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Show ENGLAND IS NOW FARING MOST SERIOUS PROBLEM Hundreds of Thousands of People on the Verge of Starvation Because of Lack cf Work. London. The very serious mattct of the unemployed In Knglnnd enme up for discussion In the houso of commons Wednesday afternoon, but a larger dolo of money than Inst year nnd tho expediting of the naval ship building program were tho only expedients ex-pedients proposed by Premier As-quith As-quith In his unfolding of tho government's govern-ment's plan to meet tho situation. Tho gravity of tho case arising from tho fact that hundreds of thousands nro on tho verge of starvation through lack of work was fully recognized by tho premier, but ho could not undertake, under-take, In the legislative field, to grnp-plo grnp-plo with the permanent causes thereof there-of until tho next session. Tho government, ho said, wns prepared pre-pared to provide a fund of $1,500,000 to help tho unemployed nnd tho admiralty ad-miralty wa3 giving out orders for the construction of nine torpedo boat destroyers de-stroyers and five unarmorcd cruisers, cruis-ers, to cost n total of $12,600,000, two months earlier than originally (had been Intended. The premier mado also a bid for recruits, saying that tho war ofllco was ready to tako on 21,000 men for the winter trnlnlng In 'the spcclnl reserves. Tho proposal quite falls to meet tho demands of the labor members of tho house. |