18 SEPTEMBER 1915, Page 1
Most of the speeches delivered in the ensuing debate, with
the exception of Mr. Balfour's interesting statement on air raids, which we notice elsewhere, dealt with the question of compulsory service, the most striking being that of Captain Guest, who maintained that we could not possibly raise enough men to meet our commitments without resort to com- pulsion. Before the adjournment, in reply to a question from Mr. Mason, Lord Robert Cecil stated that no peace proposals had been made by Germany, and he could not imagine that there was any probability of her making any proposals which would be entertained even for a moment by the Allies.
