News From England

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 318, 18 June 1915, Page 5

News From England

.' SPEECH BY MR. ASQUITH. ! THE COALITION MINISTRY. THE CHANGED SITUATION. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) Received' June 17, iUO p.m. London, J una IG. Hi. Asquitu, in the House of Commons, referring to the reconstruction ol the Ministry, said: "Let us say in the .plainest possible terms that we would not have been justified in doing what' we have done under pressure of any •outside influence. The temporary eniharrassincnt was of a transient and .parliamentary nature, due to t ..e e -ig•ency of our task." ile assured Ida colleagues and supporters that tl:ere v. a* no man more faithful to the great prin■ciples which for thirty years had ix.en ..his aim and inspiration in such services fts he was nne to render the .State. He receded from nothing, abandoned nothing, and supposed there was enough of tin old political Adam in their bosoms to say none of them much liked it, and there was in the country •on hot . sides doubt, suspicion and bewilderment. 1 For a monrnt he would say a word I about his own position. Some might think that having had the privilege of serving in confidential and responsible relations with three successive sove"reigns lie had not satisfied his ambi-1 tions. They were welcome to their ■ opinion--*, but they little knew the ] truth. Like other people he had tried j to do his best. It was not profitable |o compare the military situation to-day with that of the beginning of March. The accession of Italv was a new factor '.of immense importance. . ! MUNITIONS PROBLEM. MR. LLOYD 'GEORGE'S CAMPAIGN. Received June 17, 10 p.m. London, June 17. Mr. Lloyd George, at a further private conferences with representatives of forty-one workmen's societies, discussed the methods of securing a sufficient supply of labor to produce; munitions. i WORKERS BENEFIT BY WAR. \ \*' Received June 17, 10 p.m. •7 London, June 17. V The Board of Trade statistics in re■gard to war bonuses show that 1,087,jti4 workers from January till May se-, jßurcd a wceklv increase of nearly 3s Cd I a head, exclusive of overtime. •/ London, June 16. • Sir A. B. Markham (Liberal) in the House of Commons said that if Mr, Asquith's Newcastle statement that there had been no shortage of munitions was made on the highest authority he could only have been referring to Lord Kitchener. For months after the war began fEe War Office took no steps to organise the production of munitions. {The Government ought to inform the House whether the Master-General of Ordnance or Lord Kitchener was responsible. A captain who had returned from the front, in a speech to the North wick Unionist Association, stated that thousands had been killed through lack of ammunition. The offii t had been severely reprimanded by Lord Kitchener and not allowed to rejoin liis regiment, yet military members of Parliament were allowed to make similar speeches in the House of Commons •without being censured. The Daily Chronicle >avs tlmt one pi the most important problems for the joew Ministry of Munitions is involve i -In the contract whereby the !'>rp-,nt Morgan firm act as agents for Britain ,jn all purchases of munitions in America. There is a growing desire f,,r television of the items nt in.' contract. Ihe belief is widespread that ho-AW-r -justifiable it might- have been in tne early d'lys of the war to employ mhldhSmen". such a course i- no lunger ik-,-<;-=-eary. THE O'TTiIX QT'EKTI'iN. WAR TAX <>N I'ROHTS. » TRTSTI KMrni.VTI'VC. - London. June UV The Daily Mail has renewed tie cam •ftaign against cotton cargm-. and dBands that neutrals slomld prove t ~i 1 the cargo i-' not inf'-ml -.1 to leach tla eneniv. Tt s-<''-' ' : ''' r -' ' ;lv ■'■').'• 11, "" l totton ships m Gothenburg iM'-',,, n than before tlm war. nther n,aira ■fort, in Holland. lVnmar..a,e!/..vee are playing a sum,ar <>•:.. ■ ■_. offending America is (he caii-e or tin Government he=ita(.rn. nut. dare-net-has offered to m-d'ato for the V" Chase of the whole Anna,can e,.i, ~ 8n e-.cellent.r>rice. PPcei,.d - '"• 1 -- r,r '' London. Jim" !■■ ■ Lord TJoV-rl Of in the TT"il-e f Commons >:nd <h" 'o-w-in.-e-iu .. ' fc taken step- <•> P™-n,t < a, '" :i ■ : "" n,:! jL Germany. All c '.! '-■■ *'"m> over-ea-s,-

I pected of enemy destination was brought to a port and restored to the owners , under the Prize Court terms. Mr. Montagu said the Government was devising a means for a tax on war profits. Mr. Dillon, in the House of Commons, said the Nationalists- resented the destruction of the .Government and declined to join the Cabinet because it was inconsistent with independence. The (Nationalists would sincerely aid the Government to bring the war to a triumphant conclusion. Mr. Asquith said he appreciated .Mr. Redmond's reasons for not joining the .Ministry. Sir Edward Carson had also refused to join, and only accepted office under strong pressure. London, June 10. The arrival at New York of 300 young Irishmen, 011 hoard an American liner, 1 jlraws fresh attention to the apparently organised efforts to induce the Irish to avoid enlistment. All are well provided with gold, and it is suggested that some agency has assisted in their emigration. COLONIAL LOANS. TREASURY SHOI'LD MEET DEMANDS. Received June 17, 10 n.m. London. June 17. The Pall Mall Gazette says it would be I 'better if the Treasury undertook to finance the actual pressing necessities of colonial Governments at no loss to itself, until there is a general rearrangement after the war. In any I case the Treasury must ko-'-p a tight • hand on new issues. Investors are in- ] clined to criticise the continual peddlin.' I of these loans, and the magnitude of the New South Wales loan is sufficient to mark it out as a fiasco. RED CROSS FUNDS. Received June 17, 11.35 p.m. London, June 17. The Lord Mayor's special appeal ot the Mansion House meeting on behalf Of the Red Cross Fund has resulted in €77,455, including a second £20,000 From Waldorf Astor. The aggregate is £5,500,000. TRADE WITH THE ENEMY. ENGLISH FIRM ON TRIAL. Received June 17. 11.35 p.m. London, June 17. An accountant gave evidence that Jacks appeared to he merely a selling agent for a Nova Scotia company. The defendant Wilson gave evidence that his firm acted solely as agents for a Nova Scotia company. The firm had an eighteenth share of the company's capital. The firm had nothing to do with the cargo when it reached Rotterdam, and had striven to stop the vessel proceed- ! ing there, believing every effort should > be made to prevent the ore reaching Germany.