APPEAL FOR RECRUITS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3215, 27 October 1915, Page 19

APPEAL FOR RECRUITS.

MESSAGE FIS GIVI THE SCUMS!.

LONDON, October 22. The King has issued the following message:— TO MY PEOPLE. At this grave moment in the struggle between my people and a highly=or* ganised enemy, who has transgressed the laws of nations and changed the ' ordinance that binds the civilised peoples of Europe together, I appeal to you. I rejoice in my Empire’s efforts; I feel pride in the voluntary response from my subjects all over the world, who have sacrificed home, for* tune, and life itself in order that an* other may not inherit the free Empire which their ancestors and mine built. I ask you to make good these sacri* fices. The end is not in sight. More men and yet more men are wanted to keep my armies in the field, and through them to secure vie* tory and an enduring peace. In an* cient days the darkest moment ever produced in the men of our race the sternest resolve. I ask you, men of all classes, to come forward voluntarily and take your share in the fight. In freely responding to my appeal you will be giving support to our brothers who for long months have nobly upheld Britain’s past tradition and the glory of her arms. UNIVERSAL APPROBATION. LONDON, October 24. It is generally agreed that the King’s appeal is excellently timed. In addition to giving Lord Derby’s efforts the best possible endorsement, it is expected that it will raise recruiting problems out of tho sphere of party controversy. The dignity and earnestness of language and the frank statement of the nation’s need and difficulties meet with universal approbation. In the Daily Telegraph’s words, 1 the King says what every patriot is thinking and saying these most critical of days ° It is expected that the appeal given will create a fillip to Lord Derby’s scheme, j which, it is understood, is making great progress, nob the least incentive being the call to avenge Nurse Cavell. The Lord Mayor of London is inviting every man to take Lord Derby’s appeal personally to heart. “We want a torrent | of recruits,’’ he says, “to give a defiant j message to Germany and to pour men into the field until victory is won.” The Canadian emigration officers in London are not assisting slackers to escape enlistment. They told applicants that Canada has no room for them at present.