Show Alli ALLIES ALLIES' EN ENDS 0 S REITERATED BY Adequate Reparation for Past and Adequate Security for Future Britain's Basis for Establishing Peace NEW CREDIT ASKED FOR Votes Totes for War Purposes Equivalent to Aggregate Expenditures for Twenty Years Previous s to War PROGRESS IS REVIEWED T L LONDON ONDON Oct This 11 This is no notime notime notime time for for faltering counsel counselor or wavering purpose said Premier Asquith As- As in addressing the thc house of commons commons com corn mons today v This war cannot be bc allowed to end in some patched up precarious and d dishonoring compromise o masquerading ing jug under the name of peace No o one desires to prolong for a sin sin- gb glo moment longer than is necessary the tragic spectacle of or blood bloodshed hed and destruction but we owe It to those who have e given their lives that their supreme supreme supreme su su- su- su preme sacrifices shall not have o been unava unavailing tHug The ends of oC the allies are arc well known They have been frequently stated Elated Thc They are arc not selfish they thoy nr ht n not Ot vindictive but they require ad ade- ade laate Reparation fori the Post past and ado ade adequate I quate security ec r t for tor iii future The house cho cheered red tho the pr premier loudly ns as he made mado these remarks s In ip concludIng concluding ing inS his lJ address after moving a n vote ote of ot credit f or r OO This credit will vill bring up p tho t fol fal for tor the current fiscal fiscal fis lie cal calcar year car to Spend pend Parliament said sad tho the premier had he been n asked to vote to for tor war purposes what VaR was vas equivalent nt to tho the aggregate expenditure for twenty venty years before the war although that period Included the South African war var When he moved the last Jast voto vot of ot credit in Jul July ho estimated estimated estimated esti esti- mated th the average rate of oC expenditure at approximately approximate tel JE dally daily That forecast ha has proved almost exactly corr cor cor- cor- cor r reet ct At tl th the i commencement of the presCO pres- pres CO Continued tI n on Page lago 2 S S J l ASKS CREDIT OF 1 s f fi I I n Asquith Tells Commons the thee I e Aims of Allies in rf War ar t Are Unabated Continued From Page 1 ent mt week eele the premier continued there theres s was ivas still sUB In hand nO which would carry on tho the war until October 27 j 7 lie Hc gave the lie n aggregate expenditure on n days of oC the financial year ear n as f Army rm nav navy and munitions loans oan to allies and dominions 00 food supplies railways etc 33 I I The dall dally daily average of oC expenditures expendi expendi- tures ure hind had risen slightly he lie said said and was as Oi for tor the last seventy seventy- t- t seven days of oC the tho financial year Expenditures Ex Ex- Ex- Ex for tor tho the arm army had fallen nIlen t oft off slightly while those for tOr munitions I ll h il Increased n t. t Great at Britain's allies and dominions were vere re exceeding the budget t estimate althe at al atthe the he present rate late The They would not bo be safe In assuming that expenditures In the Die future would be less than dall dally daily Reverting to the tho possibility of ot loans lonn to allies and dominions exceeding the budget et estimate o of Mr Ir As As- Asquith saul said no part of oC the war nr expenditure was more Important than Ull this Great Britain ln had no selfish Interest In this matter matterand although h the tho expenditure expenditure ex ex- ox- ox v aa as growing beyond the es estimate estimate es- es he did not regret It Substantial Made Idt Surveying the pro progress ress of oC the war inca Inc the last lat vote ote of credit the tho premier premier pre pre- mier mien said hot weather r had hampered operations In tho ho secondary theatres the but that ii in Mesopotamia substantial progress had been made ade with rail rull and river communications and tho the health of at the troops troop had hall Improved The d defeat de defeat de- de feat of ot the Turks at tho the Katla oasis onI cast of the Suez canal had gone far tar farto farto to r remove mo mothe the dan danger er of oC an attack on th s canal and had Impaired Turkish prestige e in Arabia and Syria In western west west- westI I ern rn the tribesmen had hd been reduced to Impotence The armies armie on the front had InI In Inflicted In- In I fueled hen heavy losses on their opponents and prevented them from transferring troops to thus rendering valuable valuable valuable val val- asI assistance tance to Rumania and Rus Rus- eta sia The whole hole of ot the German East Enst Africa coast coalt had b been en occupied the tho premier continued and nd the complete conquest of ot the colon colony was vae AS only onh a SI matter of oC time The premier gave e high pr praise lse to General Smuts and the Belgian troops which are ue operating co-operating with him I In the west et Mr rr Asquith paid the thel l- l French rench and anal British had advanced a distance of oC seven coven miles on u u. front of ot nine miles but the th most Important feature feature fea fea- ea- ea ture of ot the a advance vance was that In no case h had d a counterattack succeeded In driving them back Tho Germans had virtually abandoned the tho attack on Ver Ver- er dun and their losses Jones had been very eO heavy lie He gave the tho total number of ot prisoners taken by b the allies on the Somme omme front a. a 60 In addition to which there had been captured guns guru and nd 1020 1030 machine nt gun guns Allied aircraft he added had ha attained a complete mat mal t cry tery r of ot tho the German Germans |