MAURICE'S CHARGES.
LLOYD GEORGE TO EXPLAIN
(By Cable.—Press AssocidUoh.—Copyright) (Australian and J?:Z. Cable Asoociatidn.) LONDON, May 8. The Maurice letter has resulted in a Parliamentary situation full of danger. Tho Government lids intimated that if Ml; Asquith's resolution is carried, it will immediately tender its resignation.
It is understood that Mr Lloyd George on Thursday will make a full statement regarding tho larger issues jiivolved in Geiieral Maurice's charges, including details of the British i'orccs bn the westerh front in 1917, and at the beginning of 1918, with the relative strengths of the British and German armies and artillery during tho present enemy offensive. The ' 'Daily Express 1 ' says that General Maurice's apparent contradiction Of Mr Boiiar Law regarding the Versailles Council, atid the extension of the British liiie, is really no contradiction. The two statements refer to different things. Mr Lloyd George's statements regarding tho number of white troops in tho east, and the strength of Sir Douglas Haig's forces on tho ere of the offensive, were based solely on information supplied by the proper military authorities.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16208, 10 May 1918, Page 7
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