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Show C ISSKIfui CONFIDENCE SHOWN IN PRHMIer BY REJECTION OF ASQUITH'S PROBE PLAN. Lloyd George Wins Decisive Victory and Coalition Cabinet Is Retained in Full Power, Charges of General Maurice Being Refuted. London. The Lloyd Georg.- ;iiinisirv won a notable victory in the house uf commons on May 9. By a vole oris,; to 100 the house voted down ,i tnoti,,;, introduced by former Premier Asqniti, providing for the appointment. f :l special committee to in-.-es'.is;.-,. charges made by Major Gener-il Trt-.i-erick B. Maurice, recently reiioverj 0f his post of chief director uf tnilitan-operations tnilitan-operations at the war office. Stirred by the imminence of n cabinet cabi-net crisis, the people of Ionii,u crowded the public galleries long before be-fore the debate opened. Tie r!i;i!,H. matic and peers' galleries also wf.r,; throngeu. Immediately after the intro:!i:ctir,ri of Mr. Asquith's motion, the premii-r took the floor and spoke in defense of the government. He refuted fix charges of General Maurice am! declared de-clared that statements made in his recent re-cent speen, to which Maurice's charges referred, were made on information infor-mation received from General Maurice's Mau-rice's department of the war offir-. He showed also by documentary evidence evi-dence that the extension of tlie ish line was made because of pre.-surt exerted by France, and that the decision de-cision was taken on the advice of the military authorities, in agreement wish Field Marshal Haig, the war ciihin, having interfered in no way in ti matter, although it approved of u, dispositions. When the premier left the house, he was loudly cheered. |