MAN-POWER
THE SECRET SESSION. MR HOGGE'S SENSATIONAL STATEMENT. Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association. LONDON, January 18. (Received Jan. 20, at 5.5 p.m.) The secret session arose with dramatic suddenness, as the result of Mr Hogge stating that he had learnt certain facts at a private conference showing that tho proposed 450,000 men would be inadequate to meet the military situation, Mr Hogge said the Government had not given an adequate statement regarding the war. "I know the facts, though I cannot state them," said Mr Hogge. " The conditions of the war are as stated. The man-power proposals are absurd—a mere fleabite — and will not meet the situation. It is fooling the Houee and the public to suggest that this Man-Power Bill is going to bring them nearer victory. Let the War Minister tell the House about America — what help America can give and when it can give it. Let him tell how Great Britain is being bled of men, materials, and money in order to maintain the position of the war, which in autumn may find us no nearer victory."—(Cries of dissent and inquiry.) Mr Hogge said: " I do not mean that the Germans can break our line."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17217, 21 January 1918, Page 5
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