The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-07
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position 10 most critical today. Faced
first by bitter hostility Of labor to.
ward its conscrIption bill, the cabinet
found Itself also under heavy ftro bs-
cause Of the DardansIles failure.
Tho London press today divided
spaoo between accounts Of the action
ef the national labor oongrsss In oon-
den,nlna tt,e conscrIption bill, editor
iai denunoiaton Of the governments
oardansilss policy and the debats IN
parliament hast night preceding tho
fsrst vote on conscriptlon.
General Ian HamIIton's final report
on the Dardanelies. frankly ascrIbing
the British defeat to the governments
failure to send reinforcsments no ask
ed, was printed In the morning papers
today. The opposition newspapers
sel1ed upon II ~ another basis for
editorial attack on the Asquith minis
try, using the Lloyd George accusa-
tlon: 'Too late"
Powerful men Of all parties, how
ever, are coming TO the governments
assistance 70 prevent q general cleo
tlon In the midst Of the world war.
Tho oonsoription crisis that threatens
Q cabinet uphsaval, at the same time
10 welding together many discordant
groups In parliament In support Of the
Asquith ministry. Some Of the most
bitter opponents Of conscriptlon are
using their influence to stem the talk
Of, general election, believing 1t
might ha~e serious effect upon Eng
lands fortunes In tho war. On tho
other hand, several leading supporters
Of tho governmsnt declare they would
al - ~
believe the people would indorss con-
scrfptIon BY overwhelming maJorities
and return the Asquith ministry to
power, armed with 4 vote Of confidence
that would stlhe the opposition for the
balance Of the war. Another source Of
qualification 10 the governments sup
portero today, was the fact that OPP
ponenes Of eonsoription rallied only
105 vetss on the first reading Of the
bill. to 4os for the government
= The reosQnataon from the ministry
o. Arthur Henderson, iabor member,
and o. tvo otl,s~ oflosrs, an under
secretary and lord commissioner OF
The treasury, revived rumors that
other cabinet nnsmbere would quit,
though the reports wers not generally
ereeited.
Admittedly one Of the most serious
factors In tie whole situation was tho
thIniy yelled hint dropped BY Presi-
dent eslIamy Of the rallwayren's un-
lon, tl1Mt 4 railway strike might follow
an attempt to enforce conscriptIon.
Heilamy declared At the labor con-
orsss that eompulsIon was q direct
blow at orranixed labor and said II
mlaht arouse passions "that even the
kings government might not be able
to oppose"
Both the Daily Mall and Daily TeIe-
graph today expressed the view that
General election almost certainly Will
follow a q result Of labors opposition
to conserlption.
"The consensus Of opinion among
members Of parliament, notwithstand-
Ino the labor vote, is that vast ma
iority Of the people of the country ia
vor compulslon," said the Mail. Tine
may take advantage OF
the labor vote TO obtain the mandate
Of the country and SO dispose OF er't-
Icisn.
Some members Of the government
believe that an election 10 inevitable
and also that Il is the best solution OF
the difficulties.
pARDANELLES FAILURE.
LONDON, Jan. THE whole Oar
dane,les failure may be subjected to
an officiai Inquiry, It was reported
today. al the result of General Ham,
iIton's report. General stopford, men,
,iIfon hnS de-