Sir George Cave, The Home Secretary, Moved The Second...
of the Bill on Wednesday. In regard to Ireland, he pointed out that the Sinn Fein agitation—which his fellow-Kmisters have fostered by their apathy and neglect—compelled us to......
Mr. Devlin Moved To Adjourn The Debate As A Protest
against the application of Conscription to Ireland. A Committee of the Con- vention, including three Unionists and two Nationalists, had reported that under Home Rule Irish......
Mr. Lloyd George Repudiated The Suggestion That Our...
been dissipated in subsidiary enterprises. No division had been sent from France to the East. The divisions in Italy were detaining Austrians who might have been sent to France.......
Mr. Lloyd George, Who Was Subjected To Continued...
the Nationalists, went on to say that he would introduce a new Home Rule Bill, to be taken on• its merits, apart from Conscription. The Report of the Irish Convention afforded......
Mr. Lloyd George Then Declared That As It Had Proved
necessary to put men of fifty and boys of eighteen into the Army to fight for the liberty and independence of small nationalities, it was no longer possible to justify the......
The War Cabinet, Mr. Lloyd George Said, Had Sent...
promptly and in exceptional numbers. Boys of eighteen and a half with six months' training had been sent to France, in view of the emergency. The enemy had grossly exaggerated......
Mr. Asquith Reinforced Sir Donald Maclean's Plea For A Lower
age- limit, urging that the older men could not be spared from their businesses without injury to the nation. He objected also to leaving the Tribunals at the discretion of the......
Sir Donald Maclean, Who Has Done Good Service In Presiding
over the Chief Appeal Tribunal, said that his experience led him to doubt the wisdom of raising the military age beyond forty-seven or forty- eight, both on commercial and on......
Risk In View Of What They Thought Was A Greater
risk. Every man who would be useful was needed to secure victory and avert defeat in the battle, on which the enemy had staked his all. As for Ireland, Mr. Boner Law admitted......
Mr. Asquith, Who Followed The Prime Minister, Said That He
would reserve judgment as to the details of the Bill until he saw it in print. The teat for every proposal made during the war was whether or not it would expedite victory. The......
The Prime Minister Then Proceeded To Show How More Men
would be obtained. From munition works one hundred thousand fit men had been taken. Fifty thousand miners had been called up, and as many more would be required. All healthy men......
The Prime Minister Went On To Say That Our Losses
in the battle, though exaggerated by the enemy, had been very great, and had made serious calls on our reserves, which must therefore be re- plenished. Germany clearly aimed at......
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