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Show MORE SOLDIERS ARE NEEDED BYJCLAND Under Secretary of War Office Introduces In-troduces Budget In the Commons London, Fob. 8.' Tho Introduction of tho largest military budget In tho history of Great Britain shared the stago in tho house of commons today with a discussion of the activities of the official press bureau. The task ot Introducing tho budget bud-get fell upon the parliamentary secretary sec-retary of tho war office, H. J. Ten-nant Ten-nant as Earl Kitchener, secretary for war, is a member of the houso or lords. Two moro days have been allotted to tho dlseusslon ot these "army estimates," es-timates," which are called a "blank check budget" because tho accounts of actual money which will bo ux pended under them are roprescntod by nominal or token figures. Under Secretary Tennant's -speech was a stirring tribute to tho British army and a plea tor nioro recruits. "It is true," lio said, "that recruiting recruit-ing thus far has been vory satisfactory, satisfac-tory, but it varies from week to week, and possibly at tho present moment a lltt.o moro energy put Into In-to recruiting would not bo out of placo. Thero Is no causo for discontent, dis-content, but wo want moro men. Every Ev-ery mnn will bo needed Inxthls great llfo and death struggle. Tho variations varia-tions and vicissitudes of thl3 war may yet call for oven grcntcr sacrl flees from the nation than havo yet been made." Ho appealed to tho labor party to help organize tho forces of labor so that when a man Joined the colors his place would bo adequately supplied. sup-plied. The press bureau discussion was brought on by a motion by Joseph King, Liberal ot North Somerset, "that the action ot Uie press bureau In restricting the freedom ot tho press and withholding information about tho war has been guided by no clear principles and has been calculated cal-culated to causo suspicion and discontent." dis-content." r'fllll Mr. King urged that tho press bu reau Issue a daily or trl-weekly statement state-ment ns to tho progress, experiences, success and roverscs of thu British troops at tho front. He added: "Tho press bureau ought to be used for freer dissemination of authentic Information which would allay alarming alarm-ing and dangerous rumors." In roply, Sir Stanley O. Buckmos-tor, Buckmos-tor, director ot the press bureau, do-fended do-fended Its work. Ho declared that ho had never withhold for rive mln-utos mln-utos any Information that ho possessed. possess-ed. Moreover, ho had published instantly in-stantly ovrythlng that It was In his power to publish. "I can conceive nothing," ho said, "better calculated to glvo satisfaction to our enemies, who nro endeavoring to discredit our official news, than the announcement that It has been suggested in the houso of commons that tho press bureau is the subject of suspicion." Sir William P. Byles, who seconded second-ed Mr. King's motion, asked It any disaster had been concealed, as thero had been endless stories or a capital ship lost some months ago oft the north coast of Ireland. Tho speaker replied that that was an ndmlralty matter which could not 1 bo discussed under the head of army ' estimates. |