LABOR EXPECTED TO SUPPORT THE BILL.

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LABOR EXPECTED TO SUPPORT THE BILL.

WOMEN TNCR^S'SRD AGATSST

SH HIKERS

(Received Jan. '3. 8 25 a.m.) ■IX)NDONy Jan. 2. Sir J. A. Simons's resi.rmati'on .has not yet been accepted. It is gpner.T^ly believed that his decision is final. The majority'in favor, of the Government's Bill, ■which restricts compulsion to the duration of the war; comprises four-fifths of the Liberal IVFembera, all the Conservatives, and most of the Laborites.

Messrs Roberts and Brice support Mr Jiendfej-soH' iit resartHiigi; thevctHiH munication, as inevitable. It.is> no^v expoeted that the- liafcor;-CJonrer^roo on Thursrlav will support" the Bill. The public generally approve. Women particularly are incensed against .shirkers. Many who have

lost husbands, brothers, or sons in the war resent well-paid unmarried men avoiding service, , ' ' ■"'*■.. Groups 6, 7, 8, arid 9 of Lord Derby's recruits, from 23 to 28 years of age, will shortly be called up.