News from England

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 247, 27 March 1915, Page 5

News from England

BRITISH RECRUITING.

CONSULTING THE DOMINIONS.

ABOUT PEACE SETTLEMENT. A PLAIN TALK TO WELSHMEN. WOMEN BEPACIXG MEN.

■London, March 23.

Lord Milner presided at the Colonial Ihsbtitte when Sr. Hoifcfcli road a paptr on "Australasia's Stake in the War." ,

Dr. Horafall said it wai incalculably important that the first occasion on which the Imperial tie was subjected ;to a real strain was in a Wir ,n which there ,was complete sympathy between "the Motherland and the dom nions, alio Alt tbe Utter realised that a victory » would mean everything to them. They were liable to be involved in the most momeutoun experience without the •Bghtest vojee in the policy leading thereto, This was fundamentally un- ' aoosd, and, in th e long-run, impoisibblc. 'Britain should, when neace was negotiated, negotiate with the fullest knowledge of their views and with full symfathy for their viewpoint. • : lord "Milner said that Britain's overMi kinsmen might not be parties to * .{he peace negotiations (formally, but (i|kt to be so virtually. Thejt should Vfct consuHld discreetly and ill full time. 'She acknowledgment of that rig'it . would obviate misunderstanding and 1"- • great step towards a perfect and permanent partnership. Mr. Lloyd George, writing to a prominent advocate of disestablishment, askj, "Will nothing but disaster teach U3 ».>t to manufacture quarrels over matters of secondary concern whilst our face *nd freedom are being settled on the battlefield t" He hopes that the lead?:s of Welsh opinion -win not prove themaehres very small men in a very i>i? titration. It is estimated that over 200,000 British veterans hare re-enlisted. Hu I*bor Exchange has been offered • large farm to train women workers. The women of Scotland have largely Ffftpnndwl to the Board of Trade ipKml to replace men and release th?:n r active service. It is anticipated Oat work will be found for a thousand women in engineering and armam'iit factories on the Clyde. Several firms ' • have already experimented with females for manufacturing shell and other explosive*. and they *iave shown remarkable aptitude. Glasgow proposes to emplov women as tramway conductors on the same terms as men.

GREAT MASSES OF MEN WASTED. CONSCRIPTION TALKED OF. Received March 20, 9.55 p.m. London, March 26. The British recruiting campaign lias re-opened, and is likely to assume considerable proportions. Everyone recognise* that enormous casualties are inevitable in the spring campaign, and fresh men must be found to fill Uc OTP®. Many Liberal* favor conscription, and it ij Relieved tliat others will yield, f jiece&Nurjw The Daily Mail declares .that the only means of filling the grievous gaps is by a steady flow of reinforcements secured Ijy compulsory service, which -is fairer to the individual than voluntary service, ss it prevents shirking, and is more democratic in that it treats all alike.

praise for MAORILAXDS .

SOLDIERS.

1 TAKEN AS A PATTERN

rr Received March 27, 1.20 a.m. London, March 26.

The Telegraph's Cairo correspondent pay* a tribute to the excellent training thfe Australasians have undergone, [ill are gound marchers. The New Zeilanders are specially fit, and are a pattern on which all colonial troop* should be modelled.

TRADE DIFFICULTIES.

LIVERPOOL DOCKERS THREATENED.

London, March 25.

: A committee of tli e General Federation of Trade Unions is petitioning the (Government to stop Sunday labor ■ wherever possible, owing to breakdowns Sue to over-strain, particulary amongst .girls. The resolution adds that men most put aside their industrial disputes. The executive of the National Union of Dock Laborers issued a manifesto on the refusal of a minoritv of the Liverpool dockers to work dunn S week«nde adding to the congestion, which lias actually prevented the distribution of munitions to troops in the tr, - nc in the past week, i Unless disaffected taembers fall into line, the majority of the body outside tlie umoa will adopt ;Qraatic measures -to the "union's detr.nfeni

THE PORT OF LONDON.

Receiveu juarch 27, 12.45 a.m London, March 2G.

The Port of London Authority is prepared to refer the waterside workers' demand for increased war bonus to arbitration, provided the Government reimburses the Authority for increase, or the Authority is willing to hand over controi'to the Government if it guarantees and income equal to that of 11)14.

WISE AFTER THE EVENT.

IMPORTANCE OF ARTILLERY.

Received March 86, 5.25 .p.m. London, March 2G. 'The Times, in a leader, says: "Every combatant, with the possible exception of l-runce, failed at the outset to real ; sc the magnitude of artillery requirements. The sooner we turn out shells in abundance, the sooner the *-ar will be over. - '

ANGLO-RUSSIAN FEELING.

AN APPEAL FOR UNION.

Received March 20, 5.25 p.m. London, March 2-X

At a Slav relief meeting, a letter was read from Govemykin. saying: "I promise that any sympathy you show to o-ar people will meet with n hearty response. We are all allies now, and I hope, for ever. The war which joined our fo.ves will also bring together our nations. Every Englishman will be well treated in Russia as a friend. I firmly believe that in our li-ion lies the hope of the world's peace."

NO WIVES FOR SHIRKERS.

Received March 20. 5.25 p.m.

London, March 21.

Lady Jellicoe, addressing soldiers' wives at Ilford, said she was glad the Government was giving a medal to war workmen as well as to soldiers, and that she was sure that none who did not possess this medal in future would ever have a wife.