New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-22
o,.mier Announces lhat
f ,inions Agree TO Dilu-
ton Plan.
ouAFT OPPONENTS
Wv SEE a VICTORY
,,,.,al Papers Warn Ministry
,,s War Must BE
Speeded Up.

london. jar. -
mo-, evident ,hat Britsin's WON
''N's NJ. rlsv 3 big part y the war
g L.voa. Their work IS not in tho
.,,, 70, on the high seas but
u. q, the factories where war
s. l. are made. Premier As
49,. .,stemcrt I'm the House OF
-, ,o.isy that the supply OF
o. munitions work had fallen
- ,.-.,.sb,y short Of national re
-. ,ha. the government has
-.,.ss On urgent action 20 obtain
~ ,sssssry means.
s.. n-or,en mus; b. called up TO
~. -sr's Jobs SO that skilled men
-. or vsr work. 1t also means
=. - vomsn FOR munitiOn plants. 1t
~. W.. rs. the early opposition Of Nc
.''. ..,s Ruaeimsn 20 eompulsion on
,'...-i, grounds has had its eject on
d, Cshine;. -
Observation-Disclosures grasp g. II
,-su some going SO far as 10 be-
80. DIST the oom7ulsion set will not
!. ,-,or,s5 Tie Premier this morning
-. 5eputstion o. miners who came
,.,h hin regarding she bill. He as
40 them that s, was never the gov
tents intention 90 apply It IS
-.,.g-. o. industrial compulsion. This
- pledge removes labor's strong
&c. ,o;r, Of opposition. SIS they have
-, arguing that the bin is only
.,s .or future control Of labor.
Meanwhile. the government opPosi-
"a, !. conducting s quiet but persist
-, snpsisn. The opposition includes
~, clements the Radicals. led by
I'D Nor,hciEe. snd the Conserva-
-r. who seen 20 he without a head,
-. include a number Of prominent
rs,ssne-.
he rsmor tha; Sir Edward Grey will
.s..re soon Sill persists, as his health
zone too good. In The Economist
.,.uorrow Francis ". Hirst will say;
A sovermer: !n which Lord Lsns-
:,Trs srd Bonsr Law and Lord Robert
C.,l are supreme would not be half as
-.,h sfrsid O. the NortheliHe press as
- nongrel administration like the
;,ssrt one
Moreover. E. .s pretty clear that the
-.ranssemert OF the war e largely
..s 70 re reluctance % Premier As
--,h 70 re.race false steps, especially
&, connection with lis eXpeditionsry
,o.ey sn6 The dissipation Of our fnan-
cal, commercial, military and naval
strength for which shat policy is re-
iforsib.e
The Liberal Imperislists are tired
-sn. They have done their best &C
''rdins 20 their lights, but their ad-
Illustration of Ire war and their dip
matte methods have not been success
q. They have lost the confidence Of
re ordinary Liberals and labor men
v'hout gaining taa. Of the Tories.
When Sir Edward Grey and Premier
i'eg'h asked questions about the
.',se,s o. gre war 'rcy can only mum
ts references 90 what they said in
Noysmber 1914. or February. 1915.
The period Of childhke trust has
E''e by. TIE confidence trick has
''si played 200 often
w. 4. Msssingham. editor Of the
-'s'sl Nation" has ar article along
r-ea ne same lines in the current
sas. The Liberal "Msnchest
s..srdisn" also discusses the question
ION the same point OF view. With
@s INST Derby recruits gone mo
-s1ing and others 10 follow in a
.''sSt, stream. the seriousness OF
' var has come home 10 all. The
o-siness a. usual motto has gone
ne discard for good and all. Great
IAN is stern and serious country
: furry Of excitement in the hotel
'fci was created today by the an
-ltement that the spacious Hotel
iopole, in Northumberland Avenue,
h IS vel known 20 many Ameri-
~ mas been Communicated by the
-Iy Of Munitions for admins
awe Offices.