NATIONAL SERVICE
LORD MILNER'S VIEWS. By .(Telesrapli—Press Association—Copyright < London, September 1. Lord Milner, in the - "Empire Review," says:—"lf the Government, especially 1 Lord: Kitchener,- declared that compulsory service for the period of the war was. necessary in order td win it,, iny opposition would be easily swept 'away. In the present great struggle it is increasingly evident that Britain has henceforward to .bear the heaviest burden, Russia's .power for the time being broken. .. . France throughout has strained- every, nerve. We .alone have large unused. reserves of men, and the only question is:. Shall we employ the power of the State to call them up? It seems to; a. practical , mind,. -unclouded by old controversies and' party cries,' that there is but one answer. ' The. law is not.needed',.to compel,men to serve ■because-they are unwilling, but for the purpose of providing adequate national organisation.";,. > . :■ The . Council of the Royal Colonial Institute' unanimously .resolved to■ support whatever - measures' ; the: Government takes with regard'to national service.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2557, 3 September 1915, Page 6
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162NATIONAL SERVICE Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2557, 3 September 1915, Page 6
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