MOBILISING THE BRITISH NATION

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2998, 8 February 1917, Page 5

MOBILISING THE BRITISH NATION

STIRRING REPLY TO PIRATES' CHALLENGE . MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S CALL FOR NATIONAL SERVICE (R-ec. February 7, 8.50 p.m.) m,, i . j r , ~ , London, February 6. -~_,:';;„ Woyd&eorge addressed a publio meeting at Westminster to inSof+l w Nov,l 'e ObamberJain's National Service scheme. Many mem- £?» rmrn=Lf+ ?So t niI ? on I s . and prominent citizens were present, including lepiesentatives of tbe leadujg employers and trade unions. jU ' th ? r Honderson, who presided, said that we needed to make a, n ltt,^T GrtoGei ' I ? Mly 1 S - la ! X!stohalle »g c - Mait "iy exigencies and our ZX L'ZnK rt rCCt i\ m P erati ™ that drafts for the froops abroad enouia do supplied with unfailing regularity. The Scheme Outlined. f^ 1 " m , mwt be sl W Ked * 'dnffU of 2 U i;£ >S ? V Ue ?,'- who aloM CiUl sta,ld the tc| - ri fi<> strain of SwSrt K TW 3 ,S pro Mom was to fmd substitutes who would n i ■ UHtortnes.of tho country from languishing. Ho had co-operation with the bishops, ty which the clergy Sntst th ß °f! r TOrk - D ° I ctor s lm,st bo moLllisea al,d distributed SSS ™n V I»P nl **»«n. Men a ready engaged in work of national in,. fn otW 3 ?7U ked V" rol ' as thoy "V sht b0 Ivauted fOT similar workas ml™ t C ° m i J - He vr ? OS f to a,til - iso the looal MtJwritiee M,^? 1 - 3 t "t.esohanges for enrolmont and controlling the distribution of labour. A minimum wage of 255. per week would bo established including "I suddenly destroy the nonessential trades, as such destruct on vould interfere with credit. The least essential trades uiust fall first Germany means to starve us out before she herself is- starved Our m--6dTo J« f r Per da T for wlnnfiSrs. M grant of 3s. is the Tl — '^ ho rßt ?.°t pay for Natiolla l Vohmteere V,™^; ratelol ' the >r 3°b. It.might be higher or lower than, the one they h"cl Mp.Ohamherlnin added, "but each must his nts on }Xn TMf }\™Ml bo impoesiblo to indicate at present the be soZ rrS ; \- mi *iul mdustrie? would proceed. There would certainly maebborv r + OnS °? less occupations, but the snaring of p.Serit^&e a t' ab<,Ur Shm ' ld ellabl ° tl, ° tradGS tO I,,aiutain tlleir The Prime Minister's Appeal. nation nnist have itself to resort to eom™l^^ OlUnta,7 S^ steD ? fails tl,e out for years, and taught in the schools Weinustffi O" V t°? gU merchantmen, in order" to demonstrate to the enetv th,i ° W<>i f ° fc ° I,r the Jiigh seas are futile. We can do it but fcho m+lnn T , nm '* rs on