BRITAIN'S PART

North Otago Times, Volume CIII, Issue 13655, 24 August 1916, Page 3

BRITAIN'S PART

WAR, OP ENDURANCE. SANE SPEECHES IN THE COMMONS OUTLOOK-'FEOM DIFFERENT VIEW POINTS. TREMENDOUS TASK AHEAD. • (Australian and Mi.;Cable,Associate), .deceived August/23, !),i0..p.m.. ' LONDON, August 22;In the House of Commons, on the motion, for -adjournment, Colonel Churchill said:': The situation" did,not a' belief'in the speedytfiulof the war. .The brilliant lighting on thVSomine'and'at' Verdun had not appreciably changed tlie strategic alignment, The Germans were never mpi'e'hiimero¥3 K 'iior-lJefter' equipped than to-day, The diminution of, tl)e.;Germa)ii reserves-,, in relation 1 tothe Allies' growing power, constituted a secure foundation on which to build a victorious conclusion, ;"'Wc should'coldly and scientifically nrrauge our national life," Mr Churchill Continued, "to meet the supreme' 1 effort. We should place food supplies prices on a* war basis, The :• Government -should Charter all the shipping at Admiralty rates, The rise in freights is an absolute scandal. We should 4 control the food distributionyand issue meat and' bread tickets,. which'"woiil([ be preferable to regulating the' consumption of food by high prices, We must, do our utmost to equip Russia to enable her to develop..'her andsmash theiEastern front. This would shorten'.the;war% months, 'By speii'tV, iig £soJooojoooror cvenll00,000,00"0, we would thus relieve our finances of vastly greater dangers, ; The Rt. Hon. D.Lloyd George (Minister of War), on beilig questioned on the possibility of raising the military service age, said that it depended entirely on the .exigencies of the war. Great' Britain .meant to win;the war, with country's,resources, 'That, was the ; only';, consideration'''dominant with Government,' The initiative had been wrested from the enemy on the whole of the battle front on the oast and west. Those who criticised, the .offensive failed'to realise the ox'tent of the I .achievements. The English concentration of great forces would enable Britain to hold the Germans -while Russia dealt with the enemy." All.the endurance of the racc'iri cve'ry part of the globe was'wanted'to secure complete victory;'' Ispmi : '"tlie~ fjircstroTis"rrf--offorfc-and endurance depended whether'the ■waf would end next year, He thought I fiat in the dim distance they were .be-: ginning to seo.Jhe o'iiij;-'".Great Britain and her-Allies were marclwivg- and-work-ing together, i Tlreywereasstired of vie'toryV "Ge*fm"ajiy,/liad. jnissedlier' chance and-knew, it.-- ' . ■.. CURBING ALIEN INFLUENCE, , . DECISION OFPOREIGN OFFICE.." • '*" ("Renter's' Telc'gnmi's'.")'""' ~7 August 22, , - ■ Lord Robert Cecil'- (Undersecretary to the'.Foreigir Office) •*aiinpu'nces"thflt; Viscount-Greylhas-dir.ected-.tiat.no naturalised foreigner or'sons,of naturalised foreigners should be 'appointed "to the foreign, diplomatic r -or consular services until .'approved by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. SECURITIES FOR AMERICAN LOAN. SPLENDID RESPONSE IN, : ■'-'■. ■■ -"ENGLAND.-" s^"-(Australian-and'N.Z.' Cable Association.? ' NEW YORK,'August 22. The London correspondent of Hie NewYork Times states that the response that the British security-holders -are making to Mr McKenna's appeal for- collateral aid will be highly satisfactory, and security for much more than £300,000,000 has been deposited with the Treasury. It that the total specified 1 securities'in the hands of British investors are three billions. Dealers are assuring that there, will be ample collateral for further loans,

lITHE.SVPTT ;QF AN ELECTION. PARLIAMENT.;'!:!, TENURE VI ■murMED. _■ • .;■' .(Australian anil M. Cable Association.) •'' Received August 2il, !).L5 p.m. LONDON," August 22. ,:. "' The House of Lords aWnded the Parliamentary Registration Bill by providing that iu the event of a diasolutid.ii before the new register had been prepared, the Parliament so elected would not exist more than two years.