BRITAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 September 1915, Page 8

BRITAIN.

CONSCRIPTION. ,

;i gift OONTEQVEBSY REVIVE

London, September 1, Lord Milner, in the Empire Review,] says that if the Government, especially Lord Kitchener, declared compulsory service for tie period of the war was necessary in order to win init, any opposition would easily be swept away, nl the present great struggle it is increasingly evident that Britain has henceforth to bear the heaviest burden. Russia's power for the time being is broken, and France throughout has strained every nerve. We alone hare large unused reserves of men. The only question is shall we employ the power of the State to call them up; It seams to the practical mind, unclouded by old controversies and party cries, that there is but one answer. The law is not needed to compel men to serve because they are unwilling, but for the purpose of providing adequate national organisation. The Parliamentary Committee of the Trade Union Congress recommends the British Congress to record its hearty appreciation of the magnificent response to the call for volunteers to fight militarism, but to protest against the sinister efforts of a section of the reactionary press to foist on the country conscription, which would be a burden to the workers and divide the nation at a time when absolute unanimity was essential. The resolution promises every aid to the Government in its present effort to secure the men necessary to prosecute the war to a successful issue. "GRANNY" TIMES AGAIN. ADVICE TO THE WAR OFFICE. London September 1. The Times' military correspondent questions whether there arc sufficient trained minds at the War Office competent to give the best advice on strategical matters, and if so were .their views always made known. Lord Kitchener's .time wa3 too fully occupied with the details of administration for him to concentrate his mind exclusively on General Staff problems. He ought to be helped by the best General Staff officers but, taken as a whole, they are still at me front. Unless theix views twere presented to the War Council past errors were certain to be repeated. j ROYALTY AND THE WOUNDED. KING AND QUEEN AT THE HOSPITALS. | London, Septembeer 1.. The King and Queen spent 2'/ s hours! in the 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth. Two hundred men who recently returned from Germany as unfit for further service were drawn up in double file wearing the blue hospital uniform. Their Majesties walked up the lines, speaking to each man. All bore visible evidence of terrible wounds. The King asked one how lie was fed in Germany. The soldier replied, "They fed us like cattle!" The King retorted, "Not upon hay, I hope." Later their Majesties visited and conversed with a Dumber of Australians and New Zealanders from the Dardanelles. , TO FORCE NEUTRALS. TWO TARIFF SCHEME ADVOCATED. London, September 1. Dr. Dillion, writing in the English Review, advocates a scheme for forcing the smaller neutrals into the war. He states that the Allies ought to adopt two tariffs, of which the lower would be applicable to goods from countries who fought against Austro-Germany. Dr. Dillon justifies this action on the ground that the smaller nations are even more vitally concerned in the Aus-tro-German defeat than the present combatants.