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Show llfiRIPTION ; INIAKI I AMIM ffees Its Second H ; gSO& a Greatly In-; In-; y Majority. ' 3A&n12, 7:05 p. m.-The H rfsrIoj4from tho ministry of the H laaoSwber, Arthur Henderson, k 'S&iS'&tirStte bdard of education; B V imuSisSe a11"1 George H. Roberts, H1 ortaHttthBrPftrllamenUuy undersecre-' undersecre-' tkrfetortWQ affairs and lord com-t com-t ?dnSHB3f,tlie treasury, have been H flandtinMan. 12. Amid scenes of up- H roarloeaJeittnuslasm, the house of com- H v morfil&tillpo'clock" tonight defeated a M molotl tfclVeJoct tho military service H blUt,Vr'iPTOte of 431 to 39. Immedl- H ntelyifter-afd tho houso acceded to H Uhe . pwaiir's request by passing tho t Bccoad'.rcin of the bill without di- H ' , TtiivoBTjn chiefly interesting on H "V acc6$aif dfc1ith)f changed attitude of H n ihs6x3:Vel'0haemljers 'who opposed H vlbt&oTCt&dlng. HV AJTIA&mketprtoi closed by Arthur . Keawrsonj" president of the board of m - education, i; In a inucn-appiauaea H tfpeoch. He said It was a great satls-u satls-u faction to him that becauso of definite H "S'UasBurance-Jglven his friends and hlm-H hlm-H & i$lfr. by the premier, In tho name of B . tho wholo'-cabinet, he was able to re-H re-H main for tho present in tho coalition B ministry. This fact would be regarded H " at; homaand abroad as a symbol of H the nation's unity. B.'l v-v A" Are Needed. V 'lie doted with the statement: H v "7 harSlthc authority of Earl Kitch-LppTfcr Kitch-LppTfcr audi the general staff that we re-Hp re-Hp quire aionce not only the unmarried H men enrolled under the Derby scheme, H not only the married men who are H waitingito ho called, but also the whole H available part of the 650,000 men with H whorq this measure deals." H Tie opposition crumbled tonight to H a few conscientious objectors. A fort-H fort-H nlg&t ago the antl-compulstonists H claimed -00 vote, but on the first read- Ing theynfere able to muster only 105, H of whpm'more than one-half were Irish H Nationalists. H Wh'en itfeame to the second reading Hp rf.the bill' tonight tho Irish National-M National-M y Ist,had withdrawn from the opposl-H opposl-H tfon, tPremler Asqulth had a majority H . jtj? the labor members who had voted H f ("noj' on tie first reading, and only a H i comparative handful remained irre-M irre-M , condiahle.V H n Cbpntry Javors Measure. H WiTeulCpears to ha.ve been due B jiPfifevfje-Xidence that the country fa-m fa-m & VPEp-pejlrfeasure and partly to Mr. Msqult&sbften displayed facility at H T 'MHIoi.vThe premier conferred H J '&&e!lkb(r party executive com-H; com-H; igiMSeran6iJabbr membe;s of the house i" ypJ?comr4phiv'this afternoon, and in-B'' in-B'' 'duce UTe-;tbree labor members of the B , jninfttry ' toTthdraw their reslgna-H)'- :tlops;(tfemporarlly. H Vhabolc men asked for assurances M tijktfthe bill ''should not be used as a k spytowafd general conscription or B ;jWttfclal 'conscription. Mr. Asquith UVtmleed4bAtJthe bill would be modl-m modl-m fleclTb safeartf It from any suspicion B that it could 'be used for such pur-H pur-H 'poses. After . an appeal for labor's W sy tyrt hgSt1idrew to permit the rep-VT rep-VT rAengfTWto discuss their policy. m JFhe afiSialist members, after vot-H vot-H . ink aganffHhe bill on the first read-H read-H ' no -Stne attitude that It does H, n co'nfceifJthem, since It applies only V tolthqlarM Islands. John Dillon, who H 'sviK thi strongest opponent among the H Xiionillwn agreed to the party's de- H J ' Debate Is Tame. H .odjljs debate was tame. Sir John H Simon, Uie former home secretarj'. Tirged,thegoyernment to make anoth- m ertrial of, the Derby enrollment be- W fore putting the act on the books. HV CemIer A"squith characterized his BJ-5PfteGh as academic thoughts on the p ,fXi? oC comPuIsion and the superior-H superior-H j lty o the voluntary system, but de-m de-m clkred the country was engaged In H I r iTi Vhlcli vital -principles were at r,sTe andlthe bill was a specific, lim-V, lim-V, iwp measure for the winning of the i,-i..UJ,i " 'GrifrIthr Liberal mem-M mem-M Derjtior Anglesey, made one of the jL xtyp speeches. He said that, HBStH2fiai)s al1 the men against the H wn "gFtte war wera against the H brU;iHQ Pnted ut that twenty-two m of those voting against the first read-H read-H K ormed; part of a deputation to V .the, nfemler-m 1913 asking him to Hm-K Hm-K Jt thecnavy. ' V' " Tweaening of tho opposition to H ' limited; fonscription in the house or K. commons does not necessarily indl-1 indl-1 f ate hS&r5 of front Dy organized H aS-r ll?Ehout the counts-. The H, labor coqgfess ot last week polled a H . large majority against the govern-H govern-H f - - ment's plans, though tho critics claim that it did not represent the mass of tho membership of the unions. The Miners' federation was not represented represent-ed in that congress, but will hold a convention next week. All the local minors' associations which have elected elect-ed delegates thus far havo Instructed them against the bill. no- |