The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-21
No REVOLT
# BRITAIN
USES DRAFT
Unless N zee 8 sary,
Says Lloyd George
LABOR'S BARK
WORSE THAN BITE
Would Submit if Neces-
sary to Save
Nation
By nd. Z. KEEN

BY Nd. z. KEEN
(Sfof Correspondent United Press. }
LONDON. Sept. 20.--Great Britain
will not force her sons into the
army By parliamentary enactment
except - . last resort. But II con
scription u found necessary. there
Il little likelihood that there will be
any "civil war or social revolt,
despite the free use Of those terms
By opponents Of compulsory service
/, "a the last few days.
This 10 the judgment Of neutral
observer who have had the oppor-
trnity to study the British mind
when confronted by similar prob
lena. They remember the general
British proneness TO threaten rebel
: Een when confronted with the pos
sibility Of the enactment of ob1ec-
ttunabIo measures. They recall
that when Ioyd-0eorge's national
4 Insurance scheme was proposed.
( hundreds Of thousands swore in ad-
vance that they would never Tick
stamps for Lloyd George but meek
I - sabmittsd. They are satisfied
that transcription would be accepted
q the same way.
!. The lsttsr from Minister Of NUM-
tlous Lloyd George, made public
thruugh the press bureau today. has
made the most excellent impression
heFU IN London. While generally
roesrded % quite a. much . state
msnt preparatory for national ser
vice g IN appeal for nationl unity.
~ q hoped Il win result In the
ocotching Of the intrigue. II one ex-
isGed, for the overturning Of the
spgooe0t ministry. An aggressive
/. minority h expected to continue agi.
tation. but the general belief was
sAoday that the transcription issue
swlll - lees prominent.
u The conscriptionists are greatly
snccurassd It the indication Of
Lloyd Georges personal opinion that
An11unal service In the only solution
Ih1y also attach considerable sig
ni1canrs 70 . speech made yester-
~ e Dsptford BY J. H. Thomas,
Labor msmber Of parliament. and
SECRETARY Of the railway employer
eni0u, whose butter attack on con-
Gneiption IN the house. Of commons
- ne rallying point for the anti
consertptlonists.
Thomas addressed . meeting Of
railway men at Deptford, but his re-
Uax1s were intended for the nation
H urged the country not to misun-
loevtand the feeling of the working
0lnsees against CONSUMPTION. indicat-
iag that II Il can be shown compul-
cory service In the only means OF
SAVING the empire from an inglo
y1cus peace. the workers will with
draw thsir opposition.
a h attitude Of the anti-conscrip
dentists generally II the "show me-
-1DoG1t1ea FatAsT than one OF perma
neot hostility. In such an attitude
th1ro IN no great danger since 1t Il
certain that the government, II Il
1nds conscription necessary. viii
take the public fully into its conn
dencov revealing In detail the neces
mtg foe the step.
Lloyd Georges letter. which wal
066rossed to one Of his constituent
WHO complained that the ministry
Was leaving the nation In the dark
/ yspl1ed that the government wa.
thesuushly examining the conscrip
t1ea question. but believed undu,
ha1&s In deciding would be dieas
.tsuua.
Iasyd- George sounded warninl
thAk nSland y facing q grave crisi
that nay demand enactment Of com
Cu1sory service legislation. II woult
( ~ totly, he said, to substitute con
scripkioa for voluntary sefvics II 1
4 were Mt needed. But he felt &C,
gtaln, - ssA, that II the gcvernmen
oon&o1 . clear case for conscriptio,
Y ut . unan would resist.