OCR Text |
Show WAR OFFICE IS If STRICTLY SILENT Even Parliament Members Unable Un-able to Learn How Many Soldiers Great Britain Has in Training. FAVOR CONSCRIPTION Many Men at Front Largest Volunteer Army World Ever Saw Is Claimed. (.Correspondence of the Associated Pre36l London Tuesday) April 6. It is impossible im-possible even for members of parlia merit to find out how many noldier Ureal Britain has in training. Thc l.ave put the question in the house of commons ;ind the war office has ro- tusr-d to answer it saving th;c tbe I information would b so valuable to the enemy that it must remain secret. Favor Conscription. Meanwhile the friends of cons' rip-don rip-don which include Lord Nortbcliffe's papers, are preaching of the need of preparing for that form of recruiting and in the dally papers today is an article appearing today from the re-cruiting re-cruiting committee at Taunton which says . "As all efforts now made to obtain the enlistment of the many hundreds, of young unmarried men in this town fail to tneel with BUCCeBfl the govern ment should start without delay some j I compulsory system " This the government, gov-ernment, silll continuing its poster and newspaper advertising campaign, shows not ihe slightest disposition to do apparently satisfied with the present pres-ent progress which, as Chancellor of the Exchequer Lloyd-George has said has produced the largest volunteer army th -orld erer 6sw. A prominent official with knowledge knowl-edge of th situation Is the authority for the statement that the British troops, so far put into the field, including in-cluding Canadian, New Zealand. Aus-rallan Aus-rallan units regular territorials, vol untoers and all probably amount to two and a half million men As the British when the war started told the French they could send but 120,- 000 men to help them, this seems a J large army Whether it Is accurate, or is deemed satisfactory by the gov-j crnment cannot he said though It Is j slzniilcant that the advocates of conscription con-scription seem utterly unable to move j the authorities toward any form of I compulsory sen, Ice. |