Arizona republican., 1916-01-13
DEFEAT MOTION
 ID REJECT BILL
 OF COMP PULS|ON
Republican A. p. Leased Wirel

lRepuDiiCdn A. F. Leased wire LONDON, Jan. 12.-Amid scenes of uproarious enthusiasm, the house of commons at II o'clock tonight de- feated a motion to reject the mili- tary service bill by vote of 431 to 39. Immediately afterWard the house acceded to the premier's request by ,, passing the second reading of the bill without division.
 The vote was chiefly interesting on l account of the changed attitude of
 many of the 1O5 members who op- posed it on the first reading. The debate was closed by Arthur Henderson, president of the Board of Education, in a much applauded speech. He said it was a great sat isfaction to him that because of def mite assurances given his friends and himself by the premier in the name of the whole cabinet he was able to remain for the present in the coalition ministry. This fact would be regarded at home and abroad as a symbol of the nations unity. He closed with the statement:
 q have the authority of Earl Kitchener and the general staff that we require at once not only the un married men enrolled under the Der by scheme. not only the married men who are waiting to be called, but also the whole available part of the 65O 900 men with whom this meas ure deals.'
 The opposition crumbled tonight to few conscientious objectors. A fortnight ago the -compulsionists claimed 200 votes but on the first reading they were able to muster only 1O5, of whom more than one half were Irish natiOnalists. When it came to the second read ing of the bill tonight, the Irish ma tionalists had withdrawn from the opposition.
 The result appears to have bee:: due partly to evidence that the country favors the measure and part l ly to Mr Asquiths often displayed facility at conciliation. The premier conferred with the labor party exec utive committee and labor members of the house of commons this after noon and induced the three labor members of the ministry to withdraw their resignations temporarily. The labor men asked for assur- ances that the bill would not be used as a step towards general conscriptiOn or industrial cOnscrip- tion. MT. Asquith promised that the | bill would be modified to safeguard
 it from any suspicion that it could be used for such purposes After | lah drew to permit the representatives to | discuss their policy.
 l The Nationalist members after vot-
 ing against the bill on the first read | ing now take the attitude that it does not concern them since that applies only to the larger islands. John Dillon
 who was it's strongest opponent among | the Nationalists agreed to the party s | decision.
 l Today's debate was tame. Sir John | simon the former home secretary, urged the government to make anoth-
 CT trial of the Derby enrollments be-
 fore putting the act on the books.
 Premier Asquith characterized his | speech as academic thoughts on the : evils of compulsion and superiority of
 the voluntary system, but declared the
 country was engaged in war in which
 vital principles were at stake and the
 bill was a specific, limited measure for
 the winning of the war.
 | Ellis Jones Griffith, Liberal mem-
 Der for Anglesey, made one of the
 most telling speeches. He said that
 while perhaps all the men against the
 oil hD
 men against the war were against the
 bill. He pointed out that P of those
 voting against the first reading formed