ATTITUDE OF GOVERNMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16025, 17 September 1915, Page 8

ATTITUDE OF GOVERNMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES.

ORGANISING THE WHOLE FORCES OF THE NATION.

LABOUR PARTY DIVIDED ON QUESTION.

(Received September 16, 11.30 p.m.)

Sydney, September 16. The Vice-President of the Legislative Council, replying to criticisms passed on the Government of New South Wales, said the Government believed in conscription; that was to say, conscription for the

purpose of organising the whole forces and wealth of the nation and the strength and soul of the nation. Mr. Holman was participating in such organisation in defiance of the wishes of many influential men of his own party.

CASE FOR SERVICE IN AUSTRALIA.

PRINCIPLE ADOPTED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.

Sydney, September 16.

The Leader of the Opposition in New South Wales, Mr. Wade, in supporting the Universal Service League, says: " For the time being party lines and party ties must be entirely effaced. It is too late to argue against universal service. In Australia the principle has been adopted for a number of years, and the present movement is simply an extension. It has been found that voluntary effort fail? when the strain is greatest. If we wait six months it will be too late, and we will then pay the penalty of our misguided timidity. The public mind must be educated to a sense of the gravity of the position. The appeal is to the whole of Australia, to all kinds and all classes. The movement has no political significance,"

The Universal Service League invites the co-operation of women, and explains that the movement is not intended for men only. Women have as vital an interest in universal service as men. Public meetings are to be called to further the league's aims.