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Show BIG QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT New Military Service Bill to Raise Age Limit Eight Years. IRISH QUESTION Strong Attempt to Deal With Home Rule Problem to Be Made. LONDON. April 9 Parliament re assembles today after the Easter recess re-cess with two questions of great importance im-portance upon its hands. The first is the new military service bill which raises the age limit eight years and makes those born after a fixed date in the spring of 1867 liable to bear arin. The second and what promises to be a strong attempt to deal with the ancient an-cient and always contentious problem of government for Ireland. Both thee issues have been thrust upon the cabinet during the brief recess, re-cess, the first by the desperate German attacks in France which demand all the men the allies can muster as quickly quick-ly as they can be had and the second by the conclusion of the Irish convention conven-tion and the rendering of its report which Lloyd -George promised w ould be read as soon as possible Lloyd George Opens Parliament. Premier Llo d -George will make the opening speech and will expound the military situation which confronts the nation. He will "clear the atmus-phere" atmus-phere" as one writer phrases it and it is anticipated that he will make one of those stirring exploitations for which he has a special gift. Sir Auckland Auck-land Geddes. director of recruiting, will outline the details of the manpower manpow-er bill. The country appears to be unusually unusual-ly united in its willingness to accept the recruiting measure which goes further fur-ther than the most radical advocates of conscription talked about during the early stages of the wai And this is with the full realization that the extension ex-tension of the age limit to fifty will bring hardships and oiien financial shipwreck to many small business men and families besides hitting larger firms whose work is being carried on mostly by men over forty, with youths and with women. Agreement May Be Abolished. Thus far the only signs of opposition have been protests against reports that the cabinet proposed to put the bill through with a brief debate and that the present recruiting tribunals with their safeguard of their right of appeal ap-peal might be abolished. There is also an agreement that the supply of labor needed by shipyards, farms and munition mu-nition factories shall be assured and safeguarded. Questions probably will be asked about the present position of the Versailles Ver-sailles war council. General Sir Henry Rawlinson. who was the British representative rep-resentative on the council, was given the command of the Fifth army, against which the Germans made their principal gains recently in place of General Gouch who commanded it in the first days of the battle. No announcement an-nouncement of Rawllnson's successor has been made. This gives rise to the belief that General Foch's appointmenl as commander-in-chief on iho western front has superseded the Versailles' council in having the direction of military' mili-tary' operations. |