Evening star., 1914-11-21
Manchester, With Population
of 100000, Supplies Only
400 in Four Days.
THEATERS AND FOOT BALL
GAMES ATTRACT CROWDS
Dissemination Of Men to Join Army
Brings Menace of Conscription
Nearer, Papers Say.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
MANCHESTER, November 13.-Re-
cruiting throughout the north of Eng
land is proceeding slowly. and the
newspapers of Manchester and Liver
pool are outspoken in their discussion
Of the subject. Within thes last four
days Manchester. with a population
within its immediate precincts of about
500, 200. supplied only 400 recruits
through a total OF fifty recruiting de-
pots.
Reports from Liverpool show that re-
cruiting is even slower there. a Boy
Scout band has been parading the
streets for days and holding rallies at
the base of Nelson's monument in an
effort to stir up the young men, but
large crowds of men of military age
have stood in silence listening to the
music of the wearied youngsters with
out Offering themselves to the recruit
ing officers.
Foot ball games draw large crowds
Theaters are filed with men of military
age. But apparently they are not NOV
ed by Lord kitchener's call for more
men.
Conscription Now Probable.
In discussing the situation the Man
chester News says:
The shadow of CONSUMPTION with all
its inherent evils and its serious In
dustrial handicap. looms over the coun-
try. The overwhelming war is likely
to be prolonged. Should this be the
case. all the men that the army ad-
visers have asked for will be needed.
They are not being obtained, however.
When Manchester can send only 100 a
day to reinforce our army it becomes
obvious that something will have to be
done TO set a better pace.
Higher separation allowances for
wives and children and new grants to
their dependents are helping to in
crease the response to the country's
call. The reduction Of the standard of
height to five feet three inches should
give d further stimulus. If this does
not meet the case new temptations
must be offered. Otherwise compulsion
stares in the faces of young men who
for various reasons are hanging back
The Manchester Chronicle says:
There are thousands of eligible young
men in this city-men with no great
esponsibilities-who are failing to re-
spond to the call to arms in the face of
the fact that recruits are urgently
needed, so that they can be trained to
act as reinforcements. 1t has been es-
timated that we have some six million
men between the ages of eighteen and
thirty-five, and IL Lord Kitchener's call
TO arms is to be responded to Manches-
ter has big number of men to supply
yet.
Still Slower in Ireland.
In Ireland recruiting is slower than
N the north of England. because II is
complicated with the bitter political
strife, which has subsided only par
;aIy 80
leaders have exerted every effort to
hasten Irish recruiting, but without
the results hoped for.
Many Irish officials have explained the
slackness of recruiting in Ireland by
saying it is a country of women and
old men and that the young men most
ly have left for countries where greater
opportunities await them. Consequent
ly there are not many men to draw
from Census figures. however, show
that Ireland has not yielded recruits in
the same proportion to its available
oil