LORD HALDANE'S SPEECH.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13815, 9 July 1915, Page 5

LORD HALDANE'S SPEECH.

DEPRECATED BY MR. LLOYD

GEORGE,

PRESERVATION OF LIVE STOCK

(Received July 8, 5.5 p.m.)

London, July 7

Mr. Lloyd George has issued1 a statement with reference to Lord Haldane's speech at the National Liberal Club. He says Lord Haldane's version of what occurred some months ago at the committee of the Cabinet on arms was incomplete and in sdme material respects inaccurate. At the proper time it would bo necessary to go more fully into the matter, though Air. Lloyd George hopes he will not be driven to do so at this stage. Nevertheless, lie points outj this conflict of memory having arisen shows the unwisdom of these partial arid unauthorised disclosures of the decisions of a. highly confidential committee.

In the House of Lords, Lord Selborne, in moving the second reading of the Maintenance of Live Stock Bill, said it was of the utmost importance that the Government should have power to preserve the live stock of the United Kingdom. German submarines were taking a steady toll of shipping, and the longer the war continued the more submarines would probably be engaged. It seemed likely that the German Admiralty was putting the whole of its shipbuilding strength into constructing submarines, and it would not be the enemy's fault if it failed to deal a mortal blow to our carrying trade.