BRITAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 March 1916, Page 5

BRITAIN.

*-* L. I | THE WAR IN PARLIAMENT, .. » "' —« , (POSITION OP UNMARRIED MEN, QUESTION OF COMPULSION; '-; Reecived March 30, 8.55 p.m. .-, ( London, March 29. , In the House of Commons, Mr. W. E. Long, in response to the public's demand for a full statement of the recruiting situation, explained the Government's drastic steps, including the cancellation of exemptions of single men under 30 years of age. He said that 1400 women were already engaged in agriculture and 275,000 were now in other occupations. The members of the Commons cheered £hi« announcement. The Government is alloting monies to ': k Pension Committee, who will make grants to necessitous married men to enable them to meet their liabilities. It is intended to legislate to empower married men to break contracts and • leases. Some of the members of the House subsequently doubted whether 'these were adequate proposals. Sir E. Carson advocated compulsion for every able-bodied married and single man. Mr. G. J. Wardle (Labor) declared that general compulsion would raise a storm and destroy the unity of the nation. MR. BILLING'S CHARGES.

I THE CLYDE STRIKE. "* ENGINEERS FINED. SCENES IN COURT. "~ Received March 30, 5.5 p.m. London, March 29. The ringleaders of the Clyde strike have been ordered to reside in Edinburgh. Thirty engineers on the Clyde were charged with participating in a strike at Beardmore's and other important works. The accused created scenes in court, demanding an adjournment because their leaders had been kidnapped. They finally left the court in a body, as a protest against the Government in | not releasing the deported leaders. 1 Twenty-two of the men were fined £5 apiece. •>■<--' > ~~ _ I .-£■ THE MAN FROM THE !".**• ANTIPODES. ! AMUSING GERMAN COMMENT, Berne, March 29. ' The Frankfurter Zeitung says tftat Mr. Hughes is popular in England bel cause, in a country ruled by demagogues; even the loudest shouter ultimately be- | comes hoarse and the public welcome fresh voices. After Churchill, Lloyd George, French and Kitchener had failed, a man from the Antipodes, gifted .with a loud voice, was hailed as the saviour of the Empire.

London, March 29. In the House of Commons, Mr. Tennant promised a judicial inquiry into Mi. BUlingY charges. SCENE IN THE COMMONS. "PROTECT OUR HEADSt" aAeecived March 30, 5.5 p.m. London, March 29. There was an extraordinary scene in the House of Commons when an army medical lieutenant leapt from the distinguished strangers' gallery and dropped a distance of twenty-five feet to the floor. He fell on his face, and, springing up, made a wild rush to the Treasury table shouting: "Protect the heads of our soldiers from shrapnel." Members and attendants quickly surrounded and removed him. '_ SUDDEN DEMENTIA. -- 1 Reecived March 30, 8.55 p.m. London, March 29. The intruder gave his name as Lieut. Turitbull. He was khaki-clad. He suddenly climbed out of t-ie gallery and scrambled along the railing, to the astonishment of a crowded house. Members watched spellbound, until Turnbull suddenly dropped. The Sergeant-at-arms rfhd assistants seized him, but the powerful fellow struggled, amid the excitement and shouting of the Speaker. He. wa» later medically examined and reJsaaed.

HELP FOR MAP.PIED SOLDIERS. EQUAL SACRIFICES URGED. London, March 29. 'Die Government hag decided to make retrospective the provision to relieve soldiers of rent, rates, insurance, and other contracts in war time, to which the State will make a substantial contribution. A Unionist War Committee, numbering ISO members of Parliament, with Sir E. Carson as chairman, demand that the Government should obtain men for military service on the system of enforcing equal sacrifice* from all of military age. It urges the- Government to relieve married recruits of civil obligations. If tbe Government's answer is unsatisfactory Sir E. Carson will move in the House pn the subject. f THE PARIS CONFERENCE. "s 'J SATISFACTORY RESULTS, }' Paris, March 20. The Allied Conference has closed. It is understood that the British members insider the results will be ooth immediate M>d far-reaching, especially m iewrdg common action, i £r. Atjttlth goii to Boat. ''