Bisbee daily review., 1915-09-16
Premier Talks to the House of
Commons While Earl Kitchener
Takes the Floor Before the
Upper Branch of Parliament.
DEMAND MAY GROW EVEN
GREATER AS TIME GOES ON
Premier Dealt With Huge Figures
in Discussing New Credit of
Over One Billion Dollars to the
House of Commons.

LONDON, Sept. l5.-Premier As
quith. in the House of Commons, and
Earl Kitchener, Secretary of War. in
the House of Lords. gave an exhaus-
tive survey of the financial situation.
both making candid statements of
what had already been done. and Of
preparations for carrying the war to
a successful conclusion" Both houses
were crowded wit hmembers and spec
tators who followed with deepest in
tcrest, Asquith's plain and business
like statement in explanation Of an
other vote of credit which. when fin
ally passed. brings the total to S6,-
10000 900. to Kitchener's reading Of
q carefully prepared, optimistic speech
on the military operations and needs
The Premier had to deal with huge
figures TO explain the financing of the
war He warned his hearers that.
although the expenditure was over
three and a half million pounds daily
there was likelihood of its increasing
owing to an advance "tO the allies
and dominions. which is reported at
two hundred and fifty million pounds,
a billion and a quarter dollars for pro
visions and munitions
He said, since the war began. near,
ly three million had enlisted i'm the
army and navy. besides eight hun
dred thousand now engaged i'm the
manufacture of munitions He declar-
cd both figures viii have to be in
creased and appealed to the women
TO give assistance. Kitchener lifted
the veil Of ecrecy and announced that
eleven divisions Of reinforcements had
been sent to France, an dothers would
follow quickly. He said he believed
the Germans had "shot their bolt. in
the offensive against Russia, and was
optimistic as TO other fronts
Asquith candidly admitted that mis-
takes bad been made. and added:
81 will not say. even now, we are
doing an we might or even all we
ought to do" but he protested, how
ever, against attempts of a section Of
the press "to belittle and disparage
our efforts"
After reviewing the operations in
Flanders, at the Dardanelles and in
Poland Asquith declared the country
had vastly exceeded any standard
dreamed of before in war As the
war went on, however that standard
would rise, and new sacrifices would
be demanded in men, munitions and
money
The discussion Of the question of
conscription followed the Premicr's
speech, and the House finally granted
the vote asked for Kitchener made
an interesting disclosure that the
German attacks with gas liquid fire,
and osphyXiating shells. lacking as
they now do the element of surprise
have failed in their object and lost
much of their offensive value, owing
TO steps taken TO counteract them
As far as the Turks are concerned
Kitchener said, there was abundance
"that the process of decentralization
had ct in." In Mesopotamia the resist
ance of the Turks had terminated
Without referring, directly, TO con
scription the war minister said that
provision TO keep up the strength OF
the army i'm 1916 was causing anxious
thought owing to the falling off. re
Gently of the number of recruits offer
ing themselves for service. He prom
ised an impartial inquiry as TO the
best means of keeping the armies ur
to full strength