The Sentinel=record., 1915-03-10
ENGLAND ISSUES ORDER TAKING OVER ALL PRIVATE OWNED
 PLANTS.
ENORMOUS QUANTITIES USED
Fleets Bombarding the Dardaneles
 Are Consuming Large Quantities of Ammunition and Arrangements Have to Be Made to Replace Guns.

London. March 9-l0.45 p. m.-The house of commons today gave the gov. ernment authority to take over the control Of the entire engineering trade of the country and to place it under a combined management for the purpose Of increasing the output of munitions of war.
 The defense of the realm act. passed at the outbreak of the war, gave the government power to take and exercise control over works where war materials were being ac- tually made. David Lloyd George. the chancellor of the exchequer, on behalf of the government. today asked that the control Of manufactories be extended to work. which were cap able of beine used for that purpose
 This power was unanimously granted although Andrew Bonar Law, the leader Of the opposition. de- scribed the measure as probably the most drastic ever laid before the par lament
 This step on the part of the govern ment came as a surprise although Mir Lloyd George in speech at Bangor last week emphasized the inn. portance of increasing the output of war munitions which labor disputes at that lime threatened 10 diminish. Now the workers in the cngineering trade will he in the position of public servants and the government hopes that this fact will impress them with the importance of keeping up the sup plies for which the armies and navies of the allied countries largely depend upon this country
 business man will he given charge of the organization
 With the war area extending and the size of the army and navy con. stanty increasing the government found that something must be done 10 keep the fiehting branches supplied with arms and ammunition. The fleet engaged in bombarding the forts of the Dardanelies alone is using an i'm. mense quantity of ammunition Also the ships engaged probably will have N' bt itNbtA NANi new EUllN anu lNt UIG ones will need to be overhauled.
 The operations of this fleet. which is now reported 10 nave been rein. forced by another battleship of the Queen Elizabeth class, ard in which i- known to include more ships than those that have been mentioned thus far in the dispatches continue to oc. cupy the people of the British Isles, who always take keen interest in the work of the navy.
 The report that three of the forts guarding the Narrows, one on the Eu. ropean and two on the Asiatic side. all of which were armed with 14-nch guns, have r-en silenced. has in. creased the confidence of the British public.tAat the guns of their warships are heavy enough to force the straits although nobody seems to expect this 10 be done quickly or without the British suffering some losses.
 In addition to the military and eco homie importance the opening of the straits would have, the allies are said to believe it would have an immense effect not only on Turkey, but on Tur- keys ueghhoIs. Greece already is in- volyed in a constitutional crisis over the Dardanelles and 1t was reported today that similar crisis had arisen in Bulgaria, where it was said the premier was demanding intervention on the side of the allies in opposition to the wishes of King Ferdinand, who it is declared, desires to remain neu. tlal
 In Greece M Gounaris has under. taken 10 form cabinet to succeed that of M. Venizelos and threatens to dissolve parliament if that body does not endorse his policy of friendly neu- trality toward the allies It is be- heyed in high official circles in Lon. don, however, that the people will force the Greek government to inter. vene and that M Venizelos soon will be back in office.
 In the east and the west fighting between tine Germans and the alliea continues but without making the sit uat;on much clearer The Russians claim to have inflicted another defeat on the Germans in the region of Au- eustowo in north Poland a short dis tahce from the East Prussian iron tier. which threatens to break the communication between the Germans