COMPLETE VICTORY FOR COMPULSIONISTS
THE SPECTRE OF A GENERAL ELECTION.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (TIMES AND SITB.NET SUN SERVICES.) (Received April 25. 8 a.m.) LONDON, 24th April. A well-informed anti-conipulsionist, writing in the Manchester Guardian, comments as follows : " The crisis has ended in complete victory for the compulsionists. The reopening of the Derby scheme means nothing riiore than that the Asquith-Henderson group is satisfied with the six weeks' postponement, which will inevitably be followed by conscription for the married men. The sudden announcement of the settlement has created a good deal of scepticism about the reality of the crisis. Experienced lobbyists state that it was stage-managed to frighten the Radicals and Labourites by raising the spectre of a general election. Another, section believes that Mr. Asquifch's statement was partly [ designed to save Wimbledon for Government, with the result that thousands did not vote. It is believed that the measure will not apply to Ireland, for the simple reason that Ireland refuses to have compulsion."
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Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 97, 25 April 1916, Page 7
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