, 1915-06-30

lana expectS every workman to do his duty
is the watchword of the day, and there is eve
ny indication of n satisfactory response. Or
Thursday evening the Munitions Work Bu-
reaus were opened in two hundred town
halls, ifty-three being in London alone.
Advertisements covering a page appear in
countless newspapers, some appealing to
the workmen for their services and some
appealing 20 the employers 10 make the
workmen's task of responding easier by
releasing them for new jobs aud promising
them reen9agements in their cd Jobs latter.
Appeals such as: "Get into the factory
line ana support your pa!s in The firing line"
appear in he Labourite Journals, win assur.
ances that the Government will guarantee
fair treatment. The National Union of Rail
waymen announces that women are eligible
as railway employees and they are now al
most as numerous as in France. Mr.. Lloyd
George in q meeting with the Executives of
the Miners Federation appealed to them to
stop strikes in the munitions trades and thew
promised to reply to-day.
In the House of Commons, Mr.. Asquith an
nounced that next week the Government
will introduce a Bill regarding the registra-
ton and organization of the national re.
sources.
The "Daily Mail" says that every male
will be required to give particulars regarding
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munitions work, but compulsory service is
improbable, as volunteering is believed to be
sufficient.
The Chimes" approves of Mr.. Asquith's
announcement and says that 10000 o men
have not been accounted for, including two
or three millions who are eligible for military
services. It regards the action foreshadowed
by the Prime Minister as one Of common
prudence, considering the increasing severity
OF the contest before the nation.
The Chimes" says that the application for
participation in the'new loan is meeting the
expectations. Four million prospectuses have
been issued.
Mr.. McKenna, on receiving a delegation
OF Trade Unionists and Workmen's Saving
Instu;lons, urged them to use their influence
for cooperation in making the loan Il su CO.'S.
MIR. Bowerman, Labour Member for Drl'-
ford, promised his support, and two ahi l4g
loan certificates were suggested.
German three and a half per cents are
now quoted at ffty-nine and Imperial four
per cents at ffty-four, while Austrian four
and a half per cents are at forty-four.
The following vessels have been torpe-
doed and sunk by submarines:-Tbe British
steamship "lunisian', from Montreal, off
Lowestoft, the Finnish brlgantiue Cleo,
seven steam drifters and the Norwegian
steamer "Iruma". All the crews we've
saved.
A Berlin official bulletin announces that
German aiImen bombarded a Russian sub
marine in the Baltic, near the island Of
Cortland, on May thirty-frst, but the
success of the bombardment was an
known until yesterday, when positive
advices reached Germany from Petro-
grad that the submarine was sunk. This
was the first time in history that m aero
plane sunk a submarine.
Dispatches from Berlin state that Ger
many's reply to the second Note of the
United States regarding the"Lusitania makes
q substantial concession concerning those
principles OF humanity which President Wilson
supported, Germans regarding this as an
advance towards the freedom of the sea.
Submarine warfare against hostile merchant
men is not to be relaxed, and neutral mer-
chantmen carrying contraband will still be
lawful prizes, but only after visitation and
search, with the protection of the lives of
neutrals. It is expected that the United
States will stop the transportation of muui-
tons upon passenger ships, which should
not attack submarines.
Washington, June 26th-The foregoing is
being unfavourably discussed in Official