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Show PRESS AGREES WITH PREMIER Principles of Lloyd George's Manpower Appeal All Right Must Make Sacrifice. KNOTTY IRISH QUESTION Justice to Rest of Kingdom, Canada and U. S. Must Be Given. LONDON, April 10. Most of the morning newspapers agree with the principles of Lloyd-George's manpow- I ! er appeal. There is no quarrel with it. I but seeral papers declare there is no I need for caution. ! The Dail Mail says, however, that the choice which is now being made I is between victory and defeat adding' "No faint-heartedness of the survivors surviv-ors must make the sacrifice of our dead in vain." United States Too Slow. There is nc other course than that proposed, it adds, "as Russia has tail ed us and the United States has not ! been able to send us armies in time." The pajer says that Irishmen cannot can-not be excluded when men of fifty in ! England are being called up for service. serv-ice. On the other hand the Daily N w -agrees that whatever steps will further fur-ther the prosecution of the war must be adopted but says: "In striking a balance we must sat- icfv AiirunUoc th;at ilia :iin will he more than the loss " Irish Proposal Madness. The iaper then deals with the Irish proposal which, it says, seems like j 'mid-summer madness," adding: "For every battalion it brings in it Will mean the loss of two needed to hold in check an Indignant people I stung once more into open rebellion." No government measure, the Times 1 declares, has ever had a background more grim or a justification more imperative. im-perative. The Times adds: "We certainly shall not attempt, especially es-pecially in the light of the latest news from France to pre-judge the attitude which the Nationalist members may ultimately adopt would cut off justice to the rest of the United Kingdom and the Irishmen of Canada and the United States." The Morning Post rejoices that the premier and his colleagues have, resolved re-solved on a "straight, just and courageous courag-eous policy" toward Ireland but Bays the proposal to introduce a measure ot home rule in Ireland is unwise and unjust un-just as it is an attempt to conciliate the irreconcilable." oo |