Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-11
Struggle Is Costing Great Brit
ainS2l705, 1000 Daily, and
Premier Expects 1t to Jump
to S25,0O0,000 Soon,
BIG ADVANCES MADE
TO OTHER NATIONS
A New Credit of Two Billion
Dollars Is to Be Asked by
Government of Parliament
to Meet the Outlay


London, Nov. 10.-Premicr Asquith
in the house of commons today fore
shadowed the establishment OF an
Anglo-French war council i'm which
French and British ministers would
sit. He expressed the hope that Rus
sia and Italy would join in the coun-
ciL
Premier AsQuith was to have asked
me house Of commons todo for "a
vote Of credit Of 4O0oOO0oo pounds
C$2. 1000, 100000 but some unexpected
development prevented MN non TAX
ing this action which was postponed
until tomorrow The pronac' how
ever. made his expected itate,nent M
regard to the financial situation, and
impressed upon the nation the ueces-
sty of careful outstanding Of lbs re-
sources
Including the new vote of credit to
be asked tomorrow, th- pemicr point
ed out. the total amount allotted for
war purposes will be 1,6G2,O00,O 600
pounds GS,8lO,000,O00l He present
ed figures showing that the govern
ment had a sufficient sum left over
rom the previous vote TO finance tno
war to the third week of November.
S2t705, 900 Daily Cost.
The approximate daily cost of the
war between September . and Novem-
Der was gwen by MI Asqulth at
AS50,OOO pounds tS2L150,0G0) IT
rose to this figure from S2,700,000
($13,5OO,00Ol in the earlier part of
the financial year
Loans advanced by Great Britain to
the allies and dominion between April
and November 6, Mr. Asquith said,
amounted to 9S,00Q00O pounds In
the same period $4,000, 600 pounds
was expended for food supplies and
miscellaneous items.
The main causes Of increase in the
cost of the war Mr. AsQuIth contn-
ued, were the great expenditures for
munitions and the advances to Great
Britains allies and dominions. He
could hold out no hope that there was
any immediate likelihood OF de-
crease in those two items.
May BE S25,OOO,OOO Daily.
Mr. Asquith said there was no rea-
son 10 believe expenditures during the
next two months would exceed 5000
OO0 pounds daily, So that the new
vote Of credit might be expected to
last to the middle of February.
Returning to the question of pub
lie economy, the premier said the mat
ter had engaged the attention Of the
government and special cabinet
committee for several months AS a
result there had been much closer in
ivestigation Of army contract prices
and there had been revision of the
scales Of the army ration
Contract Prices Reduced
Regarding contracts, said the pre-
mier, arrangements had been made
between the allied governments to
avoid competing with one another,
either in the home market or in for
eign markets and thus keep down
prices Where there has been reason
able ground to suspect that excessive
profits were being earned by con-
tractors, prices had been reduced to
reasonable level
The war office Premier Asquith
continued already had taken steps TO
secure more effective and co-ordi-
mated prosecution of the war on the
part OF the allied powers By strength
ening the British general staff and
establishing more intimate intercom-
municauon between the military and
naval advisers of all the allied powers.
His own views as to the importance Of
linterchanging officers between the
war office and the army in the field
SO that all might experience trench
fighting and all the novel operations
| this war had introduced.
To Cooperate Moro Closely.
/ The premier said that no less than
twenty-six Of the present war office
staff have had actual experience in the
present war
The premier said there was Britt
/ ish military attache at French head
quarters and a French officer in at
/ tendance at the London war office,
while arrangements now had been
Imade for more intimate cooperation
and for the interchange Of views for
common development Of plans for all
I the military operations in the differ
( ent theaters of war
1T Is more than possible added
THE premier, that this organization
may be still further developed