Show I ENGlAND IS NOW N fACING I I MOST SfRiOUS PRO lfM Hundreds of Thousands of People on the Verge of Starvation Because of Lack of Work London Tho very serious mattel of the unemployed in England came up for discussion In the house of commons Wednesday afternoon but a larger dolo of money than last year and tho expediting of the naval shipbuilding ship-building program wero tho only expedients ex-pedients proposed by Premier As > qultli in his unfolding of the governments 1 govern-ments plan to meet tho situation The gravity of tho case arising from the fact that hundreds of thousands aro on tho verge of starvation through lack of work was fully recognized by ho premier but ho could not under take In tho legislative field to grapple grap-ple with tho permanent causes thereof there-of until tho next session fho government ho snld was prepared pre-pared to provide a fund of 1500000 to help tho unemployed and tho admiralty ad-miralty was giving out orders for tho construction of nine torpedo boat destroyers de-stroyers and five unarmored cruls ers to cost a total of 12500000 two months earlier than originally had been Intended The premier mado also a bid for recruits saying that tho war office was ready to talto on 24000 men for tho winter training In ho special reserves Tho proposal quite falls to meet tho demands of tho labor members of ho house |