HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1917-02-16, Page 2HAIG PUSHES S SUCCESS
IN FAO DRIVE ON 1MME
Advances vances Also Reported Beyond Village of Grandcourt-Takes
The Summit of the Sailly-Saillisel Hill.
A despatch from Landon sari :-
The success of the British squeezing
movement which is closing in on Bap-
eume both from the west, and south-
west was accentuated on Thursday
when General Haig's troops captured
the highest; point of the Sailly-Saillisel
Hill, just northwest o '' the point where
the 'French were held t n in the Somme
drive last fall. Adveneec are also
recorded beyond the village of Grand-,
court, which was captured on Wednes-1
day. Referring to this sector, the
offieial statement says: "The ground
we have gained on the Ancre since t
the new year now represents an ad..;
vanes of an average depth of nearly'
three-quarters of a mile on a front
of over three miles."
On the crown of the elevation at
Saint-Saillisel was an important Ger-
man petition which the British report
declares was captu_•ed in its entirety,
Seventy-eight prisoners, including two
officers, were taken together with a
ment refers to the engagement which
' is spoken of as "in progress;' but is
"dent on any further fighting along
the. Ancre.
the British, however, declare that
they have made progress on both
sides of the Ancre. During the night
the Ilaillescourt Farm, on the road be-
tween Beaucourt and MVIiramont, was
attacked and captured, and on the
south side of the stream a hostile
trench near Grandcourt was carried.
These two operations netted an addi-
tional eighty-two prisoners with one
officer. That the resumption of the
British offensive on the Somme has
widened to a front of about seventeen
miles is indicated by the report of a
successful raid south of Bouchavesnes,
not far from Peronne.
General Haig also chronicles the re-
pulse of German attacks at Gueuede-
court and La Bassee and the explosion
caused by artillery fire behind the
enemy's lines near Ypres.
' ii ACTIVE ICANADIAN BUSHMEN
P FOR WORK IN BRITAIN
AROUND YPRE 3
Dugouts Were Destroyed and
Prisoners Taken in
Successful Raids.
A despatch from London says :-
General Haig's troops, continuing
their policy of giving the enemy no
rest, have carried out a nunriber of
successful raids east of Vermeddes and
south-east of Ypres. Numerous dug-
outs were destroyed and about fifty'
prisoner: taken, two of them officers.
Friday's report from headquarters
reads:
"We carried out successful raids
this morning and last night east of
F4 ermelles and south-east of Ypres. A
large number of the enemy's dugouts
Stere destroyed and several prisoners
were taken, A hostile attempt to ap-
proach our lines south of .Armentieres
during the night,_ after- a heavy pro-
linlinar '
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Tbirty--seven prisoners, includ-
ing two officers, were taken by us in
the last 24 hours at different points
along the front.
"Our u suc-
cessful
r artillery performed much sac
cessful counter -battery work and
caused two explosions in the enemy's
lines. Thursday evening an enemy
working party in the neighborhood of
the Butte de Warlencourt was dis-
persed by our fi.e."
AUSTRIA STILL STANDS FIRM
FOR GERMAN FRIGHTFULNESS.
A despatch from Montreal says :-
i Coe. Cecil G. Williams, Assistant
, Director of Recruiting for the Dom-
inion, announced on Friday that he
was about to undertake a special trip
across Canada for the purpose of
raising a number of forestry bat-
talions in eoneequence of an urgent
request from the War Offme for a
large force of Canadian bushmen for
work in England end France. Axe -
men, sawyers, scalers, cruisers, tie -
men, mill men, teamsters and other
men, experienced in lumbering opera-
tions, will be accepted gladly, and as
the physical standards are not so
stringent as those for infantry and
artillery units, many men will be able
to join who otherwise would be de-
barred from war service. _ These bat:
talions will be sent forward as soon
as possible, as they are needed to do
(preparatory work for the important
advances planned for the Spring and
Summer,
A:Fh A •Bili
l�.w JAS> x� .11;LI•'
A says: despatch from Paris The
y T e
Chamber of Deputies on Thursday
passed a bill authorizing the Minister
of Finance to loan 1,500,000,000 francs
to the allies and friendly nations. This
is in addition to 2,300,000,000 ad=
vanced to the allies and friendly na-
tions authorized by the law of De-
cember 29, 1915. Deputy Emile Con-
stant enquired as to who were "the
friendly nations" referred to. The Fin-
ance Minister explained that the ad-
vances were made in common, and the
question should continue confidential.
GERMAN CLERKS GIVEN
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
A despatch from Washington says:
Austria has not as yet withdrawn or
modified her note adhering to the Ger-
eman submarine campaign, it was stat-
ed officially at the State Department.
The possibility that a break with
Austria also can be avoided has prac-
tieally been given up. Despite some
differences in Austria's situation, her
strict adhe:;ion to the principles
enunciated by Germany, both in a note
to this Government and in other com-
munications, makes her position
praeticaily the ame. Officials who
have been hoping that a break might
he nt'oi=real will give no intimation as
to why a definite announcement is not
made.
A despatch from New York says:
-Fifteen Germans employed in the
Foreign Department of the Guaranty
Trust Company, one of the largest
banking orgnnieatio'is in the country,
have been given indefinite leave of
absence with pay, it was announced on
Wednesday, pending the outcome of
the break between the United States
and Germany. An officer of the com,
pany explained that this action was
taken "for reasons of neutrality" and
that no reflection on character of the
nien was meant.
DI NY U-BOATS SUNK OR TAKEN
MINI' . THE PAST THREE DAYS
Submarines Depend Greatly on Their Guns Rather Than On
Torpedoes To Accomplish The Sinking of Ships;
Torpedoes Not Reliable.
A despatch from London says: -
Naval officers are sure the next few
days will see an offsetting of the Teu-
ton's grand finale of fireworks. Al-
though absolute silence regarding sub-
marine operations is the rule among
naval men, it is said that the Admiral-
ty's measures are, proving effective
and that a fair average of submar-
ines is being captured or sunk.
It is impossible to get any figures
regarding the number of U-boats naw
preying on commerce, but it is not 300,
as some reports from Scandinavian
countries have placed it,
As London opinion wars summed up
for the eorreeponcient by a high au-
thority: "If the tYmtetl States has
not :,'ready found eatiee for war with
Germany then the iubmarinee, will
supply seech provocation within•a few
hours,"
I There is not the slightest doubt in
official circ es that the •Germans will
!either attempt to sink or actually will
1 sink the first American liner that von-
•
tures into the restricted area. Sub-
•, marine commanders have received ab-
solute orders to sink at sight, it is
said, and it will be a miracle if these
!orders are not followed to the letter.
j For the last week all wireless sta-
,tiohs, cables and telegraph wires have
been crammed with reports as to the
!effect of the new submarine activity.
AlI show that the submarines now de -
1 pard greatly on their guns rather than
: on torpedoes to accomplish the sinking
of ships, Out of seven torpedoes
r fired at merchant ships not a single
one found its target. The vessels
either saw the torpedoes and managed
to evade thein or the Ger'rilan marks-
manshier failed.
'r...•onto, Feb. 13.
New No. 1 Norther
$1851; No, 3. do
$1
71b.
1 tracic l3tilr )ti
In 4e. r'ot'e n68s'
anitoba oats+r�
�`, 4t*;x 670:. Na.
3 C.W., 66c; extra
1, 64c, track Eloy.
American corn--�
subject to embargo,
Ontario oats -No,,,
nominal; No. 8 white,,
nal, aoeordrng to freigit
Oario wheat---N$t!,
lotnt$1,70 to 51,729 N °3
$1.70, according to f „i1, fl,tbuts de.
Peas --- $2
a ' ' eardtag t
rrelglito
outside.
Barley --Malting.
i 151.20, ale:
to freights on rde apGcording
Euekwheiit--•$1.28 rip iltrr
to freights outside
to freights outsides ,ar= gra r 'according
Manitoba flour-1ri�1 in ]ate
bags. $0.60; second pa, jute b�a,ite.
59.00; strong bakers'„,•!ius, $S.BO,
Toronto.<�• _
Ontarta flour- .Wtn.A ng to
sample, 57.00 to $" track,
Toronto, prompt sh e,. 1>ullC
seaboard, export otado�G. .
iK3lifeed--C:ar lots dt+ '4a u rttreal
freights, bags include.119,y
$36; shortsper tont� t, i.$ ,
podr
fted
lour, per hag, 52:70 t •
la ,Y2. rnlxea,
nr o.
track.
(TS
ye wheat -
'O. 2, 410.,
& wheat,
crisp trad-
low, $L13,
3 to 64e.
Se, nom/ -
tide,
, per ear
0., 5L68 to
Hay -Extra No, 2, p
per ton. $9 to 51.1. tra
Straw --Cas lots,, pi
Toronto.
Cana is •)?;
Butter --Fresh
38c; creamery prin
42 to 43c. `
Eggs -No 1 stor
age, selects 46 to 4
tons, 65 to &tlo, "din
Live poultry F'i'
chickens, lb 15 Id 2'
Dressed poultry, -,C
focal, 20 to 240�Ytit
per dor,, $4 00 'ill
33c; geese 18 to 200
Cheerio -New, 2$/r
26 to 26/0i. .trlPlet$1,k3#,
large, 261c: twins 282 to
Honey-'White,,alt'`o¢r4' "5`
6-1b, tins, 13 to f33o�t0
9a}to 91o. Comb''a o 0
$2.60heav}to $275` Not't2�6.
Potatoes---Ontart° air, $2.60 to
52.75; New 13runswicIt OQ1aws , pe
burirr $i20.9$02.118. 53,00; Aliertas, ,; er bag•
52.38 t
'S ans-Imported, hind -picked, per
50.26; Canadian, hand -.picked, per
push.• 57.00; Canadian prunes 50.00 to
0.50: .Limas, per lb., 1i t0 102c.
5;
tor'-
Oar-
t 64c.
1sa�=
u:
salbs
8 to
ti
If
ilii,
mans, 1.4c;
ii.;'to 13e;
tar . tins
'i•ti t lie and
select
ItIS PUSHED BACK 1,200 YARDS TO MEET AND END
ONFRONTAGE OF FOUR MILES U-BOAT WARFARE
. Licorice Factory Whieh Townshend Held Throughout Siege of
iKut Captured by the British.
A despatch from London says: An
official report issued on Sunday night
describes briefly a British success
against the Turks in Mesopotamia, n
new line being occupied by the Brit-
ish of about three and a half miles to
a depth of more than half a mile. The
text of the statement reads:
"The British offensive south of Kut -
el -Amara was resumed Friday. Un-
der cover of a heavy bombardment a
portion of the new Turkish front line
west of the Hai Meier was secured and
conolidated in the face of two eona-
ter-attacks and two bombing attacks.
Further westward," the statement
sdd's, "Turkish trenches were pene-
trated,' -and by successful bombing
work were secured and consolidated
along a front of 1,200 yards.
"During Friday night and Saturday
four Turkish attacks an the right
were repulsed, and the British hold
on the enemy trenches on the left
was rapidly extended by bombing at-
tacks.
"Later, after a heavy bombardment
a successful assault was undertaken
against trenches west of the licorice
factory, which Gen. Townshend held
throughout the siege of Kut, whereby
we secured the factory and 500 yards
of enemy trenches.
"As a result of these operations a
new line has been occupied on a front-
age of over 6,000 yards, and the en-
emy pushed back for a depth varying
from 800 to 1,200 yards. All the evi-
dence shows that the Turks suffered
heavily."
BRITISH
ESTROYERITS � E
AND SINKS INENGLISH CHANNEL
All of the ()Eaters and All of the Crew Except Five Went Down
With the Vessel.
A despatch from London says: A
British torpedo-boat destroyer of an
older type, the British Admiralty an-
nounced on 'Friday night, struck a
r mine in the English Channel Thurs-
day night and sank. All the officers!
and all of the crew, except five, were
.
lost. The official statement follows:
"A torpedo-boat destroyer of an
older type, employed in patrol duty in
the English Channel, struck a mine
on Friday night and sank. All the of-
ficers were lost. There were five sur-
vivors among the crew."
k"ravlsians-C91t�e�ale.
ITKE OF NO FOLK 41 PERISHED
Smoked meats ---Flares. ttnedium, 26 to
26c; do., heavy. 22 to 23 cooked, 36 to
37c; rolls, 21 to 22c; bre4kfast bacon. 26
to 28e; backs, plain, 7 to 28c; bone
less, 29 to 22c.
Lard --Pure Iard, tier 'es; 213 to 225c
tubs, 212 to 22c; palls, 2 to 221c; com-
pound, 162 to 17c. )))
Cured meats -Lona; clear bacon, 18 to
183e per lb.: clear bellies,13 to 183c,
Montreal lifarltete
Montreal, Feb. f --,Ors.---Cznadiar
western, No. 2, 72e: dn., 09o; ex-
tra Ie&8
;main,5j,••
sa i11lFc sn,
'.-4mt'"un'fit
Winten, patents, choice, $J, straight
rollers, $5.60 to :53.80; de. bags, $:4.10 to
$4.26. Rolled oats -barrels, $$6.96 to
$7.15: do.. bags. 90 lbs„ $3.36 to 53.45.
Bran -$33 to $34. Shorts -$36 to $37.
Middlings,
a8 to 0.
S 4 1410
$ uillfe $ 8 . 4 to
$45. Hay -No, 2, per tone, car lots, $13.
Cheese -Finest westerns. 26 to 263c;
finest eastern., 25 to 253c. Butter-
Choicest creamery, 42 to 423c; seconds,
39 to 41o. Eggs -Fresh, 58 to 600•
selected, 46e; No. 1 stock, .43o; No. 1'
stock, 38c. Potatoes -per bag, car lots,
$2.75 to $8.00.
HAS PASSED AWAY ON CALIFORNIA
Was Ranking Member of the
Nobility of Britain.
A despatch from. London says :-
The Duke of Norfolk, ranking mem-
, ber of the English nobility, and the
i�s •. - .n ; ? ,Cathallea at
on
ono
n
d S �`a
v,
Winnipeg Grain
Winnipeg, Feb. 13 -Cash prices :
Wheat -No. 1 Northern. 51.06; No. 2
Northern, 51.623; No 3 Northern, $1.571
No. 4, $1.45; No. 5, 5128: No 6, $1.02;
feed. 90c. Oats -No. 2 ?,lVe • Iic; No,
3 C.W„ 525c; extra No. 1 fe ', $c; No.
1, 503c; No. 2, 495c. Bea No. 3 C.
W., 93c; No. 4, 88c; rejec to ; feed
76c. Flax -No. 1 N.W., $ No. 2
C.W., $2.52. i
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United Mato:.542a2
Minneapolis, Feb. 13-1 eat= -Afar,
$1.73; July, $1.703 to $1.71; a 1, No.;1
hard, 51.312 to $1.533 No .,thein,
$1.743 to $1.773. Cddrn- eLlow,
673 to 983c. Oats -No. ' t -sip: to
523e, Flour unchange, rte; -$31.00
to $32.00. ,_•
Duluth, Feb. 13- r. 'k; No.
1 hard, 51.763; No. 3 N $1.759;
No. 2 Northern, 5170 to '
seed -To arrive, $2.52 g, •,Tare-
; xray, 52.853;
July, $2.351.
3r,fve Stock' Markets.
Toronto, Feb. 13 -Choice heavy steers,
$10.75 to $11.26; do., good; . 810.35 to
510.50; butchers' cattle, choice, $10.36
to $10.60: do„ good, 59.75 to. $10.10; do.,
medium, $9,10 to $9.35; do., common,
$43.16 to $8.85; biatchere' bulls, choice,
0 to $9.50; do„ good .bitllk 15.26 to
$8.60; do., medium bu11h,, 5.1 , to 58;
do., rough bulls, 5.15 to $5.15, b'tttchers'
cows, choice, $8,50 to $9; do., good, $8
to $$.20; do., medium, $7;25 to $7.75;
stockers, $6.25 to 58.00; choice feeders,
$8 to $3.50; canners and cutters, 55 to
$5.40 milkers, choice, each. 470. to $115;
do., coni. and med., each, $ l0• to $60;
artn3'ees, $60 to $110; light ewes, $9.25
to 510.00; sheep, heavy, $6 to 57.50;
calves, good to choice, $11,75 to $t4;
lambs, choice, $13.50 to $15; do„ iced„
$9,76 to $10,251 hogs, fed and watered,
$14.60 to $14.76; do„ weighed Off cars,
$14.90 to $16.00; do„ f.o.b., $13.75 t0
$18.85.
Montreal, Feb. 13 --Choice steers,
510.60; good steers, $3 to $10; butchers'
bulls, choice, $7.50 to $9; tanner's bulls,
$6.60 to $5.75; butchers' cows, choice,
$7.50 to $8.60: good, $6 to "a7; canner's
cows, $5.25; calves, milk fed $12 to $14;
hay fed, 56 to $7; lambs, 513.50; sheep,
$7.60 to 59; hogs, choice selects, off
rasa. $15; sows and light, $13; stone,
512.
GERMAN ANTHEM TABOO.
Michigan Righ School Hisses "The
Watch on the Rhine."
A despatch from Albion, Mich.,
Nays :-•--A good "rob scene for .a Movie
photographer was obtainable when
"The Watch on the Rhine" 'was an-
nounced as the morning song at the
Albion High School chapel services on
Thursday. Hissing, cat -calling and
other disturbances greeted the an-
nouncement:, and with one accord the
students stood to their feet and gave
the most: enthusiastic rendering of
"America" ever beard in the vicinity.
The German anthem is now taboo as
a chapel song,
Duke was rather sudden, the first an-
nouncement of, his serious illness hav-
ing been made on 'Saturday. The
heir to the dukedom, the Earl of
Arundel and Surrey', who is eight
years old, comes into an estate es-
timated at £300;000 annually.
MAKE THE LOAN
KNOCKOUT FOR FOE
A despatch from London says :-
In a letter read at the war loan meet-
ing on Saturday Vice -Admiral Sir
Reginald Bacon, Commander of the
Dover patrol, is quoted as saying: "If
you will try as hard to do your duty
ashore by raising a loan as we are
doing at sea by sinking submarines
and frustrating other civil crevices,
you will make the loan such a success
that it will be a knockout blow to the
enemy."
DYNAMITE FACTORY
BLOWN UP IN GERMANY
A despatch from Amsterdam says;
-According to Les Nouvelles of Mae-
stricht, Holland, a dynamite factory
at Sehlebuscs, near Cologne, was blown
up on January 27, causing the death
of 200 persons, mostly women. An
explosion last Thursday on the ralway
between Aix-la-Chapelle and Louvain,'
this newspaper reports caused the
death or injury of 20 Belgian work-
men.
MINERS VOTE TO ACCEPT
NEW WAGE SCHEDULE
A despatch from Fernie, B.C., says:
-Fernie, Michel, Carbondale and Hill-
erest miners show a majority of 1,800
in favor of accepting the recent settle-
ment on the wage question.
Liner Sank in Nine Minutes
After Being Hit by
Submarine. TM
A despatch from London says:
Forty-one„persons perished when he
me r i
*i,,ie pas,3: xp"+;�,,,�t� x �,.Ftil k`Qrai &,
t.-t;es,steveatet lL:rzha�'tvas mor z o
and sunk off ethe Irish coast' at 9
o'clock Wedrie::day morning. The yes.
sel sank in nine minutes, The strick-
en ship vas able to send out 1 SO.5.
"
calls, and help arrived promptly.
Nevertheless five persons were killed
by the explosion and 36 were drowned
in the launching of lifeboats.
The California was an al•nzecl liner,
carrying a single 4.7 gun mounted an
the stern. The gunner was just train-
ing the weapon an the spot where oil
bubbles had revealed the presence of
the under -water enemy when a tor-
pedo struck the port side with an ex-
plosion so violent that most of the
people aboard were thrown off their
feet, five being ki.iled and a scpre in-
jured. The submarine fired a second
torpedo, in an apparent effort to atter
erate the sinking, but the second shot
missed, although both torpedoes were
fired from a distance of less than 300
yards, There was only one .American
aboard the California, and he is
among the survivors.
ENTENTE TO F II.N1ISII THE WAR
BY TIdE CLOSE OF SUMMER
A despatch from London says
Addressing a meeting in London Wed-
nesday night, John Hodge, Minister of
Labor, said he thought he was giving
away no secret in saying that . at the
recent conference between representa-
tives of the Entente allies the deter-
mination had been arrived at to ter-
minate the war by the end of Sum•
-
Think it all over when you feel like
doing something to get even with a
ighbor, and then don't do ft:. You
will be glad from the bottom of your
heart to -morrow that you did not. So
will he.
Measures Taken by British A.d-
miraity to Frustrate Sub,
marine Campaign. •
A despatch from London says :---
"We are not alarmed at the sharpened
submarine war. We knew it was
coming and prepared for it, Vine
will tell how our confidence is justi-
fled." This statement was "fade to
the Associated Press an Wednesday at
the Admiralty, and it was added:
"It must be remembered that one
submarine may cruise whole days
without getting a victim. For in-
stance, on one day since February 1,
torpedoes were fired on sight at seven
of our merchantmen without getting a
single hit. We have taken measures
which we have every reason to believe
will frustrate the U-boat warfare.`
Of course, it is obvious that we can-
not reveal them -Yule daily reports of
the decrease in sinkings will be the
best evidence of our success."
Balmer Premier Asquith described
Germany's new naval policy as one
of "undisguised savagery." He said
it was not worth while discussing the
motives which actuated the German
Government. The novel feature of it
was that it was a direct and defiant
challenge to the conscience and to the
interests of the entire neutral'woild.
Enemies of Human Race.
"This declaration of war on neutra•-
lity," continued Mr. Asquith, Eris a
challenge which has been taken up
with dignity and without delay by the
1 greatest of neuta al states. It is not
for us to forecast the bearing of this
memorable event upon. the future. of
the war. Still less it is fitting it us
to tender advice or suggestions to a.
Government which is well able to take
care of it:.eif.
"We shall hail with acclamation;
with a strain of family pride, the stern
and resolute determination of the
other great English-speaking power to
frustrate the enormity of those who
have abundantly earned t0r themselves
the title of enemies of the human
Irace."
Andrew Bonar Law, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, expressed 'satisfac-
tion with what he alluded to as the
perefeet manner in which foentee Px e-
Imiex Asquith had.voiced .the feallr,
of ill e zntr t iz t r t
e a a
+ iet,..
1
To Replace Lost Tonnage.
,ti's
Noting that more- and itiore 'p
chant shipping was coming under the
' direct requisition of the Government,
and that the Shipping nfi Controller was
putting down a Large nwriber of new
chips, Mr. Bonar Law said he did not
minimize the submarine danger, but
that sozne of the best brains in the
country at large and among naval
men was concentrated upon the pro-
blem. Altogether, he declared, he was
not without hope, whatever thera-
vages of submarines might be, that
something might be done to replace
the lost tonnage by new ships.
PEOPLE RESPONDING
WITH WAR, SAVINGS.
I!
1n Three Weeks Over Million Doll rs
Paid in -Pians. of Various
Sorts.
A despatch from Ottawa says: Al-
though the war savings caaltifi.eates -
have been on sale for only: three weeks
considerably more than one million
dollars has already beesi paid fit to the ,
Dominion Treasury from this source,
The laboring elasses and men and
women of limited means are respond
ing; splendidly to the call for -war
thrift and war help. A number of
firms throughout the Dominion have
notified the Finance Minister 'of' their
intention to pay aI1 bonuses hereafter
in war savings certificates, Other •
firms have arranged to act as bankers
for their employees, and to bank for
them small amounts each week, to be•
converted into war savings certificates
53 80021 as a sufficient amount hes
been saved. in other institutions a
scheme has; been adopted whereby •
groups band together, each paying a
dollar a' week, and drawing a war cer-
tificate each h rotation.
INTERNAL11: $80,000,000 A 1TA't
COST OF W 4,R. TO d3ItI'I AIN.
INCREASING IN GE MANY
People Taught to Believe If They Hold Out Three
Britain Will be Reduced to Starvation.
A despatch from Berne, Switzerland,
says: Persons arriving from Germany
continue to give accounts of the in-
creasing internai diffrcultie:s and dis-
may created by the present (gilds. At
the same time the people are all
taught to believe that it ie only nt'-
ees::ary to hold out three or four
menthe before Great Britain is re-
duced to starvation. This appears to
Months
be the universal article of faith. The
only possibility of saving England
, they profess to believe is the imnte-
diatE, declaration of war by the United
State„ and the loading of grain ships:, I
using the whole American fleet to eon-
vas then) across;a the Atlantic, They
reckon that internal discussions will
retard American intervention until
too late.
r.•
A despatch from Landon says;
Bonar Law asked in the House of
Commons on Monday for £550,000,000,
the largest amount asked at any
single sitting by any statesman in
our financial history. No lees than
£200,000,000 needed to carry. the war
to March 81, the end of the financial
year, We are therefore spending now
in five 01' SIX weeks es mueh as ` was
spent in the year immediately before
the war. The second vote. of £350,-
1100,000 is deeded to give a good be-
ginning to the next: financial year. The
average expenditure in 1914-15 of
.1,1300,000 per day grew to £3,500,000
per day in t91i,-l0, and will be nearer
.£6,000,000 than ::ia,000,000 per day for
the middle of 1910-17.-