The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-10
Commons Bya Vote Of
Three ToOne Shows
Confidence In It
ASQUITH DENIES 4
WISH TO CENSURE
PremierC CheeredByBig
Gathering When the
Affair Ended

I ONDON, May lo--(Associat-
IL ed Press)-By vote of near
ly three to one, the commons last
pight rejected a resolution pre-
sented by Former Premier As
quith, that was taken by many to
imply want of confidence in the
Lloyd George ministry. The Pre-
nier, who spoke during the debate
in defense of himself and his col
leagues in the cabinet, was cheered
repeatedly and was given a tre-
mendous ovation after the division,
when he was leaving the house.
Mr.. Asquith, whose motion was
that parliament appoint commit
tee to investigate certain charges
made against the war cabinet and
rejecting upon General Foch, the
supreme commander of the Allied
forces, expressly denied that he in
tended the result of > the vote to
be. taken as eensuring Or absolv-
ing the government. He said that
il he believed II his dry to. express
or seek for. censute against the.
government he hoped Ne would
have The courage to do SO directly
and unequivocally, and NOT. by
u. +. =.
means of implication. such as he
was being credited with.
MAURICE CHARGES
The charges made by General
Maurice, who was director Of oper-
lions in the war office and the
spokesman for the department with
the press and public, have been taken
most seriously by the British public,
however, and that section of the press
hostile TO Lloyd George has not hesi,
tated to state that in the event of the
vote going against him on the As
quith motion it would entail his resig.
nation, in which event there was an
other cabinet prepared to step In and
assmue the management of the Brit
ish share of the war. r g .. H., II,
The criticism Of General Maurice
was mainly that the British army had
undertaken through pressure from the
war cabinet to hold too great length
of the western line and that General
Foch had permitted the British to with
stand for several days the entire
! weight Of the German offensive with
out bringing forward any Of his re.
serves to reinforce the line.
FRENCH ASKED IT
The Premier, rising to reply to the
speech of Mr.. Asquith, was loudly
cheered. He defended the action Of
the cabinet in ordering the extension
south to LaFere of the British line,
producing documentary evidence that
this had been done at the re-
quest of the French government,
which was under political pressure.
General Maurice had not treated the
cabinet fairly, he said, in accusing the
cabinet with making mistakes. It was
his duty, If he believed mistakes to
have been made, to so inform the cab
! met. That was the duty he had been
placed in the war office to perform.
He denied that he had made any mis-.
representations knowingly either TO
parliament or to the people regarding
the strength Of the British lighting
organization, the figures he used being
those supplied him by General Man
rice 3 department of the war ONCE.
The galleries were packed during the
debate and the interest was intense
when the division ben rang and the
motion was put to the test. The house
divided, with the majority against the
motion, two hundred and ninety three
voting with the government and one
hundred and six for the motion. The
announcement was received with q