Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-03

cilu ana the means. out L can diSClOSe
nothing more. Serbia may rest assured
us as one of the essential objects of
the war"
Dealing with the financial aspects
of the situation. Premier Asuuith laid
stress upon the importance OF re-
trenchmcnt.
AS to recruiting. Mr.. Asuuith said:
Admittedly. Oar system of volun-
tary recruiting operates in Il haphaZard.
capricious way. My objection to COM
pulsion Is that 1t would cndanScr the
maintenance of the national unity. If
you apply compulSion without general
assent, you defeat your purpose"
referring 90 Lord Dcrby's recruiting
scheme. the Premier promised to In
form the country las soon after Novem-
Der 80 as il was possible to collect
information, whether II was success
full.
Il believe" he continued. lit will
produce Il satisfactory result, but If
ii does not and ii it is shown that in
the rccruitable reservoir there are num-
bcrs of men of military age who still
hang back. will not hesitate to rec
ommend Supplcmcnting the voluntary
system by some form OF legal obliga-
ton"
TO MAINTAIN CABINET
WAR COMMITTEE
The Premier stated he had concluded
that it was desirable to maintain the
Cabinet war committee concerned with
the higher direction of the war, but
to limit it's membership.
The Premier stated that there also
in future would be more CO. ordination
between the staffs OF the allied powers.
Touching upon the question of sup
plies of men, munitions and money.
the Premier said that the financial po-
sition was serious. He quoted statis-
tics of exports and imports and of
expenditure upon the war.
The standard of life In Germany has
been depressed to a very low point in
decd. but "c must be prepared to
make far greater sacrifices than we
have done he said.
licviewinE his own share in the taxi
Ing of the decision of August last year.
Premier -AS.Iu'th declared:
There IL nothing ] wish to unsay
or do. challenge criticism. am
as confident now as fifteen months ago
thai we are going to carry our right
couS cause &c a triumphant conclusion.
| am not Going to shclvc the burden
laid on my shoulders until l am salts
fed San nc longer bear the burden.
AS '"nS =" ] enjoy health and the
confidence q my sovereign, the house
and the rCnt.try, I will not surrender
tn task. heavy though it be-"
Premier Asquith's closing word;
were:
let us cnGurc TO the end"
NOTHING TO BE GAINED
BI MINIMIZING DANGER
Sir Edward Carson, who recently re-
signed from the Office Of Attorney Cen
cral inflated a discussion on Mr.. AS
quith's statements.
The present position. he declared.
was one Of grave peril There was
hN mi I'M yjn
the danger.
We have had an ever widening
thratcr az war" he said, which in the
east IL threatening the very vitals Of
our empire. What the house and
country are really anxious about is
whether our resources in men and ma
tcrial are being used to the best ad-
whether what have appeared
TO be grave miscalculations could have
been avoided, and above ALL whether
the machinery of the government for
carrying on the war is the most adc-
puatc and most effective which We can
devise
Sir Edward referred to the recent
absence OF munitions. because. he said
had shown him that tho
Cabinet. however useful i'm TIME of
peace. was an organization utterly in
capable of carrying on the war under
present conditions. What was wanted
III
men sitting daily with the best ad-
Nisers they could get to work out the
problems that arose.
Perhaps the Gravcst instance OF how
the Cabinet and government worked,
he said. was to be found in the Balkan
situation. Nothing had astonishcd him
more than the gyrations they had gone
through in relation to British policy i'm
the Balkans. ON September IS Sir
Edward Grey stated that Bulgarian
mohil!Hation had resulted in Bulgaria
assuming an aggressive attitude on
the side of Great Britains enemies, and
that Great Britain should be prepared
to give it's friends in the Balkans all
the support in its power in a manner
most welcome TO them.
When he learned that this was no
longer the policy of the government.
and that there were no plans to this
end. n" severed his connection with
the Cabinet.
COULD NOT SUPPORT
CONCLUSIONS, so QUIT
Sir Edward said he decided to re-
sign as he could not support the con-
clusion reached by the war council
OF the Cabinet the day before He
quoted Sir Edwards statement made
iii the house on September IS. nromis-
ing the allies support TO Serbia. and
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