New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-12
Last Minute Rush Causes
Britain to Extend Time
on Derby Plan.
RECRUITS BELIEVED
BEST PEACEMAKERS
Little Hope Held Out in London
That End of War Will Come
Before Another Year.
BY ARTHUR s. DRAPER.
fEy Gable 10 tn. Tribune. J

homes.retch, the Derby entries came
with such rush to-day that the hnish
was too confusing to announce the re-
suit until the judges had time 10 CONFER
Al almost the end of the eleventh hour
amending lines are strung out IN front
of every recruiting place and CLERKS are
working desperately TO enroll every VOL
u,teer before the closing time, whlch
has been extended until midnight Oh
Sunday. II the rush still continues re-
cruiting officers will make lists Oh ap-
nlicants. and these men will be permit
ted 10 present themselves for a''eS'a-
,;o, nm 20 midnight Of Wednesday
there has been a great deal OF pes
s;mism here lately, due to severai
causes. including the wealth. the ue
nrsss;ny Balkan and Bagdad news and
the uncertainty of the recruiting
scheme. bu. in the last fo days the
ANXIETY seems 70 have lessened' anu
now the country is in more optimis"'
frame Of mind.
These not directly Interested person
ally in recruiting AVE had time 10 con-
s;der III. question of peace overtureS'
Go faraI can learn, the German Chan
ce,Ior's statement di little to encour-
age the pe.ce advocates. One oil tneH'
put l. this way >,
at looks now as if the recruits would
Nc the best peacemakers, unless the
German populs:e takes the question IN
its own hands and brings Prussian mill
tarism TO its senses"
Peace Believed Remote.
No one of prominence will discuss
peace terms for publication now Tor
fear of appearing even more ridiculous
than Ford and his party. Priv'teiy'
however. they say it is more remote
than ever. The Spectator" says;
.If we want peace that is peace and
that is not worse than war, we must
press war by every means in our power
till the enemy is beaten. Better an
other two years Of fighting and all the
suferings which it will bring to US
and the rest of the world than the
lood-stained insecurity of patched
ND truce. Therefore, more men, more
men. more men, and above all, no can'
or wretched sophistry about starving
women and children"
This undoubtedly represents the
view of most Of those who hole the
direction Of the war in their hands
Politically, there are renewed signs OF
unrest, but the government is unques-
tionably able to withstand attacks
from its opponents, especially if the
Derby scheme proves n success.
Stirring Recruiting Scenes.
Except perhaps in he closing hour
OF a heated genera. election, Londor
has never witnessed such scenes al
took place throughout the city to-day
Tens OF thousands of wOrkmen. clerk
and shop girls spent their half holida!
in the parks and the streets watching
and participating in the recruiting
work. Among them were thousands o
soldiers in Khaki, both new recruit
and veterans, with many convalescen
wounded men and numerous Austria
lians, Canadian, Highlanders and Ind
ian troops. There we're thick mud unde
foot and occasional heavy showers, bu
the parks as we'll as the streets re
NAMED crowded, and bands continue
TO march about playing patriotic arr;
Al the newsboys carried placards call
on men 10 enlist.
4 TIE hotels and restaurants, on tn
ms and buses and on the street col
5 Everybody was engaged in discus;
Enlistment, and the question Of vo
II service versus CONSUMPTION wa
led hotly.