KITCHENER

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 10 July 1915, Page 5

KITCHENER

SPEECH AT THE GUILDHALL A PROLONGED WAR DIFFICULTIES REGARDING EQUIPMENT SURMOUNTED AN UNRESTRICTED GALL FOR MEN LARGE RESERVE IMPERATIVELY ■% NEEDEDj NATIONAL REGISTRATION MORE MEN A VITAL NEED, DOMINIONS' "SPLENDID • -EFFORTS." (Rec. July 10, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, July 9. ■At the Guildhall gathering Lord Kitchener said ihe was glad of the Lord Mayor's invitation to the. Guildhall to make another and larger* demand" upon the resources of English, manhood'. 'One thoughts, he said, naturally turned to the splendid efforts of the Dominions, - who -throughout' had ranged themselves besido the Motherland. JChe Indian -armies really "were the first in the field. Tjie Canadians closely followed, and were now associated, -with, Anglo-French comrades in Flanders and presenting a solid impenetrable front. - Australians-and New Zealanders had combined with the Anglo-French at the Dardanelles, and had already accomplished a.jEeat of arms almost unexampled in •'brilliance, and were pushing the campaign to a, successful conclusion. In each of the great Dominions new large contingents were ..preparing. South Africa, not content with the successful accomplishment'of an arduous campaign in. South-West was now offering large forces for Europe. .Britain, while strengthened by the nnninching -support of fellow citizens oversea, seeks to develop her ow,n military .resources to - the utmost limits. There-.-is a -vital need for more andi still more-inert. The situation in this respect ie immeasura'bly better than ten months " the .position- to-day is at least as-.seieous as then. ■Napoleon had said that there were three necessaries of war—money, money, money. Our greatest needs of the moment" were men, material, and money. The marked success "of. the war loan ■was. due. to the favourable reception- in the ICitv and the energetic efforts of the anew Munitions Department in overcom- . ing the difficulties of supplies. He had", taken up office as a soldier and not as a politician. - He had early warned the country of the certainty that the war-.would be arduous and • prolonged, and he was of the. same opinion., now. Our military situation in August was normal. -, It became the immediate task concurrent witjh the despatch of the first " expeditionary force to iraise new armies to .provide a strong amd. steady stream of reinforcements to maintain the army in the field at full' fightneg strength. There had been a satisfactory and constaritTnow of .recruits. It is beileved the-recent slackening of recruiting was largely "due to temporary influences. It was difficult to.exaggerate the value of the response to his- previous, appeals. He- then made another for volunteers to come forward and defend their country. He was not willing to ask for men in .excess of the equipment available, but happily the limitations of material had been surmounted, and there was sufficient 'arms and clothing ]co convert all recruits into efficient soldiers.. . He therefore made an unrestricted call for men. for a larger army. There was greater need for overswelling numbers to maintain the full strength. . . . Something more was now required to ensure enlistment of a 'large reserve which was imperatively needed. The gallant soldiers .in the fighting line were beckoning with an urgency ■which wa-simpercous. They were pathetically urging nomestayefs to come out and play their part. Therefore they must: go a step further and attract those who from various causes had not yiolded .to their patriotic impulses. National registration, when completed would enable him to'-note the men between 19 and 40 unrequired for munitions and other necessary work. Steps would be taken to secure the -enlistment of all possible, firstly from the ■unmarried men.

GERMAN FORCES IN SOUTH-WEST -A AFRIGA_ COMPLETE SURRENDER TO ; v GENERAL BOTHA. (Press Association.—Extraordinary,; (Rec. July JO, 9.20 a.m.) (Official.) PRETORIA, July 9. The entire German forces have surrendered to General Botha, and hostilitieshavo ceased. (Brief reference is made to this matter -in the editorial columns). ) ■-■ . PROGRESS OF UNION FORCES. (Official.). ■ ■ . CAPETOWN, July 9. ■ Colonel Myburgh'has reached Tsumeh, thSySet nortlof Otavi, route 600 prisoners and some guns, and releasing British prisoners. Colonel Brits, b> an immense westdetour, took 150 prisoners, and released the remainder of "the Union- troops wio -were captured. •- • ; - ;. .-

RUMANIA AUSTRIA AND GERMANY A CONFERENCE THAT FATLED. r .- ... PETRaDGSAD, July 8. --The press states -that a conference of Austrian. and 'German representatives at Vienna to discuss the matter of territorial compensations that might -be granted to Roumania resulted' in failure, the representatives being -unable to reach tangible results.