The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-02-24
WILL TREBLE Army
ALLIES Will SPEND TEN BILLIONS
DURING war

CUT OFF GERMANY FOOD
Lloyd-George and Winstron Churchill
Speak in the House of Commons
Navy Will Clamp on Even Ounce
of Pressure-May Establish Block
ade.
The countries fighting against Ger
many, Austria and Turkey thus far
have thrown only third of their
strength into the field. TO maintain
this force and to bring the remaining
two-thirds into action will cost S10,-
600, 100000 during the current year.
This announcement was made in
the English House of Commons at
London Monday by David Lloyd
George, chancellor of the e1chequer,
who, with Winston Spencer
Churchill, first lord of the admiralty,
gave the British public perhaps a
closer view of the machinery behind
the great struggle than had been af-
forded since the outbreak Of the war.
Mr.. Churchill declared amid cheer
ing that Great Britain finally had de-
cided to clamp on every ounce Of sea
pressure to choke off Germany's food
supply in retaliation for the German
submarine policy, while Mr.. Lyoll
George drew additional cheering
when ne spoke Of loans to countries
expected to throw in, their lot with
the Allies. These countries the chan
cellor did not name.
Mr.. Lloyd George detailed financial
arrangements the Allies decided on
at the Paris conference and put into
round figures what heretofore had
been guessed-the remarkable in
crease in the productivity and eff
cheney Of the Russian people by pro-
| hibition of the sale of vodka. This
productivity and efficiency he placed
as high as so per cent.
Great Britain, the chancellor said,
11do O0O oINOo " A3S1 "oO40 3S@oI 4S&
five years. and France perhaps suffi-
cient for three years.
Mr.. Lloyd George paid tribute to
the burden that France is bearing
and gave pledge that the Allies
would stand by Belgium financially
until the time for the settlement
came.
The chancellor said in part:
"For the year ending December 81
next, the aggregate expenditure OF
the Allies will not be far from 2,000,-
100000 pounds (S10,000,000,000)
| The British empire will spend con-
siderably more than either Of ouI
two great Allies, probably from 100,.
100000 to 100000 pounds more
than the highest figure spent by the
other two great allies.
1--WE have to recruit huge army;
we have to maintain huge navy;
we are paying liberal separation al.
lowances; we have to bring troops
from the ends Of the earth; we have
to wage war not merely in Europe
but in Asia, in North, East and South
| Africa
1--WE could pay for our huge ex.
| penditure on the war for five years
| allowing substantial sum for depre.
citation, out of the proceeds of our in.
vestments abroad. France could car.
ry on the war for two or three years
at least out of the proceeds Of hel
Investments abroad, and both coun.
tries still would have something tc
n tN &hnir .o11
"The allies are fighting the whole
mobilized strength Of Germany, with
perhaps, less than one-third of thei,
own strength. The problem for the
allies is to bring the remaining two.
thirds of their resources and strength
into the fighting line at the earliest
possible moment, and this is largely
though by no means entirely, ques.
ton Of finance.
Russia is in a different position
than either Great Britain or France
She is prodigiously rich in natural re-
sources, food and raw material. Her
resources are overfowing and she has
labor to develop them in abundance
Russia has enormously increased heI
resources by suppressing the sale OF
all alcoholic liquors. By that means
alone she has increased the produc-
tivity Of her labor by something be,
tween 80 and so per cent.
although Russia has these great
natural resources she has not yet
been able to command the capital
within her own dominions to develop
them, even during the time of peace;
and in time of war she has additional
difficulties. She has difficulty in ex-
porting her goods, and, in addition,
her purchases abroad are enormously
| increased.
France also has special difficult
ties.
"But We have a number of small
states," he continued, (which are
compelled to look to the greater coun.
tries in the alliance for financial sup
port. There is Belgium. devastated
and with no revenue. We must see
that she does not suffer until the
period Of restoration and compensa-
ton comes.
There is servia. maintaining an
army Of 100000, fighting her third
great war within two years, but with
no resources. There are alco other
states preparing for war.
1T is obviously to our interest that
I they should be we'll equipped for that
| purpose; they can borrow only in the
French and English markets"
Coming down to the Paris confer
ence, the chancellor explained that
the idea of a joint loan had been
abandoned as impracticable. "An al
lance in a great war, to be effective" /"
he said, means that each country
must bring all its resources, no mat
ter what they may be, into the COM
mon stock. An alliance for war can
not be conducted on limited liability
principles.
IF one country in the alliance has
for the moment more trained, armed
men, or a larger navy, or greater re-