Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-12-27

BEFORE Brit.
CABINET TODAY
Only Prompt Action on Issue
Can Save Asquith Minis
try, Belief.
LLoYD-oEoRcE is URGED
AS NEW PRIME MINISTER
His Address to Glasgow Union
lists Again centers Atten-
tion Upon Him.

LONDON. Dec. 81. = The Asquith
ministry was under heavy attack to-
day. Using David Lloyd Georges
charge. too late." as their slogan, in
fiuentiaI London newspapers have
launched a campaign for a reorgan-
ization of the ministry. Only prompt,
decisive action by the cabinet coun-
scil tonight on the conscription issue
can save the prime minister and sew
eral of his colleagues from retire.
ment, several newspapers limited.
Lloyd George, himself once an OBJ
ject of scorn among the British
upper classes" probably Will become
the head of the government If Asquith
is forced out. Despite previous opti-
mistic reports It was limited IN gov
ernment circles today that the Lord
Derby cruiting campaign did not
bring the army the number of
yolunt RS needed. The very fact that
the government has not published the
results apparently confirms this re-
port. The cabinet council, 1t was gem
orally understood will be called upon
tonight to meet the conscription issue
suuarely. The conscriptionist advo-
no further side-stepping. The gov
ernment should not attempt to evade
responsibility. they asserted, by SUBJ
mitting the question to a general cleo
ton. On the other hand the anti
conscriptionists pointed to the
threats of the labor chiefs and the
speech of the Irish leader, John Red
, mond. in commons as indicating the
danger facing adoption of compulsory
enlistment
LIoyd-GeorKe Gains Supporters.
Unless the situation is met tonight
the leaders now in opposition to
Premier Asquith expect to renew the
fight on the prime minister In COM
mons. reopenirg of discussion OF the
Dardanelles and Balkan failures
The Northcliffe and other leading
London papers have rallied to the
support Of Lloyd George. The min
| lister of munitions address TO the
trades unionists at Glasgow on
Christmas Day has centered atten-
| lion upon Lloyd George again as DID
This recent criticism Of the govern
merst. -.
lyon can't haggle with an eartif-
quake was one of his striking
phrases in urging the unionists to fer
get petty trades union regulations IN
helping win the war. i appeal 10 you
TO lift up your eyes above the mists
of expression and ascend TO the
heights of the. greatest opportunity
that ever opened before your class.
"Effher we must tell the soldiers at
the front that we are sorry we cannot
get the guns to enable them TO VIII
tbroughout 1916, owing to the trades
q - xxra xnsA crf q
them that IL they manage to hold out
for another year perhaps American
vorllnen will help us get sufficient
supply for 1917.
HOf course there is another alterna-
tive: we might tell the kaiser frankly
that we cannot go on. He might LEI
us of with annexing Belgium, paying
an indemnity and giving up British
colony or two, but he certainly would
demand that Great Britain surrender
her command of the sea- and Great
Britain then would be as completely
All the mercy of Prussian despotism as
Belgium is today.
Mr.. Lloyd George presented a plan
To amend the trades union regulations
that had been drawn up by commit
tee on which were seven trades union
leaders.
I'VE don't trust the trade uni9n
leaders" cried several voices in The
audience.
Whom do you trust, then?" Mr.
Lloyd George inquired.
Retort Is cheered.
Nobody several voices shouted in
reply.
Mr.. Lloyd George went on to tell Of
new national gun and munition fac
tories under construction by the mu-
nicipal ministry in different parts OF
the kingdom and of his need of $4,000
skilled workmen to man them.
.sYou won't get them one of his
interrupters here broke in.
II have come here to face 5000 Glas-
gov trades union men, exclaimed the
minister. 'Wiil that gentleman ven
ture to go to Flanders and face 5000
British soldiers in the trenches2"
This retort provoked prolonged
cheering.