Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 51, 29 October 1915, Page 5

Great Britain

CABINET CHANCES PENDING. TTnited Press Association. London, October ‘2B. It is rumoured that Mr Churchill 'is resigning. It is noteworthy that lie was absent from the House of Commons when Mr Molteno’s question to him was put, inquiring what he referred to in his Trafalgar Day letter, when he used the words, “Through our long delays , the enemy seized a new initiative in the Near Last.” Sir B. A. Cooper, in the Commons, raised the question of Lord Haldane’s connection with the Administration, and said he hoped Lord Haldane would he removed from the public service. Mr John Dillon said that the jive months’ campaign at tile Dardanelles should drive out Lord Haldane froth public life. It had been one of the most disgraceful incidents of the war. The Government has not yet replied. ' (Lord Haldane was formerly Secretary for War, but when the Cabinet was reformed in November, 191 1, he became Lord Chancellor, succeeding Lord Lorehurn, and Lord Kitchener became Secretary for War.) SUGGESTED NEW CABINET. London, October 27. The Standard believes that the Cabinet, if a reduction is decided upon, will include Mr Asquith, Sir &. Buckmaster, Sir E. Grey, Lord Kitchener Mr Balfour, Mr Bonar Law, Mr Lloyd George, Mr Chamberlain, Mr McKenna. and Lord Lansdowne< the latter without a portfolio. The Standard suggests that Mr Fisher might he invited to retain an honorary position in the Cabinet, and if this suggestion is followed, other Dominions might furnish the neclens of a Council of Empire* The House of Lords passed Hie second reading of a bill providing for the official recognition of volunteer corps for home defence, comprising a quarter of a million men. TJie Government has appointed a committee to consider the employment of women in place of men who enlist undeY-Lord Derby’s scheme.

y “KEEP THE CRADLES FULL!” . ! i: u . •?> London, October 27. . A meeting was held in the Guildhall to initiate a national campaign lor the welfare of motherhood and infancy. Mr Walter Long said the fathers of the future would he greatly depleted, and it behoved us to see that the women and children were cared for. Mr Samuel said that while the population of Britain in a decide has increased by 3.V millions, that of Germany had increased by millions. Much of the infant mortality was not inevitable. Messages approving the movement were received from Queen Mary and Queen Alexandra. Scientists are discussing diverse, projects for the replacement of men. There is general agreement that plural marriages are no solution, and • that polygamous peoples die out. Dr. Schiller says that polygamy has never increased families. Mr Robert Bell would give jueniuras for large families. It is the small families that are a menace to the State. Dr. Saleeby says: “Save male infants, assist parenthood, and educate.”

MINES AND GAS. jl Paris, October 28. A communique states: We exploded, south-east of Xeuville and St. Yaast. mines, wrecking trenches and entanglements, and occupied the craters. We repulsed counter-attacks, with heavy enemy losses, and repulsed renewed attacks eastward of Rheims, despite the enemy’s extensive use of poisonous gas. THE CAVELL CASE. Amsterdam, October 28. A German semi-official despatch declares that the Belgian councillor at the American Embassy distorted the details of the Cavell case. London, October 27. In the Houset of Commons. Mr McNeill gave notice to ask Sir E. Grey whether he has taken steps to convey to General von Hissing (Governor ol Brussels) that when opportunity offers he will be held personally responsible for the quasi-judicial assassination ol Miss Cavell. The Vossische Zeitung reports that Miss Cavell’s trial lasted three days. A society of thirty-five persons was implicated, and Miss Cavell, after the Princess Decroy, was the life oi the undertaking. It was a regular scheme for the escape of soldiers through Brussels, caring for them until they ■were sent across the Dutch frontier. Two-thirds of the conspirators were women. The whole trial gave the reporter the impression of a well-organ-ised society carrying on a regular recruiting business.