GENERAL WAR NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 71, 23 November 1915, Page 6

GENERAL WAR NEWS.

-Dotted 1 - Pkew Ibsootation. Amsterdam } November 21. Hen*" Max Ha Wen, writing in the Zukunft, warns his countrymen that it is dangerous to hope that the Allies desire peace. Anglo-Russia must be! considered as only commencing the war, and therefore there is worse fight"ing ahead of Germany. He urges Germany to state her intentions regarding peace terms. London, November 21. Mr Aslimead-Bartlett pays a tribute to the ifbrk of trawlers in the Mediterranean,'used for patrolling the lines' of conwnunication and conveying supplies for the troop? from Mudros * to. Gallipoli. The North Sea fishermen' are a magnificent race, and are;contemptuous of others regarding seamanship as a lost art except by them'-! selves. For eight months they have swept the Straits and braved shells and submarines. Elsejvhere, during thousands of trips, the only loss was that of a trawler sunk by shellfire at Anaac. London, -N6vembe"<22. In the House of Commons, in a cri fcieism of the business methods of the War Office, Sir Joseph Walton said that the Government had overbought] , khaki. Thettl was.enough for fifteen million uniforms. Mr Forster defend-! ed the War Office. It had provided] hutting 'accommodation for 280,000, men in the first four months of the war, a feat unparalleled in engineering history. Mr Donar Law, replying to the criticism, said that every member might feel assured that the Government's actions and intentions were influenced by the idea that, having made a mistake, they were going to see it oat. Lord Derby, speaking at Edinburgh, said that Mr Asquith's statement on November 2 was that of an honorable ' man speaking to a nation. Personally, Lord Derby saw no difference between his statement and that of Mr Asquith, who at one'time said "other methods" hndin a later statement said "compuliory methods." He added: "There is no alternative to voluntarism except compulsion. Single men must under-

stand that if they do not come forward we shall be forced to consider compulsion. As the one responsible for this scheme, I give you my. personal pledge that I will see absolute faith kept with the married men who joined under an assurance given by the country.l woald not stand bad faith with those ready to risk their lives for their country .The married men will *tibt be called upon j until Mr Asquith's conditions are ful-j tilled." . .. • |