Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 12, 17 April 1916, Page 2

Great Britain

TALK OF CONSCRiPTION, fMPORTANT CABINET MEETING. Onitko Press Association. London, April 14. A most important Cabinet meeting this afternoon considered the Armj J Council's statement regarding the re-j . quirements of the army, in view of Mr | Asquith's promised announcement next i ! week to tlie House of Commons. It is [reported that there were acute differJ ences in the Cabinet in respect to (what steps should be taken to fulfil ■ the Army Council's requirements. j 1 Newspapers are giving prominence to .the Manchester Guardian's statement .that it is likely the conscription wedge ( will be driven home, and it is expected that Mr Asquith will meet the com- j pulsionists half way, by promising legislation extending compulsion to 'youths as they came of military age.,' 'and also the probable compulsion of married men may be proposed. j | The Guardian suggests that the change in Mr Asquith's attitude may lie due to pressure from the Allies. Lord Derby, at the Guildhall, said that three things were equally imperative to win the war—men, money, arid |munitions. It was'e;tsy to* take'.all the unmarried men, but it would ruin industry '. Behind'many of his critics was a feeling that he could have hastened general compulsion by resigning, but this would have been betraying his j (trust. Universal service will come if, Mr Asquith is convinced that the military necessities of the nation require it. '•■ *-'"?' '?■*.'• MODIFIED COMPULSION. CABINET'S NEW SCHEME. (Received 8 a.m.) London, April 16. The recruiting sub-committee of the ( Cabinet conferred yesterday with the 'army chiefs. It is generally understood that Cabinet will decide, for the pre-, sent at all events, against general com-, pulsion, preferring three modifications of the existing system, viz., the compulsion of all youths as they reach eighteen years, the further limitation of reserved occupations, and the continuation of time-expired men in thV army. It is estimated that the first method will bring in 300,000 a year.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. LABOR EDITOR IMPRISONED. London, April 14. Gallagher, chairman of tne Clyde workers' committee, and Muir, editor of The Wprker, have been sen tenaed to a year's imprisonment for publishing an article headed., "Should Workers Arm?" , ■ ; . PEACE SOCIETY'S PROTEST. The Peace Society is protesting against the post-war and anti-German fiscal policy, and the annexation . of German territory without consulting the v affected populations; ■ SEIZURES OF MEAT CARGOES. A satisfactory settlement has been arranged in respect of the claims of leading Chicago meat packers against the British Government regarding the wholesale seizures of meat cargoes destined ostensibly for neutral countries, and valued at three millions sterling. Many cargoes have been held up in Holland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark, and others were sold where circumstances required.

TOO FASHIONABLE. The Munich police arrested'an aristocratic lady, who was detained for several hours, on the charge that she was ov.er-fashionably dressed. EXPORT OF METAL PROHIBITED. An order-iii-Council prohibits the exportation to all destinations of pig iron, railway material; steel bars and girders, ingots and tubes.