Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 73, 27 March 1915, Page 5

Great Britain

MISCELLANEOUS. j United .Press Association. London, March 20. ' Lord Milner presided at the Colonial Institute, when Dr. Horsl'all read a paper on "Australasia's Stake in the War." Dr. Horsfall said it was incalculably important that the first occasion on which the Imperial tie was 'subjected to a real strain/was in a war in which there was complete sympathy between the Motherland and the Dominions, also that the latter realised 'that a victory would mean everything [to them. They were liable to be involved in the most momentous experience without the slightest voice in the policy leading thereto. This was fundamentally unsound, and, in the long run, impossible. Britain should, when ;peace was negotiated, negotiate with the fullest knowledge of their views and with full sympathy for their viewpoint. Lord Milner said that Britain's overseas kinsmen might not he parties to the peace negotiations formally, hut ought to be so virtually. They should be consulted discreetly and in full time. The acknowledgment of that right would/obviate misunderstanding and be a great step towards a perfect and permanent partnership.

Mr Lloyd George, writing to a prominent advocate of disestablishment, asks, "Will nothing but disaster teach us not to manufacture quarrels over matters of secondary concern whilst our fate and freedom are being settled on the battlefield?" He hopes that the leaders of Welsh opinion will not prove themselves very small men in a very big situation. The British recruiting campaign has re-opened, and is likely to assume considerable proportions. Everyone recognises that enormous casualties are inevitable in the spring campaign, and fresh men must be found to fill the gaps. Many Liberals favor conscription, and it is believed that others will yield, if necessary. The Daily Mail declares that the only means of filling the grievous gaps is by a steady flow of reinforcements secured by compulsory service, which is fairer to the individual than voluntary service, as it prevents shirking, and is more democratic in that it treats all alike.

The Telegraph's Cairo correspondent pays a tribute to the excellent training the Australasians have undergone. All are sound marchers. The New Zealanders are specially fit, and are a pattern on which all colonial troops should be modelled. The Port of, London Authority is prepared to refer the waterside workers' demand for increase<| war bonus to arbitration, provided the Government reimburses the Authority for increase, or the Authority is willing to hand over control to the Government if it guarantees an income equal to that oi 1914. .. .

The Times!, ? in "a leader, says:— "Every combatant, with the possible exception of 'FritJice/.faliled at the outset to* realise the''magnitude of artillery requirements. The sooner we turn out shells in abundance, the sooner the war will be over."

Lady Jellicoe, addressing soliders' wives at Ilford, said she was glad the Government was giving a medal to war workmen as well as to soldiers, and that she was sure that none who did not possess this medal in f" f »re would ever have a wife.

At a Slav relief meeting, a letter was read from Govemykin, saying: "I promise that any sympathy you show to our people will meet with a hearty response. We are all allies now, and I hope, for ever. The war which joined our forces will also bring together our nations. Every Englishman will be well treated in Russia as a friend. I firmly believe that in our union' lies the hope of the world's peace."

Brevet-Major Harold Sutton Williams, of the Dorsetshire Regiment, a New Zealander, died of wounds. Copenhagen, March 26.

Fifty thousand tons of grain are ready at Archangel for shipment to Great Britain and France.