MOTHER COUNTRY.
THE ENGINEER'S TROUBLE London, March 28, The engineering crisis is less critical. Many delegates to the Manchester conference state that the resolution misre. presented the intention of the delegates who only wanted to test the feeling of the shops in the districts regarding a strike. They realised that the present was not time to force a decision.
Remarkable scenes occurred in connection with the strike of skilled engineers in Leeds which rendered three shell factories idle.
A meeting of wounded soldiers protested against the strike at a gathering in the City Square, and an army chapfain said that the strike was damnable and contemptible at this hour of national trial. The wounded men then went in procession to the Trade Hall, but were not allow'ed to enter the striker#! meeting, but later a decision was reached to return to work immediately and vork during the Easter holidays to make up for lost time.
Many London newspapers liave decided, in view of the important battle, to publish on Friday, but as it is likely that ninny country newspapers will not be publishing, the Premier has decided to post up Sir Douglas Haig's communiques at every post office on Friday, also on Sunday.
LOYALTY OF MUNITIONERS.
London, March 27. The Press Bureau states'- that Mr. Churchill has appealed to munition workers to make their best efforts promptly to replace the serious losses of guns, machine-guns and ammunition with the view of maintaining the armament and 'equipment of the fighting troops at the highest level.
Our resources have fortunately been sufficient to accomplish this up to tlje present in every class of munitions. It is necessary to speed up the completion of important parts of the work in hand. There is a certain class of guns and shells specially useful now, 'which can be released in largely increased numbers in the next few weeks.
Mr. Churchill gratefully acknowledged the spontaneous assurances received from many districts that there would bo no cessation of output during the Easter holidays.
Newspapers urge the necessity of seeing things steadily and seeing them as a whole, but insist that the public must be ready to make any sacrifices necessary.
• TO MEET THE SITUATION. London, March 27. The Morning Post demands that Sir William Robertson should be recalled to the War Office to help reorganise the battered divisions- The War Cabinet must sink questions of amour propre, "If legislation is necessary; Parliament ought to reassemble. The raising of the military age to 45 seems to be' foreshadowed.
"Man-power lies at tlic bottom of the present situation. The two prophets who have proved to be right are Sir W. Robertson and Sir Auckland Ceddes, the latter for his clear presentation of the new position due to "Russia's collapse and Sir W. Robertson for constant insistence on the decisive character of the fighting on the western front."
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 March 1918, Page 6
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