FOR HOME AND EMPIRE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2509, 9 July 1915, Page 5

FOR HOME AND EMPIRE

: BRITISH MINDS CONCENTRATING ON THE CAUSE KITCHENER TO MAKE -AN ' APPEAL , jjy Teloffiaph—Prcas Areodation—Oopyxight ' • ■ : London, July 7. =' ; -FieidrMarshal Lord Kitchener (Sefire-. /taxy for War) will address a. great : re- -.- cruiting meeting at .the Guildhall on . -Friday next. ,'. v. Lord Curzon, Lord Privy Seal, speaking at: a France Day garden party, said that France had lost hundreds of thou-sands-of the flower of her population, hut was persisting bravely; in a struggle which he believed.was. wearing its . supreme climax. The Allies wera resolved to endure to the end. ! ! TO FREE MEN FOR SERVICE. SHOULD WOMEN ACT 'AS JURORS. London, July 7. k . In the House of Commons, replying : a "suggestion that , women' should be to act as jurors; , thus releasing men for war service, .the Secretary: for Home Affaire (Sir : John Simon) 'j#aid ho did not propose to introduce legislation on a contentious subject. J ''TIME IS ON OUR SIDE."! WAR CHIEF'S MAXIMS FOR THE FRENCH PEOPLE. < Paris, July 7. - : '"Le Journal" states that a, general ■ (((described as; "one of the great chiefs ; <our army") has addressed the following maxims to the French people: . '.'Let the truth be told. Time is ■on ■our side. Let us continue munitionf'making, and .economise our. men' so as (to have a force when the enemy's forces are used up. Let us prepare for a winter campaign." A. AWAY WITH PARTY POLITICS. . 'SOMETHING GREATER ON HAND. '! ■ : Melbourne,. July. 8. ■ f. Mr. Joseph Cook, Leader, of'ihe Fed- . -.fiaral Opposition,, referring to the Liberal Conference's decision.regarding the • cessation of party strife, said that, the i further and the'sooner., we. get, away < I 1 from party politics the better. There •f.was something, greater on hand. We j have to,-., decide ■ the. .very important, isisuo whether ,wo: would have an Aus- ; tralian or German system of rGovem- .. yiiient—-the most supreme 1 of all ques'tions with whichl ,we were: confronted, grayest issue Australians had ever | faced..-. ; j . In the Senate, Mr. Bakhap cave no--'iv.tice' •of the following , motion''for: July \lo: "Tliat in order to afford the greats V es t and : most sustained systematic as- ■' sistanco to the Empire, and to distribute the burden of - sacrifice over the •j s ; male population, this Senate is of opin- ' ion that compulsory service . should be .' immediately instituted,, as the Senate ? believes, that the inflexible, determrna- / f'tion of the Australian people will be 4 thus fully declared and practically effected." : ■ : ' . : | r THE SINEWS OF WAR. I I'BIG INVESTMENTS IN .THE LOAN. I -/V''. London, July 7. .* /.'• The Company has - -»lsubscribeid' a million, . and the Shell (Transport Company, half a million for r the war loan, , .5 •• Among the applications for the wax ■loan are the Australian Mutual Provi- ;. i ident Society .£150,000 and the National • {Vlutual of Australasia : £50,000. . THE COMMONWEALTH BANK. Melbourne, July 8. ~"f -In the Federal House the Prime' Minister (Mr. Andrew' -Fisher) announced 1 that the Governor of., the Coramoni wealth Bank denied that the bank had applied-for a portion of, the British-' .■war- loan. MR. LLOYD GEORGE REPLIES TO LORD HALDANE 1 ' INCOMPLETE AND INACCURATE - :i : STATEMENTS. . . j'By-.Tdefraph— Press Association—Copyrightv 1 (Reo. July 8, 3.30 p.m.) I •: London, July. 8. Mr. Lloyd George has issued a state--fment'. in reference to Viscount Haltiane's speech . (reported on July 6). • ( 1 He says that Lord Haldane's version of what- occurred. 6ome months .'. jago at a committee meeting of the tjCabiuet on arms is, incomplete, and, .-! 1 In - some" material, respects inaccurate. , 'Afc the proper time it would be necesJsary to go more fully into the matter, j though he (Mr. Lloyd George) hopes '.-■-.-that: he shall not be driven to.do: so at. this stage.. Nevertheless, he points out . that this : conflict of memory having arisen shows the unwisdom of these partial and unauthorised ■ disclosures of the decisions •'of-a; higlily confidential . committee. ' - , • 1" v . ■ • WHAT LORD HALDANE SAID. Lord Haldane, speaking at the Na-. tional Liberal Club, stated that the j Government,in October_ was quite aware , ; that the task-of obtaining a vast quan--1 . tity. of munitions was - beyond the ordinary strongth of the War Office..Cab- , . inet - consulted' everybody, and placed , enormous orders with the great armament firms, and had they fulfilled them wa to-day would be abounding in shells. The munitions difficulties arose out of the relations of capital and labour. These confounded all.the calculations, of ' tho' munition , manufacturers. . Labour arid'. Capital were not then iorganised. j "If . anybody is blameworthy it is not General von Donop, the master of Ordnance, for not initiating, in October the immense effort now being made by the nation. In October wo were not stirred : bp. to a sense of\ the seriousness of the .situation." . " • A GREAT NIGHT MARCH . WITH BOTHA 1 , IN SOUTH AFRICA. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) ■ i - Cape Town, July 7. ■ Before reaching. Otavi, many of Gen- j eral Botha's Free State troops nightmarched a distance :of forty miles along waterless - tracks, and; then took part in a running fight for several miles through thornbush country. The Germans used the cover of tho bushes throughout thoir retirement. Tlie :Union forces often were within a few •yards of the enemy, but their exhaus.tion and the density of the bush 6bligI'ed .them to suspend tho pursuit for the present., _ ' . • A Bliodesian trooper's letter states that the Germans planted mines all over the desert; and that a German newspaper declared, that '• General :■ Botha's : road to Windhoek (German South-West Africa) would be a sea of . blood. Actually, mines killed 61 Germans. and killed or wounded five British. ' . , !A CAREFULLY PLANNED SCHEME. '.Capa Town, July 7. Colonel Krog, a burgher commandhut,: .declares that evidence has been discovered during tho campaign which pr6ves conclusively that Germany had madd complete preparations to conquer South Africa-. iWAR CONTINGENT GRATEFULLY ACCEPTED. - Pretoria, July 7. Official.—The" Imperial Government '{has gratefully aooepted tho Union's offer of some heavy batteries and an Im- . perial Contmcent-.