LATEST WAR NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 249, 20 October 1915, Page 8

LATEST WAR NEWS.

THE CABINET SITUATION.

LACK OF UNANIMITY

THE POINTS OV DIFFERENCE

MR ASQUJTFI'S ILLNESS

[Press Association.] ntoeivctl Oct. 'iU, 2.30 p.m.) " ' LONDON, Oct. 19

There is iiitons^ excitement in Britain over tli<» Cabinet situation. For lays tliyro L-i* been an uneasy feeling ol iotioin disagreement amongst Ministers, but the tension was sornoAvhat relieved hist week when Sir Edward Carsoii flatly denied his reported resign a lion. Thereafter his i movements were- closely v.atehed sby ; the newMxipors. HU absence from ; ■consecutive Cabinet meetings re-.; aroused suspicions, which; culminated in. the announcement ot Ins resignation. , .... Tho announcement oi Alv Asqmtn^ , illness following Sir Edward Carson, s Tos'u-iuition was th- subject or comment Some pa pars consider that it, may bo a prelude to further Cabinet •changes. . ... , • Tho points on v.;ur-h ihero is - uu of unanimity arc vi:d to lie tho y*llipoli the .Balkans -.aii.■paign, and conscription. r..,t,;n-»fc An smportw*. irx-etins ot Cribm^t was arnuWd for Tuesday -normi^- ■ ■ilu. third in tventv-fom; hm»rs-^« ■it h-d to be po&tp.-netl till tho atteinoolion account of Mr .Asquit^s njnes=. Cabinet met chiving the ntt^■non'i, and Lord Kitchener and Mr Aso.Mth j.ttonded. Iho proc?odmp were curtailed, as Mr Asquith had to attend Ihe W-n- Committee and the 'Hove «>f Oemmms. Tho Prime Minister -vent to J>erk■shiro «■ Satuulay for the week-end and let urn ed unwell. His lllnes-; developed on Tuesday. Tt h probable that ho will ha unablrv to take up ms •Piii-r.airentarv duties i':>r a week, .he •doctor roeommi-rds a rest in the couvtry. When the House of Commons mot the ■riilleries.werc- packed, and there was a la rue attendance of Members. Although it was generally known that Mr /squith was not tc be present, ■there was sorns expectation of a pos■.fiiblc statement on the situation. This wr~ not ■forthecminsi-

Mr Asquith's place, was taken by Mr Lloyd George, whost> appearance botraj'f.'d the anxiety and stress through which ho had lately been passing. There were ehoers from all parts of the Ifouse- when tli.^ Speaker said he lioped that Mr A.sq».iith would be absent only for a. brief time.

Mi- Lloyd George .stated that Lord Halclane visited France as Sjr John French's guest. ft was _ impossible to name n day for the 'Prime Minister's statement regarding the Darditnellas.

Mr Lloyd George, replying to a question, said th-ai* the method by which Italy coukl -effectually co-opdr-ate in helping Serbia or the eommoi oatitc* was under discussion.

Mi William Urac© said that it was •not proposed to intern or repatriate 'Bulgarians unless in individual cases. Lord Robert Cecil, in reply to Mr Outhwaito, said that Sir Walter Buchanan's stnrenspnt cabled on *ho "30th, irust not b*» regarded as covering pll the oons-'/lerations involved. Lord Robert Cecil atkW that it would be improper for him to make a ■statement in re-^frd to the importance •attached to thJ JXud.inelles or any ■other thoitre- of war by any of the AHio.s.

Qiustir-ns on the notice paper byMr Joynson-Hieks include whether Rupp'ies of timbei ;md iron have Lcen disen.bai-ked at tho Dardanelles to enable* shelters to b*> erected for the troops. Tt not what steps have teen taken to ensiu-y tho iiehlth of the ■troon?; K)i- the vinter? "What is the number of case* «>l sickness ronioved from the Dardnnellos? aud is the ■propc rtion of sick to wounded rer-^on-UDlt."