EXPENDITURE CRITICISED.
EX-MINISTER'S ALLEGATIONS OF PRESSGANG METHODS. LONDON, February 21. Sir J. A. Simon criticised the aliened waste in the War Oliice, which, lie said was m direct defiance of the Act of Parliament. Men who had been medically rejected were not liable to compulsion under the Act, but there had boon widespread misrepresentation, and as a result these men wero induced to believe that they were compelled to come forward. Such a course of action was unfair and inexcusable. It was impossible to believe that this was going on without the knowledge of the War Office. It was surprising that these men were hustled, bullied, and deluded into the Army. 'Sir J. A. Simon cited instances. Mr Tennant (Under-Secretary for War) said he was surprised to hear of the cases and promised to make inquiry. ' Colonel Yates urged that a. smaller Cabinet was desirable. Our Allies could not realise that we were in earnest while Cabinet Ministers who were supposed to be conducting the war were also attending to administrative duties. Bed tape and officialdom were rampant. The war credit vote was passed.
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Evening Star, Issue 16045, 23 February 1916, Page 3
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