FACING THE OUTLOOK

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 43, 14 November 1917, Page 5

FACING THE OUTLOOK

ALLIED NATIONS BEND TO THE TASK ■ . ! AMERICA DRAFTING ARMY OF ■; 9,000,000 AUSTRALIA'S CALL Washington, November 12. j President Wilson has issued a pro- : clnmation putting into effect new draft ) logulations affecting nine million men* ; The process wiH~oo completed in sixty; i days, beginning about December 15. ] In an important address at the Fed- ) oration of Labour Conference at Buffalo '; to-day, the President made an effort to j speed up tho production of war essen- j tials and to end disputes. The Govern- j niont, he said, did not desire to resort 1 to the conscription of labour, but pre- ; ferrod the partial suspension of union rules, tho -working men to receive con- ; cessions and the employers to permit tho j extension of unionism. President Wilson, assailed tho pacifists, and declared that , if Germany retained tho Berlin-Bagdad railway she would 6eoure ono of her chiaj objectives.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. | SERIOUSNESS OF THE STRESSED i STATEMENT BY AUSTRALIAN. PBIME MINKTER. . | Melbourne, November IS. Mr. W. M. Hughes, Federal Prime Minister, in a speech in which he laid stress on the seriousness of tho war. made the interesting announce- j ment that ho spoke, not at hazard, but as a member of the Imperial War Cabinet, and as one to whom all the information at its disposal was comraranij THE CONSCRIPTION ISSUE. The referendum proposals exempt all I clergymen, but conscientious objectors are exempted only from combatant eorvice. Eligiblcs in families already represented at the front aro not liable, for service until thoso families which are not represented are called up on a pro rata. basis. Tho schemo exempts one eligible from each contributing family—Press Assn. BRITISH MINERS REALISE THE POSITION STRIKE PEOPOSAL OVERWHELMINGLY EEJBCTED. London, November 12. Tho South Wales miners' ballot overwhelmingly rejooted tho strike proposal, suggested as a protest against tho mora stringest Tecruiting of miners. This m regarded as a notable proof of the determination of Labour to make any sacrifice necessary to achieve victory—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. BRAZIL TO MOJASE 100,000 MEN Rio do Janeiro; November 12. Tho Brazilian Government is arrang> ing to mobilise 100,000 men by conscript tion, between the ages of 17 and Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . CANADIAN PREMIER'S APPEAL • GOVERNMENT'S MAN-POWER ' PLEDGE. Ottawa, November 12. Sir Robert Borden has issued a manifesto pledging the Government to a oeaseless prosecution of the war, to energetically sustain the supply of soldiers, and to atrivo for national unity and economy. ■ The manifesto strongly defends tho Military Act.-Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.