Mr. Lloyd George, in a frank speech, explained the nature
of a White Paper which had been circulated in the morning,— a document which shows that the Government, contrary to ordinary Prictice, are asking for a sum of money only sufficient for six weeks' expenditure. In recent years the practice has been to take a Vote on Account sufficient for four or five Xnonths. Further, it is to be noted that Mr. Haldane, in reply to a question from Sir Charles Dine, announced that the Army Annual Bill, the Bill upon which the discipline of the Army rests and which must be passed by April 30th, will not be taken until after Easter, but that it was not at present possible to give any definite date. The reasons for the Cabinet's change of plans were stated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer as follows: " I think that the House should have another opportunity, especially about the date con- templated, of expressing its opinion about the Executive, from whichever side it is drawn." In other words, the .monetary crisis is engineered to become acute in May, the period at which the Resolutions dealing with the veto will .be sent to the House of Lords.
