BRITAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 September 1915, Page 5

BRITAIN.

NATIONAL SERVICE. j .:•• ' • « •-* | SX&SS-HKNT BY SO! ESOOS - IfIDHSSOat, »*-_*«_ Sept. 29, SJ. p__ London, Sept 26. to % Hook of Go-moos, C*pta_t F.' & Cfcwt invited Mr. AMpnth to mate * at-te_ent en nation*! seraee. jjfc Awraith saM the subject was mJwvhvg careful and meet aaznos ee_» .ftfeatiW lie Government wo-H anft—nee ita poHey at the eaz-est rootnest. Sta-fime be appealed to ______ not to aba the subject. "Wo are," he add, »at a very «_«__: taoaaat in the history of fie war. We «!» watdring with intense sympathy aad hope the g_D__t efforts of the AE-ed frmL. Hotting coaM do a greater disservice to Britain and the cause of that atUßes at nidi a moment than 'the sug-p-ttca-f a drtfrfcn of opinio*, here." • .?**■. Captain 3nest reverted to the Mbtat He realised the gave nanonatW% of disobeying Mr. Asqor-rt _». (BOMt, bat tins was a tee to da what (_-_ right, irrespective of piuwum from whatever aonne. Oeweriptioa weald hearten the Allies, hare a steadying effect on Bulgaria, and strengthen the at-! £teie of Greece. Ckuaeription eoold not be urged If the Government eoold guarantee 20,000 reemitt weekly. TJ__os that eonld bo guaranteed the Geranaent oaght not to delay in the adoption of a system whkA wo_d gnanatee reemito. Henry, Mr. Joseph Pease, aad Mr. Pringle declared tie discussion untimely, and appealed for silence until the Government had arrived at a decision. Mi. Stanley Wilson did not think v«Juntary}|ni eonhL-replace the cawaltiVs. '•..•- Vieot.-Cohrael Sir A. S. Bosaawen arid Hi.;, unless there was an accelerated flow p recruits it would be impossible to maintain the amy at its pment t r "«a;t.h. ir - <,"haplin said that he never t__-gi_-«u « .--bate would arise after Mr. At- ■ <•><««» reply. (Cheers.) It was one of tli" most regrettable debates in the bistnry of the Coantow. If Lord B_-e_ea-er thought that conwiipUon was neees»»ry he would not heakate to say so. fChetts.) The general attacks on TSr, ABoufth and those who were responsible for the eoadsct of the army was a deplorable thing. Mr. Amery said that he could not understand the dread of dfaa—_-_>. Mr. Btep__m OoUins protested against the criticisms after Mr. Asquith- soknm words. The eoarrlptKuriste wese fleottag Mr. A-awHh. Mr. Aaqura."s grave sypeal showed thai the Cenanons sad the Government reafised the critical nature of the present operations. Rt. Hon. H. J. Tenruurt, m reply to a question as to whether soldiers who had been log in the trenches eoold be gives leave, aroused loud cheers by rejdyinj that soldiers at the front do not wish to be banked In the glorious opportunity *V which they have wafted so long, j SCALLYWAGS. TO BE BROUGHT TO BOOK. Received Sept. 29, 5.5 p_a». London, Sept. 28. -»rd Kitchener and Mr. Asquith addressed a joint Labor Board upon the military situation. They, said that the necessity for such appeals was proved when Mr. Lloyd George, in the House of Commons, had announced that seventeen hundred men who were engaged in warship const, uction at 'lborneycroffs works at Southampton were striking, as a protest against the employment of nonunion men, who wore released from the colors, with the unions' authority. They added that proceedings would be commenced against the men.

OUR BOYS IN BRITAIN. AN OFFICE'S BDBIAL. London, Sept. 28. The New Zealand wounded ia Britain number 2741. They are distributed in hospitals from Plymouth to Dundee. Mr. Mackenzie is seeking to arrange with the War Office to concentrate the wounded men as much as possible in the metropolitan area. Mr. Mackenzie is now in Scotland visiting the wounded. There are 150 at the base at Ptrinouth, where Colonel Pluggc is assisting Sir Newton Moore. Captain Wilkinson, of Otago, the first New Zealand officer to die m London, was buried at Wandsworth. Colonel Plugge and ten New Zealand officers were present. Mr. T. E. Donne represented Hon. T. Mackenzie. The coff'm was carried on a gun carriage and the grave was lined with purple flowers. The "Last Post" waa sounded. lAND FOR SOLDIERS. London, Sept. 28. Mr. flonar Law has announced that s« the result of the Dominion Government*' promises to co-opeTate in settling on the land. Sir Eider Haggard has been appointed chairman ef a .email commission to visit the dominions and draw.op a scheme.

' MHTAiN'S 1946 ARMY. _ TO BE __B6E_Y INCREASED. ! Beeetvod Sept. 29, 10 p.m. London, Sept. 23. i The Dafly Chronicle states that Cabinet is considering Lord EHebener's estimate of a largely increased array in I9M. NATIONAL STOCK-TAKING. -MftQ__C__P_ EEPOBTS. Baeeteed Sept. 29, U p.m. London, Sept. 29. Mr. BaWonr_ memrasadma on sea power, i&Btingafefead eeonomiete' report on &e &Bpte*i economic resources, sad an eqpezt report on Britain** financial and trading position wiH shortly be re«xwd aad considered by CWbaet, wtten wffliabo receive Lord Lanadowae's Oomnsttee'e report in eoaneetion with national registration.