Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 22, 1 May 1916, Page 5

Great Britain

• * I RUSSIANS IN ENGLAND. ASSISTANCE IN MUNITION-, * WORKS. f A [Umvin- PaaM iMOOiATTow i , ■ (Received 8.15 a.m.) London, April 30. Official.—Lord Kitchener inspected in the Quadrangle at the War Office a t party • of whom some had come in connection with munition work. —’ j

- THE PRESENT MINISTRY. REVIEW OF POLITICAL SITU*. ATJON. CONFIDENCE IN ASQUITH. '■■■•■ *=:. -v' (Received B.l§ a m.) Times: “While not indispensable,Tah |msi Me : rtich may rigMkf •*» ... thei confidence of HpirliOh, thai 3 i lOs&lVrsliip.H Liber* | ppimpn IwishpiMrta. the MiVnothvm'fanding the .traditional It is therefore indispensable Sj attitude, of Liberaljsnf; shopjd; consjsl. .if ; Mr ; Lloyd George: Tftrip® inent.;w ( itib .-Sir - s Lord Milner’s assistance, there would arise a -tendency among the Liberals to drift from approval of the “war, and adapt a pacifist position. Ibis would be a national disaster. , ; _ Lord Cecil doubts whether a [Ministry without Mr Asquith would command the ;qoufi dence {Pf ; if 0 •

wsrtmwx • ,?. V I ? 4 a(; -V n<.o i 1a . (Received 8.15 a,m.) . .... . ■ ... .. Lqnfe. AkhLSSL. - . The Daily Chronicle states that the . time-expired men have been leaving the army at the rate of five thousand Paris; | | tIfcRLY-ECONOMIC -AGTION' * FAVORED. f | (Received 8.15 a.ra.) Paris, April 30. The general tone of the parliamentary conference is in favor of early economic action not being deferred until after the war. VARIOUS RESOLUTIONS OF PREFERENCE. (Received 8.30 a.m.) ’ Paris, April 36. The Commercial Conference, passed h resolution favoring preferential postal and 'telegraphic rktes ‘between’ thl# Allied countries'; the establishment of a permanent body controlling the transport of merchandise to avoid delays between the Allies; reduction'of freight rates; and the requisition of merchantmen, if necessary; with’ an indemnification order to 'assist towards •” the Allied victory, ANTI-MILITARISTS IN GLASGOW. (Received ®.3D, a.m>) London, April 30. After an animated debate, the Scottish Trades Congress at Glasgow, by sixty-six votes to forty-six, declared their opposition to compulsory and summoned the Labor Party, press, and Government to repeal the Military Service Act.