Second Edition. Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 29, 10 January 1916, Page 6

Second Edition. Great Britain

CABINET RESIGNATIONS, [United Press Absoo.ation.] London, January 6. Messrs Henderson (Minister for Education and Labor), G, H. Roberts (Junior Lord of the Treasury), and W. Brace (Under-Secretary in the Hotpe Office ''has resigned from the Cabinet. The Daily Chronicle says that Mr Asquith is seeking to induce Messrs Henderson," Roberts and Brace to -withdraw their resignations. Mr Gibson Bowles has retired from the contest at St., George's, saying that he felt the election of an Australian would he a compliment to Australia, to whose gallantry and devotion we owe so much. !

MISCELLANEOUS. London, January 6. Recruiting under Lord Derby's scheme re-opens on Monday, ' Sir H. Rider Haggard is visiting South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, representing the Colonial Institute, for the purpose of inquiring into the opportunities offering for the settlement of employment of soldiers and sailors after the war, The Government has appointed a . committee to investigate War Office contracts. J The rahVaymen, transporters, and miners executive, under the recent amalgamation, are joint action against compulsion. It is anti- ' cipated: that the, miners' conference will oppose compulsion by a- large" majority. German newspapers of all colors show that the country.is deeply stirred by the British law of compulsion. Some recognise that this great change in England means business, while others hope for> and some prophesy, '"•'• a revolution. The Cologne Gaaette anticipates ,- that, the wastage will be enormous, and considers that the demands of the ' army will paralyse commerce. London, Janua'\.- 6. ■•'■ Lord Middleton jvilj ask Lord Kit1* chener on Tuesday the number of recruits in England and Ireland respectively, and to estimate the number ot 'single men who have not attested in |! 'lreland. Mr Mackenzie Bell, twice a Liberal ' candidate for St. George's, will re- ', contest the election against Sir George' fßeid. „ • . ';,;' General Stopfordris demanding an f inquiry into, the Suvla Bay operations. | The Compulsion Bill as published provides that unmarried men and wid- , .ewers without children shall be deemed iito have enlisted. A penalty of fifty ' pounds has been fixed- for men failing |to notify "any change in the c:roum'\stances upon which they have been Sgranted exemption, and six n.onths' :■imprisonment for false evidence when -■applying for exemption. « ' Amsterdam, January 8. I. Count Reventlow, writing in the fTages Zeitung, says that the Russian offensive in Bessarabia has. been well! prepared. She has great reserves of Jman and artillery, and if ihe offensive Succeeds Greece and- Roumania will 'join the Entente. ,