Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-11-13 | Page 6 | Great Britain's War Debt is Fifteen Billion

Fsmffliiiii LONDON, Nov. 13. via Montreal. In discussing the financial situation in ,thc house of commons veslerday. An drew Bonar Law. chancellor of the ex-chpquor. ex-chpquor. snid that Grpal Britain had loaned to her allies in the war more than 1.465.000.000 pounds and to iho -dominions 21S.000.000 pounds. Great .Britain's debt", abroad arc not expected expect-ed to exceed 1.000.000.000 pounds. The country could easilv boar this, the chancellor added, if labor and ccpi tal worked harmoniously together. , The chancellor praised tho part tak en in tho war by the domiinons and India. He said the dominions had fought for the empire "which Is as much their as ourr," and not for the mother country. In answer to a queslion bv Donald MacMaster, Mr. Bonar Law said thai the dominions were not represented at tho armistice because obviously as a whole, the dominions could not possibly possi-bly be there. The government promised prom-ised definitely that (he dominions would share fully In the peace negotiations. negoti-ations. Mr. Bonar Caw said It was believed that with the exception of one claufe. where President Wilson was not absolutely abso-lutely distinct, everything the allies ever asked coulll be claimed by the fourteen points enunciated bv th president.