Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-26
BRITISH MINISTRY
HOTLY ARRA|GNED
Lord Rothermere Charges Gov
eminent Sets Pace for
National Extravaganza.
SOWING NATIONS WEALTH
Writer Urges Liquidation Of
Debt to America by Transfer
of Territory.
ny LORD RorIsERMEr,E.

tussia. OF the two issues. economy
really includes the, Russian question.
How much has been done TO stop
abe outpourine of the nations re-
sources? AS matter of fact. recent
returns show further increase in
spending. in spite. of norid announce
W. cannet snrry h op u and 'h nsx
March with budget estimates which
have already been hopelcssly falsihed,
and a revised budget means the rails
'axation. probably both.
We shall soon find ourselves in a
position in which the government will
Economy; That will not do. The ma
ment must first submit proofs that
It's actual expenditure is in course OF
being reduced to proportions which
VIII lead US back TO solvency
hold that the initial blame for the
bankruptcy which threatens the ma
eause until it stops wasting upon a
Tremendous scale private individuals
scale which. however big colectively
can only be in each individual case
comparatively minute.
waste is enormous Every man or or
woman unnecessarily kept in uniform
Is an example OF government prodi-
Is without them. Every improvised
once, With It's swarm Of clerks. every
snip which leaves Great Britain laden
with men and munitions for cxpedi-
ions. which ought TO have been
t, tI, long aEo, Is unGonscious in
While the British government does
pot economizc. the British people Will
High taxation is killing thrift. Men
hnd women are ceasing to save for
fheir old age. They say: "Wha, is the
S use Of pe saHnf s il Ten shinss qs of
ng to be claimed by the government?
have heard this said repeatedly.
W nat should be done:
Ministers should be held responsible
nents Any minister who will not cut
An Adequate Navy Only.
Am a,n,,I not an advocate Of either a
"yy. but OF a British navy Just SUN
ssni :2r British needs. and no more.
'Fent Er,tain VIII not get economy
'u.shed. Why is the british empire
or sTsa,er b naval a strength in the Med-
e scarcer. Yet while fuel A Tor the
the Year before esS the AI war G FOUR or
we times that sum Is being spent
ipon naval fuel this year. When Brit
sn householders sit IN tlreless rooms
mis- winter as many may have 10 do,
WI 1t comfort them 10 know that
neir "arshlps are steaming around on
AS for the British Royal Air Force.
'nen the war ended there were on all
i've alrmen. Although the war has
IecE over nearly twelve months, l be-
leye there are still more than $4,000
Ulcers in the Royal Air Force. With
egard TO other ranks, although young
nen and women In air force uniforms
re idlinE In every part OF Great
'rltaln, recruiting sergeants are being
- mployed to obtain new recruits
The combat nt forces alone con-
Great Britain is. capable OF raising
nnually in time OF peace; yet when /
urn to the civilian departments. fresh
The British soyernm e 'G domestic
olicy appears TO be based upon some
n n1 iandya the0ry that the var was
1ade no progress in the last Ave years.
has, has gone 9ase back whole decades. Ali
recognizing that the country has gone
aGk and cannot even start a gain where
: Unless the British people quickly
icipai efficiency must suifice for r a
quickly rise to anything up to an
ther ten shiilings, in the pound go
Through the absence of a clause IN
ertain munitions contracts permitting
breaking" the contracts when mate
hent is compelled to spend during the
ext eighteen months a further sim
something like 100000. 900 for the the
orks.
The British Ministry of Labor re-
Dire e5taot staff Of 26,ss4 people. and is
Mon in the kingdom.
Nearly every village in the country
t IN. supply np6ysi it's loo local scandal about the
he he u naeu Lie government for
+ The british Co. Ministry of Pensions
GEMS likely to cost in time as much
staff OF 16.4so people. and at this
rovincial hotels. 49, . ''D . '"s
There is an intimate link between
ritish government extravaganza and
re present insistent demands of labor.
he spesta che of Gabinet ministers
oth lands acts as direct incentive
the miners and other unions to
rye forward their present prepos-
ters behave as If money were Of no
alue. is ii surprising there is the
resent commotion in the labor world?
have merely quoted examples of
ie many problems which must be
y ced by Lloyd George.
Attempts are being made to repre-
mt Bonar Law. parliamentary spokes-
an for the coalition government as
kind OF subordinate minister. He is
,thing OF the sort. He is the supreme
bitter Of the parliamentary situation
commands. according to the best
yailable analysis, 3S2 coalition Union
Is. which, as the seventy-three Sim
einers do not attend. means that no
ntrols a majority of 1870 over all
her parties combined. including tho
alition Liberals.
He has, in short. a larger majority
an any ministry except three has
assessed for nearly a century.
Scores Donar LAW.
This spring and summer (when Pre-
Ter Lloyd George was absent at the
acc conference and Bonar Law con-
oiled tho government at home) Mr.
aw had an unexampled opportunity
tho exercise OF the abilities OF n
'seph Chamberlain a William
wart Gladstone. Either of these
atesmen would have put an instant
oppage to all kinds of wastefui ex-
nditure. but Mr.. Laws contribution
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