Mohave County miner., 1916-12-16

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GO4NOO4N3 OCS. 4O-4u uG dlllGS Ie- quire that there shall be adequate reparation for the past and adequate security for the future. That is still the policy and still the determination of the British government.
 This was the declaration of Andrew Bonar Law, repeating the words of MT. Asquith three months ago, as he made his debut today as the leader of the new government in the house of commons.
 It was only brief and passing al fusion to the German peace proposal, but the ringing announcement that it was still the policy and determination of the government struck the keynote of the new governments attitude and aroused prolonged demonstration of approval.
 The sessions of both the lords and commons were attended with unusual interest as being the first bow of the new government, though the absence of Premier Lloyd George through con tinued illness left the initial scene of the new regime like Hamlet without the Dane. Great crowds besieged Westminster for admission and both chambers showed the galleries filled with eager hearers and the floors animated with newly formed political groups.
 The commons was the scene of chief interest as here five ministers of the late government-Reginald McKenna, Walter Runciman, Herbert Samuel, Lewis Harcourt and H. J. Tennant- ranged themselves on the front bench of the opposition, while Andrew Bonar Law, 1anked by the ministers of the new administration, occupied. the bench just vacated by the Asquith ministers across the aisle.
 Mir. Asquith, like Mir. Lloyd George was absent through sickness, but even with the chief figures absent, it was a striking scene of the old and the new regimes facing each other at the crucial moment of the issues over war and peace.
 The feature of the day was Bonar Laws presentation of the bill for $2,- OO0,0OO,OO0 additional war credits and his incidental reference to the peace proposal. In urging the war credit, Bonar Law displayed his command of the vast financial branch and his ease and readiness as a parliamentary leader.
 Referring to the vast daily expen- ditures of 5,7OO,OOO pounds as Geo Iossal beyond imagination" he frankly declared that such figures could not be continued indefinitely; all that could be hoped for was to continue them long enough to beat the enemy.
 Bonar Laws reference to the Ger man proposal came as he closed. He prefaced it with the statement that the proposal had not yet reached his majesty's government and that it was obvious that no members of the gov ernment could make a statement, and that in his view it were better that little should be said in the house of commons. Then came his renewal of MT. Asquith's declaration for adequate preparation and security as still the policy of the government which was  the one thing he felt it necessary to refer to at this stage.
 Mir. McKenna's reply from the op- position bench, besides complimenting MT. Bonar Law, referred to the com manding influence of the American dollar as the result of the war.
 'It is not easy to convert sterling wealth into dollars wealth." he said. ''We must pay in dollars for what we buy now, not only in America but all | over the world"
 The debate was brief and the war credit was passed by unanimous vote. Some speeches referred to the German proposal but there was no discordant note.
 Mir. Bonar Law announced that par lament would be prorogued on De cember 22 for a period not yet deter 1