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THE EXEMPTION OF CLERGYMEN.

PROTEST BY TRADES UNIONISTS. After an emphatic call for tho repeal after the war of all Acts imponing any sort of compulsion, the Trades Union Congress devoted & considerable portion. of its time to a protest against the exemption of clergymen from military service, which was endorsed by a narrow majority.

Mr. Bən Tillett moved:---

ON THE SOMME,

BEHIND THE LINES.

(FROM LAURENCE JERHOLD, ]

vented by the French almost daily. Wandering about the station in and out of shells stacked up in millions, one suddenly comes across Bocha prisoners.

"In aviation the Boches have-ceased to count," said the young dark captain at the aviation camp of Br A and the other young captain, Just behind the firing line the busi this me fair, with a wisp of yellow ness and the industry of war are being moustache and a perpetual cigarette, carried on by Franco with an carnest

echoed him. These French aviators are ness and a thoroughness that no one can keenness itself Most of them were un imagine who has not seen the various ginecrs, architects, artists before the war. French Army services at work. This Since the war they have created entirely wor is a vast business enterprise-

new methods, and have brought them to enemy invented it, and we have had to the pitch of perfection. What will copy him, but he really now is being you do after the war?" I asked, hoist with his own petard, France had "Oh, use the same methods for explor We view with regret that a everything to improvise since the waring and photographing Africa and Asia largo class of able-modied men who are began, but now her war machine is Der or something of that sort." engaged in unproductive employment fect, complete, and well oiled in every

That this Congress regrets the unfair privilege which has been given by the Government to members of the clerical profession by granting them exemption from the operations of the Military Ser-

vice Act.

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should not be used to better purpose dur-¡ part. It has been built, pus together, in aviation" "les, Bockes n'existent, ing this critical period. We call upon and set in running order not so much plus," everyone in this camp agrees. the Parliamentary Committee at once to by Army men as by business nien. For Since the Soune offensivo no German approach the Government with a view instance, military stations just behind aeroplano has ever dared to cross its tu removing this anomaly."

the Somme front, which have been creatown lines into French territory Tho He did not, wish, he said, to make aayed from nothing for the purposes of the French have invented methods of air attack on the clergy. He had seen Somme offensive, were entirely built not photography the perfection of which, is something of their good work at the front, by soldiers but by plain business men almost miraculous. Does not the enemy But he protested against the anomaly of with practical experience of large com do the same?" I ask. "No, he never their exemption as a profession. There mercial enterprises in peace time. And comes to photograph us because we never were 20,000 able-bodied parsons and them were at the beck and call of the con- where official enterprise wohld have planes were brought down by the French

erice in the country. The majority of the mere business man has carried the let him.

job through efficiently and quickly "In July fifty-eight German" 'aero seriptionists from the beginning of the war. But when conscription came near succeeded less well, or would have taken attacking squadron. One of the new they went through the lack doors of Partion the time to do the work.

French machines alone bronglit down Homent to get exemption. Two hundred In every branob of war work just be even Boches, and not one of these theological students of Banger thought hind the front the intelligent profes machines was lost. These are the new it would be far better to be a live parsonsional or business man of peace time it attacking machines of extraordinary than a dead soldier. They were not play the man who has forged for the French speed. There are other new French aero- ing the game. The lawyers had created army the weapons of victory. On the planes of great power. Some of these a Devil's Own.". It would be far more to the credit of the clerical profession if ilways, in transport, in supplies, in have lost a gunner killed, but all have

aviation, in big guns, the man who has always come back.” they would create a God's own." Why should these men who were so fond been invaluable is the professional busi- of talking about Hearen be

tions.

afraid to:

ness Frenchgian, who was mobilised as

GERMAN AVIATION.

One of the French aviator-captains go though its gates? He protested reserve lieutenant ur captain when the against the action of these cowardly war broke oat. Trains, lorries, aman-who showed me over the camp was the creatures sneaking out of their obliga-nition parks, aviation erganisation, are officer who had himself read the letter managed by young officers who were taken from a German aviator officer Mr. A. Law (Spinners), in seconding architects, engineers, bank clerks, artists, moaning over the incorapetency of Ger the resolution, said that he was lay before the war. In the midst of crowds inun aviation. That terman aviation preacher in a section of the Charch which of typical poilus behind from the has ceased to count on the Sonime is no had a paid ministry and was not exempt-trenches-- rest disturbed only by nexaggeration at all. One morning I ed, but lay preachers working men like dosen shells or a day one meets

saw over twenty French sausages lolling himself in another section of the Church artists, students, tradesmen, employers in the air, where they vest a seeing eye which had no paid ministry were exempt- who have applied to war their experi- upon the German positions.

Xat it ed. This was an intolerable injustice. ence of prace days, and who have single German sausage was anywhere t Mr. J. Sexton (Dockers, Liverpool), fashioned France's now gigantie war be seen--Dope hay been seen for works, while not opposing the resolution, pro-machine. Every part of it has been "The moment a German sausage comes. tested against Mr. Fillett's speech. There made since the war. German scepticism up one of my inea rises and puts at was not a university or training college is comprehensible. The enemy still does flammatory fuse into the thing and it which had not contributed generously of not really believe that France and Eng-bursts up," said the aviator captain. its men to the Army. Why single out the land have rande in two years a war clergy for attack? There were some others machine as good, as the one that they not he dares cross over the lines. The

It is the same with the aeroplanes exumpted who were doing a good deal took forty years to build-but on the result is that the German artillerymað more mischief.

Mr. C. G. Ammen (Fawcett Associa-Somme the enemy is slowly finding out. tion) reminded Mr. Tillett that he him- Lurries, stell helmets, gas masks, heavy self had done much to make the imposi- guns, everything, has been improvised, tion of conscription easy, by going about and everything is now ready. the country to attack his own class as The 25 miles or so of high road betery of the air on the Somme is an stackers and loafers. As to Mr. Law, it tween Amiens and the front is literally The not the business of the Congress to one long stream of motor lorries bring help, que amateur sky-pilot who had noting ammunition and supplies to the exemption to vent his feelings against frant, and returning to fetch more, professional brethren who had. To pass There is scarcely one hundred yards of the resolution would be to approve again the road at any moment Free from the the whole system of conscription,

Mr. G. Milligan (Dockers, Liverpool Blue Owls, the Yellow Owls, the Area war traffic. The Bees, the Scorpions, the said Mr. Tillett must have some private. motive in raising this question. It would of Hearts, Spades, Cluba, and Diamonds, create litterness all over the country. To Blue cais, and the Black Cats rumble introduce his anti-clerical ideas into the day and night incessantly along, every Congress was a shameful thing, while his road leading to and from the fron seconder was merely a blackleg minister. Each sretion of motor lorries has chosen The resolution said the clergy were en-

à trade mark of its own. gaged in unproductive employment, Well, what did the dockers produce The production of morals was surely a for nobler employment.

The resolution was carried by 1,379,000

votes to 1,900,000,

RUSSIA AND THE STRAITS.

INTERVIEW WITH FAMOUS. LIBERAL LEADER.

LAW OF THE DARDANELLES.

A representative of the German-Swiss Neur Zürcher Zilang has interviewed Professor Milinkoff, the Russian Liberal lender, at Lausanne. The conversation naturally turned upon the Balkan situa

tion.

COOR AS A CLOUMBER,

is blind. He fires over and over again same place upon which he had long ag trained his gun, int he can fire nowhere else with any knowledge. French nina- absolute fact. But in the air, on the Some, the Boches are now powerless, and the French work their war maching absolutely peacefully, Their aviators have told them that they are safe from air attacks, and they know it is a fact services, each very different from the There are three kinds of aviation other. The attacking aeroplane squad- rons are the daredevils and adventurers of the air. The infantry aeroplanes are scouts who lend attacks and hover over the foot-soldiers as they leave the tren- ches for the attack and from minute to minuto send down information. The aviation photographic service, the third department, is the real eye of the army, and it is this service which by photo- graphs keeps the fighting, line informed from hour to hour of the enemy's positions.

The great forries, in columns of twenty and thirty, tear along laden with shells. The traffic through A. is thicker than on the Boulevard des Italiens to-day, The congestion seems inextricable, and the cars slide about in a foot of clayey The fighting aviators are wild young mud, but it all sorts itself out without chaps, who, in the intervals of risking excitement and without a shout. Paris their lives heroically, amuse themselves cabbies, in a quarter of the same dif- furiously. There is nothing to be done ficulties, would back spend half an hour with then when they are off duty, and in expletives, At the front, in this everyone then gives them their tether. tremendous and magnificantly organised Back to duty in their flying machines, business of war, the Frenchman is as they are once more dare devils of the air. coul as a cacuraler. If a motor lorry There is 11 new machine, several of gets tied up with a cart drawn by six which I saw flying off and returning, mules, one driver just says to the other; which are swoop down in a few "Allons, allors, mon vieux ! The knot seconds vertically upon an enemy. is untied again, part and lorry go on "The machine is quite good," said the their way, and in between the two aviator captain, but, unfortunately, dashes a car with a staff officer. after a few months of driving it one is

apt to get a touch of heart disease."

The infantry aviators, who watch an up by Roumania during the last for would, I believe, prove better than any by step the advance, are steadier chaps months is thus fully explained,

thing else to the Buches, if they could than the wild flyers of the attacking air Braviano has shove himself to be the see it, tant they are beaten. Through saadron. They fly quite low over the politician of great capacity that Germany the wild war traffic cyclists dash in the

foot troops, as the latter advance, and repeatedly called hins.

mud, carrying letters to the front-those

even go down to less than 200 yards Asked if in his opinion. Bulgaria would letters which are the one thing men in from the ground. They are the infantry make a separate peace, if circumstances the trenches cannot do without-andair scouts, and the information they send suggested such a course, M. Miliukoff, also on their own carrying newspapers, down gives commanding tiders an as- who has been an ardent Bulgarophil, said They buy them for a son in town, dash, surance and confidence which could be je was not unlikely any such request for at the peril of their lives, under shell-equalled by no other means. A separate peace would be refused by the fire to the front, and sell each half- Allies.

"Roumania," he said, "promised the Allies months ago that she would attack Transylvania and give the Russians free passage through the Dobrudja, But she

The calm and businesslike method with and medical appli which this great war machine is worked

was in need of ld only pure from day and night interesantly on the Suiame attack from the trenches and report stej

ances which he the Central Powers. The position taken

M.

penny paper for the penny, and receive "Personally," he said, "I still re-violent" abuso from their comrades for main a friend of the Bulgarians; but their extortionate demends.. in view of the prevailing feeling gener-

GERAT WAR MACHINE,

AID OF PHOTOGRAPHY.

The third air service is that which miraculously, as it would have seemed ally such a refusal would be quite in-

a few years age, brings to beadquarters n a few minutes absolutely faithful lligible Puble opinion distinguishes The moulin de was taken by the photographs of all the enemy's positions. tween the Bulgarian ration and French on July 7th and 8th. Twenty Think what this new service means. An the individual-policy of Tur Ferdin-four hours after the French advance the aeroplane flies out over the enemy's tren- and, but as long as the Bulgarian lines of a light railway had been laid ches, and maps reproducing the exant people consent to be made Ferdinand's right up to the new French lines. Good plan of the enemy's trenches from the tools, just so long will they necessarily old placid Territorials worked all night, photographs taken are dropped into the retain exposed to the hard measures and by daybreak the line was ready French trenches. The aviator carries which are taken against the Bulgarian and ammunition could come up from special cameras. The photographs are the stores behind right into the new reproduced on map. The map i French trenches. This is one detail of printed by hand to the requisito number Bulgaria's position is more critical the great French war machine. I was of copies by a delightfully smart pro- than even before in ber history. But shown over the war railway station en still more critical is the position of tirely built for the Samme offensive. It copies of the map reach each com manding officer concerned. The perfec Turkey, whose expulsion from Europe is one of many new stations in this tion which has been attained in the is only a matter of time."

region, and each distinct army at the taking of photographs, the reading of

utarch.

FUTURE OF TURKEY AND STRAITS.

M, Milinkoff concluded by reasserting front has a number of such stations, them, the reproduction and the printing that Constantinople, the Dardanelles and From it trains travel incessantly, carry off by hand of the mape, surpasses any- a stretch of territory on both sides of ing shells to the front, shells of every the Straits will be given to Russia in calibre, from hand grenades and 75s thing which could be imagined. There is nothing like this aviation camp in accordance with the existing agreement. to the biggest ever known. The armani- the world, and it has all been created Russia," he said, will have the tion reaches the station from all parts since the very beginning of the war. right to fortify the Dardanelles, but of France, is incessantly loaded into the Hundreds of young offers work there will have to observe much the same re- light railway train, and incessantly sent with a seriousness and a keenness which gulations that have been adopted for the on to the guns. A joyous elderly artil Panama Canal. Merchant ships of all lery captain, who speaks English so well machine, and it all-in the daring flyers are admirable. It is one great, perfect help you. They dispel Constipation, dor nationalities will enjoy free passage that he sometimes speaks English by mia who dash over the enemy'e lines, and in rect torpid liver, had breath, foul tongue, throngh the Straits. Passage, however, take to his own man, Dew Commands. the men who develop, read, and print bilious headaches. As gentle as nature. will be denied to all warships save the station, after spending eighteen

Of all chemists, or 50 cents the phial, those of the States bordering on the monthy fighting at the front. It is good these photographs, upon which so much, post free, from Dr. Williams Medicine Black Bear Roumania Turkey and to hear and ace his enthusiasm, and to indeed everything, depends there is, the .

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