THE RECRUITING PROBLEM

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 248, 19 October 1915, Page 2

THE RECRUITING PROBLEM

LORD KITCHENER'S ATTITUDE

LONDON, Oct. 15.. The Parliamentary correspondent of -the Times says that the recruiting problem, which \ is claiming the anxious attention of Cabinet, has been necessarily accentuated by the latest developments of the war.; The nation had hitherto believed that Lord Kitchener would give thb word when the voluntary system was proved inadequate. The time has now come to state Lord Kitchener's attitude on the question. He^does not regard himself as responsible for choosing the method of raising n>er, and is not prepared tp pass judgment on, any scheme. His scheme, deliberately adopted and olaeed on record, is that he entered the Cabinet as a soldier, not as a politician; it is for him to state his requirements, and for the country to fulfil them. The correspondent adds: "This attitude places a very definite responsibility on his colleagues, who must take a "prompt and independent decision." .