The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08
CONSUMPTION PERIL
TO EMPIRE, LABOR
WARNS ENGLAND
Trade TniOnists DcnOunce
idea of Compulsory Milf
tary Service.
'TANG THE EDITORS"
SAY SOME RADICALS
speciai cable Despatch to Tpr srS.

Special Cdbie Despatch 10 THr SrN.
BRISTOL. England. Sept. 7.-On the
ground that a CONSUMPTION act might
disrupt the British nation the Trade
Union Congress to-day unanimously
sdopted q resolution condemning COM
rulsory enlistment In the British armies.
comics Of the resolution being sent to
lord Kitchener. Premier Asquith and
Minister Of Munitions Lloyd George.
Radical labor leaders made fiery
speeches opposing compulsory army SER
vice. while more conservative delegates
expressed the opinion that because Of the
growing sympathy with the CONSUMPTION
system Parliament may be asked at its
next session to create "A compulsory SER
,ice act. These speakers Joined the
radical element in urging the congress
10 make IL plain to the Government
that British organized b will oppose
with all its means and powers n at
,empt to force workers into the ranks
Of the army.
A resolution urging the nationalist
ton Of railroads also was adopted. the
advocacy of such a measure being based
rnop the success the Government has
Mad during the war in the management
81 railroads.
Attacks Lord Northcline.
The anti-conscription resolution, the
.ubs,ance of which was cabled by THE
sr<'s correspondent several days ago,
was moved by James A. Seldom, presi'
dent of the Trade Union Congress. In
an attack upon Lord Northcliffe. owner
Of the London Times and a string OF
other British papers, President Seldom
said in part:
when IL came to an attempt to rush
,be country and force the "A of the
Government 1t was time for democracy
"a saw that no man, however powerful
in the press. should supplant the true
will of democracy
Former Member Of Parliament Have
lock Wilson, president of the Seamen $
Union. in a spirited speech urged the
hanging of a han dozen newspaper pro-
prletors at the nearest lamppost. CON
unuing: .u.
This will stop the consumption talk
sooner than anything.
Another speaker. who has recently re-
turned from a visit to the western
,ront said that neither officers nor the
ranks we're asking for more men. out
FOR shells and machine guns and other
material.
John Vamell Tillett opposed compui-
sorry service on practical grounds. say
ing that 1t would interfere with tne
production of munitions. He sara ne
would support CONSUMPTION II ne De
leyed that il would hasten the end OF the
rar Another commended that IL con-
s~rription of men was to be introduced
/: must also mean CONSUMPTION OF capl
tal. Some took a milder view, ana al
though not supporting conscription' oo,,
jected to having the resolution FORCED
upon the Congress. Nevertheless 1t was
carried unanimously. .
War Proats.
Minister of Munitions Lloyd George
t%elegraphed to President seldom with
reference to the ~latter's speech yester-
day asking that the Government FUN
its promise to deal with the war profit
problem. The Minister in his message
stated that ia firms already are con
,rolled by the Ministry of Munitions and
that all their profits are limited in ac'
cordance with the munitions act, nc
profit mongering'' being possible.
The Government, so argues Mr.. Lloyc
George in his telegram, thus had fulfilled
It's side of the bargain. He urged tbs
unions TO fulfil their part by suspendint
their regulations hampering the outpu'
OF munitions.
The Socialist National Defence Com
mittee. of which II. G. Wells, the novel
st, and Blatchford Hodge, member o.
Parliament, are members. sent a nan
festo to the Trade Union Congress de
nounclag what is termed "a handful o.
pseudo socialists who are breaking thu
national solidarity and weakening thu
national efforts in the face OF the bruta
and ruthless violation Of the liberties d
Europe
The manifesto calls these men 'trai
,ors to the ideals of liberty and de
mocracy." 1t is aimed at Kerr Hardi'
and the a-pacifsts.