THE GREAT ISSUE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17079, 31 January 1916, Page 7

THE GREAT ISSUE.

COMPULSION ACT. AN" APPEAL TO LABOUR. MOTION FOR REPEAL OF ACT DEFEATED. By Telegranh—Preps Association—Copyright. LONDON, January 28. At the Labour Conference the Right Hon A. Henderson appealed to members not to incite the. men in this crisis to take a course that would bring about the most lamentable defeat Britain and her Allies had ever experienced. The Hori* G. H. Roberts said they could not take the responsibility of refusing assistance to those charged with the country's cause. If Mr Asquittt had repudiated his pledge regarding married men the Conference would have been justified in denouncing him. Th«> Conference, while declaring against military service, rejected the motion bv a majority of 35,000 to agitate for " the repeal of the measure if the Bill should become law.

THE DERBY SCHEME.

THREE MORE GROUPS CALLED

LONDON, January 28. In Lord Derby's recruiting scheme groups 10 to 13, covering single men from twenty-seven to thirty-one, will be called up shortly.