Arizona republican., 1916-01-01
CABINET I MEETS
 AND CONSIDERS
 CONSERVATION
Republican A. p. Leased wire1

Republican A. p. Leased Wirel
 LONDON, Dec. S1.-The cabinet met twice today each session lasting more than two hours and devoted itself to considering draft of the bill providing compulsory military service for unmar- ried men. It was learned from an au- thoritative source that as a result of tOday's deliberations fear of any crisis involving possible rcsignations of mem bers of the ministry need no longer be entertained.
 Although some opposition to the bill may still be expected in parliament from extreme adherents to the volun- tary service system, the bill as submit ted to parliament will have behind it the unanimous support of those mem bers of the government whose conver- sion on the subject hitherto has been doubtful. The only minister whose at titude remains in doubt is Arthur Hen derson, president of the board of edu- cation. His personal views are in ac- cord with those of his colleagues, but as the official representative of the labor party his position i3 dependent upon the decision of the great labor con gress which will meet next Thursday and at which representative of three million labor men will be presented.
 The attitude of this congress is matter of keenest public interest in Great Britain today and the press re- fleets the opinion that the congress will decline to support the government without extracting as the price of it's support concessions which would meet the fiercest hostility in ordinary times
 1t is interesting to note that after q, Premier Asquith and Minister of Mu- nitions, Lloyd George spent three hours this evening with a committee from the Amalgamated Society of En- gineers. which is. perhaps. the most influential labor organization in the country. At the close of this confer ence the labor men stated that Permier Asquiths statement to the committee was considered thoroughly satisfac- tory.
 In connection with the attitude of labor New Ye"r's message was is sued by Harry GosIing. who will pre- side at Thursdays labor congress in which he says:
 My message to the forces of organ ized labor for the New Year is to be steadfast to your trades unions Con tinue to give the country the full meas use of your wealth producing capacity as you ungrudgingly have done in the rast fateful seventeen months. Re member millions of free men who vol unteered to crush tyranny abroad are looking to you at home to maintain lib- erty in Great Britain"
 similar message from Robert Will Hams to the Transport Workers urged them to take stock of essentials and consider who art to reap the results of all your sacrifices"
 The possibility of a crisis still is present. but for the moment there is a lull. No further cabinet meeting will be held until Tuesday.
 The only resignation reported as vet is that of Sir John A. Simon who strongly objects to compulsion. Regi- rald McKenna. chancellor of the ex- chequer, and Walter Runciman. presi- dent of the board of trade object to the bill on the ground of the financial strain of a big army and because it will drain the country of men required to maintain industrial and commercial efficiency. They submitted interesting figures on these phases of the problem at tOdaY's cabinet meeting and if when the cabinet reassembles Tuesday for a final decision on the whole question their requirements can he satisfied as tO the ultimate size of the army, they may be brought to acquiese in the gov ernmcnt's policy.
 Arthur Henderson. president of the hoard of education. will only resign if the labor conference should decide that he must
 As the Earl of Derby's enlistment scheme was never applied to Ireland. Ireland takes it for granted that it is excluded from the operation of the new bill. Hence the nationalist will prob ably cOnfine their actions to abstention from voting when the bill is before parliament and there will remain only a small group of irreconcilable redicaIs to oppose the measure, the passage of which through the house of commons is almost a fOregone conclusion.