14 OCTOBER 1916, Page 3

In the House of Commons on Wednesday Mr. Asquith moved

a supplementary Vote of Credit for three hundred millions for war purposes in a speech which is universally admitted to have been one of the most impressive and eloquent that even he has made during the war. We must refer first to the wholly satisfactory way in which he dealt with the problem of premature peace. We ourselves have never felt any anxiety in regard to that point, but nevertheless we were glad of Mr. Lloyd George'e plain speaking on the question, and are still more glad to find the Prime Minister, who of course speaks not merely for himself but for the whole of his colleagues, using language quite as strong as that employed by the Secretary of State for War.