THE ARMY'S CALL FOR SHELLS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2492, 19 June 1915, Page 5

THE ARMY'S CALL FOR SHELLS

BRITISH GOVERNMENT SEEKS FRESII POWERS ROUNDING UP THE SLACKERS BEN TILLET CONVINCED OF HIE NEED | i London, Juno 17. ' It is understood that tho Government, | tho assent of tho Trades Unions, 1 Will usk Parliament for greater powers than thoso at present conferred by tho Dofenco of tho Realm, Act, to <lca] with , labour. I The »ew measure will probably bo in- . troduced next week. It will increase tnQ mobility of labour, and limit .profits j in controlled establishments, where all trade -union restrictions will be abolish- , «1. Committees will bo appointed to inflict fines for slackness. •CARTE BLANCHE ORDERS. \ i A NEWSPAPER'S SUGGESTION. s ' London, June 17. The "Daily Mail" urges the Government to hasten the production of tna-chine-pus by placing orders without limit m Great Britain. Canada, and tho United States. . The "Mail" says:—"The Germans are virtually substituting men armed with ' machine-guns for the old-fashioned in- ' fantry armed with rifles. Experience > proves that an army which attempts to < light machine-guns with rißes is com- * mitting tho same mistake as a man who J attempts to run a footrace, against a, locomotive." i CHEMICAL AND MECHANICAL SCIENCES. MR. LLOYD GEORGE SCANNING THEIR RESOURCES. (R-ec. Juno 18, 5.5 p.m.) London, June 17. _ Mr. Lloyd George (Minister for Munitions), speaking iu the House of Commons, that he was consulting Lord Kitchener with a view to arranging for a body of scientists to advise the : Government upon the fullest employ- i ment of all the resources of chomicaland mechanical science and invention in i the prosecution of the war, i OBJECT-LESSON FOR A LABOUR i LEADER. BEN TILLET VISITS, THE FRONT. | v i Paris, June 17. . Mr. Ben Tillett (secretary of the Dock, ; Wharf, Riverside, and General Workers' Union'of Great Britain and Ireland) has < visited tho front, and in an interview ( said:—"l have learned the meaning'of j the word 'strike.' We have got to j strike now with every ounce, and with j British grit energy, gold, and brain behind the , blow. « ( "When the workers of England realise j the situation they will get their coats ( off and give the soldiers tlie proper back- j ing. We want shells, gas, and every ( death-dealing device conceivable." (Rec. June-18, 5.5 p.m.) . ' London, June 17. The delegation of workmen from the Beardmore Iron and Steek Works which visited the British front to secure firsthand evidence as to the need for munitions, has returned to Glasgow. They tell' their felloe 'workers that it is a case of shells, and more l shells. There must bo no stoppage of work, for any t causo whatever. What they saw in the ' trenches was awful. 1 It

WORKERS AND THE WAR LOANS. 0 SUGGESTION FOR PARTICIPATION i IN BENEFITS. o (Roc. {fune 18, 6.20 p.m.) '' London, June 17. [j Replying to a suggestion that tlie {, working classes should bo given an op- (■ portiunty to sharo in tlio bonofits of tlio war loans, Mr. R. M'Konna (Chan- s cellor of tlio Exchequer) said that ho did not endorse. tlio doctrino tliat money was no object in this war. If tliat got abroad tliey might oxpfcot contractors to raiso their prices, and tho Govornmont workmen _ would ask for highor - pay than for private work, 'l'hey must remomber that tlio resources of tho I country wore not inexhaustible.— '"fimes" and Sydney "Sun" Services. 1317;" ALREADY AT WORK. fi SHELL FACTORY IN AUSTRALIA. ®! Melbourne, Juno 18. i> Tho Stato Promior annouuecd that thd bi manufacture of sliolls had already com- ci monccd at the Nowport Railway Shops, ri A ropreseutalivo eonimittco of various t-1 interest's has boon formed to forward tk a m movement. »< 6(