A BIG GUN VICTORY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 240, 19 March 1915, Page 5

A BIG GUN VICTORY.

Artillery Inferno at Neuve Chapelle.

- ■ j i. .i ' . A FORCIBLE SPEECH. Mr Loyd George Appeals to Labor. • " i I i*# THE KARLSRUHE REPORTED SUNK.

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News from England CHANCELLOR'S ORGANISATION SCHEME. POWERFUL APPEAL TO INDUSTRY. MORE MUNITIONS: LESS LOSS OF LIFE. ! ARTILLERY PAVES THE WAY TO VICTORY. lUoeived March 18, 5.5 pjn. London, March 17. Mr. Lloyd George, pres.ding at the Labor Conference, said it was essential to increase th e output of munitions in order to save the lives of our soldiers. The Government asks workmen to agree that there 6hall be no strikes wflcrc Government work is concerned, and also j to suspend all restrictions on the out-i put during the war in order to assist the Government in dealing with the excewiye minort'y of workers. The conference meets again to-day. Received March 18, 9 pjn. , London, March 18. Mr. Balfour, S'.t R. Ask with, Sir F. Hopwood, Sir George Gibb t and other officials representing the Admiralty, War Office, and the Board of Trade, attesde4 the conference. Mr. Lloyd George said that every country engaged in the war found it 3 expenditure on war material in excess of any anticipation. Th e General Staff in France had met the difficulty by voluntarily organising the whole of the industries of the country. '•We Gave the additional difficulty of having to . increase the personnel of our army ten-1 fold. The duration of the war, and I even tjio Allies' success, depend upon oar increasing the acceleration of our ] output of munition?. Preparatory to' last week's fighting there was the most i tremendous concentration of artillery j witnessed at any point during t : ie war. This not only ensured success, but saved the lives of British soldiers. - ' v Mr. Lloyd George continued: "Every montfc of delay in output may mean two or three months added to the war." It was essential, he said, to have complete co-operation of employers and workmen. The fact of the Government taking over works did not m 'an that :i general or admiral would be installed instead of the present managers. The Government proposed to impose a limitation of profits, because there would if difficulty 'vn (te(ppei<!vij» r to fcibor : to relax restrictions and put out its whole strength unless they knew that the State was getting the benefit, and not merely a particular individual or class. Received March 18, 10.10 p.m. London, March IS. French officers had told him that the concentration of fire ou a particular spot enabled the achievement of their purpose with one-tenth of the loss of li e otherwise required. Received March 18, 10.45 p.m. London, March IS. ,Mr. Lloyd George, continuing, said: If tho Government were merelr to assume control of business, anil guarantee profits within a certain limit, the employers would not have the eamc interest an limiting expenditure. Consequently the Government desired mi understanding with tiie employers. But the present purpose was to lay a certain point latere tile rejirt -entatiie- of the wnrkei>, . At the moment important work wa- liable to bee interrupted 1 . ;.i.or • putcs. Th,. G.ncnr.a. Nt did H"t -a;, that the v.<ir!.lll• 11 migii. n i• r tn coinj la,a. "but v.'- -,:y 111;: i v.-if;-!. i tiatie whil.. the ''.-putr, are i>.iindicate: upon. The Government aeeordlnglv pta pose-, that tlieiv i-hiil !'• l>-i :ti: - m * lock- t'-.- ' - r V ' -v - a ui.'lit, line: ' :re i'l)_\ a:t L-l -hlli culties ar o to W ,ett.ed 1... au .uiHtitla tribunal mw a- ••!'» -n.e ma;dei:• ;u- f.>:: u: ;• r sUlclUe: ■ ' f.'llv:' the war j difficult, f"i- t'e' v.iv \i ry. very important t>. t • •• • j. tile <|Ue-1.01l I'l" t!l'- n a tain one man i. v u. i <•> ti. .. tile I-lllJil-n.-'lueM o. - i.a-. . „ l-'jr i'll'l <lll.ll. 1 iell : *,_r a lilt a .. liliu Hli'. |.'l fjt-tor'ei. l ' a >' • ■ - '-ild -- thing oi which th. ...... v • proud. We appeal t<> l!r:f-': v ' to do the -ante. Finally, ti.ef- '-a exc-ivo drinl.iig an '■ of Wi'irklKe". 'lll-' -\-ll.i-M-t; OiTir. lepoit Iba - 111 1 - - in di-tr'. •<-. pv.r ; e».- ' •> » wi. ii t'... . v an i '' y" \ muniii.'tK and other neei--.iv::'- t..r troop*. Th.. <M,v. r'Uii'-iit e,leant ta . ,!l : t Iv.. Set 1 ..11 Without ll'.■ - !(•;. ! -'- ' ' the lab'.r 1- .i'Vr-." Mr. IJoj.l ".-or-e ii'tiil tnil of the v.ar t-ritin'. '' f '' a va—al of '■< isti.sn - 1 ! t " '; l dr:m!< with -U"-.---. v..'! 'a .- tlial n;illtar : -in f"i- - u-r. !i I r.-.'iii-e the im: - « df'cn.-rat that f ■'! at I'' ' 1 ' 0! file v or!:iie 'a tu c - ' t• ■ '" ' \:. * H.'-TRVD "F lIA N* T".' X' ■ Y"i IiAGG.'.GF. V"'T, ll' " r:,.f i: ) , it. We call f- r ; ' i-' e receive en an .- at ar-! -a ti\a', once. Yr.ti t'> the «n!rir!"nr-d, a<oi-l W-r. - itia-: lal y-'ittiri'j 1 i-r/ca-a ill an-. < nrrier at other en,l. o:ir sy-tem ii cluiTes all that. The S.Z. Expre-v C( ltd.

WOMEN WORKERS WANTED. FOR OFFICE, FACTORY, AND FARM. Received March 18, 11.20 p.m. London, March 18. The Board of Trade invites women to register themselves at labor exchanges as ready to do industrial, agricultural, and clerical work, and thus enable the Government to estimate titer reserve force of women's labor, trained and untrained, available if required. The Board of Trade adds: "The act of a woman who releases & man docs the nation at war a service."

MR. LLOYD GEORGES TRIBUNAL ACCEPTED BT CLYDE WORKERS. Received March 18, 11.20 p.m. London, March 18. The Clyde engineers, bfl 5016 against 1522, decided to submit the wages question to the Governmnt Arbitration Court. MINERS WANT HIGHER PAY. London, March 17. The national conference of labor and representatives of the engineering, shipbuilding, coal mining and transport industries. summoned by the Government, met to discuss the Government's control of war material factories. A committee of seven Labor officials lias been appointed as advisory committee to the Government. A conference of the Miners' Federation of Britain resolved to demand an increase in wages of twenty per cent., owing to the increase in the price of foodstuffs, and to invite a joint meeting of owners and workmen to discuss the proposal.

STF.VF.DOIIES ON STRIKE. London, March 17. Fifteen hundred «tevedores struck because several shipowners refused to pav the war boniia agreed upon between the Master Stevedores' Association and the Stevedores' Union. TIIE POPE'S INTERVENTION. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) Received March IS. 5.15 p.m. London, March 18. Rome state* that as a result of the Pope'-i intervention Britain and Germany have agreed to exchange unfit civilians of all ages. FLOATING PRISONS. (Times and Svdney Sun Services.) Received March IS, 5,15 p.m. London, Marcli IS. In the llou'e of Commons, Mr. Maenamara «tated that the hire of nine ships used for the internment of war amounted to fS(i,OOO monthly.