THE COMPULSION BILL

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2671, 18 January 1916, Page 6

THE COMPULSION BILL

LABOUR MEMBER'S OPTIMISM OPPOSITION WILL VANISH By M«giaph—Press Areoclfltlon—Oouyrlglii y London, January 16. : Mr. J. "O'Grady, Labour member for . 'East Leeds, says■ he.is;convinced that ' when safeguards are embodied in the , Military Service Compulsion Bill the . miners and :railwaymen-. will! reverse i their recent decision, which v was based : o.i the/misunderstanding of the facts ■ and the position., ! MANSION HOUSE RECRUITING SCHEME. : FIRST WEEK EXCEEDS ALL' EXPECTATIONS. ;; London, ' January 16. The first week's result of the ;Man- . hi cm House ' recruiting 7 scheme exceeds ; the Lord Mayor's strongest expecta- ■ tions. ■ ; Lord Dorby, in a speech at Liverpool, strongly urged all eligible men who had ■ ■ hitherto held aloof to join while recruiting was still voluntary:; He .had done his utmost up to the eleventh hour and the fifty-ninth minut© to'make voluntaryism a success. ' . LIVELY ANTI-COMPULSION MEETING. . (Roc. January 17, 11.25 p.m.) London, January 17. : There have been lively anti-compulsioa . : toeetings in the provinces. Mr. R. L. f Outhwaite (Liberal) was severely heckled Manchester, while Mr.-W. C. Ander- . pon (Labour M.P.),was shouted down at r ; Sheffield., r .;''At a mass, meeting of the Crewe railf .. .waymen, at -which Messrs. G. J. Wardle '/. (Labour), and Bellamy (?) spoke, theTe ■ were _ constant interruptions, hut. the : meeting defeated'a resolution against : compulsion. ' : ■ ■ The Scottish Trade ITnion Conference ! at Glasgow adopted a resolution de- . jnanding the withdrawal of compulsion., INDUCEMENTS FOB TIMB-EX-PIRED SOLDIERS. : London, January 16. 1 - 'An Army Order details facilities- to ). enable time-expired men to re-engage on certain conditions to complete : twenty-one yeaxs' service, with the .view lo a, pension.