IT MUST COME!

Taranaki Daily News, 18 March 1916, Page 5

IT MUST COME!

■ ■■;- THE CALL TO HONOR. ■.,, ■. (Received March 17, 5.5 p.M, M^ ■London, March 16. Another mass meeting of married men at T»wer Hill jeered the announcement that Mr. Asquith would wet receive a deputation. They decided to f»rm a Married Men's League and insist an the pledge being carried out. Married men are arranging far a, demonstration on an immense scale at Hyde Park on Saturday. A conference of the Government and tl«e War Office discussed the recruiting situation, and it is understood that married men frsm 36 years upwards will not be required to serve. Prebably unmarried men over 49 will shertly be enlisted.

An activb campaign canvass for un attested married men is beginning im. mediately.

A.VOICE AGAINST CONSCRIPTION. SIB JOHN SIMON'S VIEW.C •••■■ Received March 17, 10 p.m. London, March 17In the House of Commons Sir John Simon declared that it was urgent that the Government should state the size of the army whereat it aimed, in order to avoid damaging the nation's business. The financial stability of the nation was now admitted, but conscription had bad disappointing results. Lord Derby had grossly exaggerated the numbers of the unenlisted, and his figures were ridiculous. There had never been any statistical basis for the introduction of conscription, which had proved neither businesslike in operation nor fruitful in results. Any chance of compulsion becoming popular had been destroyed by the ineptitude of its advocates and administrators. Co-ordination in all services and industries was necessary if the country was to put forth its utmost strength. Married men bad been given to understand that immense reservoirs of unmarried men and slaekers were yet available.

Mr. W. H. Long declared that the people of Britain would read Sir John Simon'* speech with dismay, but it represented the view of a minority.

ThJ WAR IN PARLIAMENT. PL'LIES TO QUESTIONS. Received March 17, 8.5 p.m. London, March 16. In the House of Commons Mr. Tennant, in answer to a question, said he could not say what, would be the Government's action in the event of attested men refusing to respond to the summons. It was improper to anticipate sucli an unfortunate and illegal act on the part of any attesteds. Replying to Sir A. R. Markham, Mr. Piettyman said that tho Government was considering the possibility of the introduction of labor to Britain from the overseas dominions and colonies for the purpose of relieving the shortage of men for munition making and essential trades. In the House of Lords, Lord Sandhurst stated that hundreds of thousands of steel helmets had been issued. The Government intended that every ''Tommy" should be helmeted as rapidly as possible. ■ A LABOR SCHEME. London, March 10. Messrs Duncan. Hodge, O'Gl'adv, Stanton, Walsh and Wilkie, M'sP., Messrs H. G. Wells and Seddon, announce the formation of a British Workers' National League, with the object of defending national industry against the products of the sweated labor of our present enemies.