THE CONSCRIPTION OF GERMANY

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2939, 27 November 1916, Page 5

THE CONSCRIPTION OF GERMANY

NEW BILL EXPLAINED A DISSENTIENT VOICE (Router's Telegram.) (Rec. November 26, 5.5 p.m.) ; Amsterdam, November 26. . Dr. Delbruck has introduced to tie]' Slain Committee of the Reioihstag a Bill for the auxiliary service of all men! from seventeen to Bixty. _ . ' . 1 Dr. Delbruck said: "Besides the.millions who are liable to serve in the Army, millions are liable for other ser- : vices. This is war, not only a war of armies," he said, "bat a war of politi' . cal economy. Germany must exert her extreme national power." The Bill aimed at the mobilisation of labour, of which there was now a positive lack; , especially for munitions work and the keeping up of the food supply. Compulsion was only employable as a last resort. Voluntary services required that labour must be taken from less important industries. "The Bill," he ; declared, "will prove to the whole ■ world Germany's determination to fight with all her forces to the uttermost. 1 Von Graener, Chief of the German War , Department, pointed out that the exertions of the British Ministry of Munitions necessitated a considerable expenditure of German munitions. The Bill proposed to add to the army all who had been hitherto indispensable at home. The whole Bill constituted the j completion of a general duty to _ serve one's country without social distinction. ATTEMPT TO RUSH THE BILL THROUGH ■ STORM IN THE REICHSTAG. fßenter's Teleeram.) (Rec. November 27, 1.15 a.m.) Amsterdam, November 26. The Reichstag has opened. The Presu dent proposed the first reading of tie Compulsory Civilian Service Bill, which' was carried by 29 votes to 11. Herr ' Groeber, of the Centre Party, moved! the seoond reading the same day. This evoked a storm from both the Socialist "■ Groups. Herr Ledebur .(Socialist leader) characterised the motion as an attempt to stifle discussion of a Bill which delivered the workers to the ex' '! ploitation of slave drivers. . j PRESS OPPOSITION. Australian-New Zealand Cable Awooiatkifl. , •- (Rec. November 26, 5.5 p.m.) Amsterdam, November 24. ' The "Vorwaerts" opposes the Ger- < mau Labour Conscription Bill, which ; embodies "'methods of enforcement ' which are merely promises." Thus Labour's interests are endangered. _ The ■ .j Bill also omits to deal with the limita- i tion of profits. THE SLAVE RAIDERS ~ j (United Service.) _ (Rec. November 26, stop.m.)5 t op.m.) Amsterdam, November 24.-' [ The Dutch newspaper "Telegraaf" I] states'that all males at Tirlemont from J the ages of 17 to 55 have been deported j to Germany in goods trucks. The Ger- V mans are dismounting all machinery aud taking the copper. The directors ; of factories at Charleroi, on protesting, .] were arrested. THE APPEAL TO BRITAIN'. j (Aust.—N.Z._ Cable Assn. ar,i Eenter.) (Rcc. November 25, 5.5 p.m.) : London, November 25. ' Viscount Grey (Foreign Minister), , replying to the protest of the Belgian j Government on the subeot of the depor- ■ tations, says: "Th 9 horror aiid indignation of this revival of slavery will b« shared by the whole world." He reaffirms the cardinal object of the Allies, ■ which is to liberate Belgium from the : continual dangers of enemy occupation. ; BELGIAN PROTEST TO AMERICA, ; Australian-New Zealand Cable Association, i (Rec. November 26, 5.5 p.m.) Washington, 25. ; The Belgian Minister at Washington J has submitted to the United States Government a second memorandum de-:j tailing the inhumanities whioh are ; practised in the deportations from Bel- • gium. i EXCHANGING FRENCH AND GER- i MAN PRISONERS. ; Australian-New Zealand Cable Association, j (Rec. November 26, 5.5 p.m.) /j Copenhagen, November 25. ■■! Arrangements have bean concluded-; for the exchange of twenty French and German civilian prisoners between December 4 and 25.