Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-15
ENGLAND WANTS
A MILLION MORE
MEN FOR ARMY
That Many Soldiers and -Four
Hundred Million Pounds Is
What Government Asks
to Garry on War.
ANNOUNCEMENT BY LAW
New British Ministry Submits
Needs of Army for Coming
Year to Commons.
COST OF WAR INCREASES

London, Dec. IA supplementary
estimate issued today provides for all
additional 100000 men of all ranks
for the army service during the pres
ent fiscal year. Th. original estimate
was for 100000 men.
Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor OF
the exchequer, announced IN the
House OF Commons this afternoon
that the daily average expenditure of
Great Britain in the war had risen to
95,7l0.000 Mr.. Law said the actual
expenditure had exceeded the estl-
mate owing to the increase in NUM-
tions and additional loans to Great
Britain's allies and to its dominidhs
In moving a vote of credit Of 440O,-
100000, Bonar Law decided to con-
fine his speech entirely to financial
side of the war, and in the absence of
Premier Lloyd George and former
Premier Asquith, owing to illness, it
was expected the debate woulo be
merely along this line. However, this
will not prevent members of the small
group of peace advocates from asking
questions III an effort to draw out the
government in regard to Germanys
peace proposal. although it was re-
garded as unlikely that they would
succeed.
The proposal of the central powers
had not been received at the foreign
office this morning and it is under
stood simply to refer to opening ne
gotiations, containing no terms, the
consultations of the entente allies re-
garding it are expected to be purely
formal, preliminary to the transmits
sion of a joint reply. In any event
Great Britain will make no official
comment until Russia, France and its
other allies express their views.
Today's note of credit is the four
teenth since the outbreak of the war,
bringing up the total for the present
financial year to 91,750,0O0,000 and
the grand total for the war to t3,-
532,000,000
While there is always large at
tendance of members on the day a
vote of credit is moved, even more
than usual interest was shown in to-
days proceedings, owing to curiosity
as to whether any change would be
announced in the manner of financing
the war and as to the reception by
the liberals of the new chancellor's
policy.
German People Anxious.
Copenhagen, Dec. l4.-(Via Lon
don.)-A dispatch to the Politiken
from Berlin says:
What the entire city and the coun-
try are discussing now is not procla-
NATION by the emperor or the speech
Of Chancellor Won Bethmann-Holl-
veg, but the nature of the reply from
abroad. The anxiety before the de-
livery of the chancellor's speech was
great, but now it is many times
greater.
Despite the press opinions from
many countries of discouraging ma
turc telegraphed to Germany it is
hoped they do not express the opin--
ions of the respective governments" !"
Canada Would Continue.
Ottawa, Ont, Dec. 14.-Canada's S
attitude toward the German peace
proposal is indicated in message
sent by Sir George Foster, acting
premier of the dominion, to Premier
Lloyd George. as follows:
Canada stands with you and the
empire for vigorous prosecution OF
the war until complete victory is
attained
Not Taken Seriously at Toxic.
Toxic. Dec. l4.-Officials OF the
Japanese foreign Office said today
that they do not take the German
peace proposals seriously They cx-
pressed belief that the entente allies
would have to fight to the end. Japan,
it was stated has not yet been Off
cially notified of the proposals.