18 SEPTEMBER 1915, page 1

Postage Abroad 1d. The Increase In Expenditure Since The...

adjourned was due to the increase of our advances to our allies, and the mueli larger output of munitions. Mr. Asquith stated, however, that the cost of the Navy had shown 'a......

Mr. Asquith - Made A Long And Important .statement On The...

of the war. In asking for a further Vote of Credit for £250,000,000, he gave detailed statistics as to the cost of the war. The net expenditure per day from April 1st to the......

Most Of The Speeches Delivered In The Ensuing Debate, With

the exception of Mr. Balfour's interesting statement on air raids, which we notice elsewhere, dealt with the question of compulsory service, the most striking being that of......

News Of The Week.

T HE statements made by Lord Kitchener and Mr. Asquith in Parliament on Wednesday were just what was needed. They provided enough information to let the country know where it......

Experience, Let Us Remember, Has Shown That A Battalion At

the front requires to be completely renovated almost twice in a year. Any one who bears this in mind, and believes that we shall be able in the long run to avoid compulsion,......

Turning To The Question Of The Numbers And Wastage Of

our armies, Mr. Asquith said that some three million men, first and last, had "offered themselves to the country." But he did not make it clear .whether this number included......

The News From Russia Is Better Than It Has Been

for many weeks. The Russian armies have all made good their retreat and occupy a defensible line. As for the Germans, they .have to decide what to do next. If they decide to......

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To Give Some Details Of The Improved Russian Position. The

Russians in Galicia have added to their success at Tarnopol, which we recorded last week, another south-west of Trembovla. Here they took over seven thousand prisoners, besides......

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