, when past coalitions in the main had been found wanting in dignity and success, he would reply that the situation [Was without parallel. There had been bo call for any change in the national policy, which is to pursue the war at pny cost to a victorious is.su \ (Loud .Cheers.) Bue he came reHrctantlv to the conclusion that there should be a broadening basis of Government in order jto eliminate even a semblance of a onegided party character. Coalition would demonstrate to the people at home and our fellow subjects Overseas, to our allies and to neutrals, Bnd eventually to our enemies, that Britons were more resolute than ever ,to obliterate all distinctions and unite every political, moral, and material force in the prosecution of their cause. [He had always emphasised the gravity I i()f the task and confidence in the ultiJuatc issue, but he deprecated the blind counsel -of hysteria and panic. Our paramount duty was to obtain willing and organised help from every Briton, i Mr. Asquith concluded: ''When our icause has been vindicated, and once more there is peace on earth, may it be recorded on fiat proudest day in I ithe Umpire's annals that no home and Do workshop had failed to take part I in the common struggle and thus not earned a share in the common triumph. cheers.) Received June 16, 8..w p.m. i London, June 10. [' The vote of £250,000,000 was adopted. L TRADE WITH THE ENEMY. it .$■ ENGLISH FIRM ON TRIAL. JJ-' Received June 10, 11.30 p.m. i London, June 16. » An accountant who inspected Jacks' ifjooks gave evidence that Krupps and 'lather Germans paid the firm over £17,DOO since the beginning of the war. I , (The firm of Jacks is charged with fmpplying Krupps with war material.) AX UNPATRIOTIC WORKER. > Received June 16, 11.40 p.m. j|* London, June 16. '' James Marshall received three months' fjnprisonment at Glasgow for assaulting ft fellow-workman because he was producing more shells than others. The Sheriff remarked that if it had been Sn another country the offender would £§ ihot. ; OOTTUX MAY liK (■ >XTU A.TiAXD. '•' "Times and Sydnev Sun Services. Received June Hi. 5.30 p.m. ■ London. June 15. ■Britain is considering declaring cotton Contra''>:'nd. 'n view of the enormous GerJpan imports for shell making. Tt is 'estimated tliat Austria and Germany are firing five .thousand bales of cotton daily. | IXDtSCRTMIXATIXG POSSESSIONS. V Received June lfl, 5.5 p.m. ' i" London. -Tune lfl. A German waiter was fined £25 for possessing 50S military maps of the English coast, the do ks ami military stations. b '