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When the House of Commons went into Committee of Supply, Mr. Whitley in the Chair-on the Ministry of Munitions vots, Fea June 24th.
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Mr. Kelaway (Deputy Minister of Munitions) sauf: I have to ng bule mp provat of the comutter for an "expensit ture for the your enting, alarch 31st next o} L18a¥ik®¥w•t, tins is a colossal-figure
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WONDERS OF MODERN SCIENCE
KAILWAYMEN'S CONGRESS AGAINST CONSCRIPTION,
CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS
Conscription, the employment of mili ry forms in Labour trouble, and the reinstatengens of conscientious objectors in the rails service were among the
[30,000,000 shells were placed by the Arum/
ment Committee of the War Office, but tagy had no power to see that the shells Wake roverted into ammunition that
The International Hydrographie Con could be Bred by a sin. What the manference was opened at this konference Hall" in France, limited, to four rounds er the Ofer of Works Almiral Sir dig, wanted was not an order. He wants Roselyn Wemyss presided, and there wore ed something he could fire out of a gun.
pment shirts nine delegates from Argen Thes shell orders realf to me that famous
rina, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, Ber Bruicides Toust, where the best wrdered
story thing which his imagination mark, Egypt, Frater, tiriat Britain.jeets of discussion at the Congress of could suggest, but never let it materialiserede, India, Italy, Japati, the Neuer le National Union of Railwaymen, held into anything which his guests could eats lands, Norway. Pera, Bortical Siam, Pyth Is was only when the powers were given,
Mr. A. 6. Powell (Blaini) moved a re- estamate, would be IL very depressing in the first Ministry of Munitions Art Spain, Sweden, and the United States,
ELT, Howser, 259,000 and the Perencesof the Realm regule 15 an astrata of the war, and repremus untrol the supply of machine tools, Lord said that, as sailers, they know the the action of railway companies incons In opening the conference the First Sea solution exprising alarm and disgust át ing at me to be paid us ligato control the importation of dating
Contracts running at the tumpaterial, to erect great new factories, to
tremendous importance to the whole world taning to persecute members of this or- BUT
armistice.
barazice
of hydrography. They knew how the 0.100.000 represents supplies ter other ctrul profits, to regulate wages, fo' ri
bens tomen into munition factories, to
safety of the lives of these who went down:ganisation who, as conscientions objecters, Government departments and is metudestas
touse trade union restrictions, that it was
to the sea in ships depended que e exercised their rights under the Military estimates of the war Omer, the and possible, properly, to grapple with much is haud be done in various con- Service Acts," and impressing on the exe
vurate hydrographs, and they livved, Air arinistry, and the car tavernments this prinein, and we have no right to Board. The estimate for the Local t
tiuv.
criticise men he failed in the task set
tries, that ordination and organisationcutive the desirability of pushing forwined" ennent board expenditure is xix.000,00, then: Because they were not given powerment in the direction of attaining that thirty-spre meters of the Railwayment's
must inevitably be an mormong improve
the demand for reinstatement. and is for supplies which the Ministry thy which it could he arrih aut Stonitions is purchasing for the Govern
The Prime Minister's first task was tot wits a what aspicions ment in safety for which they were all striving.
Knion and twenty-three members of the housing pr. radne Against Chistry to bring the orders into fruition, and expenditure B £195,000,000 the Committee
Railway Clerks Association has been de I asked to vote007. This sam repref the orders, that of 100 shells ordered. The day before, although nothing had faitris refused reinstatement. Some of to find out what was holding ap delivers which they had met for the Best time. sents a merely nominal deficiency in ansi
len signed pac nl fifteen won forthcoming at the date he thought that a peace which they hoped through torture of bell, some have been
· fad been desinred, and
the men, said Mr. Powell, have gone pated trempts, and the reason we cond
on which they were promised for delivery. 10, Parliaments Root we desire authority was found that the hold up was prob
might be permanent Seace tld not be driven insa, sorae have been rained to spend, certain Apropriations in Aidably due to a lack of component parts,
butter inaugurated than by a meeting off physically and mentally for life, and on sua eminent men as were then that day, has shed in prison because of terture it. to meet our expenditure.
One man had anvils and no bodies: ኪነ - The Cotal expenditure of the Ministry
other hard bodies and no anvils. The to help in securing that safety on which dicted on him. It was up to thou o say of Munitions between the date of its stab simple measure was taken of bringing the culmerre in the future raight depend
that they were not going to tolerate any of at end the end of the last financialodies and the anvils together. lishment and
Rear Admiral Sir John F. Parry, who this victimisation nonsense from "Junk. typical instance of the way by which was elected president, said that, although in, de railway service.
Ef. thur this problem was solvedi
the experience and knowledge gained cur members did we stand by these men, ing the war had undoubtedly bearsted South Wales sail was men would, and they he earnestly hoped that they would take action, jointly with South hydrop able to stand their activ Wales miners and other organisations might now
year waxing March
In the year ending 31st, 1916, the Ministry's expenditure was late
For the
March the rear ending Sht 27 the expenditure
Wits
For
JPET ending March 1st, 1912, the ex- penditure was
Fur
the Par ending March 31st last, the expen- diture" was
of its, armatex
£1,834,507,
IMPROVISKIE WKAPINS,
2812,704,984
INGREASE IN PRODUCTION.
That is
(Cheer)
He said
Mr. W. East Barry) moved an anel ment instructing the exventive, failing the reinstatement of these men within one month, wike action and declare ne national stoppage.
Mr. W Collier (Pontypridd), lo seconded the amendment, said if the men
The country is entitled to know whether an "output of 4,000 machingas per week possibilities, he personal by consitiered that could du as an industrial organisation.
it got fullvalue for that vast expenditure
of
to
buna, and to me if impression that
majority of so-called
were animated by cowardire. objectars (Cries of dissent.). He could not see his way to fight or make a big sacrifice in the interests of people who had pubisels stater that they would not protect their siver and families if attacked.
ties in every direction withing interfer, ency, and po devote themselves to a special work which was so essential to the world's
WHINE ident dur progress. It had been ing the war that the hydrographical sur- eyer had come to the front in a hitherto unheard af naner.
+15 The Navy had been called up to provide for n they had been deemed. Of all the many were not reinstated within the month they
variety of services, and it had been Creat very satisfactory to see how Dessary intentions brought into use as practical would down tools" and show what they among the most important has been tho use of directional wireless telegraphy and
Mr. J. Gobling (Woking) said he could of hydrophones.
oses for position finding which support strike action on such a ques had been
tion is this. He was a member of a simpl prominent in the sin 12 tention and accelerations of hydrographie work, and their universal Navy.. Assist in currying out the work of the
They were already extensively hydrophones for
Sound-ranging under water, to nasist in the exact deter nination of Lositions in the Surch Sen. required in relation to minefields and in the reinforcement of oavigational “aids, and the possibilities
this connection were enormous. The army sulting from the use of this method had been found to be warvellous, and yet the in
Mr. W. Abraham (Sheffield) said he 29 ገ
of directional
would certainly did not believe in putting a strike mution wireless unplify the obtaining of positions in waters where the employment of the asdro-
in every resolution. The executive bad this matter in hand, and were already in hydro- and only a hyd negotiation with the authorities. It was graphical surveyor o the enormous advantage that must derived from any method of obtaining position in mid-ocean without difficulty and with certainty. "As with these inethods, of position finding became more reliable the importance of their general adoption, in the interest of safe naviga tion would be valutions
Our annual output of shelt before the -war was about 36,000 rounds per annum. 502,306,711 The total output of shell up to the date of the armistice was about 200,000,000 rounds. The number of guns with the 039,206,016 Army at the outbreak of war was 156.
Oug
totul production
of guns during the war was 26.43), plus 9.170 which were re 470,000,000 | paired, Up to ne, 1915, there had been That vast sum of £1,934,000,000 is the Recepted by the War Other for delivers
to the
The Army 1,188 machine-guns. to price this country paid for the equipment total production up to December of last
year was nearly 230,000,
Had the war continued,
should now We
have reached The British Army hat in its possession 1 is impossible to give the evidence which at the outbreak of war about 100 aero- in ny view justifies that great claim with-
The Ministry
of Munitions took aut recalling the position in which the planes,
placed when it Erst of froplanes in the team the protection, British race. When the Army settled The production was then at the rate went to France.
led on September 12th, 1917, down to trench warfare in the autumn 300 per month. At the date of the armi 1914 our soldiers were practically sustice production had been increased to equipment suitable re this form or war-
There is no question 4,000 per month. fare. They were without grenades, with- out martars; without bobs, without high this unit celd the stages of the war
during the explosive shell. The British soldier, with enemy in the air. the
That was due
not which has always distinguish- ed him, set about providing his own and ingenuity of the men who flew and only to the extraordinary fighting spirit trench warfare weapons. He improvised fought the machines; it was also due to grenades from Lally beef tins and jan the ingenuity of the craftsmen and tins. To w
workshop erected in the field carried on he on experiments with high ex-lovers engaged in that great industry.
vention was only in its infancy. The Minstry of Munitions had been at plosives, band grenades, trench mortars, and bombs.
work nearly three
years when it was and unexpectedly submitted to we were without a fight treach mortar a test No maning capacity had been del veloped.
ganisation. In April, 1918, the Germans. Wits no reserve there was made their great offensive, no production worth sking f
In the short armis in June, 115, only 314 teach mortait had course of that offensive our
France lost, eitber hy, cnpture or destruc been issued. The trench mortar was saved very largely as the result
tion: position of the invention of a
1,000 Guns. a civilian, Mr. Wilfrid Stokes The Stokes gun was taken up by the Ministry of Munitions, in August, 1915, the present Prine Minister placed an, urder for 1.000. There was this pic turesque fact in the tragedy, that si short
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Mr. H. Greenfield (Shipley) said ther would bra good many conscientious ob lectors in the union against striking on such a motion.
At the beginning of the war | sudden) tried every part of its or- 1 phone was impossid realise to the futant quite the time to prepare for
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200,000 Rifles.
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700 Trench mortars. 200 Tanks.
MUNITION WORKERS' REORD
Sooner or later."
national strike.. 1
said, we shall have to come to grips with. the Government. The time is close at hand when we shall deal with the ques tions as one. big, whole, and when we do it will not be piecemeal..
It was not being used begauze a contract had been made lor 21: interior one.
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Mr. Walter Hudson (acting general. secretary) said no ran who had been re. leased "from military service, whether br.. claimed right to conscientious objection. or otherwise, should be prevented from res Lurning to his work." A number of the best railways were desirous of knowing their and were, he believed, prepared to rein views as an organisation on this subject. state the men. There were only a few sho
pok a narrow and parochial view.
The amendment was defeated by votes to 2, and the original relation was carried unanimously.
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CONSCRIPTION.
Mr. W. Abraham (Sheffolti) moved
This congress views with apprehension
in compete Against the and selent he German army we had to
to apply our men with
The Committee will remember when the catapults.
than 3,000 had to be sent out with which our koidies dai
the Zeppelins first came over It was Probably no ariny, even in the course of with bumiliation that I watched the Zep- The Real Burley Cigarette their heat, and in a manner which no this war, suffered such devastating losses of pelins dropping bombs and our guns ring
Country had
right to ask to defend materini, but the organisations when had armlessly. against the arinaunts of Germany, len laid down came alirough that ordeal rart guns had a range or two eiles, they leberes, then our anti-air- cannot help daellin for a homent triumphantly. Here I would bear tributs Have Dow & range of five miles.
When en the heroic yet tragie figure of the Bron behalf of Parliment to the way in we were "able to meet the Zeppelins we tish soldier during the carly months of which British labour in the munitions in were faced with a sew proble, far the trench warfare in France. Practically try rallied to the help of their bard- bullet that was effective against the Zep- without weapons, agninat an enemy pressed brothers in France. At the time
distry, magnifcently
effective against the Fined.
all his the German offensive commenced there was striving with Ingenuity, under impossible conditions. good deal of industrial anrest in this whit Sunday last year the Germans plan
was envier-than-air machines.
The day after to arm himself, he presents one of the An entirely Now rine ple in most tragie figures in all the history of soldie but the spectacle of the British neo an air-ruid on a bigger magnitude the apparent intention of the Government
the war. The men who tred that Calvary in defence of the Channel ports and of but they could not get the men to go
standing with his back to the wall than anything they had atterupted belore;
ore: to use the military forces of the Crown and who remain alive have nothing to our homes swept away faction and dis-Lause they knew. The reception that await organised labour to secure a just and be to frustrate the legitimate efforts of learn of physical suffering or bitterness union as summer's sur sweeps away the of spirit..
ed thein. As regards poison gas, although
rensonable standard of life, and approver mists of morning. (Cheers.) The muni- do not think we ever succeeded in im; the action of the executive in submitting tions workers of the country broke their proving
effectiveness of the Ger the matter for discussion to the next meet. The Ministry of Munitions had it off own proud record. As a result of their nan gas we certainly equalled it, whilst ing of the Triple Industrial Allianer, and clal harth in the Act of Parliament which efforts and of the large reserves which had on the defensive side we succeeded in pro instructs the executive to take any action was passed in June, 1015; but it was the Act of Parliament that made not been accumulated, we were able within a viding the finest defences of any ariy
of the German offensive to re-
necessary to secure the overthrow of con Minister
The Germans never surprisscription and all its attendant evils." it wa
was made by the shambles place every gun which was lost, and ed us with a new form of gas, our experi-
The experience of that battle brought home to the most stubbore more than to make up the heavy losses of
actually to increase the establishment; enters "nad niwa;
Hways" (Orestated them.
He said the little demagogne from supporter of the old régime the need for sheil and of small arms ainmunition; ta knows s
305. Rose said that when what was Wales" told them to vote for Coalition
By the "shell controversy How pay men and new methods.
Government and no conscription. "Our much send out. 1,000 trench mortars for the 700 the interene was tant the shell hing fellows vote for Lloyd George and bix blood would have been saved, how different which had been lost; and to replace every mounted the steps of his alabaster throne, crowd," continued the speaker: "because the history of the war
would have how fewer would have been the British
tank by a much superior model (Cheers.) put on his halo, mnde in Carmelite House, they believed them to be honest; but we
months later, in the victorious Kraves, in France, if only the decision that which began in August, 1918
mis magician-a wind, and Hand,
have the right when we have been tricked was taken after Featubert had been taken
Let there shells,
and fooled to take action." They must the expenditure rose to 2,900,000 rounds shells. Most engineers knew that Lord nine months before, when the
make it clear to their executive who re- shortage of and 80.000 tons weight in the biggest week, munitions was known to all while in the essential
bener made all the ions for who had access to official the
shells, presented them on the alliance that they high documents' Iber the. netimes see the
week's
were determined to get the Military Ser Ley had heard, something of the wonder- expenditure Shell
Shortage
rounds and 85,000 ful machine tool department. It was the vice Acts removed from the Statute Book. "Ta talk atamotnted to
toos weight" On the day the British controversy in connection with shell short Army broke the Hindenburg Line the rune minister was supposed to be a would kill trade unionism. He believed
nost hopeless failure at all. The present They must killed militarism, or militaris age 19
is to use language without a proper fired $43,837 shells, the cost of which was gre
great organiser of the engineering in the bulk of their members were prepared uf, its
meaning. There is no enn-£3,500,000, and the weight of which was Uustry. He certainly bad driving power. to fight this out to a finish. (Cheers.) troversy
It is impossible for any in- 40,000 tons. This was a greater number ric drove the industry into cunos, and dividual man who spoke to
Mr. J. Corten (Lincoln)' said he hoped months of the war to question the short-take the pre-war output of shells acut these mismunngeruent, their extravagant and if necessary be prepared to fight as
Years of the South African War, I Wied
clon, and kept them there, AH Country IL
wed to the Ministry of Munitions for a strong mandate from the workers of the was not Colonel
Repington's per annum, it means that a year's and their waste, a period of another year article in the newspaper. He might have of that time was on that day being fed upon the war, and the loss of a million organised workers against the inter- country and carry it to the international. written n hundred might have intrigued in vain for a cen-
articles politicians trom our guns every eighty minutes.
(Cheers.) tary, and nothing would have happened The introduction of the system of cost-
lives of men who ought to be alive to-day, national combine of capitalism. (Cheers-) if the facts had not been so grim and ings hus saved the country 300 millions eulogised the services rendered by the they had in view.
Bir B. A. Lister na maiden speech, An international commonwealth was what grisley as they were.
in the Ministry of Munitions alone. BUSINESS AS CACUAL."'
Prime Minister when first Minister of No adequate
Munstions STORY OF THE AIRCRAFT BULLET. step
The resolution was Be declared that had it not were taken to remedy
carried upani that shortage antil the time when the dramatic I have here selections of bul- and his great inagination and courage
The story of the anti-aircraft bullet is been for Mr. Lloyd George's intervention mously. 17 necessary powers were given in the Minislets which stopped the Germ try of Munitions Act and the Defence of on this country. There
German air-raidsan discarding the conventional systems of the Realin Act. The fault does not rest from the there are six of them, buying munitions we should not have had on the men who in the War Office were able from the ordinary rifle bullet, up to reaty. (Hear, hear.)
bullet indistinguish the Germans willing to sign the Peace trying to solve an isipossible task. They one which to a casual examination does
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having regard to the situation in which was, only used once, Whit Sunday of last Lecuring cheap glycerino for the production they were placed, but the dominating fact year, and it prevented any further air-ur cordite. By preventing the export of of that time which made a solution of raids on this country. Were we right to l seeds or nuts containing glycerine All prevem impossible was that.
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that heresy had continued there would tractor? I would like to see the Minis glycerine for the production of cardito at I stop the contract and compensate the countimistry had been able to supply have been no business for this country. ter who during a raid would have stood 87 a ton, while the world. market pricu Within the limits of their newers the up and told the House that the best bul; rose to over £100 a ton.
War Office men did wonders. They order
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(Continued at foot of next column.).
The motion was agreed to.
INTENDENT OF POLICE
pall-throughs and oil bottles must he
RIFLES, ETC, "
returned to the Armoury on Friday next, the 8thrinst., between the hours of 5.30 and 7 p.m. Those who have not yet returned their rifles must do so at the same time. (* Hongkong, August 6th, 1910,
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