The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER MONDAY, JULY 12, 1915. THE CALL FOR MEN.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 61, 12 July 1915, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER MONDAY, JULY 12, 1915. THE CALL FOR MEN.

The stirring appeal made by Lord Kit-1 chener, which we published last urday, ought to do much to stimu-| late recruiting, and should wake up to a sense of duty at least some of the 'shirkers who have so far not heeded their brothers’ beckoning from the trenches for their aid. Lord Kitchener does not like platform work, j and that he could be induced to stand up and deliver an address at the Guildhall shows that he felt he had an urgent message to his countrymen and to the Empire. His appeal was remarkable from the plain directness of its language, and the clear setting forth of unadorned, hard facts. He showed clearly how for forty years Germany had prepared for this war.’ which last August she purposely brought about, feeling assured tbit her day had come, after iorg and treacherous waiting, for the commencement of the world’s conquest. Britain, if not caught quite unawares, had a tremendous task to face, but in ten months she has done marvellous things in the way of creating and equipping a great army, and Lord j Kitchener recognises that most fully. But. he says the process is still incomplete, and the larger Britain’s aimy the greater the necessity for ever swelling the numbers of recruits to maintain ifs full strength. In all its wonderful moderation there was nevertheless a stern note in the great General’s speech, when he referred to those who were not doing their duty in chis hour of their country’s need, and it is plainly evident that the compelling band of the law will bo invoked if the response to the call for more men ;s not freely responded to. If the voluntary sysi: in, which for so long has been Britain’s boast, is to stand the strain now put upon it, there will have to be a very full response to the appeals now being made.