Second Edition. Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 8, 13 December 1915, Page 6

Second Edition. Great Britain

■ THE DAY OF CRACE. LtS6 CHANCE OF CONSCRIPTION . Unitjbd Phkis Association. . (ilecoiyed 12.Z0 p.m.) London, December 12. Lord Derby's announcement of the result will neco?>ariiy •be postponed pending the> compilation of the figures during the extra dflyV recruiting. It is considered that it was a good plan to allow-4he« day's grace, as most eliare not working on Sunday, and they had the dullest opportunity to reconsider: their position. Apart from Saturday night's overflow, todfifyV recruiting i s quieter, but despite * snowstorm in the forenoon, many attested, there! being large numbers of untrained, who chose immediate service. -Eecruiter s are reticent, and do not desire to display optimism, and i- deplored the . publication in today's newspapers of speculation be"between the eighty and ninety per cent, of Britain's manhood which have enlisted;- and thsiv ;«ttitudein this comparative slump' to-day in some quarters throughout the'province. To-day's: figures continue in the ( neighbourhood of recent records. The tbicWyrPftpulated suburban areas of * London made a magnificent eleventbhour response. The general impres- . sion i s that -Lord Derby will report, that he is well satisfied, thus removing the pAsaibility of a continuance of the i conscription agitation, where many married andthe,older groups.are unlilsely.to he ever caJledup; •There, is reason to anticipate that there will be ,an overwhelming re : '.' spouse by all classes and conditions or making a remarkable total, and that there will' be sueh a ■ demonstration, of patriotism,; soldiery, and stern/ determination .aroused by the seriopaneas of the situ'atiojn as to have a moral 'effect on , the en/my-, .1 1- ~',•', '"" •'""■ '?''i