The Washington times., 1915-12-22
Million More Men for British
Armies toiBe Called to COL
orS Following Vote.
WILL OPPOSE CoNSCRIPTION
AN-Night Session Brings SCath-
ing Language in Reference
to ASquith Policies.

LONDON, Dec. 22.-Atter. nlgnI ol
the most heated war debate In months
the house of commons at $50 a. m. to-
dav agreed to pass the government bill,
calling 100000 more men to the colors
The sharpest shafts vet hurled In the
house of commons in arraiRnment of the
Dardanelles campaign preceded adjourn
ment at dawn. Before mdniEht the
hombardment of the ministry became
so terrific that one member inquired II
the Zeppelins had come to town again.
Adoption of the measure puts In the
fleld the greatest British army in his
tory. its number estimated at about
1000 900. With these millions the gov
crnment hopes y strike for decisive vic
tories in every theater of war and end
the conflict within another year
Carson Directs Attack.
The shock of the first attacks rapidly
passed away. After midnight many
members fell asleep. Fiery periods Of
pSrlia mentary orators were punctuated
bv loud snores. The slumber scenes of
American Congressional filibusters were
out done.
The sharpest attacks on the govern
ment were directed by Sir Edward Car
son. who recently quit the cabinet be-
regarding Balkan affairs.
Sir Edward echoed the charge Of John
Redmond, Irish leader, that a scandal
lurked behind The Dardanelles failure.
He demanded to know why the public
had not been better informed regarding
the Gallipoli enterprise. He Joined with
Redmond in asking why a certain dis
patch from Gen. Ian Hamilton. formerly
in command at the Dardanelles, had not
been made public. Premier Asquith re-
piled that the dispatch had only been
received the day before.
To Continue Attack.
When commons 1journed early today
IL was limited that the parliamentary
battle has only begun. Carson and some
of his associates are determined to press
the government for further statements
fixing responsibility for the Dardanelles
failure.
sJohn Dillon, in a fiery speech, opposed
the granting of Mr.. Asquiths request
for an additional 900 900 men. Heibaid:
The premiers speech Is deplora bly,
lacking in any attempt to justify the
adding of the fourth million. We place
no reasonable limit on the size of the
army. We are travelling the road that
leads not to victory, but to financial
ruin and loss of the war
Before we sanction the fourth mil
lion OF men we ought to be told what is
the basis of the governments demand
In no case have the failures Of the wal
been due to lack of men, and before the
government enforces conscription the
men responsible for these failures must
be removed.
What is the use of sending more
troops to he led by men like those re-
sponsible for the Suvla Bay and Anzac
failures?"
RedmOnds Speech.
john Redmond, the Irish Nationalist
leader, who followed the prime min
the deepest thankfulness how magnifi
Gently the situation had been handled
by General Monro and the admiral "
charge at the. Dardanelles. He com
plained, however. that no details of tht
Gallipoli operations had yet been re
Ceived from Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton
formerly in command and char
acteriZed it is "a scandal"
He added that unfortunately he wa.
In possession of information whicl
pointed to tine fact that the whole trutl
could not he adVantageously published
Mr.. Asquith interjected The gov
ernment have only just received Gen
cral IIamilton's dispatch"
Mr.. Redmond. continuing, said he be
heNed that the figures in connection
with Lord Derhy's recruiting scheme
would show an extraordinary demon
stration OF enthusiasm and determine
tion on the part of practically the whol,
people of Great Britain, tho moral OF
ISNl ul NllCn HluSl DC lFlt lhE"uSh"u
the world
Mr., Redmond. turning in the direction
ot Premier Asquith, served formal no
tice that the Irish party, in the exist
ing circumstances was opposed to any
thing like Compulsion. and said he sin
cerely honed that in the interest OF thu
country and Of the speedy and success
1uI termination of the !ar the govern
ment would make no such proposal
Carson On CONSUMPTION.
Sir Edward Carson said he feare'
that the vote asked for by the premie
was too late and not large enough. I'll
said he believed that the country. Ire
land included, was prepared to agree t
any measures that would hiring victory
II the premier asked for conscriDrio
as result OF the Derby recruiting Zig
ures he would do so as great -'atrioti
Sir Edward also complained of tn
lack OF news from Gallipoli and asKe
WIZ when the operations had taile
til December in "a kind of he'll
&. 3. Stanton, the miners leader
who succeeded to the late James l<et
Hardies seat for Merthyr Tydrtl, IN
troduced himself to the house in
breezy, unceremonious, but pointe
speech. in which he referred to "th
hypocritical nonsense of saying tina
the people were afraid of Conscription.
The miners leader wanted to KnO'
what the boys from Canada, Australis
South Africa, New Zealand, and ever
part OF the British empire, who ha
come to fight for the old motherlanC
would think when they discovered VIVA
slackers there were here, Some q
these, he said, had married to dOdg
their responsibilities and were ham
themselves behind the garments c
their women tOlk.
AS To COnscriptiOn.
James Parker. a Labor member
speaking in behalf OF the Laborites, dC
clared; I'VE are prepared to figf
against conscription as hard as we hav
fought to get men into the army unde
the voluntary system
II. j. Tennant, parliamentary seCrt
tary of the war office, deplored IN
language used by Sir Edward Carso
and said that the latter's representatio
of the government as dilly daily ng !
Gallipoli WAS not = truthful represents
ton Of the facts. Continuing IN reply 1
Various members. who had eNpresSe
Aks fear that the government, IN ask