CONSCRIPTION QUESTION

Southland Times, Issue 17533, 22 September 1915, Page 5

CONSCRIPTION QUESTION

. A LABOUR MEMBER’S OPINION CONSCRIPTION IP NECESSARY AND ANYTHING ELSE NEEDED (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright) PARIS, Sept, 21. 1 Mr J. Hodge, Labour member for Gorton, interviewed by the Petit Parision, said: "If conscription is necessary we will submit: also to everything else that may be necessary to secure the Allies’ triumph.” CONTROVERSY DEPBECATIJI TIMELY WARNING BY LORD CURZON DON’T POISON YOUR OWN WEEDS LONDON. Sept. 21. Received Sopl. 2 1. 11.15 p.m. Writing to the Daily Chronicle laird Curzon protests .against the suggestion that ho is prepared to give an ultimatum to hlij colleagues in the British Cabinet. He has been a convinced supporter of universal service for many years and is a thousand times more .so now. when La believes that we cannot win the war without it; but lie has .scrupulously refrained from making a speech, or writs ing letters, or giving interviews, being content to act in a spirit of loyalty towards the Premier and his colleagues, without which spirit the Cabinet and the Government would become impossible. Lord Curzon appeals to the newspapers to discourage attempts to manufacture discord where none exists. There are several ways of losing the war. but one of (he surest is to poison our own wells.