Show RAN OUT OF AMMUNITION V BALFOURS SENSATIONAL V UTTERANCE UT-TERANCE IN THE COMMONS Ho Declares at One Time Near the End of 1800 the Supply Was B ducsd to Practically None V London May IGIn winding up the debate on he ariny bill In the House of Commons today A J Balfour the Government leader denied that there was any large body of opinion hostile to the scheme of iMr Broderick the Secretary Sec-retary of State for arMr Balfour contended that It would be Impossible to get unanimity among the soldiers on any scheme of reform and said that the objections to the proposed scheme were fantastic and groundless He said the attacks made upon the scheme were from several sides and in uonstatent with each oilier and that it would be a crime against the future to allow this opportunity to pass and the popular enthusiasm to die out after the V experience of the last two years The amendment of Sir Henry Camp bellBannerman the Liberal leader In which he said the proposition largely Increased V the existing burdens without adding substantially to the military strength Great JBrltaln V und asked for figures and definite statements was rejected by h a vote of 327 to 11 Mr Bioderleks scheme was then adopted by mm L vote of 805 to 163 In the course of his speech Mr Balfour Bal-four made the sensational state 1ent that at one moment toward the end of 3SD9 there were In Great Britain only 3300 rounds of1 smallarms ammunition with no reserve of artillery ammunition ammuni-tion except what was actually with the guns retained at home Mr Balfour made the revelation In an attempt to fasten on the Liberals negligence In the matter of military supplies pointing out that Ihe Inst Liberal Government went out of office of-fice as a result of the Conservatives revealing re-vealing the insufllciont supply of mal ammunition which was then 92000000 I rounds Instead oC 146000000 which the I officials regarded as the nominal reserve re-serve He declared that tho Conservative Conserva-tive Government had raised this reserve re-serve to 170000000 rounds before the war broke out V With reference to the dark periods of tho war Mr Balfour said I went through that period and so far as I am concerned I never mean to go through a like period nor to throw on my successors the risk oC such n Htilltl V V V stalnlhe Liberal papers seize upon Mr Balfours sensational statement in the House referring to It as 1 amazing Indiscretion I The Dally News says This shows how near to ruin Mr Chamberlain and I his colleagues brought tho country To such lighthearted I gentlemen explains tho Dally Chronicle arc thc Interests of 0 great empire committed com-mitted I tc Thc GovernmentsImmense majority for 11 Brodarleks scheme I Is not re gaitdecl as representing the opinion of V the House of Commons There was no V crotis voting but YlnstonJ Churchill V and a fctV other Unionists Abstained from voting The debate hail an artl V flelal character V Government hay lng made tIle question one of confidence V confi-dence V Many opponents of the scheme V V volc1 for fund everi tho Government V organs arc Inclined to express dissatisfaction dissat-isfaction Is understood that the V sqhenie1 will be considerable modified In the subsequent discussion I I |