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Sir Ha.rry .Sam"el, · M.P. ; BiWd· he' did not "1I:no'l{' .
whether ' ~e " OOuDtrY re.ww - wh&t ·)~tn ' ~ up'
&$"'~ them'. T~""e "@8I:!led . to be ·. f
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tbat It w.... . onl:}' a queeti~ of · time and ' We were
.u£~ to .. down ' ~ ~ple: But · ,~e _ w.. re UP,
ag&1I:l"t tlhe 1II~!"'t ~n t.!Ja.t: .had .
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eeen ror heard' ()f, aoo a.n. ~eDly' With · t;be
adv!,ntage tha.t' they be.d uDd0'1l?\ie<lly ' been. 'preparmg fqr f()rty Yeo.t8. We were m ' )U8t 811 tIght. a.
corner "" the Belgians .aok the Frend!, ' ,and w.ere
fighting ' for our very livElO ' "" they were fighting
lor their livell. . It ~ 1"t8.8
uni9'~ ~' and · unity
alolljl, th...t - wou!d win tho' day. ' When .we Clame 't o
thj.nk of : the best of . our ' 1n~od.. ~g ' itBe,l f . " .
daily for U8, for lnye of ·h ome and >cOuntry, it
l!.... ~lY ·: ~ mllab ' to ~ we f4' IPve lu p . 80"!.e
JIOOUPJ&fY' profit.. we :WenJ," aooOetomedl' to fmake lJ;l
. <!~ I!y~day r. lif'~' ;(1!ea*, i ~ t·. I~ f'W_ · notl
8U(60H!nt (at ~,:. ~ i or .:to!' LOrd_,~ljener to
"1. ibat' tli.ll were aafia6ed WIth .tlw! ·reeruitmg. .That ·
meant, .• implY. thd ",!6'wlire II"ttiJ)g sullicient men to
....1.. that -w.. nee<! Jiet hAve ooIl6Onpti6J1. But we h~
goi to \<eep thl\-t going. 'Jf WII . bad not sufficient ~­
oruita to fill tb6 ~ble ga]l6. tha.t wer.. occurring .
daily in F~ce,
It'la.ndera and in the ·Dardanelles,
and mor" 'Q.Jld IIl(lro to"reinlarce tIur.~ wonde rful new
Army whioh was becoming dBlrY more and mOTe
efficient, ttKln reoruiting lf~iled. Unl_ they' allowed
ev<ll'y man to go whO 'OOuld. go, they migh.t have
conscription on th..m, and that in a ·month) time.
'TlIE ALTER1'IATIVES.
Only two thingo w....... : WOI'O tnem, the .voluntary '
ey.l"", IUld conecription. .Therefo:N!, to avoid oonICription, . which would t ..)(~ .(lvery man ' o( eervi"",
able age to' the war, they had, to do the ~t tthey
eou Id to feed the Armies and maintain . the voluntary system. To do that, 1the Priml>I·MiniBter ho.d
.~ up what ·he called . a ·Bhopj! : Comm.tteeJ to oonOlder th.. general cifuumM&DOO8' of tbe -whol_ le IUld \
ren..il distr;buUng trii.die.. . Iii·...nY' dq,..r~nt · of ·1'·
the bUBincesee of" thOo<l t to W1>om - 5 .. , spoke" where
men of flghting age were emple~, '
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on00 replaoo them by . wom<>n; The introduotion' of
women' labour · ..1,,· ,,~8 required iiiter&,tii!~ U;>. ,i. 'bUsi:
oceasioned 'gooCl dealI ' of
culty. But u..; firm 'of ' whiab he was nh~ -tde·
termined that 'whatever the Ldiffieul~ ' mjght 'b&,
f~ ..1e lebam should ·be · at. 'onoo introouoed.
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....ult WM that, one .whole . portion of their.work w ....
now being don&-·and: vefY· ·well dono, to<>-:l1:f womell
(applaueej.
'rbeD. . he 1I0nt t() thClr La~ ' Exohangea in La.mhjl'tbr · !.(>~ing.. th~m tliat ,;hja' ~
would take overy ·man over 'tm!ltary .",S" . tf'~~ !bey.
could send who wd fit to' ilo tbe .york IreCJ,utred.
The. w ..re hDrribly ..liOrt-handed. It' wiui lLn &w(ul
efruKgle, &ncJ often" his ' m&nager
to ';him in a
''::",II~ ;W;8B;,:{:ormed, 'and they' had o&lled it. th~
hDpel ..... coOOition, ' bDt. l<till t.beY .. jogged< a1<lrig."
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He &ent dow .. wQrd ' )Jbe other a&y that in spite -of
hoped, if the ; l'6Cr111ting for that
all . their diffi"1!.l~ ev~'3' man of mi.l.itari ....ge; ought
on, ~ get .permi"'on to in&n the
1 0 " .and , th.. t ..~y \would d~l . ""th · himc-....·,tliey
Berb' w~th t.h&t cliIM of mati (aph~th t.he o ther&-make 'up hIS wagee and k!,ep. .
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hlB p~aco oJl!!n: T.bo86 thinp had .~n, !ootw~Coleb:rook;, ask,ed: . What QOuJ9 traoors ' do- to
• tanding thcir 10_ .a,n~ trol!l\Iee.. Everyone of hj.I. l ..r ..
men wbe~ oustOIlM!r8 C'Ima.nded that
.barohOldel'8 ' wa,u ld willingly _moe
moper ~ 10
deliver at Itheir houee& ever c sO m~y
oroer to· know that dnt)' to the country wii:e bein,
and at particular bou", T ilt WIIB j!\6IH!rdone by the· Mmpany 10 which he had plii.ood! hie
o~ ~livery .e. day .mould be anfIicient.
O'\on.. y. ~nd eo
a.sked . every 'man w·b,() had ·the
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milk (Hoor, . hear). Tl>a..t'l'onld
cOncrol ' (if a b·ueine<!!!. It 1\..... no use, far them
the ~~ntry ·throug~, /be i~~.a~io~.~of
try and write off\. their responsibiliti"'; ·beoo,uae tlh<>
a nlllll()n of -m en 10 the liiatributillg
" Government ~gbt! have ~en doing 80 (H~ ...., b~);
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H .. (SirH<lnry ) -was IlUre there w.... ·not a" emplO)'er
'thanked Sirl 'Harry Sam~el 'for coming

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asked lI6yera:l queeijoue.
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on beba.1f ·of . th!,t ch ..~ber,. :\",hioh~ Sir l!~rryl, B~.~~ .
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