GENERAL WAR NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 290, 21 September 1915, Page 7

GENERAL WAR NEWS.

A RUSSIAN REPORT. SUCCESSES IN GALICIA. AUSTRIANS IN PULL RETREAT. (Reed 8.20 a.m.) PETROGRAD, Sept 19. We repulsed attacks north of Illukst w-i buried many Germans lying in heaps in front of our entanglements. W e inflicted great losses on the railway station at Yeloova, west of Illukst. The Germans during attacks in the region cf the lakes south of Dvinsk re. sorted to. sapping owing to the deadly nature of the Russian fire. Germans seized the station at Vileyka. There is intense fighting in the middle Vilia, near Vilna, where the eneny Is obstinately endeavouring to break in th e town. Therh is also nerious fighting in the Orany sector where Germans the River Ohara and pontooned to south Slonio. j Geneva telegrams from Lemberg ecufirm the report that the Austrians are retreaitng in din.crder. I On the Volhgnia front it is censidjered ihtat a great Austrian defeat is I inevitable. The Russians on the right jshlo of the Strypa continue the pursuit. J Our artillery is causing tcrribue AusI trian losses. • ! "•• ■?

MR LLOYD GEORGE VOLUNTARYISM OR COMPULSION? LONDON, Sept 19 TLe Press Bureau announes that Mr ! Ll.Ad George, replying to his constituents in a letter, says: "You sayxisMtly the Government ought to give the nation a lead upon the question as to wlhether the moral obligation upon every able-bodied person to defend the country ought to be converted into a i legal obligation. I can assure you the I Government is fully alive to the no-

jcessitly of giving- a definite lead, and i s I new examining the subject with a view I to {rightly deciding- without undue do lay, but undue precipitation might be ! equally disastrous, so let us avoid both land decide the issue on fact if net on principle. If figures demonstrate then we can win through with voluntaryism, and it would be fedly to provoke a controversy in the middle of the wood by | attempts to substitute a totally different method. On the other hand if figures demonstrate to everyone that is unprejudiced that voluntaryism has exhausted its utility and nothing but legal pressure can give us tfhe armies necessary to defend the honour of Britain, of military despotism, I have heard of no man who would, in those circumstances, resist cmpulsion. J

Mr Lloyd Geor&e, continuing, said that men wjko say they will resist if this expedient i s proved necessary to save our country and the freedom of the world .have not yet appeared in the arena. If they do appear I predict they will not he found among the working classes. The question is wholly one of ascertaining the facts. Why tfhen all this premature anger? Deter-

mining facts are net yet published; when aftc s are sifted and made known advocates fov either view will surely find that the whole of this cyclonic fervour and ferocity has been wasted

in attacking.'pcsitions which they will then discover thejy ougiut to defend. Let the Government have a fair chance to decide. All this clatter and reaction -outside the Council Chamber is fatal to deliberation and 1 especially .brig the public to pay no heed to paragraphs ascribing certain attitude to I different Ministers. These are invariably inspired by hostile intent and tlae task cf contradiction would be useless. !