NATIONAL SERVICE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2544, 19 August 1915, Page 5

NATIONAL SERVICE

ADVOCATED IN BRITAIN 3 f AN URGENT APPEAL J By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright London, August 17. Mr. A'. H. Lee, MJ?., who has been serving at tile front, has returned. Addressing his constituents at Portsmouth, he strongly advocated compulsory service. It was no use pretending that the present situation was at all like what " anyone here or in Germany expected twelve months ago While the true position to-day threatened Germany with 1 mill and_ failure, it was also true that c our position was one of deadly peril and , danger. What we had to guard against . was stalemate/ resulting in peace being r brought about by universal exhaustion - and bankruptcy, for war would break out again' as* soon as Germany recuperated. SYLVIA PANKHURST IN THE LIMELIGHT. WILL REFUSE TO REGISTER, •' London, August 17. Miss Sylvia Pankhurst, the Suffragette leader, is again in the limelight. She declares she will refuse to register for national service, as it is a ruse to get ■ more power out of the workers, and • adds: "Not being a man, they cannot send me to the war, and won't send me to a munitions factory, because . they know there would Ik> trouble." | IRISH KRECONCILABLES. 1 ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) London, August 17. Crowds, wlio demonstrated against the Irishmen leaving Scotland in order to avoid registration, shouted: "Cowards I" and expressed a hope "that the submarines will sink you all." : When the men return, they will bo 1 dealt with by the registration authori- • ties. ■