WAR QUESTIONS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 271, 1 November 1916, Page 6

WAR QUESTIONS.

IN THE HOUSE OF COMMON'S. A BUSY SITTING. (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE A(feN. j (Received 1, 1.30 p.m.) London, Oct. 31. In the House of Commons there were lively discussions on man power, food prices and the Channel fight, which resulted in the record of 247 questions being asked. The time limited prevented the Ministers from answering the majority. Mr. James Hope announced that he was unaware that there was any neutral protest against Germany’s treatment of war prisoners but Great Britain was keeping a record of German breaches of international law throughout the war. Mr. Hazleton asked whether there were 3,600,000 exemptions. Air. Llovd George replied that the number varied daily, otherwise he would give the true figure of our man power. During the debate, Air. AV edgewood asked whetnei; in view of tne failure of the existing system, the Government would enlist all men under 23 years, calling up older men vear by year as they round it necessarv, and leaving industries to readjust themselves naturally. i Mr. Lloyd George said the latest substitution scheme had just been ; brought in and it was too early yet 'to describe it as a failure. i Mr. Bonar Law announced that the Government would ” introduce without delay a bill in the House of Lords removing from the peerage and citizenship members of the House of Lords who were fighting against the Allies. It was, he said, doubtful whether the Duke of Cumberland and the Duke of Albany were actually members of the House of Lords. He was unaware of any others fighting against us. Air. H. W. Forster, Imancial Secretary to the Army Council, announced that the Government is acting in accordance with General Haig’s suggestion regarding bodyshields for the troops, and said that it was undesirable to give further details.