21 AUGUST 1915, Page 3

The resolution which is proposed for use at the meetings

is as follows :—

" That this mooting of citizens of publicly assembled affirms its belief that justice and the special needs of the nation require the immediate acceptance of the principle of National Service for all, and the institution of a system of service in this country which will make it possible to place every fit man, irre- spective of birth or rank, in the fighting line or in such necessary war work at home as the nation shall require during the period of the war."

The promoters of the movement provide for the necessary exemptions, in order that a man may not be made into a soldier when he is really more needed in a mine, or on a railway, or in a transport vessel.