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Show ENGLAND MAYBUN ALL WAR FACTORIES GOVERNMENT GRANTED AUTHORITY AUTHOR-ITY TO TAKE OVER MANUFACTURE MANUFAC-TURE OF WAR MATERIALS. In Order to Keep Fighting Branches Supplied With Arms and Ammunition Ammuni-tion it Will be Necessary for Government Gov-ernment to Take Charge. London.- The house of commons on Tuesday gave the government authority authori-ty to tave over the control of the entire engineering trade of the country coun-try and to place it under a combined managemen for the purpose of increasing increas-ing the output of munitions of war. The defense of the realm act. passed pass-ed at the outbreak of the war. gave the government power to take and exercise control over works where war materials were being actually made. David Lloyd-George, the than-, cellor of the exchequer, on behalf of the government, has asked that the control of manufactories he extended to works which were capable of being be-ing used for that purpose. This step on the part of the government gov-ernment came as a complete surprise, although Mr. Lloyd-George in a speech at Kangor last week emphasized tb importance of increasing the output o war munitions, which labor disputet at that time threatened to diminish. With the war area extending and the size of the army and navy constantly con-stantly increasing, the government found that something must be done to keep the fighting branches supplied with arms ' and ammunition. The fleet engaged in bombarding the forts of the Dardenelles alone is using an immense quantity of ammunition. Also, the ships engaged probable will have to be fitted with new guns and the old ones will need to be overhauled. |