| Show GREAT BRITAIN CASH Nearly 1 More Than Ordinarily Appropriated Is Needed PARLIAMENT SOON TO MEET FREQUENT CABINET MEETINGS I TO ARRANGE A RANGE THE PRO RAM RAMS S i London Thursday Jan dan Since the return to town of thee members of the government there have been frequent meetings of the cabinet to arrange the tho program for or the coming session of parlia parliament parliament ment mont The Liberals In the past have hac load loaded loaded ed eu the kings speech with proposed meas measures measures ures um many of ot which either cither have been dropped or been killed In the lords lord and this experience it Is understood has im impelled Impelled Prime Minister Asquith to start this year jear with a numerically small Email pro gram Its importance however is expect ed cd to exceed that of or any session In recent I years cars Budget the Feature The outstanding feature will be bo the bud LCt Let It If there are no radical changes In hi the budget ask the critics of the govern ment meet how hov do you propose to meet the Increased charges with a greatly reduced revenue This Is the difficult question the country is waiting for the chancellor of the ex chequer to answer The government will have bae to find nearly more than ordinarily for or the coming coining fiscal year The old age pension scheme has already cost more than anticipated Naval Question To provide Great Britain with ith a navy 10 per cent better than the United States and Germany experts say the budget must provide for at least five e battleships Somo omo hold that America should be ex cx excluded excluded eluded from the estimate as being a most Improbable enemy On top or of this increased expenditure exp wIld is 15 not denied on either side is la the deficit defteR The great problem Is where here the money mone is to come from front Thus far these methods method have e been suggested To in increase Increase Increase crease the payments on account of public debt to take part of ot the required amount from the sinking funds a heavy on large Incomes increase in the death duties tax land values and Increase the duties on saloon licenses Only the last two proposals meet with serious tion Lords May Reject Although the lords have no power to amend a budget they have the power to reject It wholly It Is an open pen secret that thata a powerful section o unionists are urging Lord Lansdowne the leader of the house of lords to take that course cours should the budget be considered d too radical The only possible result of the t lords lord 10 rejection r of the budget would be an appeal to the country With this tIlls In view moderate lib liberals 1 Including the Westminster Gazette the government organ are urging the gov government to avoid If possible l a further ri dash clash with ith the lords lord Other measures favors e Irish land purchase amendment i bill put off from the last session and the India Inda re reform reo reform form fonn bill foreshadowed in Lord at the close of the last hist session It |
