BRITAIN.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16184, 31 January 1917, Page 8

BRITAIN.

THE WOMEN'S PLEA. NO SEX IN "WAR, SERVICE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.i LONDON, Jan. 29. Mr Neville Chamberlain's decision not to make a simultaneous appeal to men nntl women lias chagrined many women's societies. They propose that a committer a? prominent women who have proved their usefulness during the ivar should he appointed to enrol and draft women into-" duties suit-nb'ie to their training and ability without tho interference of men. Lady Frances Balfour urges that it- is impossible to separate the civilians into sexes with regard to national service. Mr Chamberlain's introduction of sex will make an artificial difference, which is bound to render the scheme inefficient. The whole paoptf shield be ineluded immediately on the same basis. -Vl.ss Mary Maoarthur . claims that wenien should receive a minirmim living wnge and 16s a wo ok extra when away from home-, as Mr Chamberlain promisors the men. This would mean a revolution in women's wages. TO DENATURALISE ALIENS. The "Daily Mail" states that Sir G. Cave, Home Secretary, has decided to submit to the House a? Commons n Bill to denaturalise all undesirable aliens, who will thus revert to their real national! Tv