The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-05
Single Mer Held Back While
Maryiea lieu Enlisted Under
Lord Dcrn, Plan
WELSH MINERS MAY
CAUSE MORE TROUBLE
May TIE Up Mines it Conscrip-
ton Is Enforced j! irst Break
in Cabinet Comes With Res
ignation cl oir john Simon

London. Jan. 4.-Following a long
cabinet session on conscrsp tion Premier
Asquith today made pabi.c in the House
Of Commons the reEig nation or Sir
John Simon from the portfolio OF sec
Aretary of state foi home affairs. The
resignation was because OF the Liberal
ministers opposition 20 the compui-
sion bill which IL is expected will be
introduced in the house tomorrow.
The position of Reginald Mckenna.
chancellor of the exctequer, and Wal
ter Runcinan. president OF the board
of trade is not Yet known. 1T has been
understood that they would accept the
bill ga condition that consideration
was taken OF their own tiews as to
the eventual size of the army. Sir
John Simon did NOS attend today 3
meeting ut alt.
Inc tiirst actual break in the coaIi
ton cabinet over the question OF con-
scriptton had been predicted for several
days. and the prenlisrs announcement
today OF the home seeretarys resigns-
tion was more in the nature of con-
firmation than a surprise. The premier
himself is III different position ia
handling the opposition from other
members. Strong pressure is being
brought to bear on him from many
sources not 10 WELD the points de-
mainded by the chancellor of the ex-
caequer, and Walter Runciman.
other designations May Follow.
II is probable that the coinpulsion
bill will undergo notifications before
il is presented. or that other resigna
tions from the cabinet vii follow.
L, seems TO be agreed by various
sources that ireland will be omitted
~
tion has been made Of the press AS
the statement that ireland was neiud-
ed in the preliminary draft
Lord Derby's recruiting figures about
which much of the CONSUMPTION fight
wages were made public in the form
of parliamentary paper today They
show that between October 20 and
December 10, l.150.oo0 unmarried men
out of 2.f7?,2ss single men and 1873,
2s1 out of 2.s52,2lo married men pre-
scented themselves for service. This
brings out the surprising feature that
SO per cent of the married men of
military age responded 10 the cali as
against So per cent of The single men.
The published reports confirms the
less definite ones that Lord perby's re
cruiting scheme had failed. Exempt
ing 31s.0.i single men In preferred
positions" in the government age avail
able for service. 1t is probable that
government pr11 VIII aim 10 call
these to the cclors Immediately
Called tn Colors.
simultaneously With the publication
of these figures came a call 10 the
coiors for all those single men between
the ages of twenty three and twenty
six who enlisted in the Derby cam
paign.
! 1t is estimated by the press asso-
citation that the forty membet's OF the
House of Commons who. is originally
figured. would vote against the compul
sion bill, will be much reduced in num-
Der following the publication of Lord
Derby's figures.
The South Wales miners appear 10
be unqualifiedly against CONSUMPTION
James winston. president of the South
wales Miners Association, announced
Yesterday that resolutions opposed 10
It had. been passed by the executive
COMMITTEES.
Unless the politicians OF the coun-
try are careful" he said, they will
stop the South Wales coal fields and