THE FORM OF OPPOSITION.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13979, 8 January 1916, Page 5

THE FORM OF OPPOSITION.

RAILWAY DELEGATE'S HINT OF

TROUBLE.

GOVERNMENT URGED TO PAUSE

(Received Jan. 7, 11.45 p.m.) '

London, Jan. 7.

At the Labour Conference an amendment favouring national service during the war was negatived by 1,580,000 votes. Mr Bellamy, on<* of the railway men's delegates, said that probably some would ask, hmv they would oppose compulsion. ' Were they going to1 strike? His answer, was,, wait and see. ' Mr Havelook Wilson said that if Mr Asquith's pledge had not - been given recruiting would havo boen less satisfactory. If the pledge was iiot carried out there would *bo grave dissension in'

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the country. Ho believed the unattested single men belonged to the middle class. . — • The proceedings ivere punctuated with uproar. ' | The "Daily News" ari 4e "Daily [Chronicle' 1 urge tho delay of compulsion in order to avoid disunion. The ''Daily Chronicle" suggests a bill to compel bachelors to appear before tho tribunals and give their reasons for not attesting. ' The "Daily Chronicle" interviewed Sir George Reid, who said Lord Kit- j ehener s, Mr. Asquith's and Mr. Bonar J Law's a-ssuranee that compulsion will be necessary to bring the war to a j successful conclusion was good enough for Australia, if not for others. ' .