Arizona republican., 1915-04-30
Resolution Increasing the Duty on Spirits Intro duced by Chancellor Lloyd George Passes House of Commons
DRIVEN TO TT
 BY NECESSITY
Government Forced to Take Steps to Insure Manufac- ture of Munitions of War Without the Loss of Time
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LONDON, April Resolutions in- troduced by David Lloyd George, chancellor of the exchequer doubling the duty on spirits. passed in the house of commons this evening by vote of 39 to 5. The minority was composed of O'Brienites. This is the first division since the outbreak of the war
 The chancellor, in presenting the resolution, said that nothing but real necessity had driven the government to submit the proposals on the liquor subject, and it is above all important that the country be able to utilize every abailable resource to increase the supplies of munitions of war. When the time came to drive the Germans out of Flanders and France. he said, the expenditure of war ma terial must be on a greater scale and of a more sustained character than anything yet witnessed in any war.
 The chancellor laid particular em- phasis on these remarks for the ben eft of those who might object to his proposals.
 These are necessaryJ' he deeIarey, ito insure victory. not ultimate vic tory, but victory soon without unnec- essary loss of life" He said every body was agreed on the existence of the evil of excessive drinking until the remedies were fOreshadoWed He also said that slackness in some Bri- tish ship yards is causing serious anxiety to those in command of the fleet
 Lloyd George said the government had concluded it was not justified in instituting. prohibition until it had tried everything else It would be a too serious interference with the ha- bits of the people The government had therefore adopted a plan of re- strietion as much as possible the sale of spirits and most alcoholic beers. he time lost by drinking. the chan cellor said, was equivalent to the ser vices of 10000 men, and a whole community was being asked to make sacrifices because of weakness of a section of workers.
 Remarking that total prohibition had increased productivity of labor in Russia, Lloyd George concluded by expressing the hope that while the
 
 heroic as those of Russia, they would be effective and no further measures would be required
 John Redmond, leader of the Inde- pendent nationalists, condemned the chancellor's proposals as prejudicial to trade in Ireland.
 O'Brien declared that the chancellor was killing trade with Ireland by inches If he succeeded in the new taxes, the results would be as hOr- rble for Cork as if that city were sacked by the Germans The only just and logical course was to ex- clude Ireland altogether from the operation of the plan.
 Andrew Bonar Law, leader of the opposition, reserved criticism of MT. Lloyd Georges plan.
 The clergy comprising the lower house of the cOnvocation of Canter- bury are willing to set the nation an example in the matter of temperance. but they are not willing to abstain from alcohol. This was the sense of a meeting of the lower house. which passed q resolution Inviting the laie ty of the Church of England to set an example of self sacrifice" in the matter of alcoholic liquors. Several mbers voted only after being as sured that total abstenance was not expected of them.
 The dean of Canterbury said flatly he had refused to swear off alto gether. He had tried it before he said, and found it q failure in that it impaired his health