New-York tribune., 1914-11-17
WAR CREDIT VOTED
BY PARLIAMENT
Continued from page I
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of securing food supplies and for fur
ther commodities necessary for the
| British. the use of which must be made
/ impossible for the enemy. Another
| large item was made up Of loans of
money to others. amounting TO S215,
/ 900, 900. The principal items in this
/ list were to the Belgian government
/ S50,000000 and to Servia SA000000,
on which no interest was to be charge
until the end of the war. Other loans
to the self-governing dominions Of
Canada South Africa. Australia AMI
New Zealand, countries which, under
ordinary circumstances, would be COM
PEELED 10 borrow in the London market.
/ would account for Sl5l, ,250, 600 Of the
new credit. for the reason that the
government had undertaken the re-
sponsibility Of raising loans for these
Gominions.
Premier Refuses to Predict.
Regarding the cost of the war, Pre-
mier Asquith said he declined to dive
into the future or speculate on what
commitments it might be necessary for
Great Britain to incur later, but up to
last Saturday the actual additional
expenditure falling upon the Ex-
chequer amounted to between S4,50O,OOO
and $5,000,000 a day. Having regard
for the enormous scale of the opera
tions and other considerations, this
sum, the Premier said did not exceed
the estimates of expenditure that
might reasonably have been expected.
Continuing, the Premier said he could
hold out no hope that these expendl-
lures were likely 70 be diminished. The
present measure carried provisions to
March 81, which would not only satisfy
the calculations based on experience,
but would leave in hand a reasonable
margin.
Replying to a criticism that news re-
garding the war was being withheld,
Premier Asquith declared that nothing
was being kept back except in cases
where such course was required by
immediate military exigencies.
Touching on other points raised IN
the course of the debate, Mr. Asquith
said that the increased exports to neu-
tral countries were in most cases due
to the fact that supplies to these coun-
tries from Germany had been cut off
rather than to the fact that goods were
being re-exported by these countries to
Germany.
l,lUU,UUU wen .NOt Enough.
+ Dealing with the vote Of a million ad-
ditionai men. the Premier remarked
that apart from the TerrtOrials l,l00,-
900 men already were under arms. That
number, however. he added. was not
enough. He said he saw no reason to
be discouraged by the recruiting fig
ures. The numbers of men that the
eXigencies of the state demanded. he
believed, would be raised. Indeed, he
| considered that the recruiting position
was very satisfactory. Since the out
/ break of the war, Mr.. Asquith said.
more than 100000 recruits had joined
/ the regular army and nearly 100000
had Joined the Territorials.
Referring to the great stimulus 20
recruiting for the London Scottish
/ Regiment which had resulted from the
/ prompt publicity given to the story Of
its gallant charge and to similar pub
/ iicty regarding the achievements Of
/ other regiments which had greatly ac-
/ celerated their recruiting, Mr.. Asquith
| said he would be very glad if any sys-
/ tenn could be adopted by which the gal
| lantry of officers and men of all regi-
ments should be promptly communi-
Gated to the public.
Government Not Free Agent
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With regard to the suggestion that
| skilled war correspondents be permit
! ted at the front, he pointed out that
! the government was not a free agent
/ in the matter.
I'VE must regulate our proceedings"
4 ne said. "by the proceedings of our al
| lies. who do the chief share of the
/ fighting in the long lines at the front
/ in their own country and who there
/ fore rightly have the decisive vote as
/ TO what should be done in the way of
| appointment of war correspondents"
/ He declared that he had been gov
/ erned in the matter strictly by the re-
/ quirements of the military eXigencles,
/ and he knew that the commander in
chief of the French forces desired that
| both countries should get the full ad-
vantage that could be obtained by Civ
/ ing publicity to the military opera
/ tiOns.
Timothy Healy. Irish Nationalist, in
a few caustic sentences, supported the
plea made by Mr.. Long. He declared
that the censorship had made England
the laughing stock of the world. The
censor, he said, had even made an eX
ci ion from Turks prayer to Ma
homet. The whole system of press CEN
sorship, he said, required complete re-
organization.