The Washington times., 1915-06-24

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LONDON. June A.-Unless British la
boring men enter the factories within
seven days In sufficient numbers to
bring the output Of munitions to the
maximum, compulsion will be resorted
to.
The governments ultimatum has been
delivered to the labor leaders and an
nounced In the house OF commons by
David Lloyd George. minister of NUM-
tions.
Germany has been piling up mate
rial" declared Mr.. Lloyd George. I'm
til she was ready she was friendly with
everybody. During the Balkan crisis
none could have been more modest or
unpretentious. She had a benevolent
smile for France. She walked arm In
arm with Great Britain through the
chancellories OF Europe. We really
thought an era OF peace and good will
had come. At that moment she was
forging and hiding away enormous war
stores to attack her neighbors un-
awares and murder them In their sleep.
IF that trickery Is to succeed all the
bases OF international good will will
crumble to dust. 1t is essential for the
peace ,of the world that 1t should fail.
and II is UP to US to see that It does so.
1t depends more on Great Britain than
on any one else to see that It fails.
Must Punish Evil.
"One Of the pillars of good govern
ment is that evil doing shall be pun
ished. that is equally true in the sphere
of International government. Valor
alone will not achieve success or the
valor Of our brave men at the front
would have achieved 1t long ago. We
must strain every resource Of the ma
chinery of organization at our disposal
so as to drive conviction into the heart
OF every nation over the whole world
that those governments who deceive
their neighbors to their ruin do SO at
their peril"
To do this the coalition government Is
ready to adopt the most stringent meas
ures. Conference after conference has
been held between leaders OF labor and
representatives of the government.
These meetings. while accomplishing
much. failed to fill the factories, and In
the meantime the men on the front in
France have been crying for ammunl-
ton.
Labor Asks Seven Days.
II had a fresh discussion with the
trades union leaders," Lloyd George
said to the house. ''and told them II
an adequate supply Of labor could not
be secured compulsion was inevita BILE
The union representatives answered
Give US a chance to supply the men
needed in seven days. II we cannot
get them We will admit that our case
is considerably weakened"
THE seven days will being tomorrow"
continued the minister. and adver-
tisements will appear in all the news
papers. The union representatives have
engaged $50 town halls as recruiting
offices. and the assistance Of every one
has been invited
Mr.. Lloyd Georges address which con-
tained the statement that he would
work entirely independent of Lord
Kitchener was intened primarily to out
line the new munitions measure, which
will place not only the output of war
material. but the men responsible for
this output under the control of the
state. 1t provides for the enrolment
Of the workers without regard for age.
The men will not wear uniforms, but
they Will receive a certificate attesting
that they are working for King and
country. This makes strikes and lock-
outs, Illegal. provides for compulsory
arbitration. limits the profits of en-
ployers. creates a voluntary army of
workmen pledged to go wherever they
visions. which will give the minister
full powers to carry out the schemes
he has devised to develop the produc-
tion OF munitions.
Warns House of Peril.
In the course of the debate Cant the
Hon. Frederick e. Guest, the third son
of Baron Wimbzorne, attached to Gen
eral French's staff. said that he had OBJ
tained seventy-tWo hours leave OF alb
sence to come to London and tell the
house his belief in the peril confront
ing the nation. He said that the ma
ton still failed to grasp the meaning,
size and significance of the war. The
energizing of the manufacture Of muni-
tions. he said, although It brings a sigh
OF relief to the trenches, was only
tlnkerlng with the main proposition of
the summer offensive"
He spoke of the enormous difficulties
under which the allies We're laboring
and asked. Where would they have
peen but for the indescrlbable gallantry
of the French troops in the past six
weeks?"
Captain Guest said that the nation
ought to be organized 10 the utmost.
He said that he had strongly ODnOsad
national service before the war. but that
what he had seen at the front had CON
vinced him that before the war was
over men would be wanted in such num-
bers and munitions In such quantities
that no other system could overcome
the difficulties. 1t was true. he said,
that more men had enrolled than could
be usefully employed at present, but
only for the present. He said he was
convinced that IL the war was Prolonged
national service would he Fundamental
necessity Of the country s safety.
Mr.. Lloyd George announced that he
had sent David A Thomas, mana ginE
director Of great colliery Compsn mics in
South Wales, and known as the British
Coal King" 70 represent the munitions