Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-16
ALLIES HAVE ONLY THIRD
OF STRENGTH IN FIELD
10 Maintain This and Bring Remain
ing Force Into Action VIII Cost
$4,000, 100000 This Year.
STATEMENT BY LLOYD GEORGE
Winston Churchill Declares Great
Britain Will Clamp OH Every
Ounce Of Sea Pressure to Choke
OF Germany's Food Supply.

LONDON. February Is QO:5O r. NY.
The countries lighting against Ger
/; many, Austria ana Turkey thus far
nave thrown only third of their
strength into the field To maintain
thlS force and To bring the remaining
TWO thirds into action will cost sIO,-
ooo'uoo,OoO during the current year.
This announcement was made i'm the
House of Commons to-day by n.,yid
Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Ey-
chequcr. who. with Winston Spencer
Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty
gave the British public perhaps n closer
View OF the machinery behind the great
struggle than had hecn afforded since
the outbreak of the war.
Mr. Churchill declared. amid cbeor.
ing. that Great Britain finally had de-
e'ded 10 clamp on every ounce of sea
pressure 10 choke off Germany's food
supply. in retaliation for the German
submarine policy. while Lloyd George
Hr"w additional cheering when he
spoke oi loans TO countries expected to
throw IN their lot with the allies
ihese countries the chancellor did not
name.
The announcement OF the govern
mcnts decision with relation to Ger
manys food supplies came almost
cotncidentally with the recent of two
dispatches from the United States, one
saHihS that Count Won Bernstorff the
German ambassador. had Informed the
washington government that Germany
WAS willing TO abandon her submarin,
PoicE provided Great Britain ceased
interfering with cargoes of foodstufTs.
ana the other saying that he had again
advised neutral shipping To avoid those
waters which Germany had declared
would become Il dangerous military
area three days hence
LLOYD GEORGE DETAILS
FINANCIAL ARIA NGEMENTS
Lloyd George detailed financial ar
ranScmcnts the allies decided on AZ
the Paris conference. and mt iptn
round figures what heretofore had b.cn
guessed. the remarkable Increase i'm
the productivity and efficiency of the
tNuSshh people by prohibition of the
sale OF vodka. This productivity and
eiticiency he placed as high as 40 n,r
cent.
Great Britain. ,hc chancellor said
mad resources which would last for 6v,
years. and France perhaps sufficient
for three years
Lloyd George paid tribute to the bur-
dcn that France Is bearing. and gave
IL pledge that the allies would stand
by Helgium financially until the time
for the settlement came.
Mr, Churchill disclosed for the first
titnc the total naval losses in the war
IhcSe, he said. were upwards of = ono
ohlccrs and men. most of them victims
OF submarines
Mr.. Churchill outlined what Great
britain purposcd to do as n counter ia
the German policy, In view of what
he styled piracy and murder" Mr.
Churchill said ii was Incumbent on
Great Britain for the tirs, time to anplv
the fuil force" of her naval power
formal declaration to this effect. he
added. would be made forthwith"
WAR WILL. COST ALLIES
stO.O00.00OOU0 THIS YEAH
Explanatory OF the arrangement
made at the recent conference between
the Finance Ministers OF France and
Russia. and himself, in Paris, David
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