The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-07-30
CONTEST OF ENDURANCE
|SGREAT EUROPEAN WAR
Premier Asquith Tells House of
Commons What He Thinks.
PRAISES THE RUSSIANS.
Necessity Now is to Conserve Re-
sources at Home and All Manu-
featuring Enterprises.

London, July 2S.-The war has be-
come and is likely to continue for
some time contest of endurance,
Premier Asquith told the house of
commons this afternoon while MAX
ing a general review in moving the
adjournment of parliament from to-
morrow until September IA.
1--WE should be ungrateful and in
sensitive indeed if we did not realize
at this moment the indescribably
gallant efforts being made by our
Russian allies to stem the tide of
invasion and to retain inviolate the
integrity of their possessions.
II don't think in the whole of mil
itary history there has been a more
magnificent example of discipline and
endurance and of both individual and
collective initiative than has been
shown by the Russian army in the
last seven weeks.
"Our new allies, Italy, are, with
carefully prepared movements, stead
lily gaining ground, making their
way towards the objective which we
believe in a very short time will be
within their reach"
The premier declared that the
British governments confidence in
the results Of the Dardanelles opera
tions was undiminished.
The premier emphasized his con-
;r hn
French and British armies engaged
in the western field.
The British fleet was today far
stronger, the premier . continued,
than at the beginning of the war,
"and to it's quiet and unobserved but
ubiquitous and all-powerful activi-
ties is due the fact that the seas are
clear or substantially clear.
For, after ALL" said the premier.
this submarine menace, serious as
it has appeared to be, is not going to
infiict fatal or substantial injury to
British trade. The seas are clear
We have our supplies of food and
raw materials upon which we and the
rest of the country depend, flowing
upon us in the same abundance and
with the same freedom; and / may
say without much exaggeration, judg-
ing from the insurance rates and
other matters, with the same i'm
munity from serious hazards and
risks as in times Of peace"
The premier concluded with a
note Of caution to the country, say
ing:
do not let us suppose that our
national duty Is discharged either by
sending an adequate influx Of re-
cruits to the army or to the various
Industries engaged in the fabrication
OF munitions. The duty has been
cast upon this country not only of
maintaining the freedom of the seas:
not only of supplying large contin-
gents of well equipped men, battle
fields and trenches, but also of finan.
cling to a large extent the whole con- |
duct Of the war
we cannot do that if we continue |
to import and to increase our indebt-
edness to other countries, and unless
we maintain our great manufactur-
ing industries"
Premier Asquith urged the accu- /
mutation Of large reserve of gold
and the use Of paper currency b. .
3 householders and employers.
Sir Henry Dalziel moved and Sir
Arthur b. Markham seconded an
amendment that adjournment should
be only for four weeks.
Sir Henry explained that he did
this because he was not satisfied with
the situation in Flanders, where IL
had been understood there was To
be a great advance during the spring
and summer.
In the Dardanelles, too, he wanted
to know why such notice had been
given to the enemy by a lombard
ment on the part of the fleet with the
cooperation of the land forces.
Sir Henry said he could keen
silence no longer rs he had not tho
confidence in the government that hol
had nine months ago He could not
understand why the industries of the
country had not been modified and
he wanted to know whether anyone