The Sentinel=record., 1915-05-05
LONDON CHANCELLOR ADMITS THAT TEN AND A HALF MIL
 LION DAILY IS SPENT.
FIVE BILLIONS IN DEBT
Still Controversy over the Matter of Whether Prohibition Shall Be Enforced, and Figures Are Shown as to Consumption of Alcohol.

London, May 4.-In one of the shortest budget speeches on record. he being on his feet a little more than an hour, David Lloyd George, the chancellor of the exchequer, to- day gave the British public further insight into what the war is costing the nation.
 The expenditure at present, MT. Lloyd George said was $f0,500, GOO daily, and he added that if the war continues for year Or, !, Britain's bill would be upward of five billion dollars
 The debt of the country, according to Mr. Lloyd George, already has been amost doubled and stood well over the five billion mark.
 The chancellor declined to predict tue length of the war. He intro duced no measures calling for new taxes, although he hinted that such SD likely would have to be taken. There was little discussion of the budget itself and the usual income tax resolutions were passed before the house adjourned.
 MT. Lloyd George said he was able to report that the revenue of the country had exceeded the estimates and that the tax and income tax pay CTS were sending their money with unusual promptness.
 During the afternoon Auster Cham berlain mentioned the proposals for increasing the taxes on beer wine and spirits, which the unionists and nationajists and several liberal mem bers declared their intention to op- pose Mr. Lloyd George announced that he intended to confer with brew CTS and disullers and also that ne was open to consider their proposals He added, however, that he would ask that the government be given power to control the sale of liquor in the areas where munitions of war are made.
 Chancellor David Lloyd George in his budget speech in the house nf commons said that in December there was a decrease of 3S per cent in the production of beer, in January and February q decrease of 22 per cent each, and in March d decrease 1f 41 per cent.
 On tae other hand the chancellor said there was an increase in the con .I ion F,,|
 December, 3 per cent January, G per cent; February. l5 per cent, and March, 25 per cent,
 During the debate which followed the budget speech Andrew Bonar Law, leader of the opposition, and John Redmond, leader of the Irish nationalists, declared their opposi tion to the new taxes on liquors but promised 10 facilitate the passage of that portion of the bill Ewing the government control over the sale of alcoholic liquors in areas wdere mu- nitions of war are being manufac- tured.
 Right Hon Arthur Henderson, for the labor party protested against the charges against the working men and declared that unless some method was found To have the work ingmen's side of the case stated .t| might be difficult for the labor pdrty to give the government the solid support which they had rendered it during the war.
 Mir. Lloyd George. in replying, said he could not encourage the idea that the proposed taxation would be dropped, but declared he would con slider the suggestion of discrimiuat- ing between raw and mature whis- key He denied that the case that had been made out for interference with the liquor traffic was a charge against the workers of the country
 Premier Asqui!h. addressing a meeting of committee formed to en- courage recruiting among employees in the wholesale and retail dstribut- ing tradfs of the country said that out of '190000 clerks, commercial trayeler3 and other workers in these trades, f3000O had joined the army.
 Mir. Isquith pointed out what wo- men fad done to release men for the armyj Up to April 2i more than 50.00b women had enrolled on the war lregister initiated by the Board