MORE MEN WANTED.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16480, 4 September 1915, Page 10

MORE MEN WANTED.

FRESH RECRUITING CAMPAIGN. MEETING AT TOWN 1 HA.LL STEPS. . The Otagp Recruiting' Committee, which has had perforce to Suspend its activities in favour of the Queen Carnival during tho past, three months, last night camo before the public again and opened another vigorous campaign to secure more volunteers for the fighting line. The rain which threat- j ened about nightfall held off, and the conditions were quite favourable for the holding of the meeting at the Town Hail steps. Tne Albany Street School Band (under ivir J. Rennie) took -up its etarul on. the 'platform, and played and sang popular pa.riotic pieces. A large crowd ot rae'n and women soon gathered. After the singing of the National Anthem,, the Mayor (Mr J. J. Clark) , said that there was' none of us who did%not believe, even, 111 our darkest hours, that-the -British Empire would coirife out on top. 1 It was untftinkable that -we;"'should sink.— (applause)—but. that could be prevented only by every, person' right throughout the fßritieh'■ Eiiipi'riß uniting, steadfastly ,#nd 1 '•s&UMfysr' shoulder -to shoulder in loyal/xle* J termination to .see -it through ; and ' witt'j'at any.coet. Everyone had their own duty to 1 do in this crisis,, arid the : people' of Dunedm would .loyally do" theirs: t The .battle toas not wp(l ,:yet, and dark and strenuous dayß k were}"fieforej us■ ere the bellß'would ring to tell the • 'glad ; news of the fall, of Coiwtan-: j tinopld^'andiliter oil of our troops, lriarch- ' ing tritiiitiphantly into Berlin.-—(Applause.) He asked every one to face the position equarely; and consider where his'dßty lay—whether;iin, ease and;comfort in -th'is.land, ' fiCr, ; :frpm ; ,the struggle arid ■ strain* of .war, or in those* men in. the trenches .-wnbro :: asswjtAn^ r ; was 'so sorely needed.*. He - had gf pleasure in introducing as the'speaker .of: the evening .'Mr David: M'Laren-(ap-plause)f?a man who bad lived in : this "city for soriio' lO yeara. and .who. "had made a ■reputation" lor hinis(#li government and 4ri "the- Parliament of' the yioriiiriipri. .Mr M'Laren began by' empjiiasisirig,.the necessity for unity arid harmony, • nok only throughout' the d6minipri but, thro,ugh every , paxtv of v the Empire. > At his • call hearty cheers 'were given. for the men -at the front. Fteferring\to the< receiit Queen Carnival, he said . Dunedin had " licked " . them up in. "and good luck to them for dofng so/VThat lcind.of lickingithev could enjoy.. . He *nvited them. t,o Consider. what\ thisrwar meant. He did not know that the r peoplc of Amerioa yet realised : what>,ii meant. 1 He', would quote, from; ■ two' German teachers expounding a doctrine which, if it. -were to obtain throughout ■ the' world, would drag the. people: back into > savagery.. /;,:Von v Berrihardi wrote : '';Tho idea ;.that:the weak .natipps ' have the £ame right tp live as they powerful nations :is : a prfoumpttlqiis s encroachment on the 'natural •law of was the brutal. doctrine of Germany that weak nations had no. l right to , live. Another, :,of their 'teachers:: (Treitschke) said: " .The. acts. of:.the/State, cannot. be by the- standard of ■: 'individual morality. The endrall-.and the: ■ be-all-of a: State? is po\yer." If cverthere • was a: cold-blooded expression' -of { the - vile doctrines -:o£-autocracy and 'tyranny-that:;was it, He stood hand m British Labour movement in; declaring until this brute .power [had -beeti crushed there could be no- peace. He was .afraid ,we had all been inclined to* be a little : too optimistic. He' had full ;confidence> that we • would - win through ■to siiccees;- but- he wae riot possessed of any stupid confidence. ' Mr M'Baren's. referenoe. to the .great sacrifices arid heroic spirit of our ally,- France, drew applause from the crowd. He asked them 'to_ consider the messages .of ■-our - great military > ■ leaders ■ - and of the men 'in the trenches. " Buck - up, boys! We want more men,: and we want them quick!'' siiouted one pounded soldier at Gallipqli. Tlmt wa« the message he wanted to give" them that night By October tomewhere ivbdut 5000- men: would bo required, and 1000 or - 1200. of these would have to , come) irom this district. Twelve thousand were ic quired this year from New Zealand. ~ln Conclusion, Mr ■.■> M'Laren pictured the; frightful consequences of defeat in this war,.and said thatsomeof the men present might/be. able* to protect their, mothers and' sisters better 111 Gallipoli;than: here'at home: : After the boys had played' tho " Marseillaise," the Kcv ii S Gray made a Y stirring appeal. Ho showed that; this war had been 'possible only because tho German mind had- utterly failed to understand the ■ British .mindj f -With/its free institutions- and. chartered bberties., .The, presents coal strikes' spoke,?, at rate, 6f one fundamental British .fact—that our men', were free, and that/ even in the vteeth of so great a ensis they .insisted on expressing/their, opinion and stajndirig up for their rights —(A Voice - " They- are wrong'") "I believe thej are vvrongi; I helieve the employers ate wrong; " also."-f;.(Applause.) Bernhardt had said the British army -waS tramed moro for show ; puiposos than. ;for, modern/warfare. "We had answered that, had wo not? We answered it at Mons, at the Aisne, at NeUvo Chapelle. —{Applause.) Bernhardi. spoke just as sneer' what he was pleased ,to i Call Bri* twiis inferior colonial levies." Britain never, levied tn . a any, of her possessions. She invited' her;-men to come 2 . and from east • and - north '■ and south they- answered: tho calLand troopfd to hen stahdapl.i There' were.: -HP'.-levied' xagd' tKey wer^. not inferior., The stand of the. Canadfans .and the stand at Gallip6!i ;answered that lie -for tver.: They ; were'Ahere: 'thai-night 'because they«were •. a free jye&ple/ja'ndißecaiise there was no power in .' State J-to' say to . this: man or to that -irjust go!" He feared in his soul vthat 'we ,-woVild need to come. to. that.' It'.%oiild depend uppn the'men' there- and o/thers'like them thrpughemt tho domiiiipn for if'our .yowrig men would not come" freely! they4must'- be, cotr®elled to come, for we must' win thie fight.—(Applause.) He throw that a'-friendly n'valry li^e l tAit; the Queen QarniVal groups 'might'?;,!)© started among clubs and trades < and professions see wluch could: raise the greatest voluntcefs. They were: ■ from tbo various districts accordiri^; 1 . ;to; ;.the.' number who registered. Our registratibij.- for ' the last contingent .had been so, niuoh' low t er .than tho Wellmgton registi:atio(L l:lia't'they sent nearly four times as mMy men as wei did with the last nein-_ That was; a blot; that we- ought - to wipe off^Otago.—(" Hear, hear."). • There . was:'only' .one way to do it If they regis-tere-d now they nced not leave their . ment They could state the date, on-which "they ,were • vf-illing to go,: and .ttliey would not bp called up,before' that . date.. Three thousand young /men were • wanted ..from, the end of the 1 year; mWe 'had riot, yet felt"' tKev pressure of this war suffiNobody .-coming into the city would kripw that the Empire was 1 in.a , life, and, • death'- strugglel'rlt : would ; becomc us- to l>e sober, anil -to tlwt we" were prepared! to make ariy :'sacrifice, if , only'we' mights Kelp to -save'this Empire.' Ho closed with ail ; eloquent' appeal, after- : wards suppprt-ed by the < Mayor, /to the ', young .men .to come and' give ln- .theii.' , riames.' ' . Th^r,invitation , was not very largely;: re-, : sponded' to'i but seven young, gavq : their names'as", willing for active sdrvice.

THE. SEED FOR MEN AT ; GALLIPOM. . Never since ouhimin -body left last.-.'year hasthe' been'So great for men from New Zealand to help in the trenches, ihe Etnpire as a is calling them, but our ■ own boys, who haye done. such wonderful work, 1 are 'calling loudlyi ;too, and. we shall bo wanting in oiir' : common .duty.'if that call, is not answered. , The need is emphasised by the Defencq. Department, calling for two new battalions for nqxt month, .in addition to the regular .; I'oinforcements. This will mean ' that New Zealand is . calling for something civet 4003 ,men for Oetofier, and a further 6030 is required by- December. These arc large numbers'; but if the Empire is. to be saved we mUst supply and every other portion of the Empire ' must supplyr-similar numbers In proportion to their Last • night a small number of men enlisted at- the. recruiting meeting, but if we are to do our share we must have greater numbers to-night. In the large crowds gathering together there should bo a greater response, but if any aVe: yet unconvinced ;of. the absolute necessity for menj then let them • attend the meeting tonight to hear the addresses given. 7Mr Martin is well known amonfr the sporting community, and Mr Arisen is well known throughout the- whole community, and, both of them- 'Will speak right to the point; But ■ Sergeant "Stott ? has been at the front and in the tfenchtes,. and. unfortunately, brings . his wounds' tobear witness to that fact. ' He is .going to tell the meeting what thfe men at; the front think of the struggle and what they think; of the men remaining at heme. Let the citizens, gather in a hi*:*c crowd to do him 1 ' honour and give him the reception he and his comrades so weil deserve. Should the ■weiither' prove to be wet, the meeting will be held in the Ciarrisbn Hall.

THE 1 NATIONAL REGISTER, adaption (^"compulsion PROPOSED. • fP*a Umnrn P«t*» AsaoCurrov.t WELLINGTON, September 3. At a meeting to-day of the members of • the " mere men" deputation' and ' Others' resolutions.. were adopted that- :#teps -. . be: taken to impress upon the Frimo 'Minvtcr the expediency of making the national register compulsory in the case of Jboth'iqeii' arid women, also that a public meeting-be convened lor the purpose of forming a'trfcr league, with 'the object of assisbntr -the ' Minister of: Defence as: far as - connection with raising, forces for war purposes. ' '