The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-02-18
Ready to Spend Ten Billion
Dollars This Year Against .
Germany.
10 TIGHTEN up THE BLOCKADE
England Declares Intention Just A.
Berlin offered to Modify Recent
order-AIIIes to- Stand
BY Belgium. II

LONuoH, req. IO.-COuntrleS T1SntlnS
against Germany, Austria and Turkey
up to the present time have thrown
only q third Of their strength into the
field. To maintain this force and to
bring the remaining two.thirds into &C.
ton will cost $4,000. 100000 ($10,O0O,-
0OO.0O0) during the current year
This announcement was made in the
house of commons today by David
Lloyd-George. chancellor of the ex-
chequer, who with Winston Spencer
Churchill first lord Of the admiralty,
gave the British public perhaps a
closer view of the machinery behind
the great struggle than any that has
been afforded since the outbreak of
the war.
Mr.. Churchill declared amid cheer
ing that Great Britain finally has de-
cided to clamp on every ounce of sea
pressure to choke off Germanys food
supply in retaliation for the Germaii
submarine policy. while Mr.. Lloyd
George drew additional cheering by
reference to loans to countries which
he said he expects will throw in their
lot with the allies. These countries
the chancellor did not name. 1t was
the first time that reference has been
made in parliament of such expecta-
lions.
To Stand by Belgium.
Mr.. Lloyd George paid tribute to the
burden that France at present is bear
ing and gave pledge that the allies
will stand by Belgium financially I'M
til the time for the settlement comes.
Mr. Churchill disclosed for the first
time the total naval losses as the re-
suit of the war. These he said were
upwards of 5000 officers and men, a
majority of them Victims of subma-
rines.
Concerning submarines. Mr.. Church.
i'll outlined what Great Britain pur-
poses to do as a counter to the Ger
man policy. In view of what he styled
piracy and murder Mr.. Churchill
said it is incumbent on Great Britain
for the first time to apply the full
force" Of her naval power. A formal
to this effect, he added,
will be made forthwith.
Russians Retreat in Poland.
London, Feb. 1.-two big battles.
1t Is believed, already have begun or
soon will begin on the Russian side
Of the East Prussian frontier and on
the River Sereth within Bukowina.
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both in East Prussia and in Bukowina
In the face of superior German and
Austrian armies, so that they might
be enabled to concentrate and come
into closer touch with their lines of
A large force of Albanians has
crossed the Seryian frontier into the
department. of Prisrend, forcing the
Servian troops and local authorities
o withdraw, according to a dispatch
rom Nish, Servia, to the Reuter- Tel.
.gram Company. The Albanians, the
Message adds, are continuing to ad.
'ance.
Russian staff officers assert that
the reoccupation OF
he crown land of Bukowina by Aus
ro-German armies it does not consti-
ute a menace to the Russian flank
r to the Russian position about the
own of Lemberg. This is due to the
act, the Russian maintain, that to
he north and south are mountain
anges which render that section of
he country isolated and because the ,
russian positions in the Beskid Range :
n the south preclude the possibility !
( successful attack. :
Russians Deny Rumors.
Russian newspaper comments on ru-
,ors recently in circulation that the
russians contemplated the evacuation ,
I Lemberg, and the publication of !.
tatements that Russian authorities
ad placarded the city with announce .
rents to that effect, have brought !,
,rth denials from the Russian general ,
Tan.
The northern and northwestern
lopes of the entire Carpathian Range
re claimed to be controlled by Rus
IAN forces, thus giving them key to
le situation in Eastern Galicia.
Kaiser sees Big Battle.
London, Feb. 13.--An eyes now are y
lrned upon East Prussia, where the 8
erman army. under the observation y
not the command Of Emperor Will :,
I'M. has taken the offensive and COM ?
slled the Russians to evacuate their =
.~exa~~~ aaah ~ tha Na1urson 1AkAa | "
Id retire to their own territory. 9