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Show uu NEW COMPULSION BILL MAT WIN1 General Election Would Obtain Ob-tain Assent, But Measure May Yet Pass House of Commons. London, Jan. 7, 10-43 a. in. There seems little doubt that a general election elec-tion will be tho very last measure resorted re-sorted to by the government to obtain the "general assent" to the acentuat-ed acentuat-ed form of compulsion provided for in the pending military service bill. That general consent would bo obtained by an appeal to the country is admitted by virtually everyone, but the belief is expressed in many quarters that it can be won without such an upheaval The Westminster Gazette emphasizing emphasiz-ing the fact that only forty-five members mem-bers of the house of commons representing repre-senting constituencies in Great Britain Brit-ain which alone is affected by the biill opposed the measure. It thinks tho minority can bo convinced of the necessity nec-essity of enacting the law and the threat to national unity will be removed re-moved by free debate in the latter stago of the bill's course through parliament. |