Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-15
VAR NOW COSTS
Q1,OOO,OOO DAILY
70 BRITISH ALONE
Asouith Makes Startling
announcements in Par
liament-Asks New
Loan
WAN is $1,25o,ooo,o
Mare Than 100000 Men Have
EnIisted-Allies Strength
ening Positions
LONDON. Sept. Is.

LONDON, sept. 10.
r,s,and's daily expenditure for war
..,ooses is now exceeding the widest
....ms OF financial experts.
I, moving a new war credit of $780,
..n today in Parliament Premier
..oslth announced that the daily average
.,n.ndlture from July IS to September II
.ss s21 900, 900. At the start OF the war
s..bciers who estimated that England
-'o,,ls have to spend 100000 900 daily were
rcofed at.
1hs cost is mounting higher every day.
rsr the first II days Of July the average
a.gv expense was s15.ss2s4i, Premier
,.osth told Parliament. In a speech
!, May David Lloyd-George declared
,h., the war up to that time had cost
ENGLAND about s1o.5oo,ooo a day. ,.
Az staggering as the cost OF the war
4 now. Premier Asquith predicted that
N the near future 1t would rise to s25.-
s6 90 per day. The credits now sought
nv the Government will be sufficient to
run the war until the third week OF No
yember, when more money will be neces-
nfy
II do not say that now we are doing
All we can and ought to do" said the
Premier in moving the new vote of cred
n But attempts to belittle the work now
under way might have the most mis-
chevous results"
The present expenditures for the army,
not counting the navy, and ammunition
now total $10,0o0,000 day. the Premier
said This doesn't include the money
spent for clothing. provisions and other
necessary equipment for troops in the
field and sailors on the high seas. 1t
cost the British treasury s1,155, 100000 to
conduct the war between July IS and
September IL
The entire cost of carrying on the war
from April l to September II was ST.
Es,MoOOO. This included all expenditures
for army and navy.
Since the last credit was voted, Mr..
Asquith said, s250.OO0.oO0 of borrowed
money has been repaid by the Govern
ment to the Bank of England. These
figures are huge" declared the Premier
as he enumerated the cost of the war,
"but they throw light upon the contri-
buttons. measured in terms of money,
which we are making for the successful
pr0secution OF the war.
100000 ENLIST.
As to recruiting 1t was announced that
100000 men have enlisted since the war
began.
Discussing the situation in the theatres
q war. Premier Asquith declared that
the Allies positions In Belgium and
France have been greatly strengthened.
and that reinforcements have been sent
c the Dardanelles to help in another
effort to open the way to Constantinople
High praise was given the Russians for
their ability to retreat with an unbroken
'front.' before the advance of the Teutonic
legions.
At the Dardaneles the Allies have es-
tablished a front OF more than II miles
long on the Gallipoli peninsula, the Pre-
mer announced. Satisfactory progress
In the acceleration of the production of
munitions was reported by the Premier
twenty more factories for the output
q shells have been established since
David Lloyd-George was made Minister
Of Munitions. Eighteen others are in the
course OF erection.
10000 MAKE MUNITIONS.
In the us munitions establishments
now under control of the Government
$4,000 persons are employed. The Pre-
mier paid tribute to the ability and 10y
atty OF women workers in the munitions
factories. saying that the women were as
"ell lifted for the work as men. There
Is now an adequate supply OF labor for
tnis branch of the work." said Mr..
AsQuith. -,