RIGHT NOTE STRUCK

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2482, 8 June 1915, Page 5

RIGHT NOTE STRUCK

MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S SPEECH GERMANS' SUPERIOR 1 EQUIPMENT London, June 6. "The Times," in u leader, says:— "Mr. Lloyd George struck the right note ( at Manchester. He did not flinch at i stating the dangers confronting the ] country, and treated his audience in. a j way Englishmen love and respect. He < described the German success as entirely due to superior equipment, and his , bluntness is almost regarded as treason- j able in certain quarters. The speed ( with which ho progresses will be an < event in our history, and will, doubtless, ] provoke bitter complaints in certain < circles."—"Times" and Sydney "Sun" ; Services. THE METIER OP THE CHURCH. ! London, June 6. The "Manchester Guardian" writes;— "Will the Government give the needful push ? There is lio 'time to be lost. Tiie season for discussion and argument has gone by; this is the hour for action. Hero the Church may find a new and unique opportunity. * The Government was reconstructed in consequence of Colonel Repington's telegram (Colonel ■ Repington is "The Times's" military correspondent) to the effect that there was a scarcity of high explosives, and the Bishop of Pretoria's letter brought home the necessity for mobilisation of ' the nation. I "These nro the two most important I events outside the actual battlefield since the war began. The duty of tho Church is now plain. Ministers from their pulpits must drill tiie people into a clear senso of the part they have to play in a colossal epic. The Church of : England has got to justify the national j name it bears, and everyone of her ■ pulpits ought to ring with the ca]l for ' servicc." -'"Limes" and Sydney "Sun" 1 Services. MR. LLOYD GEORCE'S NEW j MISSION. j "I FEEL THE MACHINE BEGIN- 1 NING TO MOVE." ' j (Rec. June 7,. 11.30 p.m.) London, June 7, Mr. Lloyd George stated to a correspondent: "I heliovo things nro going alright. I feel the machine is beginning to move." Mr. Lloyd George lias been consulting the industrial leaders regarding: the scope and powers of the new Ministry of Munitions. ] Huge now contracts for high explo- j sivo shells have already been placed. A ' plan is on foot in Manchester to mobi- ' lise five hundred superannuated en- t gineers, formerly Ghell-makers, and also f to utilise another five hundred skilled f mechanics now pursuing other occupa- s tions. . In Glassow a citizen force is provid- t ing night-shifts for making shells after v tho ordinary day's work is finished c