| Show Asquith Asks Commons to Vote War Credit LONDON Sept 15 Premier Asquith in the House of Commons Commons Com Corn mons today moved a vote of credit of In making the motion the premier announced d that from July 18 to September 11 the daily net expenditure for the war had been Premier Asquith announced that an aggregate of nearly OO men illen h had d enlisted since the beginning of the war Avar The Tile premier said tho the avera average e dally daily cost from froth April Apr 1 to the thc end of or June was waG from July 1 to July 17 from July 18 to September 11 Thus the total for tor this period In round figures is There has been repaid of to the Bank Dank of England has has has' been lent to foreign governments and has been lent to the do do- minions I Mr Asquith estimated that the weekly gross pross expenditure henceforth would not exceed J It was his opinion that tho the new vote would carry the country countr through to the third week of ot November No These figures throw some light lIs-ht Inmany in inmany inmany many terms on tho the contribution we weare weare weare are making to the war ho he con eon d. d I 1 do not wish to say even that we are aro doing all we wo can all we ought but as attempts are constantly being made with whatever intention but with the most mischievous effort to and discourage our efforts I give some comparisons between peace and war figures Since tho outbreak of ot the war It H will be be found an aggregate ate of not far short of ot three millions has en enlisted enlisted enlisted en- en listed in tho the arm army and nav navy Recruiting Recruiting Re Re- on tho whole has kept up upwell upwell upwell well but 1 I regret to Ha ay say in the last few tew weeks h has been falling tailing off Regarding the work of ot tho the munitions munitions muni munt- department the premier said all that was now n necessary to complete this great and necessary task was an adequate supply of labor unskilled unskilled unskilled un un- un- un skilled as ns much as ns skilled There was no field wherein women could do doh doi h i more useful work Tho The minister Of t munitions had established twenty shell factories and eighteen more were In course of ot construction In all controlled establishments were under the thc department In these factories factories fac tac- tories ho he said workmen were now employed oed and the tho country had vast vastly exceeded any standard dreamed of ot before the tho war Reviewing the tho military situation Mr Asquith stated that in l France ranca und and Flanders the tho position of the BritIsh British British Brit Brit- ish troops H had been strengthened en everywhere b by large reinforcements of or men and munitions and that there had been a considerable extension of ot lines taken over from tho the French In the tho Dardanelle Dardanelles he continued the British had made mado substantial gains s though they had not succeeded in dislodging the Turks from the crest of or the hills hilts The British now hold a D. front of more than twelve miles In the cast east Mr Asquith said tho the army remains unbroken Ho He asserted 1 that the superiority of or the Germans was only In artillery and that their objective was waa still sUll far out of or reach They The succeeded In forcing back the tho line of ot our gallant ally and taking several fortresses he ho continued but all nit accounts show how that the tho Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian ISlan retreat Is being conducted in a a. masterly fashion und and that tho the Russian arm army is still unbroken en Tho The assumption assumption tion of ot supreme command by the czar is the most significant proof that could be given Iven of at the unalterable de determination determination de- de termination from highest to lowest of the RU Russian pt people ople |
