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OUR ARMOURED CARS.

FINE WORK IN RUSSIA,

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 9TH, 1918.

THE ONLY ROAD TO PEACE MR ASQUITH'S ADDRESS TO

WOMEN

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RECONSTRUCTION.

LABOUR RE-BETTLEMENT, Tho Minister of Labour outlined at the first meeting of the Labour Re-settle

"THE RIGHT OF YOUTH””'

MR. FISHER ON EDUCATION,

LANCASHIRE AND THE BILL.

The second reading of the Education

Bill produced a number of interesting

address on the general principles and speeches, including another masterly

purposes of the bill from the Minister of Education himself. The inter direct opposition was acgligible, and came from negligible quatters. The most serious criticism came, as we expected,

roa Laneasaire, and against sause 16, which deals with the upulsory-part-time attendance at con- vinuation. schools between the ages of 14 (1)-The resettlement of sailors and and 18. Sir Henry Hibbert, a noted Lancasnire educationist, was the spokes soldiers in civil life.

anun of this criticasm, which Mr. Fisher treated with great respect, but also with markcaurantbå

COMMANDER'S STORY.

Mr. Asquith, addressing the annual Commander Locker-Lampson, under council meeting of the Women's Liberal whom the British Armoured: Car Divi Federation, at the Central Hall, Westmont Committee some of the problems sion operated in Russia during the often minster, recently, said: We have just employment which will face the country sion of the summer of 1917 and the sub-witnessed within the last few months the during and after demobilisation, and the soquent disastrous retreat, has returned placing upon the statute-book of the to England, and the Obseruir contains largest measure of enfranchisement in steps which are being taken to deal with the following interesting account of the

our par political history. Cheers) That them. The Committee is representative deeds of this gallant band of British

changes which we as Liberals have of all the interests which will be con fighter:

advocated for a generation past, and to cerned, and it will be associated closely some others upon which we have not, per- with the Ministry at every stage, being Chans been fully united-(laughter)---but

which, now that they are accomplished, consulted upon measures before they are we shall all attend to whole heartedly, adopted. There are two questions which and endeavour to work in the best in have to be dealt with-- terests, not only of the Liberal party, but of the country (Cheers.) Of the eight millions or so of estimated new

on are likely to be women. I am not gister, I understand that about six mil going to enter into any attempt to de- marcate possible lines of appropriate political activity between the sexes; in deed, I think we ought now to recognise that we all ought to work together in the closest possible association with fre quent, and indeed continuous, consulta tion and inter communication, and with nets. perfect harmony, both of spirit and of

son's despelander Locker Lamp electors who are to be put upon the re

The British cars led the way for the Ruian ininntry in the attack Brzezany at the end of June, and when that movement collapsed and the Rueston armies fell back in demoralisation before the enemy they were the last Allied units to retire from Austrian territory. The exploits of this division are vividly described in transferred from Roumania to the scene

was expressly of the coming offensive in the hope that example of its discipline and courage might steady the falling moml of the Russian infantry. It was attached to a corps in which the companies, nominally 250 strong, had been reduced to seventy- five or eighty each by desertion. Kerenski's proclamation, read in Army free whole audiences wept as though effect;

produced a strong emotional physically relaxed by what they heard, The work which women have done in and I passed soldiers blubboring their the war no longer needs commendation way home in the dark But when the Their praise is in all men's mouths, but attack was ordered whole regiments at this particular moment, and indeed refused to join it, their offers leaping for some time to come, there is one proh over the parapet with mere bandfuls in Jem especially affecting your six to which support, and dying to a man. I think the particular attention of asco

the given moment the British cars ciations like this federation, and those dashed out formost Eenski tumself whom you represent, must be

given 1 being among the observers) and calade mean the problem, or rather the group the enemy trenches to successfully that of problems, which arise from the gradual the Russians were enabled to seize the demobilisation of our women workers first and second lines with only a few losses,

The British unit also manned mortars and machine-guns in the treras, Bud with the latter opelled German counter-attacking haitalion with great loss. A British petty officer, an able to contain himself at the poltroonery of the Russians in his vicinity. ran up to a platoon and forcibly boisted a score of reluctant Russians over the parapet." "The battalions which did ad vance found their fanks unprotected through the desertion of neighbouring units and so had to sustain an over- whelming fire and give up every yard that they had WON The 113th Regiment refused to advance for the purpose of oiling a gap. the Corps Commandor ordering it to "It produced orders from advance only the next day, which it WOR otte willing to obey, but declined to follow the immediate command to advance from its own general. Mr. Kerenski, to whom the matter was raferred, felt obliged to support the 13th Regiment in this refusal,"

was afrecteu

£8,750,000

These figures, of course, represent eventual expenditure, and the cost wil be divided equally petween rates and taxes. An estimate for manchester, with

population of 716,000, gave totais, ex-, cluding grants, or £10,00 or the first year and £14,000, £23,000, and 28,000 for the next three years.

(2)The resettlement of those who have been engaged in war industries.

The Minister gave the House a rough Already a scheme for dealing, with the

estimate of the probabic yearly cost ut, first problem bas beca prepared, and will some of the leading features of the bill :--- to placed before the Committee, while Raising of the school age to 14 £1,000,000 two reports have been prepared relating.

LonumuälipD schools (claas"" to the second, which M Roberts con

mited to 30) the discharged service men from 2 to 5 years £600,000 siders more aitheult even than that of Nursery school for children

Mr. Roberts said it was his intention to avail himself to the gullest extent 01 the committees services and to associate wem very closely with the administrative Work which the department would have to carry out. He could not, or courac devolve upon them the responsibility to Parliament and the country for the men sures which would have to be noted, Mr. Fisher said the bill was based on but he did intend to ask them to snare that responsibility with him to some ex **vo principic or the right of youth / tont by placing at those measures teforen ligne to an adequate education, the them for their congrderation and advice value of which is now most universally orognised. septyng to certain crite- 16106, be said the bag Do tear te bili injuring the individuality or responsibarty salicution, be Front, Was hut dhe 01 the braca arw, 118-1unction was got to reprend laýlaunty, but to 10ster it. he claimed that there was no danger, of any state sunering conuiolo

In fact, as you know, the matter haa berore they were adopted, tie telt that already become urgent. The discontinue war would have been largely tough ance of Government employment, and the In vain unless it produced a Delter state consequent zecessity of replacing those of society, in which tile advantages of no longer so employed in apheres of leisure and education were more industry and life, is already with us, and justly distributed throughout the and is the months go on, and as we bops whole population, but in order to bring and pray

the war draws to an end, prob this state of altairs about it was noces | lems will become more acute, and of sary to restore the prosperity of industry, course, enormously enlarged in their which would largely depend on the suc range and scope. As a matter of

practi cal political administration, I do not inbours.

cess which attended the committees think at this moment, and in the year or two which lip immediately before us,

there is any subject-I speak now, ef course, not only of women, but of also which calls for moronel handling or more statesmanlike consid.

eration

4.74. OBJEUT-LABBON,

inju/yx from educationa; iniprovement,

showed how uns bui conzdanen prc- VISIÓNS which misce: it certam that st the way os mproving their health and would do great things for the children in

the most impressionable time of adoles their morass it will were that during ace the young people of this country

Turning to the subjects with which the he pointed out that there were two sets committee would be cared upon to deal of questions which they would have u consider, though they constituted a single

wal De continually subject to disinterèst- problem. First, there was the reseteed supervision, and the experience aliko ment of sailors and soldiers to civil life; of evening acpools and of the experi 1 mention that incidentally, but I and secondly, the resettlement of those mental schools started by public spirited should like to make one observation of

who had been engaged in war andustries employers has been wholly encouraging à rather wider scope. We all of us, and

As regards the former, a sub-committee in its results. Our present system, which I suppose women as much as men, Bro

of the Reconstruction Committee had ansoiately cuts oft and closes the educa anxious for peace-(chors) but none of examined the matter, with great care, tion of the great majority of young us is disposed for a moment to purchase and they would be asked to consider the people at 14, represents a continual wast- prace at the price of the sacrifices of the scheme which that committee recommend age of character, ability, and physique, A DARK OUTLOOK.

ed for adoption. He thought they would and ar. Fishers argument which no The failure of the attack darkened the which we hold in our hearts and con- purpose for which we went to war, and

agree that the committee's work had been one seriously disputed-was that youth outlook in every respect. Writing in sciences are unselfish and worthy of a dono well, and that they had studied the has a right to much more than this, and mediately afterwards, Commander Lock great people. The hope of a possible question with great thoroughness as that it is the duty of the State to pro- er-Lampson says: "All men who could

of ideals and aims which regards civil workers, another committee vide it. approximation be trusted to advanos had been picked 1emppose all of us have had the strongest appointed by the Reconstruction Depar out weeks ahead and carefully grouped temptation to entertain and

ment had been considering their osse, for duty

Front Are now dead or wounded and most have. I must confess, in CACTI would shortly be laid before them. The mentit is to be observed that Lan-- as 1 said a short time ago, the so-calied question of the civil worker has regarded cashire no longer demands the half-tanne treaty concluded ded, and cannot been for the moment heavily overclouded would submitted two reports, which What, then, is the Lancashire argu- between the Lentral is being more difficult, even than that of system as Decessary for the existence of Powers and the representatives of the the soldier and sailor. Russian people is no treaty at all, and of which the committee would be aware, no more

Recent events, the cotton industry That plea is heard Even Lancashire is prepared beara none of the marks of a genuine, in connection with discharges of certo nocept the raising of the age to 14. or caduring compact. It was tain number of munition workers, and what dir Henry Hibbert proposed in

in the

A COUNTER-PROPOSAL. AS

enemy shells, a supply which would haveted by force and intimidation. It brought this question up already in a effect was that a new complete half-time

"

fill us

prolonged period of unemployment

Be replaced. After hope, excitement, stir, we are left with failure, reaction, and cowards to carry on The depres sion was enhanced by the blowing up of a vast munition dump at Kozova by sustained the army for a long period being thus destroyed.

violates in its provisions, both in letter concrete form. The position arising from system should be set up for boys and The Russian offensive having expired, and in spirit, every purpose and every incze discharges, whether as regarded girls between is and 10, instead of 320 it became a question of resistance to the ideal which every one of the civilised the total numbers discharged or the pro- nours in each year between 14 and 18, Austro-Gorman advance. The British competent forces, both on one side and spect of finding fresh work, was not of which is the scheme of the bill. Together cars were in request for the purpose of the other, has at any rate professed to 4 nature that need cause alarm, but it with that, Bir Henry suggested a largo checking the threat to Tarnopol, and hold but it is for a moment, and that should be carefully watched, and he pro- increase in the number of students select. their commander directed them to hold on till the arrival of enemy artillery in an object-lesson, and the only object sub-committee whose function it would by means of maintenance scholarships. is where its sinister significance comes posed to ask the committee to appointed for higher educational development should make further resistance useless. lesson in a concreto form which the world be to keep the matter under review.

Mr. Fisher, in reply, asked whether the In some cases the Russian commanders has before it, of the sort of terms a overwhelmed by the behaviour of their victorious Germany would seek to im

people of Lancashire would be ready to own troops, could offer no advice a ut although these proceedi

im-

EX-SERVICE BËN.

accept half wages for this half-time work the tactics to be employed. Individual

Among the most important subjects for of the young people, and pointed out cars wrought havoc among the enemy in despondency, one knows perfectly well the arrangements for providing out-of-be turned adrift at 10, this would beca consideration by the committed would be that as half the half-time labour would fantry who had outstripped their guns that an arrangement of that kind can One

threaded its way over the bare not last, that it contains within itself work pay for ex-service men and others sarily mean the creation of a new blind fields, and wiped out two companies."

alley occupation. the seeds of its own destruction and death. We were unemployed. In the ouse of Hundreds were killed by them on July it is like--if I may see the comparison ex-service men, it was proposed to give It is not disputed that the Lancashire 21st before their artillery came near one of those scenes which you see in allowances, to be followed by a free policy 17 affected by these proposals than any a month's furlough with full pay and cotton industry will be more prejudicial- enough to redress the balance, and mean the devastated and deserted battlefields of insurance against while the advance had been checked for in France on the Somme. There is upon which would be valid during the succeed 16 a cotton weaver je doing adult work, unemployment other industry, in the country. For at more than six hours. As the Austrian the surfase a luxurious and rank vegeta ng year The precise amount of the and earning an adult's wages. But the shells fall.

"the Russian soldiers knelt tion, while beneath the ground, as, we weekly rate of benefit was not yet settled, Minister made it clear hat if it comes down and prayed, overcome with fear, know, is so much unexploded ammunië then " flung away their rifles, abandoned tion. There is no permanent hope of but it was proposed that it should be to a sharp choice between injury to a their maxims and ran screaming over prosperity or of tranquillity in con:li possible to draw benefit up to a total of trade and injury to a great, State in- the fields The officers strove in vain to hold them, and then died, firing lions such as these. But the very fact twenty weeks during the year, The forest, it is the trade which will have so

the seems to me to make it, if possible, even majority of civil war workers were cocommodate itself to

new educational effectual pistol shots against the Aug. more important than it was before, that but the rate of benefit in their case was itself to any new factory legislation. already insured against metaployment, conditions, just as it has to accommodato triane. Two of our cars were now out we and all our Allies--and this is a pur only 78 a week, and though this was in The interest of the children the right of action, and their crews nearly all poso with which I am eure all women many cases supplemented by voluntary of youth to its fair chance--is greater wounded. The other two mowed the ought specially to concern themselves insurance through trade unions, the than that of any trade. Daily Tele advancing enemy down, slowly retreating should never cease to make it clear, that amount was clearly inadequate for any graph. as they fought, until a frightened om we are fighting for clean purposes. pany of Russians. flung itself on to Lieu (Cheers,) We are not fighting for an tenant Onwlor's car (hoping thus to nexation and aggrandisement, for what The best method of dealing with this diffi- escape) and by sheer weight broke it down.!! This experience was repeated is called development of Imperialism, but culty, and also of providing for the work

There was another class of questions in several instances

equal rights of great people who were not at present covered At one point and small peoples, of restoring what has by insurance was receiving careful con- connected with resettlenient which would Russian officer, Baron Giard with wrongfully been taken sway, and pro sideration.

Bado have to be dealt with on a basis of in- handful of supporters. held back then-viding, so far as may be, reparation for sands of demoralised fugitives by

There was, further, the question of the dustry. An important part of the physi cal and moral force, not one of them dar. he wrongs that have been done, and machinery by which the schemes adopted scheme, so far as the Army was concern ing to offer resistance On July 23rd above all, and beyond all for victory as were to be administered The Governed, was the classification of the various a means to an end, and not as an end ment had decided that the work would national importance, and the immediate the Russian corps commander testified in itself the avenue and the road, the have to be largely carried out by the

trades of the country according to their

that the stand made by the British care only avenue and the only road, by which employment exchanges, which was the prospects of employment which they bad delayed the enemy's advance over the peace of the world can be placed only national organisation capable of offered. In order to deal with this very twenty hours. Next day the same tactics beyond jeopardy of the ambitions and coping with the problem. We possessed difficult problem the Government would

require the most complete and up-to-date. cer commanding the scope rivalries of selfish and mischief making a great advantage in having the organ information about the prospects as re

and forces and of becomisation of the employment exchanges said how sorry he felt as a soldier to the common object of all peoples of the ready to hand. He did not think, how gards raw materials, financial facilities, ask Englishmen to do what Russians etvilised world. would not do. Then he wept most duty to our Allies and

ever, that the exchanges or, indeed, any and employment in all the principal in- could carry such as the arrangements for reinstating dustries, Again, there were questions moving sight and his staff turned away tral world, and it is our duty none the out the task unaided.

like the unable to control their emotions

The commander of the British cars had less to the people-I say nothing of the Ministry itself, would need the constant soldiers and munition workers in the in-

dustries from which they have Governments of the Powers against advice and co-operation of the employers

gone, to keep is constant eye upon the timels whom we are fighting. Let us make it and workpeople in their districts. In

arrangements in regard to sub withdrawal of his own base camps and clear beyond dispute that these and these order to secure this he and his

who have been introduced in stores. We felt confident always of making a good light with the armouredly are the purposes which brought as so had undertaken the formation of the arrangemente necessary to enable men

whose apprentice military

had cars at the front, but we could not risk into the war, and which after three years local advisory committees, consisting in

been interrupted by ur transport or stores near the enemy ing and sacrifice still keep us in the war.

of unparalleled storm and stress, suffer the main of en equal number of

employ

resume their instruction, 60 that the ers and work people's representatives, *

who could not be trusted sphros, WD It is for this attainment, and nothing would be associated with the

or fear of the

of might become qualined as fully-skilled He was repeated ly asked by the Russian authorities to less than this attainment, that we con order to obtain the best results it was industry for itself, and it was in connce- more then this attainment, and nothing the exchanges. He was sure that, in men. All these were very difficult proh waslems which could only be settled by each Assist in defence against armed looters. tinue the struggle. (Choers:) but had to refuse to us arm against

to utilics the trade union necessary Enssiaus, Before the end of July only

organisation to the fullest possible extent. tion with these questions among others, He knew that some trade unionists did that the Government hoped to obtain very two cars were left in running order but and they enabled many Russian guns not like using the exchanges, but he also substantial assistance from the Joint In- action again. One German prisoner otherwise have got away They were that by a from interchange of information of being set up in various industries, and stated that the British car seemed the latest troops away from the Kuro betwen the exchange and the local Che Interim Jointuction Com everywhere, and that on one day alone patkin front, from Podgaitse, from the branches, of the trade unions through the

of Recon mittees which the they were responsible for 700 casualties. Tarnopol road, and from Baczacz to the latter's, representatives on the local adstruction, the Board of Trade and the The same crews fought for sixteen days frontier town of Gusiatyn; and when they visory committees it would be possible to Ministry of Labour were collaborating and nights without interruptions

to bring into being in those By crossed the frontier they were. Lhe last remaining to the last and fighting to the Allied troops to fight on Austro-German deal successfully with theso mien which were not ready for the immediate

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