RECRUITING FIGURES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2650, 22 December 1915, Page 5

RECRUITING FIGURES

RESULTS NOT YET CLASSIFIED By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright London, December 20. In the House of Commons, Mr. As< quith said that, owing to the difficulty of classifying the results, the Cabinet had not yet got Lord Derby's figures, He hoped to receive the general result! to-day. It was impossible to make th< promised statement to-morrow, though he Jiopei it -,vouli bo possible . before the adjournment. THE PEOPLE'S DETERMINATION. SHOWN BY THE RUSH OF . RECRUITS. ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services-^ (Rec. December 21, 5.5 p.m.) ' London, December. 20. Mr! J. H. Thomas, M.P. (Labour), ad-i dressing the National TJnion of Railways men, said the marvellous rush of last week conclusively proved the people's unmistakable determination' to win. Ho hated conscription, but justice would be done to the married men, also to the single men. Who would dare to class the lattei among tlie unattesting slackcrs? .He knew one railway company-. .which refused to allow its men to attest. The single men who had not yet attested ought to be given an opportunity of doing so or showing reasons for not doing so. • ;; • The voluntary system has proved buc< cossful, but the conscriptiouists are anxious to thrust militarism on a free people and bringing down the Govern* ment.