PREMIER'S FIGURES RIGHT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16847, 11 May 1918, Page 7

PREMIER'S FIGURES RIGHT.

IMPORTANT ADMISSION. LONDON, May 9. The Daily Chronicle, the paper in which Major-General Maurice's letter was published, says the erplanf<£ion may be that General Maurice was thinking only of the army's bayonet strength, while Mr. Lloyd George included the artillery and flying corps. Certainly there is not a shadow of doubt that Mr. Lloyd George's statement made on April 9 was absolutely correct. The British Army this year is more powerful' than it was at the beginning of 1917.

The Daily Express says: "The atmosphere at Westminster has changed since Tuesday, and premature judgments have been modified. Many Liberals were impressed by Lord Haldane's appeal in the House of Lords that the war situation was so critical that dangerous results would follow if unnecessary discussions were raised and the Government were embarrassed. Many members of the House of Commons were impressed by a resolution telegraphed to Mr. Lloyd George from a public meeting of Woolwich Arsenal workers, saying : ' The Germans want you to go. Pacificists want you to go. But we, the workers, don't want you to go. Your enemies are our enemies. Damn them all. God save England.' " The Echo de Paris says; " Supporters of Sir William Robertson refuse to forgive Mr. Lloyd George for creating unity of command, and are seeking every means to overthrow him. Public opinion in Great Britain will judge such intrigue severely." La Libert© says: "If a general had done such a thing in France it would have been a veritable scandal. It is not for an officer to place his duty as a citizen before his duty as a soldier."