In a passage dealing with finance the Prime Minister mentioned
that in the current financial year we have already made advances to our allies and others which reach £423,000,000. To meet such expenditure as ours there must be, said the Prime Minister, both on the part of the Govern- ment as well as of individuals, the most stringent economy and an avoidance of unnecessary expenditure. We are hound to say that talk of this sort—i.e., exhortations to check individual expenditure—when it comes from the present Government., leaves us, not cold, but hot with indignation. They all know, and we all know, that there is one method of checking expenditure for every class in the community, and checking it also in a way which will bring moral and hygienic as well as economic advantages. But this course the Govern- ment refuse to adopt.
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