Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-03-24 | Page 30 | Blunt Message Given Workers

BLUNT MESSAGE GIVEN WORKERS Lloyd George Tells Miners Miner They hey Must Contribute Fighting Men By ay Associated Press Prese LONDON March 23 Premier Lloyd George in an exceedingly outspoken speech to a f deputation of tho the minors minors' federation ye yesterday concerning the result of or the minors minors' ballot on combIng combing comb- comb Ing InS out of or men for Cor military service declared 1 that to avoid old defeat in the tho field it if SA absolutely essential to have hn more menI men I 1 am utterly at a loss he said to know where the men are to bo be found if first the engineers and amI then the th miners sa say wo will not find the men Other trades will quickly take the same course This would mean anarchy not government I 1 have just had news that tho Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans have attacked us on a u front of ot i nearly sixty miles with overwhelming o forces I am amazed that it should be considered 1 debatable le wh whether ther the miners and engineers art are going to tomake tomake make snake their contribution to the defense of the country Premier Lloyd George declared it would be far tar better that the govern govern- government ment out of or office than to I have Its Us decisions adding It Is better to talk plainly an and l I Iam Iam Iam am speaking with a great reat deal of feeling teelIn feelIng feel feel- In Ing because I 1 have Just heard of or this overwhelming o attack brought about b by bythe bythe the failure of oC the Russian democracy to have its or orders o obeyed e edIt ed If It th the thu attack succeeds the tho Germans might be at Calais and und tho only answer we wo can give is a vote of or tho the miners miners' confederation saying baying the they are not prepare pro pro- pare pared 1 to fight You cannot give that answer el The executive committee of oC the te federation federation fed fed- later passed a resolution ad advising advising ad- ad tho men not to resist the combIng combIng combing comb- comb Ing out of l fifty thousand men from the mines mites