Great Britain

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 183, 12 January 1915, Page 5

Great Britain

pe£rs on the war. " j * I "UNWORTHY OF THE NAME OP BRITISHER." WAR MEASURED BY YEARS. LORD HALDANE ON OUR PREPARATIONS. Received 11, 5.55 p.m. Times and Sydney .Sun Services. London, January 11. In the Army debate in the House of Lords, Lord Selbornc said Germany had showed that she possessed wonderful war machines for turning into soldiers the whole of her physically capable people. The German soldier had proved splendidly brave. Failing to admit that was to rob our own soldiers of the credit of fighting them splendidly. The! war most be measured by years, not by | months. Many had not yet enlisted j who might have dow. The man who j was prepared to enjoy life under the British flag without a grim determina-! tion to hand oft that fhtg as free as he' found it was unwortky of the name of I Britisher. j Lord Haldane emphasised tlint j Britain's task was a colossal one need- J ing every energy of the nation. The |

constitution permitted conscription, but % A magnificent response was being made by voluntary enlistment. It might bo necessary to resort to conscription n the event of a great national emergency. British experts were endeavouring to produce big guns equivalent to the Germans'. Our artillery servico was in r thorough order fifteen thousand guns having been added before the war. * Lord MacDonnell stated that sixteen thousand Ulatemien and thirty-eight thousand Nationalists had been recruited- If an equal response had ben madti in other parts, Britain would have over two million men. Lord Crewe said tliu Government hid considered conscription, but did not regard compulsion within the landscape as A we now see it. " Lord Moncrieff complaint that Scottish regiments were no longer provided with tartan kilts. Lord Lucas explained that the War Office was temporarily unable to get sufficient tartan. What constituted » kilt was a highly technical matter the different elan- eouM never ' be brought to agree.

RECRUITING ACTIVE. j FOOTBALLERS' BATTALION FILL--ING UP. * —— ROYALTY VISITING THE WOUNDED. London, January 10. Six hundred have joined the footballers' battalion. The number included many well-known amateurs and professionals. . During the past week, there was an increased rate in recruiting in London, Manchester. Burnley, and Wolverhamp»ton. London, January 10. The Times, in a leader, says it was not likely that this war would be the last war. It was not even likely that * long reign of peace would follow wherein human relations could make a * permanent advance unless there was a definite constructive effort to secure ih;. There was a danger of ti=in;r "P- ---* timlsm as a crutch instead of a spur and letting slip opportunity whereby alone our hope 3 and ideals could be realised. Let us take tlw tmu.iV to discover what clement' of the Germai culture are sound and needed as contributions to our common European life. The King and Queen visited 1100 wounded Indians at Brighton. The visit was touching, and many conversed (*■ freely with the King. The smiling faces of all testified to their grateful pleasure r a t the visit The Boyal party also viait«t MM* aad Befgtea wooded.

CARDINAL MERCIER'S PASTORAL. READ IX ENGLAND. London, January 10. Cardinal Mercier's pastoral was re-id in several Catholic churches in England. INSURANCE COMPANIES' CLAIMS. Received 11, 10.15 p.m. London, January 11. Industrial life otlices have already paid £225,000 on 11,000 claims for soldiers and sailors killed in the war. WORLD'S WHEAT SUPPLY. NO EXAGGERATED PRICES,

• Kcceived 1), 11.30 p.lll. London, January 11. The Times says the very good Argentine wheat crop will suffice to cliesk exaggeration of prices this year. India has some expectation of a record yield. The release of tonnage owing to there being no Australian shipments should tend to relieve the heavy Argentine freights. The authorities at Delhi report that they expect a large exportable surplus of wheat if the weather continues favorable. THE CASE FOR CONSCRIPTION. EXPRESSED BY A LABOR MEMBER. Received 12, 1 a.m. Loudon, January 11. Mr. Ramsav MaeDonald, M.P., speaking at Paddington, said: "The war has provided unanswerable arguments in favor of conscription. To-day we aie relying on Conscriptionist France. We I could not enter any alliance again, and tell the Allies to wait for eix months | before our troops could support them i in the trenches/'