New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-05
DERBY RESULT
SH0WSFAILURE
Only $500, 900 Out of
Five Million Vol
unteered.
SIMON RESIGNS
FROM CABINET
Commons to Take Up
Compulsion Bill
day.

London. Jan. (. Out Of 5.Ol1 AL men
of military age in England. Scotland
AMI Wales. 2,s29 ,263 were attested, en-
listed or rejected under the Earl Of
Derby's recruiting scheme. leaving
21s2,178 men who did not come for
ward and offer their -eryices. OF the
men who did come forward. 42s,s53
were rejected by the recruiting officers.
Lord Derbys report was laid before
Parliament to-day.
Lord Derby's figures for the period
between October % and December 10
show that 1,l5O,0OO unmarried men
and I,G79,263 married men sought to
enlist
OF the grand total of married and
single men, 1o3 600 unmarried men and
112.43l married men enlisted imme-
diately; $4,000 single men and 1,3i,-
97g married men we're attested for
future service.
OF the single men, 2o70Oo were re-
jected, while 22l,s53 married men were
not accepted By the officials.
Thus far there has been no official
statement as TO the scope Of tho COM
pulsion bill and the + attest interest
is manifested b. the general public as
to the attitude the measure will take
toward Ireland.
The Press Association, which yester-
day declared that Ireland would be in
cluded in the operation cf the act, es-
Inmates tonight that the number Of
members of the House who will vote
against the bill will not exceed forty,
and adds that considerable diminu-
tion Of this total is likely with the
publication Of the facts and figures in
the report of the Earl Of Derby, di-
rector of recruiting. Some of the news
papers protest vehemently against the
inclusion of Ireland THE London
Evening Star" says:
See Bloodshed in Ireland.
Those who know Ireland have no
illusions in regard to the fatal conse-
quences which would flow from any at
tempt TO coerce lrishmen. The thought
Of bloodshed in ireland appalls Us.
Let the House of Commons look well
before it leaps"
The attitude Of the labor group tow
ard the measure is still nebulous. A
news agency item tonight says that
the labor men will try 90 effect COM
promise '7ehereby, after the bill has
been introduced an interval should be
given for unattested men to enroll
under the Derby scheme"
II adds that If the numbers remain
insufficient after reasonable time the
bill then should be allowed TO pass.
Another statement from a source close
to the Labor party says the most lnfu-
cntial labor leaders willingly would
give adhesion 10 Premier ASqulth's
Llan "provided full statement show
ing the present and potential strength
of the army is made public, together
with particulars concerning the cOun
try's military necessities
The Board OF Trade, which is gov
ernment department, corresponding
generally to the American Department
of Commerce and Labor, has drawn up
list of indispensable trades and in
dustries, and IT is presumed that men
engaged in engineering, shipbullding,
transportation, coal mining and the
iron and steel trades will not be called
to the colors.
Moreover, Walter Runciman, Presi-
dent of the Board OF Trade, has ex-
pressed the belief that il will be dliii-
cult to spare more men from the wool
len. shoe. hosiery, food production,
chemical, leather and automobile IN
dustries, while the Board of Agricult-
ure is unwilling 20 see any more labor
taken from the farms unless it can be
replaced by women. Therefore, the
group OF trades which must furnish
the most men under the new bill IN
cludes such as the furniture, timber,
glass, pottery, cotton. textiles, brick
ouarrying and building industries.
Wales Still Obdurate.
The South Wales miners appear 20
be dead against conscription. James
Winstone, president Of the South
Wales Minors Federation, in speech
D