RECRUITING

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2636, 6 December 1915, Page 6

RECRUITING

; FRESH APPEAL BYLORD DERBY By Telezraph—Preaß Association—Copyright : London, Deoember 3. The Earl of Derby has issued a. fresh ! appeal. He pays: "We shall know by | December .11 whether men between 19 and 40 are prepared to give the 'Army the force required. Impartial tribunals will wejgh trie arguments in the case of recruite having difficulties, or ; who,are regarded as indispensable in 1 their employment." / - Lord Darby appeals to eligibles to put : 1 , the country's interests before their own, and show the world—tho Mies, neu- ''" trals, 1 and enemies, alike^—that hundreds of thousands of the citizens of Britain are ready to fight for her. COLONIAL SOLDIERS AND CONSCRIPTION. REFERENCE IN PARLIAMENT. London, December 3. In the House of Commons, Mr. i : Jowett (Labour) referred ,to colonial ; soldiers breaking up tlie.'anti-conscrip-tion meeting at the Memorial Hall. •: Sir John Simon (Home Secretary) • said, the police attended the meeting, but had not'been oalled s on'to'deal with any breach of the peace.Sir John Simon answered that the question should be;addresse'd to the War , > Office. He had no'information that soldiers were called upon to lead a mob. CONSCRIPTION OF MONEY FIRST. LABOUR FEDERATION'S VIEWS. • ! Perth, December 4. The Labour Federation half-yearly ret■■ port expresses tho_ opinion that the ! . workers will be foolish to' accept conBcription, on the grounds that the principle,is repugnant, and to at ; least insist on no conscription of human life until . after the conscription of money. A GERMAN IN THE WAR OFFICE ! OUTCRY OF THE NEWSPAPERS. - By Telegraph—Press Association—Conyright, ; , - London, December 3. There is a newspaper outcry against v an admission by Mr. H. J. ' Tennant (Parliamentary Under-Secretary' for War), in the House of Commons, that: Mrs. Savile, who is a German by birth; ■and wife of the rector of an East End V ' parish, is employed at the War Office. Notice of further questions has been ■. given.. The lady is a cousin of General von Bothmer, the German Commander on the Strypa front (Galicia). 'It is also reported that Admiral von' Tirpitz's son ■ was Mr. Savile's guest prior to the war. MRS. SAVILE'S DEFENCE. ... . .... NO SYJtPATHY WITH GERMANY. , . (Rec. December 5, 5.5 p.m.) London, December 4. Mrs. Savile states she has'not visited Germany for thirty years, and does not .■■:..!■ possess an atom of sympathy; for Ger- . . many. She regarded lier employment at the iWar Office as some compensation for removing her from her East Coast home: Lieutenant von Tirpitz, never, visited !her, though at the instance of a Somer- | ;:■/.■ set lady negotiations were opened to .. . ..-take him as a paying'guest, but the idea- fell through. GERMAN EAST AFRICA SOUTH AFRICA'S CONTINGENT 1 READY. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright . (Rec. 1 December 5, 5.5 p.m.) . Cape Town, December 4. ■Recruiting for tKo East African contingent, has "been, completed. • General Botha's son commands a sec-. . ticn. /' i ' SOUTH AFRICA'S WAR COSTS '! TWENTY-ONE MILLIONS. ■ By TeleeraDh—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. December 5j 5.5 p.m.) ! : . ' Cape Town, December 4. Tho Hon. J. H. C. Graaf, in intra* tlie loan estimates, pointed, out that South Africa's total war expenditure, including the cost of the rebellion, Was. £21,000,000, 'and considering Australia's and Ganada's war budgets, 'it 1 / . could not be said that South Africa was idoing too much. CEiLON AND THE WAR SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION. 1 .'"By Tolesrajli—Preae Association—Oopyrlcht (Rec. December 6, 5.5 p.m.) London, December 4. 1 The, Ceylon Legislative Council has >oted £100,000 annually for a decade towards the cost of the war.

HEALTH OF MUNITION WORKERS THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT. , By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Roc. December..s, 5.5 p.m.) v London, December .4. The committee appointed to inquire into the health of munition workers recommends the discontinuance "of Sun'day . labour, aid emphatically declares that if the maximum output is kept up lengthily a weekly rest period is imperative. : THE ENEMY'S EFFECTIVES QUALITY SAID TO BE INFERIOR. By'i'elesrapli—Press' Association—Copyrtelt Petr.Qgrad, December 3. ■ Russian generals . report that the . quality of the enemy's effectives is most inferior. _ The' maintenance ' of their position is solely due to their technical superiority. No doubt the Russians f could break the line, subject to weather conditions, but the present is not the time for a general offensive. PRISONERS IN GERMANY CONDITIONS BETTER, BUT STILL UNSATISFACTORY. fir Tolezraph—Preso Association—Copyright ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) London, December 3. In the House of Commons, Lord Robert Cecil, Parliamentary Under-Sec-retary for Foreign Affairs, said the consensus of opinion ivas that the condition of prisoners in Germany was better, but still far from satisfactory. HUGE AUSTRIAN. LOSSES ON THE ITALIAN FRONT. . By Telezraph—'Press Assooiatlon-OoDyTirrht ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) Rome, December 3. 'A correspondent of the Press estimates that the Austrians.have lost three hundred thousand men 'on the Italian front, including sixty thousand dead, and forty-four thousand taken prisoner. The men captured during the present offensive number fifteen thousand. GENERAL JOFFRE HIS NEW COMMAND. By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright (Reo. December 4, 5.5 p.m.).. Paris,.December 3. ■ Goneral Joffro has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the French armies in Franco and the Balkans, thus securing ■unity of direction.