CHECK TO RECRUITING
TALK OF COMPULSION IN BRITAIN London, November 6. Owing to the check in recruiting during, the last'three, weeks, and;the wear and tear of the army in Flanders, the newspapers are giving prominence to a discussion on'the subject of compulsory service. Leading journals show-some anxiety. . ;... .'. Lord Selborne, speaking at Chiswick, said the voluntary response to the call to arms had been wonderful, but young ■'-. 'men who did not enlist, though they '.' had no one wholly, dependent on them, were .shirkers. Tho existence of the nation; was" at stake, and they should be compelled to enlist, if they would not como forward 4 voluntarily. ..-. The height for recruits has been lowered to sixty-three.inches.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2302, 9 November 1914, Page 6
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114CHECK TO RECRUITING Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2302, 9 November 1914, Page 6
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