El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-13
ENGLAND UNABLE
To SUPPLY lRHY
KITCHENER ASKS
Persuasion and Recruiting
Fail To Bring the
Desired Results.
C0NSCRIPTION
MAY BE REMEDY

? ONDON. Eng. Nov 13.-The days Of
grace granted for the purpose OF
making an ultimate test of the
present system Of recruiting are rap
idly nearing their end and the result is
no longer in Doubt is absolutely i'm
possible to find in the United Kingdom
the enormous number Of men needed to
satisfy the demands Of lord Kitchener
in this manner
No one thinks OF blaming lord Derby
for his failure. for although he was
quoted as saying, before he took up his
new duties. that he was wei aware he
had been appointed general manager Of
a bankrupt concern, he has made
strenuous efforts to accomplish what
the antagonists Of cOnscription expect
Persuasion Fails.
His army of canvassers has gone
through the entire kingdom, they have
most conscientiously followed their in
structiOns, which ordered them TO use
the strongest kind OF persuasion with
out resortng to bullying, but the num-
her Of recruits they have gathered fails
far below even modest expectations
As a matter Of fact anyone who has
seen how swiftly all young men saun-
tering up and down the streets OF
London disappear the moment they
hear the strains Of a recruiting pand
approaching, and how studiously Ineg
avoid going near Nelson monument IN
Trafalgar Square and other places
where recruiting speeches are made oy
soldiers home on leave from the front,
must have known beforehand that al
the young men here who had any inten-
ton of exposing their lives to German
bullets were already in khaki
Still. official statistics leave abso-
Iutely no doubt that FAR more than the
number Of young men required at pres
ent are here But they will not defend
their country unless they are compelled
Blow to National Pride.
Naturally this is a very bitter pill
for British national pride to swallow,
and il is not surprising that a more
flsttering explanation IS sought Ior- A
suitable scaDegoat has been quickly
found in the press censorship Whlch
stands accused from all sides OF having
wflfully fostered a spirit OF optimism
which caused the remaining milllons OF
men of military age 10 believe Inat
they could not be wanted, as IhlnSs
were evidently going very we'll
This explanation, however, does not
place the intelligence Of the average
Englishman in very 1latterlnE ngnt-
but one must suppose that the English
would rather be under the suspicion
of being dull than Of lacking IN
courage
1t NAV now be considered almost set
tied that we are to have conscription
in some form unless a timely Zeppelin
happens to drop a bomb on Wesrmln-
ster Abbey, Buckingham palace OF
windsor. causing a general outDurst OF
fp55EnatiOn and rush to the recruiting
offices
Lloyd George Does Better .
Lloyd George on the other hand, has
been far more successful in his endeaV-
or to raise the required number OF mu-
milton workers and the only dlf1lcuity
he has had 20 contend with has Deen
local friction with labor unions.
The number Of ammunition workers
nom exceeds LOCO, 600 Undoubtedly the
navy absorbs TO a great extent me
activity Of this immense army Of Work
ers- The home fleet, which without
striking a single blow of any magnl-
tide irumOblized the fleet Of the KAISER
from the very beginning Of the war,
needs the work Of hundreds OF Jnou-
sands of men to keen II in a constant
state Of the highest efficiency
The supply Of munitions for the Brit
fsh armies is now said to be ample
About 1000 factories all over the coun-
try are now busy night and day turning
out rifles. machine guns, cannon, Shells
hand greuades and airplanes-
Effect OF War Keenly Felt
The effects OF the war are beginning
to be felt very keenly and worse is TO
be expected when the new income tax
comes into operation The price OF
practically all necessarieS Of living has
gone No and il may be safely estimated
that IT costs about 40 percent more to
live in London than il did u months
ago II is door consolation TO be told
that the people in Berlin and Vienna
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