Mr. Asquith, who followed the Primo Minister in the debate,
uttered sword of warning as to the multiplication of Departments, which tended to discourage voluntary effort and to increase ex- penditure because the Departments were not properly controlled. He said, too, that the obligation of the State to pay its debts in full roost be regarded as sacred; the groundless suspicions of would-be investors mast be set at rest. Mr. Asquith laid stress an the need for more shipping, so that America might be able to play her full part in the war. He declared that the defection of Russia, where we had been shamelessly misrepresented by Getman propagandists, showed the need for a moral as well as a material campaign. We ourselves were convinced that we were fighting for a noble came, to give security and freedom to the world, and bring about a teal League of Nations. But our unselfish aims were often infs. undeertood, not only in neutral countries, and must be made still more clear to the Allies, the neutrals, and the enemy peoples.
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