Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-25
GREAT BRITAIN SPENT s5.5e2, ,Go0,ooc IN WAR
Not Deprived of Victory Through
 Lack of Money, Thanks to U. S.

Not Deprived of Victory Through
 Lack of Money, Thanks to U. s.
 London, July 24.-Moving in the credit for $50, 100000 pounds the largest war credit yet asked and bringing Great Britains expenditure to the colossal total of 5,292, 900, ,00O pounds, Andrew Bonar Law, cbancel- Tor of the exchequer, gave startling figures of the amazing growth of Great Britain's financial burden in the world war and emphasized from the financial viewpoint alone the great importance of the United States allies would not be deprived of vic tory through lack of money.
 6 1000, ,ooo, GOO Advanced.
 The house was astonished to learn that Great Britain's advances to the allies and dominions had already reached the huge total of over 1.00G,- 100000. The daily war expenditure, provement over the figures given on May when MT. Bonar Law asked for the last war credit, still approaches 100000 pounds daily and exceeds the budget estimate by 100000 pounds daily But comparing the last seventy seven days with the first thirty days of the financial year the expenditure showed a reduction of a million daily.
 UnseIfish Generosity.
 Expressing his disappointment of the necessity of such large advances % the allies, the chancellor referred to the British standpoint of unselfish generosity in regarding the whole all lied cause as one and explained that the cost of all the supplies for the al- lies produced in Great Britain dur ing the. war had been defrayed by England and that previous to the en- try of America into the war much Of the supplies to the allies produced abroad had also been paid for by England.
 President Was Rightly Slow. In an interesting reference to the United States. MT. Bonar Law said When America entered the struggle come over the allies financial strength President Wilson was slow and ir my Judgment, rightly slow. in bring ing his country to the vortex of this terrible war, but. having come in, he has shown by his speeches in the ciearest way that he is determined to throw the whole weight of the natior he heads into the scale. I am sure to make the financial arrangement: needful in a war like this, the presi dent and the great nation he repre- sents will deal in this matter with tho same spirit of generosity, or rather of realization of what the whole is England and that we can rely on re. ceiving in the United States resource: which are necessary to pay for sup 1 plies of all kinds required by the al 1 lies in America America, Great Ally. Indeed, it is an open secret tha l we had spent so freely of our re. sources that those available in Amer ] ica had become nearly exhausted wher l our great ally entered the struggl, 1 and obviously. the extent to whicf l supplies of all kinds can be obtained in the United States will depen( 1 largely upon the ability-for I an sure of the good will-of the Ameri | can government to meet the demand that will be made upon it by the al l lies.'
 John Dillon Criticses. After Reginald McKenna, former chancellor of the exchequer, spoke warning the government of the ab i solute necessity of curtailing all un
 necessary expenditure to prevent thu dangerous imitation of 9riceS. the gen 1 eraI debate had no great interest, th' main feature being strong criticism 1 by John Dillon and others of the Sa l loniki expedition. Mir. Dillon. refer ring to rumors that Serbia was in tending to make a separate peace witt Austria and demanding that the gov ernment say whether Serbia was t l be deserted, declared that the Britisl army in Saloniki had been demoral l ized by months of inaction in pes tilent surroundings.
 Charges Are Untrue. Lord Robert Cecil, minister O blockade, replying, chara cterized MT Diilon's charge absolutely untrue 1 He said there was no intention what | ever of receding from the pledges fo 1 the full restoratio of and reparatio, | for Serbia While declining to re veal the governments plans, he sai, he would re-state its war aims: Germany Chief Enemy. Austria is not our chief enemy Germany is, and must be. our chic enemy The broad principles we ar | fighting for are these:
 l "First-that we should stand by ou allies: second we are fighting for stable settlement, for a sound an, satisfactory peace, not a conquest o | mere domination but on some ma i tional principle far as might b which would secure that settlement l When arrived at. it should he ire from change and alteration in the flu 1 ture.
 l An Everlasting Peace.
 Personally I wish to see how ia President Wilson's proposals can b made practicable for barriers agains 1 future wars. The governments de
 sire for the destruction of Germa militarism is only part of it's genera l purpose to secure a lasting peace. desires it only because it is the great est danger to the future peace of Flu rope"
 The war credit was agreed to an
 the house adjourned.