America

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 13, 9 December 1916, Page 6

America

CONSCRIPTION ADVOCATED.

THE CASE OF THE ARABIA.

Press Association-Copyright, Aust/-*

lian and N.Z. Cable Association, (Received 1,40 p.m.)

New York, December 8

General Scott, chief of the General Staff,, in his annual report, recommends the institution of Conscription, declaring that the volunteer System has broken down. America is now full of the spirit of “let somebody else do the soldiering,”, which, must be changed if American democracy is to endure. The State Department forwarding to England Germany’s reply on the torpedoing of the Arabia, witln u j request that England should furnish the fact of the Arabia’s status, thus necessitating several days’ delay before the American attitude can be determined.